Gambling Rehab In Spain

It is possible for some people to engage in gambling behaviour without ever developing a habit or addiction. For others, however, it can be almost impossible to stop gambling without professional support.

Compulsive gambling is a sign of a gambling problem, and is markedly different from recreational gambling without serious consequences. If you or a loved one are facing a serious gambling addiction, then consider InnerLife Recovery’s gambling rehab Spain.

We offer individualised whole-person centred treatment plans for each person we treat, increasing rehabilitation rates and reducing risk of relapse after you leave our residential treatment programme.

What Is Gambling Addiction?

Gambling addiction is best described as an addiction whereby an individual takes part in excessive gambling despite facing negative consequences. Ultimately, the individual is unable to stop gambling because it is a behavioural addiction that has a strong hold.

Gambling support is available from our expert residential team at InnerLife Recovery in the heart of Spain.

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Understanding Gambling Addiction

Understanding gambling addictions, how they first start and why they continue is vital to recognising that a gambling addiction can affect anybody, regardless of background, and to help you understand the best paths for treating gambling addiction.

Where substance abuse is present, there are often physical and psychological dependencies to the addiction, but gambling addiction is slightly different. The main dependency here is psychological, but that can still have very real effects on the individual’s life, brain structure, and brain function.

Psychological Aspects Of Gambling Addiction

Gambling has a very real, measurable effect on the brain’s reward system and an individual’s emotions. As you place a bet and wait to see if you win or lose, there’s a powerful mix of excitement and anticipation.

Winning will lead to the reward system in the brain being activated, creating feelings of euphoria and extreme happiness. Losing, however, often leads to extreme negative emotions of guilt and sadness.

These extreme opposites have a strong impact on the brain’s function and structure, which can lead to an individual engaging in more and more gambling activities.

Away from the psychological draw of chasing the high of winning, plenty of people end up in a situation where they place more bets in order to win back the money they have previously lost.

Gambling disorder and addiction has a profound impact on almost every aspect of a person’s life.

What Are The Signs Of Gambling Addiction?

The following are some of the main signs of gambling addiction that you should look out for if you’re concerned for yourself or a loved one:

  • Increasing amounts of time spent in-person or online gambling
  • Neglecting other responsibilities in favour of gambling – such as work, family, social activities etc
  • Social isolation as you fall further into gambling addiction
  • Lying to family members and friends about how much you’ve spent on gambling
  • Facing financial problems due to excessive gambling
  • Dealing with extreme emotions – excitement as you’re gambling vs guilt afterwards
  • Using other people’s money or selling possessions to place bets
  • Spending more with each bet to experience a bigger thrill

As you can see, these signs impact everyday life in multiple ways. From putting strain on relationships with friends and family members, to increasing social isolation and time spent gambling over other activities, your whole life can quickly be taken over by a gambling addiction.

How InnerLife Recovery Can Help With Gambling Addiction Treatment

Problem gambling that takes over your life, impacts your mental health, and forces you to withdraw socially needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Our inpatient treatment programme – a residential rehabilitation centre in a serene area of Spain – has incredible success rates supporting individuals with a range of addictions, including gambling.

Here’s how we can help with our 5-step approach to addiction.

Withdrawal From Behaviour

When we’re supporting individuals with a substance addiction this stage involves medically supervised withdrawal and detoxification, but obviously this isn’t necessary with gambling addiction. However, you may notice certain psychological withdrawal symptoms when withdrawing from gambling, such as negative emotions and low self-worth.

Our team makes sure we support you through this key initial phase to teach you new coping skills that don’t involve gambling.

Creating An Individualised Treatment Plan

After you’ve spent some time dealing with the emotions of withdrawing from gambling, we’ll be able to work with you to create a fully personalised treatment plan that focuses on your needs and what works for you.

We’re incredibly reactive at InnerLife, so if you find that certain tasks and activities are not supporting you in your recovery, then talk with a member of our team. We’ll find what works for you and help prevent relapse, too.

Engaging In Counselling

Talking therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy are on offer when you work with InnerLife to support you with your addiction and any underlying mental health condition that you may be experiencing. The purpose of these therapies is to help you find a new coping mechanism to deal with addictive triggers and emotions that don’t involve gambling.

We’ll work with you to find which treatment options work – and we’ll explore both group and individual therapies as a method to support you with your recovery.

Holistic Approach

The difference between our team and many of the other rehab treatment programmes you’ll find is that we don’t just focus on talking therapies like many others following the Gamblers Anonymous model. Instead, we have a ‘whole-person’ approach that focuses on giving you other ways to regulate your mood and deal with living without gambling.

Things like physical exercise, breathing techniques, meditation and yoga can all form a part of your recovery, helping you to ignore addiction triggers and focus on your new life.

Aftercare Support

Recovery is a lifelong process, which means you will always require some level of support on your more difficult days whilst battling gambling addiction. We offer comprehensive aftercare support to help you adjust to normal life again after leaving our residential centre, and then further ongoing support after that.

We offer great resources to give you the best chance of resisting relapse after you have beat your addiction.

Work With Us And Change Your InnerLife Today

It doesn’t matter if you’ve tried and failed to beat gambling addiction in the past with other rehabilitation programmes. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never tried to beat it before. It also doesn’t matter if you contact us or a loved one does. At InnerLife, we’re confident we can support you with your recovery, and we’re also confident in our approach.

We have evidence to suggest, through years of operation and testimonials, that our residential treatment centre in Spain, mixed with our holistic approach to recovery, is extremely effective. With individualised treatment plans and ongoing aftercare support, you can make real, lasting changes to your life today.

Contact InnerLife Recovery today and find out how our team of experienced professionals can support you towards a better life today. 

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