Are you a shopaholic?

1. Do you “take off for the stores” when you’ve experienced a setback or a disappointment, or when you feel angry or scared?
2. Are your spending habits emotionally disturbing to you and have they created chaos in you life?
3. Do your shopping habits create conflicts between you and someone close to you (spouse, lover, parents, children)?
4. Do you buy items with your credit cards that you wouldn’t buy if you had to pay cash?
5. When you shop, do you feel a rush of euphoria mixed with feelings of anxiety?
6. Do you feel you’re performing a dangerous, reckless or forbidden act when you shop?
7. When you return home after shopping, do you feel guilty, ashamed, embarrassed or confused?
8. Are many of your purchases seldom or never worn or used?
9. Do you lie to your family or friends about what you buy and how much you spend?
10. Would you feel “lost” without credit cards?
11. Do you think about money excessively – how much you have, how much you owe, how much you wish you had – and then go out and shop again?
12. Do you spend a lot of time juggling accounts and bills to accommodate your shopping debts?

The questionnaire was designed to help shoppers distinguish between a healthy shopper and a compulsive shopper. If you answered yes to most of these questions, you may be a shopaholic. Before you hit the mall to soothe yourself, there's hope. Talk to a friend, counselor or therapist. You're shopping addiction may be rooted in deeper issues.

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