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....

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 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....

Adults envy the open-hearted and open-minded explorations of children; seeing their joy and curiosity,....

The addict's reliance on the drug to reawaken her dulled feelings is no adolescent caprice. The dullness....

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....