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
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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.
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BUT LAST YEAR I CHOSE LIFE
I love how you've adapted this! Iconic 🙂
isnt this from the start of trainspotting? love that film
Yeah, its trying to say that addiction is addiction. Something about Heroin is no different to gambling in my viewÂ
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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 despairÂ
More horrible than your worst nightmare
I promise you power and courageÂ
I give you feelings of powerlessness and hopelessnessÂ
I will force you to live in fear always
I promise you relief and escape from all your daily problemsÂ
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 oldÂ
I have killed men, women and children, I have no conscienceÂ
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.Â
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 againÂ
Gambling is a sickness, a disease, an addiction, an insanity, and is always a
loser in the long run.
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