QUESTIONS ASKED BY GAM-ANON

(a) Do you find yourself constantly bothered by debt collectors?

(b) Is the person in question often away from home for long unexplained periods of time?

(c) Do you feel that they cannot be trusted with money?

(d) Do they promise faithfully that they will stop gambling, beg and plead for another chance, yet gamble again and again?

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

(f) Do you search their clothing, go through their wallet/purse when the opportunity presents itself, or otherwise check on his or her activities?

(g) Have you noticed a personality change in them as their gambling progresses?

(h) Do they use guilt induction as a method of shifting responsibilities for their gambling onto you?

(i) Has the gambling ever brought you to the point of threatening to break up the family unit?

(j) Do you feel that life together is a nightmare?