In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction Free Audiobook Download by Gabor Maté

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction is a book about addiction and its effects on individuals, families, and society. Maté begins by describing a village in Mexico where alcoholism had become so rampant that bars were more prevalent than churches. Maté discusses how addiction was fueled by the cultural changes that came with globalization and modernization. He compares this new phenomenon to what he calls "the withering of life." The author discusses family histories of addiction including his own background as well as those of many other people who are afflicted with these disorders.

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Maté tells a harrowing story of addiction and how he overcame it. In the book, he says that addiction is "the spiritual hunger ghosts" who differ in many ways from those who are sober and healthy. He also highlights how addiction manifests in addicts, destitute people on the streets, older people with failing organs and doctors who have found themselves addicted to painkillers they prescribed to their patients. Maté offers hope for opioid addicts by explaining that they are not doomed because reality has changed drastically.

Gabor Maté is an expert in addiction, and his new book highlights the reality of drug addicts as people with families and friends that are struggling to find help. This audiobook is a close look into the epidemic from a personal perspective. Giorgio Domenicone does an excellent job narrating this book that will leave no one untouched.

Gabor Maté is a physician, author, and speaker who specializes in addiction in urban society. He has written and spoken extensively about the impact of poverty, drug use, and addiction to explain how these relate to each other. His book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction was based on his experience of battling opiate addiction for 20 years.

Despite the title of Gabor's memoir, this book is not about addiction. It's a literary examination of the multiple connections between hunger, loneliness and addiction. The author begins with his childhood in communist Hungary and ends with a discussion on how to help people who are suffering from addictions of any kind while using evidence-based techniques that are proven to work.

I cannot recommend this audiobook more. It is powerful, inspiring and it is a must-listen for anyone trying to understand addiction and how it impacts our lives.