Originally Posted by
WaterOx 
Then I thought "why the hell do I dislike gambling but I like drinking?" It's the same thing. You have a good night here, a good day there, just enough to keep you in the game but in the end, the house always wins.
There are some similarities between alcoholism and gambling on a psychological level. Specifically, they can both be compulsive. But God knows, they must be different. I could not stop drinking, but compulsive gambling has always been a mystery to me. I just don't understand it. I easily walk by a slot machine or a blackjack table without even a fleeting millisecond of temptation. And people get addicted to this? I can intellectually understand it, but there is nothing inside me that helps me relate to compulsive gambling.
Alcoholism on the other hand is something else. I know what that feels like.