"Oh this book could have been a 5, I so desperately wanted it to be a 5... But I just had a few complaints that I can't get over:

1. The opening shock-and-awe story of the man with the masturbation machine makes this book un-recommendable for lots in my conservative socal circle - which is super unfortunate because I want to recommend this book but now I have to put a big caveat on it. I felt the story was included for shock value and that disappointed me.

2. It needed more focus on less obviously destructive addictions. AKA - Why was there not a whole chapter on phones?!? Stephan, a reviewer on here, hit it right on the nail: "So for the low-dosing dopamine addict that is most of us inside our phones, it would be nice to discuss how to move the needle from a perceived bad habit to an acceptable escape, which is different from moving the needle from life-destroying addiction to abstinence."

3. I could have done without her personal romance novel addiction narrative - it felt somewhat contrived and did not add to the book.

I really liked this book. I love the idea of this book. We are a dopamine nation and it is destroying us each in different individual ways."