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Gambling Addiction Treatment
Compulsive gambling -- driven by the action, the
high of winning, the casino lights and action -- is a disease like alcoholism. This
disease takes over your life. It controls everything in your life. Your self perception.
Your money. Your job. Compulsive gambling can be used as an escape for your life.
It can destroy your family.
But there is help, and there is hope. ACG offers
therapy for compulsive gamblers and their families. If you or someone you care about
is suffering from compulsive gambling, contact our office today. We are here to
help.
Stages of Gambling
Addiction
- Search for action
or winning phase
- enhanced self-image
- losses seen as bad luck
- Chase or losing phase
- threatened self-image
- need to catch-up or
get even with losses
- personality changes
- frequently absent from
work
- borrows money
- Desperation phase
- obsessed with winning
to cover excessive debt
- fits of panic
- severe mood swings
- alcohol abuse
- suicide attempts
Warning Signs
of Gambling Addiction
- Do you miss work to
gamble?
- After losing, do you
need to return as soon as possible to win back your losses?
- Do you borrow money
or use credit so you can gamble?
- Do you gamble when you're
frustrated, worried, or disappointed?
- Do you lose more money
than planned?
- Do you gamble until
your last dollar is gone?
- Does gambling make you
careless about the welfare of your family?
- Does gambling cause
you to have difficulty sleeping?
Gambling Addiction
Treatment
Using a combination of different types of therapy
most effectively will help you with your gambling addiction. Your therapist may
recommend participation in a combination of the following:
- assessment and evaluation
- individual therapy
- group therapy
- educational classes
- couple therapy
- family therapy
- psychiatric evaluation
- Gamblers Anonymous
- financial counseling
Client confidentiality is always
strictly maintained. If you believe you or a loved one is addicted to
gambling, please contact us at mrenner@acgfremont.com
for assistance.
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