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3.................... However, an increasing number of men are also becoming
addicted to shopping. They usually collect power tools and car accessories.
One man could not stop buying spanners, even though he already had 4,000,
while another had bought over 200 diữerent seat covers for his car.

Lorrin Koran’s clinic is ideally located in Silicon Valley, the high-tech
region near San Francisco that has seen some of the fastest wealth creation
in America’s history. 4.................... Whereas the former get pleasure from
shopping and only occasionally splash out on something expensive, tj^ical
shopaholics go on a binge at least once a week. They experience urges to huy
items that are not needed and then feel sadness and remorse. With good
reason: they often get into financial diữĩculties.

“The thrill they have is in the purchase and not in the possession,” said
Koran, who identihes low self-esteem as a common factor. “They are filling
their life with things because they feel empty inside.”

5................... As she made her way through an expensive shopping centre in
Staníord last week, she coníessed that she recently spent $35,000 on fashion
accessories, getting herself $22,000 into debt. Saleswomen at her favourite
boutiques assume she is a rich businessvvoman rather than a design assistant
at a furniture store.
‘T’ve been doing it since I was 12 when my father would give me his credit
card,” she said. She has tried giving up her own cards and leaving her
handbag at home, but has never managed to stop shopping. 6 ................... “It is
ruining my life,” she said.

In the 12-week trial, Laura and 23 others will be treated with a drug
which restores levels of serotonin. Serotonin carries messages betvveen nerve
cells in the brain and deíĩciencies are thought to lead to compulsive
behaviour. 7.................... Lee Smith, a retail consultant, claims that people
have always used shopping as a way of cheering themselves up.
A. Her addiction was the main cause of her split with a boyíriend of nine ye2irs.

B. The considerable interest in the supposed cure comes as no surprise to
Koran, who has been aware of the extent of the problem for many years.
c. Design assistant Laura Olsen, who is the exception to this rule, says she
has absolutely no regrets.
D. Koran believes that a clear distinction must be made between
recreational shoppers and those who cross the line to addiction.
E. Until now, few psychiatrists have regarded the problem as vvorthy of
serious medical attention.
F. Howover, not everyone agrees that compulsive shopping is a disease
which needs treating.

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