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Recovering Compulsive Gambler (OPL Human Library 2013)

High Stakes
High Stakes The Rising Cost of America's Gambling Addiction By Skolnik, Sam (Book - 2011) 362.25 SKOLN Available in some locations

Annotation: Examines the consequences of the surge in gambling in the past 35 years due to the increase in Internet gambling, the poker craze, and more states with casinos

Betting Their Lives
Betting Their Lives The Close Relations of Problem Gamblers By Tepperman, Lorne (Book - 2009) 363.420971 T314 Available in some locations

Annotation:Based on first-hand interviews that take us right into the lives of problem gamblers, . . . this book looks into the personal relationships of problem gamblers, and comes out with some surprising results

Born to Lose
Born to Lose Memoirs of A Compulsive Gambler By Lee, Bill (Book - 2005) 362.25 L477 Available in some locations

Annotation:My history of gambling really began before I was born." So opens Bill Lee's self-told story of gambling addiction, which is set in San Francisco's Chinatown and steeped in a culture where it is not unheard of for gamblers to lose their children to a bet.

Losing Mariposa
Losing Mariposa The Memoirs of A Compulsive Gambler By Little, Doug (Book - 2002) 921 L7772 Available in some locations

Annotation:The harrowing memoir of Little's two-year binge as a compulsive gambler

Gambling Addiction
Gambling Addiction The Problem, the Pain, and the Path to Recovery By Eades, John M. (Book - 2003) All copies in use. Availability details
Losing your Shirt
Losing your Shirt Recovery for Compulsive Gamblers and Their Families By Heineman, Mary (Book - 2001) 616.85841 H468 Available in some locations
Le jeu excessif
Le jeu excessif comprendre et vaincre le gambling (Book - 2000 - French) 616.8584 J58 Available in some locations
Fall from Grace
Fall from Grace By Arthurson, Wayne (Book - 2011) ARTHU Available in some locations Holds: 1 on 6 copies

Annotation:(Fiction) Edmonton newspaper reporter Leo Desroches struggles with a gambling addiction that threatens his family and career while covering the murder of a young native prostitute and triggering a violent chain of events.

Et l'été reviendra
Et l'été reviendra roman By Bordes, Gilbert (Book - 2008 - French) BORDE Available in some locations

Annotation:(Roman) Clément Laurrière a tout pour être heureux - une femme merveilleuse, deux beaux enfants, une bonne situation. Mais il souffre d'une maladie dévorante : le démon du jeu. En une nuit, le jeune homme perd au poker une véritable fortune et hypothèque l'avenir des siens. Aussi disponible en format Gros Charactères et comme audiobook MP3CD

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