Diagnosing A Gambling Problem

For many people, gambling is something done when on vacation. On a cruise, at a resort or upon visiting a casino of any kind, it's all about chance. There is a minority of people, however, that become so engulfed in the games, winning and losing, that the gambling engulfs their lives. These people are those that have become addicted to the game.

Gambling addictions are more common than you think and are comparable to the statistics of people that are addicted to other vices. There are many signs however, that can giveaway if someone has a gambling problem, these include:

A few ways to tell if someone may have a gambling problem (and these are the obvious ones) are: the person loses entire paychecks gambling and they find that they are chasing losses, trying to recover the lost bets. Some less obvious tips are when someone constantly thinks about gambling, they lose time with work, friends or family in order to gamble, or at the very worst, participate in illegal activity in order to gamble more.

Most people with gambling problems will never admit they actually have a problem. They will lie about it to loved ones, and not even begin to notice when their lives start to crumble. Some people learn the hard way, and half to lose their families, cars and houses and fail to realize the implications that gambling has had on their life. Most often, they fail to realize it – until it is too late.