thats a terrible addiction. i’m embarrassed how weak willed i am in AC. one time my GF didn’t know i had my bank card on me. lost an extra couple hundred.
it’s like i’m in a trance with the constant hits of serotonin and dopamine on each spin.
they say food, gambling, heroin and other things affect the same part of the brain.
sorry about your ex SIL
Oh yeah...I’m sure it’s setting off all kinds of triggers in the brain. I’ve never had a big desire to do it. Hate to lose money, but I can’t say, I’m w/out addiction, but it has just manifested in different forms for me.
We had two very nice mountain towns here in CO...right next door to each other. Blackhawk and Central City. Yeah, they were touristy, but they still had an Old West flavour. It’s been quite a few years now, but they went low stakes gambling and it ruined them, IMO. I have no desire to go anywhere near there.
And coming up from NM last week I saw some in the Ruidoso area...Indian owned ones. I guess it could be a fun deal to do once in a blue moon, but I’m such a tight wad, I would have a hard time going more than that.
Thanks about SIL. She didn’t have an optimum childhood like so many of us. Her mom was overbearing and had a some screws loose. SIL used gambling to fill some kind of hole(s) in her. :(