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(1) On the day Gabriela started gambling again, when she finally got home, she
phoned her husband and screamed at him
lay down on the kitchen floor and cried
tried to kill herself with a kitchen knife
knelt on the kitchen floor and prayed
(2) Gabriela and her husband tried to stop Gabriela’s gambling by
asking the casinos not to let Gabriela in
going to church more regularly and praying for help
finding Gabriela a job selling cosmetics in the evenings
preventing Gabriela from taking money out of the bank
(3) After a year of counselling by her minister, Gabriela
felt no urge to gamble
felt a reduced urge to gamble
felt an even greater urge to gamble
felt her urge to gamble had not changed
(4) The first day Gabriela played the pokies
she had decided to quit her job and needed extra money
a friend had told her about how much she could win
she enjoyed watching the flashing lights while she ate her lunch
she had spent the morning looking for a present for her children
(5) After she finally escaped her addiction, Gabriela
became a church minister
became active in the anti-gambling movement
became a high-school teacher
became a member of the Australian government
(6) On the day Gabriela started gambling again, she left the pub and went to a casino
because she didn’t have any more money
because she was afraid her sister-in-law would find her if she stayed longer
because the jackpots in the put weren’t big enough
because she was too well known in the pub
(7) Gabriela joined a group of compulsive gamblers who
operated their own casino at a secret location
attempted to help each other control their habit
went to the pokies with one another after their meetings
invited church ministers to talk to them
(8) When Gabriela went to a pub after shopping for a present she
thought she might gamble a little
was sure she wasn’t going to gamble at all
knew she was going to spend the rest of the day gambling
was testing herself