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In this article, we discuss the often-avoided topic about money and its hold over us. We entitle this essay: "Does Addiction Hide in Your Wallet"?

The key point is that it's not about the money, it's about the compulsion and the certain knowledge that I cannot stop doing this and start doing the opposite on my own.

We cover the following topics:

1. The odds are that in an addicted household, the disease has run through the family like a freight train, destroying any semblance of normalcy and wrecking the family finances.
2. Being or becoming a compulsive spender and debtor, although not limited to addicts and their families is a common and tragic outcome of addictive disorder. It sows chaos across every dimension of family life.
3. The fundamental dynamic of spending and being in debt uncontrollably is an infantile desire to not be held accountable for anything, really. That's why the 12 steps of AA are so pertinent; the same sentiment holds true for addicts and alcoholics. We are all children who do not want to grow up.
4. The many symptoms I called out above are meant to see if you can identify with some of these behaviours and attitudes and to see if you could find some release from the bondage of debt.
5. It is indeed not about the money which is but a signal of the problem. It's about the compulsion, and with the Tools of Debtors Anonymous, some of us have been blessed to find our release from this potentially tragic compulsion.