Compulsive Gambling...
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Signs & Symptoms
- How much time is spent gambling
- Increase in gambling time and places
- Increase in size of bets (sudden and dramatic)
- Working up special occasions for gambling (canceling other plans)
- Intensity of interest in gambling (constant tension & excitement)
- Boasting about winning; evasive about losing
- Exaggerated display of money and other possessions
- Gambling when there is a crisis
- Drop off in other activities
- Frequent absences from home and work
- Excessive phone use
- Withdrawal from family
- Personality changes (increased irritability/hostility)
- Diversion of family funds
