I think it was an apt comparison. Well adjusted people usually don't become drug addicts, either, and to insinuate that it's somehow "better" to be addicted to the endorphins or whatever that are released from one unhealthy behavior than another seems judgemental. I think you might be projecting your own feelings about drug addiction onto this therapist, EM. And yes, I think the support and acceptance offered by ex-MC were unhealthy. They were fake. The feelings LT experienced in response to the external stimuli of these fake reassurances are in fact similar to the relief a drug user feels when they use. It is not normal. There's a difference between healthy connection and what happened with ex-MC.