Below are the best resources we could find on Gambling Addiction and addiction recovery.
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This is a shocking story of how a free £5 bet led to a full blown addiction to online gambling. How someone who had it all could loose everything, including his job, his family and his home and then find hope and restoration.
Unbroken Brain offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions are learning disorders and showing how seeing the condition this way can untangle current debates over treatment, prevention, and policy.
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A 1 hour documentary on problem gambling presented by Maryland Public Television and The Maryland Center for Excellence on Problem Gambling.
Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours. It is present in the gambler, the Internet addict, the compulsive shopper and the workaholic.
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Arnie Wexler's life as a gambler began on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, flipping cards, shooting marbles, and playing pinball machines. At age fourteen he found the racetrack, a bookie, and started playing the stock market.
A beautiful family and financial security is what most dream of. For Shamil Gillani the lure of gambling resulted in him nearly losing everything which he held so dear.
James English talks to Elliot Reeves from Inspired Edinburgh, who has kindly let us use the interview he recently done with James to celebrate reaching 25 episodes. James speaks openly about his battles with drink, drugs, gambling and women.
This book addresses the issues and fears often faced by people in recovery from gambling addiction, and it includes daily reflections and prayers that offer hope, support, and guidance throughout the year.
They say that while we are in recovery our addiction is doing pushups in the parking lot. Thirteen years after quitting drinking and because I had been living an unrealistic version of recovery- my addiction was Hulk strong and waiting.
How does a passtime like gambling develop into an addiction that's so tough to break? Leah Stlichal shares her story on Chronicle.
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Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours. It is present in the gambler, the Internet addict, the compulsive shopper and the workaholic.
