Quotes by : Gabor Maté

Addiction is pretty simple. It's what happens when peolme don't get what they need, and end up soothing....

The War on Drugs, from the Hastings-facing window of the PortlandHotel, is manifested in the pregnant....

Passion creates, addiction consumes.

As children become increasingly less connected to adults, they rely more and more on each other; the....

It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find,....

The distressing internal state is not examined: thefocus is entirely on the outside: What can Ireceive....

The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain.

Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful....

What we call the personality is often a jumble of genuine traits and adopted coping styles that do not....

The hardcore drug addicts that I treat, are, without exception, people who have had extraordinarily difficult....