The Love Drug

Most people can agree that love is a drug. When you're cut off from your supplier, you go into withdrawals. At least I do until the next hit. Amazing how hearing their voice, seeing their face, any contact can immediately stop the madness.

What madness? The soul hole that can only be described as a black void of longing. A deep place that feels like an empty bowl in your gut needing to be filled. And it is instantaneously filled with that hit.

How do you break the addiction? One of my faves is the attempt to stay friends. Yuk. That one rarely works. If you really felt something for that person then every attempt to communicate will leave you worse off than before. No call will be long enough. No text fulfilling enough.

Some have to just do the deed and shut it down. Lights out, door locked, and moving on. That one is a toughie to get through but sometimes it is for the best. Gives the junkie time to bleed that person out of their system. Love detox. Then they can start the recovery process. It's actually kinder in the end if you have no intentions of taking the relationship anywhere.

Love is on the brain again as I watch my son navigate the nuances of it. As a parent, I am up and down with him while navigating my own experiences. It is a great subject even if there are no clear answers to be found. Here's to hoping you're happily and blissfully involved in something love-related and worthwhile :-)