ity return to their destructive nature. What treatment plans are available to those who wish to seek help independently?Although in most occurrences this approach is unsuccessful. One can seek help from a local Gamblers Anonymous group. Spiritual and religious help as also been shown to be successful. Have people been shown to be genetically more susceptible to compulsive gambling?Yes, like many other disorders associated with excitement, compulsive gambling is caused by an addiction of many hormones, and chemicals secreted by the body into the blood stream during periods of excitement, or despair. So an individual genetically prone to releasing higher amounts of these hormones and chemicals would become more susceptible to compulsive gambling.Are periodic binges grounds for treatment of compulsive gambling?Yes, during periods of time when the individual is not gambling, they are often irritable, frustrated, and indecisive, and their personal relationship continue to deteriorate. Typically the individual will progressively become more and more involved into gambling. Like drug and alcohol addicts, can intervention help them recover?In most cases no. It all goes back the same principle that the individual has to have the desire to stop from within. In fact in many cases the gamblers progress towards recovery is hindered by this unsolicited attention. In conclusion, compulsive gambling is an addiction many people do not understand or know about. Although no drug is consumed, there are still chemical dependencies present. This is why many people fail to identify the significance of the situation. Fortunately problem gambling has received a great deal of attention recently. As knowledge of the disorder spreads it helps individuals identify the symptoms of the disorder, and stop them before it can turn into a serious problem. National television shows have addressed these problems more frequently, this is important because man...
