Understanding Problem Gamblers - Softcover

Bellringer, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853434639 ISBN 13: 9781853434631

Publisher: Free Association Books, 1999

Synopsis

Gambling has recently become a major mainstream leisure activity. For most people it is an enjoyable, exciting entertainment, but for a minority it becomes a destructive dependency. This practical book is designed for those involved with a problem gambler, such as clients, partners or family members. The author explores some of the motivations and attractions of gambling; discusses the transition from social to problem gambling, and how gambling dependency develops; describes strategies for breaking through the barrier of denial; and explores relapse prevention and the vital role of helping agencies.

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About the Author

Mark Griffiths, one of the world's foremost writers on orchids, has edited and written numerous publications on orchids and horticulture. He was editor of "The New Royal Horticulture of Gardening", and was awarded the Garden Writers' Guild Special Award for a Work of Outstanding Excellence for his RHS Manual, "Orchids". Griffiths is horticultural correspondent for "The Times, London".

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From Chapter 1: It is my belief that we are all gamblers in one form or another. It is human nature to take risks and gambling, as its simplest, is only a stylised form of that risk taking. If this is true we can surmise that gambling has been around as long as civilisation itself. Certainly there is evidence that circa 2000 BC the Egyptians were using knuckle bones painted as four-sided dice, and 500 years later the Chinese were enjoying a recognisable form of roulette. Throughout history whether encouraged or suppressed, the need for human to gamble has been exploited.

Edition details

• Publisher: Free Association Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853434639
• ISBN 13: 9781853434631
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220