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Questions
and Answers:
ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLING
AND THE BETTORS ANONYMOUS RECOVERY PROGRAM
Isn't compulsive gambling basically a financial
problem?
No, compulsive gambling is an emotional problem. A person in the grip of
this illness creates mountains of apparently insolvable problems. Of
course, financial problems are created, but they also find themselves
facing marital, employment, or legal problems. Compulsive gamblers find
friends have been lost and relatives have rejected them. Of the many
serious difficulties created, the financial problems seem the easiest to
solve. When a compulsive gambler enters Bettors Anonymous and quits
gambling, income is usually increased and there is no longer the financial
drain that was caused by gambling, and very shortly, the financial pressures
begin to be relieved. Bettors Anonymous members have found that the best
road to financial recovery is through hard work and repayment of our debts.
Borrowing and/or lending of money (bail outs) in Bettors Anonymous is
detrimental to our recovery and is therefore discouraged.
The most difficult and time consuming problem with which they will be faced
is that of bringing about a character change within themselves. Most
Bettors Anonymous members look upon this as their greatest challenge, which
should be worked on immediately and continued throughout their lives.
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