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Addiction, Psychedelics and Reframing Trauma—Big Talk with Dr. Gabor Maté

Dear Gabby

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How to Deal With Trauma and Addiction

The Myth of Normal on addiction has chapters on addiction and trauma. The 12 steps are life enhancing for anybody, but you can do them and never deal with the trauma. Say one of the problems with addiction is there's a deep shame. Is anybody who's addicted? Deep shame. But just to find that this isn't your fault. You're not a miserable faulty, unworthy individual. That makes you very normal. So that understanding alone is transformative for people.

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