Behind the 8-Ball : A Recovery Guide for the Families of Gamblers

"This book is essential for gamblers, families, friends, and professionals who need to know more about the personalities of gamblers...It is a precise, updated, and accurate look at how gambling affects families."-Timothy W. Fong, MD, co-director, UCLA Gambling Studies Program

"This book remains as important today as ever and has remained the standard reference for family members of gamblers."-Keith Whyte, executive director, National Council on Problem Gambling

Is someone you care about gambling your life away? You don't have to be a gambler yourself to suffer from the often disastrous effects of excessive gambling. Behind the 8-Ball is the must-have guide to reclaiming your financial, legal, and emotional freedom.

Spouses, parents, siblings, children, friends, and coworkers of the gambler will learn how to:

• Understand why some people lose control of their gambling
• Recognize the compulsive gambler and realistically assess the financial and emotional damage he or she is causing you and others
• Accept that you can't control someone else's gambling
• Encourage the gambler to seek help
• Recover from being involved with a gambler

For anyone who is or has ever been involved with someone who gambles too much, this supportive, informative volume delivers all the tools and motivation you need to rebuild your life.

Mary-Ellen Siegel, M.S.W., is a lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She has authored numerous books in the fields of health, social care and psychotherapy. Siegel is also a psychotherapist in private practice. Linda Berman is a recognized expert in the field of gambling addiction. She earned a master's degree for the Fordham University School of Social Work and maintains a private practice in Westchester County and New York City, New York.