ACEs Connection member Dr. Gabor Mate is featured in this article.
"We know we are born primed for connection, with the most significant relationship in a child’s life being his or her primary caregiver – but what happens when this does not occur?...
"Mate (2008) suggests that individuals with addictions are constantly seeking something outside of themselves to alleviate their insatiable need for relief and fulfillment. It is as a result of this longing and emptiness that individuals pursue substances or other self-harming/self-soothing behaviors, with the hope that it will provide some relief. Andrews (2010) further supports that it is through this fight to regulate and ultimately survive that the litany of behaviors begin, behaviors that will temporarily give relief from fear and the pain they suffer.
"Mate (2008) indicates that addictions — regardless of the form they take — always result from pain, conscious or unconscious, with the addiction serving as an “emotional anesthetic.”...
"How to help:...Compassionate Care...Education and Awareness...Empowerment and Nurture...Connection and Opportunity..."
http://tlcinstitute.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/the-relationship-between-attachment-and-addictions/
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