Issue #9 · May 20, 2026
A weekly read on meetings, recovery, and the news.
A Special Letter to Our Friends
We hope you are having a good week. We are excited to share our newly refreshed website.
Over the past few weeks, we have updated the design and added several new pages to better explain our vision and long-term goals. We have also added two new buttons at the bottom of the homepage:
| I Need Help I Want to Help Others |
Two new entry points sit at the footer of every page — pick the one that fits where you are.
Our meeting finder remains the heart of our mission. By God's grace, we hope to expand and offer even more resources to support compulsive gamblers and their families. Some of the projects we are currently exploring include:
- A provider directory to help people find licensed therapists in their state who specialize in gambling addiction
- Additional job and career resources for those seeking help
- A residential treatment center dedicated specifically to compulsive gambling recovery
A live look at the meeting finder — try it at gameetingfinder.com/find-a-meeting.
Worth Sharing
While we work on those projects, here are a few stories from this week shaping the gambling-recovery conversation — worth passing along.
Gambling Harm · May 18, 2026
Kalshi's Troubling $2M 'Investment' In Gambling Addiction PR
A prediction-market platform funding addiction awareness messaging raises conflict-of-interest concerns that recovery communities should understand when evaluating harm-reduction claims in the space.
Read more →
Bright Side of News · May 13, 2026
Problem Gambling Treatment Funding Gap Widens
2.5 million American adults meet clinical criteria for gambling disorder but receive only ~$78 per person per year in treatment funding — barely one therapy session — exposing a critical access crisis our members face.
Read more →
AARP · May 12, 2026
Many Older Americans Are Drawn to Online Gambling as Industry Booms
AARP's John Rosengren reports on what helpline data is now showing — gambling problems are concentrating in adults over 50, not just the young men who dominate most coverage. In Connecticut, 1 in 9 helpline calls is from someone 55+. In Nevada, it's 1 in 3 from age 50+.
Read more →
Why This Matters
Compulsive gambling is a devastating illness that affects millions of people around the world. Our hope is to serve as a bridge between the pain of active addiction and the hope of recovery.
We are grateful to share that we now have 613 gambling recovery meetings listed on our website and more than 8,000 people visited the site over the past month.
If our mission has been helpful to you, sharing the website with others is one of the best ways to help us reach more people in need. As always, we welcome your feedback, suggestions, and ideas for improvement.
We wish you and your loved ones a safe, peaceful, gambling-free Memorial Day weekend.
With gratitude 🖤
CT K. and Rick S.
Co-Founders, GAMF Inc.
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