Are you addicted to buying music?

First, let's look at the dictionary definition of addiction:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/addiction

Now, I have a simple question for you.

Do you think you're addicted to buying music?

I admit I am, but it's also my one and only vice so I let it slide.

 

Definitely.

 

Absolutely

 

Not anymore, so I voted NO.

 

I can't stop, so yeah.

Uncomfortable to consider it that way, though

 

Of course

 

Used to be, but not anymore.

 

Yes - but I have a lot to catch up on.

 

Yes, and I do justify it in my mind by saying I don't buy alcohol or cigarettes so it's okay to spend 20 bucks or so a week on it. Actually I did buy a couple albums AND a twelve-pack on my way home from work yesterday. But that's rare.

 

I used to think so, but recently, financial constraints forced me to curtail my purchases significantly. Honestly, I don't miss it that much. Thankfully, I have a pretty hefty surplus of discs to fall back on.

 

I guess so. I think of it more like a necessity.

 

I was. I've stopped now because I can't listen to it all bearing in mind my age and the certainty of popping my clogs

 

Yes. Latest state's exhibit is my purchase of the Van Morrison duets CD an hour or so ago --- there's something fun about popping open a new disc on a sunny Saturday, week of release. As noted earlier, there are unhealthier habits.

 

Not anymore.

 

Nah. Obsessive and unnecessarily excessive, of course. But when money gets tight I can (and have, repeatedly) stopped for extended periods and have been able to survive quite comfortably on what I've already accumulated.

And I only buy stuff I like or have a resonable expectation of liking. If I ever run out of stuff I want and find myself buying stuff I don't have any interest in just for the sake of buying SOMETHING/ANYTHING, then I'll start to get concerned.

 

This sounds like the justification I use. I don't have any of the vices of youth and seldom visit a bar. I know folks who drop $20+ a few times a week for a few beers on the way home from work. If I drop money on music I still have something to show for it the next day.

 

Not anymore. ;-)

 

Yes it's just like cigarettes. Except that it's possible to quit smoking. I mean you listen to your parents records as a kid maybe even 'steal' some of them. Then you borrow music from your friends. If you have money maybe you even buy music yourself. Then it's already a habit. Soon you can't live without it. But i have quit smoking after smoking for many years but i doubt that i'll ever stop buying music. When i think about it maybe it's more an "addiction" to listen to music than buying it.

 

My wife found a LP I hid under the bed in the spare bedroom.
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No. As I said in another thread I've now got 789 vinyl lps, more than enough to be going on with, so after I get to 800 I'll be operating a one-in, one out, policy. 3 months now without buying any new vinyl (and just 2cds).

 

When I'm tempted to buy, I do weird stuff to stop myself. A couple of days ago I was this close to buying the first four Zeppelin remasters at Walmart. Then I noticed that the digipaks (or whatever they're called) are a little taller than jewel cases so I held off. When I got home I looked at my CD furniture and, sure enough, I don't think they'll fit. So no Zeppelin remasters for me.

(Plus there's also the pain of finding a place to sell the Marinos. I don't need all the hassle.)

 

Maybe she can help you look for your balls too?

Ok, before I get in trouble - it was intended as a joke dude. Honest.

 

I said I'd do that when I hit 10,000 titles. I haven't. Deciding what to cull is just too much of a time suck.

 

Yeah I said that once. Of course when I did hit the 10k mark I stopped saying that