This is an interesting article on treatment for problem gambling. Instead of just guessing at motives -- craving? thrill-seeking? lashing out? -- the researchers used "tasks that measure cognition" to sort out the likely underlying problem.

http://phys.org/news179671274.html


This is probably the wave of the future for alcohol addiction as well. Eventually we'll be able to measure, or at least take a solid guess at, the underlying problem which needs to be fixed.

I think I'll look up the actual research to find out what these tasks were (and to verify that the article reports accurately, of course).

Interesting
I skimmed article will read it when home
I have heard naltrexone in higher doses can be use for compulsive gambling at doses of 150mg per day. But I'm not sure if I would tolerate such a high dose. Hard to say.
I'm am going to try the route of Sinclair method for drinking and abstinence for gambling.
I will read when I get home looks interesting.