Produced by the ilab at WbUr Boston.
The universe has good news for the lost, lonely and heartsick.
The sugars are here speaking straight into your ears.
I'm Steve Almond.
I'm Cheryl strayed.
This is dear sugars.
Oh, dear so won't you please share some little sweetness with me?
I check my bell eyes every day oh, in the sugar you send my way.
Hi, Steve.
Hi, Cheryl.
So today we're gonna talk about spending addictions.
Yeah.
You know, I'm so glad we're doing this, because when it comes to spending addictions, we have trouble recognizing that it's not just being a shopaholic and it's fun and so forth.
There are real addictions out there.
Don't muddy the waters with your petty little problem.
But it's not petty.
It's huge for some people, as we know from our inbox.
Right.
And actually has, like any addiction, has had many negative consequences.
Families destroyed, enormous debts accrued.