CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

PART I

A Few Fries Short of a Happy Meal

1. The Garden of Earthly Delights

2. Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

PART II

Reward—The Agony of Ecstasy

3. Desire and Dopamine, Pleasure and Opioids

4. Killing Jiminy: Stress, Fear, and Cortisol

5. The Descent into Hades

6. The Purification of Addiction

PART III

Contentment—The Bluebird of Happiness

7. Contentment and Serotonin

8. Picking the Lock to Nirvana

9. What You Eat in Private You Wear in Public

10. Self-Inflicted Misery: The Dopamine-Cortisol-Serotonin Connection

PART IV

Slaves to the Machine: How Did We Get Hacked?

11. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?

12. Gross National Unhappiness

13. Extreme Makeover—Washington Edition

14. Are You “Lovin’ It”? Or “Liking It”?

15. The Death Spiral

PART V

Out of Our Minds—In Search of the Four Cs

16. Connect (Religion, Social Support, Conversation)

17. Contribute (Self-Worth, Altruism, Volunteerism, Philanthropy)

18. Cope (Sleep, Mindfulness, Exercise)

19. Cook (for Yourself, Your Friends, Your Family)

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Notes

Index

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