The Gambler Who Couldn't Stop
StoryTestimony★★★★There are people who actually become addicted to gambling and It destroys their lives and they can’t stop. It’s like a psychosis. And I remember doing a meeting in another country and a lady came up to me just sobbing. And she says, ‘I’m addicted to gambling. And I’ve mortgaged my home, I’ve run up our credit cards, my husband is getting ready to leave me and I can’t stop.’ And even before I got done counseling she says, ‘but there is this 1 more race and I think if I win that race I can win it all back’ and I couldn’t believe she just was thinking about the next bet even as we talk.
Batchelor, Doug; Ross, Jean, “It’s Not How It Seems” (AudioVerse teaching 30021).
The point
A pastor recounts counseling a woman in another country who was deeply addicted to gambling, having mortgaged her home and maxed out credit cards, with her husband threatening to leave. Even during counseling, she was still fixated on 'one more race' to win back her losses, illustrating the powerful grip of addiction.