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Originally Posted by Gander
LOL! Its called denial Scuds.
Kind of like telling your spouse you dont have a gambling problem, its just a hobby like shopping is for women. LOL!
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Well,different people have different ideas about when gambling becomes a problem.To me,if you bet money that you can't afford to lose,then it is a gambling problem.Other people(like yourself)feel guilty about the time they think they "waste" by gambling.As Oracle has told you,you tend to think everybody thinks(or should think)like you about stuff.Does Old man Ramsey bet money he can't afford to lose? No. Does he spend a lot of time handicapping,betting etc. each week? I would think so.Now ,you have compared gambling to drinking alcohol.Well,people who gamble too much,eat too much,smoke too much,and shop too much,have no problem doing their chosen profession without a problem with performance.It doesn't take long for drinking to affect job performance.So,I think the threshold of alcohol intake(the amount you drink to start to have a drinking issue) is pretty low.Well,Gander look at this one guy from Ohio that comes on here and ESPN with a drinking problem.How many times did it take to pss everybody off when he came on here drunk?....Once...I am sure there are people on this site with gambling problems that we all can all agree are gambling problems.Do they bother people on here? I don't think so.What I am telling you is that it doesn't take much drinking before you have a drinking issue.That is because drinking causes behavioural problems(not just health,or financial problems.)If somebody has a drinking issue,even strangers become aware of it pretty quickly.So,it doesn't take much drinking before one has a drinking issue. I have been watching TVG.Watching a few cheap races.I have zero desire to bet them.I don't know why.Now,I have known people that couldn't have that on in front of them without betting it.They are in prison.I think you have a tendency to be too quick to claim that people who bet horses have gambling problems.You were once homeless,and living in a car due to betting horses etc.,but I wouldn't be so quick in assuming people who bet horses will all just keep betting until they have problems that make them stop betting.Many stop betting when they told themselves they were going to stop betting.Not all gamblers lack self-discipline,but they are stained by the ones around them that do lack it.You tend to lack self-discipline(or did lack it at one time,)and one way to feel better about it is to say gamblers have a gambling problem.