Online gambling is the next addiction epidemic

John Bonatesta started betting at an age when it still looked like a hobby. It became compulsive gambling, and it went after his finances, his relationships and the shape of his normal week.

We get into how online betting changed the arithmetic of the whole thing: the phone in your pocket, the fact that it never closes, and how much of it stays invisible to everyone around you.

His advice to anyone searching for a way out is not complicated. Stop hiding it, say out loud what is happening, and ask somebody for help.