If addiction has touched your life at all you will not want to miss this detailed examination and explanation addiction. In this teleseminar as in his new book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts bestselling writer and physician Gabor Maté looks at the epidemic of addictions in our society. He explains why we are so prone to them and what is needed to liberate ourselves from their hold on our emotions and behaviors.

Gabor Maté, M.D. is the author of four bestselling books including Scattered Minds and When the Body Says No–published in ten languages on five continents–and co-author, with Gordon Neufeld, of Hold On To Your Kids.

A Former medical columnist for the Globe and Mail, where his byline continues to be seen on issues of health and parenting, Dr. Maté has had a family practice, worked as a palliative care physician and, most recently, with the addicted men and women in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.