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The Last Bet: A 12 Step Guide to Help You Overcome Compulsive Gambling
Are you or a loved one trapped in the relentless cycle of gambling addiction? Do you feel an uncontrollable urge to keep betting, despite the devastating toll it takes on your life, relationships, and finances? You are not alone, and recovery is possible.
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"The Last Bet" offers a compassionate, structured, and actionable 12-step guide designed to help you break free from compulsive gambling and reclaim your life. This isn't just about stopping gambling; it's about reshaping your life, thoughts, and connections from the inside out.
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Inside this transformative guide, you will discover:
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A Clear Path to Freedom: Understand gambling addiction as a treatable behavioral disorder, not a moral failure, and embark on a proven 12-step framework for lasting change.
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Deep Self-Awareness: Learn to acknowledge the problem without shame, overcome denial, and identify the emotional triggers and behavioral patterns that fuel your addiction.
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Practical Tools & Exercises: Engage with guided reflection prompts, action-focused exercises, and commitment strategies to personalize each step of your recovery journey.
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Healing & Reconciliation: Confront your past actions through honesty and confession, make direct amends to those you’ve harmed, and rebuild trust with yourself and others.
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Sustained Recovery: Learn to maintain daily self-reflection, build a strong support network, manage cravings and triggers, and celebrate every milestone on your path to a fulfilling, gamble-free life.
Whether you're taking your very first step towards recovery or supporting someone through their journey, "The Last Bet" offers clarity, hope, and a proven path forward. It's time to choose a new chapter, one of honesty, connection, and true freedom.
£8.93
Drawing from proven recovery models and real-life experiences, this practical guide walks you through twelve powerful steps designed to rebuild your life from the ground up. Whether you're just starting to recognize the problem or seeking a roadmap to stay on track, this book offers clarity, compassion, and concrete tools to support your journey.
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A step-by-step breakdown of the recovery process
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Guidance for recognizing triggers and building resilience
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Strategies for repairing trust and restoring relationships
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Encouragement from others who’ve walked the same path
You are not alone and it's never too late to make your last bet truly your last. Take the first step toward freedom.
Sample Steps
Admit Gambling has Become Unmanageable
To admit powerlessness is to understand that our behaviour with gambling isn't simply a matter of willpower. Addiction is more than a poor choice or bad habit, it's a condition that affects our brain, our emotions, and our decision making.
When we admit powerlessness, we stop fighting against the reality of our situation. We stop blaming ourselves for "not trying hard enough" and stop pretending that things will magically get better.
Find Hope
In addiction recovery, hope is a catalyst for transformation. It's what pushes you forward when you feel like giving up. It's what gives you the courage to try again after a setback, knowing that change is possible.
Hope is the belief that your past does not define your future, and that you are worthy of healing and peace.
Daily Self-Reflection
Taking a moral inventory means examining both the positive and negative aspects of yourself without judgment. This is a courageous act because it requires vulnerability and a willingness to face the truth of who you are, including your flaws, mistakes, and regrets.
It is equally about acknowledging your strengths, good intentions, and the parts of you that have been lost or hidden due to addiction.
Author - Frank Middleton
After 15 years of struggling with gambling addiction, I reached a turning point and chose recovery. The Last Bet combines my lived experience with the proven strategies that helped me heal. My mission is simple: to remind you that no one is too far gone, and that a better life is always possible.
I wrote this book for anyone who has whispered, “This has to stop” but doesn’t know where to start. If that’s you, know this: you are not alone, and change is possible.