Digging out

The book, Digging Out : Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding, and Compulsive Acquiring is an important read if you have a friend or family member who acquires an excessive amount of stuff (newspapers, old scraps of cloth, unworn clothes) and has difficulty discarding things. If they usually live in a cluttered space, and their lives are impaired by all of this stuff, it's likely that he or she is a hoarder. People who hoard often live in unsafe and unsanitary conditions because they are unable to throw anything away. "Digging Out" is the first book to help friends and family…