Spending money like it’s going out of fashion

Are u taking out loans etc to fund this i am doing similar stuff however im not taking out more debt i have actually paid out debt i find this new addiction to be a million times better then gambling addiction some people change it to compulsive savers and i have heard from few people some people become very frugil when they become very wealthy main thing is to have a balance

I think you are probably just replacing a gambling addiction with a spending addiction

When I was in my early 20's I used to have the mindset of " well if im not gambling I can have whatever I want"

I'm not really sure how I thought I was going to be paying for it because I was earning less than 20K a year at the time but yea delusion is a powerful drug 

Once I got to late 20's I really shifted out of the consumer mindset , like I started to understand how marketing works and the true cost of all this c**P I was buying

I will buy very little now , I spend money on experiences and traveling but thats about it I am not interested in buying junk or gambling anymore 

No loans taken out yet been spending all recent end of year 2023 late jobs income I suppose it will all hit the fan soon best cut those credit cards out now hey

 Thanks everyone   Best

Hi

I am like many other people that did not respect money or respect my self.

Me in engaging in very risky situations also told me that I did not value my self my health or my life.

In time I got to understand that by me wasting money was me working in effect for nothing.

How would I respond if my boss asked me to work a whole month with out pay.

What would be my reaction to that suggestion.

Yet my addiction was like working for years with out pay and have nothing to show for it but pains fears and frustrations.

Once in my recovery I got to write down what my needs were, write down what my wants were, and write down what my goals were,

How much time and effort was I willing to invest in to learning to respect my self.

How much time and effort was I willing to invest in to learning to love my self.

How much time and effort was I willing to invest in to exhcanging my unhealthy habits in to healthy habits.

While gambling I had very little to show for it but pains fears and frustration.

For me the word recovery means healing.

Love peace and sernity 

Dave L

AKA Dave of Beckenham