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We all have to seek help at times. It's a part of life. When it comes to being a sneakerhead, we tend to let our collecting habits take over our lives. You may need help and you may not even know it, so here's 10 Ways To Tell Your Sneaker Habit Has Become a Serious Problem. We'll leave the next steps to getting better up to you.
10. Your Kitchen Looks Like Your Closet
Just because Nike calls it the Innovation Kitchen, doesn't mean you should be trying to recreate that by storing your kicks in the cupboards. If this is truly a problem for you, hopefully you don't live with anyone else because it's hard to imagine anyone understanding this, even sneakerheads.
9. You're Hiding Sneakers From Girl
Ordered up those new Reeboks but you have to make sure that they are shipped "signature confirmation" so that you can slide them back into the crib without your woman seeing? Just step up and say you're buying them. We all got a problem, the first step in solving it is admitting that we have one.
8. Everyone At Finish Line Knows You By Name
This ain't Cheers homeboy. If you're not on the payroll, everybody shouldn't know your name. The only exception is if you're the cute barista that works at the Starbucks next door. Then, and only then, you get a pass.
7. You've Eaten Ramen All Month But You Got Them Js
If you're in college or on any kind of a budget, ramen noodles are where it's at. there aren't too many ways to eat cheaper but if you're entire diet consists of a rotation of beef, chicken, and pork flavored noodles, it's time to seek some help. No girls consider saving the shrimp flavor for the weekend as "living the life" no matter how you spice it up. But hey, you got them Js, right?
6. You have Twitter Notifications For Every Online Sneaker Shop
It may be important to stay up on releases but if your phone is constantly a distraction, take a chill pill, B. There's no need to be messing up your education or losing your job because some sneaker store half way around the globe got some new GRs. Besides, that exchange rate is b*tch right now.
5. You Pay More For Storage Than Your Rent
Yeah, we all have those times where we need to make some space. If you've been making space every few months by upgrading your storage unit size, you should probably rethink your habits there, boss. Besides, if you haven't worn it in over 5 years, it's probably not going to hold up. Which basically means you just paid the local self storage spot serious dough to ruin your sneakers.
4. You Can't Watch Intervention Without Feeling Guilty
Guilt hits you everytime you happen to flip on A&E and Intervention is on? You know, there are people that can help you with that. They even made a TV show about it.
3. Took Out A Loan For Grails
You been dying to walk around saying "Yeezy taught me" in your Louis Vuittons, so you opened up a new line of credit to make sure you had your grails. No matter what your grail is, if you're taking these extreme measures to get them, you're failing, bro.
2. You Can't Pay Rent
You scooped all the colorways of the Kilroy Pack, the Black and Red IVs, Thunder IVs and Black and Red XIs but now you don't have a place to stay because you lost your apartment. No matter how high you're stacking those sneaker boxes you can't live in them comfortably homie. Although, those plastic inner liners on the Jordan XI might actually be able to keep you dry from rain if you copped enough pairs. No, not serious.
1. You Lost Your Girl
The ultimate sign you need to get your sh*t together. All those kicks are dope but when it comes between you and your woman, it's time to reconsider your priorities because there are plenty of girls out there that are into sneakers now.