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Effects of Gambling on Family Members:

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker

February 13, 2006

 

A gambler is anyone whose gambling is causing psychological, financial, emotional, marital, legal, or other difficulties for themselves and the people around them especially to the family members. It may be an isolated case of overspending, or a pattern of excessive gambling when upset, or it may be an ongoing problem with continual losses and mounting debts also at the extreme end of this range is pathological gambling, where people are unable to control their gambling much as those addicted to alcohol are unable to control their drinking. Sometimes this gambling problem is transient and goes away, sometimes it plateaus and maintains for years, and sometimes it progresses to catastrophic levels and regardless of the course, these gamblers usually experience intense shame, financial strife, and family problems which effects their family members. 

What are the effects of gambling on family members?

Often when problem gamblers make yet another bet, they are risking much more than the bills they've placed on the table, or the coins they've dropped into a video lottery terminal and due to that clients readily admit to severe financial losses, emotional turmoil, legal and career problems, and more but however the losses go beyond the gamblers themselves, affecting family members, close friends, colleagues and employers of problem gamblers.

In this losses condition the families seem to be the hardest hit and also spouses, children, siblings, parents and grandparents of problem gamblers, all of them recount the pain associated with the problem gambler's behavior while here the first losses the family experiences are time and money. As gamblers spend more and more time gambling, children often feel abandoned, and relationships between spouses deteriorate which in turn breaks the family.

Gamblers are generally very good at hiding their gambling but while trying to win back losses and pay off debts before his or her gambling is discovered, a gambler often destroys the family's economic future long before a spouse even realizes there's a problem. However the financial problems can often result in repossession of homes, lack of money for basic necessities, and harassment by creditors as well as the distrust, fear, and hopelessness that result due to gambling can destroy families and relationships.

How can you help yourself?

Here the more support a gambler gets its more better also always keep in mind that the best strategy is to be aware of the facts about problem gambling and the more you understand it the better you can handle it. However first take support from family members or understanding friends, other people who are affected by problem gambling, counsellors and spiritual leaders. You can get help even from Self-help books, web-site information or documentaries or even from community Self-help and professional help.

 

 


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