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| Formation | 1957 |
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| Founder | Jim W. |
| Founded at | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Legal status | Fellowship |
| Purpose | Healthcare, community |
| Website | Official website |
Gamblers Anonymous (GA) is an international fellowship of people who have a compulsive gambling problem. They meet regularly to share their "experiences, strength and hope",[1][2] so they can help each other solve the problems compulsive gambling has created in their lives, and to help others recover from the addiction of compulsive gambling.[3][4][5][self-published source?] The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop gambling, as stated in the GA Combo book page 2.[6][5]
Gamblers Anonymous uses the term "Compulsive Gambling" instead of "pathological gambling" or "problem gambling" or a "gambling disorder", terms preferred by clinicians and the American Psychiatric Association (APA).[7]
- ^ "Arizona Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc". azccg. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ George, Sanju; Ijeoma, Onuba; Bowden-Jones, Henrietta (2013). "Gamblers Anonymous: overlooked and underused?". Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. 19: 23–29. doi:10.1192/apt.bp.111.009332.
- ^ "Addiction Recovery: The Benefits of Problem Gambling Support Groups". Know The Odds. 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Helping you helps me: Giving and receiving social support in recovery groups for problem gamblers". APA PsycNet.
- ^ a b "Gamblers Anonymous Combo Book". www.gamblersanonymous.org.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Gordon Moody GA UKwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "UCLA Gambling Studies Program". www.uclagamblingprogram.org. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2020.