Addicted to "Love": Understanding Dependencies of the Heart : Romance, Relationships, and Sex

By Stephen Arterburn

Book Overview

Addicted to "Love" describes the many forms this addiction can take. Like alcoholics or drug addicts, love addicts get high on sex and romance and need ever-greater doses to keep going. Stephen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892839309
• ISBN13: 9780892839308
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Vine Books
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

What an eye opener!

This book was extremely helpful in my recovery. I learned how to evalute my own needs and the reasons I choose certain people to get in relationship with. It pulled she cover off my denial. Which is not a fun thing, but necessary for hope and a future. It may have prevented more heartbreak and pain in my future relationships. I felt like parts of this book were written about me. Dr. Arterburn obviously has a good grasp of codependency and other addictions. Buy it. It may change your life.

A book that stuck with me.

I read a lot of self-help books too, and this was a life-changing book for me. It really set home with me that the reason we choose certain actions in life is because our need for Love is the root of it all. This realization has made a permanent reflection in my mind.

It helped a lot.

It helped me deal with a loved one in my life who's behavior suddenly seemed to go off the deep end. Reading the case studies allowed me to see the loved one's behavior as part of a larger pattern. Although the problems are still there, it has given me a way of understanding and dealing with the problems.

Extremely informative, hopeful book

For a person new to sex and relationship addictions, the information in this book was eye opening, informative, focused and gave hope that the problem CAN be solved. Highly recommend.

Excellent, balanced, well-organized, cogent, germane

This practical book offers a lot of insight into love, relationship and sexual addictions. Provides useful recovery therapies, especially for Christians. Believe it or not, I bought this book to see if the negative reviews were true. They aren't. So, if you are are atheist or close-minded, or so liberal you're just plain bent, then this book isn't for you. Go to the quack-shrink of your choice. However, if you are reasonable to 12-Step programs, then this book will be appealing.