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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
20 reviews
relisel's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, and Mental illness
wanna_read's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, and Mental illness
Minor: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Self harm
melina333's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Self harm
gonereadingleave's review against another edition
3.5
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Sexual content
sunnyellis's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Addiction
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Alcoholism
emilycheek's review against another edition
2.0
The whole book circled around the idea that was finally stated at the very end: “I urge you to find a way to immerse yourself fully in the life that you’ve been given. To stop running from whatever you’re trying to escape, and instead to stop, and turn, and face whatever it is.”
The lower rating is primarily for some harmful statements about the causes of obesity, praising dieting, and the concept that religious modesty is a tactic to prevent sex addiction. I would have loved to read more about phone/screen addiction or her unpacking of the 12 Steps, but instead the content was focused more on the “shock and awe” stories from her professional work as a psychiatrist. Overall, I found it lacked nuance.
Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Body shaming
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
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
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