Friday, March 25, 2016

Gambling: It Is Not All Fun And Games

By Ned Clive


When someone enters rehabilitation, all sorts of ideas and questions come into mind. Some of these questions are, "Is my gambling a result of my drinking? Would I be gambling if I wasn't an alcoholic?" Many addicts these days seem to be hopping from one addiction to another. If you walk into any casino in the United States, you will often see people playing slot machines and pressing buttons to spin the wheels. They are often seen holding an alcoholic beverage and a cigarette as well. It is important to not get yourself wrapped up in the bar scene. The casino is often a place where addicts come together to play.

If a person wants to treat their dual diagnosis of gambling and alcohol addiction, it is important to get into a dual diagnosis program at a treatment center. When a person does this, they actually take their addiction to a whole new level. Building trust with yourself and having others look at that trust is often hard to do. It is important to learn how to work addiction out of your life. It is not easy to talk about your problems. However, it is definitely necessary. There are a lot of people in the world today that suffer from addiction.

Many addicts say that they want to do better in life. They don't want to keep on going to the same casino over and over again. It is often hard for an addict to stay out of a casino once they have been addicted. Often, rehabilitation is needed in order to stop the habit. Gambling addiction is not fun for anyone that has ever seen this. A lot of couples lose their marriage over gambling. It often works out where someone is responsible for paying the electric. Instead of paying the bill, they take the money and gamble it away. There is nothing more devastating than gambling away your entire life's saving on poker and slot machines.

There are lots of excuses that a gambler will give to you about playing games. Games are often associated with people that want to do well in their life. Many people in the world today have a hard time with getting treatment for their addiction. If someone has an addiction, it is often not treated for years. Most people that have a gambling addiction don't know that something else is eating at them. People often turn to drugs, food, gambling and other types of addictions in order to mask a problem. Masking a problem often takes time to overcome and to heal. We all need to heal something inside of us and we often fail to do it.

The world is a big place. There are millions of people in the world today that want help for many different addictions. Most people find it when they have discovered that they have a problem. Treatment can cost as much as $30,000 if you are doing an inpatient program. Some outpatient programs work for people that have an addiction. It is best to check with your insurance company to see which treatment programs you qualify for the most.




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