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10 - The Thinking Traps Driving Gambling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2022

By
Venetia Leonidaki
Edited by
Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE  and
Venetia Leonidaki
Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE
Affiliation:
National Problem Gambling Clinic, London
Venetia Leonidaki
Affiliation:
National Problem Gambling Clinic, London
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Summary

Most of the time, you are probably aware that gambling is not the solution to your problems. Yet, you may still have thoughts popping into your mind that make you believe the opposite. Your thoughts may sound something like: ‘This time will be different’ or ‘If l win, I will pay my debts and walk away’. This chapter is about being able to catch these thoughts and take some distance from them, before you learn how to challenge them in Chapter 11.

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Breaking Free
How To Stop Gambling
 , pp. 87 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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