...COMPULSIVE GAMBLING: WIN, LOSE OR DRAW Submitted by Jennifer Pelto Dr. Champion May 7, 2007 COMPULSIVE GAMBLING; WIN, LOSE OR DRAW? "Just like a chemically addicted person, a compulsive gambler will do anything in order to get the money for a fix. To satisfy their habit, teens have been known to borrow tens of thousands of dollars from loan sharks, sell drugs, and even steal money from parents, boyfriends or girlfriends."(Howey : 1999) At fourteen, an eighth-grader from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida became hooked on gambling. It all started with one bet on a jai alai match. Within a few years he was cutting class and spending 2500 dollars a week on jai alai. He even began stealing money from his parents and the theme park where he worked. By sixteen, Michael G. was an addict.(Nesbit : 1998) Compulsive gambling is an issue that is affecting millions of teenagers nationwide. The thrill of winning money and the attention gained from doing so is enough to cause an addiction. And since gambling is illegal for people under the age of eighteen, it seems more alluring to those who are not of legal age to play. Teens seem to think that gambling is harmless fun, but they have no idea of the problems that can come from it. "As more teens are being drawn into the culture of chance, gambling is influencing American society in deep and unexpected ways."(Morgan : 1996) In teens, at least five percent are problem gamblers and at least nine percent...
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...Gambling addiction Gambling is known as compulsive gambling, is a type of impulse-control disorder. Compulsive gamblers can not control the impulse to gamble, even when gambling is hurting themselves or their loved ones. Gambling is all they can think and all they want to do, no matter the consequences. Gambling addiction is any gambling behavior that affects your life. People who are preoccupied with gambling, spending more time and money, and chasing losses have a serious gambling addiction. In America gambling affect more than 15 million people. Feelings such as depression, stress, loneliness, fear, and anxiety can trigger compulsive gambling or make it worse. Everything starts after a stressful day at work or after a conflict with spouse or coworker, an evening at the casino can seem like fun, and a way to start. There are healthier and inexpensive ways to unpleasant feelings in check like; meditating, exercising, and practicing breathing exercises. Gambling addiction is difficult to leave but the principal factor is to accept the addiction on work on it. Gamblers can not leave it alone they need the help of loved ones and special health clinics to recovers. Every addiction hurts and leaves scars, but with help every thing can be easier. Gambling addiction affects every year more people, is easy to start but takes time, perseverance, and courage to quit. Gambling addiction affects more than 15 million Americans who are problem or pathological gamblers. Gambling does...
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...productive, compulsive Internet use can interfere with daily life, work, and relationships. When you feel more comfortable with your online friends than your real ones, or you can’t stop yourself from playing games, gambling, or compulsively checking your smartphone, tablet, or other mobile device—even when it has negative consequences in your life—then you may be using the Internet too much. Learn about the signs and symptoms of Internet addiction and how to balance your life online and off. ------------------------------------------------- What is Internet addiction or computer addiction? Internet Addiction, otherwise known as computer addiction, online addiction, or Internet addiction disorder (IAD), covers a variety of impulse-control problems, including: * Cybersex Addiction – compulsive use of Internet pornography, adult chat rooms, or adult fantasy role-play sites impacting negatively on real-life intimate relationships. * Cyber-Relationship Addiction – addiction to social networking, chat rooms, texting, and messaging to the point where virtual, online friends become more important than real-life relationships with family and friends. * Net Compulsions – such as compulsive online gaming, gambling, stock trading, or compulsive use of online auction sites such as eBay, often resulting in financial and job-related problems. * Information Overload – compulsive web surfing or database searching, leading to lower work productivity and less social interaction...
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...effects such as physicals problems, affects family relations and academic study. I. Abstract Computer addiction is a very harmful to us. Although it is a new kind of addiction, it spreads all over the world and affects on all ages. Many people suffered from this problem because it effected negatively on them. It has stolen many important things from them such as health, family and time to study. I think that something must be done to those who overuse computers and internet. For example, they should try hard to stay less time on the internet. Also, they should join some centers that could help them to get red of this problem. II. Terms of Reference This research was written as part of the coursework for Visa 4 at Zayed University. It gives the reader information about the bad effects of overusing computers and internet. The information was obtained from books, the internet and databases. The research will show the problems that caused by overusing and internet and how it can effects negatively on health, family relation and academic study. III. Introduction Computer has become an important machines in our life. It plays a vital role in all fields of the life. When we add the internet to this small machine it becomes a big world that could attract many people to enter it and live in it. Moreover, they would become more friendly with it and spend most of their time dealing with it until they fell in a big problem which is called an internet...
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...Ten years ago, the only people who spent a majority of their leisure time on the computer were paid members of the technology industry. Today, however, surfing the Web has become a pastime as social and marketable as bar hopping or going to the movies. As the web has become a part of mainstream life, some mental health professionals have noted that a percentage of people using the web do so in a compulsive and out-of-control manner. In one extreme (1997) Cincinnati case, unemployed mother Sandra Hacker allegedly spent over 12 hours a day secluded from her three young and neglected children while she surfed the Web. For better or for worse, this phenomena of compulsive Internet use has been termed 'Internet Addiction' based on its superficial similarity to common addictions such as smoking, drinking, and gambling. Internet Addiction has even been championed as an actual disorder, notably by psychologists Kimberly Young, Ph.D and David Greenfield, Ph.D.. However, at this time the true nature of Internet Addiction is not yet determined. In a true addiction, a person becomes compulsively dependent upon a particular kind of stimulation to the point where obtaining a steady supply of that stimulation becomes the sole and central focus of their lives. The addict increasingly neglects his work duties, relationships and ultimately even his health in his drive to remain stimulated. In some cases of addiction (such as addiction to alcohol or to heroin), a phenomenon known as tolerance occurs...
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...virtue, that a person should have. The top three answers were honesty, integrity, and a solid work ethic. Gambling is not an activity that could be described using any of these words. Gambling corrupts the values of the life, replacing them with greed and selfishness. It is a form of theft from taxpayers, encourages the neglect of children and jobs, attracts a criminal element, cultivates laziness and lends itself easily to other societal ills such as alcohol and drug use and prostitution. Gambling undermines the work ethic by offering a “something for nothing” attitude and leads people to profit by causing loss to others. Most proponents of gambling consider it to be harmless recreation. However, like the tobacco industry, the gambling industry relies and thrives on addiction. The bulk of the gambling industry’s profits come from problem and compulsive gamblers. In terms of casinos, they produce no wealth for anyone other than the owners. They do not produce a good to be manufactured or exchanged. Almost every dollar spent in a casino is utilized by the casino; -- it is sucked out of the community, not spent elsewhere, or put into a savings account. Gambling and casinos are not economic development. We, as a society, must choose to build a future on solid economic foundation, or build a casino economy where we say it does not matter. The social costs of gambling, the externalities, are hard to quantify. Every casino market has had to deal with rising crime, strained...
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...Addictions Substance Addictions Alavi et al (2012) discussed the difficulties in defining the concept of addiction but the authors believed that the core component for defining the addiction concept is “the dependence on a substance (Alavi et al, 2012).” Substance abuse is a pattern of an individual using a substance to achieve a mood altering purpose. Another reason individuals seek out substances can be due to depression or negative self-esteem, they look at the substance as a chance to escape or as a way to feel in power over their own life. Over time this can develop into a serious problem as the addiction takes hold causing the individual to require the substance more frequently and in higher dosages to achieve the same effect. Capuzzi & Stauffer (2012) felt that in focusing on the behavioral aspects that it captured the tone that addiction has a “chronic, relapsing, and compulsive nature (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).” The cycle of abuse tends to cause the abusers to suffer a decline in their performances within the home, their job, and their role within the family. Types of Substances Capuzzi & Stauffer (2012) examined multiple substances of addiction such as “depressants, stimulants, cannabinoids, hallucinogens, and opioids (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).” A depressant is a substance that lowers the anxiety of the individual taking it, it promotes to the user a sense of well-being. Stimulants provide the users with a feeling of mental alertness, a sense...
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...Chapter 14 Summary A substance-related disorder is a condition (such as intoxication, harmful use/abuse, dependence, withdrawal, and psychoses or amnesia associated with the use of the substance) associated with substance abuse, often involving maladaptive behaviors over a long period of time. In order to be diagnosed with substance dependence an individual must display at least three of the following for a 12 month period: development of tolerance to the substance, withdrawal symptoms, persistent desire/unsuccessful attempts to stop using the substance, ingestion of larger amounts of substance, declined life functioning, and persistent use of substance. Substance intoxication, substance withdrawal, substance abuse and substance dependence are the four substance-related conditions that are present in the DSM-IV-TR. Substance intoxication is a type of substance-induced disorder, consisting of reversible, substance-specific, maladaptive behavioral or psychological changes directly resulting from the physiologic effects on the central nervous system of recent ingestion of or exposure to a drug of abuse, medication, or toxin. Specific cases are named on the basis of etiology, e.g., alcohol intoxication. Substance withdrawal is physiologic and psychological readjustments made during discontinuation of use of a substance previously employed to induce intoxication. Substance abuse is a patterned use of a substance (drug) in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or...
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... Gambling industry Gambling often described as a simple form of entertainment has become Uncomfortable behavoir to many people.Pathological gamblers, gambling addicts or compulsive gamblers are terms used to describe a person who considers gambling more than a diversion. One important reason is the rapid expansion of legal gambling; this expansion has led many people who have never before gambled to try this activity. Today gambling is a socially accepted as night out at the movies and as common as baseball while most people gamble for recreation and suffer no ill effects, the number of problem gamblers has flourished as the industry has grown, both families and communities fell the economic and societal effects of gambling. Gambling is a behavior which causes disruptions in all areas of life psychological, physical and social. It has and element of addiction similar to that of drug and alcohol addiction controlling the impulse. The gambler slowly loses control over the impulse to gamble and becomes emotionaly caught up in the need for the excitement, when losing gamblers are caught up in a frenzy to try to win back losses and when wining become over confident that they will win more, this cycle leads to a preoccupation with gambling. The need to plan the next venture and where to get money consumes the gamblers every thought. These toughts can lead a person into doing things they would normally not do at this stage gambling starts...
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...Introduction Gambling Addiction and Problem Gambling To some people gambling is just a waste of time and money but to some it can be a winning streak. Back then in the 1970s 30-55 years old was the typical age that most people gambled but now the typical age is 17-70 years old. In the United States the legal age to gamble is 21 in most casinos and in some Indian casinos the legal age is 18. There are many ways to gamble there are casinos, online gambling and even home gambling with family or friends. Gambling not only interferes with your money it can also affect and causes problems with an individual’s life. Gambling addiction and problem gambling create physical, emotional, social and financial problems in the lives of the gamblers and their loved ones. Gambling is to put something up for; like money or something that has value. There are many games that involve gambling for example card games, dice games and even sports like football, basketball and boxing, which all involve betting. Gambling is all about taking a risk its either you will or you lose. It also depends on luck its either your lucky or not. Many say gambling is a sin because most religions are against it. Gambling addiction is a behavior disorder that can interfere with an individual’s life. A gambling addict is a person who is out of control. Gambling addiction is also known as pathological or compulsive gambling. “Compulsive gambler’s can not control the impulse to gamble, even when they know their gambling is hurting...
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...overwhelming problems. The elderly, as well as children and adolescents, are particularly vulnerable because they may not realize the extent of their dependency. In many instances, individuals with computer addiction may seek help for another condition, such as depression, phobias or other addictions. Computer addiction is defined as the immoderate/compulsive use of computers so much so that it interferes with daily activities. It is a disorder whereby the individual devotes oneself to activities on the internet such as checking of e-mails, going on social networking sites or plays computer games for 12 hour or more at a time. Computer addicts turn to the internet/computers to attempt to change their moods, overcome anxiety, deal with depression, reduce the feeling of isolation or loneliness, or to distract themselves from overwhelming problems that they are facing. The groups of people that are especially susceptible are the elderly, children and teenagers. This is because they might not realise the extent of their dependency on the computer. Effects of Computer Addiction Computer addiction can have a number of negative effects on individuals physically or psychologically. Psychologically, the most critical are social. As the user spend increasing amount of time on the computer, he/she will start to drift apart from friends and family. Relationship between the user and his/her family and friends will shrivel as he/she stops going for social gatherings...
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...Updates & Kidbits Janice Selekman, DNSc, RN Gambling: Normal Adolescent Activity or Pathologic Addiction? Janice Selekman A 15-year-old comes to the school counselor. He owes $4,000 in gambling debts to a sports-betting bookie, and he doesn’t have the money. He is afraid. Yet, 2 weeks later, he bet on the Super Bowl and won $3,000. A 14-year-old limits his betting to $20 and $30; he only bets what he has and he is happy with his successes. A 17-year-old was born with a malformed arm and cannot play sports; instead, he makes bets on sports games. He sells his belongings to get the money he needs; right now, he owes $700. Are the behaviors of these teens unusual? ngaging in one or more high-risk behaviors is often viewed as a normal expectation during the adolescent years. Whether testing the limits of the speedometer when one first learns to drive, engaging in sex or smoking, or using illegal substances or medications not prescribed to them, teenagers think of themselves as invincible and able to handle anything. Some activities start as innocuous behaviors and only later are found to be harmful, such as using tanning booths to look healthy. New to this list of activities in which adolescents engage is gambling. It occurs with such great prevalence that it is not always recognized as gambling; yet, this behavior, as with any risky behavior, can be detrimental to an adolescent’s health. Gambling, sometimes referred to as “gaming,” is defined as the practice...
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...CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE INTRODUCTION Rationale Addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance such as alcohol, cocaine, nicotine or engages in an activity gambling, sex, shopping that can be pleasurable but the continued use/act of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life responsibilities, such as work. Computer addiction can be described as the excessive or compulsive use of the computer which persists despite serious negative consequences for personal, social or occupational function. Another clear conceptualization is made by Block who stated that Conceptually, the diagnosis is a compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder that involves online and/or offline computer usage and consists of at least three subtypes: excessive gaming, sexual preoccupations, and e-mail/text messaging While it was expected that this new type of addiction would find a place under the compulsive disorders in the DSM 5 the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders it is still counted as an unofficial disorder. The concept of Computer Addiction is broadly divided in two types, namely offline and online Computer Addiction. The term offline Computer Addiction is normally used when speaking about excessive gaming behavior, which can both be practiced offline and online.Online computer Addiction is also known as Internet addiction and...
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...Australia’s gambling losses are the second in the world (Ridley n.d.). The Age (2008) reported that total expenditure of gambling in Victoria reached $4.8 billion in 2007, among the spending; the biggest means of raising the money is poker machines, which lose $2, 6 billion. Australia is estimated to have 400,000 moderate to serious problem gamblers (Haw 2010). It is accounted for 2.8 per cent of the adult population in Australia. The issues of gambling are very important because the problems are not only losing money but it affects person’s whole life and makes social impacts. Furthermore, Australian government productivity commission points out problem gamblers have a harmful influence from five to ten other people, which means that between 1.5 million and 3.3 million Australians are involved in gambling problems (Hudson 2001), but even if troubles related to gambling are rampant in the society, some commentators are arguing that gambling brings economical profit for the public. However, this essay will argue that poker machines should be prohibited because it would reduce financial, psychological and social problems related to gambling, and most importantly it would not be a problem for gamblers. Firstly, gamblers incur loss upon loss. Gambling losses cause business bankruptcies. According to Australian Gambling Council (2010, p.44) 43 business bankruptcies were caused by gambling or speculation that it is accounted for 1.08% of the total. A financial counselor in Adelaide...
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...Updates & Kidbits Janice Selekman, DNSc, RN Gambling: Normal Adolescent Activity or Pathologic Addiction? Janice Selekman A 15-year-old comes to the school counselor. He owes $4,000 in gambling debts to a sports-betting bookie, and he doesn’t have the money. He is afraid. Yet, 2 weeks later, he bet on the Super Bowl and won $3,000. A 14-year-old limits his betting to $20 and $30; he only bets what he has and he is happy with his successes. A 17-year-old was born with a malformed arm and cannot play sports; instead, he makes bets on sports games. He sells his belongings to get the money he needs; right now, he owes $700. Are the behaviors of these teens unusual? ngaging in one or more high-risk behaviors is often viewed as a normal expectation during the adolescent years. Whether testing the limits of the speedometer when one first learns to drive, engaging in sex or smoking, or using illegal substances or medications not prescribed to them, teenagers think of themselves as invincible and able to handle anything. Some activities start as innocuous behaviors and only later are found to be harmful, such as using tanning booths to look healthy. New to this list of activities in which adolescents engage is gambling. It occurs with such great prevalence that it is not always recognized as gambling; yet, this behavior, as with any risky behavior, can be detrimental to an adolescent’s health. Gambling, sometimes referred to as “gaming,” is defined as the practice...
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