When I first saw the title of DeBora
Ricks’ book, my curiosity was immediately piqued. Love Addicted? I knew people could be addicted to drugs,
alcohol, and gambling, but never love. A week later, I finished the book with a deeper understanding of the title, love addiction,
and the author.
Love Addicted is not your typical self-help book. Reading Love
Addicted is like being at lunch with DeBora Ricks and asking her about her love life. It’s a real story, too
real to be fictionalized, about a woman’s journey from childhood and longing for a father’s love to realizing
her mistakes and striving for a better tomorrow. From her longing for acceptance from her father, to a tumultuous two-year
marriage in the mid 80’s, to having a child in the mid 90’s, to finally taking control in the late 90’s
of her life, Ricks story does not fail to entertain.
~ Donna
Broadway, B’more Entertained
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Welcome! to DeBoraRicks.com.
I'm DeBora M. Ricks, the author of Love Addicted: One Woman's Spiritual Journey Through Emotional Dependency.
I'm an attorney who has worked more than two decades with abused and battered women, in both the criminal and civil systems.
I've been designing and conducting workshops since 1992, facilitating groups since the eighties and doing empowerment talks for
more than 15 years. I speak on such topics as love and relationship addiction, cultivating wholesome and healthy relationships
with self and others, transforming pain into purpose and power, raising your emotional intelligence quotient,
the power of forgiveness and the keys to healthy self-esteem and self-love. I've worked with women and men
in drug and alcohol recovery, women living in transitional housing, and spoken to college and university classes that
focus on the family, addiction, and trauma.
