Recovery Resources
A curated collection of helpful articles, tools, and stories for those struggling with gambling addiction.
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Discover books that have helped thousands break free from gambling addiction. From crisis intervention to long-term recovery strategies.
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Breaking the Cycle: Science-Backed Emergency Strategies for Gambling Crisis Moments
Evidence-based emergency strategies for preventing gambling relapse during crisis moments, combining neuroscience research with recovery wisdom and professional therapeutic approaches.
How Gambling Hijacks Your Brain and Won't Let Go
A deep dive into the neuroscience of gambling addiction - how the brain's reward system is exploited through sophisticated psychological manipulation and why willpower alone isn't enough.
Shame, Self-Forgiveness, and Healing in Gambling Addiction Recovery
Understanding how shame drives gambling addiction and learning evidence-based approaches to break the shame-gambling cycle through self-compassion, resilience building, and therapeutic healing.
The Hidden Grief of Gambling Recovery
Exploring the profound non-monetary losses in gambling addiction recovery - broken relationships, lost identity, stolen time, and the complex grief process that extends far beyond financial devastation.
The Neurological Void After Gambling Cessation: Months of Patient Recovery
Understanding the complex neurobiological recovery process after stopping gambling, including dopamine system restoration, anhedonia management, and evidence-based strategies for filling the emotional and temporal void.
Trauma and the Gambling Escape: What Pain Are You Running From?
Explore the deep connection between unresolved trauma and gambling addiction, understanding how adverse childhood experiences drive the need to escape through gambling, and discover trauma-informed paths to healing.
When Love Meets the Lottery: A Survival Guide for Partners of Gambling Addicts
Essential guidance for partners of gambling addicts covering financial protection, boundary setting, communication strategies, and recovery paths. Research-backed advice for healing relationships while protecting your wellbeing.
Your First GA Meeting: Stories from Those Who've Been
Real experiences from r/problemgambling and recovery forums about walking through that door for the first time. Learn what actually happens at GA meetings.
Youth Gambling Addiction: An Emerging Public Health Crisis
How sports betting legalization and sophisticated digital platforms are creating a generational addiction crisis, with problem gambling rates 2-4 times higher in young people under 25.
When You Want to Relapse: An Emergency Emotional Toolkit
Immediate, actionable strategies for surviving gambling urges and cravings in real-time. Evidence-based techniques to help you ride out the wave when you feel like you're about to relapse.
Rock Bottom Looked Different Than I Expected
A curated collection of real stories from recovery communities that reveal the surprising variety of breaking points that finally made people stop.
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