Lottery isn’t entirely a bad idea to me, what I’ll never understand is how people get addicted to it— getting addicted to loosing their money. Lol, that’s quite beyond me.
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Lottery isn’t entirely a bad idea to me, what I’ll never understand is how people get addicted to it— getting addicted to loosing their money. Lol, that’s quite beyond me.
The gambler is always looking for a different experience, which is associated with the pain of losing. Rather than seeking pleasure he seeks the pain of proving to himself that he is a worthless human being. Winning for the addict provides him with the necessary resources to continue losing. Many addicted gamblers have experienced winning vast fortunes one week, only to experience losing it all the next. The object is to lose, not to win. It is the unconscious need to lose that fuels his play and winning is only a temporary condition that allows him to lose.
Addiction is a beast and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy, it ruined my life completely, but recovery makes you look at yourself honestly and it can be the making of you. It starts out great, a few wins here and there and the excitement but pretty soon, without you knowing it starts to take a grip on you. Denial sets in when you lie and you cover the addiction to family and friends, because basically you don’t wanna stop. You start to plan your next gambling adventure, you next session, you forget and then lose your interests and hobbies, you forget your morals and your own standards as a person as the addiction takes holds, and you simply feed it, never yourself.
Addiction blocks emotions, it suppresses them so much you don’t ‘fee’ anything, only when you gamble, it takes you away from you, and your problems and then gives you a hundred more.
It slowly starts to eat away at your self-esteem, your confidence and any belief you had in yourself. You live when you gamble, you feel and everything is gonna be ok, but you always, always lose, you have to if your a compulsive gambler and you then let go of so much anger and frustration, but you blame yourself for being so stupid and worthless, you feel like a nothing and then you have to play again to feel anything and feel good about yourself. Gambling is a great way to feel like a something, and a great way to make you feel like a nobody.