I definately agree that the A is like a band aid. They dont realize that they have to find happiness within instead of always looking for it outside themselves. My H is in such debt because of his spending. He never has enough material things, it is an addiction. The more his income increases the more debt he gets in. They have an emptiness inside that they are trying to fill. This was one of the main things we disagreed on. I was the disciplined one, he wasnt. Now he has a new addiction o/w. He thinks she is going to make him happy.