Lovers will walk the beach and feed each other chocolate covered strawberries. Others will be clawing their own eyes out in a gloomy room with cats and very loud music.<\/p>\n
After a serious break-up, Valentine\u2019s Day seems like an eerie trumpet call in a lost battlefield, and I\u2019m fresh off of a long tour.<\/p>\n
Sure it\u2019s nice to have a day when love makes the world go round, but the idea of romantic bliss is about as attractive as a cold pizza. Love costs more than a box of chocolates and a dinner at Olive Garden. Love is the cherry on top to the hard-work it requires.<\/p>\n
I have spent 1,226 Valentines Days with a girl recently. A few hundred of those days were unforgettable, others might have been days I can live without, but combined, it was what romantic trips are all about.<\/p>\n
The frenzy of dopamine in the brain when you first meet your (future) love is nothing short of\u00a0 addictive, like a new drug in a foreign country. But like any drug that loses its potency after long-time use, breaking up with a once-committed love is like taking that first step toward sobriety.<\/p>\n
So what is Valentine\u2019s Day to a recovering love-addict? I can\u2019t answer that, but hope for the best and expect the worst.<\/p>\n
Here are my suggestions for love birds:<\/p>\n
Lovers will walk the beach and feed each other chocolate covered strawberries. Others will be clawing their own eyes out in a gloomy room with cats and very loud music. After a serious break-up, Valentine\u2019s Day seems like an eerie trumpet call in a lost battlefield, and I\u2019m fresh off of a long tour. Sure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-forum"},"yoast_head":"\n