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Sports gambling addiction affects millions of people in many different countries but it is something that can be dealt with. Sports gambling addiction and gambling problems in general should not be taken lightly, they are as serious as other forms of addiction like drugs and alcohol. This may seem a big statement but with most other forms, like drug addiction, it will be quite easy to spot and most likely seriously affect only one person. With addiction to sports gambling, the person can seem perfectly normal, in fact more active than normal. They retain all their thinking powers and develop tremendously ingenious ways to cover their activities and get money from their family, their friends and their business associates.
This can often build to very serious amounts that affect many other people and place them in financial catastrophe. A more subtle problem is the fact that it is more socially acceptable to sports gamble ruinously and the addiction is often not treated as a problem at all. A lives work of business and family can be trashed without raising people's awareness, as if it was a life choice that someone made, rather than an uncontrollable slide. If you can answer yes to just a few of the questions in the section test yourself then start looking to reduce your eagerness to sports gamble.
These are the 20 most important questions someone with a sports gambling problem can ask themselves. If you find that you are answering yes to many of the questions below then you should see k help. This test is intended only as a first step to determining if in fact you have a Sports gambling problem or addiction. Most compulsive gamblers will answer yes to at least seven of these questions.
TWENTY QUESTIONS
1. Did you ever lose time from work or school due to Sports gambling?
2. Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy?
3. Did gambling affect your reputation?
4. Have you ever felt remorse after Sports gambling?
5. Did you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties?
6. Did Sports gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?
7. After losing did you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses?
8. After a win did you have a strong urge to return and win more?
9. Did you often Sports gamble until your last dollar was gone?
10. Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling?
11. Have you ever sold anything to finance Sports gambling?
12. Were you reluctant to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures?
13. Did gambling make you careless of the welfare of yourself or your family?
14. Did you ever gamble longer than you had planned?
15. Have you ever gambled to escape worry or trouble?
16. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance Sports gambling?
17. Did gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
18. Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble?
19. Did you ever have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of Sports gambling?
20. Have you ever considered self destruction or suicide as a result of your Sports gambling? |
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