Topic: gambling
Desperate Measures: Compulsive Video Gambling
Apparently, many voluntary self-excluders later change their minds in favor of a return to old behavior.
Topics: adolescent addiction, compulsive behavior, gambling
Recovery Maintenance Tip: Avoid Casinos
Many arrive in addiction treatment with clear symptoms of pathological gambling that often go unrecognized.
Topics: gambling, maintaining sobriety, relapse
Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction
One aspect of Lawford’s book that makes it unique and a must read is its careful and powerful weaving of the author’s personal recovery experience with the most up-to-date scientific evidence
Topics: addiction, addiction and the brain, book review, co-occurring disorders, eating disorders, gambling, self diagnosis
Environment & Expectations: Do They Influence Addiction?
Much of the anxiety the addicted person feels is anticipatory, based not on actual withdrawal symptoms but on the fear of not being able to find an adequate supply of the drug when they arrive.
Topics: addiction and the brain, alcoholism, compulsive behavior, gambling, models of addiction