I just CANNOT STOP shopping.?

I love to shop.


If I can't shop at the mall or at the stores, I'll shop online. I love shopping online because my feet don't get tired and I can see everything at one glance.


My parents pay for everything and I'm a full time college student. They've asked me to stop using my credit card and pretended that they cancelled it but since I know it still works, I've been charging things on it. I just can't control myself. Shopping is my only vice and oh yeah, smoking. What can I do to stop shopping!? I shop and use about 3, 4 grand per month.

I just CANNOT STOP shopping.?
Your parents are enabling you.


You need to be honest with them and with yourself, you have a problem.
Reply:You are beyond help -- only when your rich parents take away the card and refuse you money. That will never happen. Never look for a husband -- he does not deserve you...
Reply:If you're for real, get some help, please. You can ask a reference librarian to direct you to books on overcoming overspending/compulsive shopping.





Also join


http://www.debtorsanonymous.org/





You're spending more per month than some families have to live on. Find better ways of filling up those empty places inside you than buying stuff (which will also lead to clutter in your home!). Find alternate low-cost or free activities.





Consider going to counseling to work out your emotional issues. Consider going to a good church, too, because God loves you.





P.S.


You might find inspiration from reading this woman's story:


http://www.cheapskatemonthly.com/mary_my...
Reply:You know what you can do to stop shopping. CUT UP THE CARD.





If you can't spend with a credit card, then you have to pay cash for everything. If you don't have any cash, you can't spend. Also, going to the shopping centre to shop is more exhausting than online shopping.





If you really want to stop, you can. You just have to want to stop. I don't think you have an addiction. I think you just like shopping. Have a talk to your parents. Get them to cancel the card for you.





You can stop this if you want to, but it's up to you.





Also, make a list of things to do that don't involve shopping, like going for a walk, or playing computer games, and do those activities when you're tempted to shop. That will make you less likely to spend money.
Reply:What you seem to have is an addiction. It can be treated like any other addiction, through counseling and group therapy ala AA.





You need to stop this as soon as possible. This is a behavior that will cause you MAJOR problems in the future. Unlike an addiction to alcohol or gambling, you need to shop for the necessities of life, and if you cannot walk into a store without buying a lot of unnecessary BS, you will end up broke.





Get some help for your addiction. And, good luck.