The Big Story

Overcoming A Gambling Problem

The Big Story

Show Notes

A Westmeath psychotherapist is warning of the dangers of gambling addiction, by sharing his own experience with it.

Daniel Coulter was first exposed to betting as a teenager when he placed and won his first one.

He says he use the money his mum gave him for food while he was in college to gamble.

He eventually went into treatment to overcome it, studied psychotherapy and opened his own business, Serenity Therapy, in Moate.

Mr Coulter has been speaking with Will Faulkner on Midlands Today and says he credits his family for helping him through recovery:

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