Dopamine Nation

 Anna Lembke, a Stanford University psychiatrist and one of the country’s leading addiction specialists, argues in her 2021 book “Dopamine Nation” that the compulsion to keep chasing a dopamine reward has a neurological basis. It’s not merely a failure of character or willpower. The brain, relentlessly seeking to re-create the pleasure it has come to expect, is wired to generate cravings that can be difficult to override.