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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
9 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
mjadeh's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Eating disorder
adrianna_0623's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Chronic illness, and Mental illness
relisel's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, and Mental illness
karenmariscalo's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
kkarinh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Mental illness
Minor: Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Medical content, Body shaming, Car accident, Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders
nisk's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol
Minor: Drug use
srosen930's review against another edition
3.75
I was a little concerned that when the book got to the part of pressing on the "pain" side of the "pleasure - pain scale" that the author didnt condemn harmful self harm techniques. Like cold showering is a good example of pressing on the pain side, but when talking about cutting, I would put a disclaimer there.
The book ran a little long for me, but it wasn't too long or wordy.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide