Growing up among adult gamblers, I have a different view of gambling. I also have the belief that because of the way I grew up, I have a lot of open views which many would consider a little off the wall on the subject. I’m the oldest of five siblings, and every single one of us incorporated casino gambling into our regular lives. We enjoy it and see absolutely nothing wrong with it. Before you start to think, “This woman can’t see there’s a problem?” Let me explain why there isn’t.

While many will disagree with me, I don’t believe anyone in my family has a gambling problem. Here’s why. We are all capable of walking away. Maybe it came with age and maturity. However, I believe it stems from the fact that none of us are overly impressed by gambling. We know the casinos aren’t going to close. We aren’t losing our computers and ballgames will continue on the weekends, so if our luck turns sour, who cares if we have to ride it out and either back off our normal bets or quit betting altogether for awhile?

The fact is, we believe that compulsive gambling is a bit overrated and don’t really care what the outside world thinks. We all live in nice homes, drive nice cars, attend our children’s functions and live a pretty normal life, but we know we aren’t textbook normal. Who cares? It’s who we are.

While this may seem particularly strange to many gamblers, let me explain to you our belief and why my entire family gambles the way we do. We believe in luck, fate, and skill in the gambling scheme of things. I have also take experience of gambling in some of the uk casinos. We know we’ve been lucky that none of us became so caught up in the façade of gaming that we couldn’t live. But that is because we have all been there at some point and time and had to dig our way out to the point where we don’t plan to revisit. While I could care less about the value of a dollar, that stems from the fact that I have always had several dollars and many of them made from gambling on sports. However, with a husband and children to consider, I can’t be frivolous with my gambling ventures.

That’s been a number of years ago and I rarely touch alcohol now except for the occasional apple martini. There have been two incidents in my gambling life where bad runs were only bad runs because I was drinking. I’ve had plenty of times where a bad run would start and I would just go to the spa or go swim and could care less. Alcohol wasn’t involved and I made a wise decision. However, after that one incident, my husband will forever be cautious when “I’m cold.” He loves the rewards when I’m hot at the craps table or on the ballgames, but he’s the worst sport in the world when I’m not. While I understand what it must be like for him to have married into a family of casino gamblers, my compassion for his feelings on the subject is limited. All I can say is, “Honey, you chose your wife, and I chose my life, my life gambles, so I guess in a way, you do too.”