If you want to see how an addict thinks...
 

read this article about Barkley and his gambling.

The self-deception, and back-and-forth tug is painfully obvious.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2432043

Its interesting. I wonder if he understands his own double-speak; 'Its a problem - its not a problem. I have to get it under control but I'm going to continue to do it.'

I'm glad that it hasn't totaly ruined his life(yet) like it has for so many others, though.