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Gambling Addiction Poses Challenges for Proper Treatment

Gambling was once considered a fun pastime that required traveling to the dessert in Nevada to explore. Now, with gambling venues available with just the click of the mouse, individuals throughout the U.S. are finding they not only enjoy gambling – they have become addicted to the activity. This recent release in Science Daily noted [...]

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Book Review: She Bets Her Life by Mary Sojourner

Walk a while in Mary Sojourner’s shoes (She Bets Her Life: A True Story of Gambling Addiction) and you’ll quickly realize what a slippery slope gambling addiction is – especially for women. Written from personal experience, the book is at all times brutally honest, and alternately funny, heartbreaking, warm and wise. The author takes readers [...]

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What It Takes to Beat a Gambling Addiction

What It Takes to Beat a Gambling Addiction

Make no mistake about it. Overcoming a gambling addiction is tough work. If it were as simple as just walking away from the casinos, slots, sports betting, track or card games, there’d be a lot fewer problem and compulsive gamblers in the U.S. – and around the world, for that matter.

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