Category Archives: love addiction

What is a recovery coach?

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Melissa Killeen

In 2013, I published Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions, since then the duties and responsibilities of recovery coaches, peer recovery support specialists and professional recovery coaches have expanded significantly. In this article, I … Continue reading →

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10 Signs You’re a Sex Addict

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Melissa Killeen

By Brian Whitney Reposted from an article published by www.thefix.com in 02/10/15 Is sex starting to become a real problem for you? Take a look at our list for some warning signs you might want to look out for. So, … Continue reading →

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Lions, Tigers, Bears and the Yellow Brick Road to Recovery

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

This is a guest post by Steve Devlin, a recovery coach from Philadelphia PA, and a long time friend. I chose to post this over the Holiday weekend, because it brings me such joy, and brings back wonderful memories of watching … Continue reading →

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Getting through the tough times

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

As a recovery coach, I often see my clients need help getting through the tough times, without using, picking up or acting out. Recently, I personally encountered some rough patches in my life, so, I went to my library of … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t You Do the Dishes? Part 2

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

This week’s guest blogger, Jeff Garson from Radical Decency Group, shares with us a very common example of a partner/spouse/husband/wife interaction. A husband and wife are about to leave for work and his wife, looking at a sink filled with … Continue reading →

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Why can’t you do the dishes?

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

Guest blogger Jeff Garson from Radical Decency Group shares with us a very common example of a partner or spouse interaction. A husband and wife are about to leave for work and his wife, looking at a sink filled with … Continue reading →

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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to an Online Catfisher-Part 4

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

 How can you protect yourself from a Catfisher or an online predator? Why do they do what they do? Catfishers want something from you. These are people that are not motivated by love, but are driven by money, perverse sexual … Continue reading →

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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to a Catfisher—Part 3

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

Are you talking to someone on line? Do you trust them? Could they be a catfisher, a scammer, a scallawag or a con? Last week I outlined some typical characteristics and warning signs of interacting with an online scammer. I … Continue reading →

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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to an Online Catfisher

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

Are you talking to someone online? Do you trust them? Could they be a catfisher, a scammer, a scalawag or a con? How Monica Draper, a 55-year-old, Ontario-based graphic designer lost $100,000 is not unheard of. How could she fall … Continue reading →

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20 Question Assessment – Is this a healthy relationship?

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

As a recovery coach I guide a lot of people in the “realm” of healthy relationships. Many ask — is this a healthy relationship? Some clients have not been in a relationship for several years, and are attempting to dip their … Continue reading →

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Recovery Coaches to the Rescue

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

It is 5:30 am and a band of FBI and local sheriff authorities pull up to a New Jersey suburban house in a development not far from Philadelphia. Adorning Kevlar vests, and windbreakers with the yellow letters FBI on their backs, … Continue reading →

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Why are Love Addicts and Love Avoidants or Love Ambivalents attracted to each other?

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

The last person a love addict should be attracted to is a love avoidant or love ambivalent. But all love addicts are attracted to love avoidants or love ambivalents. Why? In order to answer this we have to go back … Continue reading →

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The Dance of the Love Addict and the Love Avoidant

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

A love addict knows they do not want an emotionally unavailable partner, and the love avoidant knows they want an emotionally distant mate. Yet, the love addict and love avoidant still end up being attracted to each other. The love … Continue reading →

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The Dance of Love – The Love Avoidant

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

What is a love avoidant? The love avoidant will build relational walls during intimate contact in order to prevent feeling overwhelmed by the other person. The love avoidant associates love with duty or work. This coping mechanism is usually the result … Continue reading →

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The Dance of Love—What is a Love Addict?

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

What are the characteristics of a love addict?  Scratch the surface of a sex addict and you will find a love addict. Scratch the surface of a love addict and you will find a love avoidant. This is a perplexing situation for … Continue reading →

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7 questions wives of porn addicts ask

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Melissa Killeen

Pornography addiction is a form of sex addiction. Wives of porn addicts are baffled by this addiction and feel like they are partially responsible for her husband’s behavior. The reasons for this are numerous and include the shame associated with this addiction for … Continue reading →

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Ten ways of Improving Your Chances of Keeping that New Year’s Resolution

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Melissa Killeen

Make a list and think it through It’s that time and everyone is thinking of New Year’s Resolutions. You’re itching to get rid of that bad habit right now, but consider this: think it through. I know you have heard … Continue reading →

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Believe Change is Possible

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Melissa Killeen

As a recovery coach, I work with people trying to change a habit. We work on finding different ways of responding to a trigger. For some seeking recovery, they want to find an easier, softer way. Others think willpower is all they need … Continue reading →

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Internet Addiction Disorder- What is it? What treatment is available?

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Melissa Killeen

Internet Addiction Disorder- What is it? Internet addiction disorder or IAD is also referred to as Problematic Internet Use (PIU),[i] Compulsive Internet Use, (CIU),[ii] Internet overuse, problematic computer use, pathological computer use, or I-Disorder,[iii]. IAD is excessive computer use which interferes with … Continue reading →

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On the Nature of Addiction and the Loss of Hope

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Melissa Killeen

Guest post by David Chapman The normal state of a productive and happy human existence includes a sense of hope. The  nature of addiction exhausts all sense of hope. The sense of hope is based on the understanding that the process of productive … Continue reading →

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