Emma Kavanagh, Head of Clinical Services and Chris Joyce in recovery from gambling addiction were very happy to contribute to this Irish Times piece on gambling in Ireland.
Chris Joyce (31), who has been in recovery from gambling and alcohol addiction for six-and-a-half years, says: “With gambling addiction, it’s so secretive. You can do it in the bathroom on your lunch break, and that’s what I would have done.”
Gambling is “the unspoken one”, he says. His addictions spiralled when he began earning his own money from a supermarket job in Galway, aged 19. In 2016 he sought help from Gamblers Anonymous, but his drinking “really got out of control” soon after, then he also “slipped” in the gambling.
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