TY - BOOK AU - Lembke,Anna TI - Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence SN - 9781472294159 U1 - 616.89 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Great Britain PB - Headline Publishing Group KW - 1 KW - Social Aspects KW - Medical KW - Neuroscience KW - Pain Management KW - Research KW - Psychology KW - Emotions KW - Cognitive Science KW - Science KW - Life Sciences KW - Disease & Health Issues KW - Social Science KW - Substance abuse N2 - *The New York Times bestseller*All around us people are looking at their phones too much, eating too much, drinking too much. Our world is addicted to fleeting distracting pleasures that get us nowhere. Dr Anna Lembke provides a clear way back to a balanced life.This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most importantly, it's about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We're living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting... The increased numbers, variety, and potency is staggering. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 ER -