Topic: Can change of environment have an effect on gambling addiction. - page 6. (Read 4618 times)

Yes, I agree with you. 

The presence of mobile Internet provides many opportunities.  At the same time, it prevents a person from overcoming his vices and negative psychological addictions.  In fact, smartphones are magical artifacts that can fulfill all human desires. 

However, these desires do not necessarily benefit the individual.  What to do? 

Perhaps, in such a situation, you need to minimize the use of mobile Internet. 

For example, access certain Internet resources not through a browser, but through tabs (hyperlinks) from a personal diary.  This will avoid temptations. 

Currently, the safe use of the mobile Internet is impossible without discipline and a responsible approach to the use of this technology.

Apart from the influence of friends, some gamblers become addicted because of the money they get from gambling,  it is the only way to generate money easily for them, that is how they feel. Their are many factors too that can cause one to be addicted to gambling too. Some may be addicted to the winning,  they can't stay without winning.

And without a doubt you are correct, the issue is that now it is very difficult to create that kind of bubble in the interconnected world in which we live since almost anything is at the tip of our fingertips, for example someone may try to leave their alcoholism behind and try to not go to places or to associate themselves with people in which alcohol consumption is common, but now you can order alcoholic beverages from your smartphone, making way more difficult to overcome that addiction.

You are right - being an introvert is not a solution and you have to knock the door for help when.
But having said that change of the environment can also be very helpful. In our culture it is religious obligation too - to migrate after sometime - it gives a sense of temperoriness that everything in the world is temporary.

Yes, I agree with you. 

Currently, many people feel the lack of funds.  This is due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and the global economic crisis.  In fact, developed countries are now entering a period of economic recession. 

Therefore, people are looking for any opportunity to make money.  Therefore, if there are people in their environment who boast that they have earned a lot of money by winning them in an online casino, then this is a great temptation.  People may believe that gambling is a way to improve their financial situation. 

Such a misconception can lead to the development of gambling addiction in a person in the future.

Yes, totally! This is another example that illustrates how important the environment that an individual lives in is extremely important, but not decisive to have some kind of addiction.
If a person lives in an environment where there are several gambling addicts, that same person can also become a gambling addict (if he already has some kind of predisposition)

But one factor that I believe I haven't commented before is that all human values, ethics and behaviors are created/shaped when the individual is young. (child, at least 10 years old)

Basically children learn what they experience

But you can't compare gambling addicts to alcohol or sex, alcoholics are very easy to cure and by cutting ties with people who try to get them to stop drinking. And most alcoholics have friends to drink with because doing it yourself is no fun, and there are many drugs to stop alcoholics too, many of my friends have done it and succeeded most importantly have serious intentions.
and for sex addicts, if you are not married you should get married immediately and if you are married sex will be a necessity and not dangerous.
to gamble, because of the ease that makes it difficult compared to other addicts. I mean because it's so easy to access and connect to the internet that we need every day that makes it easier for addicts to play it plus technology that is constantly evolving, and many other reasons that I think are more difficult to cure among other addicts.
but how to change the environment I think it works, have a good environment and have positive activities without technology or gadgets I think it will work.

I agree.

Being an introvert is not enough to assume that an introvert can get an addiction to gambling. Maybe there's no one around him (physically) that is addicted to gambling, or doesn't have any idea in gambling at all, but the internet is huge, where he can see a lot of people who are bragging their achievement in gambling which can trigger his interest towards gambling than can lead to gambling addiction in the long run.

People take seriously playing gambling accept the fact it has a huge amount of jackpots that's why they want to urge get those and it is all about high-risk rewards sometimes taking risks is the best choice but some people can't control themselves as long as they have money. If you have a family member, friends or any close to you which is playing gambling i guess there's nothing wrong with make some small chat to them what their current status is because we know how gambling gives a hard time for the player every time they lose a lot of money due to being greedy. It is ideal to make another hobby to do with by that you can make away for a mean time to gambling which is more productive than risk your time and money in addiction of playing.

That is correct and also no addiction is easy to undo. Be it consumption of alcohol, gambling or sex. One has to struggle so much to get out of gambling addiction.
So everytime anyone suggests that they want to start gambling. I always suggest that think before you dive into the pool of gambling.

Gambling addiction is not easy to undo and most time it is caused by friends or boredom. We have so many gamblers who are introverts and the urge of gambling always increased because they have no one to talk to and because of that the gambling urge in them always increase. There are lots of environmental factors that can increase the urge of gambling addiction. We need to be careful the way we gamble to reduced any addiction that can make us a victim of gambling addiction.

Doing things to migrate to another country is something different, changing the environment within the same territory is something else, I think it is enough to change the circle of friends, changing some attitudes, going to play more sports and doing activities that clear the mind is It is very feasible that it improves certain things, such as health, a person who is addicted to gambling and suddenly they take him to the beach, go to parties where he drinks, is dancing, changes a lot, I think that a dose of happiness to a person can getting better from anything, even illnesses, addiction can be treated that way, and I think that way it would not give the person time to think about those who harm them.


One of the things that an addicted person can do is superimpose their stability and integrity, that is what a person must deal with so that they stop being addicted, above all I think that an addicted person for me has low self-esteem and that produces uqe no I let him advance and he cannot solve his addiction problem, so when the person knows that he has the problem, he quickly goes for professional help and that is something to admire, however, when a person is not completely clear, his environment has to help him get ahead in any way so that he doesn't go on to more unwanted things, an addict person is capable of doing anything to be able to get money and play.

In fact, those who become addicted to gambling become very difficult to withdraw from this gambling.Those of us who become addicted to something find it very difficult to come back. Similarly, those who are addicted to this game of gambling can never quit gambling.Yes it is possible only when a person realizes on his own that I am not doing this job well. Only then can a person get rid of gambling addiction.Otherwise it is not possible.

There are some important things in human life that cannot be left out. Like the internet, it has come to a  stage where one does not feel relieved if one disconnects for a while. So it is not possible to ask a person to stay off the internet to get rid of gambling addiction. But i believe if he is able to do that he will benefit from this aspect. I believe if everyone realized oneself then they recover them self. At the end i can agree in one sense with the statement that the change of location will be right direction to overcome such addictions.

Gambling is common around the world. In recent days more number of adults have got into gambling. During the lockdown, people weren't able to spend time on gambling. This happens mostly with card games. During the same time period more online gambling applications provided this and the adults moved to it and started spending on it than spending on real games played between gamblers in a specific location.

Yes- change of environment has an affect on the mind of the person.
It is good to move to the new place for the change and for the new problem to bother a person.

I don't think the person not having access to the internet can stop him but rather the environment where he is currently staying should be a place where there are no gaming houses or casinos and  shouldn't be allowed to make use of smartphones when this is done, another thing that will change the gambler's mentality or mindset is time, once he is very very occupied with a job or skill that he has  passion for, thet person will have more sense of belonging and he will stop his gambling activities.

however the environment is only one of the supporting factors for someone who is doing rehabilitation to get rid of his addiction.  not necessarily someone will recover just by moving to a new environment if it is not based on intentions from within himself.
Addiction problems are complex, regardless of the type of addiction including gambling addiction.

Many people find it difficult to control themselves not to do excessive activities in gambling. 
so in this case, a person who is addicted must realize that he needs further treatment and support from the closest people to get out of his addiction. That's why it's important for us to realize that anything in excess is not good.

a few days ago I went to a village that was quite remote but there internet access was very good, I was surprised to see that there were several adults playing gambling through their smartphones, this shows that nowadays anyone can play gambling anywhere when connected to the internet, and the environment can hardly cure those who are addicted to gambling nowadays.

Compared to cigarette and liquor addicts, most people will succeed and that's true in my life and some of my friends, it all depends on their intentions.
if the intention is serious and consistent, it will definitely work, it does take time and stages of the process to really stop because of the environment but it will definitely work if the intention is serious without eliminating or changing the existing environment, especially in cigarettes because wherever we are smokers are sure to be there.
and for gambling addicts I haven't experienced it because I only play occasionally when I want to have fun with some of the bets that have been provided.