Compulsive gambling is the only non-chemical addiction included in the latest version of DSM. The internal reasons of the manual authors to make this choice are unclear to some people; the appropriateness of this decision is sometimes discussed in reference books. Some external factors seem to play an important part in the decision. In particular, the tremendous destructiveness of this activity for the whole social life of a human, especially his or her welfare. Undoubtedly, a person is pushed to gamble by a thirst of becoming rich immediately. By administering alcohol to our body we put a goal for ourselves too. Even if a person just can’t imagine why he / she drinks, the more or less clear answer to this question can be pulled out of him / her by using sophisticated psychological techniques. An adequate explanation of an alcoholic behavior is, of course, important at least to be able to offer a decent alternative to the addict. Now imagine the human body similar to a gaming machine. Like a chip or a jetton, we put some alcohol into it. Having got undesired consequences and hoping to have a better luck in future, we repeat the operation again and again and hope to win despite the harm we feel. However, we emphasize once again the idea that a human isn’t a machine. It’s an organism far more tricky than any gambling system. Figuratively speaking, our body is hundredfold more cunning in it. It can give the desired response, it can give none or it can provide for the needed relaxation but in, say, a barrel of honey well-stuffed with razor blades. Like a gambler, an alcoholic makes tries again and again, but according to the logic of the addictive process, the result becomes more and more unpredictable. One can view the problem of the amount control from this unusual perspective. According to our discussion logic the control problems begin not at the moment an alcoholic asks for help or his (her) inappropriate behavior is noticed by people around him (her), but when the body becomes like a gambling machine (often unnoticeably).