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WHAT IS COMPULSIVE GAMBLING? For most people, gambling is a recreational activity. However, for an estimated 2%-3% of the U.S. population, gambling becomes an addiction. Compulsive gambling is a progressive disease, much like alcoholism or drug addiction. In many cases, the addiction is hidden. Eventually, the gambler cannot function without gambling and begins to withdraw from all other activities. Although not all compulsive gamblers show the same signs and symptoms of addiction (there are differences in gender, age or cultural backgrounds), most will: Use gambling as a coping strategy to mask underlying emotional pain. Rely on the excitement to make themselves feel good. Wager increasing amounts to win back their losses. Believe that a big win will rescue them from mounting debt.. Hide their gambling from family and friends. See the gambling as a financial problem, not an emotional one. Eventually become emotionally, mentally and physically distressed. Are you aware that... 2-3% of the U.S. population meets the criteria for a gambling problem? That's between 6 and 9 MILLION individuals! Every compulsive gambler negatively affects at least 7 other people. *Seniors and teens are the two fastest growing groups of gamblers.* Did you find help here Let us know! SPANISH VERSION click here! or call 1 - 888 - NO JUEGO 1 - 888 - 665 - 8346	'TIS THE SEASON FOR GIVING Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to the Arizona Council YOUR GENEROSITY MAKES A LIFESAVING DIFFERENCE! Are YOU Practicing "Safe Gifting"? Have you ever bought a handful of scratchers and tucked them into a child's holiday stocking? Or enclosed a scratch-off ticket in a greeting card or gift? Many of us have followed this practice for years without giving it a second thought. It's fun, convenient and inexpensive. It's harmless, right? Or is it? Something as benign as scratching off a $1 gamecard could stimulate the pleasure center of a child's brain and send a subtle message of social acceptability and adult approval. Please, think before you gift! Gambling Got You Down? You've come to the right place. On this site, you'll find a wealth of information, understanding and hope. Start with Types of Gambler; you may recognize yourself. If you're a woman, click on Female Gamblers. Over 50% of all calls for help to the Arizona Council Helpline are from women. If you're a man, click on Male Gamblers for important facts. Male or female, young or old, if you are experiencing problems or are affected by compulsive gambling, awareness is the first step toward a happier and healthier life. ACCG can help, so call us whenever you're ready. It's free and confidential. SOME MYTHS AND FACTS MYTH: Gamblers can just stop if they really want to. FACT: Compulsive gambling is a psychological disorder, just as difficult to arrest as addiction to drugs or alcohol. Read More MYTH: Gamblers are just lazy, low life degenerates. FACT: Gambling addicts have healthy and unhealthy personality traits, just like the rest of us. Read More	THE INVISIBLE LINE... An invisible line separates the majority of individuals who gamble recreationally from the small minority who cannot. HAVE YOU CROSSED IT? Compulsive gambling addiction, like drug addiction and alcoholism, creates increasingly unmanageable life issues for the gambler and his/her family. Ask yourself the following 8 questions. If you answer yes to any of them, please call 1-800-777-7207. ARE YOU PREOCCUPIED WITH THOUGHTS OF GAMBLING, OR URGES TO GAMBLE, ESPECIALLY AFTER EMOTIONAL UPSETS? DO YOU USE GAMBLING TO SOLVE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OR TO ESCAPE FROM WORRIES OR FEARS? DO YOU PLAN LEISURE ACTIVITIES, LIKE FAMILY VACATIONS, AROUND GAMBLING OPPORTUNITIES? WHEN YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GAMBLE, IS YOUR MOOD OR BEHAVIOR NEGATIVELY AFFECTED? ARE YOU DEFENSIVE ABOUT YOUR GAMBLING WHEN OTHERS ASK "WHY?" OR "HOW OFTEN?" OR "HOW MUCH?" DO YOU MINIMIZE OR JUSTIFY YOUR GAMBLING TO YOURSELF, AND THEN HIDE IT OR LIE ABOUT IT TO OTHERS? ARE YOU NEGLECTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, ISOLATING FROM FAMILY AND/OR AVOIDING YOUR FRIENDS? HAVE YOU TRIED REPEATEDLY AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TO CONTROL OR STOP YOUR GAMBLING? If you think you have crossed the line, please call 1-800-777-7207 Coming up in 2012... National Problem Gambling Awareness Week March 4 through 10 26th National Conference on Problem Gambling July 13 & 14 Milwaukee, WI
The ACCG is a proud affiliate of the National Council on Problem Gambling The Arizona Council's primary funding comes from "Casino Arizona" An enterprise of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

WELCOME TO THE ACCG HOMEPAGE

WHAT IS COMPULSIVE GAMBLING?

stressed For most people, gambling is a recreational activity. However, for an estimated 2%-3% of the U.S. population, gambling becomes an addiction.

Compulsive gambling is a progressive disease, much like alcoholism or drug addiction. In many cases, the addiction is hidden. Eventually, the gambler cannot function without gambling and begins to withdraw from all other activities. Although not all compulsive gamblers show the same signs and symptoms of addiction (there are differences in gender, age or cultural backgrounds), most will:

Use gambling as a coping strategy to mask underlying emotional pain.
Rely on the excitement to make themselves feel good.
Wager increasing amounts to win back their losses.
Believe that a big win will rescue them from mounting debt..
Hide their gambling from family and friends.
See the gambling as a financial problem, not an emotional one.
Eventually become emotionally, mentally and physically distressed.

Are you aware that...
2-3% of the U.S. population meets the criteria for a gambling problem? That's between 6 and 9 MILLION individuals!

Every compulsive gambler negatively affects at least 7 other people.

Seniors and teens are the two fastest growing groups of gamblers.

Did you find help here
Let us know!

SPANISH VERSION
click here!
or call
1 - 888 - NO JUEGO
1 - 888 - 665 - 8346

'TIS THE SEASON FOR GIVING

Click here to make a
tax-deductible donation
to the Arizona Council

YOUR GENEROSITY MAKES A LIFESAVING DIFFERENCE!

Are YOU Practicing
"Safe Gifting"?

Have you ever bought a handful of scratchers and tucked them into a child's holiday stocking? Or enclosed a scratch-off ticket in a greeting card or gift?

Many of us have followed this practice for years without giving it a second thought. It's fun, convenient and inexpensive. It's harmless, right? Or is it?

Something as benign as scratching off a $1 gamecard could stimulate the pleasure center of a child's brain and send a subtle message of social acceptability and adult approval. Please, think before you gift!

Gambling Got You Down?

You've come to the right place. On this site, you'll find a wealth of information, understanding and hope.

Start with Types of Gambler; you may recognize yourself. If you're a woman, click on Female Gamblers. Over 50% of all calls for help to the Arizona Council Helpline are from women. If you're a man, click on Male Gamblers for important facts. Male or female, young or old, if you are experiencing problems or are affected by compulsive gambling, awareness is the first step toward a happier and healthier life.

ACCG can help, so call us whenever you're ready. It's free and confidential.

SOME MYTHS AND FACTS

MYTH: Gamblers can just stop if they really want to.
FACT: Compulsive gambling is a psychological disorder, just as difficult to arrest as addiction to drugs or alcohol. Read More

MYTH: Gamblers are just lazy, low life degenerates.
FACT: Gambling addicts have healthy and unhealthy personality traits, just like the rest of us. Read More

THE INVISIBLE LINE...

An invisible line separates the majority of individuals who gamble recreationally from the small minority who cannot.

HAVE YOU CROSSED IT?

Compulsive gambling addiction, like drug addiction and alcoholism, creates increasingly unmanageable life issues for the gambler and his/her family.

Ask yourself the following 8 questions.
If you answer yes to any of them,
please call 1-800-777-7207.

ARE YOU PREOCCUPIED WITH THOUGHTS OF GAMBLING, OR URGES TO GAMBLE, ESPECIALLY AFTER EMOTIONAL UPSETS?

DO YOU USE GAMBLING TO SOLVE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OR
TO ESCAPE FROM WORRIES OR FEARS?

DO YOU PLAN LEISURE ACTIVITIES, LIKE FAMILY VACATIONS,
AROUND GAMBLING OPPORTUNITIES?

WHEN YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GAMBLE,
IS YOUR MOOD OR BEHAVIOR
NEGATIVELY AFFECTED?

ARE YOU DEFENSIVE ABOUT YOUR GAMBLING WHEN OTHERS ASK "WHY?" OR "HOW OFTEN?" OR "HOW MUCH?"

DO YOU MINIMIZE OR JUSTIFY
YOUR GAMBLING TO YOURSELF,
AND THEN HIDE IT OR
LIE ABOUT IT TO OTHERS?

ARE YOU NEGLECTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES,
ISOLATING FROM FAMILY AND/OR
AVOIDING YOUR FRIENDS?

HAVE YOU TRIED
REPEATEDLY AND UNSUCCESSFULLY
TO CONTROL OR STOP YOUR GAMBLING?

If you think you have crossed the line,
please call 1-800-777-7207

Coming up in 2012...
National Problem Gambling
Awareness Week
March 4 through 10

26th National Conference
on Problem Gambling
July 13 & 14
Milwaukee, WI

The ACCG is a proud affiliate of the National Council on Problem Gambling

The Arizona Council's primary funding comes from "Casino Arizona"
An enterprise of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community


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