Taking Back Your Life: Women and Problem Gambling Paperback – June 11, 2009

This book is a gripping, well-written, and absolutely facinating book on the subject of problem gambling, particularly how it pertains to women (though it really CAN be used for anyone who struggles with or knows someone struggling with this progressive and relentless addiction).Furthermore, there are numerous references, website links, and other practical, useable websites and suggested areas for further reading, which will help the truly addicted, recovering problem gambler as they seek even more support to battle gambling and all of the issues which accompany gambling. The thing I liked the most about this book was the obvious multi-pronged analysis and real-world "look" at the reasons, triggers, contributing factors (i.e. heredity, proximity to gambling establishments), and the other "issues" which often go hand in hand with compulsive gambling (drinking, mental health issues, etc.).This is a must-read for anyone who is truly sick and tired of being sick and tired, and who wants to find hope, resource, and information on how to take back their lives.

Won't got into detail, but I lost $45,000 on slots this year. My husband had been coming with me and we won the jackpot many, many times. It's easy to play the money back down. Once, I started going on my own, I'd get thousands of dollars in cash advances, not telling my husband. The last and final time I went, I was at one point $400 ahead, and instead of coming back home, I took a cash advance out for $5,000! l blew through $7,000 when I should've stopped when I was up. But I didn't, and finally admitted to myself that I was addicted. I am still drawn to go there, but luckily it's 2.5 hours away and that dissuades me too.

A MUST READ!!!! IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A GAMBLING PROBLEM OR JUST FEEL SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT- READ THIS BOOK!!!! Great insight into why we gamble etc. This book changed my life. I read it but it took me a while to comes to terms with my addiction . Aftger spending lots of time and money I realized I had a problem. This book helped open my eyes- A must read !!! Well worth the money- changes are you spend more than the cost of this book at the casino- this book will help open your eyes to addiction

I started reading this book 6 weeks after joining Gamblers Anonymous. I found the book very informative, well written and very easy to relate to. She does an excellent job explaining how a person gets 'addicted" to gambling as far as how the brain works and what casinos do to manipulate you. Like the book says, "how did a nice girl like you get into such a destructive behavior as gambling". The feelings of many women with gambling problems was easy to relate to and helped me understand how I got into this mess, and how I am going to get out of it. A must read for all women with gambling problems and also for her family and spouse. I found this book more informative and helpful than Gamblers Anonymous.

This book was fairly redundant in approach and information.

I ordered this book in a "Kindle for PC" version, which downloaded immediately.The author does a very good job of not writing from her own perspective, but only from those of the many women pathological gamblers that she interviewed. Therefore, it will ring very true to a problem gambler who reads the book. Also, since the women she interviewed were all successful in quitting gambling, their various paths to that abstinence will be of interest to a problem gambler wanting to quit.The book is very well written, and gives her many sources of information. I would recommend it to any problem gambler, but especially female ones.

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