You could start with "Substance Abuse from a Classical
AdlerianPerspective" at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hstein/aa-1.htm . Many of
the principles might be transposed to compulsive gambling. Also look
at http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/jip.html. To my knowledge,
thrill seeking, as a life task, does not appear in any of Adler's
writings. Perhaps some other author has proposed this.

--- In classicaladlerianpsychology@yahoogroups.com, isgnum1
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> I am interested in researching Adlerian concepts as applies to
> problem & compulsive gambling. I would like to use Adlerian therapy
> with the problem & compulsive gambling population. I seem to
remember
> that there was an article that included thrill seeking as a life
task
> when one reaches the age of about 20. Can someone point me in the
> right direction or give me some guidance in this.
> Ira Gilbert