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10% Happier with Dan HarrisGabor Maté: Five Steps To Stop Scrolling, Bingeing, and Self-Medicating — And Reclaim Your Brain

Don’t Ask Why Addiction

10:52–11:37 · 45s

Maté reframes addiction as an attempt to soothe pain, dropping his signature line: "Don’t ask why the addiction, ask why the pain," and links it back to childhood experiences.

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