Behind the 8-Ball: A Guide for Families of Gamblers | 
|  | | | Title: | Behind the 8-Ball: A Guide for Families of Gamblers | | Author: | Linda Berman
Mary-Ellen Siegal | | Publisher: | iUniverse.com | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 June, 2008 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1583480463 / 9781583480465 | | List Price: | $16.95 | | You Save: | $5.42 | | Amazon Price: | $11.53 | |
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Written for the millions of spouses, parents, siblings, children, friends, and co-workers of compulsive gamblers who suffer from the often disastrous effects of that person's behavior, this supportive guide will help readers gain a greater understanding of this devastating addiction. It will also provide advice and the financial, legal information necessary to help gamblers reclaim their lives. This comprehensive work is a first step back on the path towards a happier life, free of addiction. "An excellent step-by-step recovery guide...an excellent plan for recovery—helping the family to understand gambling as an addiction."—Msgr. Joseph A. Dunne, M.P.A., C.A.C., founder and president emeritus, National Council on Problem Gambling
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Customer Reviews:
• Helpful And Important Book For Spouses Of Pathological Gamblers 05 August, 2007
I am Clinical Psychologist who treats gambling addiction. This book is an important tool for spouses of gamblers who are starting to come to terms with the problem. As one prior reviewer noted, it does not provide false hope for families who are being destroyed by this difficult addiction. What it does to is help a spouse wake up to the reality that if the gambler does not stop their lives will be ruined as well as that of the gambler. Pathological gambling is a very treatable issue and most people that I have worked with get better, but it certainly is not a perfect line from wanting to get better to never gambling again. This book will help prepare the spouse (it is more for a spouse than a parent or sibling) for the worse-case out come. Strongly recommended.... Eric Geffner, Ph.D.
www.stopgamblingnow.com
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• Extremely Thorough And Helpful For Families Of Gamblers 13 June, 2000
I thought this book is one of the most thorough and helpful books regarding dealing with gambling addiction. It enlightens on how you can protect yourself from the throes of gambling. It provides information that will help you understand and deal with the illness. Excellent book!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3OVDVT2HL8GQ8
• Understanding Addictive Gambling 08 April, 2007
This book is an excellent resource for an ever-growing problem in our society. It very effectively explores the origins, family responses, treatment, and prognosis for this form of addiction. It will help the spouse and family of an addicted gambler begin to understand and to get a grip on an addiction that has destoyed many families in recent times. It will give an understanding you may not find outside of a support group.
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• Behind The 8-ball: A Recovery Guide For The Families Of Gamblers 10 March, 2006
I'm struggling to get through this book. If you are looking for something positive to get yourself through a difficult time, this book is not for you. It does tell you what to look for and how to protect yourself, but does not instill any hope for a future for the compulsive gambler, whether you are staying with them or not. Again, if you are looking for hope, this book isn't it. All it does is leave you depressed.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2DW6RUDEKDUTR
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