在一个习惯形成的早期阶段（一个传统的上瘾会变成一种习惯），我们常常以为我们可以控制发生的任何事。人类是地球上所有的生物中最独一无二的。我们可以在我们的自由意志范围内做出自己的选择。正是这种独立性，几乎每一次都给我们惹麻烦。我们经常发现我们漫步或在团体决策。
　　作为一个青少年，当我们想要随波逐流的时候，都想要得到父母的批准， “每个人都是这么做的！“这应该是一个父母的心让青少年参与一些活动的全部结果还不得而知。在与父母之间有观点分歧的时候，都会总结为这样一句话 “你不想让我有快乐。”这两个最常见的青少年的问题一直延续到成年，可以看到生活在政治体。
　　作为大会讨论道德问题，也一直是“每个人都在做的已经争论。“在增加赌博或扩大销售网点和酒的时间，这样的说法是用来说服别人做正确的事。如果不工作，总是有人提醒说，那些反对继续滑向道德坑了，很难攀登，那些人只是在玩，就因为这个原因，他们的理智选择参数无效。我听的争论在佐治亚州参议院上周扩大赌博在佐治亚州的三个小时，我再次意识到争论永远不会改变。
　　译文：
　　In the early stages of a habit （habit becomes a tradition followed by an addiction）， we are usually under the impression we can control anything that happens. Humans are unique among all the creatures on earth in that we have a free will. We have the ability to make choices in our free will. It is this independent nature that will get us in trouble almost every time. We often find that we roam or make decisions in groups.
　　As a teen we often say to our parents when wanting their approval to go with the crowd, “Everybody is doing it!” That is supposed to move a parent’s heart to allow the teen to be involved in some activity where the full outcome is yet to be known. The final word on this issue in an argument with a parent usually goes something like this, “You just don’t want me to have fun.” Those two most often used adolescent arguments carry over into adulthood, and can be seen living out in the body politic.
　　As the General Assembly deals with moral issues, there is always the argument of “Everybody is doing it already.” As in the case of increased gambling or expanding the outlets and hours for booze sales, that argument is always used to convince others it is the right thing to do. If that does not work, someone always reminds that those who oppose the continuing slide into a moral pit out of which it is hard to climb, that those folks are just against having fun and for that reason alone, their argument for sane choices is not valid. As I listened to the three hours of debate in the Georgia Senate last week to expand gambling in Georgia, I was once again made aware the arguments never change.