Gambling addiction

Gambling addiction is generally described as a process addiction since it often does not involve the abuse of substances like alcohol or drugs (although they sometimes go hand in hand).

Compulsive gambling is an illness that seriously affects not only the gambler. It can affect the gambler’s family, circle of friends and can lead to the same losses caused by other addictions.

It is a chronic condition and may be progressive. Very often an addiction to gambling is hard to detect since it is generally a legal activity. It is also exacerbated by the recent explosion of gambling opportunities on the internet. In most cases compulsive gambling leads to unmanageable debt, bankruptcy, broken relationships, and sometimes even suicide.

The Bayberry clinical team has both the professional and personal experience in the treatment of this very often progressive disease.

OUR TREATMENT APPROACH

The Bayberry recovery program is immediate and effective, and is specialised to meet your individual needs. Our residential treatment programme is evidence based and takes place in a welcoming Therapeutic Community in a lovely house in rural Oxfordshire. Peer groups are small and our compassionate and highly specialised clinical staff create an atmosphere of democratic participation in the treatment programme.