We Care Community Services & The WE Centre for Addictions Recovery & Education
Polar Puffs & Cakes Pte Ltd will be raising funds for WE CARE Community Services Limited from 20 Feb 2010 to 31 Mar 2010, in conjunction with its tie up with “ Happy Go Lucky” movie. Polar will be producing specially designed butter cookies named Lucky Star Cookies, to be sold at all its 32 retail outlets in Singapore. Each pack of cookies will be sold at $$5.50 and $2 will be donated to WE CARE for every pack of cookies sold.
Facilitated Recovery Enabling Education (F.R.E.E.) - PLUS
Target Group
People with behavioral and chemical addictions in early recovery who are referred by hospitals (e.g. Institute of Mental Health/Community Addictions Management Program, CAMP), doctors and community agencies.
The FREE - PLUS program is a 4 week educational program which aims to :
Benefits of Program
Program Output
Prerequisites
For more information please contact the centre administrator at 64715346.
Gambling can be defined as playing a game of chance for stakes.
Gambling occurs in many forms, most commonly 4D, TOTO, lotteries, casinos (slot machines, table games), bookmaking (sports and horse racing), card rooms, bingo and the stock market.
Pathological gambling is a progressive disease that devastates not only the gambler but everyone with whom he or she has a significant relationship. In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association accepted pathological gambling as a “disorder of impulse control.” It is an illness that is chronic and progressive, but it can be diagnosed and treated.
Pathological gambling is defined as “the inability to resist impulses to gamble, leading to severe personal or social consequences.” In other words, a gambling addiction is very similar to any other addiction, be it caffeine, drugs, alcohol, or nicotine. A pathological gambler is so addicted that he can’t break the cycle of his gambling.
Robert L. Custer, M.D., identified the progression of gambling addiction as including three phases:
During the winning phase, gamblers experience a big win or a series of wins that leaves them with unreasonable optimism that their winning will continue. This leads them to feel great excitement when gambling, and they begin increasing the amounts of their bets.
During the losing phase, the gamblers often begin bragging about wins they have had, start gambling alone, think more about gambling and borrow money legally or illegally. They start lying to family and friends and become more irritable, restless and withdrawn. Their home life becomes more unhappy, and they are unable to pay off debts. The gamblers begin to “chase” their losses, believing they must return as soon as possible to win back their losses.
During the desperation phase, there is a marked increase in the time spent gambling. This is accompanied by remorse, blaming others and alienating family and friends. Eventually, the gamblers may engage in illegal acts to finance their gambling. They may experience hopelessness, suicidal thoughts and attempts, arrests, divorce, alcohol and/or other drug abuse, or an emotional breakdown.
