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You will agree with me that society and the environment can have a great influence on the lifestyle of every individual, you often can find yourself doing, or being involved in that activity that almost everyone is involved with in that your locale as a result of influence. Now considering someone who is a gambling addict, is there any possibility of him/her becoming better if they are relocated to another environment or society where people around are not involved in gambling?

Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?


Yes definitely! The impact of one's environment on where he/she currently stays at is significantly relevant to the point that they are mostly exposed to vices. In comparison, a child who is exposed early into reading, etc. is most likely to develop habits that will contribute to his general knowledge, curiosity from the very start. Just like in gambling, a person will most likely focus on other activities if everyone around him is focusing on productivity.

While this solution may be considered helpful, it is not in anyway absolutely effective. The most effective way of treating gambling addiction comes from the gambler himself, when he/she realizes that what they are doing is wrong.
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but if the gambler really intends to avoid gambling by having new activities and activities in a non-gambling environment, then of course the gambler will easily leave his gambling habit.
That's just the fact, if the gambler is having intention to stop gambling then leaving the environment will really help, but he the gambler was forced to leave the environment, then any slight opportunity he is having then he will definitely go back to it because his mind is still in gambling and he didn't leave the environment because he want to leave.
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You will agree with me that society and the environment can have a great influence on the lifestyle of every individual, you often can find yourself doing, or being involved in that activity that almost everyone is involved with in that your locale as a result of influence. Now considering someone who is a gambling addict, is there any possibility of him/her becoming better if they are relocated to another environment or society where people around are not involved in gambling?

Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?

^ That is possible when you cut all access to gambling then, he will probably change.
I remember once my teacher said, "tell me who your friends are and I tell you who you are" because when the same bird flocks together. Sometimes our environments will lead us into addiction and I know we don't want to be alone in life and no one will like that. I did not hear of someone's addiction alone without friends and relatives and if ever there is, probably he has a mental problem.
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Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?


That's not guaranteed one example is me no one in the house or in my work is into gambling we have the internet and this is where I learn how to play dice as a start and no one is aware that I'm playing dice for a year, times are changing right now you learn things on the other side, which is the internet, people close to you may not aware what you're doing online and one of this is playing in online casinos.
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Life comes at your fast, as they say.
Yeah life comes at us real fast, addiction is like a wired fire waiting to be sparked, a lot can change with the environment and if an addict gets engaged in a positive and productive task with less spare time their mind can easily get twiddled away from they previous addiction. But we must all be aware of the fact that gambling addiction or any other form of addiction, is very fast to evolve but hard to break the chain of the addiction.
Yeah,a change of environment have so much to do when it comes to gambling addiction.When one is addicted to gambling,it takes the grace of God for him to be free or do without gambling.Nevertheless,when one changes his environment to another environment because of gambling addiction,and the area he goes to does not have a casino center,there is every tendency that the level of hunger for gambling will reduce,because where he will gamble is not available.
It is advisable to leave in a place  where pressure is not too much or competition from friends are not much,where one will be able to manage whatever he or she has.
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Yes it is very possible but believe me, if the gambler still has the opportunity to go to a gambling place and or still has internet access to gamble online. So live in a place or environment without gambling but the gambler will continue to gamble, but if the gambler really intends to avoid gambling by having new activities and activities in a non-gambling environment, then of course the gambler will easily leave his gambling habit. No one can fight determination and strong will but indeed, if you are forced to live in an environment without gambling for gambling addicts, it is the first way for them to stop gambling, because over time they will start to get used to a social life without gambling.

In the end it all depends on the gambler, if indeed he has a strong desire to stop gambling, so moving to an environment where there is
no gambling activity is a pretty good first step. Because if a gambler wants to quit his addiction, but still living in an environment where a lot of
people gamble it will be much harder to stop. Because there are cases of gambling addiction because they are in the wrong environment.
So changing the environment in my opinion is quite influential in the initial process of gamblers to slowly stop gambling activities. Especially
if the gambler is looking for a busy life in a new environment by doing a lot of positive activities, then the process to stop gambling is much faster.
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Environmental Impact on individual behavior is high, and if an addict can change the environment and get involved in other activities different from gambling there will be changes. Our environment often time push and influence our decisions and if our mind can be disengaged from our addiction, the urge to feed such addiction will be broken and change can be effective.
Having a good environment will impact the mindset of a gambler. It does help and it couldn't be for some. The good thing about it is that they'll have a new perspective if the environment is really good.
Things that haven't been thought of by the gambler might come in if that person is having a great time dealing with the environment and seeing the beauty of it and it's taking his time rather than having the time to gamble.
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Life comes at your fast, as they say.
Yeah life comes at us real fast, addiction is like a wired fire waiting to be sparked, a lot can change with the environment and if an addict gets engaged in a positive and productive task with less spare time their mind can easily get twiddled away from they previous addiction. But we must all be aware of the fact that gambling addiction or any other form of addiction, is very fast to evolve but hard to break the chain of the addiction.
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You will agree with me that society and the environment can have a great influence on the lifestyle of every individual, you often can find yourself doing, or being involved in that activity that almost everyone is involved with in that your locale as a result of influence. Now considering someone who is a gambling addict, is there any possibility of him/her becoming better if they are relocated to another environment or society where people around are not involved in gambling?

Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?

It can have an impact but the impact that it can have will be limited compared to the will of the person to not gamble again, after all you could move a gambling addict to a country where gambling is illegal, no one gambles and they have as close to a perfect life as possible, but if they want to gamble then they will find a way to do it, on the other hand an environment conductive to gambling addiction could exist and someone could easily resit that temptation as they are not interested on gambling at all as they are aware of the effects it has on the people they see every day.
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You will agree with me that society and the environment can have a great influence on the lifestyle of every individual, you often can find yourself doing, or being involved in that activity that almost everyone is involved with in that your locale as a result of influence. Now considering someone who is a gambling addict, is there any possibility of him/her becoming better if they are relocated to another environment or society where people around are not involved in gambling?

Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?


Of course someone can fall into gambling, people pick up habits every single day and then find them hard to break. Nobody is perfect and it is very simple to fall under the spell by just engaging a few times. It doesn't require you to be close to people who gamble, nor does the fact that nobody else around you gambles, if you try it and happen to like it too much. Many people can also be looking for an activity to fill the time and end up playing out of boredom, with the little rush that it can supply of dopamine to the brain. On the flipside, a change of environment can actually help to break the cycle and habit, if people are heavily addicted they need a change of scenery or it's very easy to continue.
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Yes it is very possible but believe me, if the gambler still has the opportunity to go to a gambling place and or still has internet access to gamble online. So live in a place or environment without gambling but the gambler will continue to gamble, but if the gambler really intends to avoid gambling by having new activities and activities in a non-gambling environment, then of course the gambler will easily leave his gambling habit. No one can fight determination and strong will but indeed, if you are forced to live in an environment without gambling for gambling addicts, it is the first way for them to stop gambling, because over time they will start to get used to a social life without gambling.
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You will agree with me that society and the environment can have a great influence on the lifestyle of every individual, you often can find yourself doing, or being involved in that activity that almost everyone is involved with in that your locale as a result of influence. Now considering someone who is a gambling addict, is there any possibility of him/her becoming better if they are relocated to another environment or society where people around are not involved in gambling?

Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?

I think those are 2 pretty different questions.  Can someone get addicted to gambling regardless of their environment?  Sure.  I don't see why not.  One big early win and anyone could get hooked...  I also think that changing environment could be a positive for someone facing gambling addiction.  With any addiction, a change is a good catalyst to kick the addiction and replace it with something new.  Maybe your new environment is conducive to a new hobby or some other interest may take up your free time.  Gambling isn't special.  Anyone can get addicted to anything if they aren't careful.  Life comes at your fast, as they say.
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Actually, worst things may happen with this kind of approach. Put them in a clean society and they will try to find ways to do it and the gambler will be culprit in producing more gamblers in a clean society by hiding their business in the garage, bunker, or anywhere they will not be seen.
It's not the gamblers that will change but most likely the people around him. That's possible. It's not really hard to do it by just inviting them over a friendly card game then it could emerge to something else that includes money on the line.
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You will agree with me that society and the environment can have a great influence on the lifestyle of every individual, you often can find yourself doing, or being involved in that activity that almost everyone is involved with in that your locale as a result of influence. Now considering someone who is a gambling addict, is there any possibility of him/her becoming better if they are relocated to another environment or society where people around are not involved in gambling?
just my opinion, but yeah, I think it would help. but a change of environment does not mean it would cure the addiction, therapy would still be needed to help you cope with your addiction.

Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?
of course, just because no one around that person gambles does not mean he won't be exposed to gambling in other ways and gets addicted.
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Ofcourse
Environment holds everything, If you are with active gamblers that does mean that you would not find gambling that exclusive and would have go to friends to try it, another example, If you live near a casino it would be easier for you to go there and use the news deals and stuff, If you are honestly living and having environmental influences from your friends and family you can eventually start gambling without even realizing, therefore it's always the environment that plays a vital role. I do think environment> genetics as well when we consider gambling and other syndromes like addiction.
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Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?

This is very possible, the scenario I have seen went from fun to complex life. This guy was playing fun for, it was sports games and he play the little he could afford to lose until he started using many that weren't his, the loss was compiling and decided to play revenge gambling by playing 3 games with 3 teams and wage high amount of money, he thought he could win back at least 1 to recover all the losses, the tickets didn't work out as predicted, it was his family that help him out at long last to settle the debts.

Someone who comes from an environment or society used to gambling will have the opportunity to change for the better because he will feel embarrassed to try to play in his usual gambling place.

What are you going to say with online Casinos, a gambler can visit a non-gambling environment and still use a VPN or Thor to bypass the restriction and play with confidence and still cash out without any difficulty.
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Temptations are everywhere and no matter where a person goes if he's really into gambling, his environment couldn't stop him because gambling is a personal choice.
suitable, it leads more to the factor of addiction, where a person has learned about gambling, the desire and curiosity to repeat it is getting bigger for them.

In fact, many things cause a person to have a change or develop talent they want to gamble or not, I do not deny about the situational circumstances, where a person can influence, in terms of the environment or group where he lives or friends, wanting to feel considered mature by friends is also a trigger factor to fall into gambling.

But principles, disciplines, traits or beliefs can also defeat or make someone fall into / develop gambling, there are also those who don't care about the environment and circumstances around them, meaning: the environment can be bad and good, the core goes back to the individual itself, I mean good or bad choices, humans have reason for their choices.
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You will agree with me that society and the environment can have a great influence on the lifestyle of every individual, you often can find yourself doing, or being involved in that activity that almost everyone is involved with in that your locale as a result of influence. Now considering someone who is a gambling addict, is there any possibility of him/her becoming better if they are relocated to another environment or society where people around are not involved in gambling?

Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?

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] Yes it is possible, to become an addicted gambler doesn't necessarily mean that you're around gamblers this is because once you have known what gambling is all about and you have involved yourself in gambling activity, you will gamble even though you are in an Ireland alone. Becoming an addict is very simple, first of all, you will develop an increasing interest in gambling then repeatedly you will be unable to have self-control over your urge to always gamble.



The environment you find your self matters a lot and can influence you positively or negatively depending on the character of the people who occupy there and who you are associated with also, if you find yourself in an environment dominated by gamblers if you wanna be free from them and your gambling habit you need to move away from there and avoid getting closer to a gaming house or any place where gambling is done, you can also visit a Rehabilitation Center in case your addiction needs medical artention.
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Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?

This is very possible, many gamblers start from having interest in sports and football to be precise which has the highest fans and spectators, right from what we do from childhood contribute to our craving for sport gambling when we grew up, there are some children that don't have access to move around or privileged to be in areas dominated by gamblers but due to their interest and commitment to sport games they have fun when doing it and will also derive good pleasure in playing them as gamble in other to rate their performances in it, the environment we lived in can influence both positive and negative impact of gambling on young adults if they are subjected to it.

Even without exposure to sports actually there will always be someone who will try to become a bookie. In prison, they still bet whatnkind of whether they'd see the next day.  All the more with people who plays sports.

Its really up to someone who manages to quit whats making them worse. The shutting up the devil inside an addict can be hard and all it takes for an addict to get back into gambling is when he sees it possible to win a bet.

Temptations are everywhere and no matter where a person goes if he's really into gambling, his environment couldn't stop him because gambling is a personal choice. If a person knows how to control himself, he will quit or stop gambling even if he's in an environment where the gambling situation is worse.
The environment has an impact yet it still depends on a person on how he will handle gambling addiction.
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Can someone still develop the habit of gambling and become an addict even though no one around gambles?

This is very possible, many gamblers start from having interest in sports and football to be precise which has the highest fans and spectators, right from what we do from childhood contribute to our craving for sport gambling when we grew up, there are some children that don't have access to move around or privileged to be in areas dominated by gamblers but due to their interest and commitment to sport games they have fun when doing it and will also derive good pleasure in playing them as gamble in other to rate their performances in it, the environment we lived in can influence both positive and negative impact of gambling on young adults if they are subjected to it.

Even without exposure to sports actually there will always be someone who will try to become a bookie. In prison, they still bet whatnkind of whether they'd see the next day.  All the more with people who plays sports.

Its really up to someone who manages to quit whats making them worse. The shutting up the devil inside an addict can be hard and all it takes for an addict to get back into gambling is when he sees it posible to win a bet.
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