"The chemistry and psychology of addiction are described with considerable insight. These authors know their stuff, and they make a compelling case. . . .All in all, Craving for Ecstasy is a challenging, well-considered analysis." (Los Angeles Times)

"Milkman and Sunderwirth offer a new and different perspective from which to understand a very complex and confusing pattern of human behavior. Their ideas are vibrant, provocative, stimulating and, written for a public that is demanding a better explanation." (Howard J. Shaffer, director of the Center for Addiction Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and The Cambridge Hospital)