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Podcast: The Joel Evan Show
Episode: 157. Dopamine Detox: The Answer To Addiction - Dr. Anna Lembke
Description: Today, I am blessed to have Dr. Anna Lembke, a psychiatrist and author of The Dopamine Nation.  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....In her book, Dr. Lembke explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain…and what to do about it. In her book, she condenses complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors and illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patien...