The Gambling Recovery Lounge

About The Gambling Recovery Lounge

Eric F. is a compulsive gambler in recovery. This podcast shares the stories of people who have been impacted by gambling addiction, both from the perspective of the compulsive gambler, as well as those affected by someone's gambling problem. Through our collective experience, strength, and hope, we address this public health crisis with honesty, compassion, and love.

Publisher

Eric F.

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

26 Mar 2024

Latest episode

30 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Aug 2026

   Experience #25

   🎁 A gift for Lounge listeners — Betttr, the app to quit gambling and take back control. The first 200 listeners get Betttr free for life. Download at betttr.net/get (http://betttr.net/get) and enter code LOUNGE200. 👉 betttr.net/get (http://betttr.net/get) · code LOUNGE200 📖 More on this episode's topic: How to quit sports betting — https://betttr.net/blog/how-to-quit-sports-betting/ In this episode, Eric welcomes his close friend and brother in Recovery, Satch, to the Lounge. They discuss Satch's journey through a very stable childhood upbringing, which slowly turned into gambling activity in high school, and escalated to 15-year spiral into the dark side of sports betting, bookmaking, and ultimately, negatively impacting all facets of Satch's life. Satch articulates his journey with honesty, vulnerability, and humility. What nearly destroyed Satch for over a decade in his deep addiction to gambling, ultimately led to him surrendering to the disease of compulsive gambling and starting his Recovery journey in Gamblers Anonymous, just over 2 years ago.  What Satch has accomplished in the past 2 years is nothing short of a miracle and his impact in the rooms of Gamblers Anonymous in Los Angeles, has been extraordinary. This is the ultimate story of redemption, from a life almost lost to gambling, to one being lived with complete honesty, dignity, purpose, and passion. We would love to hear from you. We welcome any questions and comments. Please e-mail Eric directly at: ericpaulf@sbcglobal.net (mailto:ericpaulf@sbcglobal.net) BIG THANKS to Edgardo for his dedication in producing and editing this Podcast. This would not be possible without his support! ***The Gambling Recovery Lounge is sponsored by "betttr"- an online app designed to help anyone with a desire to stop gambling. Download "betttr" from your app store and support your own journey to a better life and gambling recovery process!*** GAMBLING RECOVERY MEETING RESOURCES: To find in person or virtual Gamblers Anonymous meetings, visit: gamblersanonymous.org (http://gamblersanonymous.org) To find Gambling Recovery zoom meetings, visit: gamblersinrecovery.com (http://gamblersinrecovery.com) To find in person or virtual Gam-Anon Recovery Meetings, visit: gam-anon.org (http://gam-anon.org) #gamblingrecovery #quitgambling #sportsbetting

2. 

   3 Jul 2026

   Experience #24 — Quitting Gambling & Building the App to Beat It (w/ Caleb Silverman)

   🎁 A gift for Lounge listeners — Betttr, the app to quit gambling and take back control. The first 200 listeners get Betttr free for life. Download at betttr.net/get (http://betttr.net/get) and enter code LOUNGE200. 👉 betttr.net/get (http://betttr.net/get) · code LOUNGE200 📱 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/betttr-quit-gambling-recovery/id6756128282 (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/betttr-quit-gambling-recovery/id6756128282) In this special episode, Eric welcomes his friend Caleb, into the Lounge. Caleb is the nephew of a compulsive gambler in Recovery, and this connection led him to pursue what has become his passion- to build a company and online app that is geared towards individuals who are seeking help to overcome their addiction to gambling. This has led to the launching of Caleb's company and app called "betttr". Eric and Caleb have a thoughtful discussion about today's world of gambling, addiction, and Recovery opportunities, as well as some of the details of the "betttr" app and how anyone can immediately utilize the app as a Recovery tool. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Betttr — a gift for Lounge listeners 0:47 The conversation begins 24:08 Daily fantasy: 1.3% of players win 25:08 U.S. sports betting handle: $5B → $167B 📊 Sources for the stats in this episode: - 24:08 — Daily fantasy "1.3% of players win, 98.7% lose": McKinsey & Company (2015); DraftKings' own 2013–14 data. - 25:08 — U.S. legal sports betting handle, $5B → $167B (2017–2025): American Gaming Association & state regulators (annual legal handle; 2017 = Nevada only, pre-PASPA repeal). We would love to hear from you. We welcome any questions and comments. Please e-mail Eric directly at: ericpaulf@sbcglobal.net (mailto:ericpaulf@sbcglobal.net) BIG THANKS to Edgardo for his dedication in producing and editing this Podcast. This would not be possible without his support! ***The Gambling Recovery Lounge is sponsored by "betttr"- an online app designed to help anyone with a desire to stop gambling. Download "betttr" from your app store and support your own journey to a better life and gambling recovery process!*** GAMBLING RECOVERY MEETING RESOURCES: To find in person or virtual Gamblers Anonymous meetings, visit: gamblersanonymous.org (http://gamblersanonymous.org) To find Gambling Recovery zoom meetings, visit: gamblersinrecovery.com (http://gamblersinrecovery.com) To find in person or virtual Gam-Anon Recovery Meetings, visit: gam-anon.org (http://gam-anon.org) #gamblingrecovery #quitgambling #sportsbetting

3. 

   18 Apr 2026

   Experience #23

   In this powerful episode, Eric welcomes into the Lounge, one of his A-List mentors in his Recovery journey- Frank S. With multiple decades of experience in the Gamblers Anonymous program, Frank talks eloquently and with raw honesty, about his journey, including going to his first GA meeting at the young age of 19. Frank's path included many family members who were also compulsive gamblers, and we visit about what that life experience was like. Frank shares his deep experiences, including the need to escape his life problems from a young age and that would lead to a long and devastating battle with a gambling addiction. His very successful career in banking was a part of that journey, which ultimately led to multiple arrests, probation, and time in prison. Frank and Eric also talk about their spiritual connection on multiple fronts, including a very important date on the calendar in both of their lives, January 11th. All of this led to COVID in 2020, which would bring about an extraordinary invention that Frank was a primary creator and collaborator of; the website: gamblersinrecovery.com (http://gamblersinrecovery.com). This website is a premier reference for Gambling Recovery meetings on the zoom platform, from all around the world, with hundreds of meeting listings, at all hours of the morning, day, and night. Frank has personally helped foster incredible amounts of opportunities for Gambling Recovery worldwide and continues to carry the message to those suffering, with a desire to get help. As always, BIG THANKS to Edgardo for his dedication in producing and editing this Podcast. This would not be possible without his support! We would love to hear from you. We welcome any questions and comments. Please e-mail Eric directly at: ericpaulf@sbcglobal.net

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100

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Quality

11

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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