Topic: Signs of an addiction - page 17. (Read 3602 times)

Yes, that's right. Gambling addiction is sometimes very difficult to detect and it takes a long time before they realize that they are addicted to gambling. This is quite common for those who are already addicted to gambling, they actually don't want to be like that, it's just that they don't see the symptoms early on so that over time they become addicted and find it difficult to let go.

Because gambling is exciting, especially when they are on a winning streak they will forget everything but in the end the inevitable happens and they start to lose everything and then they feel bad and miserable. They wish it was that easy to stop but the thrill is what keeps them playing, they often think life would be much easier if the internet had never been invented. because at first they are quite sure they will not get addicted, but often over time gambling makes them addicted. Therefore it is important to gamble with strong control, be it emotions, psychology and of course financial control so that addiction can be avoided.

if the relative in question is close to you, instead of pretending that you don't have money, tell him that you have no plan of lending him any money because of his addiction or that the only way you will lend him money is for his rehabilitation. if he chose none of the options you gave then he is on his own. Sometimes harsh truths can make people realize that they are in deep trouble.

Nice question. Lending him money I think I'm doing the person more harm to be addicted to gambling,  I'll rather not to give.
Instead of giving the person money to go gamble, I'll try my best to get into a conversation with the person that atleast it can of help to the person. Normally it is against gambling rules to borrow money just to gamble. I'll help in giving the person good advice on how to gamble responsibly without struggling to get money to gamble by all means.

It is better to have conversations with people in this condition, it can be of help to them, than just to lend them money and if the outcome becomes a lose , it possible for the person to try every means to still look for money to gamble,  it is just better to try help the person out from addiction.

If the addiction has made you uncomfortable, surely no party will want to be in touch anymore, where surely this person will always have to deal with debts so that they can continue to play, it is difficult not to rehabilitate a gambling addict, there is no certainty that they will recover,

Addiction of everything is bad whether it's gambling or any other thing. For human mind excess of everything is bad, it works well only when everything comes in controlled manner. It's not advisable to go with too much gambling that results in addiction. Once you are addicted to gambling you are destined to lose money in the long run. To save your mental health and money, its best to have gambling in controlled manner and not to do it too much.

We can not help him if he doesn't want to be help but we can try to reminds him about his problem and find the solution for him so he can start to fix it. But that will needs awareness from him because we can not force him to follow what we suggest so that will be up to him. Yes, that is a dilemma but we can not give him the money because he can use that to playing gambling without we know. What we can do is just gives him his daily needs to helps him survive while he figure out the ways to solve his problem.

I have been in that kind of situation before, I will say that I will not lend him any money, because I know that he will just go and gamble that money and you don't have any assurance that you will be paid.


He doesn't want to be help, or at least that's what I got from him, and now this guys is out of business and out of money and for sure he has problems with his wife and kids too. But how can you extend your hands and help when the gamblers himself doesn't want to be help? So it's a dilemma on our end, on the other hand we wanted to aid him, but then again, it should start from the gamblers themselves to initiate that interference.

Yes. It's easy to recognize a gambling addict, right?
In this story, I just want to ask you that. For example, if you find out that person is addicted to gambling and that person is your relative. He makes every excuse to borrow your money. What would you do in that situation?

Lend him the money he needs, or pretend you don't have any money and don't interfere in his life (don't stop him, ignore him so he can have the freedom to gamble). Or will you lead and treat him out of this gambling addiction?

It is certain that people who are addicted are caused by their own thoughts that trap themselves, someone like this thinks that they can definitely win at gambling, or they think they can get rich quickly by just gambling, unfortunately such thoughts only make them in an unfavorable situation, many people are addicted to gambling but it is their own fault and they themselves have to bear it.
Everyone does not want to experience addiction, many people who gamble are aiming for victory but this wrong thinking is the problem, instead of not wanting to be addicted but their own thoughts lead them to be trapped in an addiction that is difficult to get out. And what is scary is that the impact of this addiction is not trivial and can last for quite a long time because someone who is addicted tends to find it difficult to realize that their actions are wrong.

Thats the fact, because addiction keeps their thoughts within the particular subject. They never intend to think beyond that. It can be gambling addiction or anything else. A drug-addicted person looks for drugs for the day. He doesn't think of tomorrow or something like that. Same is with gamblers. They've got the mind of making big money out of gambling, and they fail at it. When they were unable to accept it, they started to do the best and win good. When this doesn't give hands, they realise that they have failed. Even after that, they don't give up the hope and continue it. This is the wrong attitude, and you should not have such a mentality in gambling.

Gambling is fun, and when one wasn't able to be successful out of it, then we should have the mentality to accept that it isn't meant for our success. Find the right track and progress, and maybe in the future we can give it a try.

When the individual is too distant, away from the present environment where he is inserted, lost in endless thoughts, it could be that he is actually displaying a sign of  gambling addiction, because he can't concentrate himself on another activities and matters, since he is constantly thinking about gambling. And he doesn't stop behaving like that until he finally starts gambling, so he completely change his mood from distracted to focused, but only on his gambling game.

A negative consequence of displaying such behavior is that this individual is going to live only to gamble, as nothing else captivates his interest. It prejudices not only his finances, but also his capacity to learn and to interact with the world around.

Alot that may, or may not have some similarities with what you've mentioned already, but one thing is certain -- once you start feeling an unusual urge to gamble, a type that can be too convincing atimes, beware!

Another one that comes in mind is an obnoxious ANXIETY; it might not necessarily be when you've got a couple of unsettled bets, it might also happen with no just course. You know the kind of feeling that comes into your mind when you recall you got some nasty habits to feed, expenses to run, bills from different sources to sort, but you got $10 in your account? That's it for real.
Mhan, I've seen alot of instances where people go bananas just because they can't finance their nasty habits like I said earlier... If it were easy, just to like it is to start when you wanna quit, alot of damages wouldn't be necessary.

I wouldn’t know what that would mean, to be actively gambling in a nation where gambling is prohibited, mostly due to religion. Our Muslim brothers would tell better but, this promotes a different kind of issue on its own. You really wouldn’t be able to tell anyone, not even within your family circle. You find yourself lost with no help of a remedy as this is not only outlawed by the state but also, doesn’t seem right in the face of your religion.
It’s a hard thing to do though, seeking help from friends and it largely depends on what kind of friends you’ve got to get any hope of being rightly advised. Not just advised but, monitor your affairs to ensure you stick to your words on actually helping your situation through certain affirmations. Sadly, good friends are hard to come by.

Inability to stop is honestly the worst in terms of financial damage. Really the impulses and bad thoughts are one thing but the consequences a whole other story. People have been on life ruining bends with gambling and it's hard to believe.

I would say people kinda have to understand that there's so much addiction these days that stays hidden so we need to be open about this. The traits of addiction are clear yet because we tend to be isolated about these things we tend to forget and dismiss or completely keep to ourselves. So I would say recognize the signs and keep working to improve. If someone you know needs help,.take it seriously.

If severe addiction to being a crime is naturally shunned because of something uncomfortable. They can do anything in order to be able to bet this which causes people to be close to being lazy to relate communication, because there is only adding to the burden and risks every day. But if the addiction can still be controlled does not make anarchy with people close to the family, friends may still be good

Has this been established or it’s a theory that was observed in few? Personally I have never taken my time to observe how some behaved before he got addicted to something so that I’d compare with when they became addicted.

But if this is true, then can’t this be used as a means of identifying someone that’s addicted? I mean, if you notice the drastic change you could just take them to a private place and try counseling them to see if they’ll open up to you? The reason I said this is because it’s not easy to spot addiction even the person that’s addicted might not even realise that they are addicted so if this method is employed won’t we be able to make the detection process a little bit easier?

Regardless, winning and losing both contribute to gambling addiction especially when a person has a weak control over himself.



Is this the the voice of enticement where a gambler is tempted to gamble more even using the funds that is allocated elsewhere because his bankroll is emptied?  The strong-willed and disciplined one are able to reject this temptation but those who are already addicted and have sign of gambling addiction may find it difficult to resist.

Most time some folks don't even know if they are addicted or not , because gambling addiction not something that will just happen once it literally take some time before the addiction will start kicking in .

Because like most of my friends then that do engage in gambling, they didn't even know they where getting addicted until they started seeing the effect, I see some of them then gambling daily , and even when they are losing they kept going , having the mindset that no matter the losses they will surely endup with big wins . Till they finally realise that if they continue like they might endup ruining themselves.

Let's not continually only dwell on the negative side of gambling like it's the only side that exists, gambling like we all know is like a coin with two sides, loosing being one of the sides and winning being the other side..

Though it's more common to loose most of the time, winning is still just as possible and deserves a recognition as well, because while several persons are gambling, most will loose definitely while few will win, the lucky ones..

And speaking of voices talking, voices don't only talk to gambling addicts, even normal gamblers hear such voices, the only difference is that, the non addicted have more control over it than the addicted.

On the time or moment that you've seen yourself having such mindset on the moment that you do have the money that you can spend on, then it will really be that something that pushes you or urging you to
play even more. The moment that you have lost something big then then primary thing that comes up into your mind is on how you would really be able to recover things accordingly on which this kind of mindset or thinking will really be that too giving out that kind of impressions that you should really be that playing even more to cover up those loses. We do know that when it comes into this aspect then this what makes
gambler do become that addicted on which on the moment that they do have those kind of approach then it will really be turning out to be a thing that pushes them way beyond into their limits.
Being addicted isnt something that you could really be that easily be able to accept it out specially when you do really love to gamble or making it already as a habit. You will really be that basically trying out to make yourself convinced that you are really just that doing fine and wont really be spending up that too much not until on the moment that you've seen your finances had gradually being that affected or getting lower.
People around you will really be that usually be able to observe it out on the moment or time that you've been that showing up those kind of common behaviors when someone do really get addicted.
Addiction isnt something that so simple to be cured once you've been shackled with it and thats why its important that you do really know on what are the things that you are really that into.