首页
登录
职称英语
According to the talk, compulsive gambling and alcoholic addiction share similar
According to the talk, compulsive gambling and alcoholic addiction share similar
游客
2024-12-02
20
管理
问题
According to the talk, compulsive gambling and alcoholic addiction share similarities because [br]
One of the largest mental health problems in the US is that of compulsive gambling. Although there are no scientific studies that have discovered the exact number, experts estimate that between 5 and 10 million persons are compulsive gamblers.
Like addiction to alcohol, compulsive gambling crosses all social and economic lines. Compulsive gamblers can be found in any profession and at any level of society. And the addiction affects both men and women.
The gambling compulsion usually starts in the early teens. The more often the young gambler indulges in the compulsion, the more obsessive it becomes. By his early twenties, the average compulsive gambler has moved from small bets on such things as football games, horse races and card games to more adult, more expensive gambling forms.
For the compulsive gambler, life becomes one continuous gambling binge. The compulsion consumes the gambling addict to such a point that nothing else matters, not even health, children or family. Studies by psychiatrists seem to show that compulsive gamblers bet to lose. Compulsive gamblers never stop when they are ahead. Instead they try to win more. One important characteristic of the compulsive gambler is his optimism. Like most human beings he does not like to admit defeat. Consequently, he hides his real motivations for gambling with large amounts of enthusiastic optimism. The more deeply he is committed to betting and losing, the more fanatical his conviction that the next bet will make him wealthy.
Compulsive gamblers will use almost any means to get money to feed their addiction. Borrowing or stealing from friends or family is the first method gamblers usually employ to get cash. Other common ways to get money are embezzlement, robbery or writing false checks.
In recent years psychiatrists discovered some of the basic reasons for compulsive gambling. First, compulsive gamblers almost always come from homes lacking in love. As a result the child grows up still looking for the warmth of family love and parental approval. Another aspect of the nature of the gambling addict is that unconsciously he wants to lose. Psychiatrists believe that compulsive gamblers consciously may expect to win. However, there is a strong element of self-destruction in their inclination to continue betting until all is lost. One New York psychiatrist believes that basically the compulsive gambler is seeking an answer to the question. "Do you love me?" By winning he receives a "yes" answer. However the gambler cannot accept the "yes" he sometimes receives because it is contrary to the reality of his or her unhappy childhood—one lacking in family love. The gambler is compelled to continue betting, thus expressing again and again his need for love and acceptance. When gambling addicts do win some money, they rarely spend any of it on their families. Money is like a sacred thing to the addicts. It is reserved for one thing—placing a bet.
Fortunately, there is hope and help today for gambling addicts. Psychiatric treatment is one possiblility. Group therapy seems to help in some cases. The most readily available and the least expensive help comes from an organization called "Gamblers Anonymous" (or G. A.). Patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous, G.A. has more than ninety chapters in the US with about 3,000 gamblers seeking a cure. One basic rule of G. A. is the gamblers must pay back all their debts, even if it takes many years to do so. Thousands of members credit G. A. with saving them from their addiction and helping them to build new lives free from the gambling sickness. Happily, today with more public interest in helping the gambling addicts overcome his problem and with such organizations as the G. A., the gambler who wants to help to break his addiction now has some place or someone to turn to.
选项
A、balanced
B、biased
C、detached
D、lengthy
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3869608.html
相关试题推荐
Accordingtothetalk,compulsivegamblingandalcoholicaddictionsharesimilar
Accordingtothetalk,compulsivegamblingandalcoholicaddictionsharesimilar
Accordingtosomeexpertsandemployers,manyyoungemployeeswithasingle-
AccordingtotheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil,whatshouldSouthSudando?[b
AccordingtotheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil,whatshouldSouthSudando?[o
Accordingtothehostess,whatisthereasonforincreasedcompetitioninclothi
Accordingtothehostess,whatisthereasonforincreasedcompetitioninclothi
Accordingtothehostess,whatisthereasonforincreasedcompetitioninclothi
AccordingtoSarah,recordeddelivery[br][originaltext]W:Lee,whereareyou
Accordingtothenews,whatmakesthiscreditcarddifferentfromconventionalo
随机试题
Videogameshavebecomeincreasinglypopularinbotharcadesandtheaverage
【B1】[br]【B6】[audioFiles]audio_eufm_j60_007(20082)[/audioFiles]comedians
初中数学《反比例函数》主要教学过程及板书设计 教学过程 (一)引入新课 1.小明家到学校约5千米,在他骑车上学的过程中,你能找出其中变化的量与不变的量吗?
根据药物的质地,主升浮的药物多为A.贝壳类 B.果实 C.矿物 D.
有机磷农药中毒引起中毒症状的原因是体内大量堆积了()。A.乙酰胆碱 B.肾上
()是计算税额的尺度,是税收制度的中心环节。A.税率 B.税目
关于领导一成员交换理论的陈述,正确的有()。A.领导对团体内的成员同样对待
(2020年真题)根据个人所得税法律制度的规定,下列情形中,免征个人所得税的是(
高位截瘫病人排尿障碍表现为A.尿失禁 B.尿潴留 C.无尿 D.尿崩症
根据《特种作业人员安全技术培训考核管理规定》,关于特种作业人员资格许可的说法,正
最新回复
(
0
)