If you are lonely, can you have interest in gambling simply because of your loneliness?
How would you judge someone who says they don't gamble because it's fun, is that a sign of a gambling addiction?
If you are making $600 a day, that's $20000 in a month, and because you are only you start having interest to gamble, what do you think this is?
All these questions is been asked because someone close said all these and I think he are losing money and losing himself too, of all the discussions we had, these are the points I held unto.
Later he open up to have been using $500 for gambling per day, he said all these started when his wife left him, that he isn't into gambling at all, but I can't ask why his wife left him in the first place, but does loneliness make people become addicted to gambling or it's something else.
Indeed! Loneliness can be actually a huge factor on why someone develops gambling addiction. Because of course, if you are lonely, you felt the need to divert your attention onto other things or make yourself busy by doing other activities to not feel loneliness. And gambling is one of the activities that lonely people run into because it's accessible and a fun activity. To be honest, it's really hard to judge someone especially if we know nothing about their experience or what led them to have gambling addiction. But from the story you have shared us, I think we can clearly say that loneliness drives that person to try gambling, but it does not mean that he is already addicted to it because I think he just wanted to make himself busy so that he will not have the time to think about his wife. For me, I would personally suggest that person to seek counselling or at least a professional help. Because spending 500$ is really huge, especially for a someone who isn't really into gambling.