"Binge" → episode of heavy gambling

Stigma-preferred language

Definition

Borrowed from eating and drinking language, and in gambling it obscures the actual facts — how long, how much, which product.

Preferred phrasing

an episode of heavy gambling · a session in which they lost X.

Source

Primary source for this whole section: https://www.recoveryanswers.org/addiction-ary/ Supporting: https://pttcnetwork.org/non-stigmatizing-language/ · https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/person-first-language-heroin-use-disorder/

Cite this

Betttr. ""Binge" → episode of heavy gambling." The Gambling Recovery Glossary. https://betttr.net/glossary/binge/ (accessed 2026-09-20).

Last updated: 2026-09-20.

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