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Brenden Sorsby- The Gambling Addiction

lurker said:
A gambling addiction is not a disability.
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Says who? It can certainly ruin your life. Some people's brains are literally wired to where they can't stop. The compulsion is overwhelming. I guess you can argue about the terminology.
 
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lurker said:
"In 1996, Congress passed the Contract with America Advancement Act—Public Law (P.L.) 104-121—which terminated benefits for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries whose primary impairment was drug addiction, alcoholism, or both.
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Different legs of the same animal...

ADA protects against discrimination and the Contract with America Advancement Act refers to supplemental benefits.
 
Trav said:
Says who? It can certainly ruin your life. Some people's brains are literally wired to where they can't stop. The compulsion is overwhelming. I guess you can argue about the terminology.
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It's semantics, but ADA protections and supplemental benefits don't apply to gambling disorders.
 
Pearson704 said:
Not familiar with changes in 1996; please share a link.

To my understanding, the ADA protects against discriminatory treatment of individuals with a history of substance use disorder or those in treatment. It doesn't offer protection for active substance use or impaired performance related to the diagnosis.
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The ADA doesn’t have an exhaustive list of specific diseases or disorders. Instead, it defines a disability as something that “substantially limits one or more major life activities.”

“Major life activities are those functions that are important to most people’s daily lives. Examples of major life activities are breathing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, sleeping, caring for one’s self, performing manual tasks, and working. Major life activities also include major bodily functions such as immune system functions, normal cell growth, digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, and reproductive functions.”

What are major life activities? | ADA National Network

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What this means is that for one’s substance use to fall under the protection of the ADA, it has to be severe enough to substantially limit perhaps their sleep, their work, their brain function, etc. It is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Trav said:
Says who? It can certainly ruin your life. Some people's brains are literally wired to where they can't stop. The compulsion is overwhelming. I guess you can argue about the terminology.
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Pearson704 said:
It's semantics, but ADA protections and supplemental benefits don't apply to gambling disorders.
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Which is strange, because gambling addiction is listed in the DSM-V as a mental disorder. There is legal pushback on it, however, so don’t be surprised if this is updated soon.
 
Any time this guy makes a poor play, I got to believe fans will wonder if he's throwing the game. This seems like an anchor that will never leave him even in the NFL.
 
stormsurge said:
Any time this guy makes a poor play, I got to believe fans will wonder if he's throwing the game. This seems like an anchor that will never leave him even in the NFL.
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dont think he gets drafted anymore. if he were just betting on games in other sports (NFL, NBA, MLB), no one would care and it wouldn't be against rules. he was caught betting on his own team though while he was there. thats bad. just shows bad judgment.
 
Xio said:
The only addiction a real man should have is hoes!!!!
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Two things:

1. I agree.

2. Not sure why but this post brought me down memory lane. I worked my way through college driving a taxi. I was on a payphone talking one day and my boss overheard me saying, "they're just ******* and hoes." My boss and the rest of the guys were much older, and thought it was hilarious. They nicknamed me "BAH" - which stood for ******* and hoes.

That's it. That's the story. Proceed.
 
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