Ambitious Addicts welcomes Oklahoma-based Christina Cook back to the show. Christina Cook, a gambler in recovery, created the Broke Girl Society Podcast and online community to help women. Christina retells a bit of the origin story of her recovery as a former problem gambler. Like a lot of people who fall into problem gambling as a vice, Christina speaks about life events such feelings of powerlessness in early childhood and later in adult relationships. "Not feeling like I had control in my life was a big catalyst," she said of gambling. For awhile, gambling became her solution. "Even my own [inner] voice went quiet ... it felt like a sense of peace for awhile."

Later in the episode Christina recounts how those early traumas and experience struggling with problem gambling eventually shaped her vision for a women-centered community specializing in gambling recovery. Women were particularly underrepresented in her part of the country, so she saught a way for women to have a forum to connect. The Facebook Group Broke Girl Society has about 3500 members and hosts multiple virtual meetings weekly. People from all over the U.S. and the world tune into the Broke Girl Society podcast and visit the online community. You can find the online facebook community here https://www.facebook.com/groups/brokegirlsociety/.

Christina continues to attend conferences throughout the U.S. and the world to gather the latest emerging knowledge in the gambling harms space, so she can bring it back to her audience.

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This episode was hosted by Terra Carbert and produced by Kirk Klocke. Music courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions. Ambitious Addicts is a production of the Self Discovery Sisterhood. Search Self Discovery Sisterhood on Facebook and Instagram; on Tiktok, find Terra at @selfdiscoverycoach

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Music:

Kilkerrin

Kid Kodi

Miniatures

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