Gambling Addiction

From New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal and Moments of Clarity Christopher Kennedy Lawford comes a book that will save lives. For most of his early life, Christopher Kennedy Lawford battled life-threatening drug and alcohol addictions. Now in recovery for more than 25 years, he works to effect change and raise global awareness of addiction in nonprofit, private, and government circles, serving as the goodwill ambassador for drug dependence treatment and care for the United Nations.

Allen Carr’s Easyway has helped over 50 million people to date and counting! His revolutionary approach to the problem of addiction allows addicts to take back control of their lives. Here in this brand-new audiobook the renowned Easy Way method is applied to the subject of gambling. Most gamblers are convinced that it’s almost impossible to stop gambling and free themselves from debt; they also feel unable to solve the widespread problems gambling causes. The wonderful news is that this audiobook shows you how to stop immediately, painlessly and permanently.

After a trophy-laden and record-setting club and international career, England’s greatest ever goalkeeper, Peter Shilton, could rightly look forward to an equally successful post-playing career. But a gambling habit forged in his playing days soon spiralled into a gambling addiction: a silent, self-destructive and ruinous obsession that destroyed relationships, his mental health and very nearly himself.

The creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue reflects on his tumultuous life, driven by a nearly insatiable creative energy and a matching penchant for self-destruction. Like Milch's best screenwriting, Life's Work explores how chance encounters, self-deception and luck shape the people we become, and wrestles with what it means to have felt and caused pain, even and especially with those we love, and how you keep living.

Noch Spaß oder schon Sucht? Die Diagnose "Gaming Disorder" wird kontrovers diskutiert. Sie bezeichnet eine Abhängigkeit von der Nutzung sogenannter Neuer Medien. Dieser Ratgeber beantwortet Fragen wie: Bin ich schon süchtig? Warum ist die virtuelle Welt für mich spannender als das "Real Life"? Wieviel surfen/spielen ist noch "normal"? Wer und was kann mir helfen, meinen Medienkonsum zu reduzieren? Hier wird das Surfen und Spielen nicht nur negativ gesehen, denn die beiden Autoren spielen selbst gerne.

Das vorliegende Hörbuch behandelt das gesamte Spektrum der Suchterkrankungen, eingeschlossen auch die sogenannten "modernen Süchte", die zunehmend ins Blickfeld geraten. Durch ausgewählte Selbsterfahrungsberichte wird dem Leser ein Einblick in die Konfliktsituation und das Leiden der Betroffenen vermittelt. Damit wendet es sich an Betroffene und Angehörige, die sich oft in Rat- und Fassungslosigkeit angesichts des selbstzerstörerischen Verhalten eines ansonsten hoch geschätzten Menschen ansehen. Es beantwortet Fragen nach den Ursachen, Antrieben und Vorboten von Suchtverhalten.

This is the shocking story of a life secretly shattered by pathological gambling addiction and the first steps to putting the pieces back together. For more than 12 years, Patrick Foster lived a double life. Turning 31, a popular and sociable young teacher and former professional cricketer, he had a lovely girlfriend and a supportive family. But he was hiding a secret and debilitating gambling addiction from even those closest to him.