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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
Tue May 3, 2016, 05:11 PM May 2016

Cleanup Week is a tempting time for hoarders trying to curb addiction

My city has one of these, except it goes on for a month. I, uh, hear you can find some good stuff.

Cleanup Week is a tempting time for hoarders trying to curb addiction

By Tu-Uyen Tran Today at 3:29 p.m.

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Cleanup Week can be a struggle for those with hoarding disorders, a local psychologist says. It's like being an alcoholic and seeing streets lined with half-full liquor bottles, said Renae Reinardy, who practices at Lakeside Center for Behavioral Change in south Fargo.

"It can be very tempting for people with that particular type of compulsive acquisition," she said.
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Cleanup Week is a tempting time for hoarders trying to curb addiction (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 OP
We love cleanup week, and when the students leave for the summer...great curb surfing lol haikugal May 2016 #1
My neighborhood has an Annual Trash Trade. (AKA flea market) NV Whino May 2016 #2

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
2. My neighborhood has an Annual Trash Trade. (AKA flea market)
Tue May 3, 2016, 05:47 PM
May 2016

I'm gathering stuff to take, and hoping to come back with nothing.

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