I feel myself slowly slipping into the addiction of wanting so many of the new releases. How many balls a year do you buy and do you follow a pattern? Like all in September when the season starts or spread out?

 I feel sorry for you.
 I had your problem once, but not anymore.
 I stopped believing everything the ballcos were saying quite a while back.
 The last brand new ball I bought was in 2009. Everybody keeps telling me it should die.
 It doesn't.
 A couple of years back, worked out a deal to try out some chinese made balls.
 They worked pretty well. Had no problem averaging over 200 with them. 😳
 They haven't died either.
 House I'm at now is making me throw urethane, because those others are too strong here.
 Right now, averaging 205-210 with a 1988 red pearl hammer and a 1991 ebonite nitro.

 DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE.
 It's how they put your money in their pockets. That's all.

It is okay to "want" the latest bowling ball release, but once you have a good 5-6 ball arsenal that will cover every lane condition you need to focus on your game....a new ball will NOT help you. 

I also buy another ball if it performs better than anticipated. i believe I have 9 nib all of which are no longer available, except to me!

I buy 20-25 a year....i want to try everything and if I ever see it on discount or used I pull the trigger...

This is great and your choice. For me, i am looking for ROI on whatever I buy. Whats the utility I get from it? If I spend $200 on a ball, I better make it back in short order in brackets/pots etc.

At age 25/26 you should be buying your own TZone's.