Anna Lembke is the medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine, program director for the Stanford Addiction Medicine Fellowship, and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She is the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding research in mental illness, for excellence in teaching, and for clinical innovation in treatment. A clinician scholar, she has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries in prestigious outlets such as The New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, keeps an active speaking calendar, and maintains a thriving clinical practice.
Anna Lembke's stories of guiding people to find a healthy balance
between pleasure and pain have the power to transform your life
*Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to
Someone*
Brilliant . . . No matter what you might find yourself
over-indulging in-from the internet to food to work to sex-you'll
find this book riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued. Lembke
weaves patient stories with research, in a voice that's as
empathetic as it is clear-eyed
*Beth Macy, bestselling author of Dopesick*
Radically changes the way we think about mental illness, pleasure,
pain, reward, and stress. Turn toward it. You'll be happy you
did
*Daniel Levitin, bestselling author of The Organized Mind and
Successful Aging*
[An] eye-opening survey on pleasure-seeking and addiction . . .
Readers looking for balance will return to Lembke's informative and
fascinating guidance.
*Publishers Weekly, starred review*
fascinating case histories, and a sensible formula for
treatment.
*Kirkus Reviews*
Dr Anna Lembke is a whiz on why we get hooked on things - and how
we can enjoy pleasurable things in healthier doses
*Guardian*
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