20 QUESTIONS...
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Twenty questions that may help you decide whether compulsive gambling is a problem for you or someone you know. Click the box after each question if "yes". |
| 1. Do you lose
time from work due to gambling?
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| 2. Is gambling
making your home life unhappy?
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| 3. Does gambling
affect your reputation?
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| 4. Have you
ever felt remorse after gambling?
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| 5. Do you ever
gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial
difficulties?
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| 6. Does gambling
cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?
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| 7. After losing,
do you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses?
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| 8. After a win.
do you have a strong urge to return and win more?
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| 9. Do you often
gamble until your last dollar is gone?
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| 10. Do you ever borrow
to finance your gambling?
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| 11. Have you ever
sold any real estate or personal property to finance your gambling?
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| 12. Are you reluctant
to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures?
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| 13. Does gambling
make you careless of the welfare of your family?
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| 14. Do you ever gamble
longer than you planned?
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| 15. Do you ever gamble
to escape worry and trouble?
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| 16. Have you ever
committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to
finance gambling? |
| 17. Does gambling
cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
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| 18. Do arguments,
disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble?
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| 19. Do you have an
urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling?
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| 20. Have you ever
considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling?
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IF 7 OUT OF THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED "YES" TO, YOU HAVE A SERIOUS GAMBLING PROBLEM.
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