Ok, today I decided to look around me and view those that are gambling addicts, there is one truth that's been hiding from me before, all of these gamblers are from poor backgrounds, they are from families that have fallen apart, mother is living separate from father, one was an abandoned child that no one in the family cares about, one lost his mother at a very small age and the father is nowhere to be found, none of them came from a solid rocked family.
Is it fine to say that this was why they are addicted to gambling? Is it fine to say that poor way of living their lives is a part to why they see gambling as their only savior and final way out? Because it's true that only the poor people become a gambling addict, to them, this is their only chance to have a good life.
The reason why I gamble without much worries is because I made more money than what I use for gambling, it's not even up to 10% of my monthly income and I also do not use more than I have budgeted for gambling too, maybe I don't become an addict because I don't see gambling as my problem solver?
Topic: Do gambling addicts bother about the consequences of their actions? (Read 668 times)
June 24, 2023, 07:47:06 PM
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1. Do gambling addicts ever take a second thought on what the consequences of their actions can be not just to them but on those close to them?
2. Do they in reality genuinely feel any remorse about how those affected by their actions might be feeling?
3. Or, are they a dispassionate victim of their own uncontrollable addictive gambling lifestyle?
A gambler does not plan for his future life when he becomes deeply addicted to gambling. They do not consider the consequences of their actions on their families. When one person becomes a gambler in a family, one person is enough to destroy that family. When a family becomes a gambler it creates the biggest scandal for that family. Moreover, the family has no value to the society and the children of the gambler are humiliated by various people. When a gambler becomes so addicted to gambling that he steals money from his family to gamble later. If the gambler's wife earns money by working, then the gambler beats his wife and gambles with money, there is never happiness in that family. Such activities of the gambler have an impact on his family and there are various paradigmatic discussions about him in the society. And they are as addicted to gambling as drugs are to the blood of a drug addict. People who are addicted to gambling like this have admitted to addiction in their lifestyle. When a gambler becomes deeply addicted to gambling, it becomes very difficult for the gambler to come back from it. 1. Do gambling addicts ever take a second thought on what the consequences of their actions can be not just to them but on those close to them?
2. Do they in reality genuinely feel any remorse about how those affected by their actions might be feeling?
3. Or, are they a dispassionate victim of their own uncontrollable addictive gambling lifestyle?
June 24, 2023, 07:26:07 PM
Addicts don't care about what they do to others. This is gambling, drugs, or anything.
June 24, 2023, 07:15:20 PM
Most of the gambling addicts were middle class people. This isn't known to the outer world, just because we belong to the same category we will be able to predict the reality happening around. Rich won't get addicted to gambling easily, because rich never think of the winning. When one thinks about win and making money, automatically it leads to gambling addiction. With the middle class category they somehow control within them, at very rare instances we'll be able to see those people disturbing the people around them.
Could be true, but I think rich people can also be addicted too, maybe they have the self control, but we all know that once you involved yourself in gambling, it's very hard to get out of it specially if you have a lot of money to burn in the middle.
We might as well add the category of lower class as they are more prone to being addicted. The simply reason that they wanted to get out of their status in life and so they will go out and bet their money just for the sake of winning big in a casino. Seen those kind of people in traditional based, and for sure they know the consequences and yet they go and take that risk to fell into the category of being gambling addicts.
June 24, 2023, 07:11:35 PM
Most of the gambling addicts were middle class people. This isn't known to the outer world, just because we belong to the same category we will be able to predict the reality happening around. Rich won't get addicted to gambling easily, because rich never think of the winning. When one thinks about win and making money, automatically it leads to gambling addiction. With the middle class category they somehow control within them, at very rare instances we'll be able to see those people disturbing the people around them.
Actually, there are many arguments that could argue as to what you say. there is also, the claim that most addicts are lower class people. with assumptions, gambling on the lottery. why the lottery, people who are less intellectual tend to think if they get the lottery jackpot they will be rich instantly. in fact, the percentage of the probability that they will win the lottery is very small. but the fact is, they can buy tickets even every day. there are a lot of people there willing to reduce the need that is in their interests, in order to buy a lottery ticket.
However, on the other hand I also agree with what you say. in fact, there have been claims that middle-class people have the potential to become gambling addicts. but whatever it is, the fact is that addiction knows no one's caste. even all that, depending on the habits of each of them. we have reviewed in several threads, there are several famous figures, be it athletes, musicians, influencers, and many others who have become gambling addicts. in fact, they spend an enormous amount of money each gambling session. well, referring to the title of this thread, do gambling addicts care about the consequences of their actions.
IMO, the answer is relative to each individual. because, we cannot generalize to all gambling addicts.
June 24, 2023, 06:57:52 PM
Most of the gambling addicts were middle class people. This isn't known to the outer world, just because we belong to the same category we will be able to predict the reality happening around. Rich won't get addicted to gambling easily, because rich never think of the winning. When one thinks about win and making money, automatically it leads to gambling addiction. With the middle class category they somehow control within them, at very rare instances we'll be able to see those people disturbing the people around them.
I somehow disagree with your post.
Regardless of the status of a person, whether be rich, middle class, or poor, everyone is prone to gambling addiction due to its nature.
I also disagree with your statement that the rich will not be addicted to gambling. With almost endless capital at their disposal, they can certainly be addicted to gambling by betting almost everyday. With this kind of money, they are prone to gamble at least almost everyday to feel that adrenaline in a game. Sure, some might not focus on winning money but they get addicted with the feeling of adrenaline on their games.
Though this may be the case, if a person thinks about the satisfaction of gambling and not about the profits, they are less likely to get addicted to the act. Some gambling addicts are aware of the consequences of their actions but they still let their addiction cloud their judgement just to satisfy themselves with it.
June 24, 2023, 05:57:17 PM
Most of the gambling addicts were middle class people. This isn't known to the outer world, just because we belong to the same category we will be able to predict the reality happening around. Rich won't get addicted to gambling easily, because rich never think of the winning. When one thinks about win and making money, automatically it leads to gambling addiction. With the middle class category they somehow control within them, at very rare instances we'll be able to see those people disturbing the people around them.
That’s often the case and you know why,Like we have in every organization, there is a bottle neck form of stratification where those at the base are often the most affected, the poorer and the minions that makes those at the top stronger.
So yeah, the middle and lower class will always constitute the gambling population but, there stakes are often less compared to what one wealthy gambler would put out on a single bet. It could cover many stakes for a week.
Somehow, they don’t care much because, they’ve got a lot to spare but for the middle and lower class, it’s more about stability and survival. So they care less about the consequences.
June 24, 2023, 05:41:22 PM
Gambling if not checked cam lead to a devastating condition for a gambler's life. As a gambler when you allow yourself to be controlled by gambling instinct instead of having control over it, it repercussions doesn't particularly affects only you but goes beyond just you to those around you.
A woman was giving an account of how her gambling husband has been problematic to her with his gambling attitude. She gave an instance of how her husband had to steal her jewelry and sold it to get money to carry on his gambling enterprise. And unsuspecting of her husband the woman accused their come-and-go house-cleaner of making away with her jewelry when the cleaner must have come to the house for her cleaning services that very faithful day. She got the cleaner arrested, but then, investigations where carried out which it was uncovered that the woman's husband was the one who stole her jewelry for gambling and not the cleaner.
It is difficult to grasp or imagined the level of humiliation the innocent cleaner must have faced for an act she knows nothing about.
A question that bothers me concerning this issue is;
1. Do gambling addicts ever take a second thought on what the consequences of their actions can be not just to them but on those close to them?
2. Do they in reality genuinely feel any remorse about how those affected by their actions might be feeling?
3. Or, are they a dispassionate victim of their own uncontrollable addictive gambling lifestyle?
A woman was giving an account of how her gambling husband has been problematic to her with his gambling attitude. She gave an instance of how her husband had to steal her jewelry and sold it to get money to carry on his gambling enterprise. And unsuspecting of her husband the woman accused their come-and-go house-cleaner of making away with her jewelry when the cleaner must have come to the house for her cleaning services that very faithful day. She got the cleaner arrested, but then, investigations where carried out which it was uncovered that the woman's husband was the one who stole her jewelry for gambling and not the cleaner.
It is difficult to grasp or imagined the level of humiliation the innocent cleaner must have faced for an act she knows nothing about.
A question that bothers me concerning this issue is;
1. Do gambling addicts ever take a second thought on what the consequences of their actions can be not just to them but on those close to them?
2. Do they in reality genuinely feel any remorse about how those affected by their actions might be feeling?
3. Or, are they a dispassionate victim of their own uncontrollable addictive gambling lifestyle?
So your not actually going to get eaten by this kind of addiction if you don't allow yourself to get eaten by gambling. That just means that all you need is discipline in order to have control over your gambling addiction, for sure it wasn't easy to get rid of it but you could reduce your gambling from daily to weekly to monthly to nothing I think that could help you control your emotions at least.
I think yes, this gambling addict in my opinion for sure have second thoughts on what things they are doing I mean it wasn't like they are some kind of psychopath right that is just thinking of the wrong things to do, especially after they do the wrong things and then the consequences of it hits them, they surely going to regret it. They feel at least for sure even though we think that most of the things they don't really make affect them I don't think they are immune to this kind of emotion they are still human.
June 24, 2023, 05:23:04 PM
Most of the gambling addicts were middle class people. This isn't known to the outer world, just because we belong to the same category we will be able to predict the reality happening around. Rich won't get addicted to gambling easily, because rich never think of the winning. When one thinks about win and making money, automatically it leads to gambling addiction. With the middle class category they somehow control within them, at very rare instances we'll be able to see those people disturbing the people around them.
Au contraire my guy. The capacity to gamble as much as you want without virtually losing a significant portion of your riches is what makes upper class people as easy a target if not easier than all of us. Just look at Drake right here, making bets in the millions almost everyday with no signs of even stopping to take it all in before he locks the bet down. It's stupid and funny at the same time, and this alone will make most of us think that he's a gambling addict (which I know he is) but we're blindsided by the fact that he could spend as much money as he wants. Just cause you got a lot of money doesn't mean you can't be addicted to gambling, I'd argue that it would even be easier to reel you in since you can just bet again and again, and the only thing that's really ever stopping you is your sense of control.
June 24, 2023, 03:13:09 PM
Most of the gambling addicts were middle class people. This isn't known to the outer world, just because we belong to the same category we will be able to predict the reality happening around. Rich won't get addicted to gambling easily, because rich never think of the winning. When one thinks about win and making money, automatically it leads to gambling addiction. With the middle class category they somehow control within them, at very rare instances we'll be able to see those people disturbing the people around them.
June 24, 2023, 02:57:42 PM
Gambling addiction is generally found in people who are very rich and can afford losing. A middle class man only gambles, in order to make some extra income for its family. It’s very rare that any middle class person gets addicted to gambling, as he won’t have sufficient money to gamble more, if he is facing losses. Yes gambling addiction really affects the family, as people here sometimes gamble the money, that is needed for daily necessities. They also become mentally unstable and hence bids farewell from the responsibilities that they need to make for their families.
Yes, maybe you are right, but the reality is that not many rich people become gambling addicts, and they can even afford to spend big money every day just to have fun. Of course, casinos will be happy to see gamblers like that, the more addicts who gamble, the more profits the casino will continue to make. . BTW about the middle class I think I have a story there are some people I know say he is my friend and he plays gambling from the results of the money he gets from online motorcycle taxi jobs.He always spends his earnings on gambling so that his family leaves him and that's why people from the lower middle class also have an impact on addiction, not only for the rich, after all, the rich already have big money and of course they play just for fun with their money, not to earn money. because they are obviously good at doing business in contrast to the middle class where they hope to get big money from gambling but it turns out they get nothing but bankruptcy.
I think there is a difference here between the addiction of the rich and the addiction of the middle class, is that right?
If the rich are addicted, it's just because the rich can always meet their needs for gambling and addiction to have fun.
Meanwhile, middle class people will be addicted to gambling because they hope to get big wins from gambling and make changes to their economic life.
Or is there even another explanation? I'm a little confused by this discussion.
If the rich are addicted, it's just because the rich can always meet their needs for gambling and addiction to have fun.
Meanwhile, middle class people will be addicted to gambling because they hope to get big wins from gambling and make changes to their economic life.
Or is there even another explanation? I'm a little confused by this discussion.
June 24, 2023, 07:47:45 AM
Gambling addiction is generally found in people who are very rich and can afford losing. A middle class man only gambles, in order to make some extra income for its family. It’s very rare that any middle class person gets addicted to gambling, as he won’t have sufficient money to gamble more, if he is facing losses. Yes gambling addiction really affects the family, as people here sometimes gamble the money, that is needed for daily necessities. They also become mentally unstable and hence bids farewell from the responsibilities that they need to make for their families.
Yes, maybe you are right, but the reality is that not many rich people become gambling addicts, and they can even afford to spend big money every day just to have fun. Of course, casinos will be happy to see gamblers like that, the more addicts who gamble, the more profits the casino will continue to make. . BTW about the middle class I think I have a story there are some people I know say he is my friend and he plays gambling from the results of the money he gets from online motorcycle taxi jobs.He always spends his earnings on gambling so that his family leaves him and that's why people from the lower middle class also have an impact on addiction, not only for the rich, after all, the rich already have big money and of course they play just for fun with their money, not to earn money. because they are obviously good at doing business in contrast to the middle class where they hope to get big money from gambling but it turns out they get nothing but bankruptcy.
June 24, 2023, 07:05:54 AM
Gambling if not checked cam lead to a devastating condition for a gambler's life. As a gambler when you allow yourself to be controlled by gambling instinct instead of having control over it, it repercussions doesn't particularly affects only you but goes beyond just you to those around you.
A woman was giving an account of how her gambling husband has been problematic to her with his gambling attitude. She gave an instance of how her husband had to steal her jewelry and sold it to get money to carry on his gambling enterprise. And unsuspecting of her husband the woman accused their come-and-go house-cleaner of making away with her jewelry when the cleaner must have come to the house for her cleaning services that very faithful day. She got the cleaner arrested, but then, investigations where carried out which it was uncovered that the woman's husband was the one who stole her jewelry for gambling and not the cleaner.
It is difficult to grasp or imagined the level of humiliation the innocent cleaner must have faced for an act she knows nothing about.
A question that bothers me concerning this issue is;
1. Do gambling addicts ever take a second thought on what the consequences of their actions can be not just to them but on those close to them?
2. Do they in reality genuinely feel any remorse about how those affected by their actions might be feeling?
3. Or, are they a dispassionate victim of their own uncontrollable addictive gambling lifestyle?
A woman was giving an account of how her gambling husband has been problematic to her with his gambling attitude. She gave an instance of how her husband had to steal her jewelry and sold it to get money to carry on his gambling enterprise. And unsuspecting of her husband the woman accused their come-and-go house-cleaner of making away with her jewelry when the cleaner must have come to the house for her cleaning services that very faithful day. She got the cleaner arrested, but then, investigations where carried out which it was uncovered that the woman's husband was the one who stole her jewelry for gambling and not the cleaner.
It is difficult to grasp or imagined the level of humiliation the innocent cleaner must have faced for an act she knows nothing about.
A question that bothers me concerning this issue is;
1. Do gambling addicts ever take a second thought on what the consequences of their actions can be not just to them but on those close to them?
2. Do they in reality genuinely feel any remorse about how those affected by their actions might be feeling?
3. Or, are they a dispassionate victim of their own uncontrollable addictive gambling lifestyle?
Of course they do. And you call them successful gamblers. They are those who can get profits out of their gambling. In contrary, Those who don't are just losers. Those are the people who gamble because they're addicts, bored, and cannot control themselves. And yes I would say that gambling addicts never take consideration or any second thought on what the consequences of their actions can be not just to them but on those close to them. They just act on something impulsively. They don't know how to embrace risk or even cannot measure the risk they are trying to put in the table. And that's just awful. Not only they are making their own life miserable but also the people around them are being affected of their own addiction.
June 24, 2023, 05:07:44 AM
The scenario you paint unveils the profound lows to which gambling addiction can plunge people, highlighting it's more than an individual concern - it's a societal challenge.
As to your queries, they're subjects of heated debate in addiction research. Some suggest that addicts, fueled by the compelling urge to gamble, may lose sight of the extensive implications, blurring ethical guidelines.
Guilt infers recognition of harm done, often unclear to the gambler. And regarding your final question, it's crucial to acknowledge that addicts aren't emotionless; they're ensnared in an addiction cycle that may seem invincible.
As to your queries, they're subjects of heated debate in addiction research. Some suggest that addicts, fueled by the compelling urge to gamble, may lose sight of the extensive implications, blurring ethical guidelines.
Guilt infers recognition of harm done, often unclear to the gambler. And regarding your final question, it's crucial to acknowledge that addicts aren't emotionless; they're ensnared in an addiction cycle that may seem invincible.
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June 23, 2023, 06:27:37 AM
That is the most common mindset for gamblers when they are looking playing because why not? Everybody wanted to win and that's everybody's goal, there's no right or wrong about that. It's just that their mindset lacks something, it's the mindset to know the boundaries where a line shouldn't be crossed at any cost and that is the time to call it a day.
Without this, you will have no certain goal other than making money and sooner or later, you will find yourself chasing for the money and instead of making money, you'll find yourself in a spot where you didn't wanted yourself to be in as that will too late anymore.
It's not wrong to have a mindset like that but they should be able to think that what they think is wrong. If only they knew the limits, they would not have lost their minds and would have gambled what they could afford. And when they can control themselves and stay within their limits, they will not chase money or want to try to make money. But when they are already in a gambling addiction, they will not think about such things because they don't care about anything else. They don't even know anything is happening to the people around them because they are only focused on their actions. Without this, you will have no certain goal other than making money and sooner or later, you will find yourself chasing for the money and instead of making money, you'll find yourself in a spot where you didn't wanted yourself to be in as that will too late anymore.
June 23, 2023, 01:22:10 AM
There is nothing to think about once you become a gambling addict, your sense of thinking will be shut down, and the only thing left in your brain is when you will make it with gambling, you will keep dreaming about how you will buy a mansion and Lamborghini.
If you put in the strength to change a gambler, you could get somewhere for a few days and weeks, and once you leave them alone, they will start dreaming of the possibility that they could win a shot, a single shot will turn into 100s of a failed attempt and money would have been spent too many times already.
If you put in the strength to change a gambler, you could get somewhere for a few days and weeks, and once you leave them alone, they will start dreaming of the possibility that they could win a shot, a single shot will turn into 100s of a failed attempt and money would have been spent too many times already.
June 22, 2023, 11:41:08 PM
If those who become addicted to gambling had thought about their actions, they would not have become addicted to gambling. When a gambler makes a profit in gambling, he forgets all past losses and resumes gambling with renewed vigour. Again, when the gambler faces a big loss, even though he feels temporarily remorseful, he cannot bring himself out of gambling. After abstaining from gambling for a while, when the betting capital is at hand, he forgets his past regrets and becomes addicted to gambling again.
June 22, 2023, 10:51:15 PM
Gambling addiction is generally found in people who are very rich and can afford losing.
That's true, it's common with their calibre all because they have the enough time to gamble and also have enough money to spend on gambling, we rarely see the negative effect on th all because they can use money to avoid any form of public embarrassment while those that doesn't have money get the most disadvantages of it because they can't cover up with some things because of lack of money and they remain being affected for gambling addiction.
like some people i know he was a worker somewhere on less than $200 and he was always gambling with a $100 budget hoping this money could be doubled to be more. but unfortunately this method is wrong and the money is lost in gambling and he feels like chasing it continuously and finally becomes addicted.
so that addiction is not only for the rich, even among the middle class someone can be addicted because of certain problems, such as chasing after losing money in gambling.
June 22, 2023, 10:18:40 PM
Gambling addiction is generally found in people who are very rich and can afford losing.
That's true, it's common with their calibre all because they have the enough time to gamble and also have enough money to spend on gambling, we rarely see the negative effect on th all because they can use money to avoid any form of public embarrassment while those that doesn't have money get the most disadvantages of it because they can't cover up with some things because of lack of money and they remain being affected for gambling addiction.
June 22, 2023, 10:13:14 PM
Gambling addiction is generally found in people who are very rich and can afford losing. A middle class man only gambles, in order to make some extra income for its family. It’s very rare that any middle class person gets addicted to gambling, as he won’t have sufficient money to gamble more, if he is facing losses. Yes gambling addiction really affects the family, as people here sometimes gamble the money, that is needed for daily necessities. They also become mentally unstable and hence bids farewell from the responsibilities that they need to make for their families.
I doubt this cuz I have friends who are so addicted to gambling but will never lament any time he loses money on gambling, yet he's not rich. U necessarily must be rich before getting addicted. Gambling a game of fun but seems more than just a game to some people. But sometimes, people that play it for fun earns up winning more than people that a deeply addicted. That is because, whenever u do something for the joy and love of doing it rather than as a result of depression, u easily get results. People that gamble are bordered with the consequences yet will still try more chances to see if they could win. To this kind of people, gambling has become a secret society of no going back ( they have no choice) Jump to: