Is It Love or Is It Addiction? Part VI
Brenda Schaeffer Brenda Schaeffer

Is It Love or Is It Addiction? Part VI

SIGNS OF ROMANCE ADDICTION

The euphoria of romantic love is one of the most intoxicating of life experiences.

— Brenda Schaeffer

Fatal attraction is as old as time itself.  It is filled with pathos, longing, and calamity.  In most love stories, love arrives out of the blue, abducts its lovers, and the rest of the story line seems out of their control.

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Is It Love or Is It Addiction? Part III
Brenda Schaeffer Brenda Schaeffer

Is It Love or Is It Addiction? Part III

CATEGORIES OF ADDICTIVE LOVE

Love, romance, and sex are delightful aspects of our humanity.

We must be wise in the ways we express them. — Brenda Schaeffer

It is easy to mistake addictive love for healthy love because it is so common. I distinguish between three types of addictive love: love, romance and sex addiction.

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