1. Grade 7 | Unit 7.5 | Page 11
Unit 7.5
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• Being so busy thinking about gambling that other activities and tasks
are neglected
• Selling, pawning or stealing valuables
• Stealing money
• Skipping classes at school
• Not doing homework assignments and neglecting school work
• Lying about whereabouts
• Mood swings and emotional withdrawal
• Being argumentative, irritable, restless and have difficulty concentrating
• Breaking promises, forgetting commitments and being generally
unreliable
• Hanging out with a dubious gang of friends
• Repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back or stop the specific
risk behaviour
• Trying to win back losses (in cases of a gambling problem)
• Needing to gamble with ever-increasing amounts of money in order
to attain the desired effect
The following are signs that a young person may have
a problem with a risky behaviour, like gambling or
substance abuse. Of course, there may be other reasons
for why the person displays any of these forms of
behaviour, but if she or he does the following in order
to carry on with the risky behaviour or as a result of
the risky behaviour, it signals a possible problem: