How Addicted are You?

[JayLA]

It doesn't matter if you win or lose for a true addict. The brain lights up for a drug addict when they strap the arm, a sex addict when they walk into the bedroom, and a gambler when they place the bet.

Yeah, ive heard that but i don't buy it. There's a huge difference (in my opinion) between being addicted to smack to being addicted to chocolate, sex or gambling. Mind over matter. I've been betting pretty much all my life and I've never taken a loan our to cover losses....i don't bet bingo or the lottery cause i couldn't get down on a bet. I also snort coke every once in a while and even go on binges but can right the ship. I guess my mind is stronger than others i dunno

[edawg]

Yeah, ive heard that but i don't buy it. There's a huge difference (in my opinion) between being addicted to smack to being addicted to chocolate, sex or gambling. Mind over matter. I've been betting pretty much all my life and I've never taken a loan our to cover losses....i don't bet bingo or the lottery cause i couldn't get down on a bet. I also snort coke every once in a while and even go on binges but can right the ship. I guess my mind is stronger than others i dunno

Agree with you on gambling is a mental addiction. When it is both physical and mental it is the toughest to break the addiction. How come a heroin addict can't just take a little less heroin everyday till they quit? How come a hardcore alcoholic can't do the same?

[JayLA]

Agree with you on gambling is a mental addiction. When it is both physical and mental it is the toughest to break the addiction. How come a heroin addict can't just take a little less heroin everyday till they quit? How come a hardcore alcoholic can't do the same?

Well, based on my knowledge, a heroin addict can't because of withdrawal - his or her body and neurons cannot deal with the lack of heroin . They have to take other drugs to substitute it and go through withdrawal to get reset the effect the addiction has done to the body and mind. I once flirted with benzo addiction and the withdrawal literally almost killed me.

Alcoholics similar. But i stand by my mind over matter comment. If you have something to live for , something to look forward to , you can overcome any addiction or curb it at least. Some of us are just far too selfish to do so...

[edawg]

Well, based on my knowledge, a heroin addict can't because of withdrawal - his or her body and neurons cannot deal with the lack of heroin . They have to take other drugs to substitute it and go through withdrawal to get reset the effect the addiction has done to the body and mind. I once flirted with benzo addiction and the withdrawal literally almost killed me.

Alcoholics similar. But i stand by my mind over matter comment. If you have something to live for , something to look forward to , you can overcome any addiction or curb it at least. Some of us are just far too selfish to do so...

I was on 5 Xanax bars daily and went cold turkey and though I was going to die. Also struggled with alcohol. So I can relate but the one thing I can't stand is when people say addiction is a disease try telling that too somebody with ALS or a kid dying from cancer.

[JayLA]

I was on 5 Xanax bars daily and went cold turkey and though I was going to die. Also struggled with alcohol. So I can relate but the one thing I can't stand is when people say addiction is a disease try telling that too somebody with ALS or a kid dying from cancer.

So we're on the same page...were not addicted to gambling , were "addicted" to the rush...."this win might start a streak"...."i might be able to put a dent into my losses"..."I'm going to sweep the table with this poker hand."

Am i addicted to that? Ok sure. But losing changes that real quick. Imagine if we thought we could actually beat the books that we could recoup the decades of losses this year ....THAT shit is like smack.

Bet for the rush, you're not getting out of this alive, anyway....i think hunter s Thompson said something similar

[JayLA]

Or like the movie Two for the Money says, were addicted to losing because when we lose we realize that we'll be alright - it's just money. I'm not saying gambling addiction does exist. I'm saying it's manageable. During the pandemic a lot of us were saying how good it felt to not gamble. We'll likely all come back to betting , even after long breaks.

That doesn't mean we'll pawn our sisters necklace and refinance our mortgage...

[Jayvegas420]

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[Otters27]

1986 Donruss set is shit. Topps Football was the best set from that year

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