Overcoming Gambling Addiction: How to Stop Gambling, Build Recovery, And Take Control of Your Life

Overcoming Gambling Addiction

How to Stop Gambling, Build Recovery, And Take Control of Your Life

Written by:

Brian Gibson

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction

Chapter 2

Gambling Addiction

Chapter 3

What Causes Gambling Addiction?

Chapter 4

The Costs of Gambling Addiction

Chapter 5

Overcome Gambling Addiction

Chapter 6

The Twelve Steps of Recovery

Chapter 1

Introduction

Gambling addiction has destroyed the lives of millions of Americans. Gambling addiction typically takes years to develop slowly. Over time, gambling, making plans to gamble, and obtaining funds to risk the addicted gambler's life. Gambling addicts are doomed to failure because the odds are typically stacked in favor of the house. Many people who become addicted to gambling lose everything they own, rack up debt, and eventually resort to crime. Although there is no authoritative definition of gambling addiction, most definitions are based on the definition of substance abuse due to the many similarities between gambling and drug addictions. Gambling addiction is a persistent and recurrent problematic gambling behavior that impairs social, occupational, or other critical areas of functioning or causes clinically significant distress. In other words, despite severe negative effects or a desire to stop, gambling addicts constantly feel the urge to gamble.

Gambling is defined as putting something of value, typically money, at risk by participating in a game or event with an uncertain outcome. Over the years, it has taken on a variety of shapes, from Wall Street stock trading to sports betting in classical Rome and Greece. Games of chance and skill fall into which most gambling activities fall. Random outcomes are essential to games of chance. In games of chance, winning has varying probabilities or odds. The odds are sometimes simple to calculate; for example, a coin toss winner has a one-in-two chance of winning if they call heads. However, sometimes it can be more difficult to determine the precise odds of winning, as with blackjack. Other well-liked games of chance include bingo, lotteries, raffles, machine games like slots and craps, table games like roulette and craps, and roulette and craps. Games of skill are those where players can improve their chances of winning by applying specific knowledge or abilities. For instance, poker is a game of skill because success depends on having good interpersonal skills and the ability to bluff well. Even though poker is a game of chance, those who lack this skill will typically lose