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Gambling Addiction books

Below are the best books we could find on Gambling Addiction.

Gambling addiction is the urge to gamble despite negative consequences or a concurrent desire to stop. This addictive behavior is often defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others and may be diagnosed as clinical pathological gambling if the gambler meets certain criteria. Pathological gambling is a common disorder that is associated with both social and family costs. The term “gambling addiction” has long been used in the recovery movement to describe all types of problem gambling.

If you or someone you know is in immediate need of support, please seek professional help. If you are in crisis, here are some immediate free resources.

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Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals.

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Know When To Hold 'Em: A Guide for Spouses of Problem Gamblers

Unrecognized and devastating, gambling addiction affects two million Americans but even more hidden are the loved ones that become innocent victims. Problem gambling can start with a curious click on a website or after a stroke of luck at the casino, and it has no bias.

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Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction

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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All Bets Are Off: Losers, Liars, and Recovery from Gambling Addiction

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.

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Overcoming Gambling

Problem gambling is a significant issue in the UK where the number of gambling addicts is estimated to be around 250,000, according to the Gambling Commission's British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007.

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Gamblers Anonymous: A Day at a Time

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.

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Taking Back Your Life: Women and Problem Gambling

Taking Back Your Life offers women the support they need to face their problem gambling and take the necessary steps to regain control of their lives.

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She Bets Her Life: A True Story of Gambling Addiction

What sets She Bets Her Life apart is Mary Sojourner's ability to take both an objective and a deeply personal look at the psychological and physiological impact of gambling addiction on women.

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The Easy Way to Stop Gambling: Take Control of Your Life

Allen Carr’s Easy Way is the most effective stop-smoking method of all time and has been successfully applied to a wide range of other issues, including gambling. In this book Carr explains how gamblers fall into the trap and why they keep gambling despite knowing that it’s ruining their lives.

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A Hole in the Sidewalk: The Recovering Person’s Guide to Relapse Prevention

Claudia Black’s seminal relapse prevention workbook has been revised and updated! People in recovery from addiction need to be award of the potential for setback and the range of challenges that can, and often do, lead to relapse. To assume or simply hope it will not occur is denial.

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