If you have a problem with gambling you know it can strain your relationship, be a nuisance to your responsabilities at home AND at work, and eventually cause you financial bankruptcy. Also, you may be doing things you never thought you could do, like stealing or take money that was meant for your kids just so you can gamble it. Chances are you think you can’t stop but there is light at the end of the tunnel, your addiction is completely treatable. The first step is to admit that you have a problem, then you seek help. Eventually, with work, you will overcome your gambling problem and regain control of your life, save your marriage, your house…
Understanding the Gambling Problem/Addiction
Compulsive gambling (gambling addiction) is a type of impulse-control disorder. The compulsive gambler can’t control the impulse, the force that drive him/her to gamble, eventhough the gambler knows it is hurting oneself and their loved ones. One thing keeps coming back in their heads ” gambling gambling gambling…” no matter the consequences. Whether the gambler is happy, depressed, broke, rich, flush, sad, he/she will still be gambling away. Even when they know that the odds are against them, even when the wedding band is at stake, the savings account, the house…
Problem gambling is slightly different, it is not totally out of control. Nevertheless, it still disrupts your life. If you’re preoccupied with gambling, spending more and more time and more money on it, chasing losses and gambling despite the consequences then yes, you have a gambling problem.
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