DO you feel guilty about it? did you get the high when you were buying? Is there anything you can take back? I had a bit of relapse myself this weekend but i haven't taken the shoes out of the bag yet. Hoping i'll take them back. I'm not even sure why i want them. I look at them and get sick to my stomach. But yet i hesitate on taking them back.

I do not feel guilty. I am wearing an outfit today. I am okay, just need to give this up.
Thanks

In my case i think the shopping and the way you feel wearing a new outfit is filling some mysterious void in my head. Could be time to dig a little deeper and find the reason you shop. if that's possible. Or could be that we both were rich as heck in another life and the concept of not being that way in this life was never programmed for this one :) Good luck to you!!

Yes! That explains it all, I was a Hilton in a previous life!

have you tried putting your credit cards in someone else's hands to hold it until you are settle and clear out of debt? my husband tooked all my cards except two this week. i am still debating should i give it back or keep it.

I have tried to give them up, but I always end up taking them back. I pay my credit card bills myself, so my husband will give them back to me

hi!,, From yousr posting I cannot tell whether you have or not credit card debt. If you do, I think the first thinh you need is to REALLY want to stop. Also, have you thought about the example you give to your son? the lessons you give about money? sometimes we do not stop and think that what we do is watched, and learned, by our family.. why did you charge 900 in two days?

I know how you feel. I wish I had a solution for you. I have been using a credit card that my husband did not know I was using. He thought there was a small balance on it. Well, he got the mail before me yesterday and being it is in his name, he opened it. When I got home, I was told about it. He ask me what I bought. I told him, everything I saw. I want my grandkids to have everything possible. I think I need professional help. I don't know where to turn. I do not work and it is not fair to him. I was using it for groceries too. I wish there was something I can say to help you but it seems we are in the same boat and we have to want to help ourselves before others can help us.

Oh boy! Do I feel your pain! I am a shopping addict (just like my mom) and I try to find ways to hide what I buy- but I ALWAYS get caught. And then I feel like an ass because we have 5 ppl on one income. My husband has a very physically demanding job, and I know he works really hard to support us. I HATE the way he looks at me when he realizes I've done it again. It's not fair to my family. I try really hard to keep it together, but I have to go to Wal-mart for diapers every other week- that's where i get into trouble. my dr. has even put a BAN on my going ANYWHERE where money is used by myself. Sounds pretty pathetic, huh? A grown woman with 3 kids and a husband isn't allowed to shop alone? (even at the grocery store). But that's what it's come to. better that than total financial ruin, right? hell, we're almost there anyway. I wish I knew a better system for coping with this. I do what (it seems like everyone else here is doing it)everyone else does- I load up my cart with all kinds of needless purchases, but instead of "thinking about it" and putting it back, I proceed to the checkout. When I bring all these things home, hubby rolls his eyes and says "what did you buy this time?" The shame and regret of buying all this stuff has taken a great toll on my family. Suicidal thoughts and severe depression just makes it worse....