ADDICT NATION: An Intervention For America

In her New York Times bestselling book, iWant, Jane Velez-Mitchell, host of HLN's Issues detailed how her addictive personality infiltrated her life and led her to overconsume everything from alcohol to food to work to spending. Now, in her trademark no-holds-barred style, Jane targets our entire culture, calling it a Nation of Addicts-arguing that Americans have collectively become dependent on and devoted to certain dysfunctions (including crime, incarceration, war, overconsumption, overpopulation, prescription drug dependency, food addiction, sexual exploitation, cruelty, and obsessive cleanliness), When enough people are hooked on the same substance or behavior, it crosses the line into a cultural addiction. According to Velez-Mitchell, media, government, and the private sector are also culturally hooked on these destructive customs and therefore justify, romanticize, and promote them--in essence, becoming 'pushers.' In Addict Nation, Jane Velez-Mitchell calls attention toáthe collective denial society lives in about their addictions and overconsumption and confronts America to look at its bad behavior for what it really is: compulsive and self-destructive. In other words, Addict Nation is an intervention. It will shock addicts out of denial and inspire them to get help and get well. á