Book contents
- Breaking Free
- Breaking Free How To Stop Gambling
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Do I Know if I Have a Gambling Disorder?
- 3 ‘I Should Quit but I Don’t Want To’: Increasing Motivation
- 4 ‘Buying Time’: Limiting Access to Money and Gambling
- 5 How Gambling Hijacks Your Brain
- 6 Retraining the Brain: Rewarding Yourself
- 7 Coping with Cravings and Urges
- 8 ‘Catching’ and Limiting Triggers Early
- 9 Things to Do When You Don’t Gamble
- 10 The Thinking Traps Driving Gambling
- 11 Challenging Gambling Thinking and Beliefs
- 12 How to Get Back on Track after a Slip
- 13 Don’t ‘Switch On’ the Auto-pilot: Future Planning
- 14 How Important Others Can Help
- 15 Final Remarks
- Appendix When to Consider Medication for a Gambling Disorder
- References
- Index
2 - How Do I Know if I Have a Gambling Disorder?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2022
- Breaking Free
- Breaking Free How To Stop Gambling
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Do I Know if I Have a Gambling Disorder?
- 3 ‘I Should Quit but I Don’t Want To’: Increasing Motivation
- 4 ‘Buying Time’: Limiting Access to Money and Gambling
- 5 How Gambling Hijacks Your Brain
- 6 Retraining the Brain: Rewarding Yourself
- 7 Coping with Cravings and Urges
- 8 ‘Catching’ and Limiting Triggers Early
- 9 Things to Do When You Don’t Gamble
- 10 The Thinking Traps Driving Gambling
- 11 Challenging Gambling Thinking and Beliefs
- 12 How to Get Back on Track after a Slip
- 13 Don’t ‘Switch On’ the Auto-pilot: Future Planning
- 14 How Important Others Can Help
- 15 Final Remarks
- Appendix When to Consider Medication for a Gambling Disorder
- References
- Index
Summary
If you are reading this book, the chances are that you or someone you know has a gambling disorder or is affected by harms related to gambling. In this chapter, we will look at what a gambling disorder looks like and what you can do about identifying it. Finding out whether gambling is in fact problematic is the first stage before action to overcome it.
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- Breaking FreeHow To Stop Gambling, pp. 10 - 19Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022