By MORGAN PHILLIPE
Staff Writer
I love shopping. The whole process of going around the store looking for something that catches my eye, making a pile of clothes that I want to try on, and feeling confident when the clothes actually fit. Now I never really thought anything about it until I heard that 18 million adults in the US were suffering. According to Healthline, there are a few characteristics of having a shopping addiction: shopping instead of dealing with stress or being overwhelmed, feeling guilty from buying so much but not being able to stop, having an intense dose of excitement after purchasing something, and constantly buying unnecessary things just for fun. If you do have a shopping addiction, don’t worry, there are plenty of ways to fight it from money management plans to recovery programs.