The Compulsive
Gambler
Gambling Addiction continues
to negatively affect people from all walks of life.
Gambling addiction is a silent
addiction affecting people of all ages. These
innocent people never realized their lives were
going to change just by placing one simple bet.
It all seemed innocent at the
time but once they were addicted to gambling they
began a self destructive course devastating their
lives and those around them.
The following is the process
some compulsive gamblers have gone through as their
gambling addiction escalated:
1)
The compulsive gambler placed their very
first bet
2)
The compulsive gambler believed gambling
helped block the stress in their lives
3)
The compulsive gambler wins a small amount of
money.
4)
The compulsive gambler thinks they can win
again
5)
The compulsive gambler attempts to win again
6)
The compulsive gambler believes based on
statistics that they will win.
7)
The compulsive gambler believes that since
they lost the last three times they gambled they are
sure they will win the next bet.
8)
The compulsive gambler time after time loses
but still believes the next time they are going to
win back all their money.
9)
The compulsive gambler stops spending money
on needed necessities.
10)
The compulsive gambler self destructive
lifestyle negative affects those around them.
11)
The compulsive gambler runs out of resources
to gamble.
12)
The compulsive gambler begins to borrow
money
13)
The compulsive gambler borrows more money in
order to pay off all of their debts.
14)
The compulsive gambler will get taken
advantage of by those that lent them money. For
example high interest loans and credit cards.
15)
The compulsive gambler continues to struggle
to find a way out
16)
The compulsive gambler realizes they have a
gambling addiction problem
17)
The compulsive gambler believes they have no
where to turn. They gamble even more.
18)
The compulsive gambler realizes now that
those around them will discover their gambling
addiction,
19)
The compulsive gambler hits bottom and begins
the never ending search to stop their gambling
addiction.
Compulsive gamblers now have resources available to
them to stop their gambling addiction.
