Gambling is a behavior deeply rooted in human psychology, with measurable patterns that scientists have studied for decades. According to the National Council on Problem Gambling, approximately 85% of American adults gamble in some form during their lifetime, yet only 1% to 2% develop serious gambling problems. These numbers illustrate a fine line between recreational risk-taking and addictive behavior.
Gambling is a behavior deeply rooted in human psychology, with measurable patterns that scientists have studied for decades. According to the National Council on Problem Gambling, approximately 85% of American adults gamble in some form during their lifetime, yet only 1% to 2% develop serious gambling problems. These numbers illustrate a fine line between recreational risk-taking and addictive behavior.
Early in the morn
varied coffee scent on queue
not to forget tea
it has its matching charm too
in cities across the globe
From the very depths of my inner being I cherish poetry,
without the written verse I’d be impoverished as a person,
literary projects spur me on to otherworldy epic peaks,
an open channel with furtherance from lexicons endowed,
golden opportunity for human pathos rich and fair,
stomach-wrenching pain, joyous peals of laughter, mental stimulus,
visions I adhere to have a wider world impetus,
the comity of fellow authors and their honest feedback,
diplomatic goodwill hint at barren lapse within my canon,
The following poem posted about a half hour before the bewitching hour that spelled calamity (which though a freaky Friday the thirteenth) did (nor does) not find me exceptionally superstitious, and rather than wait for the morrow, I feel so pent up with aggravation concerning chronic checking account issues linkedin to Citizens Bank a need for a healthy distraction finds me sharing a tragi-comic combination of contusions upon body electric of mine at that time a forty year old father of two young daughters.
Like that one familiar friend -
Hope knows what I'm feeling
Before I've said anything
And gladly walks behind.
She has peace in her eyes
And keeps her lips silent;
Words are irrelevant
But hearing might suffice.