Topic: Gambling addiction does more harm than mere financial loss - page 8. (Read 2104 times)

Well, all that you have said, and all this other negative side of gambling addiction that you mentioned are all correct, and i completely agree with you, this things are not like the direct cons of being addicted to gambling, but act as the indirect cons, and in most cases, this indirect implication of gambling addiction tends to become an impact that is much more bad, than that which the person who is addicted to gambling is going through, this is why most of the time, we are advised to watch our gambling habit in order for us not to full into addiction, it sometimes is usually not completely for our sake, but for the sake of those around us, seeing how our actions and the repercaution may affect them.

All the same though, its my first time coming across this thread and indeed, i must say that this is a very good discussion, the issue of gambling addiction is something that has eaten deep into the youths of our different societies, and we cant afford to have more young people fall into the addiction, thereby destroying themselves as well as the future generation that is coming through them, this is why i believe we should never be tired of talking about gambling addiction and the dangers associated with it, this way, alot of people can learn and guide themselves in other not to become a victim.

Op that is very true, outside the financial loss gambling addiction does more harm to people, lingering from depression, mental stress, suicide, and the person might look very unorganized. addiction is not all about the financial loss individuals who are gambling addicts go through a lot in the hands of the public. There is notion that notorious gamblers are useless, and they don't think about themselves. the society often see them as those who lacks proper parental upbringing and that same warn their children not to associate with them. I could remember when i was growing up there is guy who gambles a lot in our street, and most times he visits my brother because they are very close in school and classmates, but each time he comes looking for my brother, my mother will always tell him that my brother is not around even when he knows that my brother is inside the house. And when i asked my mum the reason why she is not letting the guy inside the house she said to me that the guy is a gambler and that he is going to influence my brother negatively

You are fortunate to have realized your gambling problem early on, unlike some other gamblers who continue to gamble without realizing the harm they are causing themselves. Some even become more aggressive in their gambling habits, wasting not only their money but also their youth.

I remember myself and how gambling took up most of my time, because I had a strong desire to make money on it, although this did not succeed. I spent a lot of time studying educational materials on betting and poker. I watched streams and tournaments and various fraudulent sports betting experts. After I tried a lot, I burned out and realized that I was wasting my young life. This does not mean that I have completely given up on this, now I only bet on sporting events of my favorite team and this is enough for me to enjoy victories. I think few people will think about this after my post until they understand it with their own minds. I think this will happen sooner or later.

When you are playing against the house then dont make your hopes too high on which you would really be that making yourself that too desperate on making money on which this one would really be leading into disaster.
This is why it would really be always best that you should really be having up that kind of control if you dont like on messing up your finances because if you do then recovery would really be that hard.
Based onto those things that mentioned on OP then there's no way that we could really be able to make ourselves to avoid those things if we do really put up too much in focus with gambling.
You arent really that putting your finances at harm but also in other things as well as mentioned.

If you dont really care then you would proceed on doing gambling but if you do then you would really be neither stop or having that engagement on controlled manner.
This is why it would reallybe that best that moderation or control is always that recommended.

Trying to take the wins from the house by force is a fight greedy gambler can't win the house is in control of the game. Why would a gambler try to win using any possible means, to an extent of wagering all his money. The endless effort of chasing loss without any result only leaves the gambling wondering about his incapabilities of winning. Hence, he'd continue, until he gets addicted. Any amount of money that gets to his way will go back to gambling. Addiction and financial loss are incomparable, but one can't get addicted to gambling without losing lots of money in the process, maybe in his venture of wining back his lost money. Since there work hand in hand, gamblers in order not to get addicted, need to be careful about financial loss. Hence self-control can limit the amount of money a gambler loses while gambling. The anxiety of losing too many puts lots of players into problem gambling. But in a literal sense, addiction is way too bad and also requires finance to get cured.

Maybe some can erase it but there are some who don't. It's just that gambling consumes them so they don't have time anymore to work on their dreams (if it's not becoming a gambling professional). Young people still have plenty of time and they can still correct their path later on but it's not a good excuse to start it poorly.

Playing gambling in a casino can provide us entertainment and money, and sometimes love if there are women on it but it's not all. There are still other things in life that we need that can't be found in on it. To be addicted in to something even if you say it's a profitable hobby is still not right but everything in this world must have a balance.

Overcoming gambling addiction is not an easy thing. If it is easy not many people experience gambling addiction because to stop this, they need a strong urge within themselves to stop and limit their gambling because this requires self-control and reducing it little by little. This requires time and patience for addicts, but they have to fight if they really want to stop. Don't just talk nonsense but not make any changes to stop it, because if they are determined their desires will soon come true.

Not being able to control yourself will indeed make someone experience big losses because they continue to gamble, the only reason that can make them stop is intention and determination. If they have the intention then the urge to limit themselves can become a rule that will be obeyed, it becomes can control oneself not to gamble continuously and this can slowly overcome the addiction.

I am not one to judge but every gambling addict I have meant are encountering trust issues in their relationships. It has affected them so much that they do not mind deceiving others just to be able to gamble. You see them sitting quiet and sober whenever they lose. They avoid all forms of human interactions and it affects their social and support networks. I think that anyone who is willing to speak up and intentionally seek for help will have someone running to save them.

The gambler who loss the funds in the gambling site mostly get anger because of the depression caused by loss.But they will show their anger with the family member.The weakest member of the family are the victim for the anger of the gambler who loss their funds in the gambling site.The gambler who loss the funds in the gambling site will get into the habit of taking loan in the gambling site.

The gambler should not play with the money needed for the immediate need,because the reason is simple the gambler get into the big problem if they loss the money needed for the emergency expenses.So they need to wait for the money comes from other sources apart from the important things.

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In fact, in my opinion, with those who are young and addicted to gambling, they think that gambling can grant their wishes, in the sense that they think that gambling can give them victory where they can use the winnings for the things they want such as buying the things they want with the winnings. in my opinion, indeed with those who are addicted to gambling, they will not be easy to stop gambling because of the wrong thinking they have that encourages them to continue gambling.

So, these are the disadvantages of gambling apart from being financially detrimental. However, what is clear is that gambling will definitely harm many things, the main one being financially. Because in my opinion many people are destitute and bankrupt and even their lives are in shambles because of the money they spend gambling.

Gambling is full of thrill and fun, so many people get caught up in it. They are too carried away by the gambling they are doing, and they even abandon what is their duty and responsibility. They continue to spend the time and money they have just to gamble. So what they do will not only have a negative impact on their financial situation, but their mental health and life balance will also be disrupted. Many of them have had their careers, family relationships and future destroyed just because of their careless behavior, they were too busy gambling and made this activity the main priority in their lives. And if this is not realized as soon as possible, then not only will he experience financial suffering, but other suffering will also await him, such as; loss of trust from others.

Neither of both experience are pleasing because they will both get you very troubled and you will most likely not be able to recover in some extreme Case, you can just try to make sure you suffer only one but ideally you shouldn't be suffering any of both as much as possible avoid either of them to be much more safe.

Financial losses can literally get someone into a state of porverty at times and even make them end up having suicidal thoughts because whenever they think about the money and the fact that they are unable to probably recover from the losses they will just end up with some in healthy habits that will cause them much more than that which gambling alone has because I do say gambling in itself isn't the problem but the gamblers how they gamble that's where the problem lays and how these gamblers risk more than they should.

Well, there would be no addiction in the world if everyone were able to overcome their addictions so easily, however, that's not how it is with everyone. It requires a lot of patience and self-control for someone to be able to limit their desires or to not give up against the urges to do certain things that they like to do or are addicted to, and most human beings don't have enough self-control to be able to do that.

This is the biggest reason why so many people lose so much money in gambling because they can't control the urge to gamble and can't stop when they need to, and this leads them to bankruptcy and losing of all the assets they have simply because they don't know how they can limit the urge or have enough self-control to get out of that moment.

Oh, but that is already something of a very extreme case, but although addiction is related to that, personally I have always said that the things that cause addiction are very strong, we must attack those symptoms that define a addiction, because that can become a misfortune, but I say something, a person who knows that he has a family, that he has children and that he totally gives himself over to an addiction, well, it is something that should not be admitted, therefore when we are Seeing that the best option for things is to leave it up to that point for the family, it should be left up to that point. Not only is it irresponsible that the person acted, but he also lets the children become malnourished, that is something that should never be allowed. In fact, in all countries there are rescue organizations for children when they have irresponsible parents, it is better that they pass into the hands of the state and not let them die, because they have to take the children from that person.

And well, with respect to the mother, if she is not addicted, then she should take charge or do something quickly, get to work, help the children get their batteries together, because how else are they going to do it? You have to do something so that your children can get ahead, and if the woman can't, then unfortunately they have to let the state take charge, this is just what I have always said can be done, if this were to happen in my country, I think that The children would take it to the government home, it is not a good thing, but at least they are not left to die of hunger and that is something that is already good on that side, but you have to be very tactful when it comes to being in a casino and with obligations, I believe that there are things that are above a casino, of games, that is only what we must see, addictions something that we must be very careful of, that is why the best strategy should always be done is by having a total money to lose so that things do not get out of control.

This is probably the worst thing of them all, letting your kids starve when you're already below the poverty line, addiction definitely does take a toll not just on the addict but also the people around that person. That's probably the only skill that an addict that I admire the most, their ability to be able to find ways to make money to get their gambling fix on a daily basis, that's difficult to do in most people but these addicted people knows how to do it, it's a really good motivational thing I think that you shouldn't let an addict beat you in terms of hustling for money then you should be able to hustle like them too.

Yes I understand and the scenario you mentioned is a very concerning situation for someone who is addicted to gambling, they put aside other things that are basically very important in their lives, prioritizing allocation to gambling rather than maintaining life is a very careless mindset so that the impact can make them starve, but I wouldn't really call them "stupid" because after all they are already in a situation of addiction which is very difficult to overcome and some suggestions will seem absurd to them because people who are addicted have a different mindset from normal people, And their main mistake in my opinion is when they are new to gambling where they only see the "winning opportunity" which is very tempting to double the money they bring but they don't see gambling from various sides, especially in terms of risk so in the end they fall and get lost on the wrong path and get stuck in a situation that is concerning.

You may also consider starvation especially gamblers in the lower class as I can see some of them unable to feed their malnourished kids because of gambling addiction. They have this never ending debts but still managed to gamble in the hope of doubling the hard earned money they got from a life threatening job. I wish governments has to require people to gamble only if they have this stable source of income other than that would be illegal.

In enjoying gambling, we must be able to control ourselves well so that we don't experience too big a financial loss. Most gamblers cannot control themselves, which causes them to experience large financial losses because they have lost a lot. This is something that must be avoided because whatever money you use for gambling will only run out and you will not be able to enjoy gambling as entertainment. There will be a desire to avenge the defeat you experienced, so it will trigger you to gamble excessively. And if you gamble too much, you will only experience bigger losses and it will be difficult to recover from them. Apart from that, there will be a problem of gambling addiction that befalls you if you remain unaware of it because you are getting deeper into gambling.

It is true that gambling is full of risks, therefore, before someone enters the world of gambling, they should be careful because if they are not able to control themselves, it will have a negative impact on themselves and they can become addicted and their life will be ruined if they are addicted to gambling, besides this, it will disrupt economic stability and it can be detrimental to yourself and your family, and indeed many people have lost the love of their family, career or job just because of their gambling and they can't control it.

Money can be found but lost time cannot be found anywhere, therefore we must be able to use our time as well as possible for our family, don't disappointed them because of our bad attitude due to gambling. As the saying goes love your family as we love ourselves ourselves because it is difficult to make us happy with our family and if we lose them it will have an impact on our future lives which could be even worse.