The hook is the high – the escape into the cloud of pure pleasure and euphoria one can feel when watching the slot reels go round. I wanted to live in the moment of possibility – not before, not after, but during – because, as irrational as it was (as any thoughts when in the grip of an addiction are) – during those seconds when the reels went around it felt like anything was possible. It very quickly became less about winning and more about experiencing the high of that possibility.