Breaking the Bet: An Eight-Step Program to Overcome Gambling Addiction

By Tyrone Hines

An Eight Step Program to Overcome Gambling Addiction

You've tried to stop before. Maybe more than once. You've promised yourself this time is different, only to watch the money, the hours, and the trust slip away again. If that sounds familiar, this book was written for you.

Breaking the Bet is not a memoir and not a lecture. It's a structured, research-based program that treats gambling addiction for what it actually is: a recognized behavioral disorder with a real basis in the brain, not a moral failing or a matter of weak will. Drawing on cognitive behavioral therapy, the approach with the strongest evidence base for gambling recovery, it walks you through eight clear steps, each building on the last.

Step by step, you'll learn to see the addiction cycle clearly and understand the science that makes gambling so hard to quit. You'll put real barriers between yourself and the bet, with practical guidance on blocking tools, self-exclusion programs, and protecting your finances. You'll map your personal triggers, learn to answer the distorted thoughts that keep the cycle running, and build a fuller life to fill the space gambling once occupied. And because recovery is rarely a straight line, you'll finish with an honest, shame-free plan for handling setbacks and sustaining your recovery for the long term.

Every chapter includes plain-language explanations, honest reflection questions, and concrete exercises, turning insight into action you can actually take.

Recovery is not about never struggling again. It's about knowing what to do when you do. Whatever brought you here, and however many times you've tried before, change is possible, and you don't have to do it alone.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HC4W3CTB
• ISBN13: 9798189422492
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"