No more booze? What name would/do you go by?

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And patterns of thinking about behavior persist even after the behavior is stopped.  I'm a hoarder.  For a number of years I had it under control.  But returning to the behavior showed me that while I was not acting like a hoarder, my thinking and values hadn't really changed.

I get this.  Though I am not a hoarder I have a thing where if I get one of a set of something, then I think I have to have the whole thing.  For instance, if I read a book and like it I think I have to have every book in the series or every book by that author even if that one book was their best effort.  There were a few things getting out of hand a few years ago but I am much better about it now.  I have learned a little restraint though it wasn't an easy lesson.

Lately, since my passion for sewing returned, it's hard not to buy all the nifty gadgets that didn't exist when I was sewing a lot before.  And there are a LLLOOOTTTTT of nifty new gadgets.  While I have given in to buy a few things since my projects are different now, I have also learned that some of my old tools serve the purpose quite nicely.

Due to my previous "I have to have one of each" mindset, I have pretty much every color of embroidery thread there is.  That comes in handy now and again but there's no one in my family who wants all this crap when I die.  Know anyone who wants about a zillion buttons?

My wife quilts. She has probably at least a cubic yard of fabric; there is probably any color you can name in there somewhere. Same for thread. She has seven sewing machines, one of which she won in some contest, and has never even opened the box. She's also a hoarder.

BoT, an alcoholic is an alcoholic, (as mentioned) whether they are currently drinking or not. It doesn't really define anyone beyond that fact, though. IMO