Sex and love addiction is not an official psychiatric diagnosis. Instead, it is a colloquial (slang or informal) term used to describe a compulsive preoccupation with romantic relationships that ...

Addiction touches every interaction in the person caught in its grasp; it does not only affect them. Originally a personal fight, what begins as a war for trust, stability, and emotional connection ...

When news broke that Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found fatally stabbed in their Los Angeles home and their 32-year-old son was arrested in connection with ...

Addiction has long been one of society’s most enduring struggles. Treatment programs, 12-step groups, and clinical interventions abound. Still, the focus typically remains on the person using ...

Dr. Drew Pinsky encourages Americans to rethink the way they approach addiction struggles. “With addiction, you have ...

Do you find yourself in panic mode, desperate and feel awkwardly alone every time you’re single? If you answered ‘yes’, take a look at your past relationship patterns: is your love life riddled with a ...

Child upset with her mother. Source: fizkes/BigStock Loneliness, fear, and anger are all collateral damage I have witnessed from addiction. I have also seen the collateral damage of worthlessness, ...