Advanced Insanity
At Right Choice Recovery, the facility I work at part-time where I lead gambling-addiction groups several nights a week, ‘advanced insanity’ is a phrase we use often—it describes that moment when someone knows exactly how the story will end, yet still feels pulled to repeat the behavior. It describes the moment you know exactly what’s going to happen, you know the ending to the story, you know the pain waiting on the other side—and you