In every
walk of life there are individuals addicted to
gambling. Gambling has been a form of entertainment
since the beginning of time.
Today
gambling establishments have created a world with in a
world of beauty and elegance to entice all walks of
people to enter their establishments. They cater to all
income levels with slots machines that you can play for
a penny. These Casinos do not discriminate, if you have
money they are willing to take it.
The
Casinos do not twist your arm to get you there they use
subtle subliminal approach to affect your senses. The
show tunes commercials, sponsoring local events,
donating to revitalization zones and charities. What
people don’t realize is they are doing all this with
your money. The money has to come from somewhere.
Someone
you know convinces to celebrate a friend’s birthday at
the new technological advance futuristic night club at
the Casino. Not only do they have the best night clubs,
they can also afford the best entertainment like Cher,
Olivia Newton John, major sports events, charitable fund
raisers and much more. How ever they got you there once
you put your first coin in the slot machines, play Black
Jack, Poker, roulette, horse racing and more, this the
hook. Once the hook is in some people are able to
escape others are not. The unfortunate ones go down
self destructive path that seems impossible to ever
escape from. Besides the mounting debt, their self
esteem decreases as each day passes. The compulsive
gambler is trapped. They know gambling is no good for
them, they try to stop but all they want is that big
win. It doesn’t matter what you bet on the feeling are
still the same.
I have
known gamblers to put thousands of dollars in a slot
machine believing it will turn around. It very rarely
does, but just suppose the gambler hits a thousand
dollars. The gambler feels great and now thinks there’s
nothing they can’t do. They don’t care that they sat at
that slot machine for three hours, didn’t want to leave
to use the rest room nor meet you’re their friends for
lunch. Then with out realizing it an hour later they
lost the money. They decided to go home and ask
themselves hoe. If this has happened to you, a friend
and or relative there’s a problem. The problem needs to
be faced head on.
How did
this happen? You took the bait and were caught by the
hook. For some reason the lights, sounds and excitement
of a Casino is able to penetrate a person’s subconscious
mind and throw out all rational thought.
There are
millions and millions of people who never had one drink
of alcohol which eliminated them from having an alcohol
addiction. There are cases know that a young adult
going into college and wants to join specific clubs have
to undergo certain initiations. Once of them is to dink
alcohol injected into an orange or grapefruit. The
lived their life up until was alcohol free. If there
parents knew they would be upset. The bottom line here
is they were exposed. A majority would be okay but
there would be a few that would become addicted based on
statistics. This may be life’s many tests to see if
people are strong enough to overcome any situation.
Everyone
understands that if you were to flip the same coin ten
thousand times, heads probable would be 50% and tales
50%. A gambler would still place bets hoping that heads
comes out more times then tales. They have this magic
ability to predict when in reality they lose more times
then they win.
