Video Poker 24/7 - Blackmarr Speaks of Gambling Addiction

Video Poker 247 - Blackmarr Speaks of Gambling Addiction

Author Amy Blackmarr recently spoke out about her addiction to gambling, shedding light on a touchy subject for many women. With so many women becoming addicted to video poker and the like, there should be places for them to turn to in order to get help. However, many of them don’t even realize that they have a gambling addiction until it is too late.

We often think of gambling addicts as men, however, women are the fastest growing part of the population in the addiction arena. With strong women like Blackmarr speaking out about their addiction, one can hope that other women will identify with her and find their own way out.

Blackmarr has been fighting her own gambling addiction for many years, and is still trying to get out of it. Her game of choice is video poker; she just cannot walk away from it. She says that no matter where she goes she has to make sure that she is close enough to get to a video poker machine so that she can play.

She says that she spends a lot of time writing about and living through inner peace, yet every time she finds it she is drawn back to the video poker games and cannot stop herself. She is one of the six to eight million women in this country that are currently addicted to gambling.

Blackmarr says that she was in her 20’s before she went to a casino and the glitz and glamour of it drew her in. She says that although she is still battling the video poker addiction, she hopes that one day this is a gamble she can actually win.

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