The Mental Health and Wealth Show is hosted by Melanie Lockert, author of Dear Debt and founder of Lola Retreat. The podcast covers all things money and mental health. On the show, Melanie interviews mental health professionals, financial professionals, and people who share their struggles with money and mental health.
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episode 32: How Gambling Addiction Affects Your Mental Health and Wealth: An Interview with Ambus Hunter
Gambling excessively can lead to financial and mental health problems. In this episode, learn how Ambus Hunter overcame his gambling addiction. Ambus is a Baltimore-area Accredited Financial Counselor and blogger. He talks about his gambling addiction and how it affected his mental health and finances. Find out how he was able to change his money mindset and behavior, recover his financial losses and get his finances back on track.
Timestamps
2:16 - How Ambus’ gambling addiction (specifically with roulette) started
8:49 - Symptoms of gambling addiction - what led him to become more addicted to roulette
11:22 - How much he won and lost in gambling
14:08 - When and how Ambus realized his gambling addiction
17:51 - What he did to recover his financial losses in 11 months
20:08 - Recognizing an emotion/feeling as a warning sign to reassess oneself
23:15 - The effects of the addiction on Ambus’ mental health and wellbeing
28:11 - What helped Ambus to change his behavior and break the addictive cycle
34:19 - Why gambling is uncommon in the finance space and in particular a taboo subject
38:20 - How people are silently struggling with gambling addiction
44:38 - Effects of gambling addiction on money mindset and how Ambus shifted his money mindset with positive reframing
51:10 - Advice for people who are struggling with gambling addiction
Resources
- From Drug Abuse and Prison to Being Financially Free: An Interview with Bill of Wealth Well Done
- Alcohol Addiction and Mental Health: An Interview with "The Sober Sexpert" Tawny Lara
- Bigger Pockets Podcast
- Amanda Abella
Connect with Ambus
- ambushunter.com
Connect with Melanie
- mentalhealthandwealth.com
- melanielockert.com
- Contact: mentalhealthandwealthshow@gmail.com
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