Gambler's Anonymous Self Assessment Questionnaire

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Phases of compulsive gambling
Winning
Losing
Desperation

About 75% of compulsive gamblers report that they
had a large win early in their gambling. This winning
leads to fantasies about winning more and an attitude
that gambling is a quick and easy way of earning
additional income.

The losing phase is when the gambler unfortunately
loses more than they can afford and then attempts
to recover by "chasing losses" in the hope of winning
back the money.

The desperation phase is when the gambler gets into
the vicious cycle of occasionally winning, chasing losses
and then suffering more losses. Irrational gambling
begins, as does the downward spiral. The size and
frequency of bets increase and bigger debts are
accumulated until rock bottom is reached.