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Dopamine Nation
- addiction
- dopamine
- phones
- pleasure
- recovery
- self-control
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Why I'd hand it to you
Anna Lembke, a Stanford psychiatrist who treats addiction, explains how the brain balances pleasure and pain, and why a constant stream of easy rewards, phones, food, shopping, drugs, can leave us more anxious and less happy. Her patients' stories make the science concrete, and her suggestion of a break from your drug of choice is simple. It is a timely book for anyone who feels hooked on their phone. Some care is needed here. Some patient stories are frank about sex and drugs, and the prescription is fairly simple for something as complicated as addiction. For serious struggles, it is a start, not a treatment plan.
— Matt Jordan
Quick summary
- Book
- Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
- Who it's for
- Anyone who reaches for their phone, or other quick rewards, more than they'd like. People with serious addiction will need more than this book.
- Key topics
- Dopamine and the pleasure-pain balance
- Phones and compulsive habits
- Addiction and recovery
- Self-control
- Shelves
- Psychology, Health, Parenting
Details
- Author
- Anna Lembke
- ASIN
- 152474672X
- On these shelves
- Psychology Health Parenting
- Short link
mattsbooks.org/r/dnat
