How do friends and family influence behavioral addictions?

How do friends and family influence behavioral addictions?

Marc Kern (Addiction Expert, Director of Addiction Alternatives) gives expert video advice on: How is a behavioral addiction similar to a substance behavioral addiction?; What is an "addictive personality"?; What can be done about an addictive personality? and more...

In many respects I don't believe that we should even conceptualize behavioral addictions without conceptualizing in terms of friends and family - your friendships and the network of people that you socialize with. It might even be said that they are addicted too and are enabling the phenomena to go on. But the reality is if you have a behavioral addiction to gambling or spending for example, you're going to associate with gamblers and big spenders and your family may have a leaning to go somewhere like Las Vegas twice a year - the way your community and your family condemn or endorse an activity.