Addicted to Unhappiness

Download or read book Addicted to Unhappiness written by Martha Heineman Pieper and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-03-29 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon their years of counseling experience, the bestselling author team of Martha and William Pieper explain how parenting styles based on discipline and excessive expectations condition children to equate unhappiness with love. This often persists into adulthood, leading to behaviors including eating disorders, compulsive gambling, disastrous romantic choices, substance abuse, and more. This book supplies readers with powerful tools, including self-assessments, checklists, diaries, and exercises, to overcome their need for unhappiness.