Gambling and Games
Hi, I’m Dave from Solutions Recovery, and this is Addiction Answers. Our next question comes from Joseph in Las Vegas and he asks, “I think my wife has a gambling problem, is there a recovery program for gambling, the way there is for drug and alcohol addiction?” The short answer Joseph is yes. Here at…
Hi! I’m Dave from Boyinaband. A while ago I made a Facebook post, in which I asked people to send over research for a topic they considered important. I was looking through the responses, until one of them made me double-take because I didn’t think the research was real at first. It pointed me towards…
A French Film About Addiction Directed by the boys Written by the boys With Ryan’s house “Addiction” Act One The bouncers and the casino Hello Very good Thank you Communism! Boys! Damn it Long live France Act Two A young person addicted to alcohol No, no, no, no, no! I love you Act Three Violence…
Not all loves are created equal as far as the brain is concerned. Studies have looked at activity in the brain when recalling passionate or romantic love versus say maternal love and finds that different centers definitely are more active. In other words they put people into the functional MRI and they said think about…
Hello everyone and welcome. My name is Aaron Mandelbaum and I am the founder of the GROW Foundation. Our mission is to provide financial assistance via grants to groups and individuals working on the research, prevention, and treatment of addiction in all its forms. This is the first in a series of ongoing videos that…
Gambling and Addictions Many addictions affect your finances in a bad way. The obvious ones are gambling and shopping addictions. When you gamble away money, you don�t have, or shop to avoid problems in an uncontrollable way the money problems it creates can screw up your future for a long time. However, all addictions can…
BRIDGET: AFTER THE IOWA RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION APPROVED THE RULES FOR SPORTS BEETING IN THE STATE, SOME ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACTS THE GAMBLING COULD HAVE ON ADDICTS.. RACHEL DROZE SHOWS US HOW ONE IOWA ADDICTION CENTER IS PREPARING TO HELP THOSE IMPACTED.. ” “IN A MATTER OF WEEKS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO PLACE…
BIG NEWS, AMERICA. SOON YOU’LL HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW WAY TO OVERINDULGE. I WENT TO THE AUSTRALIA WHERE THEY HAVE A HEAD START. TAKE A LOOK. SMOKING, DRUGS, FAST FOOD, SOCIAL MEDIA. AT LEAST TWO OF THESE THINGS ARE MENACES TO SOCIETY. BUT NOW AMERICA IS FACING SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT. LEGAL…
Every year, more people are playing games on their phones. And one category, called social casinos, has quickly become a multi-billion dollar industry. But new evidence shows game developers are targeting vulnerable users, all with the help of Facebook and its massive trove of personal data. For the record, “PBS NewsHour” produces some content as…
It’s that time of the year – time to welcome the new year with family, friends, good food and probably alcohol. Here in Tokyo it can be hard to keep up with the various bounenkai’s essentially “forget the year” parties throughout december. One issue I tend to run into is drinking more than I initially…