Originally Posted by
bearisgray
I used to because I am a recovering fabriholic.
Not exactly hide hide - but definitely did not make a point of saying "Look what I brought home today."
bear, my answer is the same as yours...NOW.
What's surprising to me is how, almost unanimous are the answers on this thread.
I think those that don't hide believe that those that do are immoral.
Not alway so!
At one time in my life,
(after a lifetime of never putting myself first in anything),
I had a LOT of stuff going on and had become not a new sewer,
but a new quilter.
With sewing you buy for the current garment or such.
With quilting you need a variety of fabrics and it opened a door...to shove the
stress of my life.
Somehow my newfound hobby became a vicious cycle of
stress reliever/stress producer.
I wasn't "sinning" and I have never been a bad person.
I just had more on my plate than I could handle and thought fabric shopping was an
answer.
This got all tangled up with my dreams for projects/gifts for my family etc.
Yes, I needed professional help with the 'real' problems and eventually I stopped
turning to shopping as a "fix".
I loved the video, but a problem like this is not funny. It made me cry and
depressed and broke sometimes.
It also kept me from being able to create 
Don't judge ppl that lose control.
We are all doing something to excess,
whether eating, smoking, gossiping, swearing, not cleaning, driving
too fast...I bet we all fit into one of those categories,...or maybe two
at times? 
P.S. Yes, I am fully recovered and haven't been in a fabric store
in ages. I don't slobber over catalogs anymore and I don't daydream
about my next excursion. I will say, my hubby knows about everything
I have and I know that his garage holds more (in value), than anything
I've ever owned, so no residual guilt problems either 
Last edited by Mousie; 06-30-2015 at 06:30 AM.