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honeydip:
Hello everyone,

I’m trying to gain control of my addiction because I’m a single mom of two children. I’m not financially well off to afford readings. I just finished grad school and work a regular job. I’ve spent my last on readings. I might only have 80 bucks to my name and spend 40 on readings. Leaving me with literally nothing till next pay day. I’ve had to borrow money from family members or ask my kids dad for money all the time. My addiction began doing a rough patch with my ex (my kids dad) back in 2010. I’ve been addicted every since. Psychic predicted we would work out and they were wrong. Well I ended up leaving because the relationship was toxic after 8 years. However he still wants me back so maybe they were right to a certain extent. I’ve relocated to another state and none saw that. I’ve taken breaks maybe 3 months at the longest but I keep going back to readings. When I was single again I would get a reading for every guy I liked smh. I’ve been getting readings for the POI since 2017 (guy I fell in love with). He’s stills in the picture but nothing has changed. No commitment and same inconsistent patter in facet it’s gotten worse. I feel so guilty and angry about this addiction. I barely had money to buy my kids Christmas gifts this year or their birthday. I spent so much money on psychics last year that I had enough to buy them tons of gifts for Christmas. Now that it’s a new year I want to stop. Every time I take a break and decide to just get one reading I find myself back on a binge. Then I’m depressed cuz I’m broke and my situation is still the same. I want to build a savings account. I spend more money on readings than anything else. I love shopping but this addiction has gotten in the way of that. This is such a lonely addiction. There are no support groups and you can’t vent to people without them looking at you like seriously!!

honeydip:
I feel very guilty and silly after spending my last but I can’t control the urge not to

jas:
Yep - same story here.  My addiction has gone on since late 08' and I haven't been able to stop. 

I have thought about going to a gambler's anonymous group and begging them to help me with my addiction.

Quick Story:  sometime between 2010 and 2012 I was in an on-line psychic addiction group.  One woman reached out a few nights before Christmas.  She said she was suicidal because she took all of the money she was supposed to use for presents for the kids and got readings - $800 gone.  She was a single mother and said she couldn't face her children on Christmas morning.  Several of us gave her our number to call but she was in the UK and couldn't.  We never heard from her again.

tshine17:
I don’t have much to add but I just wanted to say that I’m rooting for y’all and here for moral support. It’s easy to become addicted to calling.

Yaz88:
I really only use my phone to access the platforms, which I find are the most dangerous.  I’ve never used my laptop for some reason. So when I feel like I may be tempted, I’ll leave my phone on the other side of the office or the other side of my house.  If I don’t look at the phone, I won’t be tempted to go on the platforms.  Do you think you can maybe go for a walk or do an exercise like 20 air squats or a few push ups every time you are tempted?  Maybe even take 20 deep breaths and drink a glass of water?  Once you’ve managed to go a few days or so without readings, it gets easier I think.  I promise you that you will get more clarity too!  Good luck and hang in there!

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