Topic: Signs of an addiction - page 19. (Read 4553 times)

Borrowing money in general isn't that bad as long as you will use it to make more money in a SAFE way, and not for gambling purposes.

Speaking of selling household, I've seen our neighbor here a year ago selling all of his belongings and even a portion of his land just so that he has the funds that he can use for gambling. He was addicted obviously, and it came to a point where he steals his parent's belongings and then selling it. It's just hard for me to see him experiencing that thing, but at the same time, it was the after effect of his wrong decisions. As for addicts selling their wives, I didn't hear anything about this one, but if I'm the wife, I'd rather divorce my addicted husband than doing that.

Speaking of moral values, the ones that you're pertaining are the ones that are considered the "worst of the worst", but I still believe that there are still addicted gamblers out there that still know what they're doing and can still control themselves... at least temporarily.

Even if there are people who make gambling as a source of income, I never think it is something good to follow. I'm not sure if those people always win, they must got losses as well. Moreover when you play betting, it mostly relies on the luck. Although you make analysis, it is difficult to get the accuracy of winning chance on the game/match. For example in football match, it is often that a big team can be defeated by a smaller team. Although those big teams have good stats and have stronger squads, they are not impossible to lose if they fail to play optimally in the match.

An addict will definitely put all of those family properties i to gambling and the funniest part is that, he will still loss it all to gamble, and by the time he has exhausted the money from those sold properties he will eventually look for more or even start stealing in other to fund his addictions. Gambling addict aren't something any family can cope with especially when he gets to the level of displaying some criminal act just for the sake of gambling which he will eventually loss it all. If a gambler gets to point where he doesn't take advise or show any atom of remorse for his actions,  then the best solution is to disengage yourself from such person because there are definitely going to ruin your life one way or the other.

It's not bad if it's put into good use. But if it's used for gambling, that's how the worse part starts. And this isn't just a tale and it is really happening. Gamblers selling their stuff to fund their gambling addiction seems to be a common thing with most of the addicted ones. They could even sell their souls and bodies just for them to get funded, we see people do crazy things for themselves just to do their thing.

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.