Dopamine nation : finding balance in the age of indulgence

Lembke, Anna 1967- (author.).

Summary: We are living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. Lembke explores new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain-- and what to do about it. She illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 1524746746
ISBN: 9781524746742
Physical Description: print
290 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Edition: First Dutton trade paperback printing: January 2023.
Publisher: ©2021.
Copyright: ©2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previously published as a Dutton hardcover in August 2021. First Dutton trade paperback printing: January 2023.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: The problem -- The pursuit of pleasure. Our masturbation machines ; Running from pain ; The pleasure-pain balance -- Self-binding. Dopamine fasting ; Space, time, and meaning ; A broken balance? -- The pursuit of pain. Pressing on the pain side ; Radical honesty ; Prosocial shame -- Conclusion: Lessons of the balance.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (EBSCOhost, viewed November 5, 2021).