Swiss Docs Prove Blackjack Casino Gambling Best Cure for Cocaine Users
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A team of top psychologists in Switzerland have discovered that gambling at a casino blackjack table will significantly lower relapse and decrease usage among cocaine and crack addicts.
There is a new, unconventional treatment method for curtailing cocaine or crack addiction that is much more pleasant, and has a higher success rate, than 28-day-rehab clinics or 12-step meetings.
A strange theory was proposed at a major Swiss hospital, a few years back, when a team of psychologists were experimenting with alternative methods of breaking the cycle of cocaine addiction. At the time Dr. Geneva Francois Crespo and Dr. Sylvie Petit Jean decided to see if it’s possible to refocus the brain’s reward center away from cocaine and into a more constructive activity.
On February 14, 2011 they disclosed their findings, which demonstrate that gambling is the best known way to treat crack or cocaine addiction. Swiss health insurance companies are already beginning to accept this treatment option, which involves the addict spending time playing blackjack, or other casino games along with psychotherapy. Since every person’s brain chemistry is different and brain cells interconnect in different ways, online blackjack may work best for some addicts while roulette or video poker for others.
Dr. Crespo explains why blackjack card games help stop the desire to use cocaine – “After cocaine is used, it activates the reward center inside the brain. The brain released euphoric hormones and neurotransmitters such as dopamine, oxytocin and adrenaline which act as a mood enhancer. The same occurs with gambling: the brain perceives a reward from winning or the potential of a reward. The reward causes intense moments of happiness, which compensate for the desire to use cocaine.”
Dr. Crespo contends that cocaine addiction and problems with gambling are far from the same – “Problem gambling is a different brain emphasis than cocaine addiction. The desire to gamble is present from birth; it is not a learned characteristic. The desire to use cocaine is learned and reinforced behavior. You can see small children making bets about whose father is strongest without being taught to do so, but you will not see children look for cocaine unless someone teaches them first.”
Blackjackchamp.com does not recommend you to teach your crack addicted nephew basic blackjack rules and drag them to the nearest blackjack table. More time is needed to determine the long term relapse statistics. However, the next time you hear someone snarl about the evils of casinos or blackjack, don’t be afraid to mention this surprising, newly discovered benefit for millions of people unable to break cocaine dependency.
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I thought this was a joke until I looked up the names of the doctors and read the translation. Weird but true. Swiss have nice insurance companies to accepts this treatment, in USA it would never happen.
I thought this was a joke until I looked up the names of the doctors and read the translation. Weird but true. Swiss have nice insurance companies to accepts this treatment, in USA it would never happen.
The person sitting next to you in church, the man in line at the grocery store, or one of your co-workers; any one of these could be involved with a gambling problem. Imagine your grandmother committing a crime to support her gambling addiction. I am a recovering alcoholic, gambler, and have recovered from other addictive behaviors. I published a book, Gripped by Gambling, where the readers can follow the destructive path of the compulsive gambler, a prison sentence, and then on to the recovery road.
I recently published a second book, Switching Addictions, describing additional issues that confront the recovering addict. These are two books you might consider adding to your library. I also publish a free online newsletter, Women Helping Women, which has been on-line for more than ten years and is read by hundreds of women (and men) from around the world. I was recently interviewed by CBS for the 60 Minutes show which aired in January 2011.
Sincerely,
Marilyn Lancelot
The person sitting next to you in church, the man in line at the grocery store, or one of your co-workers; any one of these could be involved with a gambling problem. Imagine your grandmother committing a crime to support her gambling addiction. I am a recovering alcoholic, gambler, and have recovered from other addictive behaviors. I published a book, Gripped by Gambling, where the readers can follow the destructive path of the compulsive gambler, a prison sentence, and then on to the recovery road.
I recently published a second book, Switching Addictions, describing additional issues that confront the recovering addict. These are two books you might consider adding to your library. I also publish a free online newsletter, Women Helping Women, which has been on-line for more than ten years and is read by hundreds of women (and men) from around the world. I was recently interviewed by CBS for the 60 Minutes show which aired in January 2011.
Sincerely,
Marilyn Lancelot
Do you books tell how to stop using cocain by spending 12 hours in casino? if not maybe u should update the,
Do you books tell how to stop using cocain by spending 12 hours in casino? if not maybe u should update the,
finally somebody proved my theory
finally somebody proved my theory
were the doctors high?
were the doctors high?
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