compulsive gambling

"Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self-help-measures to limit their usage, yet repeatedly fail, while parents feel particularly powerless to help their children . . . Rather than blaming users, this book shatters the illusion that we autonomously choose how to spend our time online. It shifts the moral responsibility and accountability for solutions to corporations. Drawing lessons from the tobacco and food industries, the book demonstrates why government regulation is necessary to curb technology addiction. It describes a grassroots movement already in action across courts and legislative halls . . . provides a blueprint to develop this movement for change, to one that will allow us to finally gain control"--Provided by publisher.

As legalized gambling spreads in the United States, the problem of gambling addiction is likely to get worse. Research shows that people become addicted to gambling for physiological, psychological, and emotional reasons. Addicted to Gambling presents a realistic picture of addiction, the effects of addiction on people's lives, and how addiction can be overcome.

Presents a realistic picture of addiction, the effects of addiction on people's lives, and how addiction can be overcome.

Todd enters the high-stakes world of gambling in the hopes of winning enough cash to impress Claire, but he soon finds himself in over his head.

The way twelve-year-old Ked Eakins of Norton, Maine, sees it his life has been stolen from him, piece by piece; first by kyphosis, a spinal abnormality which has made him a social outcast at school and a target for the school bully, by his friends who have recently abandoned him, by his mother who left for the West Coast taking the insurance which might have saved him with her, and by his father who is a gambling addict who has lost the rent money--but Ked is a builder, and using the school's Maker Space he intends to build his life back, and maybe make a few real friends, and save his father while he is at it.

Todd enters the high-stakes world of gambling in the hopes of winning enough cash to impress Claire, but he soon finds himself in over his head.

The author shares the story of his life growing up as a black youth in Jackson, Mississippi. Highlights moments ranging from his experiences with sexual violence at a young age to his complicated relationship with his family.

Mark Twain's classic story about a gambler who comes into the possession of a talented frog named Daniel Webster that is claimed to be able to vault further than any other frog of its kind in the county.

Discusses the phenomenon of compulsive gambling among teenagers, how to recognize the signs of addiction, and steps that can be taken to deal with this problem.