Just to give some of the sufferers a thread of hope, WhOA is a disease that can be beaten.
In the last year I have not bought any new whistles. In the past two years, I’ve sold about 15 more whistles than I’ve bought. Trouble is, I don’t know for sure how it happened so I cant write a self-help book and get rich.
I agree. It is curable.
Besides the ones I’m selling, I only have 2 or 3* whistles left. I haven’t bought any in a long time, either.
I used to have about 100 whistles.
*My Hohner Bb is still MIA (a certain board member refuses to give it back), and I don’t even care anymore.
So, yeah, it’s beatable. 
Nope there is not Cure…
One word,
Remission!
For sanity’s sake it may last, but what fun is there in being sane?
My quest for a superb whistle ended when I received a Burke over a year ago. No WhOA since then. No point in buying just for trying.
Susan
It’ll be back.
i think i’ll be fully cured after getting my first (and last) button accordion last summer+
a brand new Jerrytone this christmas+
a sterling silver copeland low D that i just be getting in a month or so.
they’re my favourites, and that’s all i need.
untill the kids get WHOA…
There is no such thing as WhOA. After a year, I have 19 whistles and have another 10 or so in mind, yet I’ve seen no sign of WhOA. Check Snopes, and you’ll find that it’s just another urban myth.
Never mind.
You’re only in danger of serious WhOA when your ratio of Whistles:Tunes goes above 1:1
So the best cure for WhOA is to learn more tunes 
Hey, if IDAwHOa reads this thread and cures his WhOA, he’ll have to change his name again. Funky Beets. Amar will be pleased.
I don’t think there’s ANY way IDAwHOa will ever bring his Whistles:Tunes ratio below 1:1 unless he memorizes the whole O’Neill’s collection. Unabridged.
Actually I’m seeing signs of the abatement of WhOA myself. I really can’t think of any more whistles I want. I’m playing more and buying…well, none. I might even sell some of the ones I no longer play.
I found exactly what I wanted about two years ago. There have been no whistle purchases since then.
I think whOA is virus because it sometimes mutates into flOA (flute version) and accOA (accordion version).
If untreated it can progress into MEIAS (More expensive instrument acquisition syndrome).
MEIAS? I could be a poster child for it. Fortunately the syndrome seems to have gone into remission, knock wood.
Every whistle I have bought is just exactly what I wanted. I still need some more. I want them all. But I can quit any time I want to.
Ron
It’s just a phase. The longer you play, the more you focus on the music you play and the less you obsess over hardware. Or at least that’s my experience.
it matters not. he is the funky beets.
Unfortunately, there is another cure… or at least unattractive treatment option - poverty… it has certainly kept mine in check for the past year… (whine)…
Keep lobbying, Amar. It’s gonna stick one day.
I’m with Lee Marsh on this. I believe that it is possible to go through a period where you are selling / parting with more whistles than you are acquiring. During that time you may feel that WhOA has ended but in fact what is happening is that you are moving into the next phase of WhOA. Those old ones are simply moving on to make room for other ones. You can run but you can’t hide.
Best,
Paul