Addiction Treatment Magazine

Gambling addiction can wipe you out – financially, physically, emotionally, and socially. Once you reach the point of compulsive gambling, sooner or later you’ll find yourself on the down slope of this addictive pastime. Millions of Americans have come to this painful realization, while many more continue to allow gambling to control their lives. Getting [...]

Many electronic avenues for entertainment have a reputation for supposed addiction. The Internet, the Blackberry smartphone, video games, and Facebook are just a few. One entertainment electronic may be getting a reprieve, however. Electronic gaming machines, once thought to cause a gambling addiction, may only be a problem if a problem already exists.

Make no mistake about it. Overcoming a gambling addiction is tough work. If it were as simple as just walking away from the casinos, slots, sports betting, track or card games, there’d be a lot fewer problem and compulsive gamblers in the U.S. – and around the world, for that matter.