Why do they call addiction a disease? Why do they call compulsive gambling an illness? What does this illness do to me?
In my compulsive behavior, I cannot help myself, I lose my self-control and act out my urge.
Heavy gambling and compulsive gambling is two different thing. I like to think my compulsive gambling was heavy gambling but it is not. I cannot stop after I win or lose.
Compulsive gambling (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) is a chronic, and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and/or behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over.
No compulsive gambler win. When they lose, they want their money back, when they win, they want more.
The end of the road for a compulsive gambler is either death or suicide.