English language
Published Jan. 28, 2021 by Penguin Publishing Group.
I was worried when the author spent too much time describing their office but I'm thrilled I stuck through it. Behind the slow start is a well-written book with tons of great information. I'd strongly recommend this book!
Factual and straight to the point. I learned a lot while reading. It's simply good!
At times, I think the author was too clouded by her negative experiences with the downsides of addiction, to the point where she argued for moderation in all things in life, and felt almost shaped by a Christian ethic, which is understandable, considering her clients. The book gave me interesting thoughts about happiness, pleasure, pain, but didn't really pass beyond the superficial aspects of these matters. But the baselines are good to know and think about.
Had quite a bit of good, new information about addiction. Was awkwardly pro AA. I'm always interested to read about psychology and addiction though.
简单明了的一本书，分享了作者本人和客户们的经历。结尾还有十句话总结了全书的takeaway。整本书非常好读，作者会在例子结束后总结概括。包括的例子大部分之前都有读到过，所以单从书中提到的实验还是比较浅显的。
对于一开始发达国家的心理疾病还是有质疑，但不影响读完全书。作者就职于斯坦福，分享了Stanford和Berkeley的例子，也打破了我的“名校”滤镜。多次提及AA，促进了我对AA这个组织的了解。同时也很庆幸每次open up之后，聆听者都会给我正向反馈，鼓励我更加诚实地面对自己。
