“Embraced by the Needle” (published in the Globe and Mail) by Gabor Maté‚ states the effects on a person that do not have a loving and nurturing home in their younger years may turn to drugs later on. Maté is a staff physician at Portland Hotel; which is Downtown Eastside Vancouver where there is a population of drug addicts of 3000 to 5000. Most of Maté’s clients are mentally ill and are addicted to drugs like cocaine‚ alcohol‚ heroin‚ and tranquilizers. Maté states “Chemical and emotional vulnerability
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Summary of “Embraced by the Needle” In his essay “Embraced by the Needle”‚ Gabor Maté sets out the stages of drug addiction and its consequences‚ its effects bring many torments to people who are vulnerable to drug dependences. At first‚ he explains the physiological effects of using drugs. Then‚ he reflects upon different degrees of stress that cause emotional youths are easily involved in substance abuse. Mate is a physician; he lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside which he
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Name: Matthew Herbert Date: 16/10/12 Challenges entrepreneurs may encounter as they try to set up and maintain their businesses Being an entrepreneur can be a very difficult task. May problems can arise that may that an entrepreneur has to deal with. The problems include financial‚ location and staff. These problems can ultimately cause the business to not prosper and eventually cause it to fail and shut down. Entrepreneurs may face many challenges while trying to set up and maintain their
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Summary of “Embraced by the Needle” In his essay “Embraced by the Needle”‚ Gabor Maté sets out the stages of drug addiction and its consequences. At first he explains the physiological effects of using drugs. Then he suggests that emotionally fragile youth‚ who have experienced different degrees of stress‚ are more likely to become substance abusers. Maté is a physician who practices in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside‚ often referred to as the drug capital of Canada. He estimates that the
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Gabor Maté‚ in his article “Embraced by the Needle‚” encourages people to understand the addiction to drugs is a result of deep unhappiness that occurs in an individual early in life (273-75). Maté shows in a Portland non-profit harm-reduction facility that he works at‚ the methadone prescribed does not help the emotional suffering that the addicts endure. Although methadone may halt the effects of withdrawal‚ there is no “high” created‚ according to Maté. He also asserts that drugs alone are not
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In the article Embraced by the needle by Gabor Mate published Aug 27 2001 argues that addictions are caused from unhappiness. The drugs are only there as a way to numb pain that a person has experienced. Drugs themselves are not addictive‚ less than 15 % of people who use any substance end up in an addictive state. That 15% consists of people who have had a troubled child hood or have been raided in bad atmosphere when young. Human growth occurs mainly at birth‚ this includes physical and emotional
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theories which will also introduce the main variables of this study. The first theory to be considered is the “Need to Belong” theory (Baumiester & Leary‚ 1995) which asserts that all humans share a common need to be connected with others‚ and common sense signals that individuals’ lives are better for being connected. Furthermore‚ Baumiester & Leary (1995) proposed that the “need to belong” has two aspects: (1) people want a stable and enduring context of concern and caring‚ (2) people need frequent interaction
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Belonging or not belonging is a perception‚ or something that we feel. We are influenced by many factors to feel that we belong or don’t fit in‚ including our knowledge and understanding of the place where we are in the present and how that it is influenced by our prior experiences of other places. Our perception of belonging can also be affected by how much others know and understand of the places we have come from in relation to where we are now. These ideas are explored extensively in Amy Tan’s
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“We can choose to belong or not to belong. The forces that shape all our decisions vary from individual to individual‚ but our context and experiences play a significant role.” Belonging would seem like an expected thing‚ as we belong to many groups in society‚ ranging from groups we are born in to‚ such as family‚ our town‚ our country even‚ and to groups which we choose‚ such as friendship circles‚ sporting clubs and many more. However‚ to belong to something requires a great amount of effort
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Sympathy and Compassion in Mate’s “Embraced by the Needle” You cannot be quick to judge people that you have never met. Each individual has their own personal story and no two people are alike. As well‚ each person has their own motivation to do the things that they do. In Gabor Mate’s essay “Embraced by the Needle” he has several attitudes toward the subject of addiction‚ but being judgmental is not one of them. He believes that “No drug is‚ in itself‚ addictive” (273)‚ and that beneath each addiction
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