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OVERSPENDERS ANONYMOUS HELPS THOSE WHO SHOP AS COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)

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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 19960602
Author:Feber, Eric

Byline: ERIC FEBER, STAFF WRITER

Editor's note: The stories and quotations from the Overspenders Anonymous members in this story are real but their names have been changed to protect their privacy.

Last week Jane slipped. She bought bed sheets.

Sitting in front of the group at the Consumer Credit Counseling Service office on North Battlefield Boulevard, Jane talked about her transgression.

She took money earmarked for other family things and bought new sheets for the entire house. Even though she hadn't bought new sheets for the past 11 years, Jane still felt ...

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