249: Dr. Gabor Mate´ - Re-Release

<p>This week we talk to Dr. Gabor Mate´ about&nbsp;addiction</p><p>A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development.</p><p>For twelve years Dr. Maté worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with patients challenged by hard-core drug addiction, mental illness and HIV, including at Vancouver’s Supervised Injection Site.</p><p>As an author, Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books including the award-winning&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2Cluw27" target="_blank">In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction</a>;&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2RTpIGD" target="_blank">When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress</a>; and&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2J0CvTI" target="_blank">Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder</a>, and co-authored&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2RUlHSn" target="_blank">Hold on to Your Kids.</a> His works have been published internationally in twenty languages.</p><p>Dr. Maté is the co-founder of&nbsp;Compassion for Addiction, a new non-profit that focusses on addiction. He is also an advisor of&nbsp;Drugs over Dinner.</p><p>Dr. Maté has received the Hubert Evans Prize for Literary Non-Fiction; an Honorary Degree (Law) from the University of Northern British Columbia; an Outstanding Alumnus Award from Simon Fraser University; and the 2012 Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award from Mothers Against Teen Violence. He is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In This Interview, Dr. Gabor Mate´ and I Discuss...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>The One You Feed parable</li><li>The degree of choice we have in life</li><li>What is the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts?</li><li>What is addiction?</li><li>The characteristics&nbsp;of addiction</li><li>Recognizing what addicts get out of their addiction</li><li>The fundamental question is not “Why the Addiction” but “W