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

Dear Gabby

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The Source of Addiction

I want to thank you for your vulnerability and your truth. I genuinely believe that these moments that feel like suffering or uncomfortable are the most important moments. The source of addiction is not to be found in the genes, but in early childhood environment. Nobody decides to be an addict. People may choose the temporary relief that the addiction gives, but they don't choose the addiction as such. In fact, it's not a disease at all. And so I really resist the medical mantra and the treatment industry matter, this is a disease. It can behave like a disease in the sense that it has causes physical and mental harm. But that doesn't make it a disease.

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