Addiction by Design

Addiction by Design
Author: Natasha Dow Schüll
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2012
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0691127557

machines stems from the consumer, the product, or the interplay between the two. --

Taking Back Your Life

Taking Back Your Life
Author: Diane Rae Davis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2009-10-23
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1592858643

Up-to-date, guided support to help women with a gambling problem achieve the rewards of a hopeful life, free of addiction Up-to-date, guided support to help women with a gambling problem achieve the rewards of a hopeful life, free of addiction Today, more than five million women in the United States struggle with problem gambling, and this number continues to increase as casinos, online card rooms, and other venues continue to multiply.In this groundbreaking book, addiction expert Diane Rae Davis, Ph.D., offers women everywhere the support they need to face this debilitating problem and take the necessary steps to regain control of their lives. Offering information on preventing relapse, finding support groups, and healing relationships with loved ones, Davis uses the most up-to-date research and methods for treatment to help women gamblers:identify what makes them vulnerable to addictionrecognize the costs and consequences of gambling behaviorssee what it means to "hit bottom"determine how to begin and continue on the road to recovery using a virtual toolbox of techniquesEach section of this user-friendly guide highlights real success stories of women who have gone through the same issues and treatment strategies, and who have discovered the rewards of beating a gambling problem and reclaimed hope for their lives.Diane Rae Davis, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services at Eastern Washington University. She has researched and written extensively on addiction and recovery, specifically with regard to women in recovery from compulsive gambling.

Irresistible

Irresistible
Author: Adam Alter
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0735222843

“Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers “One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue our businesses, our families, and our sanity.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction—an age in which half of the American population is addicted to at least one behavior. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes, and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; we work longer hours each year; and we spend an average of three hours each day using our smartphones. Half of us would rather suffer a broken bone than a broken phone, and Millennial kids spend so much time in front of screens that they struggle to interact with real, live humans. In this revolutionary book, Adam Alter, a professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, tracks the rise of behavioral addiction, and explains why so many of today's products are irresistible. Though these miraculous products melt the miles that separate people across the globe, their extraordinary and sometimes damaging magnetism is no accident. The companies that design these products tweak them over time until they become almost impossible to resist. By reverse engineering behavioral addiction, Alter explains how we can harness addictive products for the good—to improve how we communicate with each other, spend and save our money, and set boundaries between work and play—and how we can mitigate their most damaging effects on our well-being, and the health and happiness of our children. Adam Alter's previous book, Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave is available in paperback from Penguin.

Addiction Research Methods

Addiction Research Methods
Author: Peter G. Miller
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2010-02-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781444318869

Addiction Research Methods’ is a comprehensive handbook for health professionals, policy-makers and researchers working and training in the field of addiction. The book provides a clear, comprehensive and practical guide to research design, methods and analysis within the context of the field of alcohol and other drugs. The reader is introduced to fundamental principles and key issues; and is orientated to available sources of information and key literature. Written by a team of internationally acclaimed contributors, the book is divided into six major sections: Introduction; Research Design; Basic Toolbox; Biological Models; Specialist Methods; and Analytical Methods. Each chapter offers an introduction to the background and development of the discipline in question, its key features and applications, how it compares to other methods/analyses and its advantages and limitations. FEATURES List of useful websites and assistive technology. Case study examples List of useful hermeneutics Recommended reading list Contains exercises to help the reader to develop their skills.

Chancers

Chancers
Author: Susan Stellin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1101882743

"For readers of Beautiful Boy, Drinking- A Love Story, andDrycomes a brave shared memoir, told in alternating chapters, of love, addiction, devotion, and redemption. When Stanford-educated New York Timesjournalist Susan Stellin met the edgy and charming Scottish portrait photographer Graham MacIndoe, they fell hard and fast. But after their romantic first few months together, Graham's addiction to heroin and crack slowly eroded their relationship. In Chancers, they tell their story, from Graham's arrest for drug possession, his stint at Riker's Island, and his looming threat of deportation to Susan's struggles, first to distance herself, then to follow her instincts to help him."

How to Stop Gambling

How to Stop Gambling
Author: David a Osei
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2019-11-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781708373269

Make no mistake about it. Overpowering a gambling addiction is hard work. If it were as easy as simply walking away from the gambling casino, slots, sports betting, track or card games, there'd be a lot fewer problem and driven gamblers in the U.S. - and across the world, for that matter. You've likely tried cutting back or even quitting already, with predictable consequences. In no time at all - occasionally just hours - you're right back at it. So, what does it truly take to crush your gambling addiction? It's rather simple, truly, once you get to the center of what it takes to stop a gambling addiction. The problem or compulsive gambler 1st has to authentically wish to quit gambling. That's simpler said than done. A lot of problem gamblers go for years without arriving at that realization.When and if they do, it's frequently only a fleeting desire and not commanding enough for them to take action. That's the 2nd basic requirement to quitting gambling: you have to go through the hard work it will take to defeat your addiction. Oh, the rationalizations quickly issue forth here.

Adolescent Addiction

Adolescent Addiction
Author: Cecilia Essau
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2008
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780123736253

Adolescent Addiction: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment presents a comprehensive review of information on adolescent addiction, including prevalence and co-morbidity rates, risk factors to addiction, and prevention and treatment strategies. Unlike other books that may focus on one specific addiction, this book covers a wide range of addictions in adolescents, including alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, eating, gambling, internet and video games, and sex addiction. Organized into three sections, the book begins with the classification and assessment of adolescent addiction. Section two has one chapter each on the aforementioned addictions, discussing for each the definition, epidemiology, risk factors, co-morbidity, course and outcome, and prevention and intervention. Section three discusses the assessment and treatment of co-morbid conditions in greater detail as well as the social and political implications of adolescent addictions. Intended to be of practical use to clinicians treating adolescent addiction, the book contains a wealth of information that will be of use to the researcher as well. Contributors to the book represent the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. About the Editor: Cecilia A. Essau is professor of developmental psychopathology at Roehampton University in London, UK. Specializing in child and adolescent psychopathology, she has been an author or editor of 12 previous books in child psychopathology and is author of over 100 research articles and book chapters in this area. * Comprehensive with the state-of-the-art information on important and the most common adolescent addiction * Easy to understand and organized chapters * Written by international experts

Rock Addiction

Rock Addiction
Author: Nalini Singh
Publisher: Tka Distribution
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2014-09-09
Genre: Love stories
ISBN: 9781937776992

Molly Webster has always followed the rules. After an ugly scandal tore apart her childhood and made her the focus of the media's harsh spotlight, she vowed to live an ordinary life. No fame. No impropriety. No pain. Then she meets Zachary Fox, a tattooed bad boy rocker with a voice like whiskey and sin, and a touch that could become an addiction.

Vicious Games

Vicious Games
Author: Rebecca Cassidy
Publisher: Anthropology, Culture and Society
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Gambling
ISBN: 9780745340388

Based on over ten years experience working in the industry, this is an exposé of the gambling business