hello, my friends, I would like to talk about something that has made me upset. I have an addiction to shopping online. I mostly buy music cds, and, I go on sites like www.amazon.com, and, I feel like I cannot stop. I do this about once or twice a month, and, feel that I cannot live without he latest singers, and, music that is out there. I feel like It is not overpowering my life, but, I feel like I cannot stop when i say I am going to. I want to stop, but, not stop. And, what I mean by this is that I want to be able to control my spending online, and, do it less frequently than I already do. Can anybody, somebody please give me some friendly Christian advice as to how to do this without hurting the people I love? Thanks, and, GOD Bless!!!!!!!
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Online Shopping Addiction(can't stop)...
- Thread starter ChristsCourage2
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I would find an accountability partner.
Whenever you go to Amazon (or any online shop) call your accountability partner. They can try and talk you out of it.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
Whenever you go to Amazon (or any online shop) call your accountability partner. They can try and talk you out of it.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
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I have cancelled my account on Amazon, so, I am doing good right now. I am saving up to buiy a keyboard to play my songs I wrote on. So, I am not gonna go on Amazon at all right now. I will let you all know how I do with this as time goes on. I will update you at least once a week so you know that i am being good.
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Ariel
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CC, here is one suggestion: shop only with cash. Don't shop online at all, shop only with cash and only when you have the cash.
When you get paid, pay your bills with a checking account, but ask for the leftover money in cash at the bank. Divide your cash into envelopes for different shopping trips--food, clothes, etc. Also have an envelop for the money you are saving.
Make it a goal to have more money in savings every month. Use your savings for something you have planned in advance, just as you are planning now.
Wise use of money is a skill, I think, which can be learned. You are wise to realize you have an addiction, and to have taken steps against it. Good job!
When you get paid, pay your bills with a checking account, but ask for the leftover money in cash at the bank. Divide your cash into envelopes for different shopping trips--food, clothes, etc. Also have an envelop for the money you are saving.
Make it a goal to have more money in savings every month. Use your savings for something you have planned in advance, just as you are planning now.
Wise use of money is a skill, I think, which can be learned. You are wise to realize you have an addiction, and to have taken steps against it. Good job!
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So far this is the 5th day I have not bought anything online. I ended my account on the 31st, so, I am really proud of myself for doing this.
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Thanks. I just need to keep myself busy with other things, instead of browsing the sites that I like to buy things from.
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Well, yesterday I slipped off the bandwagon, and, boutght something. I did not reactivate my amazon account. I started a new account somewhere else. But, from now on I am going to stop cold turkey. I saw something I just had to had, and, ordered it. But, now that is the end of my online shopping. I know I am a bad boy.
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Well, that's okay. Maybe you should give your credit card to a friend to hold for a little while.
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What I will do is lock it in my lockbox, and, only take it when I feel I need to go somewhere to bu y things that I need. all I will do. And, I used paypal on the site I signed up for, and, that let me use my bank account. I started the paypal account for here mostly so i could be a site supporter. That's all I started it for.
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Well, since that little slip up on the 5th, I have not bought anything since then. I have wanted to, but, you know what? I am not going to. I will reward myself with something if I can get through the next couple months. At the end of April, the group The Black Eyed peas are going to release their album The E.N.D, and, if I can make it through tilk thn, I am going to get it, along with a couple more of their albums, I am trying to collect. So, just continue to poray that I can make it through til then.
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