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Mellody has written a lucid and informa tive book on a subject little understood: love addiction. Speaking both from per sonal experience and a clinical standpoint, she very carefully defines her terms, in cluding "love addict," "avoidance addict," and, of course, codependence. The last term she carefully distinguishes from love addiction. She also includes information on the recovery process, the marks of a healthy relationship, and the process of en tering into a healthy relationship. The book concludes with a set of journal exer cises designed to help someone in recov ery. Worthwhile reading that is recom mended for libraries serving both the professional and general reader.
-Barbara L. Flynn, Chicago P.L.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

The author of the bestselling Facing Codependence unravels the intricate dynamics of toxic love relationships and shows us how to let go of toxic love. In this revised and updated edition of Facing Love Addiction, internationally recognised dependence and addiction authority Pia Mellody clearly outlines the debilitating 'toxic' patterns played out by love addicts and the unresponsive love avoidants to whom they are painfully and repeatedly drawn.

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A Love Addict is someone who is dependent on, enmeshed with, and compulsively focused on taking care of another person. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
avoidance addict, codependence recovery, recovery from codependence, love addict, abandonment experience, warm personal regard, withdrawal experience, intolerable reality, comfort line, emotional cycle, healthy intimacy, negative intensity, addictive process, journaling exercises, positive intensity, child ego state, functional people, addictive relationships, healthy boundaries, core symptoms, addictive cycle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Love Addicts, Higher Power, Facing Codependence, Suggested Realistic Expectation, Janet Hurley, Pia Mellody, Keith Miller, San Francisco, Duration of Relationship, Sleeping Beauty New!
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