Is Shopping Addiction Real?

Published March 30, 2013

Is Shopping Addiction Real? – http://www.addictionsuk.com – Simon Stephens, Director of Case Work at AddictionsUK.com, explains why shopping addiction can be a genuine pathological depend…

Friday Night Lights Author Says He Spent Half a Million Dollars on Clothes

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"I have an addiction," he says. "It started three years ago. I have never fully revealed it, and am only revealing it now in the hopes that my confession will incite a remission and perhaps help others of similar compulsion. If all I buy is Gucci, I …
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Call to ban beggars from Edinburgh city centre

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