• Gambling pains: Research reports that pathological gamblers suffer at least one physical side effect when they undergo withdrawal – including insomnia, headaches, loss of appetite, physical weakness, heart palpitations, muscle aches, breathing difficulty, and chills. In fact, compulsive gamblers seem to have more physical withdrawal effects than drug addicts when they try to stop their addiction.
  • Where to draw the healthy line with gambling? When does an excessive healthy enthusiasm become an addiction? Engaging in excessive behaviour such as gambling on its own does not make you an addict. In a nutshell, the difference between excessive enthusiasm and addiction is that healthy enthusiasms enhance your enjoyment of life whereas addiction diminishes it.

     
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