I believe I got this as intended, in the spirit of a commonality many of us share, it was a funny way to put it.
I went through several stages concerning G.A.S.
Initially I thought that there were actually things I could buy that would improve me as a musician. This is, in fact , chasing the wrong path. Only hard practice, the right knowledge and mixing skill will make a recording sound the best, and I'm not there yet, but I enjoy trying, so I don't think I'll be quitting any time soon. A lot of these things can make something that already sounds good sound better....another subject.
The second stage was the realization that these things gave me more capability if I knew how to use them. They saved time in some cases and made a chore a joy.
The third stage was in making comparisons and realizing that there are more similarities than differences in many cases. IOW I could do the same thing with product A which I already owned instead of product B that I didn't own yet. My tendency was to think that a new product with a well known name was always a little better. Many purchases later I realized this reality but I can't give anything back so I still have all of it.
What probably bothers me the most about the whole thing now is that I have a lot of software that I payed good money for that I forget I own. This is, I guess, the price of finding your way in this because you don't always know unless you try and in order to try you usually need to buy(especially if It's 50% off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
There has been enough success at this to keep me still looking at what's out there, so I keep coming back to the software/hardware trough off and on. Occasionally I'll bite. I have found a lot I like but not enough to stop me from looking at more.
Yes, I was once a software addict and sometimes I still fall off the wagon....now, who was next in the circle?
I bought a lot of things I didn't need in order to find out what it was I needed. And that is probably different for everyone.