Hmmm. Severe case of shopaholism. Had this too, once upon a time, especially during the time period i was into the Yugi Oh trading card game. Sit was pretty expensive too, especially if you were into the booster packs. Not a pure video game, but game, still.
You stop it, as ANY other addiction, by providing a big shock to your own shelf. Now, what kind of shock would that be, and of what magnitude and caliber, i honestly cannot say, for different people, different methods and treatments must be employed.
In my case, outside factors helped. Like noticing that some of the official tournaments had been set up, and/or the judges did not know all rules correctly, as well as each card's effect completely; which, combined with their intervention, made people loose matches that they should have won.
You get rid of an addiction, by growing yourself SICK OF IT. There is no other way. Much like food... You like strawberries for example? Eat a kilo straight at once until you vomit, and i assure you, you are never going to touch the damn stuff ever again. This, and gifting. I ended up gifting my entire collection to 3 kids (imagine how large it had been). This way, even if i wanted to, it would have been impossible to gather all these cards again, even IF i had that much money to waste AGAIN.
Post edited January 05, 2015 by KiNgBrAdLeY7
