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title: Fleš program in the fight against gambling
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## A sure win is a life without addiction.

Fleš program in the fight against gambling: A sure win is a life without addiction

### Problem gambling: A hidden disorder with serious consequences

Weaning from pathological gambling is a challenging and complex process. It requires a combination of professional help, support from family and friends, as well as therapy. Gambling, as an impulse control disorder, can lead to serious emotional, financial and social problems. Both for the addicts themselves and for their loved ones.

**“This addiction is the most difficult to recognize because it has no social visibility in the beginning,”** say the[ Fleš Association for Gambling Addiction](https://flesbeograd.rs/en/), warning that the condition can last for years.

### Pathological gambling among young people: Alarms are sounding

Current trends indicate a worrying growth of behavioral addictions, especially among young people. The Association for Quitting Gambling points out that problematic gambling and betting have become one of the riskiest forms of behavioral addictions.

“There are more and more young people, high school students and college students. In the era of the internet, the availability of gambling only makes the situation more difficult,” the Association warns. Adding that the age limit when young people start gambling is getting lower.

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### Gambling Addiction: A Hidden Danger That Affects All Generations

Addicts often become manipulative, prone to lies, and the disappearance of money from the home becomes more frequent. “Parents should especially worry if their child brings them new sneakers or a mobile phone. If they didn’t give them money for it,” experts warn. Any addiction, over time, leads to the disruption of usual patterns of behavior. The person becomes nervous, argumentative, anxious, depressed, neglects obligations, and his sleep rhythm is disturbed.

**“Gambling does not choose – young and old, men and women, educated and uneducated gamble. From our experience, we see that these are often very intelligent people prone to combinatorics,”** says the Association.

### Gambling Rehab: The (Fleš) Flash Program Provides Support and Hope for Gambling Addicts

The Association confirms that gambling addiction is a growing public health problem. This problem increasingly takes the attention, energy and time of the working population. There are many therapies for gambling addicts, but the **“(Fleš) Flash Recovery from Pathological Gambling”** program is different from all the others. Because it is based on the personal experiences of those who have succeeded in winning gambling.

“Among other things, it includes a personal program, which has written three books about the problem of gambling. These are: “Stake”, “Goodbye gambling” and “Pathological gambling, causes and consequences”. Through his writing, Stanković shares the experiences and challenges he faced during the fight against gambling addiction.”

### **(Fleš)** Flash program: Individual approach and expert support

“Weaning from gambling is a serious process and requires a serious approach,” the Association points out.

The program is created according to the client’s needs and can last from three to six months. “The bottom line is that we work with each client individually and give them freedom. The system of prohibition after prohibition of certain behavior does not produce results. Non-gambling can be achieved with knowledge and without medication,” the Association emphasizes.

Before creating a program according to the client’s needs, a team of experts consults with a gambling addict either live or online. “Precisely these consultations are crucial for the dynamics of the client’s treatment process in giving up gambling.”

In the process of treating a gambling addict, family support and the addict’s family members are also important. They receive instructions on how to behave with an addict during the duration of the program, the Association points out. **“The success of our program is 100%, as evidenced by the clients themselves, among whom there are no returnees.”**

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### **(Fleš)** Flash program around the world: Success even outside the borders of Serbia

The program “**(Fleš)** Flash quitting and weaning from pathological gambling” has become recognizable not only in Serbia, but also among people from the diaspora. “We have a lot of calls from Germany, Switzerland, and even America,” says the Association.

According to the latest data from the World Health Organization. Between 1% and 6% of the adult population worldwide suffers from some form of gambling problem.

**“Any type of gambling is a problem, and the only sure win is a life without gambling,”** the Association says.

WRITING: ANA VELJKOVIĆ AND PHOTO: PROVIDED PHOTOS