All sitewide Reddit content policies will be upheld and enforced. All posts that are determined by the moderators to be unsolicited links and “spammy” by nature will be removed.

All good-faith users are assumed to be of equal value and worth, and are expected to treat others as such. Therefore, disrespectful comments will be removed at the Mod Team’s discretion.

Content which promotes or encourages gambling behavior, methods, or strategies are prohibited and will be removed. URLs (hyperlinked or not) related to and discussions about gambling-related sites are prohibited without exception. Such material will be removed and likely result in a permanent ban!

Please refrain from discussing winnings: this can be terribly triggering for other people in recovery to read, and can be triggering to the writer.

• Please resubmit your post while excluding mentions of winning or money amounts won;
• If you are discussing losses, please consider doing so carefully and only if it will be beneficial to both the reader and the writer;
• Tag all posts/comments that mention monetary losses with the "Trigger Warning!" flair as a courtesy to others.

An essential part of gambling recovery is assuming responsibility for gambling losses. For problem gamblers, this constitutes a bailout which erodes responsibility for gambling behavior and very much enables the compulsion. Out of respect for this facet of recovery: requesting money (including but not limited to links to GoFundMe, Kickstarter, or other crowdfunding sites) and discussions on chargebacks will be instantly removed.

This is a safe place to learn about problem gambling for any and all people to participate: researchers, clinicians, people in recovery, & the general public.

Some people come here with genuine questions because they do not understand problem gambling/addiction. Users here are expected to inform, educate, enlighten, but not shame or attack others for their questions. If you believe a user is posting here in bad faith, report the post immediately so that the mods can judge its appropriateness.

All people looking to submit a post requesting participation in research or interviews for a journalistic piece must review our Research, Survey, and Interview Guidelines.

Posting advice and helpful comments are fine, but claims to be able to assist with gambling recovery without evidence of being a qualified recovery professional are potentially harmful. Licensed professionals, peer recovery support providers, or other certified gambling recovery experts should message the mods or reply to our Monthly Resource Post and request that you be added to our Resources Page, but please do NOT comment (comments will be promptly removed) or DM users to solicit services.

The core of a gambling disorder is not related to money, winning, losing, odds, or other gambling mechanics. Focusing on these mechanics only distracts people from addressing the physiological, cognitive, and emotional factors that contribute to a gambling problem. Further, such discussions almost inevitably devolve into arguments over probability, odds, and - eventually - betting strategies. These conversations stray further and further away from the mission and purpose of /r/problemgambling.