Question by Go Stros: Addiction Counselors??! Help w/ Activity?
I am interested in doing an activity with a group and need help.
Any ideas for a group activity i can do to understand gambling addiction better?

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Answer by barry
GAMBLING ADDICTION:

Get: “The Gambling Addiction Patient Workbook” – by Robert R Perkinson Try your bookshop, library, or www.amazon.com for this. Seek therapy, such as Cognitive Behavio(u)ral Therapy.

SUPPORT GROUPS:

Gambling Addiction & Recovery, Check out http://www.recoveryforums.org/ & http://dailystrength.org/ & http://www.gamblingaddictionforum.com/fo…

You could also try Groups, at Myspace, Google, or Yahoo; perhaps www.meetup.com

INTERNET & GAMING ADDICTIONS:

Most people are suggestible, to some degree, so you could either seek professional hypnotherapy, or, if not an option: hypnosisdownloads.com has: Gaming Addiction, or

Beating Addictions Hypnosis FREE AT: http://www.freehypnosistreatment.com/hypnosistreatment.html (if helped, kindly make a modest donation; they rely on them to keep the free service going).

BOOKS – ADDICTIONS:
Willpower’s Not Enough: Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind by Arnold M. Washton, & Addiction: Why Can’t They Just Stop? by John Hoffman, Susan Froemke, Sheila Nevins, and Susan Cheever, & The Addictive Personality: Understanding the Addictive Process and Compulsive Behavior by Craig Nakken, & 7 Tools to Beat Addiction by Stanton Peele,
from your bookstore, or enter “addictions” in the searchbar at www.amazon.com for more media.

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