Topic: Signs of an addiction - page 12. (Read 3597 times)

People who borrow money for gambling barely have value. They don't understand what they are doing because, after one point, they lose the ability to think rationally or understand that their actions aren't good for themselves and those around them. A person with their senses in the right place would never borrow money and then use that money to gamble because you would know the possible outcomes before you venture into it.

So whether something is life-threatening or generally harmful, addicted gamblers barely care and they would go ahead and do it, and gambling with borrowed money is troublesome but they would still do it because they can't think like us normal people. They are different.

Borrowing money to solve some problems isn’t bad, but borrowing money to gamble is really bad. Most of the people that take loans to gamble are always finding it difficult to pay back, because even when they have the amount that they borrowed, and they are supposed to pay it back, they will end up gambling with it, with the mindset of multiplying the money. What makes an addicted gambler to sell their properties just because they want to gamble, Some do go to the length of stealing just because they want to gamble, if people like that can take a loan, then if things don’t really go well for them, they won’t be paying back the loan.

Addicted gamblers are just the main reason why people in most societies think gambling is a bad activity. Addicted gamblers do crazy things in the society that have spoiled the reputation of gambling in most societies. Why do you have to sell your properties or sell your wife's items just because you want to gamble? It doesn’t make any sense.

IMO borrowing money just to gamble should be against to any person's values. I mean it's a borrowed money and you're in debt, why would you spend those in a 50-50 situation, it should put on a investment and maybe a life-threatening situation. It shouldn't be done, and people should realize that gambling isn't a sure hit, what if you've went to the loss side, then it's a big problem too for the lender right? borrowed money shouldn't be spent in gambling or any luxurious items that's not really helpful for your growth, it's an unwritten rule. It shouldn't be a problem if the borrower can really pay if he losses, like the agreement should be done on a specific date but if not, then it's a hassle.

#4 Inability to stop

One of the signs on which a certain person is really that addicted is on the time or moment that he/she cant be able to stop on means on playing gambling specially if he would really be having this kind of perception towards gambling as source of income or money or simply trying out to chase up his/her loses. We do know on whats the casual reason on why players will really be trying out to do so on which they will really be having those plans on trying out to recover those loses that they had made out earlier on which we know that this cant be possible. As long they do have the money that they could be able to play on with on which they will really be continuing no matter what. Self control and discipline is something which you will really be needing up on this case on where you should be stopping at the moment that you are experiencing these kind of condition. Gambling isnt that bad literally, it is really that people do lose up their control on the time that they ware really that playing.

Usually the main reason is that because of for the love of money or simply greed on why they cant be able to stop on. Next, will really be trying out to get their loses back on which this is something that will be almost impossible to happen not unless if you are really that lucky then it might be able to hit or possible but in most cases on which people will really be ending up on a disaster.

Well borrowing money isn't that bad but the worst thing is that such addicts sell their household things and belongings of their siblings and other family members.

Some addicts often sell their wives items and some even forget all moral values and do worst things possible.

The addicts that are highly addicted don't really have any moral values and they could literally cross all lines.

You said a responsible gambler will always know, that's correct, but anyone who gets addicted to gambling is never a responsible gambler in the first place.

Those who are not responsible in some cases don't consider what we see as signs of addiction as one; most times they don't even agree to it when you present it to them; they always think they are in control of the whole situation and don't need couching; only those who do realise on their own and will to adjust visibly admit to being addicted.

Ya because that's the age where people exploring things and want to discover something good in making money. They don't have bigger goals yet and gambling is very catchy to those who're curious about it. Of course it's fun at first, applying those gambling platforms that 'causes you addiction, they will give you everything, good impressions and such, people at that age are very vulnerable that's why they're the target of gambling addictions. Another thing is those peer pressure, people wants to get in, want to be fit and add those social media influence.

Have you ever thought why "people aged 15 to 30" are mostly those who are addicted? I think it is because at such age, people havent fully decided what they want from their life. They dont have a clear goal. So everything that are fun, exciting as you have said, trendy, causes them to wish to get it more and more. As if at such age period, people are still young and naive, or more children than those who are elder.

It should be understood that gambling addiction does not arise as a result of excessive gambling, but has underlying medical and psychological factors. So one of the reasons for gambling addiction is excitement, when a player tries to get the euphoria that he previously received during a win. According to statistics, people aged 15 to 30 years who have suffered severe stress are most susceptible to this disease.

There are many cases where gamblers have lost everything in gambling and they end up selling everything they had at there disposal. Anyone entering gambling must note the fact that there is very low probability that gambler will take away the house money while inverse of this has high probability. So gambler must plan how much has to spend in gambling, this planning can help him in figuring out right time to stop.

You better recalculate your needs with your opinion. By managing your finances well first, you will know how much money you deserve to use for gambling.
Your reserve funds may be needed for urgent needs, don't mess everything up when you finally lose more in gambling and run out of reserve funds in your savings.

I might not say that people who chase their losses are addicts. But from what gamblers do when they become impulsive to bet more to chase their losses, it is the first step will becoming addicted to gambling.

It is very difficult to help a person when he denies the fact that he has an addiction, which in turn leads to problems. Of course, if you care about the fate of some person, you should do everything in your power to help him cope with addiction. I am sure that when a gambling addicted person gets rid of addiction, he will be very grateful to those who did not turn away from him in a difficult life situation.

It's depend on each country economic situation because I had read stories of unemployed youths in some third world countries who resorted to gambling as a major source of income and according the story they bet mostly on soccer matches and had consistently been having some winning streaks, they believe that since there unavailability of jobs thus engaged in soccer gambling to make end meet for instance playing 2.00 odd with some reasonable amount of money do earn them decent profit in a long run, however in developed countries gambling is played for fun thus there is no reason to rely on it income for personal gain.

Everyone gambles with their different thoughts like a person who has lost a little will bet on gambling in order to recover what he lost. Many others have lost a lot of money betting on gambling so he will try again and again to get that money back. A gambler will repeatedly bet around it, because they think it will be a source of big money. I can attest to many such incidents as many people in my area are involved in online gambling. I want to gamble on a time frame because i don't know how much money i need to earn to survive. So i want to gamble only the amount that I have spare funds.

You know that most gamblers could actually know that they are addicted or having the symptoms of addiction in their gambling lifestyle but even when they want to stop they can not help it, those people actually need an additional help from love ones to guide them through and that why when some of them can not get help, they become worse.

People who are addicted will realize that they have suffered a big loss but they are not aware enough to be able to stop by reducing their interest in gambling, people who are acutely addicted are likely to continue gambling even though they have experienced consecutive defeats and suffered quite large losses. This is because initially they had the wrong response to gambling which they thought they could win easily and this is what made them addicted.

With the many cases that have occurred, it should be a lesson for us to be aware of not gambling excessively, I think this can be done as long as we ourselves are aware.

You're right, self control is the major thing that is causing some gamblers to be addicted to gambling because they don't know how to apply stop to their gambling to continue the next day, than to finish all the money on gambling which is a bad habit to anyone that have such habit. The moment you are addicted to gambling, you will not know when you are losing until you loss all your money before your eyes will be open to know the damage you have done to yourself, because the gambler ignore some strategies that would have make he or she to avoid losses in the gambling.

Once you ignored professional of gambling advise, it's the sign of addiction to the gambler because he or she will be thinking that  what he or she is doing is the right thing until he loss everything in gambling by trying to recover what he has loss in the past.

That is what happen to addicted gamblers where they will not see the reality and only want to keep playing gambling. Many people already face this problem so they need a help from other people but addicted gamblers must realize and see the bad things happened to him. If he can not realize that he already bankrupt, he will still gambling and will search for the other money so that can attract him to commit an criminal activities.

We must know about the danger of become addicted to gambling and stay away from playing gambling excessively or too often because that can make us forget about limitation. Being aware from the gambling addiction and always stay away from gambling addiction will be better than curing the gambling addiction. So we must be careful when playing gambling.

Early-stage addiction is much easier to address, but once it becomes severe, it’s definitely not an easy recovery. An addicted gambler rarely recognizes or admits they have a problem. Instead, it’s the people around them—family and friends—who notice the changes in their actions and behavior, which are far from normal or how they used to be.

That’s why the role of loved ones is important in taking immediate action and helping with treatment. They’re often the first to spot the warning signs and intervene. Addicted individuals can’t overcome this alone; they need support, care, and proper guidance from the people who truly care about them.

Gambling addiction as in principle other addictions have several stages. In addition, each gambler has his or her own psychological profile. Therefore, someone realizes that he became gambling addicted at an early stage, and someone does not, or just does not want to admit it thinking that if he recognizes the addiction he will be a weakling. Try asking people who are addicted to alcohol or drugs if they are addicted. Most will say that they are not addicted and have no problems. People with gambling addictions are no different. But we know how things really are.