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Is Gambling Addictive?

Gambling is an addictive behaviour, make no mistake about it! It has all the properties of a psychoactive substance, because it changes the neurochemistry of the brain.

One of the main symptoms of gambling addiction is that it becomes an overriding passion of the gambler's life. An inability to stop gambling and continuing despite negative consequesences are also characteristics of gambling addiction.

It starts out as a recreational activity and progresses to a compulsive behaviour, which becomes the main focus of a gambler's life.

MORE INFO - Read this TNT article... Q&A ON GAMBLING ADDICTION

 

 
Nyaope info

This article speaks about the drug called Nyaope, a South African drug that contains heroin... Find out more about its history, dangers and how to be helped!

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TNT interview with TOUGHLOVE® SA

Just recently one of TNT's members did an online interview with Gordon Devar, the national director of TOUGHLOVE® South Africa. Read all about it now:

Q: Isn't it better to lovingly support a person involved with drugs or to wait until they hit "rock-bottom" and then help them recover from addiction?
A: We agree that it is better to lovingly support a loved one through a habit or hang-up, but we need to separate the problem from the person, and try remove the emotion, and then become more informed of their situation so that we can make better decisions on what to do next. Sadly, addicts only make the choice to want to change their lives once they have hit "rock-bottom" or when the parents remove the "safety-net" we place around them.
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Michael Alain

I grew up in a Christian family. My mother was a single parent of six children. She taught us to fear God. Until the age of 12, I was a good and kind child. That was on the outside, but inside, I was not pure. I hid many things in ...

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Archie van der Walt

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  My parents separated when I was about 7 or 8 years of age. Alcohol and Cigarettes were commonly used in our family and sometimes even dagga. We moved a lot and as a result I attended about 10 different schools, but let me start at the beginning.... My sister and I li...

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Roxane Greyling

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She grew up in a good English speaking home with great parents who gave her all the opportunities any young person would want. She attended a well known girls school, probably the top in the province. Up until the age of seventeen, she had everything any girl would want. Everyone li...

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  • Mbuso Mbanjwa

    I grew up in rural Africa. I was born and bred there. And we also have the problem of substance abuse and addiction. It mig

  • Martin van der Merwe

    I can remember that from an early age I spent many hours in front of the television, I virtually grew up in front of the TV.

  • Joseph Greyling

    The question arises, why did I start? One reason is a deep longing for acceptance and fulfilment. No one gets out of bed one

  • Nico van Zyl

    There are many reasons why young people become slaves to alcohol and drugs. Here are the reasons why I got caught up with d

  • Claude Peters

    As a young child I was exposed to much evil and before the age of 10, I was already trying out alcohol and cigarettes. At the

  • John Lilford-Powys

    My father and mother both had severe alcohol problems. They were probably both alcoholics, but I cannot say for certain, th

  • Albertus Bodenstein

    After 15 minutes sweat drops ran down my face and my heart was beating very fast. For the first time I felt completely out of

  • Ian van Zyl

    My father died of lung cancer, as a direct result of Tobacco. We saw him suffer and die in our own home. He had an Oxygen t

  • Berndt Schmid

    The Story of my Heroin addiction:  I was born in Zurich, Switzerland where I lived with my parents and a sister. By the time

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