Mary's story
Mary was able to overcome her gambling issues.
Her relationship with her family became strained, especially as the children got used to the Australian culture more easily than she did. Mary began to feel lost and alone at home. She started to gamble at the casino as an escape. She would go every day and stay until late. She soon isolated herself from the family and became very depressed.
With encouragement and support from a counsellor, Mary explored what had happened in her life and talked through her feelings and identified her problems. This also enabled her to see why she gambled. She realised that gambling had allowed her to stop thinking and feeling, and to escape from her problems and her emotional pain.
Through counselling, Mary was able to work out strategies to cut down gambling, to set new goals for her life, re-establish family relationships and broaden her social contacts. Her need for gambling then gradually faded.
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Very nice article, thank's a lot for it !
Sylvain
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