Professional Gambling Counseling in Grand Island, NE

Overcome Your Struggles With Gambling Counseling in Kearney, NE

If you're not gambling just for fun anymore, Making Choices Counseling can help you overcome your addiction. We'll work with you to help you learn to be a responsible gambler or even to quit gambling completely. Gambling treatment is FREE through the Gamblers Assistance Program (GAP). Explore our list of GAP Counselors to find qualified assistance with your gambling troubles.

All of our gambling counseling in Grand Island, NE is confidential and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Don't wait to get help, whether you're winning or losing your games. You deserve to have the help you need before your luck runs out. Learn how to spot the signs of gambling addiction before your problem becomes unmanageable! You can visit our office or call the Nebraska Gambling Hotline 1-833-BETOVER (238-6837.)

Keep These Tricks Handy

• Think of your lost money as the cost of entertainment
• Set a dollar limit and a time limit
  
• Understand you'll probably lose and accept that as a part of the game
  
• Use only your own money to gamble
  
• Don't let gambling get in the way of work or your life
  
• Don't chase losses
  
• Don't use gambling as a coping mechanism for physical or emotional pain

How to Spot the Signs

• Preoccupied with gambling and unable to stop
• Bragging about gambling, exaggerating wins, and minimizing losses
  
• Restless and irritable when not gambling
  
• Gambling to win back what you've lost
  
• Borrowing money for gambling
  
• Lying to hide time spent gambling or unpaid debts
  
• Frequent unexplained absences
  
• Losing work time because of gambling
  
• Doing something illegal to get money for gambling
  
• Jeopardizing a significant relationship or job by gambling

The Nebraska Gamblers Assistance Program