{"podcast":{"title":"SMART Recovery® Podcast","slug":"smart-recovery-podcast-199733","podcast_index_feed_id":199733,"rss_url":"https://smartrecovery.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.smartrecovery.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/c/1/f/bc1f49e0010c2a6da04421dee9605cbd/Podcast_Cover_Image.png","author":"Anna Marie Murphy","episode_count":50,"summary":"SMART Recovery® Podcast, a library of talks on addiction from the leading self-empowering peer support recovery group in the world. Enjoy entertaining, thought-provoking discussion with experts in the field of science-based addiction treatment and recovery. SMART Recovery provides services for those overcoming addictions of all types.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-recovery-podcast-199733"},"episode":{"title":"Considering Problem Gambling","slug":"considering-problem-gambling","published_at":"2026-03-11T14:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-recovery-podcast-199733/considering-problem-gambling","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-recovery-podcast-199733","url":"https://smartrecovery.libsyn.com/considering-problem-gambling-awareness-month","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/smartrecovery/SRPC_Kitty_Martz__Brian_WardFINAL_MASTER.mp3?dest-id=53107","summary":"March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month, an annual campaign aimed at increasing awareness of gambling-related risks, reducing stigma, and promoting prevention and supportive help. This episode features two guests: Kitty Martz, the Executive Director of the nonprofit Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery and Brian Ward, the organization's board president. Both Kitty and Brian share their journey of consequences that resulted from gambling activities and the positive role SMART Recovery has played in their lives. They also share their professional backgrounds and thoughts on providing accessible and affirming meetings that are highly inclusive of individuals working on compulsive behaviors unrelated to substance use. One insightful thought that was shared is the idea that attending support meetings can be seen as an effort to build a life you don't want to escape from , rather than the usual idea of \"recovering a life\" one has lost. And there are many more insights and interesting conversation in this episode. Enjoy! Additional Resources: Link to SMART Webinar on problem gambling and inclusion with Kitty Martz and Brian Ward National Problem Gambling Hotline","meta_description":"March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month, an annual campaign aimed at increasing awareness of gambling-related risks, reducing stigma, and promo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2725,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/smart-recovery-podcast-199733/episodes/considering-problem-gambling/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-recovery-podcast-199733/considering-problem-gambling.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}