Nonfiction

The Urge: Our History of Addiction

The Urge: Our History of Addiction

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  • Create Date：2022-01-17 17:21:04
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Carl Erik Fisher
  • ISBN：B093B9QS33
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Reviews

Manda Nicole ，

The Urge is a truly wonderful and unique way of enjoying the history of addiction whether you are new to the topic or rather familiar with it。 Weaving personal stories from his patients with examples from literature， popular culture， and intimate pieces of his own reality as well。Perfectly laid out this book is a welcome gem to the genre of addiction literature and the brilliance of Carl Erik Fisher shines once again。Thank you so much to netgalley and publishers for providing an e-copy for me to The Urge is a truly wonderful and unique way of enjoying the history of addiction whether you are new to the topic or rather familiar with it。 Weaving personal stories from his patients with examples from literature， popular culture， and intimate pieces of his own reality as well。Perfectly laid out this book is a welcome gem to the genre of addiction literature and the brilliance of Carl Erik Fisher shines once again。Thank you so much to netgalley and publishers for providing an e-copy for me to read and leave my honest opinion。 This is a subject that has always fascinated me and I am happy to say this book did not disappoint！ Don't forget to pick up your copy as soon as possible！ 。。。more

James Beggarly ，

Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Press for the ebook。 This book is a unique take on addiction and recovery because it takes on the subject from so many angles。 The author talk about addiction through the ages and all the way to America today。 He weaves in addiction through literature， with De Quincey， Burroughs etc。 He also tells the stories of his addicted patients as he moves through becoming a doctor and later working at a university。 And， most startlingly， he lets us into his own addictions w Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Press for the ebook。 This book is a unique take on addiction and recovery because it takes on the subject from so many angles。 The author talk about addiction through the ages and all the way to America today。 He weaves in addiction through literature， with De Quincey， Burroughs etc。 He also tells the stories of his addicted patients as he moves through becoming a doctor and later working at a university。 And， most startlingly， he lets us into his own addictions with alcohol， Adderall and others and his denial and eventual recovery。 A beautiful and honest account。 。。。more