Muscle relaxant found in Phillip Seymour Hoffman's apt.
I watched his TED talk, he is a very captivating speaker. however i don't know if i agree with his theory of addiction, boiling it all down, he made the argument that its the mothers experience that during the first few years of development, where this anxiety that causes addiction (for lack of love) is transferred onto the child. it seems a bit too simple. was there anything else im missing from not reading the book?
His addiction to buying CDs is no where near as damaging or addictive as alcoholism. i think many people can point to something in their life at one time or another where they wasted money on something useless they didn't use. non alcoholics just 'dont get it'. thats why Dr As book resonated with me so deeply. he was a drinker and he understood very well why people drink. obviously we cant throw away research just because the person who did it was not a drinker, but it rubbed me the wrong way when he tried to relate his addiction to buying cds to other addictions.
him being uninterested in baclofen, perhaps that suggests that hes now known as the addiction guru and now has tunnel vision with his own dogma of how addiction should be resolved
RedThread12;1624362 wrote: Yes. Dr. Mate is brilliant. Interestingly, he still suffers from the same addiction to buying classical music as Dr. Ameisen, who noted the first time he walked out of the store without buying a CD as the first indication that something was changing for him.
However, despite his brilliance, for which I have great respect, Dr. Mate is not so interested in baclofen. I actually attended a day-long workshop he presented. I bought his book you mention, Cass. I stood in front of him in brief conversation about the day, and asked him if he was aware of baclofen and its potential for alcoholics, and perhaps other addictions. He looked down and - I'm not trying to be rude, but it's true - mumbled something like. "yes, I think I've heard something about it." I said, "I am living evidence that it works!" He smiled at me and said, "That's nice."
Peter Levine, with his insight into trauma, is also a ground-breaker. I've followed their work for quite some time. I have my own "model" for what and how they hold trauma and addiction, and although I don't line up with them entirely, I have great respect and appreciation for their contributions. I saw Dr. Mate a year or so ago. Maybe something's different, now??
However, despite his brilliance, for which I have great respect, Dr. Mate is not so interested in baclofen. I actually attended a day-long workshop he presented. I bought his book you mention, Cass. I stood in front of him in brief conversation about the day, and asked him if he was aware of baclofen and its potential for alcoholics, and perhaps other addictions. He looked down and - I'm not trying to be rude, but it's true - mumbled something like. "yes, I think I've heard something about it." I said, "I am living evidence that it works!" He smiled at me and said, "That's nice."
Peter Levine, with his insight into trauma, is also a ground-breaker. I've followed their work for quite some time. I have my own "model" for what and how they hold trauma and addiction, and although I don't line up with them entirely, I have great respect and appreciation for their contributions. I saw Dr. Mate a year or so ago. Maybe something's different, now??
His addiction to buying CDs is no where near as damaging or addictive as alcoholism. i think many people can point to something in their life at one time or another where they wasted money on something useless they didn't use. non alcoholics just 'dont get it'. thats why Dr As book resonated with me so deeply. he was a drinker and he understood very well why people drink. obviously we cant throw away research just because the person who did it was not a drinker, but it rubbed me the wrong way when he tried to relate his addiction to buying cds to other addictions.
him being uninterested in baclofen, perhaps that suggests that hes now known as the addiction guru and now has tunnel vision with his own dogma of how addiction should be resolved
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