[asphaltgambler]

All addictions are the same relative to the adrenaline rush and escape from reality. I know from experience. Also there is a common thread of something driving that behavior. Some people never get low enough to want to heal from that......ever. I used to have a close friend that was addicted to pills, specifically opioids. His job, his wife enabled it to this day.

All very sad really. Until she holds him accountable and he agrees to seek real professional help nothing will change and that's the unfortunate part. Life is short.