Gambling Definition:

When an individual risks something of value in the hopes of getting something of even greater value in return.

Gambling Addiction:

The uncontrollable urge to continue to gamble despite the toll it takes on one’s life.

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Gambling Addiction Services

Signs & Symptoms of Gambling Addiction:

Committing crimes to get money to gamble

Gambling to escape problems or feelings of sadness or anxiety

Gambling larger amounts of money to try to regain past losses

Losing a job, relationship, education, or career opportunity due to gambling

Lying about the amount of time or money spent gambling

Making many unsuccessful attempts to cut back or quit gambling

Needing to borrow money due to gambling losses

Needing to gamble larger amounts of money in order to feel excitement

Spending a lot of time thinking about gambling, such as remembering past experiences or ways to get more money with which to gamble

If you believe that you or a loved one might have a gambling addiction, we can help and will work with you to create a brighter future.

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With the right help, you and those you care for will begin to understand the negative effects that gambling has had on your lives and how you can begin to make lifestyle changes to mend the problems gambling has created.

Gambling Treatment Services

Gambling is addictive because it stimulates the brain’s reward system much like drugs or alcohol can. In fact, gambling addiction is the most common impulse control disorder worldwide.

Up to 20% of those in substance use disorder treatment also have a problem with gambling.
It is estimated that around two million people in the U.S. are addicted to gambling and that for as many as 20 million the habit seriously interferes with work and social life.


St. Joseph’s offers several addiction treatment and recovery programs such as:

St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment and Recovery Centers
Offers Gambling Treatment Services at our Outpatient Sites In:

Ticonderoga
50 Montcalm Street,
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Phone: (518) 585-7934
Fax: (518) 585-9132

Keeseville:
1703 Front Street
Keeseville, NY 12944
Phone: (518) 834-5550
Fax: (518) 834-5557

Malone:
458 East Main Street
Malone, NY 12953
Phone: (518) 483-6566
Fax: (518) 481-4213

Saranac Lake:
50 John Munn Road
Saranac Lake, NY 12983
Phone: (518) 891-5353
Fax: (518) 891-7361

“This place is an amazing and will forever be a part of me and definitely changed my life and my whole outlook on life and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to do the work and are seriously ready to stay clean and sober because St. Joe’s has so much to offer, if you take the program and your life serious”

- Anonymous Inpatient Attendee

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    Open Access Center

    A stigma-free setting to begin a discussion about treatment. An addiction-related crisis can occur at any time. Certified Recovery Peer Advocates and clinical staff will actively listen.

    Open Access Center
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    Teens & Youth Treatment

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    Youth Treatment
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    Veterans Support

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    Veterans

Trusted Addiction Treatment Since 1971

Certified by the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS).

Certified by the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS).

Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

We are a 10-year recipient of this distinctive program that evaluates and ranks the best places of employment throughout NYS.

We are a 10-year recipient of this distinctive program that evaluates and ranks the best places of employment throughout NYS.

Ranked #12 in Newsweek's 300 best U.S. treatment facilities that focus on addiction in 2021.

Ranked #12 in Newsweek's 300 best U.S. treatment facilities that focus on addiction in 2021.