- Do you find yourself constantly bothered by bill
collectors?
- Is the person in question
often away from home for long, unexplained periods of time?
- Does this person ever lose
time from work due to gambling?
- Do you feel that this person
cannot be trusted with money?
- Does the person in question
faithfully promise that he or she will stop gambling; beg, plead for
another chance, yet gamble again and again?
- Does this person ever gamble
longer than he or she intended to, until the last dollar is gone?
- Does this person immediately
return to gambling to try to recover losses, or to win more?
- Does this person ever gamble
to get money to solve financial difficulties or have unrealistic
expectations that gambling will bring the family material comfort and
wealth?
- Does this person borrow money
to gamble with or to pay gambling debts?
- Has this person's reputation
ever suffered due to gambling, even to the extent of committing illegal
acts to finance gambling?
- Have you come to the point of
hiding money needed for living expenses, knowing that you and the rest of
the family may go without food and clothing if you do not?
- Do you search this person's
clothing or go through his or her wallet when the opportunity presents
itself, or otherwise check on his/her activities?
- Does the person in question
hide his or her money?
- Have you noticed a
personality change in the gambler as his or her gambling progresses?
- Does the person in question
consistently lie to cover up or deny his or her gambling activities?
- Does this person use guilt
induction as a method of shifting responsibilities for his or her gambling
upon you?
- Do you attempt to anticipate
this person's moods, or try to control his or her life?
- Does this person ever suffer
from remorse or depression due to gambling, sometimes to the point of
self-destruction?
- Has the gambling ever brought
you to the point of threatening to break up the family unit?
- Do you feel that your life together is a nightmare?
Gamblers Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem. GA of West Michigan serves Grand Rapids, Grand Haven, Hudsonville, Whitehall, and all surrounding communities.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Living with a Compulsive Gambler?
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