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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
16 reviews
lalalauren_'s review
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, 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
okayshea's review against another edition
1.5
like other reviewers said, dopamine nation isn't really about modern technology or social media as much as the book advertises itself to be, and is more just about overcoming addiction and how dopamine works in general. there wasn't much scientific information in here that you couldn't gather from just watching a few self-help type youtube videos about dopamine or "dopamine resets". lembke also uses this book to make a few broad claims with flimsy support, so that turned me off too from finding much trust or value from this text. it just showed up on libby and was short, so i picked it.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Self harm and Stalking
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
debbilynn42's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
relisel's review
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Alcohol
charlottedow's review
3.0
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Kink shamingsunnyellis's review
3.0
Graphic: Addiction and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Alcoholism