That all-consuming, over-the-top love sounds romantic and beautiful, but this type of idealized love can be equally damaging. I think Dr. Drew Pinsky of Celebrity Rehab says it best. He has referred to love addiction as an issue for people who "mistake intensity for intimacy." We hear about substance addiction constantly, and sex addiction more and more frequently, but love addiction rarely gets Read more

As if your obsessive Facebook habits weren't enough, a recent study performed by Divorce Online shows that 15 percent of divorces are due to a video game addiction; that's up from 5 percent the year before. Which games are causing the most trouble in marriages? Titles like World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and Halo were cited most often, but casual Facebook games were also a sore spot in rocky Read more

Like nicotine, alcohol, or heroin, is food a habit-forming substance? New research says yes, and suggests pathological eating belongs in the category of addiction. A recent study at Yale University claims to be the first to differentiate food addicts from mere overeaters. Before subjecting 39 women to magnetic resonance imaging, the study asked participants to complete a questionnaire designed to Read more

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! A friend of mine recently completed a rehab program and contacted me to make amends. As you might imagine, our friendship went from close, to strained, to non-existent for reasons both directly and indirectly related to her addiction. There was a straw/camel’s back situation a few years ago, Read more

"I only learned how to text because back when I was drinking, I would get in trouble when I would call my wife and she would find out I was drinking. And then I started slurring my texts and I figured hell, I gotta quit drinking. Thank God nobody knew anything about Skype back then — I would've never stayed out of trouble!" — Tim McGraw says his inability to text straight, along with his Read more

I've heard myself tell people, "I'm addicted to running," but really what I mean is I love it. I crave hitting the trails and pavement because of how good running makes me feel, both during and after a workout. I shouldn't throw my words around so lightly though, because exercise addiction is a real condition. There's a big difference between running complementing your life and running being your Read more

This is an excerpt from a Group Therapy question in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! My boyfriend and I just broke up because of his drinking problem. He's such an amazing person. Smart, kind, considerate, loving, fun. When he wasn't drinking he was the most amazing person I ever met. Always quick to do or say something sweet. He's had a checkered past and I knew all Read more

If you've ever felt like you're going through withdrawal after a breakup, it's because you are. A new study in the July issue of the Journal of Neurophysiology says getting over a breakup is akin to kicking an addiction. Researchers asked jilted men and women to look at pictures of their heartbreakers, and immediately parts of the brain associated with emotional control, motivation and reward, Read more

One cigarette a month may not feel like a habit, but it can still get you hooked on nicotine. That's according to a study of adolescent smokers published in Pediatrics, which suggests that teens' experimentation with the occasional cigarette can lead to a lifetime of addiction. The four-year study started with 1,246 middle school students and found that those who smoked even one cigarette a Read more