The link between alcohol and gambling addiction - Addiction

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by Linda Spradlin

Everyone has an addiction of some sort, at some level. It could be to shopping, dieting, eating, exercise, drinking, gambling, drug abuse, or any thing else you can think of. Now you may think that shopping or dieting is not
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by Paul Capizola

The link between alcohol and gambling addiction, quite simply is linked by one thing addiction. Addiction is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is
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by Kyle Doucette

Casinos contribute to a gamblers addiction by using "comps" to keep guest happy so they will to continue to gamble in their establishment. The main "comp" used to entice a person with a gambling problem is the free alcoholic
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by Laura Leigh Fields

I watch a lot of televised poker games. During each commercial break, there are a few beer advertisements and almost always an ad telling you how serious gambling addiction can be but what happens in Vegas stays there. At the
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by Marcus Brooks

In nearby Altoona, we have a casino called Prairie Meadows. Since 1990, customers lost their payrolls and monthly checks to the slots, backgammon and crap tables. I don't feel sorry for the suckers. Casinos are built to take
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by V. Kumar

Gambling and alcohol complement each other in ways that increase the need and acceptability of one in the presence of another. Their peculiar symbiotic link derives itself from the impact the two vices have upon the subconscious
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