Summary: Love is a powerful thing. It creates a rush of chemicals in the brain similar to that experienced by drug users. For some people, this rush caused by falling in love can become an unhealthy addiction.<br> <br> Love addicts aren't interested in having healthy, stable relationships. They're just after the quick-fix of excitement and arousal that comes from the early stages of a relationship. When that wears off, they become disinterested in the relationship, or else move on entirely. <br> <br> Where does this startling form of addiction come from? What can be done about it? And how can you move from this immature, me-centered view of love to the full joy of intimate, self-sacrificing love that lasts a lifetime?
