Wow-Just read the NYTimes Modern Love essay on Love Addiction–a young woman who got so strung out on her relationship she left school and contemplated suicide.
One quote: “…our relationship, however damaging, was my life, and if it were to end, I didn’t see how I could continue to exist.”
And another:
“But my going to treatment to try to make our relationship work was like an alcoholic’s checking herself in so that she could learn how to drink. I couldn’t see that the solution wasn’t learning how to live with Matt but learning how to live without him.”
And
“SIX years and three relationships later, I am still coming to terms with this experience.”
Great essay.
Wow-Just read the NYTimes Modern Love essay on Love Addiction–a young woman who got so strung out on her relationship she left school and contemplated suicide.
One quote: “…our relationship, however damaging, was my life, and if it were to end, I didn’t see how I could continue to exist.”
And another:
“But my going to treatment to try to make our relationship work was like an alcoholic’s checking herself in so that she could learn how to drink. I couldn’t see that the solution wasn’t learning how to live with Matt but learning how to live without him.”
And
“SIX years and three relationships later, I am still coming to terms with this experience.”
Great essay.