Medical Facts Behind Gambling Addiction

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Former San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor's $1 billion gambling addiction was blamed on a tumor, but what are the medical facts behind problem gambling? David Peters, a family therapist in San Diego, explains.

[@shentertainer6009]

Addiction starts with pain and ends in pain

[@hollyinhell]

My heart goes out to all who struggle with this nightmare of an addiction.

[@adamwelles5502]

I'm 25 years old and I started gambling when I was 19, and how it all started for me was the first 3 tines I went I won over 5$-600 and I was hooked afterwards and thought it was easy money, and it also doesn't help that I have won over $15k 3 different times and before you know it they have you hooked and your spending your whole check each pay period. Just in the last 4 years I bet I've lost roughly $75k in the long run. It's a terrible habit to have, my advice to anyone is to just never start gambling in the first place.

[@frankabiola3949]

I have been fighting this for 4 years now.I pray I get to pull myself away from this addiction.Amen

[@radrose8673]

My father is a gambling addict. It’s a terrible life. I miss my dad.

[@dingdong9052]

These are my motivation why myself gambling

[@aone2950]

Drugs and alcohol can kill us but gambling destroys lives. The pain is endless it's purposely setup. Casinos are a evil so is their money. No matter how much you got or won you lose. I am recovering from it. I pray for you 🙏 and me. People listen 👂 just don't do it. I have done it lost too much. God knows he has a plan. Have what you got just don't go. May God help us forgive and lead us to healthy living 🙏

[@tchandrakumaran8268]

Gambling can destroy people's life and their children's life and probably will set destroy few generations. Don't know why there are so many gambling firms online! All are crooks.

[@Rose-ze4mq]

My fiancé gambled away 10,000$ that was for buying a house. He refuses to blame himself

[@KOSMICKEN09]

I have been battling gambling addiction. I went 7 weeks without any gambling recently then once again relapsed and between the casino and buying scratchoffs I've lost like 1400 this month. Been in this vicious circle for years. Last summer I won $4050 on a slot jackpot and it just triggered my excessive desire to gamble.

[@monroehehe]

Thank you for this video, I'm psychology student and I need this also for my family problems. thank youuuuuuu

[@roberthernandez1064]

informative,therapeutic and experienced video thanks for sharing this.

[@bs-xc7bc]

Kindly don't deal with stopping to gamble. If you could seriously work out on loving your self, work on your underlying pain pains from childhood then you will live a life free from more pain

[@wwadebatista]

You know what saved me from my gambling addiction? It was the pandemic. Being under shut down forced me to stop gambling because, there were no places to gamble. It was terrible for the first 2 weeks, I became anxious, stressed, suffered insomnia, and I ever felt some sort of physical pain.

[@freespirit7450]

I won a lot of money and spend it back real fast and start feeling like crap after.

[@HanSoloBolo]

most are addicted to something...sex, drugs, smoking, sugar, fast food, coffee, money, attention, sodium...we all have addictive personalities in a sense. Gambling is just highlighted due to the financial ruin that can come about. However each of the aforementioned addictions have devastating consequences financially Spiritually and physically if you analyze with the same microscope

[@hannibal219]

Interesting video. Thank you.

[@BridgeStamford]

The dopamine hit is not when you win but before you place a bet. The anticipation. True for gamblers who are addicted. The winning and losing feeling is almost identical. That’s why the money is not the problem, can’t win enough or will gamble till they have nothing. Terrible video!!

[@akashpuri5432]

Gambling is like climbing a fake mountain everyday and hoping that you don't fall or walking on the highway and hoping that you don't get hit by a truck.there is nothing sane about gambling or betting.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

Fifty years before this video was produced, people lost houses and marriages and even lives because of gambling. Unless someone can devise a truly effective method of completely eliminating gambling from society, it's more than likely that in another fifty years, such woes will still be taking place.