Second Chance Homes in Billings, Montana provides a safe, sober and supervised environment for mothers struggling with addiction who have temporarily lost custody of their children. Data gathered by the Yellowstone County Family Drug Court found that parents and children have much better long-term outcomes when the children are allowed to remain in the mother’s care during her recovery process. After several months of sustained sobriety, mother and children are reunited in the Second Chance Homes family home. “The best prevention for children is good treatment for parents. We have to get families healthy in order to grow healthy children.” — Brenda Roche, Ph.D, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
DVD available at www.heartspeakproductions.ca For over ten years Gabor Mate has been the staff physician at the Portland Hotel, a residence and harm reduction facility in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. His patients are challenged by life-threatening drug addictions, mental illness, Hepatitis C or HIV, and in many cases all four. But if Dr. Mate’s patients are at the end of the spectrum, there are many others among us who are also struggling with addictions. drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, compulsive work habits, sexual seeking or spending what is amiss with our lives that we seek such destructive ways to comfort ourselves? And why is it so difficult to stop these habits, even as they threaten our health, jeopardize our relationships and corrode our spirits? Gabor Mate MD is the author of the bestselling books Scattered Minds, When the Body Says No and now In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts – Close Encounters With Addiction www.drgabormate.com
the final quote “only in the presence of compassion will people allow themselves to see the truth” is from A. H. Almaas
People can be addicted to all sorts of behaviours not just those commonly thought or discussed, such as prescribed or illegal drugs alcohol and cigarettes.The often compulsive aberrant psychological behaviour patterns of many so called “normal” people cause just as much negative effects/affects on themselves and others.
HUNGARIAN POWER!
ADD
human beings are going to pay attention when they are interested in the subject
labeling kids ADD in classrooms – some teachers could be boring, and forcing kids to pay attention in a subject they might not have interest in seems wrong
As a person that has battled with heroin addiction for 30 years and been through all sorts of programs and therapys watched many people suffer and die because of addiction .I can only endorse completly what this guy is saying, compassion is the only answer to the problem of addiction,its been my experiance that many professionals after a peroid of time get fustrated with addicts when they cant cure them :) and end up doing more harm than good to the people they are trying to help
@agentfrutopia All I can say is buy “In the Unrealm of Hungary’s Ghost”!
Nice to see a Hungarian especially one which prolongs the Mate name
So amazing! I loved this! Even took notes.
i can learn so easily from him, he describes everything reli well so you can understand and remember :)
this guy is the real ‘house’ lol
reli incredible man
Read Alice Miller to understand people’s pain:
The cycle of abuse
Humiliations, spankings and beatings, slaps in the face, betrayal, sexual exploitation, derision, neglect, etc. are all forms of mistreatment, because they injure the integrity and dignity of a child, even if their consequences are not visible right away.
However, as adults, most abused children will suffer,
and let others suffer, from these injuries.
THIS SAVED MY LIFE! THANK YOU DR.MATE
No words
thanks for uploading, this is a great lecture
There is something about the man…anyone else just cannot stop listening?? My tea water just boiled out while watching this…
What’s interesting is how many people are susceptible to alcohol in the world.
You can see the pain on this guy`s face. You can see that he has suffered himself – no fake dopey smiles.
What a beautiful human being!
Awesome. Dr. Mate is saving my life. Wish I could meet him.
nurture the nation
nurtured nations ?
ouch!!
Just Amazing…
SO love this video.
he’s hot