My father has lost everything in his life to gambling. To make matters worse he won the lottery, so talk about a skewed reward motivation pathway system. He has lost multiple times more than the $1M lottery winnings. In my opinion, it does not matter to what recovery program you subscribe. The pathology of a gambling high with PET scans resembles cocaine addiction. If in fact you are addicted to gambling or addicted to any substance or behavior, I do not believe moderation is possible. Again, this is my opinion and based on the said substance or behavior being an addiction. This means you are escaping and using the behavior in this case to satisfy what you lack naturally. Like my father, you will never be satisfied and if you play a game with less than 50% odds then you are destined to loose everything.