Americans are being lured into addiction. And what we're hooked on isn't necessarily illegal or even hard to come by. Prescription medications are making us high. Fast food is making us fat. The Internet keeps us constantly distracted with everything from gambling and porn to compulsive social networking. Television bombards us with glamorized violence. From billboards, to online pop ups, to commercials. . . we're seduced into buying more stuff we don't need while we drown in growing debt. Massive profits fill the pockets of a handful of 'pushers' at the expense of everyone else. Corporations, government, and the media are creating the illusion that the more we have, the better we are, and so we crave whatever they're selling and become addicted to their products in the process. Americans are being seduced into self-destructivebehavior on a mass scale. It's time to take our power back. In her trademark no-holds-barred style, Jane Velez-Mitchell asks, 'Do you really want to be a slave, existing just to make someone else rich and powerful?' If the answer is no, then read this book. Addict Nation is our blueprint for change, but first we must see what is really going on. This is an intervention!
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Velez-Mitchell (iWant: My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life) condemns addictions to crime, celebrity, food, technology, sex, and other things in the same no-holds-barred style of her popular television show. The author targets anyone dependent on or devoted to such disparate dysfunctions as obsessive cleanliness, sexual exploitation, prescription drugs, the need to overpopulate, and technology. Drawing from her own life, the author illuminates how the government, private sector, and media (she never slips into irony) justify, romanticize, and promote addictions-essentially becoming "pushers." Each chapter focuses on an addiction and begins with an anecdote either personal or popular before shifting into intervention mode. The woman knows her facts, and her text is stuffed with statistics and anecdotes, but a few of her ideas, and her condescending tone, may turn some readers off. "Gay is the new green" proclaims the openly lesbian author in a chapter on "breeders" (addicted to procreation), and she lays guilt on non-vegans. Velez-Mitchell's intentions are equally admirable and suspect; the authority she so boldly assumes comes not from a degree or years of casework but from personal history and TV.
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Addict Nation is a great read; I couldn't put it down. In fact, I read it over and over, and I can't wait to read it again. I think I'm hooked. But in a good way. --Joy Behar, Host of The Joy Behar Show on HLN and Co-Host of ABC's The View
Addict Nation is the most comprehensive "Blueprint for Green Living" ever produced. I see it as number one and a must read for every woman, child and man. ----Jonathan Lake, Founder of GreenTV.com
JVM breaks it down so we can not only understand addiction, but we can beat it! ----Nancy Grace, Host and Star of Swift Justice with Nancy Grace
Jane Velez-Mitchell deserves an honorary psychology Ph.D. for her insights on the human psyche. ----Dr. Judy Kuriansky, Clinical Psychologist and Author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Healthy Relationship
Addict Nation is the most comprehensive "Blueprint for Green Living" ever produced. I see it as number one and a must read for every woman, child and man. ----Jonathan Lake, Founder of GreenTV.com
JVM breaks it down so we can not only understand addiction, but we can beat it! ----Nancy Grace, Host and Star of Swift Justice with Nancy Grace
Jane Velez-Mitchell deserves an honorary psychology Ph.D. for her insights on the human psyche. ----Dr. Judy Kuriansky, Clinical Psychologist and Author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Healthy Relationship
Addict Nation
Jane Velez-Mitchell
Health Communications, Inc.
3201 S. W. 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
9780757315459, $24.95, www.hcibooks.com
Addiction runs deep in American culture, and it's not just drugs. "Addict Nation: An Intervention for America" is Jane Velez-Mitchell's call for America to fight its addictions, and she's not just talking illegal drugs. Everything from food to pornography to social networking she claims is taking control of our lives and its up to each American to shake the monkey off of their own backs. "Addict Nation" is a fascinating and very solidly recommended pick for anyone concerned about America's overall health.
Addict Nation
Jane Velez-Mitchell & Sandra Mohr
Health Communications Inc.
3201 S.W. 15th St., Deerfield Beach, FL 33442-8190
0757315453, $24.95, www.hcibooks.com
ADDICT NATION: AN INTERVENTION FOR AMERICA analyzes how addictions have robbed Americans of their basic freedoms of choice, with freedoms coming through marketing and packaging designed to get us hooked on everything from drugs to shopping. ADDICT NATION comes from a recovering addict who asks if addiction is being marketed by big business - and how to resist its lure. Health and social issues collections alike will find this a thought-provoking 'must'.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Authors Velez-Mitchell and Mohr pull back the covers on America in a book replete with surprising revelations, thoughtful examination and useful solutions for a society mired in a panoply of diverse addictions. The first step in recovering from any addiction is to face the truth, which this book unflinchingly and entertainly presents.
With a decade and a half of sobriety under my belt, I didn't expect to learn as much as I did about other forms of addiction, some of which I'd not considered until now. Packed full of factual information and seasoned with insightful celebrity examples -- from Lindsay Lohan to Tiger Woods to "Octomom" -- I couldn't stop turning pages once I'd started. Even were I not a recovering addict I would still have taken great interest from a social standpoint. This is a book that should cross over from psychological and health studies to the realm of sociology.
With a decade and a half of sobriety under my belt, I didn't expect to learn as much as I did about other forms of addiction, some of which I'd not considered until now. Packed full of factual information and seasoned with insightful celebrity examples -- from Lindsay Lohan to Tiger Woods to "Octomom" -- I couldn't stop turning pages once I'd started. Even were I not a recovering addict I would still have taken great interest from a social standpoint. This is a book that should cross over from psychological and health studies to the realm of sociology.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Kayla Mayeux
Format:Hardcover
Wow! What a book. I had to read a chapter and sit with it a while before moving on. It was packed with information. Some of the chapters I related to and could feel myself evolving as I learned through them. I am certainly going to be a much more conscious consumer! Other addictions I could see my friends and their husbands lost in. The most frightening ones she talked about were the cultural ones that are literally putting our planet at risk. These addictions are so ubiquitous in our culture that we can't even see them. Jane says "it is like an undiagnosed fatal cancer growing inside of us." America certainly could use an intervention. I am going to start rereading it immediately.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Wow, addiction is so hot right now. I know because I never miss an episode of "Intervention"! JVM is an extremely smart lady and never pulls any punches with her opinions. I think this book almost as good as "Secrets Can be Murder" albeit on a different topic. It is definitely better than her "iWant" which got a tad bit preachy. She points out things that are so true. Her chapter on sex addiction was very insightful and made some great points that I haven't read elsewhere. I think she is an excellent role model for young women and especially gay women who need a strong female to emulate. She is an awesome interviewer and I will continue to read anything she writes. I disagree totally with the reviewer on here who said JVM doesn't feel anyone is accountable for their actions if they are an "addict". I did not read that anywhere in this book so I am not sure where they are getting this from. And yes, maybe someone who is obese might get a little offended by this wisp of a woman telling them to quit eating McDonald's but she is just speaking the truth. She can say it because she has overcome her own eating and alcohol addictions with great success.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Unrealistic expectations
Recovering addicts blame everyone else for the problems in the world today and Jane is no different with this puffery piece. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Horseaddict
5.0 out of 5 stars
Addict
Bought as a gift. Service as usual ...excellant.No complaints would use this site again and will. I need to add more words.
Published 10 months ago by Brian
4.0 out of 5 stars
Right on Target......mostly
I agree with the vast majority of the views of Jane Velez-Mitchell. However, I think it's quite a stretch to equate some of the worlds ill's with "addiction". Read more
Published 11 months ago by R. Ishii
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poorly Written and Unsubstantiated
Although I definitely agree that we are a highly addicted nation exploited by big business, I feel this book was poorly written and sounds more like a single individual's... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Nicknheather21
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book basically says that nobody is responsible for what they do!
She keeps saying " I was an addict and I could not help myself" I have not read this book and do not plan too but basically she is telling people "You are an addict and not... Read more
Published 16 months ago by N. Farkas
5.0 out of 5 stars
Read it in 3 days
This book is a journey of logic, and it's amazing. The content flows logically to form conclusions that make perfect sense. Read more
Published on May 18, 2011 by jlang
5.0 out of 5 stars
I like it.
I have finished reading the parts about personal and social addiction and recovery and "Addict Nation" sounded like a story that I needed to hear. Read more
Published on May 17, 2011 by JC
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent
Every American over 17 needs to read this book. I bought some to give away and loan to others to read.
Published on May 7, 2011 by Bert L. Metzger, Jr.
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book TERRORFIES me!
What if America is destroyed? What if thousands of years from now they recover one thing from our era... this book! How embarrassing!! Read more
Published on April 30, 2011 by Carla Crites
5.0 out of 5 stars
BRILLIANT
Bravo. I can't believe how many topics are covered here. JVM has hit so many points and done it succinctly and with a touch of humor. Read more
Published on March 22, 2011 by Seven
