Gambling addiction - A stacked deck

SO many of the addictions that beset this society, ruining lives and breaking up families, are plain to see. An alcohol addiction or a cocaine habit can be concealed for only so long and the crisis will be all too apparent to those with eyes to see.

Gambling addiction - A stacked deck

However, an individual’s addiction to gambling, as destructive as any other addiction, may not surface as quickly but the consequences can be every bit as devastating.

It can be, for far too long, a hidden mania that can drive ordinarily rational people to the most dangerous extremes. This reality intrudes more and more into the lives of those vulnerable to this wretched addiction as a mobile phone is so often just a personal, 24/7 bookies’ office. The affliction and its temptations are all but inescapable.

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