Pathological Gambling - The Desperation PhaseBy: Fareeda Rehman | 01-Nov-2008Reply | Forward"In this final and mostly debilitating phase, there is a great increase in the amount of time that a person spends on gambling. The gambler addict begins to spend most of his day gambling. The gambler has the greater need to recover all his losses and he still believes that this can be done only through continuous gambling. But what he experiences are just more and more losses piling up.As a result he begins to experience some kind of remorse. He then begins to put the blame on others. This will then lead to the alienation of friends and family. By putting himself in isolation, it won't be surprising that a feeling of hopelessness may suddenly overcome the gambler. This will be manifested in turn by suicidal thoughts, divorce, substance abuse, or a possible emotional breakdown." [The current market trends are reflective of this gambling behaviour.]