My Recipe Collecting Addiction

Ever since I was 17 years old or even younger I have collected recipes. I have collected everything I have got my hands on. My husband has teased for it, others too, nicely though. I have collected, sorted but never used them. When I realised I was behaving like an addict hiding how much I have I decided I had to do something about it.I am going through the first pile and throwing most of them away but keeping a few which will be used.