If you carry a deep aversion to the very activities that will allow you to progress, if intimacy is associated with abuse and asking for help is more like humiliation, this book is likely to address your needs.

This is the first book about addiction to misery, a common but subtle problem that keeps many people from responding to counseling or therapy, healing from old hurts, and experiencing fulfillment and joy. For people who are addicted to misery, happiness itself is frightening and threatening. As a result, every joy must be equalized by a setback. Too much success must be balanced by failure.

This book not only explains the problem, it offers a program for creating a life of comfort and contentment.