Gambling Addiction
Change Your Gambling, Change Your Life: Strategies for Managing Your Gambling and Improving Your Finances, Relationships, and Health (Harvard Health Publications)
Howard Shaffer (Paperback) Jossey-Bass 2012-03-06
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i owe everyone money and need to stop gambling but i cant stop because i owe everyone money
i have a job and i am on£50,000 a year but i am still broke
Find a gamblers anonymous meeting and get a sponsor. There people there that can give you real help.
http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/
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I hear about gamblers living in a state of denial that they have no problem whatsoever with their addiction. There's got to be a way to 'snap out of it'.
Problem gambling, like any other addiction, is a kind of compulsion. The guy just can't let go. He's on a roll, he's winning, losing, keeping it going -- it becomes disruptive and almost pathological.
You're right about the 'state of denial' that gamblers live in, and sadly, they snap out of it only they've lost their money, house, car and spouse.
Fact is, these guys need support too. They too are human, with their own weaknesses. And the best way to deal with gambling addiction (be it a friend or family member) is to put some sense into him. Show him the mirror; tell him what he's doing to himself and to you.
Explain it assertively and courageously. Get Gambler's Anonymous if you have to. One way or another, just tell him to stop.
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Oh, I feel you on this one, I am in love with casinos, card games, and sports betting. However, I do it as a recreation. Just like someone spending money to go on a trip or vacation, I put aside money so I can go do that. And, I have fun doing it. Really, it just takes a little self motivation and will power. Moderation is that best policy. However, if you just can not stand to not go and blow your money just give it to someone else. I promise if you give it to someone else that you trust and who loves you, they will take care of you. There are also many different groups out there that can help you. Seriously though please take care of what you have. My grandparents live right by Atlantic City, and they have gambled away their retirement, pentions, and taken out a second mortgage on their house because of gambling. It is their own fault, but it sure is sad to see a 78 and 82 year still working just to eat. Good Luck.
My "friend" has just recently started to gamble. She will go to a casino for 24 hours, and yet the next week will go again. She doesnt have that much money, she barely can pay off her bills, yet she some how can go gambling for hours upon hours upon hours!
i need help on how to help her. this addiction is effecting her marriage and home life, along with making people not like her.
what can i do to help her??
please help!! i dont want anything bad to happen to her (like debt)
it actually NOT me. haha. i just dont want to say the reallationship to me.
First of all, you can't change her. She has to want to get help. Most addicts need to reach their bottom before they admit they have a problem and need help. My suggestion would be to get together with other people in her life that truly care about her, and are concerned about her, and then confront her. Tell her how you feel about what she is doing. Make your statements in the form of "When you_____, I feel ______." These are your feelings, and are hard for her to discount. Don't confront her on her marriage, that's her husband's job. Own your own feelings. Suggest that she seek help from Gambler's Anonymous. Suggest that she seek counseling to work on the core issue that has caused her to seek the escape of gambling. Good Luck!
My husband is driving me crazy with his non stop gambling addiction, every time he hears we have a dime he has to take it to the casino and spend it. when i tell him we are broke he starts a rampage tearing things apart looking for money. what should i do to help him stop? he wont even think about calling a 1-800 number or even go to counseling, I'm so lost.
Call gamblers anonymous! And for god's sake, hide all the money!!!!!! If that doesn't work, then divorce his a??!!
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Jaco tells the story of Bob Neuls from Cuba, Missouri, who keeps a record of every check he’s written to cover his gambling debts. “I cannot pinpoint a loss but I’ve gone through 130,000 dollars,” Neuls said.
Bob Neuls has Parkinson’s disease, and to control it, he takes a synthetic version of the brain chemical dopamine. According to the AMA, up to 10 percent of people who take dopamine for Parkinson’s develop a gambling addiction. “This drug is so harmful I’m trying to get the word out to people about what it does to you,” Neuls said.
One of the primary focuses of this conference: that gambling addiction is a chemical imbalance in the brain. “Gambling is typically known as the hidden addiction because unlike a substance abuse disorders, it’s difficult to easily see,” said Maya Chilese of the Nebraska Dept. of Health.
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The Ukraine administration gets a big raise in gambling during the past decade. They have vowed now to set an end to it. The parliament allowed a Bill on Friday that would temporarily stop all type of gambling including slot parlors and casinos in the state.
The administration ordered the gambling couldn’t proceed until the area of the casinos as well as slot halls were moved to an approved gambling-zone from the capital. The permitted zone is near the Black Sea. Legislator Valery Pysarenko said “The gambling addiction has turned into an epidemic.” He added “Today marks a big victory for all Ukrainians.” The legislators were mostly concerned about the gambling epidemic that had spread to the young.
Currently operated, most of the casinos and slot parlors are doing business without any rules and regulation. That had become concerning for legislators. They estimated that more than $5 billion is being wagered and only a little portion of that are being paid taxes to the country.
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