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His home life may suffer, he will become moody an withdrawn and will start gambling alone and he will revel in past wins. He then enters the desperation stage, where he will believe he must gamble more and more to return his losses. He may engage in illegal activity, steal fro family and friend, lie and cheat in order to get more money to finance his gambling addiction.
There is no tried and true way to recognize a compulsive gambler, since contrary to other addictions, compulsive gambling does not leave bad breath or needle marks, and it can be very difficult to see if some one is a compulsive gambler until it is too late. The gambling addiction affects the gambler entire life and can lead the family to debt, suicide or worse. It is important that once you suspect that some one you love is a gambling addict that you see a professional about it. It will not pass on its own. An addiction to gambling is an addiction like any other. |
