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6. Did gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency? <br />7. After losing did you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses? <br />8. After a win did you have a strong urge to return and win more? <br />9. Did you often gamble until your last dollar was gone? <br />10. Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling? <br />11. Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling? <br />12. Were you reluctant to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures? <br />13. Did gambling make you careless of the welfare of yourself or your family? <br />14. Did you ever gamble longer than you had planned? <br />15. Have you ever gambled to escape worry, trouble, boredom or loneliness? <br />16. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling? <br />17. Did gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping? <br />18. Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble? <br />19. Did you ever have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling? <br />20. Have you ever considered self destruction or suicide as a result of your gambling? <br />Most compulsive gamblers will answer yes to at least seven of these questions. <br />About Gam -Anon <br />The self -help organization of Gam -Anon is a life saving instrument for the spouse, family or <br />close friends of compulsive gamblers. We come into the group feeling alone, frightened, <br />helpless, desperate and ashamed. We hesitated to share problems and failures, fearing none could <br />understand. The Gam -Anon group is warmly accepting and it offers the new member <br />identification. The message we receive is: "Come join with us, we too were alone, afraid and <br />unable to cope with the problem; we will share with you a new and fulfilling way of life ". Gam - <br />Anon's purposes are three -fold: To learn acceptance and understanding of the gambling illness; <br />to use the program and its problem solving suggestions as aids in rebuilding our lives and, upon <br />our own recovery, to give assistance to those who suffer. <br />In Gam -Anon the member will experience relief from anxiety by accepting the fact of <br />powerlessness over the problem in the family. The heavy load of responsibility for the gambling <br />problem is lifted and the agonizing guilt in regard to failures is gradually alleviated. The energy <br />wasted in attempts to stop loved ones from gambling can be channeled into more useful methods <br />of problem solving. <br />9 <br />