Compulsive Gambling Recovery Washington DC

By means of this recovery process compulsive gamblers can realize for the first time in their life that they have been trapped in a world of self destruction.Self help manuals help the compulsive gambler to see things in a new perspective. While a person in under the grips of this addiction they seem to have a hard time focusing on everyday tasks including work. Then one day they realize they have a problem but are not yet ready to deal with it.

Clean and Sober Streets
(202) 783-7343
425 2nd Street NW
Washington, DC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men, Criminal justice clients

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So Others Might Eat Inc (SOME)
(202) 797-8806x1000
60 O Street NW
Washington, DC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Samaritan Inns
(202) 667-8831
2523 14th Street NW
Washington, DC
Services Provided
Halfway house

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Addiction Prevention and Recovery
(202) 535-1242
1300 First Street NE
Washington, DC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Institute for Behavioral Change
(202) 675-8315
401 H Street NE
Washington, DC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Gospel Rescue Ministries
(202) 842-1731x218
810 5th Street NW
Washington, DC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men

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Addiction Prevention and Recovery
(202) 698-6080
1905 E Street SE
Washington, DC
Hotline
(202) 698-6080
Services Provided
Detoxification, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Special Programs/Groups
Seniors/older adults, Women, Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Model Treatment Program
(202) 727-6916
1300 First Street NE
Washington, DC
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Oasis
(202) 396-9480
910 Bladensburg Road NE
Washington, DC
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Howard University Hospital
(202) 865-6611
2041 Georgia Avenue NW
Washington, DC
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Compulsive Gambling Recovery

Self help instruction manuals and chat rooms help out compulsive gamblers to face their addiction directly. By means of this recovery process they can realize for the first time in their life that they have been trapped in a world of self destruction.Self help manuals help the compulsive gambler to see things in a new perspective. While a person in under the grips of this addiction they seem to have a hard time focusing on everyday tasks including work. Then one day they realize they have a problem but are not yet ready to deal with it. They start to learn a little more about what’s happening to them. Even though they realize they have a problem, they don’t know what to do or where to go. In most cases they know about Gamblers Anonymous but are unwilling to reveal their identity. They take the time to surf the internet but still not sure what to do.

They see a recovery program that cost less then twenty dollars. They make the excuse that’s ridiculous it should be for free. That same night they decide to go out to the gambling establishment. They lose over three hundred dollars. They now realize they need help. They go back to that same website but have no credit card or means at that point in time to make a purchase. They decide as soon as they get money they will purchase the stop gambling manual. As soon as they get money they forget they ever have an addiction and head right to the local gambling establishment only to start the cycle all over again. Once they have had en...

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