In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts-Close Encounters With Addiction by Gabor Mate
In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts-Close Encounters With Addiction by Gabor Mate
Wow! Read chapters 13 and 14 especially they are a real eye opener. The whole book so far is a great and enlightening read for any alcoholic/addict.
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Probably THEE best books I have ever read on addiction. I live very close to Vancouver and the downtown Eastside that Gabor refers to in much of the book. Shortly after I read that book I had to go into Vancouver and when travelling in the area he speaks of...I looked at those folks in a completely different light. I identified with them. I saw the humanity that I believe I tried to look away from before. I remember noticing a bunch of residents in that area at what looked like a community center. I saw folks talking and laughing with each other. Before...I only noticed the tragedy of it all...the freaks and fiends ambling down the sidewalks like they were some sort of foreign species...
They are not.
Can't say enough about that book...or the man who wrote it.
They are not.
Can't say enough about that book...or the man who wrote it.
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