Gambling addiction has been known to be associated with serious funds loss, bankruptcy, unsettled loan involvements, properties auctioning and other irritable financial behaviors that depicts frustration and desperations from the victims.
A little more observation shows clearly other effects of such addiction to just not the addict alone, but those around them, be it friends, family or neighbors. Here are a few of them:
Negative impression on children/ dependents: His addiction can corrupt the good intentions of the younger generation looking up to him for inspiration, they may grow up to see gambling as a way of life and follow the wrong footprints.
Decrease in overall productivity of individual: Addiction reduces the value that you add to wherever you are engaged career wise as you are mostly distracted with gambling thereby reducing your commitment and dedication to your duties, this might significantly reduce the overall company productivity and lead to job loss.
health Challenges: A gambling addict is always under pressure and tension and as such is prone to health challenges like high blood pressure, depression, and on the part of his people, they might be suffering from the psychological implications of his lifestyle which includes social stigma.
violence : most gambling addicts are prone to violent behaviors owing to anger issues from much losses and this might greatly affect his relationship with his immediate family and people around him who might start seeing him as a wild animal.
your contributions are very much welcome as we learn together the many demerits of gambling addiction to inform both those currently addicted and intending addicts of the dangers of that irrational lifestyle.
All that you have said about gambling addiction is correct, and which I completely agree with.
Like I would always say, addiction in any thing is not good, be it smoking, drinking alcohol, taking harmful drugs and so on and on, and addiction to gambling is also one of them, seeing the several dangers of allowing oneself to get addicted to gambling, it's important for us to avoid ever getting addicted for obvious reasons, but I never advice against gambling since it's actually one of the safest ways to have fun, reasons for addiction is because gamblers allow themselve to become to obsessed, greedy because of the monetary reward that comes with or from winning a game in gambling.
So, to prevent such as those things you have listed from coming upon us which is as a result of getting addicted to gambling, we must strive and master to do away with greed, over gambling which often times is what leads to becoming addicted to gambling , it is often said that prevention is better than cure, which in this case is, it's better not to get addicted at all, than get addicted and start looking for ways to come out of it.