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Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain.

Drawn from what Gabor Mate said

SubjectAddiction

Addiction Compulsive use that continues through the harm it causes — and the argument about whether it is a disease, a choice, or a response to pain.

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What Gabor Mate actually said

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  1. Gabor Mate

    Physician and author on addiction

    It is time to realize, then, addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a psychological and physiological response to painful life experiences.

    Where this was said

    ↗BEYOND DRUGS: The Universal Experience of Addictiondrgabormate.com

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