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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
14 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
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: Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Body shaming
Minor: Self harm and Stalking
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
xbarr2's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug use
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Self harm
debbilynn42's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Body horror, Addiction, and Drug abuse
relisel's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, and Mental illness
charlottedow's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse
Kink shamingsunnyellis's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Addiction
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Alcoholism
karenmariscalo's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
fireside_reads's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Sexual content
Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Medical content