I find pool incredibly addicting. Can't stop playing it. Went on vacation to Hawaii a few weeks ago, and seeked out and found a pool hall, and spent several hours inside there.
I'm also curious what people's thoughts are on pool and drug/alcohol use. I had a real bad addiction to drugs for years, and played pool virtually everyday. After getting clean, I had to quit pool for a few years as I associated to much with my past. I finally picked up the sport again, and love it.
So I'm wondering what are your thoughts on these? Is it part of just having an addictive personality? Anyone have a story or want to be open about substance abuse and pool?
I saw a Joe Rogan podcast clip where he talks about this and it made me think of it. He even talked about how he once moved into a specific apartment just so he could be closer to his favorite pool hall.
Just mindless thoughts here, and curious on others perspectives.
Some of us were exposed to it and got obsessed with it at a relatively young age, when we had the time to do so, but that is certainly not the case for everyone. It’s a game you can get relatively good at with enough practice, even just playing by yourself for hours.
Whether playing alone or with someone, you can get so absorbed that there is a tendency to lose track of time and have no concept of how long you’ve been playing, and you just don’t want to stop.
The competition of playing another player, particularly of similar skill level or a little better, in itself is quite addicting, and of course if you add gambling or a tournament setting to that, even more so.
Obviously it’s very satisfying when you play well, and for those that really love it and are extremely competitive, when you don’t play well, it inspires you to practice even harder to try to overcome that.