Compulsion - The Confession

BrianH

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BBC2 at 9.00 pm tonight - the perils of compulsive gambling. Do you dare to watch it? Of course, those who "never watch anything on BBC" will be OK.
 
:lol: Fair play Dom and I hope you are sucessfull . I was drawn into that tonight because it was mixed with Tipperary but I don't think I'd do too well with the american racing . Know nothing about it . I think this could be a good program . I'll watch it and then decide .
 
I've started keeping proper accounts since the beginning of March because I'm not working at the minute so I need to subsidise my lifestyle somehow . I'm getting a decent wage so far and havn't touched my savings but after Punchestown I will retire untill November . I'm not a flat girl :D
 
lolol Sols - I detest American racing & would never get into punting on it!!!!!! :lol: Thanks for the good wishes anyway!!! :D
 
Currently watching "Spellbound" on C4 - how freaky are some of these kids! I'm doing quite well on the spelling though :lol:
 
I watched a huge chunk of this huge chunk, until I couldn't stand his self-fascination any longer. Sorry if that sounds unkind, but he turned every mild question and situation into a mind-bending auto-drama. He feeds off so much energy from everyone he knows, but doesn't seem to put any back into anyone or anything. I've a feeling that that is par for the course with addicts of any persuasion - they constantly set up let-downs for both themselves and those who still care about them, which in turn set up the next act in a never-ending drama about themselves.

Apart from that, it's looking more and more likely that obsessive-compulsive disorders/addictions are neurologically linked, so it isn't a question of just snapping out of their behaviour patterns. The brain's wiring seems to have gone a bit wonky - although perhaps compulsion is more the norm than the abnormal, given the millions of people addicted to nicotine, alcohol, and other forms of self-ruin.

(She says, eyeballing her sixth large packet of potato crisps this week...) :shy:
 
Undeniably people wrecked by their addictions ARE sad to see and know, Brian. But it doesn't make them less draining to try to live with - I have a friend who constantly had to 'rescue' his drug-addicted partner from pseudo-suicides and multiple 'careless' overdoses. In the end, he reluctantly ended the relationship, worn out emotionally and psychologically in trying to hold down full-time work and constantly rescue this unhappy young person. After years of being in and out of addiction, hospitals, counselling, but eventually seeming to straighten out and become a drugs counsellor for young people, the ex-addict died suddenly from a fatal overdose. There was a tragic, horrific back story to his life, and while I'm not sure that every addictive response is necessarily the result of childhood trauma, they seem to play a role in many cases.
 
I completely forgot about the programme-I would have definitely watched it.Would be very interesting to hear everyones definition of a compulsive gambler.
 
I went out with a compulsive gambler once - how bloody frustrating was it?? He was thick as shite & couldn't quite work out why it was a bad thing to collect his wages (making sure they were in cash) on a Friday lunchtime & not leave the bookies until he didn't have a penny left. He had no ambition, no brains & no drive to do anyhting - & he was damn hard to get rid of too, wouldn't take no for an answer!
 
Ah, yes, but what compelled you to go out with him to start with, Shads? He must've had some outstanding quality...
 
Not really, Kri!!! I was bored & my father had just announced that he was leaving my mother (sorry, kicking her out of the family home :angy: ) for some cheap little slapper my age with two bastard children (allegedly with the same sire) so anyhting else was a welcome diversion!!!! :lol: God knows what possessed me....oh, I remember now - I was having a nervous breakdown at the time!! :lol:
 
Yes, I'm sure Clement Freud would say that - horrible, ugly old bastard has to try to justify why he can't get any, I'm sure....
 
Wouldn't be too sure about that, SL! Talking with colleagues at Lingfield about older men and what used to be referred to as their 'neices' accompanying them socially (ahem!), one of them saw Sir Clem attend a rash of race meetings accompanied by a new 'neice' each time! And jolly 'neice' they looked, apparently. (Of course, they really could BE his neices, if he's surrounded by a truly vast, mainly blonde, family.) ;)

Well done, Brian. One cannot have too much healthy exercise of mind and body.
 
They'd have to have some reason for going anywhere with him, so I'd say JduCF is probably spot on - CF is a horrible, horrible, nasty piece of work.
 
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