Lady GaGa Responds to Demi Lovato's Accusation of Her Vomit Stage Act
"I am very supportive of Demi's struggle and her recovery as well as the recovery of anyone who is suffering from that. But this performance had … Millie and I know that not everybody's going to love that performance," the 27-year-old said. "But we …
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Recovery program for addicts getting new look
Luke House volunteers and sponsors hope that message inspires future residents to continue on their path to addiction recovery. kAm{F<6 w@FD6[ 2 ….. of abusive posts. 6 Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.
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Speed & politics: an amphetamine political economy
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Working the Steps for Love Addicts
Entering a 12-step program such as Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) can be a very important part of the recovery work from love addiction. Modeled after the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, the 12 steps for recovery from love addiction look similar …
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Restoration Fellowship is a church where addiction isn't secret, recovery is …
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Helpline for Teens in Edgewater, FL Provides Addiction Recovery Information
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Ottawa cops say they are leaving sex workers alone, targeting johns
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Why love was my drug: Could you be in the grip of a dangerous addiction?
Love addiction, a fairly recent phenomenon (at least in terms of its labelling), is now widespread enough that treatment centres all over the world offer programmes to tackle the symptoms and bring patients back to a state of ongoing health …
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MU panel focuses on women
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Addiction by definition is a repeated craving to obtain or use a substance or activity even if it involves negative and destructive consequences. It is also characterized with dependence, withdrawal and tolerance. This means that if you are addicted to something you find it hard to function properly without taking that substance or having that activity. Love addiction is not something to be taken lightly. It is not something to be glorified or tolerated. It is described as having an obsessive attachment to the person or relationship. Person who is diagnosed with it depends his/her happiness and self worth to his/her partner and in the relationship.

Being with a person with this kind of compulsion is equally dangerous as being the person with the said symptom. People with this kind of addiction can be very irrational and can be very extreme. The cause of love addiction can stem from early abandonment, lack of nurturing and acceptance in the developmental years, they also lack affection and attention, and have a tremendous amount of fear for rejection. Needless to say they have severe low self esteem and have the need for control and power. Being with a person with love addiction can be quite draining, it goes without saying that they are very controlling and very manipulative, they are afraid to be alone which means being overly needy and clingy, they also need constant approval, and they basically doesn’t trust anybody, not even their partner.

It can lead to suicide, self harm or mutilation, stalking, rape and yes, even murder. People tend to confuse “true” love from love addiction, especially women. Your partner is positive with this kind of addiction if he/she does dangerous, perilous or destructive acts for your relationship or would go to great extent to be with you. If your lover tells you that he wants to cut off his toe to prove his affection to you, then you should never think twice of running far, far away from him. Another symptom is when your partner feels inadequate, helpless and hopeless without you.

If your lover believes that he or she is not complete without you, then be careful this means that he/she depends his/her emotional needs to you. Everybody remembers the famous line “You complete me” from Jerry Maguire. Every woman really finds it romantic and dreamy but the truth of the matter is Jerry Maguire is a certified love addict. He is afraid to be alone even to the point of marrying a woman just to have somebody with his side. Another perfect example of a love addiction is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It’s quite a bad example if you ask me.

Nobody should die for love’s sake. Another example if your lover is a love addict is when he/she constantly lies or emotionally blackmails you to have his/her way. This is his/her way of manipulating you. Manipulation in the relationship is another defining factor of a love addict. They are very incapable of having a very healthy and long lasting relationship. It’s never too late to get help though, like any other form of addictions it can be treated and fixed and it starts by recognizing it and acknowledging it.

When a close friend or family member is out of control with drugs or alcohol, then you might consider doing an intervention in order to help the person. Mainstream media has popularized the idea and also shown that they are by no means a magic bullet in getting someone to stop abusing their body with chemicals. At best they can show an addict or alcoholic that the family really cares and that help is available if they are willing to take it.

But in most situations there are issues of codependency and love addiction, so an intervention may not always be the best choice. For example, sometimes the loved one of an addict is an enabler and is actually hurting the addict by supporting them in their need to continue to get high and slowly self destruct.

In other cases an intervention might be a mistake because it could further isolate the alcoholic and push them further away from the family. The most typical response to an intervention is fear, based on the resistance that an alcoholic has to change. The alcoholic is comfortable with their method of self medicating and the thought of facing life without the crutch of alcohol is a scary one indeed. Do not be surprised if the alcoholic reacts with anger based on these underlying fears and refuses to comply with the intervention requests. In most cases it will take them time to warm up to the idea of surrendering and asking for real help in their life.

What is Love Addiction?
As with any addiction, recovery from love addiction is a process of self-discovery. It requires taking specific steps: breaking through denial and acknowledging the addiction; owning the harmful consequences of the addiction; and intervening to stop …
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Intuition as Your Higher Power in Sex Addiction Recovery
Because it is non-conceptual, intuition is a form of thinking that is non-judgmental and therefore fits with our recovery process of becoming more accepting and living a surrendered life. As they say in recovery circles we “live life on life's terms …
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