A Tough Task – Policing Sports
...the sports gambling industry continues to expand, much of the growth coming among the young, helping to create a whole new generation of problem gamblers.
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Addicted to Exercise?
Like addicts deprived of their drug of choice, the compulsive exerciser may report a deep sense of loss, accompanied by symptoms such as sleeplessness, irritability, depression, anxiety.
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The ‘Have To” Disorder
Compulsive behaviors are generally thought to stem from anxiety, and that’s certainly common enough among the newly clean and sober.
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Is Social Media Addictive?
It would be difficult for the defense to argue that this isn’t done intentionally, for the purpose of keeping patrons coming back for more. And more, and more.
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Sports Gambling — A Chip Off the Old Block
If they showed the losers– vast hordes of them– it would almost certainly discourage people from placing a bet.
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Gambling with TikTok
They’re mostly young themselves, as is their target audience, and dedicated to portraying gambling as a far more fun, safe, and profitable activity than it really is.
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The Price of Gambling
That’s what I’d be interested in seeing. A rich industry sharing more of its wealth with the people who become its victims.
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A Congressman’s Crusade
You’d have to be blind not to see the potential for serious problems, especially when you’re talking about high school and college-age students.
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A Pro Goes Public
His motivation was the adverse effect it was having on his relationships, especially with his family.
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Are Internet disorders really addictions?
From a counseling perspective, it was clear to our clinical team that his habitual Internet use had reached a point where it was inseparable from his drug use.
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Colleges Get Into Gambling
Why would an otherwise respectable educational institution get involved with gambling? “Next they’ll be hawking meth pills in the bookstore,” joked a counselor.
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Sex Addiction & the Atlanta Murders
The fact remains that the vast majority of persons who suffer from such difficulties never do what Robert Aaron Long did — which is to deliberately set out to murder a large number of total strangers.
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Is Video Gaming Addiction a Real Addiction?
…the existence of something called “gaming disorder” doesn’t threaten gaming itself, any more than the existence of alcoholism means nobody can drink safely.
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