Facing love addiction

In 'Facing Love Addiction', Pia Mellody explores the intricate dynamics of unhealthy love relationships, particularly those involving love addiction and codependency.

The book outlines how childhood experiences of abandonment or engulfment influence the choice of love partners and friends.

Mellody describes love addiction as an unhealthy relationship involving obsessive time, attention, and value given to another person, often with unrealistic expectations.

The book provides a recovery process through a twelve-step program, exercises, and journal-keeping, helping readers to identify and let go of toxic love and develop healthy, happy relationships.

It also addresses the roles of love addicts and love avoidants, and how these patterns can be changed through self-care, individuation, and healthy boundaries.