Are you addicted?

How do you know if you are addicted?
Take a look at the folowing questions and answer them truthfully.

These questions were taken from http://www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk/

Most compulsive gamblers will answer YES to at least SEVEN
of these questions:

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

2. Is gambling making your home life unhappy?

3. Is gambling affecting your reputation?

4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?

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

6. Does gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?

7. After losing, do you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses.

8. After a win do you have a strong urge to return and win more?

9. Do you often gamble until your last pound is gone?

10. Do you ever borrow to finance your gambling?

11. Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling?

12. Are you reluctant to use gambling money for normal expenditures?

13. Does gambling make you careless of the welfare of your family?

14. Do you gamble longer than you planned?

15. Do you ever gamble to escape worry or trouble?

16. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling?

17. Does gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?

18. Do arguments, disappointments, or frustrations create an urge within you to gamble?

19. Do you have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours gambling?

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

 

Post your result, I'll be suprised if anyone beats me to be honest

1. Do you lose time from work due to gambling? Yes

2. Is gambling making your home life unhappy? Yes when I lose

3. Is gambling affecting your reputation? yes

4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling? Yes

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

6. Does gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency? No

7. After losing, do you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses. Yes

8. After a win do you have a strong urge to return and win more? No

9. Do you often gamble until your last pound is gone? Yes

10. Do you ever borrow to finance your gambling? Yes

11. Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling? Yes

12. Are you reluctant to use gambling money for normal expenditures? Yes

13. Does gambling make you careless of the welfare of your family? N/A

14. Do you gamble longer than you planned? Yes

15. Do you ever gamble to escape worry or trouble? No

16. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling? Yes thought about it just.

17. Does gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping? Yes sometimes

18. Do arguments, disappointments, or frustrations create an urge within you to gamble? Yes

19. Do you have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours gambling? Yes

20. Have you ever considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling? Well yeah you say it but you dont really mean it

So that's 16 Yes's and 1 N/A

 

Only got 2 yes. Do like to put on a good few bets at the weekend, but not massive amounts. Few years ago might have been up around 6 or 7 but cut out loads of stupid bets that were mainly out of boredom. Keep a spreadsheet of every bet since Jan 2010 to keep track and so far this year up a nice bit. Small loss last year but most of that was early in year before I got sense. John Duggan and Conor lynches books changed the way I looked at gambling.

 

Most compulsive gamblers will answer YES to at least SEVEN
of these questions:

1. Do you lose time from work due to gambling? No.

2. Is gambling making your home life unhappy? No.

3. Is gambling affecting your reputation? No.

4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling? Yes.

5. Do you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or to otherwise solve financial difficulties? No.

6. Does gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency? No.

7. After losing, do you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses.Yes.

8. After a win do you have a strong urge to return and win more? Yes.

9. Do you often gamble until your last pound is gone? No.

10. Do you ever borrow to finance your gambling? No.

11. Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling? No.

12. Are you reluctant to use gambling money for normal expenditures? No.

13. Does gambling make you careless of the welfare of your family? No.

14. Do you gamble longer than you planned? Yes.

15. Do you ever gamble to escape worry or trouble? Yes.

16. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling? No.

17. Does gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping? No.

18. Do arguments, disappointments, or frustrations create an urge within you to gamble?No.

19. Do you have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours gambling? No.

20. Have you ever considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling? No.

5 for me.Looks like I'm safe for now.

 

Only 3 yes's for me.Only really Gamble Big on the Football, and it would only be the english football too.

 

Several yesses worryingly but I expected I would have. I am tgrying to be a bit more selective now, not rushing in to back in a race I haven't even looked at etc. Not chasing losses. It does work.

I reckon horses are impossible to win on if you back in every race. The whole secret is backing when you have some good information or a really strong fancy and leave it at that.

I tend to do well with golf, NFL and soccer. Odds are not as stacked against you as horses. Trying to stay away though is hard.

 

Most of my Yes's are in the past but I'll still count them. If It was in the past year there would be a lot less yes's are more no's to back myself up here a bit lol

 

Before I do this Barry, will we have a wager on it?

 

Quality

 

My missus thinks I've a problem, so I read the questions. I'd a few yes's but I'm sure Zenga Poker doesn't count, does it?

 

Any of ye see Oisin McConville on the box last night, fcuk me he had a bad problem

 

change the word gambling to drinking and how many of those q's would ye answer yes to?

 

Haha...
definitely most of them.
I only had one yes to the gambling.

 

that poor hoor has it bad alright.. I read his book. It was the gambling that got alex higgins in the end too.

it's an addiction, like drugs, booze etc.

 

12. Are you reluctant to use gambling money for normal expenditures? No


its important to have treat yourself with the winnings