How to Break Your Addiction to a Person Author:Howard Marvin Halpern PhD 'How to Break Your Addiction to a Person' is a penetrating, thorough, wide-ranging analysis of love--its good and bad aspects, its causes, and, in some cases, its cures. — Sometimes what passes for love is in reality a form of addiction. Just as you become addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs, you can become addicted to another person. Addic... more »tive love is compulsive, bringing destructiveness and misery instead of joy. If you are in the clutches of addictive love you will feel panic and withdrawal symptoms at the prospect of losing your loved one's attention. Your loved one will seem like the answer to all your problems, the fulfillment of all your needs. Without him or her you may be overcome by feelings of emptiness, incompleteness, and despair. But the time you actually spend together will bring little relief. You may even be unhappy in your loved one's company--yet, despite this unhappiness, you may continue to hang on when you know you should let go.
Withdrawing from a bad relationship can be as painful as withdrawing from an addictive chemical. But there are ways to break an addiction to a person. Dr. Howard Halpern has written a guide passed on 25 years of clinical experience offering concrete advice on how to get out of a relationship that is no longer satisfying or happy. He also provides insights into the roots of an addiction, and an explanation of why some people become addicted and not others. He shows how to evaluate a relationship in order to decide whether it is worth saving and, if it is not, provides encouragement for picking up the pieces and moving on.
Drawing on actual case histories in order to illustrate the nature of an addiction to a person, Dr. Halpern proves that a person can survive a break-up--and in the process learn new, healthier, happier ways to be in love.« less