G?mbling ?ddi?ti?n ??n b? d??tru?tiv?. F?mil?, fri?nd? ?nd ??ur r??ut?ti?n ?r? ?t ri?k. It i? a ??nditi?n ?ft?n tim?? ign?r?d. Th?r? ?r? ?????? g?mbl?r? th?t ?ff??t ??v?nt? fiv? ??r??nt ?f w?m?n fr?m th?ir thirti?? ?nd u?. U?u?ll? th? r????n? f?r g?mbling i? t? ?????? fr?m th? ?m?ti?n?l ??in th?t th?? ?r? in, b?ing b?r?d, l?n?l?, d??r????d ?r th?t th?? m?k? g?mbling th?ir h?bb? ?r ???t tim?. Th??? t???? ?f ?ddi?ti?n ??n b? ?ur?d in thr?? t? ?ix m?nth?. Th? ??ti?n g?mbl?r i? mu?h m?r? diffi?ult t? d??l. M??t ?r? m?n, wh?r? g?mbling f?r th?m ?r??t?? ???t??? lik? a drug ?dditi?n. Thi? i? mu?h h?rd?r t? ?ur?, ?in?? th? individu?l will d?n? th? f??t, wh?n ??nfr?nt?d. Th?? will t??i??ll? n?t ?t?? until l?ft with n?thing, fin?n?i?ll?. A? g?mbling ?r??t?? a l?t ?f ???m?, it i? a f??t th?t ?till m?r? ?nd m?r? ?r? dr?wn t? it. Th? ?rim?r? r????n i? t? win a hug? ?m?unt ?f m?n??. But th?n ??m?? in th? m??t l?th?l ?f r????n? -- th?t ?f f??ling a ??rt?in ?u?h?ri?. S??m? ?r n? ???m?, ?n individu?l ?till ??ntinu?? t? g?mbl? ?nd i? a r????n wh? ?fflin? g?mbling ?till thriv?? t?d??.