As clinical practice manager at gambling addiction counselling and advice service Gamcare, Adrian Scarfe doesn't believe you have to hit rock bottom before you can come back up.

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So even a dyed-in-the-wool Zynga bear might be forced to consider that the stock may have finally hit rock bottom.

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Pam van Hylckama Vlieg of Williamsburg, Virginia, says her great grandfather, Glen Surber, resorted to stealing food at times because he had hit rock-bottom.

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Since last November, when a band of its members slaughtered 58 tourists near Luxor, bringing the country's lucrative tourist trade to a standstill, Gamaat's popularity has hit rock bottom.

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He had hit both the rock and the bottom and was continuing to fall.

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Back when I was raising money for my Internet marketing company, NetCreations, in 1998, the Russian debt crisis hit and we started getting calls from VCs looking to get in at a rock-bottom valuation.

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North-South relations during Mr. Lee's term hit rock bottom after he ended a few-questions-asked aid policy and called on North Korea to show it was willing to change its confrontational behavior before dialogue could begin.

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