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23 August 2018 at 10:14 pm #8029charlesModeratorThese are the 20 Questions asked by Gamblers Anonymous. I am posting them following a request in the groups this evening.Q1: Do you lose time from work or school due to gambling?Q2: Is gambling making your home life unhappy?Q3: Is gambling affecting your reputation?Q4: Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?Q5: Do you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties?Q6: Does gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?Q7: After losing do you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses?Q8: After a win did you have a strong urge to return and win more?Q9: Do you often gamble until your last pound has gone?Q10: Do you ever borrow to finance your gambling?Q11: Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling?Q12: Are you reluctant to use “gambling money” for normal expenditures?Q13: Does gambling make you careless of the welfare of your family?Q14: Do you gamble longer than you had planned?Q15: Do you ever gamble to escape worry or trouble?Q16: Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling?Q17: Does gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?Q18: Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create an urge within you to gamble?Q19: Do you have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling?Q20: Have you ever considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling?At GA they say that “Most compulsive gamblers answer Yes to at least 7 of these questions. I would actually disagree – in hindsight I can say that I was a compulsive gambler when i was answering yes to just ONE of those questions. At that stage though the problem hadn’t progressed enough to notice/want to do anything about it. I guess 7 yeses means people start noticing the problem.This problem is progressive; if you answer yes to some of these questions and continue to gamble then please bear in mind that your “No” answers should probably be changed to “No, not yet!”
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