Santa Monica, CA—Additions come in all guises as Rachel Resnick knows. Diagnosed with “Attachment Disorder,” Resnick, a contributing reporter for the Los Angeles Times, writes about her journey out of ruinous relationships. Her memoir, Love Junky: A Memoir, comes out in paperback this month.
“What I think so far is this addiction is lethal, rooted in the most primal ground of childhood damage. And once that attachment has set in, shaking it is tantamount to weaning oneself off the most addictive and powerful drugs,” she says.
Burdened with a failure to properly bond, Resnick recounts a tumultuous childhood. The difficult process led her to understand her parents’ failed marriage, and her mother’s mental illness and alcoholism. Her mother died when Resnick was 14 and more turbulent years followed.
