Addiction in Society

Addiction--the thematic malady for our society--entails every type of psychological and societal problem.

Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., has been researching and treating addiction since he wrote Love and Addiction (1975). He also wrote 7 Tools to Beat Addiction. See full bio

June 27, 2009, Addiction

Comments on "Can love be addictive? Ask Mark Sanford - or his wife"

Can love be addictive? Ask Mark Sanford - or his wife

By Stanton Peele on June 27, 2009 in Addiction in Society

Jenny Sanford can tell us a lot about her husband's love addiction - she should become head of the new National Institute on Addictive Diseases. Read More

Good points

Submitted by Mark T. on June 27, 2009 - 7:26am.

I really agree with your article. I also like the way that you are critical yet respectful, and the questions you pose are valid and insightful.

Hear, hear!

Submitted by Christopher Ryan on June 29, 2009 - 2:39am.

Well said. An important argument for more open discussion of love and sex in schools and families.

Addition

Submitted by David Petropoulos on June 29, 2009 - 5:10am.

It should be added, Depressives like Mr. Sanford are often in a latter psychotic state once they reach such a point. In this latter stage, they have in common with schizophrenics, the belief that someone loves them and their in love with someone they hardly know. For schizophrenics It's often someone they pretend to know. Sincerely,David