| Getting over love addiction is very hard. The good | | | | in over five years I was able to listen to three |
| news? With the right therapist, you will recover. | | | | love songs in a row and not feel the lump in my |
| How do I know? Listen to this. The most | | | | throat. I didn't feel the heartache. It was not |
| incredible thing happened today. I felt totally | | | | there. I mean it. It was absent. I can't say it is |
| recovered. I still doubt it, and fear breakdowns | | | | gone for good. I would like to say that it is, but I |
| occasionally, but I have to say that today was | | | | don't want to say it and then have the pain |
| really, truly, a pivotal day. I had a pivotal moment | | | | return. I am very confident though that the |
| that brought me to tears. | | | | future holds more moments free from pain! |
| Getting over love addiction can take a very long | | | | As the song progressed I actually symbolically |
| time. It is like any other addiction. Let's take | | | | envisioned myself on waterskis, gaining my |
| smoking, for example. You smoke, and then you | | | | balance. I was rocky at first. I felt myself |
| decide to quit. You get up in the morning and get | | | | standing, slowly, but steadily. As the song |
| in the shower. You think to yourself "I would | | | | progressed, I was able to achieve total balance. I |
| really like a cigarette." As time goes on, this | | | | nailed it. I was able to waterski with a strong, |
| thought enters your head less and less, until you | | | | sturdy stance for the duration of the song. By |
| get to a point where you really, truly do not want | | | | waterski I mean actually listen to the lyrics, enjoy |
| one anymore. And when you get in the shower in | | | | the song, not relate it to HIM, and not CRY. It |
| the morning, the thought does not even occur to | | | | was the moment I've been waiting for for over |
| you! | | | | five years and I promise, you will get there too. |
| I can't say I am there yet. I still have the | | | | One day, you will be over this. |
| thoughts. But I can tell you this... For the first time | | | | |