Gambling Addiction & Recovery Support Group

Compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. A preferred term among many professionals is problem gambling, as few people described by the term experience true compulsions in the clinical sense of the word. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others rather...

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Great BBC special

sosickithurts
sosickithurts
Documentary in which Alexis Conran sets out to understand why some people view gambling as a pleasurable pastime, while for others it is a compulsion that can lead to ruin. He talks to members of his family about his father's obsession with betting, which led to his incarceration, and travels round Britain and to Athens and Las Vegas to meet addicts and experts on the subject.

Torrent:

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7128396/Gambling.Addiction.And.Me.The.Real.Hustler.WS.PDTV.x264-C4TV

A worthwhile watch. Very moving.
tagg20
tagg20
Hi sockit,

I attempted to use the link, but am not having much success with it through my IPad . Any suggestions? I am very anxious to see this documentary and feel certain that my guy would enjoy it. He's still scratching his head in disbelief over what CG's high is all about. I still haven't figured it out myself, just yet, but I'll never give trying to understand what makes me tick!

Thanks for sharing this...hope I can connect with it.

Warm regards, and never stop believing that the madness can come to an end!

Tagg
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have seen this video countless times just to remind myself about my sickness. This is a great video and a MUST see for CGs! Another great video is the one made by Louis Theroux (Gambling in Las Vegas) Seen that one numerous times as well.
sosickithurts
sosickithurts
Hi Tagg! Are you familiar with Bit torrents? It is very simple. I cannot explain it myself, but read along - it is definitely worth the download - seeing it in front of our own eyes is rather helpful. Any questions, let me know -

How to download:

How to find and download a file with BitTorrent

Now that you've got a better idea of the terminology and process behind BitTorrent, let's jump right into using BitTorrent.

First you need to download a BitTorrent client (the program that manages your BitTorrent downloads). I'd recommend:

uTorrent for Windows/Mac
Transmission for Mac
Vuze or KTorrent for Linux (Actually, Vuze is cross platform, meaning it will work on Windows and Mac, but on those platforms we still prefer the alternatives listed above.)



Search for a good torrent. There are a handful of really good web sites for downloading torrents (that's right, you search for torrents on the internet). The sites I'd recommend (in no particular order) are: Mininova
The Pirate Bay
isoHunt
TorrentSpy
btjunkie
Demonoid (Demonoid is sort of a members only site, but if you can get yourself a membership, it's one of my favorites [and a great place to find more esoteric downloads].)




Try out whichever one you like. One might fit your tastes better than another, but I've had good experiences with all of these. From this point, search the site using their search box like you're using Googlejust type in the name of what you're looking for. You'll likely get several results, but you want to choose the torrent with the highest number of seeders (indicated in most BitTorrent search results under a field labeled 'S'). Seeders are people who have already downloaded and are sharing the entire file. The more seeders, the faster your download will be. Some sites also provide you with a health meter, which is generally a measure of seeders vs. active downloaders.