Topic: Can loneliness make one addicted to gambling - page 12. (Read 4111 times)

yes that's correct. because those who are addicted to gambling will find it difficult to recover or even reduce their own gambling activities. The role of other people in supporting addicted gamblers is very important. it can limit the gambler's focus with other activities that keep the gambler busy. and slowly the activity will decrease and may be more controlled.
the difficult ones are those who have a closed nature, even to their family. Gambling addiction in someone who is introverted will be very difficult to overcome. Maybe it will even have a very big impact on the people around him.

I think no one wants a partner who is addicted to gambling unless you are rich cause despite your habit, you can still manage financially. It would be better if you meet someone and plan to be in a committed relationship, try to change yourself first, cause I think it is been normalized that a man would rely upon their partner just to change their bad traits. Well, if you are already married there is a lot of distraction in life that you can do that you can even forget about gambling, like for example having a date, doing chores, work or even sex, etc. Just want to say that do not use marriage as a way of escape from your addiction, cause you are involving another party which I think is not a good thing.

Later he open up to have been using $500 for gambling per day, he said all these started when his wife left him, that he isn't into gambling at all, but I can't ask why his wife left him in the first place, but does loneliness make people become addicted to gambling or it's something else.

During loneliness people do things that make them happy and help to kill time (for example to kill time until they have to go to work tomorrow). If they find gambling as a thing that will help them to do that, of course it will rise an addiction.

My story. When I was a kid, my house was far away from school, and around me there were mostly freshly build private houses. There were almost no kids of my age to play with. So I spend most of free time playing online games. I’ve got addicted to World of Warcraft. If I got addicted to that, anyone that is lonely can get addicted to gambling.

Those who are rich and like to live alone have no friends those type of people suffer from loneliness. People do many types of works for move on from loneliness. But doing gambling and move on form loneliness it's harmful for your economical condition. Find another way to move on from loneliness. Spend time with family friends etc.

yes that's correct. because those who are addicted to gambling will find it difficult to recover or even reduce their own gambling activities. The role of other people in supporting addicted gamblers is very important. it can limit the gambler's focus with other activities that keep the gambler busy. and slowly the activity will decrease and may be more controlled.
the difficult ones are those who have a closed nature, even to their family. Gambling addiction in someone who is introverted will be very difficult to overcome. Maybe it will even have a very big impact on the people around him.

I think no one wants a partner who is addicted to gambling unless you are rich cause despite your habit, you can still manage financially. It would be better if you meet someone and plan to be in a committed relationship, try to change yourself first, cause I think it is been normalized that a man would rely upon their partner just to change their bad traits.

This case rarely occurs if it is only caused by loneliness which causes them to commit suicide, in my opinion only done if someone experiences depression because they are under mental pressure and have various problems which cause someone to commit stupid actions.
And yes, indeed loneliness can cause someone to become addicted if they have no other hobbies or other activities apart from gambling so their thoughts are only focused on gambling.

Lonely people need friends to make them feel more alive and for an introvert it is difficult to mingle with other people or do other hobbies if inside they cannot do that, while extroverts or ambiverts can do other hobbies or hang out with friends to avoid loneliness.
Introverts prefer to be alone and do their own thing, they don't have the confidence to be able to go out and hang out with their friends, this is what causes them to be lonely and if they get to know gambling then that is what will cause them to fall into gambling and it could become addicted.

If someone is not married and is addicted to gambling, maybe he will not think about marriage because his focus is only on gambling. He will remain alone without wanting to do anything more useful than just gambling. But it will be different when he is married because if his gambling activities become known to his partner, he will be involved in a conversation or discussion with his partner about his gambling activities. His partner will advise him to reduce his gambling addiction and will even ask him to stop gambling by visiting a rehabilitation center. His partner does not want to see him continue to have a gambling addiction and wants to help him cure his gambling addiction.

If someone is not married and is addicted to gambling, maybe he will not think about marriage because his focus is only on gambling. He will remain alone without wanting to do anything more useful than just gambling. But it will be different when he is married because if his gambling activities become known to his partner, he will be involved in a conversation or discussion with his partner about his gambling activities. His partner will advise him to reduce his gambling addiction and will even ask him to stop gambling by visiting a rehabilitation center. His partner does not want to see him continue to have a gambling addiction and wants to help him cure his gambling addiction.

I believe a person addicted to gambling even before settling down and getting married can still change his habit and quit gambling. Responsibility has a way of changing people. Obviously, not everyone can become responsible just by settling down. That’s when the spouse in the relationship has a good influence on the behavior of the man.
I know with an addiction, it’s very difficult to stop but it’s still very possible to quit. And with an understanding and loving spouse, the man, if he values his family would do anything possible to keep the family together including striving hard to quit his gambling habit.

I have a friend whose wife who lasted with him for 23 years, with grown children of 18+, left them and went to the USA, he says that now he feels lonely, but sometimes I cheer him up and all that, but instead of launching into one of the most logical things for someone like going to drink a lot of alcohol or something, no, what he did was decide to get ahead, he gave up alcohol, 'he can easily go to Colombia to a casino play or from the phone to play, because I talk to him a lot about the casinos here that if stake.com, bitcasino.io, and I say the games, the slots and it catches his attention, he doesn't do something like that, he does it What was said was that he made the effort to stop drinking alcohol, and get ahead, so he is a person who did not think about drinking, or going to a casino, he is only with his son, his other daughter, well, she is also living With him, of course he feels alone because he himself tells me that he gets up at 3 am to cry, and when it dawns too.

So loneliness in people is not the Kind that many take it for , I think that life is very beautiful, a person who has how to travel alone, enjoy places alone , I think that is priceless, if you feel bad or alone, Well, it's easy to get out, search, maybe find a new love, but you don't have to indulge in things like gambling or alcohol, drugs, none of that is necessary, those things make you feel more alone, things are like that when you need them, do much more, for example a person who feels alone can go out, go to a park, of course, but yes, going out to play in a casino has to have a balance willing to lose, nothing more, have that for Don't fall into problems, because falling into addiction and then facing another problem, I believe that those things are not and should not be like that, if you are trying to overcome something you have to do it in the best way , not putting on yourself more things that bother you even more problems.

This was not the common phenomenon to all the gamblers,only some people do the gambling because of the loneliness.But many people will get committed to the girlfriend to spend some time with her.The gamblers who had previous involvement to the gambling will easily get into the gambling due to their loneliness into the gambling.Because they had felt the happiness by the gambling play in their past,So they use the money to have the same fun at the time he doesn’t have any companions to spend the loneliness.


If the gamblers had the commitment with their family,he will try to use the free money to earn more money.He never try to use the time for the gambling,because he doesn’t have money to play the game when their family doesn’t have money to their basic needs.The responsibility may change the man from gambling to earning more money.

It is true what you say,but this can happen to someone who was not addicted to gambling before marriage.If one was addicted to it before he gets married,there is nothing responsibility can ever do about it.The reason they call it addiction is because it is very hard to stop.How do you think the family can make some one who has been an addict to gambling stop?When he is looking for more money to take care of his family's needs and the needs of his baby or wife,instead,the habbit will increase more because he really wants to meet up the needs of the family.
 But you can easily change if you weren't really addicted to gambling before settling down.

Loneliness can engage people in addictive behaviors in a variety of ways. People may consider gambling as a way to escape from their loneliness because gambling can give people temporary pleasure in excitement. Moreover, people can choose gambling where they can have an identity with gamblers through which they can end their loneliness. Some people think that loneliness increases people's depression, so if they gamble, they can take away the human stress. A lot of people want to end their loneliness and they want to be in some kind of activity when they cannot create the right environment then gambling is a good option for them. Loneliness can be a stepping stone to any addiction, not just gambling.

people who have a good mindset, when they are lonely they will do positive things like watching movies or playing games and it is better for them to have direct contact with their friends or family. escape when lonely by playing games is not a problem, by playing games they can make new friends if they play online-based games, this can also reduce the risk of loss if they do gambling. with the number of online games today and various kinds of genres that can also be played, they can just download and play it and also this does not drain their pockets.

Instead of gambling which could drain their pockets not to mention other risks, the pleasure of each person is different and it cannot be about, so I don't mind those whose pleasure is in gambling, it's just that I hope they have limits and a level of awareness, I mean don't let gambling control our thoughts which could be detrimental to yourself.

Loneliness is not as bad as you think to the extent of being suicidal, No, at least not in most cases. Those who would think of suicide must have had much more bothering their minds more than mere loneliness, and if anyone is in that category, they should immediately rethink of being alone so that it will not allow depression to make them act irrationally. Back to the context properly, loneliness can cause a whole lot but mostly triggers addiction in people because what they will always think about is what they love doing most. And if gambling is what the person loves to do mostly, that is what it would trigger out. There is no antidote to this unless the person changes the narrative.

If you know that you are lonely too much and too idle for anything positive in your life, you had better find other hobbies or try to hang out more often, there is no other alternative to that.  This applies to introverts, extroverts, and even ambiverts, they all need to avoid the cause of loneliness especially if the addiction or the thought of it is becoming unbearable or dangerous enough that further affects the mental state of the person. If possible, thinking about other hobbies that are more productive is good and will not add negatively to your life but counter the bad thoughts. By doing this, I know the person can effectively counter the bad effects of loneliness over time.