I wanted to stand up and say "I am an alcoholic - oooops quilter" Being an addict means that I have to have a stash. It is only a very modest one, but I can play with it, dream of new projects, sometimes just stroke it..... but without it creativity would go away. If that happened, I guess I would just take up another hobby and do that instead.
Collecting fabric is in the blood of every real quilter.