Problem Gambling Services
 

Treatment and Information Resources:

Gambling Help Line at 1-888-795-6111
The Problem Gambling Help Line is a confidential, toll-free service available to all British Columbians. It provides counselling information and referral 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Information and referral specialists can provide immediate information for problem gamblers, their families and friends, and can refer callers to professional problem gambling counselling services around the province

• Free Counseling Services 
     - TDCSS Counselling and Support Services
         1-888-638-8117
         1-250-635-3178 
   Doug Sandwell - Problem Gambling Counsellor

• Self-Exclusion Program
  a voluntary program for those who experience difficulty associated with gambling
  

• Free Gambling Information Sessions
  Alan Sauvé - Problem Gambling Prevention Provider (Terrace)
  Sheri Pringle - Problem Gambling Prevention Provider (Prince Rupert)
  

        • Brochures and Posters (available upon request) 
        • Responsible Gambling Website - www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca
                  

Gambling Talk:

The purpose of this segment is to post current research or articles/links on the subject of gambling that, may be of some interests or use to the reader. For instance , there is a new "Time: Your Brain: A User's Guide" that's in the 7-11's right now. It seems to have some very helpful and basic information on problem gambling with a chapter on addiction...

http://www.1877mylimit.org/problemgamblingandthebrain.asp

...than again on the flipside of that agrument there is also this article

http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/26/addiction-new-research-suggests-its-a-choice/

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