Love is...

Love is an addiction.
Upon cessation an individual goes through a withdrawal syndrome which varies in intensity, duration, and symptoms from person to person.
Addictions are powerful motives in human life.
Dependencies claim action.
Love is powerful. Love is synaptic firings.
Addicts go to extremes to fulfill their Dependencies.
Love is classical conditioning - The other's face / their scent / their touch / their voice / even their taste - is all encoded and conditioned with positive mood states and positive affects.
Love withdrawal syndrome is likely informed by reverse conditioning.
Love can be a maladaptive pattern of learning.
Love is habituation.
Love is emotional.
Love is mood.
Love is in essence a drug.
Love is in large part unconscious.
Love is more than just a feeling.
Love is more than what one perceives.
Love is a chemical process within the brain.
Still, Love can be so much more.