Well, the good news is that the further you get from your ex, the less the addiction takes hold of you.

My sister once told me that my ex was like a bad habit, that once shaken, I wouldn't need anymore. I think she was right, that I became happily independent without him. BUT and this is a big but, I will have to beware I don't hook up with someone similar to him. You know - drug substitution.

Everyone knows someone who is divorced, but then hooks up with someone remarkably like their ex. Like they can't get enough.