TV Host and bestselling author Jane Velez-Mitchell believes 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 to porn, to compulsive social networking. Television seduces us into buying more stuff we don't need while we drown in debt. Massive profits fill the pockets of a handful of "pushers" at the expense of everyone else.

In her new book Addict Nation-An Intervention for America (HCI Books, Feb. 2011), bestselling author Jane Velez-Mitchell says, "It's time to take our power back!" She believes Americans have collectively become devoted to a number of dysfunctional behaviors (including obsessive cleanliness, overeating, prescription drug dependency, sex addiction, and obsessions with technology, war, incarceration, celebrities and crime) and that the United States is in danger of "hitting bottom."

Addict Nation tackles the issue of cultural addictions, and promises to shine a light on those who would profit off of our misery. Velez-Mitchell says she's got a blueprint for change, but first we must see what is really going on. This is an intervention!

REVIEW

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

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EXCERPT

Sticking a needle in someone’s arm is not the only way to get somebody hooked on something that’s bad for them. In the following pages you will see how you and I, and other Americans, are being lured into a slew of addictions that are supremely self-destructive. They’re making us high. They’re making us overweight. They’re keeping us constantly distracted. They’re trivializing our most important relationships. They’re putting us in debt and they’re destroying our natural world. We’re all becoming slaves to our worst impulses. It's time to take our power back!