Love is the Drug

We've all heard that love is like a drug. There have been countless songs written about love being addictive, like Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love and Bryan Ferry's Love is the Drug. Love really is like a drug.

An article I read not long ago explains this very well. Rhonda Grayson discusses the science of love in her article, Love is the Drug: "The part of the brain that lit up the strongest was that associated with rewards and pleasure, a finding not nearly as poetic as romantics would have thought. It turns out that, to the brain, love is just another reward, much like chocolate or money, or like a drug to an addict. This brain system gets used every time you want something."

One Love Addiction site lists the withdrawal symptoms we go through when we've lost the object of our addiction/craving:

sweating or rapid pulse
increased hand tremor
insomnia
nausea or vomiting
physical agitation / irritability or easily excited
anxiety / panic
chills and sweating / clammy skin
loss of appetite
cramps and nausea
feeling of jumpiness or nervousness
feeling of shakiness
emotional volatility, rapid emotional changes
depression
fatigue
difficulty with thinking clearly
sensation of feeling the heart beat (palpitations)
headache

Let me tell you, I've been there. I've had relationships in which I had no control. What a roller coaster ride.

My herione, Leah Ryan in my new release, Repo Chick Blues, uses sex as a drug sometimes, to distract her from the chaos of her life. When you're caught in the euphoria of sexual attraction and fantastic sex, you really don't care what's going on, right? *grin*

So tell me, have you ever been addicted to love? Leave a comment and I'll do a drawing for a free copy of Repo Chick Blues.