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Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction (2021)

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Anna's Guide to Addiction

After getting her MD from Stanford, she went on to become the university's medical director of addiction medicine. She started taking her Kindle to work and in between patients was reading graphic erotic renditions of the boy meets girl fantasy. Reading about it was a rush, and soon she was craving that rush all the time. I took a book to a party once and hid in a room red during the party," Anna says.

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