My dad once told me that when he visited Vegas he tried out gambling; he won $20, decided to push it a bit, and ended up losing $60. He felt terrible about it and never tried it again. How do people get hooked if there’s so much you can lose?
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I stopped gambling when I made the connection that it felt extremely similar to snorting Adderall.
The possibility of winning big, when reinforced by winning small (like winning free spins on a slot machine) gave my brain a similar chemical response to doing actual drugs.
Not everyone will react that way to gambling just like not everyone reacts to drug use by feeling “oh hell yeah, this should be an everyday thing!” But some of us do.
If anyone is curious, it’s been probably 12 years since I stopped snorting Adderall and probably 11 years since I’ve been to a casino.
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