Shopping Addiction – a Solution


 

Shopping Addiction – A Solution – Shopping Addiction is a serious problem. Being Addicted to Shopping has many costs, not just financial. Often it is relationships that are hurt most by Shopping Addictions. shopyourwardrobe.com offers solutions from someone who has been there. Jill Chivers had such a problem, she had converted a spare bedroom into a walk in wardrobe. Jill undertook a challenge to go ‘A Year Without Clothes Shopping’. As a result she complete changed her relationship to Consumption and shopping, saved thousands of dollars and has now launched a program to help other compulsive shoppers. http has great information and resources to help get started on the path to cure a Shopping Addiction. Transcription: Speaker 1: If your closet is overloaded with clothes that still have tags on, or if you’ve converted an entire bedroom to a walk-in wardrobe, you might be a shop-a-holic. Speaker 2: Do you have an uncontrollable urge to shop or can’t resist a sale, even if you know you can’t afford it? Speaker 3: Could you go without buying clothes for an entire year? There’s a question for you. Speaker 4: One Aussie woman decided that her addiction to buying more items to stuff into her already overcrowded wardrobe was ruining her life. Speaker 5: It’s a challenge many would find near impossible, but one woman says that she’s giving up shopping for an entire year. Speaker 6: From shopaholic to money saving money saving crusader, over spender to under spender. Jill Chivers has done what many men and women

 

5 ways to beat your shopping addiction

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Addicted to Shopping

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Tonya Camacho is an addiction counselor at the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery, she's seen her fair share of people addicted to shopping and said it can be "extremely devastating." … We try to help them work through this time of year …
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Shoppers anonymous will meet tomorrow after school if anyone wants to join @amysnyder27 and help stop her shopping addiction. – by Bekahpet (??????? ????????)