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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
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challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
4.0
Very touching book that talks about addiction in an incredibly personal and empathetic light. It has changed my perception of a lot of issues in our society and has made me more aware of the need of harm reduction all over the world. While it sometimes felt lacking in certain topics (LGBT people's propensity to addiction because of discrimination and the role of antiblackness in the War on Drugs, for example), I can blame this mostly on the fact the book was published in 2007, and research about LGBT people and substance abuse really only started in the 2010s. Still, with so many mentions about HIV, I expected at least a passing mention of gay people.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, and Addiction
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Incest, Child abuse, Genocide, War, Abandonment, and Pregnancy
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