Addiction and Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD)

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Shopping is stereotypically a pastime many women love. In the Lockhorn comic strip husband Leroy often laments about his wife Loretta’s cooking, looks, and excessive shopping. In one strip Loretta is shown carrying several bags of items with the caption by creator Hoest, (n.d.) “you knew I had no sales resistance when I married you.” Many can joke about their love of shopping but for some it is a serious problem. People will argue that compulsive shopping is a weakness. Others feel that the idea of shopping as a disorder or addiction is a ruse of the medical establishment or pharmaceutical companies to boost sales and create a diagnosable problem. It is the intent of this writer to put current knowledge into a perspective that shows CBD to be an addiction that stands on its own merit. The concepts known to be true about addiction will be covered; along with what we understand about compulsive shopping. This writer believes that based on the evidence it will be clear that CBD is an addiction that manifests itself independently and as a part of a complex addictive process.

According to The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (2012) “addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences.” Compulsive Buying Disorder according to Black (2007) “is characterized by excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations, urges or behaviors regarding shopping and spending, which lead to adverse consequences.” Many will argue that these definitions are not enough to claim CBD to be a true addiction. However those in the middle of CBD can tell you that the behavior and feelings they experience stray far from a normal compulsion to shop.

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Works Cited

Black, D. W. (2007) A Review of Compulsive Buying Disorder. World Psychiatry Journal. February 2007. 6(1): 14-18

Bryner, J. (2008) The Truth about Shopaholics. Live Science. Retrieved from: http://www.livescience.com/2338-truth-shopaholics.html

Canadian Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Addictions. (2012). The brain from top to bottom. Retrieved from: http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_03/a_03_m/a_03_m_que/a_03_m_que.html

Carnes, P. (2011) Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction (3rd ed.).Center City, MN: Hazeldon Publishers

Hartley, E. (2020) Is Compulsive Shopping Really an Addiction. Retrieved from: http://addictions.about.com/od/shoppingaddictio1/i/is_shopping_addiction_real_2.htm

National Institute on Drug Abuse (2012). Drug Abuse.gov. Retrieved from: http://www.drugabuse.gov/

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