The Power of Addiction and The Addiction of Power: Gabor Maté at TEDxRio+20
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Published 2012-10-09
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All Comments (21)
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So glad he included all addictions. People who look down on a drug addict need to look at what they are using to escape pain.
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"if they don't want me... at least they're going to need me." wow. powerful.
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39 days sober. This is the most difficult fight of my life. Not the fight of wanting to use, but fighting to find myself and seeing the destruction I left behind.
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“People in power are very often some of the emptiest people in the world, so don’t look to them for change” Well put! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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The single most highly intelligent, compassionate addiction specialist I've ever come across
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I'm an addict in crisis right now and I've watched this 3 times now. It's the best talk on addiction I've heard and it brought me some peace today. Thank you for that.
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In 2001 I was a PhD student writing my dissertation on ADHD in children. I contacted Dr. Mate and he spent a good part of an afternoon with me talking about my work and his perspctive regarding ADHD. He was so generous with his time, and incredibly helpful!
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I'm over 40 months clean from drugs and alcohol and this man hits the nail directly on the head. I highly recommend reading his books.
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"Nothing records the effects of a sad life as graphically as the human body." -A Legend
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Dr. Gabor Maté is a world treasure. His talk is filled with compassion and wisdom.
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Distraction is also an addiction. Watching tv endlessly for hours like it's a day job, avoiding Friday night out with friends or any kind of engagement with society/community is also addiction. I lost a decade and a life I could have lived because I stayed home all day watching Tv programs after programs re-watching shows 5-6 times because of fear of rejection. Glad I found Dr mate. I'm healing little by little... Slowly letting go of this type of addictive behaviour to distraction.
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It kills me that people like this don't have a louder voice or bigger platforms.
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7 and a half years later, and this is still one of the most powerful talks I have heard.
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This made me cry. Absolutely spot on. Today I celebrate 4 years sober. Very grateful for this amazing talk. Thank you 😁🙏
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Thank you for acknowledging the root cause of the problems we face as Indigenous people fighting to retain our culture. It really means a lot hearing an expert such as Gabor Maté validate our reality. Tēnā rawa atu koe.
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Alcohol and cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I could remember several years ago after divorce with my wife which brought me into my disastrous journey on Alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
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Without finding this man I would not be on day 4 of sobriety. I will never look at people's addiction the same. EVER.
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This is one of the most powerful speeches I've ever listened to. Without any tricks, any flair or any glamorization. Just a small man speaking in the simple manner about the great truth from the great heart. Thank you so much for posting it. "Find a lamp inside yourself, be a lamp unto yourselves, find a light within." It made me cry.
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I found this while searching for peace while having an addicted brother. Thank you.
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I am a physician. I am also a compulsive overeater in recovery and a workaholic. Dr. Gabor Mate’s approach has helped me on my inside and the outside. A moment of compassion for a patient can change their whole life. I feel it and I see it in my work. In fact, I chose my specialty of Emergency Medicine to give to the most vulnerable in their crucial times of need. Healing can be shared and can happen in a moment.
