National Council on Problem Gambling’s Post

The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc.'s January Web Letter is a powerful reflection on self-love and serves as a valuable reminder to prioritize your well-being on the path to recovery. Starting the new year with resolutions for self-care mentally, physically, and authentically is a transformative approach. The impact on individuals affected by problem gambling is particularly poignant, highlighting the need for strength to break free from negative cycles. Read the Web Letter here: https://bit.ly/48YopNs #SelfLove #RecoveryJourney #PositiveTransformation

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This is a difficult share for me but an important one. It blurs the lines between my professional and personal identity, but I want to use my lived experience to raise awareness of a topic that needs more attention. 18 months into the pandemic, gambling harms entered my personal life, for a second time, and wreaked havoc. I experienced an identity crisis. Overnight, my sense of who I was shifted from ‘criminal justice professional’ to ‘gambler’s wife’. I became the ‘affected other’ of the research papers I had read. Labels that I hadn’t chosen and didn’t quite fit with how I saw myself. The stigma attached to this addiction is visceral, and not just for the individual battling the addiction, but for those closest to them. There are plenty of books on how to navigate an infidelity, a divorce, or how to cope when your partner develops cancer, but I could not find one on what to do when presented with harmful gambling addiction in your relationship. This, in part, is my attempt at filling that void. https://lnkd.in/eVzg4WFe Informed by restorative approaches, my new podcast series One Harm Two Voices invites you to listen in on the raw, unfiltered conversation of two people sitting on different, at times opposite, sides of a harmful experience. In our pilot episode, which launches today, the focus is on gambling harms. Patrick Foster, Founder and Director of Gam-ed (Gambling, Addiction and Mental Health Talks) and author of ‘Might Bite’ will be sharing his experience of developing and recovering from a severe and sustained gambling addiction. As podcast creator, I will be putting myself in the guest seat and sharing my personal experiences of being an ‘affected other’, financially and emotionally harmed by the gambling addiction of my long-term partner. Restorative Practices facilitator Joanne Ramsey, will be hosting the conversation. It is my hope that our pilot episode will instil some hope in those listeners impacted by gambling harms and some pointers on what has helped others repair and recover. “One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else’s survival guide”. Brené Brown With thanks to my partner for allowing me to tell this very personal story. With thanks to James Milloy (Producer), Patrick Foster Joanne Ramsey, Louise Raven-Tiémélé and Samson Yinka for your support in making this happen and getting it over the line. Tagging National Council on Problem Gambling as March is Problem Gambling Awareness month in the US. Note: this is a passion project and not linked to my substantive role.

In honour of Responsible Gambling Awareness Month, The Hollywood Foundation has once again teamed up with the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation. We are humbled as the Purple Team, to focus on addressing underage gambling by implementing a school program led by SARGF. Our team chatted to counsellors sponsored by HWF, who are available round the clock for a year to aid those seeking support💜 If you or someone you know is grappling with gambling addiction, reach out to us through👇🏿 Toll-Free Counselling Line: 0800 006 008 WhatsApp/ SMS Help: 076 6750 710 Email: [email protected] Call our International number: +27 21 674 5830 FAQs on our Website: https://lnkd.in/ekhVJKy2 Together, we can make a bigger impact! Learn more about our campaign here: https://bit.ly/3ufzFG4 or read-up on the responsible gambling guide here: https://bit.ly/3SyDY9A . . . #HWF #ResponsibleGamblingFoundation #WeCareAboutYou Hollywoodbets