Hannah's Reviews > Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

I had trouble putting this book down as the learning I was doing each page was supplying its own flow of dopamine to me. A fascinating read by Dr. Lembke which bubbles through a multitude of journeys her patients took through their own addictions to reach a more optimal balance of pleasure and pain in their lives.

Lembke highlights her own personal experiences with addiction which offer a grounded perspective to the reader and establish her admirable honesty as a pillar of the book. To not become too attached to pleasure or pain appears to be the key to maintaining a healthy relationship with dopamine. As someone who previously had not read about addictions or found the topic interesting, I loved this book and could certainly recognize my own self-defeating addictions to dopamine through the text. In the end, this makes for a great questioning of our own personal habits and what feelings or actions we gravitate towards in our lives.