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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
22 reviews
kiwichill's review
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content
mel_rauen's review
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexual content
devynreadsnovels's review
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
eliasaurus's review
3.0
The book's first section is its strongest, with a good overview of what dopamine does and its role in addiction. However, the section about pain went on longer than it needed to, and the section about shame seemed completely out of place. This section is probably responsible for the reviews stating that Lembke is overly favorable towards AA and the 12 steps. I don't think she's recommending AA as much as stating that it worked for many of her patients. Still, this part of the book is the shakiest and could have been omitted entirely.
On the whole, the book is very readable and I learned some new info. I also enjoyed the patient stories (and the author's note about obtaining consent for their use). But it's not amazing.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
slipppers98's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
mjadeh's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
adrianna_0623's review
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Alcohol
oliviahamilton's review
5.0
The book broke down a complex scientific topic into digestible, interesting chapters and stories, with no dull portions, yet was still rooted in facts and studies. That's a feat. The author's own honesty really shone through as well, as evidenced especially later in the book.
Worth a reread at some point.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Sexual content
drdolphinphd's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder
xbarr2's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Self harm