Is Gambling Addiction a Moral Failure or a Real Disease?

You don’t have to be weak to lose everything

Picture this. A 55-year-old attorney. Successful career, respected by everyone around him. Ends up in federal prison for two years. Tax evasion.

The man who spent his whole life upholding the law started lying to his family, his clients, his colleagues.

Was he just weak? Did he stop caring?

No. He had a gambling disorder. The money that should have gone to…