WHIZ News Problem Gambling Awareness Month ZANESVILLE, Ohio-March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month in the United States. Gambling addiction is a dependency that differs from drug and alcohol addiction. The biggest risk is the destruction of an entire livelihood to addiction. “The highest danger is suicide. Many people who have the disease of gambling end up so far in debt that their relationships are destroyed and many of them end attempting and completing suicide. They can lose their homes, they can lose their relationships, their families. Not just relationships but family members end up getting fed up with the situation and alienate that person,” Counselor Gail Shultice said of the disease.