By Lissa Rankin, M.D. — 2020
Perhaps you think psychics and intuitives are “woo-woo” gypsies who look at crystal balls and stroke crystals. But what if you’re an intuitive and you don’t even realize it?
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Addiction, whether to drugs or other behaviors . . . is always a compensation for the sense of being devalued as a human being.
Understanding the root causes of addiction can help us to better treat it.
What if we replaced the word "addict" with: “A human being who suffered so much that he or she finds in drugs or some other behavior a temporary escape from that suffering"?
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There are legitimate uses of opioids in the treatment of physical pain. There is no legitimate use in the treatment of emotional pain.
Dr. Gabor Maté, a well-known addiction specialist and author, spent 12 years working in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a neighborhood with a large concentration of hardcore drug users.
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