I'm surprised you haven't started RA (Relationships Anonymous) to help other addicts. ;) I think back to when I was younger and how much it would have helped to have resources to even know it was an addiction, and how to deal with those losses and to re-energize without picking up another date-needle. The System of systems doesn't want us to stop buying stuff to fill our lives whenever there's a hole. It's funny how most "fulfillment" schemes start by emptying our wallets.