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Information and support for family members, friends, and concerned others. An overview of how compulsive gambling effects those who are close to a gambler.
Information and support for family members, friends, and concerned others. An overview of how compulsive gambling effects those who are close to a gambler.Topics includethe three phases of compulsive gambling - Winning, Losing, and the Desperate Phasehow to recognize the phaseswhere to find help
Information and support for family members, friends, and concerned others. An overview of how compulsive gambling effects those who are close to a gambler.Topics includethe three phases of compulsive gambling - Winning, Losing, and the Desperate Phasehow to recognize the phaseswhere to find help
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When Someone You Love Gambles - Mary Heineman
About the pamphlet
If you believe someone you care about is gambling compulsively, this pamphlet may help. Although you can see what the gambling is doing to the afflicted, it may be more difficult to see what this disease is doing to you. Only through identifying and learning about how compulsive gambling affects you can you break through denial and get the support you need.
About the author
Mary Heineman is a clinician on staff at South Oaks Hospital (Amityville, NY) in the South Oaks Gambling Treatment Program (516-264-4000). She has devoted many years to treating compulsive gamblers and their families. She holds a master’s in psychology and a master’s in social work. Heineman is a certified social worker and a nationally certified compulsive gambling counselor. In addition to a number of published articles on this topic, she is also the author of Losing Your Shirt.
Mary Heineman, M.S.W., C.A.C.
When Someone You Love
Gambles
Revised Edition
Hazelden Publishing
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©1988, 1993 by Hazelden Foundation
All rights reserved. Published 1988. Revised edition 1993. Printed in the United States of America. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher
ISBN: 0-89486-535-8
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-61649-104-8
The Twelve Steps of AA and GA are reprinted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean that Alcoholics Anonymous has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication, nor that AA agrees with the views
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