1. Lust with testosterone / oestrogen 2. Romantic attraction and mope and moon with dopamine 3. Attachment - Mature "love" hormone oxytocin 4. The lust is need, the romantic attraction is longing, and attachment is devotion. Have all of these in large doses 5. Daydream, idealise and persue the object of your affections to exclude all else. 6. Enjoy the behavioural addiction, with three hormonal drugs. 7. Be irresponsible 8. Drink and make yourself available 9. Ignore your family 10. Never have your phone, FB, or laptop out of your hands
Take the cure (from NA):
1. Find a new dealer, distract 2. Go cold turkey, no contact 3. Burn it out, activity and GAL 4. A dose of real life, stay busy 5. Stop the flattery and excuses, take a hard look at yourself 6. Wake the dream, examine your love object, list their negatives 7. Go on the dole, be broke and cold, find yourself at rock bottom 8. Have real emotions like anger as you have lost a lot because of the addiction 9. Be condemned by the world, actually you really do care 10. Go into therapy and stay there
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose. V 64, WAW
