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Do you find yourself constantly bothered by bill
collectors?
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Is the person in question away from home for
long unexplained periods of time?
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Does this person ever lose time from work due to
gambling?
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Do you feel that this person cannot be trusted
with money?
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Does this person in question faithfully promise
that he or she will stop gambling; beg, plead for another
chance, yet gamble again and again?
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Does this person ever gamble longer then he or
she intended to, till the last dollar is gone?
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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?
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Does this person immediately return to gambling
to try to recover losses, or to win more?
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Does this person borrow money to gamble with or
to pay gambling debts?
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Has this person’s reputation ever suffered due
to gambling, even to the extent of committing illegal acts to
finance gambling?
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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?
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Do you search this person’s clothing or his/her
wallet when the opportunity presents itself or otherwise check
on his or her activities?
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Do you hide his or her money?
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Have you noticed a significant change in the
gambler as his or her gambling progresses?
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Does the person in question consistently lie to
cover up or deny his or her gambling activities?
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Does this person use guilt induction as a method
of shifting responsibilities for his or her gambling activities?
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Do you attempt to anticipate this person’s
moods, or try to control his or her life?
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Does this person ever suffer from remorse or
depression due to gambling, sometimes to the point of
threatening self-destruction?
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Has the gambling ever brought you to the point
of threatening to break up the family unit?
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Do you feel that your life together is a
nightmare?
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