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dreams · 04-10-2011, 04:10 PM

Hi, my name is dreams and I am on the road to recovery. It is a slow, but steady progress with only minor back steps. ***Does it count as recovery is there are more steps back than forward?

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I've been a hopeless collector for more than 2 years. Every book just had to be on my device and available immediately. I added books everyday. I scrolled through my book titles everyday. I opened and closed those same books everyday. I created collections and reorganized my books everyday. ****Wow, I should have typed this out sooner.. seeing what I just wrote, it really looks like an addiction.

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I started by deleting every book off my device and trying to load only those that really interested me. Didn't work and found that I was just back where I started by including those "just in case I want to read it" books. Finally, I created just 3 collections: Now, High Interest, and Looks Good. **I tried other collection names and more than 3, but found that I kept adding to those collections. You know, just one more mystery to fill the page or just one more thriller.

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Next, I limited myself to only keeping 50-75 on my reader. If, I really had to add more, I made sure to remove one from those already loaded on the reader.

Now, I'm working on being selective on which free books I download and the amount I purchase.

Is there hope for me?

04-10-2011, 04:10 PM	#23
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Hi, my name is dreams and I am on the road to recovery. It is a slow, but steady progress with only minor back steps. *Does it count as recovery is there are more steps back than forward? * I've been a hopeless collector for more than 2 years. Every book just had to be on my device and available immediately. I added books everyday. I scrolled through my book titles everyday. I opened and closed those same books everyday. I created collections and reorganized my books everyday. **Wow, I should have typed this out sooner.. seeing what I just wrote, it really looks like an addiction. I started by deleting every book off my device and trying to load only those that really interested me. Didn't work and found that I was just back where I started by including those "just in case I want to read it" books. Finally, I created just 3 collections: Now, High Interest, and Looks Good. I tried other collection names and more than 3, but found that I kept adding to those collections. You know, just one more mystery to fill the page or just one more thriller. Next, I limited myself to only keeping 50-75 on my reader. If, I really had to add more, I made sure to remove one from those already loaded on the reader. Now, I'm working on being selective on which free books I download and the amount I purchase. Is there hope for me?