The article is about the personal experience of someone with a gambling addicted father. I know that this happens and it it very unfortunate to be involved with some with this addiction. But it is not the gambling that is the problem, it is the person. I believe that the ability to be addicted, whether it is to gambling, alcohol, drugs, food, cigarettes or whatever, is genetically determined. If someone has an addictive personality, it does not matter what the vice is, sooner or later one or another addictive substance will catch up to them. So I don't think that gambling is the problem, as I don't think that the other addictive substances are problems, either. The problem is the individual's tendency to fall into addictions.