With the availability of sports wagering and video gaming at locations all over the place in our communities, Jessica Smiley with Heritage Behavioral Health Services indicates addiction related to wagering seems to be more prevalent than we realize. According to Smiley, gambling can have an impact on relationships at home and even in the work place.
The stigma around seeking help for gambling addiction have a lot in common with stigmas in getting help for emotional or mental issues. Smiley says it is hard to acknowledge the problem of gambling addiction and then the added pressure of worrying about what friends or family would say or think about that problem.
You can call a hotline, 800-GAMBLER for gambling addiction services.
***Report Courtesy of farmweeknow.com***
