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Do you have an online gambling addiction? Do you spend too much time playing casino games such as online blackjack or online poker? Do you find yourself occasionally perusing blogs related to online casino sites where the blogger opens up with some rhetorical questions?
If so, then don’t fret because help is on the way! (At least for the first two questions.) Any clue what this week is? Nope, not Oscar week. It’s National Problem Gambling Awareness Week, put on my the Problem Gambling Coalition of Colorado and the National Council on Problem Gambling. That’s a lot of words. That’s what happens when you have people suffering from gambling addiction. (By the way, does anyone not “suffer” from gambling addiction? Reminds me of the joke “Four out of five people suffer from diarrhea. The fifth enjoys it.”)
Apparently millions of people just can’t get enough of online gambling and casino games or rather they CAN get enough. The problem is they just can’t stop, running up losses of thousands of dollars over time. Not good for someone’s wallet or for their mental health for that matter.
So what kind of assistance can a gambling addict receive? By entering a treatment and research center, he or she can meet with some treatment professionals and others who are addicted as well (like the famous Alcoholics Anonymous.) While it’s rare for someone to experience this, it’s not a condition restricted to a single socioeconomic class, race, gender, etc.
That said, I need to go. I haven’t played online poker for ten minutes now and I have at least ten more consecutive hours before I quit. Addiction shmaddiction!