Monday, April 4, 2011

Addiction: When is a gambling addiction

While most people casino gambling, sports betting, lottery and bingo games for the fun and excitement that it offers, experience other than a hooked and disturbing habit gambling. Statistics show that 85 percent of the adult population in the United States has a type of gambling each year between 2 and 3 per cent of a gambling problem will develop and 1% of them are pathological player diagnosis.




Where to find the line between harmless gambling gambling addiction? How can you determine whether you or your friend are compulsive gamblers? Find the answers to these questions and other questions about problem gambling and gambling addiction.




What is the meaning of compulsive gambling?


Gambling or gambling is defined as an uncontrollable urge to play destructive effect of gambling on the lives of players and feelings of guilt and remorse despite the. Gambling tips, have a negative effect on the financial position of the player, relationships and everyday life. Severe cases of compulsive gambling can be defined as gambling.




I am a compulsive gambler?


(1) you play out until your last penny is running?


(2) you play your former losses or debts taken over, to?


(3) had to gambling lend ever continue to you?


(4) does your passion made you are you or your family?


(5) skip work or other obligation to play at all?


(6) tend to play, to about your personal problems or celebrate happy occasions to forget?


7) has gambling have a negative impact on your daily life or relationships?




If you answer at least one of the above questions select Yes, you have a problem.




Be anyone can a compulsive gambler?


In theory, Yes. A player can play gambling, that he is with the type, amount of money and time he spent on gambling regardless of development deals. Research shows that slot machines in bars and convenient memory are addictive nature of gambling can be activities, lottery draws and bingo games are located at the other end of the scale. Gambling is an emotional problem; the symptoms, causes, and treatments are similar as any other form, which is looking for.




How can I deal with gambling addiction?


Group therapy: 1).


Anonymous player provides that a 12 step self-help much like in the offered program of alcohol of addicts in the anonymous alcoholics. Group therapy is also gambling addicts advice and support of professional guides and other gambling of addicts in various stages of data recovery process. Centres are Gamblers Anonymous in over 1,200 locations statewide available.




(2) Individual therapy:


Cognitive or behavioural therapy can think gambling addicts for their not informed and act of patterns, they play to compulsively, and has led to replace with controllable and healthier way of thinking to identify.




(3) Psychiatric medications:


It has been recently demonstrated that antidepressant drugs in the family of the Ssris, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the treatment of affective gambling addicts.


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