20 Questions From Gamblers Anonymous

[Dr. Jack]

20 QUESTIONS FROM GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS

1. Do you ever lose time from work or school due to gambling?

2. Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy?

3. Did gambling affect your reputation?

4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?

5. Did you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties?

6. Did 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 gamble until your last dollar was gone?

10. Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling?

11. Have you ever sold anything to finance 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 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 gambling?

20. Have you ever considered self destruction or suicide as a result of your gambling?

Most problem gamblers will answer YES to at least 7 of these questions. If you fall into this category, please contact Gamblers Anonymous or another agency that can help you to keep gambling from taking over your life.

[Brian Robbins]

only answered yes to 5. guess i am not a degenerate yet

[dave nz]

Didn't get any answered yes! although kinda could have for one or two.

This may sound strange but this is one of the best threads I have ever seen at Cappersmall.

As IMO those questions are a good indicator as to whether u have a problem.

[BTO]

Signs Of Problem Gambling

There are many signs of problem gambling,

* spending more time or money on gambling than you intended
* trying to win back money that you lost
* feeling badly about the way you gamble or about what happens when you gamble
* telling others that you were winning money from betting when you really weren't
* wanting to quit gambling
* keeping your gambling from friends or family
* skipping school or work to gamble
* borrowing or stealing money for gambling

[The Judge]

Originally Posted by Brian Robbins

only answered yes to 5.

That is not good news.

[pittviper]

I answered yes to four of the questions... :S !

BOL
PV

[Romanowski]

thanks Jack

[bcbadgalz]

4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?
I think that we would all answer yes to this one. I always feel remorseful after a losing night. Other than that...I am good here !

[Dr. Jack]

The increased popularity of poker has people like Keith Whyte concerned. As the executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, he's seen the number of calls to their national hotline increase by 25% in 2004 alone. He attributes at least some of the increase to the televised poker games, which he thinks glamorize gambling and fail to provide adequate information of the potential downsides such as addiction and financial ruin.

With poker in particular, Whyte says, people "think their skill is going to trump the random outcome of the game, and that is a very dangerous thing."

"The less able they are to understand odds or randomness, or the more control you believe you have over random events, the more likely you are to have a problem gambling," he says.

In the United States, gamblers lost $2.8 billion in Internet gambling in 2003 (the most recent data available), according to Christiansen Capital Advisors. That's just a drop in the bucket compared to the $72.8 billion lost to all forms of gambling in the same year. But playing online in particular comes with its own set of risks, Whyte says, because playing with credit or virtual money can distance the player from the sense that their actions have very real consequences. It can also be hidden from others more easily since it's done in the privacy of one's own home.

[dave nz]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jack

The increased popularity of poker has people like Keith Whyte concerned

Hey Keith, I wouldn't own many of my possesions without sports gambling or live where I live.

Where there is a will there is a way.

Goodluck kid.