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My guess would be c) motivated forgetting

Gamblers get used to lying to themselves, the ones I've known do, to the point where they believe it. They say they 'won' a big amount, starting with only $1! But fail to mention the other $400 they spent trying to get there. They don't want anyone to know, even themselves, how much they really spend on it. They want their winnings to sound better. So at first they might really keep track, but then conveniently 'don't count' this or that until they really believe it.

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Yes, if he is addicted. Gambling is an addiction like drugs, but I say as long as he can hock his houses, that's his and wife's business. Now the abusiveness and bad temper may suggest another problem. I felt a certain irritability at Obama for (making him come to Mississippi-maybe) McCain was tortured in VietNam and has illnesses, in which some people defer to drugs and alcohol for relief. My uncle had post traumatic stress from WWII that he died with. The horrible vestiges of war is far reaching and long- lasting. That is why I am voting for a man who will not lead us into senseless conflict, who says talk to your enemies and get a common ground(sounds like someone I read about on Sunday) With Russia in the mix, the next war would be unfathomly terrible.