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Pilot programme to help families of recovering gambling addicts

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The free eight-week programme, known as Gambling Addiction Management through Education (GAME) – Family, is intended to aid families "make sense of their situation" and receive professional help for their loved-ones' recovery. Family members will learn …
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Watered-down pokies reforms introduced to federal parliament

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Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin said it was the first time a national government had legislated to help tackle gambling addiction. "The reforms they deliver will help problem gamblers take control of their addictions, and help their families …
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Recovery Road

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Recovery Road, a substance-abuse and gambling-addiction treatment facility in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., commits itself to helping men—and men alone—for that very reason. Says the rehab's website, “We believe that the individuals in our care should be …
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