*Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?

*Did gambling cause decrease in your ambition or effiency?

*After a win, did you have a strong urge to keep playing to win more?

*After losing, did you feel that you needed to keep playing to win back the money you'd lost?

*Did you often gamble until your last dollar was gone?

*Did you ever gamble longer than you had planned?

*Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling?

*Did gambling make you careless of the welfare of yourself or your family?

*Were you reluctant to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures?

*Have you ever gambled to escape worry or trouble?

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

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

*Did you ever have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling?

*Have you ever considered self destruction or suicide as a result of your gambling?

Gamblers, if you were able to answer "Yes" to seven (7) or more of these questions, then you may have a compulsive gambling addiction. For more information on what steps you can take from here, e-mail us. We can begin to work together to help you overcome your addiction.


For the Loved One...



•Do you find yourself constantly bothered by bill collectors?

•Is the person in question often away from home for long, unexplained periods of time?

•Does this person ever lose time from work due to gambling?

•Do you feel that person cannot be trusted with money?

•Does the person in question faithfully promise that he or she will stop gambling, plead for another chance, yet gamble again and again?

•Does this person ever gamble for longer than he or she intended to, till the last dollar is gone?

•Does this person ever gamble to get money to solve financial difficulties or have unrealistic expectations that gambling will bring the family material comfort and wealth?

•Does this person borrow money to gamble with or to pay gambling debts?

•Has this person's reputation ever suffered from gambling, even to the extent of commiting illegal acts to finance gambling?

•Have you come to the point of hiding money needed for living expenses, knowing that you and the rest of the family may go without food and clothing if you do not?

•Do you search this person's clothing and go through his or her wallet when the opportunity presents itself, or otherwise check on his or her activites?

•Does the person in question hide his or her money?

•Have you noticed a personality change in the gambler as his or her gambling has progressed?

•Does the person in question consistently lie to cover up or deny his or her gambling activities?

Loved ones, if you were able to answer "Yes" to five (5) or more of these questions, then the person in question may have a compulsive gambling addiction. For more information on what steps you can take from here, e-mail us. We can begin to work together in order to help your loved one overcome his or her addiction.