{"id":812909,"date":"2026-03-08T20:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/812909\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T20:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:05:12","slug":"21-real-stories-of-the-dangers-of-gambling-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/812909\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Real Stories Of The Dangers Of Gambling Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you or someone you know is struggling with gambling addiction, you can call the\u00a0National Problem Gambling Helpline at\u00a01-800-522-4700 (1-800-GAMBLER) or chat with the organization anonymously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\/chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dial 988 in the United States to reach the <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/a>. The 988 Lifeline is available 24\/7\/365. Your conversations are free and confidential. Other international suicide helplines can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/befrienders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><a href=\"http:\/\/befrienders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">befrienders.org<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Trevor Project,<\/a> which provides help and suicide-prevention resources for LGBTQ youth, is 1-866-488-7386.<\/p>\n<p>The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-800-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GoodTherapy.org<\/a> is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, you can call SAMHSA\u2019s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) and find more resources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/find-help\/national-helpline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you or someone you know is struggling with gambling addiction, you can call the\u00a0National Problem Gambling Helpline&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4317],"tags":[98704,5114,98346,105,218,16,15],"class_list":["post-812909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-bestofinternet-reddit","tag-evergreen","tag-flipped","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116195356122677321","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}