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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

During the weekend I was listening to an evening programme from one our the local radio stations they were discussing about gambling, the effects and how to manage it if you might be struggling with addiction. And they had listeners calling in to share personal experiences or of a loved one that gambles and amidst many callers there was this very caller story that caught my interest and curiosity.

She told about how the family members of a particular young man that is like a plunger when it comes to gambling, his compulsive gambling is to the length of him selling his personal properties and gadgets to make sure he gambles. So what he family did was to print a photograph of him and giving it to all the gambling shops within their neighborhood and around the locality, threatening that any of the gambling shops they have pasted the photo of their brother should they find their brother allowed to gamble in the shops they will sue the gamble shop owner to court as one that is abetting their brother's compulsive gambling lifestyle.

Now, while I was quietly listening to the story in my head I began to ask myself several possible questions and one of such questions was; is it not possible that this young man can take a cab away from their location and move to a far area to carry out his gambling since his a compulsive gambler.

Just two questions here:
1. Dis the family of this young man went too extreme in trying to help stop their brother from gambling addiction or not?

2. Assuming you are this young man and you had to run to a distant location to carry out your gambling as you are allowed to gambling within your neighborhood and luckily you won huge sum of million dollars. Would you share that money with your loved ones who were barring you from gambling or you will just stay off from them and live new found wealthy live alone?

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It sounds like an incredibly dumb and made up story that has zero truth behind it, either you made it up or the radio station. If a gambling shop is legally allowed to operate and the man is of a legal age to place a bet, then there is nothing that could happen to those shops. A judge would not even hear a case in that scenario, because the man has willingly entered into a legal activity on legal premises. They could politely ask that this person be refused, but that is also unlikely as it raises the threat of abuse or violence against the staff members that refuse him. Nor does it solve any problem as the person might just search further afield and the internet makes it so easy to gamble now anyway. The whole story sounds ludicrous.

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Very normal thing for a family to do such measures and i agree on some post above that they dont really care on what are the steps or things that they'll be doing as long they could help out one of their members.
Family might not be perfect but we do know on whats the best for us, gambling isnt bad but on the time that they've been seeing that you are really that getting addicted too much because they've obviously see you
that become impulsive into your actions like selling your possession or things just for the sake of gambling then this is a solid indicative sign that you are really that addicted to it.

Family is very important in the life of anyone as they are the people that will support you in time of need. However, it is important to put in mind that family can take the wrong decision when watching out for their own. This very action might not be right even though the intention may be good. The man is an adult and has right to his decisions as much as he should be ready for the consequences for his actions. You cannot change an adult with force, especially when he is not ready to change. The best approach will be to continue to talk to him and appeal to his conscience to see the need to stop and change for God. Another approach will be to inform the people he listens to, those are the people that can talk some sense into him.

There's nothing wrong with gambling, but we have to be able to take care of ourselves or be responsible gamblers so that later, we won't cause trouble to our family, especially if we become addicted to gambling. If we are addicted to gambling, we will get into serious problems, which may take a long time to cure our gambling addiction. Family may not be perfect, but they are the ones who will probably help us first when we are experiencing problems, so we should not waste them, especially if we have a family who cares about us. Maybe the decision making made by the family may not be appropriate because of the limited information they have. At least they will definitely try to help us and will look for other information that we need so that we can undergo treatment for gambling addiction.

It would really be just that normal for our family to have that kind of action because they do care and really love one another on which if they would really be seeing someone whose in trouble then it would really be just that normal that they will really be lending a hand or would be doing sorts of ways for it to counter or completely stop it. Just like on what been said above that family cant be perfect but the concern and the love on what make it is, it might really be looking that too much of those actions been done but for the sake of your safety or avoiding potential problems then those actions are really just that right.

If you dont like for your family to have some involvement then you should really be making yourself that responsible so that they wont really be that taking any step further just because
you've been showing those real addiction. Selling something or in your possession is really that a solid indicative sign that you are already extreme addicted to gambling.
So it is really just that right that they would really be making otu such step for them to save you up on such difficult situation, you might not really that not impressed
or seeing this to be helpful but later on you would be able to realize.

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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

Is it not possible that this young man can take a cab away from their location and move to a far area to carry out his gambling since his a compulsive gambler.

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Of course, this is a possibility within the realm of possibility. Also, considering that there aren't only physical casinos today it shouldn't be forgotten that this person can access gambling games online instead of going to a physical casino located further away. In other words, this precautionary action taken by this person's family is nothing more than preventing the person from going to physical casinos in the immediate vicinity.

Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

Just two questions here:
1. Dis the family of this young man went too extreme in trying to help stop their brother from gambling addiction or not?

2. Assuming you are this young man and you had to run to a distant location to carry out your gambling as you are allowed to gambling within your neighborhood and luckily you won huge sum of million dollars. Would you share that money with your loved ones who were barring you from gambling or you will just stay off from them and live new found wealthy live alone?

1) Yes, I think that the family is exaggerating this situation by taking such precautions because as I stated in the answer to the previous question the measures mentioned are not sufficient for the person to stay away from gambling and are only a small obstacle for this person to easily access gambling.

2) This is actually a bit of a difficult question because it isn't very difficult to understand that the family doesn't actually have a bad purpose or goal. Of course, it may take some time or be difficult for a gambling addict to understand this but in this case it is important to remember that the family doesn't have a bad purpose. For this reason, I think that if I were this person I would realize this after earning a very high amount of money from gambling and would make my choice in favor of my family.

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Quote from: alastantiger on November 13, 2023, 09:13:50 AM

You cannot help a person who doesn't want to be helped. Absolutely nothing you can do. Even if you go for therapy, the therapist will tell you that. The best the family could have done was to put in in a situation where he would see that gambling addiction is damaging and can ruin his career. If I were the boy and my family treated me in that manner, they would probably not hear from me again for a long time to come. I would hate them for life.

We can lend a help but they could reject it. Maybe for now, because there are problematic person who soon realizes their own fault, so we should not give up easily. Helping someone can still give us a good unexplainable feeling, aside from the money that they can give to us. If we are the ones who are suffering from that condition, we shouldn't think in advance because our thoughts are for sure not correct.

Therapy is built that way in the first place to help people like us and they are also going to get paid, so they will never ignore us. Part of curing or preventing to get addicted in gambling is to show its side effects. Everyone knows this already.

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Quote from: Finestream on November 13, 2023, 03:59:54 PM

It's normal for your loved ones to give extreme care most especially that they are your family. They knows what's good and bad for you. And if it means threatening the casinos so they won't let you gamble on their shops, then they will surely do it without hesitation so they can protect you from the danger that this gambling addiction may cause. That's what a family can do even if you see it they have gone too extreme just to protect yourself.

Now if you become lucky and made life changing profits with gambling, are you still supposed to help them? Of course, yes! At the end of the day, the rest of your friends will leave you most especially when you have no money anymore, but your family will stick by your side regardless if you have nothing to give to them. So prioritize helping your family above other people.

I agree with what you said, only your family can really help you when you are in trouble. So think carefully about why your family did this to you at that time, to protect you, to save you from gambling addiction because they love you, they care for you. So don't feel bad about what your family did because they only did it because they were worried about you.
Your family has not forgotten you. So if you hit the jackpot in your gambling, don't forget your family.

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Quote from: milewilda on November 13, 2023, 04:51:45 PM

Very normal thing for a family to do such measures and i agree on some post above that they dont really care on what are the steps or things that they'll be doing as long they could help out one of their members.
Family might not be perfect but we do know on whats the best for us, gambling isnt bad but on the time that they've been seeing that you are really that getting addicted too much because they've obviously see you
that become impulsive into your actions like selling your possession or things just for the sake of gambling then this is a solid indicative sign that you are really that addicted to it.

Family is very important in the life of anyone as they are the people that will support you in time of need. However, it is important to put in mind that family can take the wrong decision when watching out for their own. This very action might not be right even though the intention may be good. The man is an adult and has right to his decisions as much as he should be ready for the consequences for his actions. You cannot change an adult with force, especially when he is not ready to change. The best approach will be to continue to talk to him and appeal to his conscience to see the need to stop and change for God. Another approach will be to inform the people he listens to, those are the people that can talk some sense into him.

There's nothing wrong with gambling, but we have to be able to take care of ourselves or be responsible gamblers so that later, we won't cause trouble to our family, especially if we become addicted to gambling. If we are addicted to gambling, we will get into serious problems, which may take a long time to cure our gambling addiction. Family may not be perfect, but they are the ones who will probably help us first when we are experiencing problems, so we should not waste them, especially if we have a family who cares about us. Maybe the decision making made by the family may not be appropriate because of the limited information they have. At least they will definitely try to help us and will look for other information that we need so that we can undergo treatment for gambling addiction.

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Quote from: milewilda on November 13, 2023, 04:51:45 PM

Very normal thing for a family to do such measures and i agree on some post above that they dont really care on what are the steps or things that they'll be doing as long they could help out one of their members.
Family might not be perfect but we do know on whats the best for us, gambling isnt bad but on the time that they've been seeing that you are really that getting addicted too much because they've obviously see you
that become impulsive into your actions like selling your possession or things just for the sake of gambling then this is a solid indicative sign that you are really that addicted to it.

Family is very important in the life of anyone as they are the people that will support you in time of need. However, it is important to put in mind that family can take the wrong decision when watching out for their own. This very action might not be right even though the intention may be good. The man is an adult and has right to his decisions as much as he should be ready for the consequences for his actions. You cannot change an adult with force, especially when he is not ready to change. The best approach will be to continue to talk to him and appeal to his conscience to see the need to stop and change for God. Another approach will be to inform the people he listens to, those are the people that can talk some sense into him.

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Even if the families of the young man did what they did just to stop the man from gambling, then I would say they are trying to help the man, since the gambler can not control himself from gambling, even to the extent of selling their properties to gamble. That means the man had gone too far in terms of gambling, so if the family of the so-called gambler did not do anything about it, then they are endangering their lives because a day might come when the gambler will go outside his area to steal and come back, then gamble with the money.
The family didn't do anything bad, even though they went too far in it. They were trying to protect themselves and their brother, who's an addicted gambler.
However, there has been a topic that quote A Nigerian Father Rejects Son's Gambling Win, so it is not the first and this can not be the last of it.

Very normal thing for a family to do such measures and i agree on some post above that they dont really care on what are the steps or things that they'll be doing as long they could help out one of their members.
Family might not be perfect but we do know on whats the best for us, gambling isnt bad but on the time that they've been seeing that you are really that getting addicted too much because they've obviously see you
that become impulsive into your actions like selling your possession or things just for the sake of gambling then this is a solid indicative sign that you are really that addicted to it.

It might really be that looking too much for some people but for me it is really just that right. Doing things for the sake of someones safety or trying out to stop on whats the worst things could happen
will be always be the wise thing to be done in the first place. I wont really be feeling bad about it if i were that boy who had been addicted, you would really be able to
appreciate on what are the things that they've been doing just for your own sake and safety or trying out to avoid the worst things as possible.

However, I would say that everyone is not the same and I still don't believe that, as humans we are, we are meant to be the same as everyone, so what I am trying to say is that the boy might feel bad, as he's family members are trying so hard to keep them selfs and him self safe from gambling, you can't feel bad as you said and I also won't feel bad as well but the boy and other gamblers out there will feel bad if incase we were in the sane shoes of the boy.
Every family has love for themselves, but only a few don't because they might have some misunderstanding with themselves. But truth be told, if the family of the so-called gambler did not love the boy and want his success they wouldn't have gone too far to stop him from gambling. Let's just look at that side and stick to it. Although I really understand what you are saying and I agree to it.

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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

Just two questions here:
1. Dis the family of this young man went too extreme in trying to help stop their brother from gambling addiction or not?

Yes, the family took it very far. Imagine if the young man finally stops gambling and later sees the photo of him being used as memes on social media, also people around him could use it to mock him. Not cool if you ask me, the family would have sought for other methods and I don't think this is even effective as he can go to a very far neighborhood and gamble.

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2. Assuming you are this young man and you had to run to a distant location to carry out your gambling as you are allowed to gambling within your neighborhood and luckily you won huge sum of million dollars. Would you share that money with your loved ones who were barring you from gambling or you will just stay off from them and live new found wealthy live alone?

A life-changing sum? Most persons would be angry that their family treated them harshly and would not want to share the winning with them, which in a way is justifiable.

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Even if the families of the young man did what they did just to stop the man from gambling, then I would say they are trying to help the man, since the gambler can not control himself from gambling, even to the extent of selling their properties to gamble. That means the man had gone too far in terms of gambling, so if the family of the so-called gambler did not do anything about it, then they are endangering their lives because a day might come when the gambler will go outside his area to steal and come back, then gamble with the money.
The family didn't do anything bad, even though they went too far in it. They were trying to protect themselves and their brother, who's an addicted gambler.
However, there has been a topic that quote A Nigerian Father Rejects Son's Gambling Win, so it is not the first and this can not be the last of it.

Very normal thing for a family to do such measures and i agree on some post above that they dont really care on what are the steps or things that they'll be doing as long they could help out one of their members.
Family might not be perfect but we do know on whats the best for us, gambling isnt bad but on the time that they've been seeing that you are really that getting addicted too much because they've obviously see you
that become impulsive into your actions like selling your possession or things just for the sake of gambling then this is a solid indicative sign that you are really that addicted to it.

It might really be that looking too much for some people but for me it is really just that right. Doing things for the sake of someones safety or trying out to stop on whats the worst things could happen
will be always be the wise thing to be done in the first place. I wont really be feeling bad about it if i were that boy who had been addicted, you would really be able to
appreciate on what are the things that they've been doing just for your own sake and safety or trying out to avoid the worst things as possible.

The family intervenes, interferes, and takes severe but necessary action. Like lifeguards, you're in the deep end, unaware you're drowning. They draw you back, and it feels like an overreach, like their care consumes you. Ain't that their job? How about treating gambling like sports? Train for it, set rules, have a game plan. Risks should be low and game friendly. Imagine a family event where everyone watches out for each other to avoid falling. Would that work? Can responsible gambling be gamified?

What if you're that man who went too deep? You'd understand after seeing your mess, right? You'd observe your family's frenzied moves differently. They were battling for you awkwardly and desperately, not just nagging. Though late, appreciation will be high. And maybe, just maybe, you'll join the lifeguard squad yourself next time.

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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

~~~threatening that any of the gambling shops they have pasted the photo of their brother should they find their brother allowed to gamble in the shops they will sue the gamble shop owner to court as one that is abetting their brother's compulsive gambling lifestyle.

This doesn't make sense----how can a gambling shop be sued for letting people play? They're a business, and winning is essential for their profitability. They welcome anyone, regardless of whether the gambler has a problem or not. Threatening legal action against a gambling shop could have serious consequences for the addicted gambler's family. They might end up being counter-sued and have to pay damages. It seems like they don't fully grasp the situation, perhaps out of desperation.

even though it was the young man who was judged to be in the wrong and why did his family blame the casino shop for having to sue him?
they only run their business as long as it is legal in their environment, which is a bit ridiculous because the family is too confused about what to do to stop their brother's gambling activities.
even though there is another way that is not too excessive, namely taking it to a professional help center so that you can stop the gambling activity, by suing it will not solve the problem because what is certain is that the shop has more power to sue back because the law only applies if there is money, of course the casino has more power. having more money to be able to prevent the young man family from overdoing things.

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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

She told about how the family members of a particular young man that is like a plunger when it comes to gambling, his compulsive gambling is to the length of him selling his personal properties and gadgets to make sure he gambles. So what he family did was to print a photograph of him and giving it to all the gambling shops within their neighborhood and around the locality, threatening that any of the gambling shops they have pasted the photo of their brother should they find their brother allowed to gamble in the shops they will sue the gamble shop owner to court as one that is abetting their brother's compulsive gambling lifestyle.

When you say Young Man meaning underage? if yes then it is His family's decision to what action to do just to prevent their family members be free with gambling addiction.
This may sounds harsh but it is Illegal to allow underage gamblers playing in their gambling shops.

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Just two questions here:
1. Dis the family of this young man went too extreme in trying to help stop their brother from gambling addiction or not?

2. Assuming you are this young man and you had to run to a distant location to carry out your gambling as you are allowed to gambling within your neighborhood and luckily you won huge sum of million dollars. Would you share that money with your loved ones who were barring you from gambling or you will just stay off from them and live new found wealthy live alone?

Share your thoughts!

It is normal to think this is a harsh way but as a family is more concern about their brother and also worried about what could addiction brings to hiM?

and also I'm afraid that the young man will carry his gambling activities far more because spending money to transport in far will cut his capital to gamble and might end Him having no money to deposit.

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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

2. Assuming you are this young man and you had to run to a distant location to carry out your gambling as you are allowed to gambling within your neighborhood and luckily you won huge sum of million dollars. Would you share that money with your loved ones who were barring you from gambling or you will just stay off from them and live new found wealthy live alone?

Share your thoughts!

Let's not forget the fact that if I were not selling my belongings and using the money to gamble, my family would start disgracing me and calling my name out in public in order to limit my gambling habits. Their attitude might appear to be embarrassing, but they are doing all that to make sure they get me out of that life style.

And if, eventually, out of stubbornness, I move out of that area and go far away to gamble, and luckily, I win a big amount of money that will be enough to cover up all that I have spent—I mean, both my properties that I sold out—what I will do is buy back all those accessories first and make them see me coming back to life.

And if there is anything that I can help the family with, I will definitely do that. That's if they will accept to eat the money that was won from gambling; if they have nothing against it, then I can't withhold it from them. No matter what, they are my family, and the same way they were trying to bring me out of shame, I can't allow them to suffer when I have the money, no matter the means that I used in making it.

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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

2. Assuming you are this young man and you had to run to a distant location to carry out your gambling as you are allowed to gambling within your neighborhood and luckily you won huge sum of million dollars. Would you share that money with your loved ones who were barring you from gambling or you will just stay off from them and live new found wealthy live alone?

Share your thoughts!

I wouldn't say that because they went extra miles to make me stop gambling due to my compulsive addiction will be an excuse for me not to share my win with my family. The only thing that will make me not is, if I tell them about my win and they claim not to be cool with it, and they start feeling like it is very bad to gamble.

I will give them so that let them not see it that I was wasting my time and resources then when I was gambling, and for them to also know that gambling can make one hit it big. I believe that this will change their mindset on the way that they see gamblers. Although it is not good to me an addict, this is because if you are a gambling addict, your big wins will go back to gambling, since you will not see it as an opportunity to stop gambling.

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At first the young man should have it in mind that his family loves him and would go to any length or extent to making sure he is free from that addiction. No family would see such happening to their loved one and keep mute over it but I think the family took the wrong step in addressing the situation. Why printing his photograph and taking it right to the casinos around. It is not nice to have done such as far as he is over 18 and has the right to freedom of engagements. They took it too far and that alone can make someone abscond because they might feel threatened with that action alone but however it is not a bad idea for his family to intervene in his situation as that is what any individual who has such person in their family would do.

If it happens that he wins big time, I think nothing stops him from extending a hand of gratitude to his family because what they had done to him is just like a mother trying to protect her child from being vulnerable to attacks. So in that case, If I were to be the one in his position of winning, I will make sure I extend hand of kindness to my family.

The family's love and care are clear, but what is their plan? Not sure about it at all. Even though the person who sent his picture to casinos meant well, it was against the law, especially since he is over 18. Even though the act is meant to protect him, it actually takes away his freedom. There are good goals tangled up with actions that aren't clear.

Online gambling is appealing because it is easy to get into and gives the impression of being simple to win. It is a digital trap that is both tempting and dangerous. If he gets a lot of money, he wants to keep gambling even more, not less. Things keep going in a bad circle. Even though his family's actions aren't perfect, they are a desperate attempt to break this loop.

If he gets a lot of money, thanking his family, even though they went too far, is a sign that he understands the mess of feelings and intentions that are going on. It means admitting that love can make people do things that are more safe than useful in the messy and often wrong world of relationships. This is life: it's complicated, messy, and human.

Exaggerating kind of action i should say but its not shocking considering that family could really go into such extent if they are really that serious on trying to stop one of the members to get away with such gambling addiction. I dont know about legal actions or whatsoever in connection with it but if this one is really that something that will really be against freedom then they might be having a problem on that but as long
the other party or individual dont make out some complaints then i dont see for possible legal approaches into this one.It is really just that the actions been made is really just that too much on which coming
into a point thatthey would be needing to print up a family members face and trying out to scatter and say things accordingly.

Its true that it is really that indeed possible that he could go out into that other place and do make some gambling thing if he wanted to but he choses up to stay and do deal up with the current situation.
The family arent aware that if he cant do it physically then there's always a way that he could be able to gamble online on which it is really that more hard to be stopped.

I think he should know this that for his family to have gone this extent, they truly love and care about him because if they do not, they would have just left him to his fate of being a chronic and addicted gambler and nobody about it but blood is thicker than water as the case maybe and for them to have gone this extent damning the consequences of above 18 freedom of association against him then he should know whats up. I was thinking this was the only means left for his family to do to scare the casinos as well because merely going there to tell the casino to stop allowing their son in there would do nothing so they had to take extra steps to threatening them class action.

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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

Just two questions here:
1. Dis the family of this young man went too extreme in trying to help stop their brother from gambling addiction or not?

2. Assuming you are this young man and you had to run to a distant location to carry out your gambling as you are allowed to gambling within your neighborhood and luckily you won huge sum of million dollars. Would you share that money with your loved ones who were barring you from gambling or you will just stay off from them and live new found wealthy live alone?

Share your thoughts!

1. I thought it was a very extreme measure and I just found out there was something like that. Maybe the person is so addicted to gambling that his family goes to extremes. I don't know if they have tried using psychiatrists or professionals to break the man's gambling addiction

2. If I were in that person's position, I would choose to share the money if my family would accept the money from gambling and choose to stop gambling because I have won millions of dollars. For me, family is number one and I don't want to lose my family just for the sake of gambling.

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I think in this part of the world,where gamblers are heavily criticised, especially those from a religious background,they find it very difficult to relate any thing that has to do with gambling with a member of their family,either brother,sister or any of their sibling.They won't try it before the information will get to their parents that they are gambling.And when this type of issue arise in the family,they take it so serious to the extent that they can even punish the child by sending him out of the family,or better still,disown that child.
Some families take this thing so seriously that you begin to immagine whatever gambling is a sin,and this is a question I need to get an answer to.Could gambling be a sin?

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This is not something we should emulate. Even though gambling is considered a bad activity and can be detrimental, this does not mean that we can stop someone from carrying out gambling activities in a bad way, because this will never solve the problem, but will only increase the problem.

And the analogy is like this, when you invite someone to treat them to food, but you invite them in the wrong way, like "Hey dog... come on, let's eat, I'll treat you" and will that person accept your offer and continue to go order food, I think no and what will happen will be a dispute, because of the person you invited. He was offended by the words you said earlier.

Likewise, asking someone to stop their bad gambling activities, if done in the wrong way, it is unlikely that the person will be able to stop their gambling activities, and in the end it will only end in disputes and mutual hatred towards each other.
However, if this method of inviting is done well, then it is very likely that the person will realize his bad actions in gambling and slowly he will voluntarily stop gambling.

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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

Just two

questions here:
1. Dis the family of this young man went too extreme in trying to help stop their brother from gambling addiction or not?

No, they are right; they don't have a choice but to escalate things. Even if it's harsh or extreme, they have the right to do that. Well, based on your statement, the brother's gambling habit affects them, not just the gambler but the whole family, so of course they need to take action, even if they have to be extreme or whatever. In fact, if they want their brother to stop excessive gambling, then they can force him to go to a rehabilitation centre, even if by force. Yes, it's a bit forceful, but if you want to help a gambler in that state, if he can't be helped with a good way of stopping, then the next option is by force.

Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

2. Assuming you are this young man and you had to run to a distant location to carry out your gambling as you are allowed to gambling within your neighborhood and luckily you won huge sum of million dollars. Would you share that money with your loved ones who were barring you from gambling or you will just stay off from them and live new found wealthy live alone?

This question will depend on the person who is answering; there is no right or wrong answer, but for me, of course yes. Why? Because they get affected by my excessive gambling, it mentioned that if he sells their property, then, of course, I will pay them back, but I thought that some gamblers who are too addicted would share their big hit; they might gamble it again, being greedy to earn much more. Like I said, there's no right or wrong answer; it depends on the person.

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Quote from: Lida93 on November 12, 2023, 04:45:42 PM

Just two questions here:
1. Dis the family of this young man went too extreme in trying to help stop their brother from gambling addiction or not?

no... Your family may be too compassionate about you and actions like that could prove how much they feel to make you have a good life and most importantly, be successful. No parent would wanna see Thier child squander his funds on gambling excessively - whatever happens, his case is beyond parental control; he needs a therapist..

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2. Assuming you are this young man and you had to run to a distant location to carry out your gambling as you are allowed to gambling within your neighborhood and luckily you won huge sum of million dollars. Would you share that money with your loved ones who were barring you from gambling or you will just stay off from them and live new found wealthy live alone?

I'm not the man and I can't gamble to that level for any reason... I don't even think he'll be that lucky to win such an amount as well.

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