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This Must Be Hell: A Look at Pathological Gambling

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A number of Vignettes highlighting actual accounts of people becoming embroiled in the "hell" of pathological gambling. This is a well written, inexpensive, and easy read. I believe it is useful as an introduction to the topic.

With the explosion of Casinos all over America we are seeing an equally proportionate rate of ruined lives related to gambling. The suicide rate among problem gamblers is extraordinarily high. It is most important for healthcare professionals, both in addiction and general medicine, to become familiar with this problem and screen patients for potential gambling addiction. This book was part of my curriculum as an addictions counselor in the state of New York.

Another excellent book on this topic is 'Born to Lose' by Bill Lee, who also wrote the book inspiring the movie 'Chinatown'.

This book is riddled with typos, missing words, and even missing sentences. I managed to get through about 30% of the book, but finally could not stand it any longer. The book title is actually very apropos - it describes perfectly what reading the book is like. There are numerous other options out there which are much better on every level, including Behind the 8-Ball and Born to Lose. Don't waste your money on this one!

I bought this book in conjunction with one other, "Behind the 8 Ball", in order to understand what was occuring in my life due to my husband's compulsive gambling. I can't even READ it as there are many sentences and paragraphs missing in the first chapter.

It is obvious that the writer uploaded a file with many typographical errors in it and that it was published with content missing.

IF the book were to be edited properly and the missing text added so that you could make sense of the writing, it may be a decent book, but there is no way to tell without having the full text to read.

I was very disappointed. I'm not talking about a typo here or there, I'm talking about paragraphs in there entirety missing, like someone accidently high-lighted text and hit delete. There are pages where the text starts mid-sentence as well.

I can't comment on the quality of the material as it just isn't there. I would not recommend anyone purchase this edition of this book as you simply cannot read it. I wasted my money, unfortunately.

IN THE ACTION MAN, THAT'S WHAT I WANT, WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY, HOUSE, CAR AND YOU MIGHT LAND IN JAIL?