Archive for November, 2006

Listed by most recent articles first.

• Treatments for Compulsive Gambling
  If you have a gambling problem, call the Gambling State Hotline or Gamblers Anonymous Hotline and enlist the support of others who have the same problem. This is paramount. Many compulsive gamblers go through terrifying experiences ...
• Symptoms of Compulsive Gambling
  The following signs and symptoms indicate compulsive gambling: increasing the frequency and the amount of money gambled spending the majority of free time thinking about gambling spending an excessive amount of time gambling at the expense ...
• Frequently Asked Questions about Compulsive Gambling
  I only go on gambling binges periodically. Do I have a problem? Yes, if your binges exhibit out-of-control behavior. Many compulsive gamblers report that although their gambling urge is sporadic, the intervals between binges are ...
• An Introduction to Compulsive Gambling
  Although gambling does not produce the cognitive or physical impairment associated with alcohol or drug abuse, an obsession with gambling can be just as devastating. Compulsive gambling can destroy social, personal and occupational or educational ...
• On Socks and Other Sacred Objects – The Grieving Process
  "I used to complain about all of the laundry that my son generated, especially the socks. He used to change them about three times a day because he was so active. A few weeks after ...
• Keeping the Dream Alive
  Presidents' Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day bring to mind the fact that national leaders have the ability to affect the well-being of many, many people. Such commemorations also offer us an opportunity to ...
• How Men Grieve
  Let my pain be unacknowledged, Let my wit resilient be, Let him never know the difference His indifference made to me. — Dorothy ...
• Choosing Euthanasia for Your Pet
  There is no simple way to accept when you need to make a decision regarding ending the life of your pet. This kind of purposeful death is called "euthanasia," and which many people refer to ...
• Explaining the Loss of a Pet to a Child
  Children are capable of understanding, each in their own way, that life must end for all living things. Support their grief by acknowledging their pain. The death of a pet can be an opportunity for ...
• The 5 Stages of Loss and Grief
  The stages of mourning are universal and are experienced by people from all walks of life. Mourning occurs in response to an individual's own terminal illness or to the death of a valued being, human ...
• Understanding the Loss of Your Pet
  The loss of a pet is like the loss of a close family member to many people. For some, the loss of a pet can be felt even more tragically and more acutely than the ...
• Grieving the Loss of a Pet
  When a parent, spouse, child or someone close to us dies, our loss is usually met with sympathy, comfort, and offerings of sincere condolence. We are allowed to grieve. We are allowed to cry. We ...
• Grief, Healing and the One-to-Two Year Myth
  Motrin, Advil, Pepcid AC. They all claim to work quickly to relieve the physical symptoms of pain and we expect to feel better within minutes. Living as we do in a culture having no tolerance ...
• Children and Grief
  Children often are disenfranchised in their grief. Well-meaning adults try to protect them from the enormousness of loss by distracting them, telling them half-truths, even lying to them about the death of someone they loved. ...
• Coping with Unexpected Job Loss
  Hearing about employment layoffs isn't a rare event anymore. As the economy slows down, more and more businesses are making cutbacks or going out of business. If you or someone you know has gotten laid ...