It's a huge problem for me, and has been all my life. I shopped my way into 44K of credit card debt and had to declare bankruptcy.

Even now when I'm on a very limited income, I tend to shop impulsively. The only thing that stops me, is keeping very little money in my main chequing account - just enough to cover my basic expenses, so I can't on-line shop from it, and then I have another account for discretionary expenses - but that includes food, so I can't really impulse shop too much.

I feel like a total loser for not being able to manage my money better at 47.

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