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Ryan Soave

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

And what I've seen with that is it's like their whole world starts to get really small. You know, it's weird because in the way that I look at it, it's really the only addiction if it's an addiction for that person, right? Not everybody that gambles is gambling, but for the ones that are addicted, it seems to me to be the only addiction that the next hit can solve all your problems.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

And what I've seen with that is it's like their whole world starts to get really small. You know, it's weird because in the way that I look at it, it's really the only addiction if it's an addiction for that person, right? Not everybody that gambles is gambling, but for the ones that are addicted, it seems to me to be the only addiction that the next hit can solve all your problems.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

And what I've seen with that is it's like their whole world starts to get really small. You know, it's weird because in the way that I look at it, it's really the only addiction if it's an addiction for that person, right? Not everybody that gambles is gambling, but for the ones that are addicted, it seems to me to be the only addiction that the next hit can solve all your problems.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

So you're down $300,000. You could bet that and win it. I don't think anybody thinks like really thinks, I mean, in the moment they're probably out of their mind, but they don't think, you know, if I shoot this next, if I take, if I, if I shoot heroin, my life is going to get better in the long run. They might be thinking it's going to get better right now because I'm not going to get sick.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

So you're down $300,000. You could bet that and win it. I don't think anybody thinks like really thinks, I mean, in the moment they're probably out of their mind, but they don't think, you know, if I shoot this next, if I take, if I, if I shoot heroin, my life is going to get better in the long run. They might be thinking it's going to get better right now because I'm not going to get sick.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

So you're down $300,000. You could bet that and win it. I don't think anybody thinks like really thinks, I mean, in the moment they're probably out of their mind, but they don't think, you know, if I shoot this next, if I take, if I, if I shoot heroin, my life is going to get better in the long run. They might be thinking it's going to get better right now because I'm not going to get sick.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

I'm going to feel good or whatever it is for them, but they don't, they're not thinking that this is going to solve their problems. They know it's not. And so it, it, it, it fortifies what you were talking, we were talking about before is continuing to go after the hot fudge Sunday, except they can, they can get it, you know?

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

I'm going to feel good or whatever it is for them, but they don't, they're not thinking that this is going to solve their problems. They know it's not. And so it, it, it, it fortifies what you were talking, we were talking about before is continuing to go after the hot fudge Sunday, except they can, they can get it, you know?

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

I'm going to feel good or whatever it is for them, but they don't, they're not thinking that this is going to solve their problems. They know it's not. And so it, it, it, it fortifies what you were talking, we were talking about before is continuing to go after the hot fudge Sunday, except they can, they can get it, you know?

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

And it's interesting because I've talked to different people and sometimes the hit isn't in the winning. Sometimes the hit is in the losing for them. Really? I've had people tell me that I don't, I don't really understand that, but I, I think then they have to go back after it again. I mean, I believe them. They're the ones suffering from it, but wow. And it's becoming a real problem with kids.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

And it's interesting because I've talked to different people and sometimes the hit isn't in the winning. Sometimes the hit is in the losing for them. Really? I've had people tell me that I don't, I don't really understand that, but I, I think then they have to go back after it again. I mean, I believe them. They're the ones suffering from it, but wow. And it's becoming a real problem with kids.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

And it's interesting because I've talked to different people and sometimes the hit isn't in the winning. Sometimes the hit is in the losing for them. Really? I've had people tell me that I don't, I don't really understand that, but I, I think then they have to go back after it again. I mean, I believe them. They're the ones suffering from it, but wow. And it's becoming a real problem with kids.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

There's a lot of sites to gamble on now. They can bet on a lot of crypto sites. You can bet on anything. And kids are playing in these online casinos that are probably operated overseas that are not regulated at all. And casinos that are regulated become very wealthy, winning on a very small margin. I'm sure these casinos don't ever lose. They're making it up. Um, it's in our face all the time.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

There's a lot of sites to gamble on now. They can bet on a lot of crypto sites. You can bet on anything. And kids are playing in these online casinos that are probably operated overseas that are not regulated at all. And casinos that are regulated become very wealthy, winning on a very small margin. I'm sure these casinos don't ever lose. They're making it up. Um, it's in our face all the time.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

There's a lot of sites to gamble on now. They can bet on a lot of crypto sites. You can bet on anything. And kids are playing in these online casinos that are probably operated overseas that are not regulated at all. And casinos that are regulated become very wealthy, winning on a very small margin. I'm sure these casinos don't ever lose. They're making it up. Um, it's in our face all the time.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

It was, uh, I was reading Willie Mays died recently as a baseball player, um, San Francisco giant, uh, before we were around, but he, uh, was banned from baseball for life. I think they ended up letting him back in because he took a contract from, I think it was Bally's. He wasn't betting on sports, uh, So this is in the 80s.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

It was, uh, I was reading Willie Mays died recently as a baseball player, um, San Francisco giant, uh, before we were around, but he, uh, was banned from baseball for life. I think they ended up letting him back in because he took a contract from, I think it was Bally's. He wasn't betting on sports, uh, So this is in the 80s.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

It was, uh, I was reading Willie Mays died recently as a baseball player, um, San Francisco giant, uh, before we were around, but he, uh, was banned from baseball for life. I think they ended up letting him back in because he took a contract from, I think it was Bally's. He wasn't betting on sports, uh, So this is in the 80s.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

He took a contract because he would go there and meet with their high rollers once a year for like a week. Just play golf with them, hang out with them. He wasn't betting on baseball and he got banned from baseball. Now you watch a baseball game or go to a baseball stadium and different betting sites are mentioned all over the place. You watch any sporting event. And it's it's out there.

Huberman Lab
Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

He took a contract because he would go there and meet with their high rollers once a year for like a week. Just play golf with them, hang out with them. He wasn't betting on baseball and he got banned from baseball. Now you watch a baseball game or go to a baseball stadium and different betting sites are mentioned all over the place. You watch any sporting event. And it's it's out there.