Do you or a loved one struggle with a gambling addiction? There are ways to help. (Paul Hanaoka/Unsplash)
“I never gambled with a budget. I continuously lost all my paychecks from work. I always anticipated paydays. Did I ever win? Yes. But you lose more money than you win,” writes a Reddit user explaining how gambling went from a pastime activity to a full-blown addiction.
“It’s a proven fact for me. An addict can never win enough. You have the need to win bigger. That’s where the problem starts.”
This week, closer to home, a man known as @NykoMR went online on social platform X to share how his mother’s account was cleaned out – something the X user initially blamed on her banking service provider.
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