Is gambling the new smoking? When you think about it, we all take a gamble in different, small ways - from buying raffle or lottery tickets, or even just saying "I bet you can't do that". It is when gambling behaviour becomes habitual, compulsive or addictive that its form of fun becomes a problem. The rush of excitement obliterates rational thinking. Time, money, family, friends are thrown away. The player pays for his fun by losing.
350,000 people in the UK are addicted to gambling. One third of people who gamble in casinos actually become addicted. But the good news is that they are NOT helpless in the face of gambling. Hypnotherapeutic interventions look at the client's physiological responses, behaviours, emotions and thoughts around gambling. It addresses triggers, pressures and conditioned responses.
If gambling has become a life style, it CAN be changed. The void can be filled, and control can be restored.