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Maybe you have found this site out of general
interest in the problem of compulsive gambling, if so we hope the
information presented answers your questions.
However, you might be here because you are finding
your gambling is becoming a problem, go ask yourself the 20 questions,
and when you feel ready we will be here to help.
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You probably know if your gambling is becoming a
problem, most people regulate their behaviour pretty well, however some
get 'hooked' on gambling in the same way a person can get 'hooked' on
alcohol, drugs or the like. For them the need to gamble
begins to outweigh everything else in their life.
Problem gamblers lose more than they win, because
they don't stop and will always eventually gamble away any
winnings.
Problem gamblers need money to feed their
addiction and so will often act in a completely reckless way to gain
money to gamble with, this can be via credit, loans from establishments,
friends or family or crime.
Eventually the problem gamblers world begins to
collapse, relationships begin to suffer, job performance suffers, more
and more time is consumed either gambling, finding ways to gamble or
covering up the loses made.
The gamblers emotional state becomes closely tied
to gambling, happy after a win, angry and depressed when losing,
irritable if unable to gamble. The gambler surges from crisis to
crisis however each one is quickly forgotten.
It's difficult for people to understand how a
person loses control of their gambling behaviour. It just seems like any
normal person would know better. After all, no one is making them do it;
there's not a chemical addiction; they can see what's happening around
them; they must know there's a problem.
Well, that's what addiction is about. People do
lose control in spite of everything they know or anyone else can tell
them. It's just not rational. |
Problem Gamblers lose more than
just the money in their wallets.
With the help of GA you can
stop, come along to a meeting or call the national helpline on
08700
50 88 80
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