How to Break Your Addiction to a Person

When - and Why - Love Doesn't Work

By: Howard M. Halpern PhD

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Are you unable to leave a love relationship even though it gives you more pain than joy? Your judgment and self-respect tell you to end it, but still, to your dismay, you hang on. You are addicted - to a person. Now there is an insightful, step-by-step guide to breaking that addiction - and surviving the split. Drawing on dozens of provocative case histories, psychotherapist Howard Halpern explains to you:

• Why you can get addicted to a person
• Why and how you may try to deceive yourself
• How you can recognize the symptoms of a bad relationship
• How to deal with the power moves and guilt trips your partner uses to hold you
• Why strong feelings of jealousy do not mean you are in love
• How to get through the agonizing breakup period - without going back

©2004 Howard M. Halpern (P)2017 Tantor

I just found the root to ALL of my problems

Just, wow!
The aha moment at the end.
Great narration.

I've never been THE priority

Very empowering and powerful

This totally help me identify to where my addiction to abusive men came from identifying my pass history and my own self destructing behavior and repeating going back to abusive relationships.I would highly recommend this very powerful and very insightful book.

Eye opening

This is the best book that I have ever read. It accurately depicts how we can get caught in an addictive relationship and why we struggle to get out. This book makes you realize why it is critical to get out of a relationship like this and provides a roadmap on how to get out of it.

Excellent Book - Very Helpful!

I'm so happy I found this book. I'm in the middle of ending a bad relationship and needing the strength to follow through....this book helped tremendously. I'm looking forward to listening again a few more times. Especially once I'm into my own place and going through the withdrawal period I know will come. The narration was great as well.
Thanks so much Dr. Halpern and Mr. Pratt!

Wow this was helpful

This was eye opening. The author knows what he’s talking about and helped me understand my attachment tactics.. I will keep this book forever!