Gambling: Betting Your Life Away (Hope for the Heart)

Statistics on addiction and gambling reveal the negative impacts of gambling addiction. Incidents of bankruptcy, crime, corruption, domestic abuse, destruction of marriages and families, and suicide attempts are higher in the lives of those with a gambling addiction than with any other addiction. This 96-page, Christian addiction recovery mini-book, Gambling: Betting Your Life Away, helps you or your loved one find freedom from an addiction to gambling.

Once the exhilarating ecstasy of winning has captured the mind, will, and emotions, all bets are off on the likelihood that people will find freedom on their own without gambling treatment. But don't bet your life away! With the transforming work and intervention of the Holy Spirit, freedom from a gambling addiction is possible.

This Christian addiction recovery mini-book is easy-to-read and covers signs of the 4 different types of gambling: social gambling, professional gambling, compulsive gambling, and pathological gambling.

Learn the following:
• God's heart on gambling—parables Jesus told on money and gambling
• Gambling's false promises—how to beat the "get rich quick" mentality
• How to know whether you are a problem gambler and need gambling treatment
• Treatment programs for gambling addiction
• How to target a transformed life
• How to walk out of problem gambling in a godly way
• How to conduct a crisis intervention

June Hunt, a Christian counselor, provides helpful insights and biblical wisdom to help you or a friend who struggles with a gambling addiction.