Choose Life

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(@lp5vut869c)
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Choose Life

Choose a Career

Choose a Family

Choose a massive TV

Choose washing machines, cars, laptops and electric tin openers

Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance

Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments

Choose a starter home

Choose your friends

Choose leisurewear and matching luggage

Choose a three piece suit on hire purchase in a range of different fabrics

Choose DIY and not knowing who you are on a Sunday morning

Choose sitting on a couch watching mind-numbing game shows, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing junk food.

Choose growing old in a home.

Choose your future

Choose life

 

But why would I want to do a thing life that ? I chose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons ? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you have gambling.

 

BUT LAST YEAR I CHOSE LIFE

 
Posted : 31st March 2026 6:12 pm
Fran
 Fran
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I love how you've adapted this! Iconic 🙂

 
Posted : 31st March 2026 7:17 pm
(@adam123)
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isnt this from the start of trainspotting? love that film

 
Posted : 31st March 2026 10:23 pm
(@lp5vut869c)
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Yeah, its trying to say that addiction is addiction. Something about Heroin is no different to gambling in my view 

 
Posted : 31st March 2026 11:27 pm
Tazman
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And if somebody hurts you, I wanna fightBut my hand's been broken one too many times So I'll use my voice, I'll be so f*****g rude Words, they always win, but I know I'll lose (Tom Odell) i relate this part of the song to gambling addiction

 

 
Posted : 1st April 2026 12:12 am
(@lp5vut869c)
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I am addiction

I start in small subtle way promising many things

I promise you pleasure behind your wildest dreams

I deliver guilt and despair 

More horrible than your worst nightmare

I promise you power and courage 

I give you feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness 

I will force you to live in fear always

I promise you relief and escape from all your daily  problems 

I create for you greater problems than you ever imagined

I promise you many friends but deliver isolation

I promise you happiness, i create such sorrow

I will steal from you your dignity, your family, your friends, your children, your homes, your demons, your spirit and your life. For love, freedom and happiness are impossible to find in my presence

So never underestimate me, I am devious and manipulating. I have no preference as to who I pick as a victim, rich or poor, young or old 

I have killed men, women and children, I have no conscience 

So if you have met me, always be aware if you think you can beat me, I will be gone from your life and all will be well again. 

Never forget I will always be there, waiting in the dark shadows just around the corner

I am very patient and will laugh in your face, if I can lure you into my evil world of hell on earth again 

 
Posted : 1st April 2026 12:42 am
Tazman
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Gambling is a sickness, a disease, an addiction, an insanity, and is always a
loser in the long run.

 
Posted : 1st April 2026 1:32 pm

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