Are You an Addict?

The basis for a healthy relationship with another must start with a healthy relationship with yourself.

	Relationship Don't Work....
	when you don't know whether to continue a relationship.
	when you know you should let go and don't.
	when you ask yourself, "What's making me stay."
	when you feel your hopes might be unrealistic.
	when you believe you can't live without that person.
	when you think you will never find somebody else again.
	when you feel this he/she will be the only "real" friend you will ever have.

Addictive Love is An Intense or Exaggerated Reaction (to) Involvement (with) Expectations (of) Another That Results in Inadequate Attention Concern Care for Yourself.

Addictive Relationship (definition) The relationship addict feels a sense of incompleteness, emptiness, despair, and sadness that he or she seeks to remedy by connecting with another. The relationship is viewed as a means of meeting one's needs for love, attention, and security rather than as a shared experience. The addictive relationship becomes an arena for trying to resolve unfinished business from the past. Addictive relationships are characterized by a simultaneous excess and lack of love; an over abundance of love to obsessive attention is bestowed upon someone else while an inadequate amount is given to self. You think and daydream about your partner or friend much too often; you give excessively of your time, energy, and hopes. All healthy boundaries disappear in terms of what you are willing to do or to give up to maintain the relationship. Ultimately, the self is abandoned in favor of someone else!

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