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Gabor Maté on why addiction is always rooted in childhood trauma. The body keeps the score: unprocessed emotional pain manifests as substance use, compulsive behavior, and autoimmune disease.
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Maté: every addiction begins as a solution to a problem — usually the problem of overwhelming emotional pain. The substance or behavior provides relief that the person cannot find any other way.
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Maté: sobriety without trauma work produces 'dry drunk' syndrome — sober but miserable. The force multiplier effect only emerges when recovery includes processing the original pain.
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