Addiction is the ultimate game of deception, because becoming addicted means fooling yourself, as well as those around you.

Bluff is a deceptive move in the game of poker, that also appears in many other games of deception. Bluff involves the pretence that everything is as you think it is, while in reality, you are being duped. Bluff is the most popular of all the addict games.
In many ways, addiction is the ultimate game of deception, because becoming addicted means fooling yourself, as well as those around you. And just like a poker player, an addict will perfect the poker face, the butter-wouldn’t-melt facial expression and tone of voice that convinces you, at least long enough to give them the benefit of the doubt, that it is you who are in the wrong, for not trusting them.

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