• Alcohol
• Approval
• Caffeine
• Controlling others
• Cutting
• Drugs
• Eating
• Excessive exercising
• Excitement
• Fighting
• Gambling
• Internet
• Lying
• Nicotine
• Not eating (Anorexia)
• Pornography
• Possessions
• Power/Status
• Purging (Bulimia)
• Relationships (love addiction)
• Sexually acting out
• Spending
• Stealing
• Sugar
• Video games
• Workaholism

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 1:08:46 AM
love can be a bad addiction cuz once u fall deeply in love wit someone its just so hard to let them go. believe me, i've been there.. i had this guy who i really loved to death and i had gotten even more attracted to him and then right when i was startin to fall for him even more he's gonna go and break my heart and say that he's sorry and that its best for us to go our separate ways... but i just about gave up on guys cuz that was the 2nd time that happend but then i found someone else who im wit now and hopefully it wont happen to me again...
- shelby

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:58:00 AM
my best friend and i hung out everyday. we did everything together. everyone always thought we were dating but just hearing that i would get mad...i dont like him like that ..so i thought. even when he had a gf we still hung together more then he did with his gf. he ended up moving in hs..about 5 minutes away.not far but still put distance slowly. now we dont even talk at all. he goes to the same college as i do and when i see him i want to go and talk to my best friend! but it doesnt work that way. i guess i didnt realize what i had until it was gone.
-

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:57:15 AM
My friend Loves her boyfriend like crazy and would be so....... sad if he left her. but she goes around kissing other guys behind his back...... messed up.
- GAbby

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:56:57 AM
Hey Dawson, It's Nikki, Um... ya i think i am kind of addicted to love. See I have a problem when I meet a guy I fall for them too quickly, and then I think right away that they like me. That's one reason my parents don't really trust me. well right now I am dating a guy it's gonna be our 2 month aniversary on saturday.... And I'm a Senior and he's..... a sophmore... my parents are really confused why I can't find a guy on my own grade to date. But see all the guys in my grade like drink, smoke, and do drugs... and i'm not into that in a guy. This particular guy I"m dating is the most amazing guy in the world... He treats me with the most respect and he listens to whatever I have to say and is always there for me.... And ya I love him to death and he loves me to death too.... but see before i dated him I said that to my past boyfriends.... and they flipped out... sooo ya but my boyfriend that i have now really means ever word he says... ~Nikki~
- Nikki

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:56:01 AM
ok dawson i understand were u are gettin at with the love addiction iknow this one i late but it is true i had just gotten out of a relationship like monday and i have been with this guy for like at least 8 months and then he had broken up with me it wasnt right but the only reason why is because he felt like he didnt know me at all and everything so he wants to get to know me and my heart is still tourin up by this but i'll have to get over it andif he didnt like me then answer this why did he ask me out and tell me he loves me? i just never that at all but like know im goin to have to get over it and for all the gruls that want to rush dont because it can get u into serious truble trust me i dont know i have gotten in o so much like trouble with him and u know i now have someone else who i love and i know i do and i dont know it has been weird and everything bgut like no we talk and i get to see him everysingle day so for all the gurl who think that they are in love dont rush it and say it. u will get into nothin but trouble and u dont want to and i know what i mean by u may think it but its not true god didnt put u on this earth to love someone u really like u know sometimes u are ment to be but other times ur not and just dont rush it and then u will know how long ur relationship will last with that guy or if the guys are readint his then it wil be gurl's just like i siad dont rush anything at all and u will be saved and that is about it!!!!! ohh yea and if u think tha tit is wrong thenlistin to this WHAT IS UR HEART TELLIN U TO DO ALWAYS GO WITH UR HEART I KNOW I DO????
- krystia

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:54:03 AM
ONE OF MY FRIEND HAD A BOYFRIEND THAT WAS GOING OUT WITH THIS GIRL FOR 3YEAR BUT HE CHEATED ON HER MY BEST FRIEND..MY BEST FRIEND WAS GOING TO HAVE A BABY BY HIM BUT HE CHANGED TOWN AND EVERTHING AND # SHE SEE HIM LATER IN THE YEAR HE HE ASKED FOR THE BABY AND SHE THE IT....SO HE STARTS TALKING TO HER AGAIN!!!!!!!IS NAME WAS JONHATHN THERES THIS BIOG THING GOING ON EVERY YEAR SHE WAS TALKIN TO HIM OVER.....SHE MEETS HIS GIRLFRIEND OVER THERE AND HIS NAME WAS TOMMY HE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING AND KNOW SHE'S HAVING ANOTHER BABY BY JONHANTH OR SHOULD I SAY TOMMY????
- vicky

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:53:16 AM
i need help with my anger and my famliy!!!!!!!
- VICKY

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:53:07 AM
I am someone who has never ever been asked out nor do i want to be in that drama. A lot of my friends at school though have been asked out and immediatly FALL IN LOVE! I think it is funny when they find someone cuter and start dating them and then of course they fall in love. I think I wanna wait to fall in love a little longer maybe like when I am 15!!
- Maddie

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:52:37 AM
I need help with life to make it happy any advice i am about to give up
- hank

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:52:25 AM
I think some people are addicted to love because mabye they don't want to be alone. I dated a guy who treated me like crap because I thought mabye one day he'd changed. He never did. But its hard to say what love really is sometimes. I mean people have their own opinions. If the other person really loved you back they would never hurt you so whos to say thats really love. ya know? mabye I am wrong and the only one who thinks that. But don't let anyone push you around. If they really love you they wouldn't fight with you they'd only fight for you. but heres all I gotta say now.. I LOVE DAWSON ! <3
- Katie

Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 - 12:51:17 AM
Dawson, I feel so hated by everyone. I feel like my own mother wishes I was dead. I look at your blog and its petty helpful, but not to me. e-mail me to tell me what you think. I have a myspace. same as my e-mail address, even my bebo. i have problems
- jessi

Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 - 10:40:47 AM
I do know someone who is hopeless addicted, myself. I posted in your last blog about love addictions seeming do menial compared to others, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized, it's just as diabilitating as any other run of the mill addiction. It's something I would do anything for, wether it's moving across the country for him, or stepping on innocent other people to regain my place. Now, we are no longer together, but not a day goes by when I don't wish I could live in the past, to the point of no one else interests me. It is a horrible feeling, but when I get blue about it, I try to remember a quote someone very special to me said "heartbreak is in a league with death, its horrible, but when you finally kick it, you are stronger. You will become a better person, for having gone through it, hopefully." And I know, deep down, he is right.
- Nikki

Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 - 12:57:19 AM
Love addiction is one of the most parasitic addictions there is. It's so scary because it seeps into you slowly, and brealing its grip is incredibly difficult. Most often, I find people who are addicted to love have had serious home or social problems. They have an emptiness inside them and are desperate for the feeling that someone cares. Once they get it, they'll do anything to make sure it stays. They'll put up with more than they should ever have to, just because they want to be loved. Now, love addiction isn't the same as sexual addictionnone is emontional, and one is physical. Love addiction can be a lot harder to deal with because we all need love. Truly, I think that the only total cure for love addiction is God. We can't even imagine the unending love he has for us. John 3:16 says "for God so loved the world he gave his one and only son, so that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." God's love never, ever goes away. If you are ever in a time of need, and just want someone that loves you to be there, call on God. Call on him with true belief in your heart, and he will not disappoint. Kelby
- Kelby

Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 - 12:56:24 AM
I didn't realize how many addictions people could have until you listed them out, and I know that isn't even all of them. I have an addiction for approval, if something isn't right to me, I change it then go around searching for comments. This usually happens with me about my weight. I eat fine and I don't have an eating disorder or anything that serious but I am constantly counting calorie and searching for my friends approval. I get scared the next day after a party thinking about how much I ate. My friends say I am thin but that is never good enough for me. If you haven't guessed I am a perfectionist. I don't want to go through my life constantly searching for approval. I don't know how to stop this.
- Sarah

Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 - 12:48:38 AM
I was with this girl for 2 years. i fell in love with her . then all of a sudden stuff started changing with her. she started hitting me and lying to her parents and saying i did some things to her when i never did. she put me in jail for violation of order of protection violations and a stalking charge. i never did nothing to her. i never stalked her. she told me to meet her somewhere and when i show up, she had the cops there waiting. she said her dad made her have the order of protection. after i'd get out of jail, she would call and tell me how sorry she was and i'd go back to her. it went on for about a year and a half. it got to the point where i told her that if she ever hit me again, i wouldn't hesitate to hit back. she hit me so i hit her. i just hit her in her shoulder but not her face. that's when i knew it was time to go. no woman should ever make a man hit her cause she treats himand hits him. well this is my story hope it helps.
- Benton C. Joelton, TN

Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 - 12:43:10 AM
I really Love your show, I am thrilled that someone has a concern for others besides themselves. I am always looking foreward to listening to your show and findingout what kind of problems are out there. I myself try to modivate my friends and other people try to understand that they are unique and can do anything if they put thier mind to it. so keep up the good work and thanks for every thing you do!!
- Jordan

Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 - 12:40:46 AM
Ok I hope im putting this comment in the right place! Ok so Love Addiction It's happened to me! I was dating this guy who I'm no longer seeing but when I was dating him he was everything to me we talked everyday and where always thinking of each other! I Loved him (or thought I loved him) After about 6 months though things just started going down hill....When I wasn't talking to him I was depressed and I would talk to him and things just didn't feel right it felt like I needed more to get what I used to have with him and I gess I could say its kinda like drugs the longer you use it the more you need to have to get the same effect you had the first high. I finally felt like It was to much and so we split apart. For a LONG time after we broke up I was very sad and hateful to everyone that new him including his new girl friends time went on though I slowly got to feeling like normal again though. Love Addictions are Just like any other Addictions and if you get to wrapped up in it you need help getting out (being a long time listener to your show) Listening to this show really helped me get on with my life and get over the Addictions I once had. I thank you Dawson for all of your help with my problems and helping others like me keep up all of the wonderful work!
- Lauren

Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 - 12:38:52 AM
hey its rachelim on my schools computer ill repond to you probley this weekend cause alot of poeple are wacing
- Rachel

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 10:35:00 PM
I think if your addicted to love or being in a relationship then that means that once your in a relationship you cant live without that person and you will do whatever you can to stay in a relationship and you always have to be in a relationship with somebody and you have to have a feeling of being loved and knowing that you are needed. i think thats what being addicted to love is.
- *riah*

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 10:26:47 PM
before you read my story i just wanna say i love you show! Ok I’m just going to start out at the beginning. It started at the age of I 3, my sis was 6, and my brother was a new born my mom was married to a guy named Shane. So then I guess she didn’t want the responsibility of have 3 kids to take car of, so she dumped us off on our grandparents I didn’t know why at the time. We all had different dads so when my brother dad (was a cope) found out about it he took it to court, of course he got my lil brother. Then my sis took the roll of my mothers, she became a runaway! The first year she ran about 5-7 times in one year then she tolled a very bad lie to her teacher! She told her that my grandfather and molested her! I know my grandfather and I know that he would never do anything like that! So then my grandmother found out about it at work and had to go to my sis’s school! At the time I was maybe 5 and at school and didn’t know anything about it. I got off the bus an I saw a car I had never seen before. I walked in with my grandfather sitting in a chair, he pulled me close and stated to cry. It hurt me so bad to see him cry like that! I had never seen him cry and I hated that, that DHS women pulled me away from him and told me to go get some clothes. So I did I had no clue what to do so I just did what they told me to do. I went I to a cold dark empty space were there concrete walls and hard beds. Then my sis and I had stayed I places were you stay until some one is ready to take car of you (foster parent)! Then we meet these people were both going to stay with. Then about 3 days latter I got to go home with my grandparents. They told me that my sister was lying the whole time! She still didn’t stop running away though! I went on until she was 15 and ran away and got raped! She was going to a baby! Baby no big deal right but at the age of 15…. WOW! So she was home for a while then she ran away for a while a had the baby! She came home and she stayed home for about 1 month then I stayed home from school because I was sick and so I fall asleep and she leaves the baby with me and I wake up to the screams of a 3 week old baby I couldn’t believe it! So my grandma had to tell the police. DHS got involved!!! They were going to take her away from us! So we decided that we were going to give her away to some people that we knew, but not real good…. They adopted her! We never got to see her ever again! So then she is still running away… I don’t think she will ever learn! I never told you how she stolid money from my grandparents, her and my blood mother, and I! She also took my new school clothes and food and ever thing you name she has took! What do you think about my story… My true story!
- BreAnna

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 10:05:05 PM
I went out with a guy who treated me like crap! we started going out and after 2 months i found out from his best friend that he was cheating on me! so i stopped talking to him but then one day, he call me and we started talking again! Even tho he had a girlfriend... i couldnt help myself so we ended up "foolin" around and he then cheated on his new girlfriend! we stopped talking again and then a few months later we hooked up and became really close again..... we started going out again and then HE CHEATED ON ME AGAIN! But this time it was with my BEST FRIEND!!!!!!! we were best freinds for 4 years! i dont understand why i kept going back! he a jerk and so is my X best friend. this all went on for about 2 years and within that time i became very depressed i have been off and on 4 different anti depressants and i was seeing a councelor but it cost to much so my mom wont let me see her anymore! i need someone to talk to dawson!
- Bre

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 8:24:26 PM
without love where would everybody be?love is a very strong word.sometimes it feel like nobody loves you, but they really do, and just because they can't show it all the time that doesn't mean they don't love you anymore.they are probly to busy to show, but the people that you the most is your family, and that is the truth...they love you and always will love the most...if you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend they will love but just not as much as your family....
- Cristina

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 8:22:59 PM
I am going out with this girl and she is always down and i try my best to cheer her up and i foud out she cuther self i am just about to give up u got any options.pray for her please
- A BIG FAN

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 8:22:37 PM
Heyy Dawson! I wanted to start off and say I love your show and what you do! Ok, I went to my best friends house and we ended up going to the basement with her older brother and his friend. Everything was cool, we watched a movie in his room, talked, laughed. Then me and her went upstairs to her room b/c it was about 1 in the morning. Her brother came upstairs and asked us to come back down with him and his friend. So a while later we did. It started off with me and her older brother cuddling, then my friend cuddled with his friend. My friend suggested we play a game in the dark...everybody thought that was a pretty good idea so we did. After that night me and him havent talked and now when we look at eachother it's awkard and we dont say a word to eachother or even make eye contact. Now, since that night I have been a bit boy crazy and flirting like no other and what me and my friends brother did has never left my mind. So, to sum it all up, YES, love is definetly a addiction....one that I happen to be on.
- ~Ashley~

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 8:19:33 PM
I totally agree that love can be an addiction! I'm currently stuck with a guy and am in a zone where i go from one guy to the next and now I constantly need somebody...
- Ashley

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 8:09:59 PM
One of my best friends is addicted to love, I think. A nicer term might be 'boy-crazy', but I've known her so long I don't think that's the case. She is constantly with new guys, and she sticks with many of them as long as she can before they get tired of her. I mean, one of the guys was a year older than her and they *almost* had sex--we're talking third base at least. That's pretty scary, considering she was only 15 and a half. Love addiction isn't like crack or heroin or even cigarettes--there really isn't any type of medicine you can take to help you get away from it. Still, the guy my friend is with now is with seemingly good guy: he's a churchgoing sweetheart :) (I don't actually have a faith myself, but generally, church instills values in people--something she needs.) :D Sierra
- Sierra

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 8:06:00 PM
i think that some people are addicted to love because they didnt have a mother or father in there lives i think that at times i can get a little clingy with my boy friend and i know that it gets under his skin sometimes and i know that it is because of my child hood not living with a father in my life .Brandon (my boyfriend) dosnt treat me wrong and respects me for who i am and i know that he loves me
- heather

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 8:00:02 PM
Dear Dawson, I can totally relate to this and the bad thing is that this can turn into a repeating habit. When I was 14, my first boyfriend was very controling , demeaninig, and convincing. When I think back now, he was kinda scary.I allowed him to put me and my family down, I put him in front of myself, my grades(which were impressive until him). I wanted so badly to make him happy that I would do anything, even turn my head while he cheated and pretend I didn't know. He eventually started hitting me, and I put up with that too. I put up with so much from him and after 1 1/2 years I finally broke it off, but not without lasting damage.That was about 16 years ago. I'm 30 now,and every boyfriend or husband I've had since has either been extremely controling or abusive. My husband and I have been married for 2 1/2 years-together for 5. I do what I am supposed to do. He doesn't want me to work, so I stay home with the kids.We have 4-kids 12yrs, 9yrs(mine from a previous marriage), 3yrs, and a 1yr old. I thought I had managed to get out of the "put up with everything" rut, but my current husband, who I thought was this loving, kind hearted honest man ended up being a control freak who has to tell me how to do everthing from when I'm allowed to go to sleep,use the phone, watch tv, or see my family. I used to enjoy drawing,photography,writing, playing music, and having friends. Now I don't have any friends, they all got tired of the excuses I had to give them for not being able to go anywhere or do anything.Every time I would try to write, he would snatch it out of my hands and read it, private or not.If I would try to draw, read, or play music then I wasn't spending time with him. I recently discoved that he's been lying to me. I caught him once before- gambling. He swore he would'nt step foot in a casino again, then I found pawn tickets a year later. Then I found out about his hot checks and more pawn tickets. Then I found out that he stole from me and pawned that stuff too.I was well on my may to finally having a career I could be proud of when I met him-(had my daughter @ 18-left no time for college after high school)Now for some reason I have surrendered all control of my life to him. I just don't want to fight- especially around the kids, so I would give him whatever he wanted. Now he pushes me to the point of snapping. like when I know I'm too upset to talk rationally and I try to walk away, he follows me and antagonizes me in front of the kids. Now it has begun to get a little physical, on both parts-like he pushes me and I push back. This is NOT good.I know it is unhealthy for both me & him and the kids, but here is the kicker- I love him and I'm not sure if I can leave him. I'm miserable because I feel like a prisoner in my own home. I feel guilty when I do lose my cool and react to him. I hate so many things about the way we are to eachother. I feel like if he really loved me- the real me-then he wouldn't feel the need to manipulate every little thing I do and point out all the things he thinks I do wrong. We really have very little in common besides our two kids we have together. I didn't want to be serious with him when we first got together, but somehow, he pushed his way into our lives more and more and I guess I was so starved for love, that I let him. The same about the two kids we have. I'm not saying that I wish I didn't have our two little ones cause I love them very much, but my own common sense said to wait to have kids till I got my career settled so I could at least support the kids I had, but I let him persuade me.I am scared to leave because he will not just let me leave, he will make a crazy drama scene, and I don't want to tear my family apart, the kids love him but now my 12 yr old is giving me problems, I think its because she sees he doen't respect me so why should she, right? Plus I don't have enough money saved up to get a place of my own and I could go to a shelter, but I think that would be hard for the kids. I don't feel like we are in a my real danger from him hurting us, because he really isn't physically violent, but I feel like I'm going to have a nervous break down. I wish I knew what to do, maybe you can give me some insight. Everyone hears the physically violent part and says "go to a shelter, get outta there", but it isn't that easy.Its more of the emotional abuse I can't take.I feel like its me and my problem since it keeps following me through my life.
- sabrina

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 9:44:18 AM
Ok, I've been dating this guy for 9 months and I love him. We are bestfriends first and we get along so well. We haven't had sex yet either, and we have a real relatonship. I miss him when we aren't together and when something good happens to me, he's the first person I want to tell. He makes me so happy and he's one of the only people (there is only 2) that when he hugs me, my problems seem to evaporate; leaving just me and him. I don't think I'm "accidited", I can live without him, but I would rather not.
- Abby

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 9:44:15 AM
A love addiction is just like any other addiction such as drugs and alcohol.Once u try it u get addicted to it and its hard to break away. Some teens dont get the love they want from home or friends so they plunge themselves into relationships that will never work out. They crave love so much that it blinds them and makes them so desperate that they'll try to find it anywhere possible. Relationships with a guy or girl who u think u love and think they love u (but they dont) always turn out bad b/c the other person gets w/e they want and u freely give it to keep the "love" coming. People become afraid and that the love is going to stop if they dont hold up their end... but the reality is that if its really love then u shouldnt have to worry if they'll be there when u get home. You shouldn't have to give everything u have just to keep getting love. You should only have to give love to get.
- Jessica

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 9:44:10 AM
One of my friends is completely obsessed with having a bf/gf right now she is just so consumed with not being happy cause no one in her family is helping her. Im scared and worried for her but even my family wont help she has lied to us before and while everyone thinks she cant be trusted she needs support. what should i do i want to do something im doing all i can from the sides but i want to be more helpful but i cant.
- Meredith

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:55:23 AM
I guess you wd calt an addiction or maybe finally a rut. We have been together for 17 years December. Hes lied to me, always put me "second fiddle" to almost anyone. but I thought so much of him. At his time I wasnt married to him but now we are. When I make him leave of go for a while, he is " oh you are the only thing in my life and all this and I have a big heart and I feel sorry for him that I feel like if anything happens to him it will be my fault so I would take him back. I have a low self-esteem. I used to have good credit a nd he has ruined me financially, emotionally, emotionally and he has never hit me but my physical being is shot. My nerves are gone and I'm on nerve pills and have to take Xanax's to go to work. He fusses when I cry. I started back to church and he acts like I am going to go to a bar or something. He is very jealous and I have never gave him reason to be. I need to get away from him and I pray every day about it. I dont wish him any harm but I am so tired. Let me know our opinion. Thank you , Marla
- Marla

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:54:21 AM
I have had a series of bad relationships so i'm not sure if what i'm going to tell you will help. For 4 years i stayed with a man that i was sure I loved, he hit me everyday, he talked down to me, nothing I ever did was ok. Most importantly everything I did caused him to be the way he was towards me. I wanted him to love me so much and I thought that if i changed the very core of who i was then we would make it. Well I tried that I try to change myself for him and you know what happened nothing, nothing at all. I just wanted to be loved by him so much for whatever reason, maybe its because I have an absent father or maybe I have felt neglected and have the impression that I just have to settle for whatever comes along. But thats just not me, I think women in general in abusive situations want so badly to fix the person their with. Its in a womans nature to be the nurturer, we fix the things that are broken, we mend relationships, we make it all better. So this is why I stayed for as long as I did. I wanted to fix him and he didn't want to be fixed. So i left. I think what everyone needs to realize is that love is a gamble you win some you loose some, when you lose you walk away don't hold on to anything let it go and move on. People want so badly to have that picture perfect relationship... that doesn't exist. In relationships things are going to get bad and you have to learn to make comprimises when they do. I know from a womans point of view that it is a security thing to be with someone, and alot of women do not like to be alone. So they deal with whatever and go with it. Others are so afraid of what will happen if they leave, the change is terrifying and painful. Another thing is to all you young girls... men are a dime a dozen and if he doesn't know if he loves you then leave and don't look back, Life is to short to sit back and let people run over you , hurt you, leave you , and for you to sit there wondering when their coming back. Live your life not for a boy or girl but for you. Don't let your partner hurt you. Be strong and know that in good time love will find you, and if you have to be single for awhile then do it and love it. there is nothing like being in control of your life. Relationships are so difficult and if your not ready to make that commitment to someone then don't get in one at all. Good luck to all of you looking for answers I hope you will find them but always remeber that you are beautiful and deserve all the love in the world and if that certain someone isn't doing that for you then its time for you to move on to greener pastures.
- keilah

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:52:23 AM
Hey Dawson, I have listened to your show almost every weekend except the ones that i need to sleep early for school the next morning. I think you are an awsome person and your advices make good senses. Well and here is my opinion about the latest topic, i am only 15 so don't laugh at me if it sound rediculous to you. From my point of view a love addition sounds like someone (most likely to be teenagers) that just learning to love. At this point love is just a special feeling which is totally new to them that they felt excited and want to go deeper into the relationship like trying to explore something new. And when their first love is broken up they sort of desperated for more of this kind of feelings and try to go on more relationships. Here is my own experiment with love which i think is considered as a love addition. It seem like i always addicted to somebody at all time like if i see someone attractive i would fall in love with them. And if i lost interest in that person, i will eventually have feeling for someone else. And I never really told any one that i liked them, I just keep the feelings to myself until it is gone so it's always one-sided love for me. Ok i will be checking the email. Goodbye for now and thankz for having the most helpful show ever. Ur lil fan.
- Phi

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:51:35 AM
okay, i was in this long term relationship with this guy for about two and half three years and i convinced myself that i loved him and that i couldnt live without him, i had to talk to him every night or i couldnt sleep. now that we are broke up i realized that the only reason it felt like i couldnt live without him is because i was addicted to love. he treated me like i wasnt even his friend in public like he didnt even know me but i put up with it because i wanted to feel loved. when i hear someone tell me that they loved me every night it made me feel like a completely different person, made me feel untouchable for that split second and every one thrives to hear those words. thats why it is so easy to fall addicted to love because wether you love that person or not it feels good to hear it.
- liz

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:51:00 AM
my best friend Meg is addicted to love. all her boyfriends want is sex,or to have her do drugs or drink. i tell her that its way to dangerous for her, but she still doesnt believe me. im afraid she'll get persuaded to do something bad that she'll regret soon. because i know she's willing to do whatever he wants.
- brittany

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:50:44 AM
Okay, well i guess you could say im addicted to "love." I always have to be in a relationship, always need someone to be there. If a guy breaks up with me, I'm usually out looking for my next vitim within the day or so. I feel if I'm not in a relationship that I'm not wanted. I dont know why, because i know that my family loves me dearly, its just really hard to go on without a segnificant other. I think the worst part about all this is that im only 15 yrs old.
- Trina ^^

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:36:38 AM
Some people are addicted to love because they want to know someone knows them and will remember them or because they want to feel loved so bad that they'll take it where they can get it.
- Kitten

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:36:22 AM
I do believe that I am addicted to love. For a few years now, I have been off and on with relationships and none of them seem to stay. When I see my current relationship (at the time) heading downhill...then I go and look for someone else and not break up with my bf. Right now I am 16 and I am seriously in love with my bf Jerry. We have been going out now for a few months and we are thinking about going to the next couple levels. About a few weeks ago, he asked me if I would have his kid and then get married. Now I am sorta against the whole have kids b4 marriage thing...but I love him very dearly. Well, with me being addicted to love, I have 2 other bfs and a gf =(. My gf just recently found out about me being engaged and was rather upset. I don't know what do to anymore. i have been going through sooo much stress and emotions that I don't know what is right snymore. Please Dawson, I could use ur help!!
- Kaitlyn

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:32:43 AM
I think that my sister's ex is addicted to love...or at least her. It was really creepy and obnoxious. He was all stalkerish and he litterally called every five seconds for at least an hour at a time. I was about to chuck the phone across the wall. He always made it seem like he couldn't live without her. I don't think she should have tolerated it nearly as much as she did. Once, she got so fed up, she overdosed. Near the end of their like twenty millionth break up, he broke into our house because she wouldn't answer the phone. However, as much as he is sick, I think she is just as bad for tolerating it all. And on top of that, she is never in love with only one person. She is like always messing with at least two boys' minds and emotions at once. I hope that soon, she will come to realize how wrong everything is that she has gotten herself into and will pull herself out of it all.
- Shelby

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:27:58 AM
Your so awesome! I listen to your show every Sunday and I sometimes take notes on it! Keep up the awesome work!!!
- Joshua

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:27:45 AM
hey, dawson i really like your show and i have been listening to it for a while now. like for addication my grand father was addicted to sex and after my grand mother died i was the one he turned to, and i was like 10 when he started and it endesd when i was 13.i have moved away to live with my aunt. but like then i turned to cutting cause there was so much bottled up inside. I want people to know there is hope or as u say it down the road to freedom.
- britt

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:27:05 AM
I'm addicted to video games, but see no reason to stop =/
- David

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:26:51 AM
hey dawson.. well yes.. heres my story well.. friday night my boyfriend took thirty pills and somehow.. my mom has listend to .. us talking about how he took so many pills.. and .like .. though she doesnt know who.. she said .. im not allowed to be around negative ppl anymore and.. so the next night.. i called him and told him if anyone ever tried to seperate us i would come for him because i will never be away from him. he is my one and only and i will not give him up for anything or anyone ever.
- Hallow (amanda)

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:26:14 AM
Dawson Hey whats up? Me I have many new problems but you just answered half of them Sunday night! Thanks for all you do! Maybe we can talk one on one! Bye!!!!!!!
- Joey M.

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:25:49 AM
i think an addiction to love looks like someone who thinks they love everyone they date or even meet i don't necessarily think i'm in love with love as much as i'm in love with the fact that i might be in love. i like feeling of being loved and i truley think everyone loves to be loved but the love adicts love to love and they abuse the fact that you can love anyone! but love is more than saying hey i love you it's about trust loyalty and communication!
- Erin

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:25:16 AM
the major thing you see in this case (people involved in abusive or highly consuming relationships)is that people who get into these relationships tend to be starved for affection. mostly you hear of abusive, abandoning, or alcoholic parents being the root of the problem. and it makes sense. the truly strong people are the ones that can put that behind them and realize that getting into a relationship you don't deserve will solve this problem.
- Devin J.

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:24:05 AM
hey dawson im dawn im 15 and i live in e~town alabama and well ive been having trouble with no going 6 days without a boyfriend everytime i try i never can last and well i guess im ADDICTION what do you thank ?
- dawn d.

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:23:29 AM
hey, I have never really been in a love/ relatshionship before but i can't imagine what it would look like if i were in on b/c it is so hard to get out of once you're in it b/c you don't want to hurt your loves feelings and you don't want him to get mad at you and so then you get into this fazz that oh i will just stay in this relatshionship with this guy just to make him happy, and thats not right at all. I don't know of anybody that is addicted to love excet the ones that call into your show sometimes:-)
- stacey

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:21:52 AM
love addiction is hard to go through.. i should know from personal experience... but one of my best friends is just really blind and not to mention TOO addicted to love..she has been with her boyfriend for 2 years but i honestly beleive that he is not right for her. he only treats her really good when he isnt around anyone but when he is around us, her friends, he begins to be really rude calling her stupid and talking about all these girls he danced or flirted with at the club. my friend since she is so into him (not to mention scared of what he would tell her)never tells him anything. we have already tried to help her realize that he is a really bad jerk but she is too in love with him that she accepts him like that. dawson he has already cheated on her by sleeping with some other girl while she knew it was happeneing but look at her...she is blind with stupidity and love that she lets him do that to her! but we cant do anything for her..she never listens! what do you think we should do?
- Jenny

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:21:07 AM
I dont feel there is a love addiction. I feel its just an insecurity. I felt worthless unless I was in love with a man. Not necessarily for sex, but to know that I was an okay person because they were with me. I later learned how unhealthy this was and got counceling. Love addiction means you arent happy with who you are, it is still an addiction and no addiction is healthy no matter what it is.
- Kathy

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:20:09 AM
I'm absolutely addicted to love. I can't seem to find contentment outside of a relationship, especially in my appearance. I've been through a thousand and one bad boyfriends, and I feel like I can't stop until I find at least one positive experience to counteract of the negative ones.
- Brandi

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:19:35 AM
Well hey Dawson. I'm not in any love addiction. I've really never had anyone to love in my life. So i dont know what to say. I cant get a boyfriend. Its kindof my one friend, she gets attached to these guys and they love her back. Shes 14. and well they all hurt her in differnt ways. Her current boyfriend is 17. But he's a really nice guy. i mean he's my friend too, but im worried he'll hurt her in some way.
- Tina M

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:14:26 AM
Hey Dawson, I've read plenty of these past comments on this subject, and a lot of people seem to be lost. Love is just an emotion. Its not the most important thing in the world. Before all these girls or guys ever started dating, you never cared if you loved someone or anything like that, it was just frienships, mom, and dad, or sister and brother, bff's for life right? So why is it such a big deal now? Is it because we need that feeling, like the father love blog? I'll admit im somewhat addicted to love also, so some of this makes me seem like a hypocrite, and its not that im addicted more like obsessed, but i've worked on it. I love the feeling my bf gives me when we're just hugging or talking, or how i could just be having the worst day ever, and only he can make me smile. Its a wonderful feeling to know someone cares even if you think no one else does. By the way our two year anniv. is in less then a month :)... but I just need more help in understanding how not to be so obsessive .... Thanks..
- Julie

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:13:28 AM
i have been addicted to many things but broke away from them. for example i was addicted to hitting my head on rocks and cutting. but i realized people love me and i have so much going for myself, so i stopped with the help of my friends and family.
- sam

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:13:05 AM
I think some people fall in love with people who don't treat them right cause they don't want to be alone. They think that they cant get anyone else. Anything better then someone who treats them bad. Some people just fear being alone, They'd rather be with someone who treats them bad. Then not be with anyone. Love is for everyone, Don't fall for just the first person who says I love you. Take your time and get to know someone before getting serious. Love takes times, You have to work at it.
- Kent

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:12:07 AM
I once knew a girl who worked with my husband who had a boyfriend that beat her up and was mean to her and she still stayed with him..claiming she loved him and thought he'd get better..etc..I'm not sure if they got married but a friend of mine saw her one day and she had a black eye and a bruise on her cheek. Also i think my husbands mom might be addicted to "love" because she always has a boyfriend..and sometimes more than one and they are always these loser guys who are bad influences on her but she stays with them anyways and gives into them and even changes herself and her beliefs to impress them.its sad really because its not love its control.and she wont leave them either.
- Emily

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007 - 12:11:38 AM
hey dawson! i listen to your station everynight on KDWB and i love it. ok... My best friend, Nate has ahad a hard life. His mother left when he was younger so he never met her and she had just died in march so he has never really had a mom. His father works from 2 pm to 2 am and is never home when nate is. Nate has a lot of girlfriends and i was almost one of them. He is my brothers best friend ans we started liking eachother. We almost went out. He is the sweetest guy in the world but ends up pickin the wrong girls. Someone and I are the only girls that he ahs liked that are good kids and care about nate and what he does in life. I have asked him many times why he has so many girlfriends and he says..."I dont get the same kind of love from my friends and family than what i get from a girlfriend.I totally understand what hes talkin about. He has been into weed, drinking and cigarettes. He has a lot of problems in his life and thats how he deals with them. With us being best friends im helping keep him away from the bad things and his girlfriend problems have gotten better. All love addicts need is a good friend of the opposite sex that is not "active" with them and that can show them that they love them and not be their girlfriend or boyfriend. they just want to be loved!
- Marissa

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 4:12:27 PM
hey dawson your show is the bomb keep it up
- oscarsaenz

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 4:12:24 PM
Okay. My name is Lizz, And i just got out of a serious relationship. Me and my boyfriend were together since 1-8-06, and just broke up about a month ago now. I fell in love with him yes, but he seems like it doesnt matter. I have done everything for him, and he seems like im just any other person. I dont know what to do and i listen to everyone else's problems and they seem so big compared to mine... but not to me. When were together and stuff, he always wants to like "make-out" and stuff... but he doesnt want to go back out with me. What do i do if i want to be with him and i dont know if he wants to be with me back? What do i ask him? Write me back. I dont know when ill be back on my email.. but it should be soon so i can check everything. Thanks Dawson. Love always, Lizz.
- Elizabeth

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 4:12:09 PM
i guess you could say me and my friends are addicted to love but one of them, s. expresses more of a wanting for love.the other friend,a. always has a boyfriend. i seriously can't remember a time when she has been single for at least 3 months!i am always wanting some one to love mebut i never really think of it like this so i'm not sure.i'm constantly thinking of someone.s. just found out she is pregnantand i'd want someone to talk to about our issues.
- Emmy

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 4:11:42 PM
i THINK i could say im addicted to love. But the problem I dont often get the love I want so I look for it in all the wrong places. Either that, or I dont get it at all. I strive for getting love.
- Narda

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 4:11:38 PM
i so happy that you helping lots os people. i lisening your show fro 2 year and i love it.
- elena

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 4:11:32 PM
Hey dawson, i love your show i listen to it everynight.. im haveing guy problems.... i need to kno if you could help at all...ok so there is this guy and i have dated him once we broke up in August when he told me he still liked his ex... so he left me for her...then jsut sat night he called me and txted me nonstop when i was at work so i called him back and he wants to meet up with me nad hang out.. b/c him and his ex broke up again.. soo idk if im a rebound or waht.. ight he swears its not like that.. but yai need some help.. i really realy liked him alot . but i dont kno if he really likes me... well i hope you could give me some advice.. thanks dawson. have a good day...
- Karah Marie*

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 10:04:29 AM
your show is a great thing and has helped me in the past! Thanks
- Dan

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 10:04:26 AM
you reallly help alot of people and i'd like to talk because i needadvice but im not sure i could im worried about a lot of things
- Beth

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 1:58:20 AM
Dawson, I just wanted to thank you for all of the help that you are giving to the youth of this country. I am a 45 year old female and listen to your show every week. Eventhough I am not within the ade group for your chat, I just wanted to let you know how awesome and caring you are. Thanks again! ~Melody
- Melody

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 12:46:04 AM
I think you are wonderful! You are doing a very good thing!
- Ashley

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 12:43:35 AM
When I was 2 months pregnant my boyfriend's sister beat me up trying to kill my unborn child and hurt me. and now she is 2 years old and I dont know what to do with this situation... I do not wanna go around the girl but my boyfriend and his parents are pressuing me into going to their house which she lives there with them and I do not want my daughter around that girl because she's crazy. and I need help with this.
- nicole

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 12:32:44 AM
Even though I'm older and your audience is a much younger group I think you offer something for everybody. God Bless you and keep up the good work Wayne
- Wayne

Monday, Sep 24, 2007 - 12:07:47 AM
love your show! u help soo many people i need help and u givin some great advice! ill call!
- austin

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 11:48:09 PM
my dad just got out of jail and he does not wont 2 see and i dont wont 2 see him but i dnt kno wat he look likes so i kinda wanna see him i ont love him bcause he wa never there 4 me
- cant tell u

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 11:37:40 PM
I need ur help with a problem that i have with my girlfriend
- John B.

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 11:37:24 PM
I think im subconsciousely anorexic cause I dont ever think about it anymore and so I could be dying and not even know it I was addicted to caffine but I knew what I was doing
- shia

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 11:37:02 PM
hey i am a love freak,and when i say love freak i dont only mean girls,i mean i need someone to love me,i know i have people who love me,but i feel so empty inside,idk why,and when i feel so depressed and lonely i drink myself away,alcohol,i need someone to talk to,ive gotton so addicted to having people love me that i go online all the time so i can talk to people,i want to talk to people who can relate to me,i would give out my info but i know i shouldnt
- danmeade

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 11:34:20 PM
I see a love addiction just as bad as any other addiction that that deals with drugs. When someone is generally looking for love their usually lacking love from the people that matter the most (family). The person looks for others to feed this need of love because it is human nature since birth to have this feeling of someone caring about you. When I see this in people they're getting love from a source they generally do not want it from but, they're addicted so they cannot get away, they start to chase the feeling of what it feels like the first time they met. It's a feeling of being trapped just like any other addiction because they're just chasing the first feeling again. As the relationship wears and the feeling of love dissipates the need for this person becomes less apparent for one side of the relationship. One side will break it off but, the other was just fine in the relationship. I just go with the term of never settling with someone you don't have to. Stay true to yourself let it affect the people, let it clothe you, let it shape and mold you, only then you will find the true one. My 2 cents lol
- Nicholas M.

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 11:26:20 PM
Dear Dawson, I am having this really hard time in my life and i need your advise on how to cope with it. I have had the same boyfriend for about 2 years now and things couldnt be better. But one night I made a mistake that I can never take back and it is killing me. I slept with my boyfriends twin brother and i am now 2 months pregnant with his child. I dont know how to tell my boyfriend because i dont know if he will be able to forgive me and i love him so much and he means the world to me.. And on top of that i dont know how to tell his brother. I hope you can help me cuz i am at a loss of what to do.
- Alex B.

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 11:07:17 PM
Dawson- not sure on where to start but i've got a relationship concern. I'm leaving in oklahoma and the guy i wanna be with and i love lives in california. I have a child and he wants me to move out there. I've know him for over two years when we both lived in the same state together. Don't know who to tell my father about it either or my family. I fell in love with him since i met him just about and he finally loves me and wants to be with me but thats a huge move to make i need your advice
- Tiffany d.

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 11:06:40 PM
i think that at a way im addicted to my relationship with my bf... we been together for a year now && sometimes he doesnt seem to appreaciate me && doesn things that hurt my feelings, i've taken many things from him ...i wish i could just end it but its hard because im so used to like being with him, i am not sure if i love him or im just used to him...
- cinthia

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 10:53:49 PM
i am daniel and i have some problems,alcohol,relationships,parents,school,and all that i have a problem with,i was just wondering if someone could send me a message so i can relate with someone who has problems like mine,i have very few friends
- daniel

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 10:48:14 PM
Hey dawson... this really doesnt have anything to do with our blog but i need some advise on something. I have been thinking about this for some time now and im still debating whether i should or not. I also really care about this girl i have been dating. We have been dating for 2 months and my plan is to ask her to go steady with me by christmas time. by christmas we would have be dating for over 5 months. I need to know if this is the right thing to do and if it is the right thing should i still do it on christmas or should i wait longer?
- Josh

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 10:47:12 PM
I am And i am No more....... As i lay intertwined in my thoughts of confusion, denial, and angst. I cannot come to even phathom the thought of perplexities that plague my mind daily of your intricate being. I question the lonliness i feel, even when u are near me. My heart filled with grief, i am naked.. an emotional reck. I have abandoned myself, a spineless nobody, but something to you. The insignifigance i create, in-touch with fairy-tale endings, but not a hope-less romantic... I dwell in darkness, yet feed on the light. My soul is diminshing into a thousand peices i have already given away to creatures who have never even considered my worth. I am torn. Un-stopable. A force that longs for desire, but is courageousless to seek it. I am beneath the ground. Complete solitude. I scream but no one hears me... I am done for i have no more purpose. I belong nowhere. I am just as important as that rock lying there.. the one u passed 10 times today and have never noticed. I need the love to supercede my requirements and find me in wholly bliss. How can that which be so enduring be so hurtful all in one breath? Lobotomize me, but leave my shell. Its the only beauty i have left. A testimony of my life here in this time. It is the ONLY proof of my existance.... I am. And i am no more. Elizabeth L. B.
- Elizabeth L. B.

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 10:32:29 PM
HI ok i can really relate to this love addication and my mom think she knows why im liek this,The main reason i believe is becuase my dad never had anythign to do with me him and my mom got divorced when i was 2 years old.I have no memories of me and my dad.Even now im 22 he hasnt had anything to do with me and im his only blood kid.She thinks this is why i have relationship problems and don't open my heart up to not just guys everyone.But I dont liek being this year.And my ex boyfriend John like ive herd u said things happen to fast they end in disaster and that is what my story is all about.I fell madely in love with this man we met through his friend that i knew and hit it off.Then i moved to Ohio where he was living.And he got a job working for Nascar that would move us to Kentucky .I didnt like it from the start becuase i was happy in Ohio.Well we moved to Kentucky and all the problems started.But we always kept tlakign about gettin married having a baby and all the wonderful stuff i wanted.Then I got pregant and two and half months later i had a misscarrage and almost lost my life.Well I came back home.To cut to the chase here its been two years andand im just now starting to take it easy and slow with this guy.But it was really hard all the emotionl stress that man put me through theres so much too this story but this is all i can say Just i know exactly all about love addication
- Jennifer C.

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 10:28:32 PM
i listen to your show every sunday...and i think its awesome how you help people and you introduce christ to them...anyways i just wanted to tell you that i think your amazing!!
- jdp

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 10:20:24 PM
Hey Dawson... Just wanna say that I love your show and I listen to it every Sunday night (In Cleveland, Ohio). Its pretty late so I gotta do this quick cause I gotta get up early tomorrow (4AM). Anyway, I know that alotta times you talk about addictions and sometimes I don't have a specific one. I cut a year ago but haven't since then and lately I have had problems eating (or not eating) so I guess you could say I'm leaning towards anorexia. there's something about what happens when I'm mad or sad that makes me somehow dumbfoundingly happy. Does that make sense? Does that make me a masochist? I don't tell anyone at home, even my siblings that I'm closest to because I tried telling them secrets but it always gets out. I can't tell my friends because I just know they'd look at me differently. They always make jokes about people cutting themselves and it always makes me mad. It's almost like a game because I always drop hints for people to possibly follow but not much people ever do. They're just left there and no one ever picks them up. Suicide has crossed my mind sometimes but I know I couldn't because I don't want to cause my family that much pain on such a high level. I suppose you could say my addiction altogether is pain -- emotional and physical. It fuels me and helps me thrive. This helped enough just because I can tell someone. Thanks a lot!
- Tiger

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 9:50:52 PM
Hi My cousin Daniel is hooked on drugs and he is bipolar. ( i hope that is how you spell it)He is a totally different person and i just want my cousin back and not this drug addict. He use to act and play in movies but then he became depressed and that's how he got hooked on drugs. I stay away from him now because of what he is doing and what he asks me to do for him. He's taken his medicine and went to rehab and my whole family supports him but for some reason he just won't stop taking drugs. I use to tell my friends how cool he is and now i am ashamed to even talk about him. What should i do and how can i help him? Please help me! I just want my favorite ccousin back. sincerely Rachel
- Rachel

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 9:49:20 PM
Hey, Dawson. First, I just have to say what an amazing ministry you have going. I listen to your show every Sunday night, and have even visited the studio a time or two4 Keep it up, and god bless you. I particularly want to respond to Brittany in this comment. I can kind of relate to this because I have a friend who is going through some similar things. Let's first address what I really think is the most important issue here: your parents. --I don't think you hate your parents. As you said, hate is a particularly strong word--and most of us don't realize how strong. To hate, in my opinion, means to detest with every fiber of your soul--to have no compassion, no mercy, no gratitude, no love of any kind, no matter how small, toward the object of your hate. Now ask yourself: do you truly _hate_ anyone? --This is something I think needs to be worked out, and worked out soon. Teenagers (myself included) often haven't a clue all our parents do for us. Let's just step into their shoes for a minute. They pay for over 75% of the things you have--food, water, clothing, electricity, television, transportation, as well as a myriad of other things. And how do you suppose they get that money? By working. Now, most jobs, especially the middle-class ones, aren't a piece-of-cake. They may not be physically back breaking, but they aren't a picnic later. Our parents work all day, every day so they can provide and care for us. Now, do you really think you hate them? --Now, don't get me wrong here. I'm not saying your issue isn't valid. Parents aren't perfect, and neither are we. My best advice is to write them a letter--or speak to them in person. State articulately how you feel and why you feel that way. To sulve this problem, there needs to be communication. --Now, onto the second issue: cutting. I won't spend quite as much time discussing this as my view is very simple. Cutting is an act that twists, hurts, and destroys, not only physically, but psychologically. It opens up the avenue of thinking that makes us believe that pain is okay. Not merely that it is okay--but that it is wonderful, and something to indulge! Cutting is a nearly endless circular paradox: the more you do it, the less you want to, but the more you do. There is no question--youneed help, and you need it very soon. --The last issue is another one, and this goes into some very bad realms. I do not care what you say or how you defend him. Anyone can forge themselves an identity, and if this guy is dangerous he is going to be smart about this. You must--must--be extremely careful. First of all, you need to tell your parents about him. If he is really a good person and you love him--and honestly, I don't think this is the case--then you should be able to work things out. And if you do go meet him, then for the sake of God Almighty, don't do it alone! Well, that's about all I have to say for now. I sincerely hope these comments are of help. You are in my prayers.
- Kelby

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 9:19:58 PM
Hey Dawson, First of all I love your show I listen to it as often as I can, when you come on on sundays. I'm doing a senior project for my high school, my topic is "Help for Teenages with pressure, problems, and ones that are troubled." and well I have to have an interview and I was wondering if I could interview you some time in the next week or two. Please, it is supposed to change mankind and I feel that this will really help me and future teens etc. thanks my email is above so please contact me through that asap thanks dawson and I'll be listening tonight as I do every sunday.
- Bryant

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 9:19:31 PM
i love reading your blogs they really help and your are a great person for helping people
- laci

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 8:52:28 PM
hey dawson im suffering from a broken heart and i know u know the best advice for me. please pray for me and all of my problems like my lying problem. please pray!
-

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 8:52:13 PM
thanks. you^re a genuinely good person. >>^<>^<<
- matt_

Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 - 7:39:35 PM
this has nothing to do with the blog but im stressed this year. wat can i do???
- kaelyn

Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 - 9:45:49 PM
i was abused when i was little and my parents fed me so little then that now i never eat. i was down to 90 pounds and, but thank god i just got help and i weigh 111 pounds!
- annie

Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 - 5:52:32 PM
hey dawson. i really liked this blog but, what if you don't have a sponsor to be responsible to. i'm a cutter. i went 80 days without cutting because nothing big happened in my life then finally i exploded because i had held everyhting in for 80 days! if i just let everything out every now and then by cutting then i won't cut that bad. if i hold everything in then i cut myself deep and i get scared. i really wish there was a way i could talk to you off air not just a hope coach. i don't hear them talk to others. i don't know they care like i hear that you care. for next weeks blog. i don't THINK i'm addicted to love. but i have an online boyfriend. he's 23, i'm 16 (next month 17). he lives in algeria but after i graduate this year he's gonna come viist me. we love each other, i've never felt like this before. my parents dont' know (bout cutting or boyfriend). and i don't want them to to be honest. i hate them. yes i know its a strong word but its true. we talk on the phone sometimes and leave each other Yahoo IM messages. idk why i'm leaving this, just hoping SOMEONE beside nourredine (the online guy) will care about me. thanks dawson, your my hero, britt
- brittany

Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 - 5:46:24 PM
Dawson you give the best advice to everyone. Thanks i love hearing you on your show helping so many people. But i have one question, How exactly do you let go of an addiction no matter what it is, i mean if you've tryed alot of times and failed? what do you do then? Because some of my friends are having hard times to stop with differnt addictions. And i try to help them out as best i can. But i dont know what to do now.
- Tina

Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 - 4:04:27 PM
I love your show and it has help me to get through times without even call you just by listing. I want to say thank you for helping all the teenagers like me
- Anonymous

Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 - 4:04:20 PM
hey wahts up dawson.. i love what u do man.. helpin out teens and all.. ur like every teens hero...if they need help and all.. ur the man to call. just wanted to tell u that. i listen to ur show every sunday and i love it.. thank you dawson
- jsn_ptrsn

Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 - 8:06:32 AM
My friend is addicted to love. She has had like 4 or 5 different boyfriends in the past about 3 months. I am really worried about her because she said that she is getting really serious with the guy that she is with now and I mean REALLY serious with him. She is only 15 years old and she told me that she invited him over to her house for the weekend while her parents are out of town. she said that he is bringing, you know, "safe" sexual items and "adult" toys. how can I help her out?
- Anonymous

Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 - 12:44:12 AM
Hey Dawson I Have To Be Honest I Havent Called Your Show Yet But I Will Ive Been A Little Depressed Because I Keep Fighting With My Dad. If You Here My Name From Tulsa It Will Be Me. Thanks Dawson You Save Teens So Much WE Have To Return The Favor =]
- Alex

Friday, Sep 21, 2007 - 8:15:02 PM
Dawson you are so helpful. I wanted to call and talk to you about my problems but im really nervous. You can call me whenever! Okay? Joey Mack
- Joey M.