[gmku]

Might as well ask a junkie how to stop using junk.

The best I can do is control the habit by limiting when and where I go to look for records. I try not to walk into a record store more than twice a week. This is very difficult since I work just around the corner from a great independent record store. I also stick to one store. If they don't have what I'm looking for, don't go searching for it in other stores in the area or online--kind of with the philosophy that if it's not there, it's not meant to be. The flipside of this thinking--and one I fall prey to quickly--is, okay, so that's not meant to be, but oh, look, here's something else that looks really great, so this is what's meant to be.

Yeah. Addiction. It's a thorny subject.