Compulsive Spending Stops Here

The dictionary specifies addiction as a way "to devote or surrender oneself to something habitually or obsessively; behavior that impairs the performance of a vital function(s), a harmful development." Dependency causes you to lose your equilibrium and reason.

Below all addictions is a yearning for immediate gratification--to feel great, mighty, worthy of appreciation, and problem-free--and an insistence on discounting the long-range, self-destructive deductions of the behavior. If you endure a spending addiction, one out-of-control buying spree is never adequate. Local malls and Net shopping sites have a bewitching attractive appeal for you. You gift the most pricey, plushest presents. Your buys reflect how aware you are about all the most voguish brands and designer tags.