A brilliant new guide to understanding the origins of codependence and the path to recovery by a nationally recognized authority on dependency and addiction. In this fresh new look at codependence, Pia Mellody traces the origins of this illness back to childhood, describing a whole range of emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and sexual a... [Read More]

Love addiction manifests in many forms, from Fatal Attraction-type obsessive lust to less extreme but nonetheless psychologically and emotionally harmful forms. The most common of these is staying in a bad relationship because of a fear of being alone-the "I hate you but don'¬?t leave me" relationship. In ADDICTION TO LOVE, recovering love addict... [Read More]

SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CRAZY, DISJOINTED FAMILY IS FORCED TO LIVE UNDER ONE ROOF. CROWDED INTO A SHABBY APARTMENT ARE CONNIVING DEADBEAT DAD JOE WHO IS MORE INTERESTED IN DRUGS THAN HIS NEGLECTED GIRLFRIEND, TACO AND JOE'S ESTRANGED, SCHOLARLY COLLEGE-BOUND SON, ANDRE, WHO JUST MOVED IN, PLUS A REVOLVING DOOR OF VISITORS SUCH AS TACO'S SEXY BUT SU... [Read More]

The central focus of this work is that partners entrance one another into enmeshed bonding through the euphoric idealization of "perfect love." This idealization is found to serve as a hypnotic allure which, by its sheer luster, blinds partners to its perilous powers of manifest magnetism. The stages of hypnotic entrancement are delineated, startin... [Read More]