Debting

Debtors Anonymous - Membership
... to facilitate recovery from "compulsive debting." Compulsive debting is a neologism described variously in DA literature as a disorder, progressive ... As such, compulsive debting cannot be cured, although it can be arrested ... Compulsive debting is also an umbrella term encompassing many different types of behavior from "incurring unsecured debt to compulsive shopping, from grandiose thinking to deprivation mentality ...

Debtors Anonymous - Concepts
... preoccupation with indebtedness can lead to both "emotional indebtedness" and "self-debting." Self-debting is the inability to identify or fulfill personal needs because of such ... Self-debting manifests in various ways such as taking drastic measures to hide evidence of problems with money or debt, paying creditors to the detriment of one's needs ... This perspective counters deprivation thinking that accompanies compulsive debting, overspending, and underearning ...