This book is about pleasure. It is also about pain. Most importantly, it is about how to strike a delicate balance between the two and why it is as essential to strike a balance as it is now. Drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, email, sexting, Facebookon with digital dopamine 24/7. As a result, we are all susceptible to compulsive overconsumption., Instagram, YouTube, Twitter ....... Smartphones are the hypodermic needles of our time, supplying the wired generati

In Dopamine Nation, psychiatrist and author Dr. Anna Lembke explains why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to suffering: ...... and explores exciting new scientific discoveries that explain what to do about it. Combining complex neuroscience with easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke explains how finding contentment and connection can lead to dopamine suppression. The lived experiences of her patients support her narrative. Their moving stories of suffering and redemption give us hope that we can manage our consumption and change our lives. In short, Dopamine Nation shows that the secret to finding balance is to combine the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery.