Topic: Decisions for a better life - page 7. (Read 2715 times)
A person should never have to think about this decision, unless they are estranged from their family or something. Succumbing to addiction is something nobody should ever do as it will just make your life worse than it already is.
We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
I think OP needs to make it clear, is it career or addiction? Gambling can be a career like a professional poker player does. Or you can also be the house, it is in line with gambling as well. Addiction is different. The gambler does not have control of his gambling habits.
Well, if you are an addict, you have limited choices actually unless you commit yourself to get cured by getting professional help. If I am an addict, it will be hard to choose family because addiction will make it hard for you to let go of the habit.
But if it is a career, then Family is the choice. I can always find another career if gambling is a conflict with my love ones.
People's bad experiences with gambling have made many to see it as evil... It is just as some people can get criticized for drinking alcoholic wine by those who dislike alcohol. It boils down on moderation. Things that have little to no harmful effects when taken in moderation shouldn't be a problem.
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now, the family is my first priority and gambling is my 5th priority.. before marriage, I had been very devastated, because I let gambling control myself, now that after a family I realize that my wife and child are my primary responsibility, their lives depend on me.family is the greatest thing that will happen to every people so never waste time in anything less important than them,we will use all our life and power to give them what they need.
when talking about careers, it will also be measured professionally, money management is more mature with strategies that come from accumulated experience, the principle of capital management is no longer merely biased from addiction. An established gambler is able to cover everything and not affect the family's needs subjectively. It is difficult to describe it more clearly because the abilities of each gambler are not the same.
Money management is the right thing if you are in a gambling habit. Of course, you can split your money into how many folds for those expenses that you have and spare a little amount that you can afford to gamble and not the entire budget that supposed to be for your family needs. Correct, educated gamblers are know everything and they know how to budget money.We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
The question is not simple, not easy, that is, it is easy from this point of view, of course it is a family, but when we are addicted we are usually not aware of the choice, of course we want a family but the gamble is dragging us.
Everyone wants to have a healthy and normal family, but envy usually kills it.
So we can't choose here, but a strong mentality can keep us from gambling.
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The question is not simple, not easy, that is, it is easy from this point of view, of course it is a family, but when we are addicted we are usually not aware of the choice, of course we want a family but the gamble is dragging us.Everyone wants to have a healthy and normal family, but envy usually kills it.
So we can't choose here, but a strong mentality can keep us from gambling.
Also OP, learn what "addict" means,
I already know that, I don't know if do you?
and remove the mindset that all gamblers are " addicts" Thanks.
I can't recall myself having a mindset like that, I've stated my post crystal clear, but I can't prevent it if someone is going to misunderstood my post since we have different level of understanding, I'd recommend read it very slowly, you'll get my point.
I agree, but it looks like most of the people misunderstood the term that I used with a quotation mark on it, I was being sarcastic when I said "career", and of course professional gamblers are not included when I said that, because professional gamblers and amateur gamblers holds different mindset, pro have their passion and amateurs have their greed on it, just pure greed, they do have plan but later fall apart because they lost their money in gambling.
Read this, hope it will help to you guys to understand what I'm trying to say about my post to avoid further misunderstanding.
We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
The question is not simple, not easy, that is, it is easy from this point of view, of course it is a family, but when we are addicted we are usually not aware of the choice, of course we want a family but the gamble is dragging us.
Everyone wants to have a healthy and normal family, but envy usually kills it.
So we can't choose here, but a strong mentality can keep us from gambling.
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now, the family is my first priority and gambling is my 5th priority.. before marriage, I had been very devastated, because I let gambling control myself, now that after a family I realize that my wife and child are my primary responsibility, their lives depend on me. We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or your family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
Family is more important than anything else. Money is nothing if there is no Family, we earn money and we work hard because of our family, so it is pretty obvious that we choose family over gambling. Maybe this question is for those who are too much attached to gambling that can't control their mind playing gambling. Maybe it is hard for them to choose of the two.I will not and will never choose gambling or money over my family although if you are a money minded person, you will say "Your love with your family will be useless if you don't have money because your love can't make you buy necessities such as foods water etc." Probably, some of the addicted gamblers choose gambling over their family which is the worst decision a person can make.
good for you mate's because youre showing how much you love your family but me , im not that really attached to my mom , and my dad was also passed away when i was still a kid and we arent also close to each other . my bro was also not friendly to me so i sometimes feel the same . for me its a tough decision to make because i also develop a gambling addiction a little only but not too much . your last qoute was true that i feel useless or my love for them will feel empty if i cant provide them some cash to buy thier needs and for the house needs , so i just spend more time in gamble hoping to win .
We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
Obviously, i will choose my family over my addiction in gambming because without my family i would be nothing and worthless, unlike if i choose gambling instead of my family, i would end up losing a lot of money and wasted most of my life. Gambling is only for entertainment and for fun, that is why you should not let yourself be attached in gambling too much. 
We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or your family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
Family is more important than anything else. Money is nothing if there is no Family, we earn money and we work hard because of our family, so it is pretty obvious that we choose family over gambling. Maybe this question is for those who are too much attached to gambling that can't control their mind playing gambling. Maybe it is hard for them to choose of the two.I will not and will never choose gambling or money over my family although if you are a money minded person, you will say "Your love with your family will be useless if you don't have money because your love can't make you buy necessities such as foods water etc." Probably, some of the addicted gamblers choose gambling over their family which is the worst decision a person can make.
We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
I think OP needs to make it clear, is it career or addiction? Gambling can be a career like a professional poker player does. Or you can also be the house, it is in line with gambling as well. Addiction is different. The gambler does not have control of his gambling habits.
Well, if you are an addict, you have limited choices actually unless you commit yourself to get cured by getting professional help. If I am an addict, it will be hard to choose family because addiction will make it hard for you to let go of the habit.
But if it is a career, then Family is the choice. I can always find another career if gambling is a conflict with my love ones.
People's bad experiences with gambling have made many to see it as evil... It is just as some people can get criticized for drinking alcoholic wine by those who dislike alcohol. It boils down on moderation. Things that have little to no harmful effects when taken in moderation shouldn't be a problem.
We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or your family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
Family is more important than anything else. Money is nothing if there is no Family, we earn money and we work hard because of our family, so it is pretty obvious that we choose family over gambling. Maybe this question is for those who are too much attached to gambling that can't control their mind playing gambling. Maybe it is hard for them to choose of the two.This is so true that generally people work for family and give them priority . At times they will not buy anything for themself but will fulfill the other people needs and if anything left then they buy for oneself . But those who get addicted to gambling may find it difficult as it involves money and certain humans are greedy more than their family .
We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or your family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
Family is more important than anything else. Money is nothing if there is no Family, we earn money and we work hard because of our family, so it is pretty obvious that we choose family over gambling. Maybe this question is for those who are too much attached to gambling that can't control their mind playing gambling. Maybe it is hard for them to choose of the two. We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
Really a tough spot though. If you really a chronic gambler you will find this thing difficult otherwise it is obvious on who to choose. Well, in my case I will choose my family, of course. I won't be letting anyone or anything be a hindrance for a relationship, and in addition gambling can be cause for conflicts thus, it might lead to a worst possible scenario, divorce or any sort of bad relationship, in which majority don't want to happen in the first place. I am willingly to give up my addiction over my family, besides, I don't want my kids be an addicted with this kind of game as well.
We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
I would say Family is first, but you know, people act weird when they are addicted to something. And gambling is one of those vices who can destroy your life and leave a bad taste for the family.
In the past in my country (México),i[] people used to bet their parents in a poker hand.[/i] Is nuts and people don't do it nowadays, but is a good example about how the gambling adiction can damage the family.
is this for real?what can be benefited if the winners take home the PARENTS?this is the most weird thing i ever heard from gambling world. 
We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?
This is the ultimate question every addicted gambler would come upon on his/her life. It's just you and your money when you are alone but when you have to support a family or be a part of it, you should take your economic decision on mutual understandings. In lack of that the relation won't go smooth.
It's always better to be a responsible gambler from the start and set your limits and rules.
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~snip~I will think the same by using trading than gambling as a way to make money. But as you know that many gamblers don't have responsibilities in gambling, so that makes them getting deeper into gambling without a chance to stop even if they lose their money.
We can try to be a gambler who will have a positive mindset that gambling is for having fun, and if we have family, we must use family as an important reason why we must not stay for a long time in gambling. We want to stay with our family, spend the time together, and if we have a strong bond with them, we will always think our family and gambling time will not be our reason to have fun because we can have fun with our family in many things.
Anyway, If I have to choose between family and gambling of course I'll pick my family. But if my hobby doesn't affect my family relationship at all then it will stay that way. You don't necessarily need to choose only one if it doesn't harm you at all.
Exactly, but I think gambling is a very expensive hobby. I am not saying I don't enjoy gambling, I just don't spend a lot of time to it as I know based on my experience that I could be prone to addiction if I do that. Everyone of us has our own hobby which gives us a little entertainment but we should always be responsible all the time especially if its a risky one like gambling.
Family should always be our priority, majority of the gamblers gamble to win and maybe if they win they think of helping their family as if we keep winning then we can say making money is easy, no hard work needed which we can make more money without limitations too, but it's only good if we are really good, so we need to be realistic as well.
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