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What is the "end point" in gambling behavioral addiction?

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What is the "end point" in gambling behavioral addiction?

Marc Kern (Addiction Expert, Director of Addiction Alternatives) gives expert video advice on: How big of a problem is gambling addiction?; What causes addictive gambling?; When addicted gamblers are losing, do they actually believe they'll win? and more...

The end point in gambling behavioral addiction is when the individual is unable to discontinue despite his best attempts, and that's usually due to some of the things we talked about. But also, I feel like we should mention that as someone gets further involved in any of these activities, there are biological, neuro-chemical changes going on in their brain. I.e. what is a feeling? That is nothing more than an electrical charge of a neuro transmitter. It's important to understand that when we ask people to stop, it's partly difficult because our chemistry set upstairs has been reoriented, and this causes the gambling behavioral addiction.

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