What is drug addiction? (video)

Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly; Dr. Gabor Mate; AgainstTheStream.org; Being Charlie

Canadian addiction specialist Dr. Gabor Maté, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, talks about the root causes of addiction and how to deal with them ("Medicine").

Against the Stream: Buddhist Meditation Society is all about addiction recovery.

Rob "Meathead" Reiner and his son, Nick, explore modern American drug addiction and rehab in "Being Charlie." In theaters May 6, 2016

 

Annual Recovery Conference

Registration now open. Conference will be held at Against the Stream and Refuge Recovery Centers in Los Angeles (4300 Melrose Avenue, 90029) to introduce Guiding Principles, new literature, podcasting...There will be opportunities for collaboration, meditation, education, and fun. Join Noah Levine and others. Attendance limited to 150. Runs from June 24-26, 2016 Registration

  

Why addiction and how to overcome it

Dr. Mate appeared in the best installment of "Zeitgeist" to explain

who becomes addicted and why: Zeitgeist: Moving Forward