Gambling

Gambling has effected many people I know in a negative way and the problem is getting increasingly more serious due to the large amount of young adults who are starting to gamble. Teenagers often face routine warnings about drugs and alcohol but Not about gambling.

Gambling is highly addictive, and compulsive gamblers have the same symptoms an alcoholic or a person addicted to drugs would have with their addiction , when someone is addicted to gambling they have a brain disease that is chemically and genetically driven, just as addictive as cocaine in certain individuals. The same way a drug addict needs to take drugs in order to maintain a high, a gambler has to gamble in order to experience the high of winning. Every state except three permit gaming and state governments actually encourage their citizens to gamble because its an easy way for them collect tax free money.

You are considered a compulsive gambler if you have done 5 out of the 10 following criteria:

1. if you are preoccupied with gambling.

2. if you need to gamble with increasing amounts of money in order to achieve the desired excitement.

3. if you have had repeated efforts at stopping but cannot

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5. if you gamble as a way of escaping from problems

6. if after losing money gambling, you return another day to get even

7. If you lie to family members about the extent of involvement with gambling.

8. if you commit illegal acts to finance gambling.

9. if you have jeopardized or lost a significannot

relationship, job, education or career opportunity because of gambling.

10.Or if you rely on others to provide you with money to finance gambling.

Is estimated that over (2.5 million) people have a gambling problem, That would make it twice as prevalent as cancer among Americans. If you do have a gambling problems professionals recommend that you should get counseling and therapy for your problem.

Recently gambling has become an even bigger problem in America with more and more younger adults starting to gamble especially among college students,