I wouldn't say it's just narcissicim, socially inept, and autism; but there's a healthy dose of wanting to belong. Just a hunch, but I wouldn't be surprised if Phil is legitimately lonely/empty on the inside; all the gay for John Rambo jokes aside, Phil hasn't had a friend like that since he burned that bridge, due to his ineptitude and other behavioral problems.
He got a cute little girl to bounce around with him; not entirely sure on what to do with it and doesn't fill that gap. He got an older mature mom-wife; she has her own problems and I'm sure there's other stuff, but dead bedroom roommate status. He gets a cat to maybe try and fill the void that might be the desire of parenting; can't even clean up properly or bloodwork and other things for his adopted son. He's a mess of mental and behavioral problems and doesn't know or want to fix it; he's telling himself he's doing everything right (job, woman, child) but something inside is telling him it's not right.
Now que the Kino Casino, especially PPP.
"PHIL! KING PHILIP! YOUR HIGHNESS! MAKE THE PEASANTS PAY THEIR TAXES! THEY'RE ON YOUR LAND SIRE! THEY SHOULD FEEL HONORED TO SEE THY KINGLY DRAWERS AND BEHOLD THE MAGNIFICENCE OF YOUR HIGH CALORIC MEALS! GOUT ISN'T SOMETHING TO BE ASHAMED OF, FOR IT IS TRULY THE DISEASE OF KINGS!"
I'm not gonna say PPP (Phil calls him Triple P) is a John Rambo replacement; but something tells me, that in Phil's mind and lonely heart, he fills the gap that John left.
We have like... what, 3-4 more years till the 10 year plan is supposed to come into effect?