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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
6 reviews
eliasaurus's review against another edition
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, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Alcoholism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
slipppers98's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts
oliviahamilton's review against another edition
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, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content
drdolphinphd's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Murder, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, Child death, Animal death, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts
katesaysyep's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Alcoholism
gonereadingleave's review against another edition
3.5
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Sexual content