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Quote from: xenomorfo on January 30, 2025, 05:18:19 AM

Quote from: Dewi Aries on January 29, 2025, 11:00:15 AM

Yes and I think it should be the other way around, I mean if they are true friends they should not give their addicted friends the opportunity to gamble again by giving them loans because that is the same as allowing their friends to become more impulsive and get caught in a much more significant slump, but from another perspective yes what you said is also true that the willingness of a friend to help another friend is usually not purely from their own desire but because of the bond of friendship which usually yes I also feel the same way that when we don't help each other then usually our friends will say something that is not too nice to hear like what you said above, this is a bit confusing, but to be honest if I am a fairly firm person, I have also been in that position before where my friend was really addicted but I always refused his desire to borrow money from me especially when his emotions were at their peak due to losing at that time.

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Being friends does not mean: always say yes. A real friend does your good and if you see that you are squandering many too many money that could harm your health and happiness should tell you.
Tell you to stop if you are in a phase of dependence is a sign of true friendship.
I saw a friend of my partner ruined for gambling

Well that's it, it can also be said that a good friend and a wise friend are two different personalities, a good one is not always wise and rational in thinking but a wise one will most likely give the best opinion and advice for your safety and security, like what I did to my friend by refusing his desire to borrow money, he even said that one day he would return the loan money worth 2x if at that time I was able to give him a loan, but I still refused because in the end it would only add to his burden of life especially in terms of finances and yes you have seen that one of your partner's friends is now depressed due to treating gambling in the wrong way and maybe I just hope that he can recover soon and realize everything.

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Quote from: kotajikikox on November 18, 2024, 06:55:30 PM

Beware of these signs and detect gambling addictions early on so that you don’t fall in too deep. What other signs do you think we should be wary of?

There are various symptoms seen in an addicted gambler. Especially if a gambler gambles a lot, then he cannot take a break from gambling. When he lost his money, he arranges money in a short time. Some may borrow money from others, some may selling some valuable asset of his own or family, and gambling with that money. The characteristic that I have seen in addicted gamblers is that they are most of the time unconscious, and their attention is not increased in the work they do. Nowadays, it is difficult to determine if a gambler is addicted. Because they do not reveal it to others. But if any such symptom is found in a gambler, then they are definitely an addicted gambler.

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If a gambler isn't sensitive enough to note out addiction from the way he is gambling, then when told, he should take more actions in other to get it right before its too late, gambling is not what we can work by assumption that all things are right even though they are not in the real state of their exitance, we need to listen to others opinions and give a look on what they may have to contribute, observe or ask from the way we are gambling.

Some gamblers are already aware of their addiction symptoms but they ignored it until they become uncontrollably worse. I do have the believe that there's no way one can be addicted in gambling without being aware when they are doing things wrong but their issues started when they ignored those early notable symptoms. Even some people are ignorant to the extent that when they are being told about their bad gambling habits, they will not even agree that they have a bad habit.

It is very difficult to understand that we are getting addicted to something. And we get addicted because we do not understand it. However, we must be aware of gambling addiction. And we must know the bad sides of gambling addiction. Then maybe we can keep ourselves away from gambling addiction.

I would say that we should not be greedy at all. If I am greedy, then I will easily get addicted to gambling. Also, we should try to control our own mentality. If we have control over ourselves, we will not get addicted to anything easily.

People got addicted because they allowed themselves to, the signs of addiction are always there but the victims fails to acknowledge it, they refused to take it slow until they became deeply engrossed. When people say that it's usually difficult to understand when you are getting addicted, I refuse to believe it because I have been in that situation where I almost got addicted but because I realized it too quickly and made a change. If I could realize it, then anyone can.

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Quote from: Dewi Aries on January 29, 2025, 11:00:15 AM

Yes and I think it should be the other way around, I mean if they are true friends they should not give their addicted friends the opportunity to gamble again by giving them loans because that is the same as allowing their friends to become more impulsive and get caught in a much more significant slump, but from another perspective yes what you said is also true that the willingness of a friend to help another friend is usually not purely from their own desire but because of the bond of friendship which usually yes I also feel the same way that when we don't help each other then usually our friends will say something that is not too nice to hear like what you said above, this is a bit confusing, but to be honest if I am a fairly firm person, I have also been in that position before where my friend was really addicted but I always refused his desire to borrow money from me especially when his emotions were at their peak due to losing at that time.

Bravo
Being friends does not mean: always say yes. A real friend does your good and if you see that you are squandering many too many money that could harm your health and happiness should tell you.
Tell you to stop if you are in a phase of dependence is a sign of true friendship.
I saw a friend of my partner ruined for gambling

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Quote from: gunhell16 on January 30, 2025, 02:29:24 AM

I'm the only one who can think of an open door for a gambler to become addicted is having greed in our thoughts, because of course if you become greedy and it controls you, the gambler will want nothing else but to accumulate money through gambling.

Because of the small amount of money, most people really think that their money can grow, the more they strive to win, the more their percentage of being greedy also increases, without them noticing that they are already controlled by the addiction to playing gambling.

This is one way to get addicted and a sign of it is if a person doesn't even take his hand off his smartphone or his computer playing any gambling game. But it's not just greed, having a big loss could also be a factor for a person to get addicted as he/she might not stop playing more because he wants his money back so bad that he cannot get off his/her seat.
I've seen it that's why I could tell and it's one of our close friends who didn't even talk to us and all he does is face his smartphone even though all of us are having fun telling stories. We know he is gambling and I even had a look at it, he is playing slots and even told me that there's money that can be made there but I was not even interested. It will suck as to a blackhole and there might not be a chance of going back so we have to be careful.

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Quote from: gunhell16 on January 30, 2025, 02:29:24 AM

I'm the only one who can think of an open door for a gambler to become addicted is having greed in our thoughts, because of course if you become greedy and it controls you, the gambler will want nothing else but to accumulate money through gambling.

Because of the small amount of money, most people really think that their money can grow, the more they strive to win, the more their percentage of being greedy also increases, without them noticing that they are already controlled by the addiction to playing gambling.

True, many people like to extrapolate, this means that when receiving a small win, such gamblers' imagination runs wild, and they think that such wins will be guaranteed to continue to fall out. And also that over time they will be able to increase them to ensure their existence. But in reality, all dreams are shattered by reality, when there are no wins for a long time, and the deposit is replenished and replenished as the gambler hopes for luck, which may well turn away from him for a long time.

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I'm the only one who can think of an open door for a gambler to become addicted is having greed in our thoughts, because of course if you become greedy and it controls you, the gambler will want nothing else but to accumulate money through gambling.

Because of the small amount of money, most people really think that their money can grow, the more they strive to win, the more their percentage of being greedy also increases, without them noticing that they are already controlled by the addiction to playing gambling.

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Quote from: Fredomago on January 29, 2025, 04:24:48 AM

If you care for your friend it's important to show your presence, the benefits of knowing that there's someone he can lean on, is he can find an alternative activities that may keep himself busy, like what you said go ahead and ask him to do something different once you gain his attention then he'll be able get that distraction and begin to think something away from gambling.

Yes, I will do that if that is my best friend who very closest to me. I don't want to see them in trouble or addicted to gambling and will do many things to drag them out from gambling. I will gain their attention so I can get them out from gambling and change their habit with a new thing that can change their lives. With helping from many friends who closest to them, they will slowly distract his gambling habit and can leaves gambling although they may be back to gambling without we know but they will different than before.

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Quote from: blomen on January 29, 2025, 06:43:21 PM

everything in life has its own importance and order. if we’re between two things to do, we obviously prioritize the one that’s more important to us. in gambling addiction, the significance of gambling in your life is crucial to determine the state of addiction. for example, someone who gambles after finishing their main job and responsibilities might not be considered addicted. but someone who places gambling at the top of their priority list has made it a part of their life. such a person would, of course, be considered addicted.

In normal life, gambling is not an obligation that must always be prioritized. If someone prioritizes gambling too much, it is clear that he is experiencing a gambling addiction. Without realizing it, someone loses their common sense when they know about gambling and is too happy when playing gambling. Healthy thinking is also very important for someone because with such thoughts they will not easily fall into gambling addiction. From the points mentioned, someone who is addicted to gambling usually has a problem with their state of mind and his mentality.

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Quote from: blomen on January 29, 2025, 06:43:21 PM

everything in life has its own importance and order. if we’re between two things to do, we obviously prioritize the one that’s more important to us. in gambling addiction, the significance of gambling in your life is crucial to determine the state of addiction. for example, someone who gambles after finishing their main job and responsibilities might not be considered addicted. but someone who places gambling at the top of their priority list has made it a part of their life. such a person would, of course, be considered addicted.

Someone who is addicted to gambling usually makes gambling a priority in their life, for example, at first their economic situation is quite stable but because they are addicted, everything becomes a mess, such as when they have money, the main thing on their mind is to gamble it, not to meet their needs that must be met, instead of gambling it so that it can be more than enough to meet their needs but it only complicates the situation, either with their economy or their finances.

Diverted thinking can happen to those who are addicted by prioritizing gambling over other things and no matter how big the risk is, they will only follow their desire to gamble.

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Quote from: HelliumZ on January 29, 2025, 05:58:01 PM

Quote from: bakasabo on January 28, 2025, 05:50:39 AM

That close friend help feature works only with smart friends. A gambler can share prize or buy that friend a present, and next time he goes gambling, that friend will be cheering and supporting addicted gambler with all possible ways. For a friend, who does not lose but only gain from addicted to gambling friend, it is even harder to keep self-control.

Yes, it's true, only friends can influence another friend to gamble. It is natural for a gambling friend to highlight all the positive aspects of gambling to a non-gambling friend while hiding the negative aspects, resulting in the non-gambling friend automatically expressing an interest in gambling. Moreover, if a friend is repeatedly asked to express interest in the same subject, then at some point the friend will definitely lose control and express interest in gambling.

That’s not accurate. Wins do influence or could serve as a drag towards gambling too. That’s why you find many gambling sites having to publicize the wins from its platform as a form of advertisement, letting the public know that, it’s possible. Even someone within your locality that finds you to be quite a winner at gambling, you would find them try to take a walk in your gambling shoes. Its not always about friends but, your society and what your exposed to daily too.

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everything in life has its own importance and order. if we’re between two things to do, we obviously prioritize the one that’s more important to us. in gambling addiction, the significance of gambling in your life is crucial to determine the state of addiction. for example, someone who gambles after finishing their main job and responsibilities might not be considered addicted. but someone who places gambling at the top of their priority list has made it a part of their life. such a person would, of course, be considered addicted.

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Quote from: HelliumZ on January 29, 2025, 05:58:01 PM

Quote from: bakasabo on January 28, 2025, 05:50:39 AM

That close friend help feature works only with smart friends. A gambler can share prize or buy that friend a present, and next time he goes gambling, that friend will be cheering and supporting addicted gambler with all possible ways. For a friend, who does not lose but only gain from addicted to gambling friend, it is even harder to keep self-control.

Yes, it's true, only friends can influence another friend to gamble. It is natural for a gambling friend to highlight all the positive aspects of gambling to a non-gambling friend while hiding the negative aspects, resulting in the non-gambling friend automatically expressing an interest in gambling. Moreover, if a friend is repeatedly asked to express interest in the same subject, then at some point the friend will definitely lose control and express interest in gambling.

I believe that in gambling friend can give you all the necessary information that you about gambling, gamblers is like a smokers they don't like deny or hide smoke to their colleagues so same thing is how gamblers already act, if someone is gambler and it has being wining through gambling if the friend need information that they will use to play famble, you will give your friend because you know that the money in the platform you win is not a personal money s, so that can make you give him or her the update to win gambling without stress.

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Quote from: bakasabo on January 28, 2025, 05:50:39 AM

That close friend help feature works only with smart friends. A gambler can share prize or buy that friend a present, and next time he goes gambling, that friend will be cheering and supporting addicted gambler with all possible ways. For a friend, who does not lose but only gain from addicted to gambling friend, it is even harder to keep self-control.

Yes, it's true, only friends can influence another friend to gamble. It is natural for a gambling friend to highlight all the positive aspects of gambling to a non-gambling friend while hiding the negative aspects, resulting in the non-gambling friend automatically expressing an interest in gambling. Moreover, if a friend is repeatedly asked to express interest in the same subject, then at some point the friend will definitely lose control and express interest in gambling.

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Well and that is also the reason why recovering from addiction is very difficult, but it does not mean that it is impossible to recover from addiction, I mean recovering from addiction can be easy and can be difficult, depending on whether they still have an excessive interest in winning or not, and from here we can also conclude that the difficulty of recovering from addiction depends on the interests and obsessions of gamblers with winning.

On the other hand, I can honestly assure you that it seems like your friend is a gambler who finds it difficult to accept defeat, is not responsible for the decisions he has made and also most likely he came to earn money, in the end one thing is that controlled gambling and recovering from addiction will only be possible if for example they no longer make winning a priority.

You have mentioned an important point. If we are very interested in winning, we can quickly become addicted to gambling. The first thing I need to know about gambling. Gambling is something from which there is a possibility of making a lot of money, as well as a possibility of losing a lot of money. Now if we always want to win, this is not possible at all.

To be a professional gambler, you must be mentally strong. Losing money in gambling is a normal occurrence. But you should not be upset about it. If we break down after losing money, it is very bad for our mental and physical health. Moreover, we must remember that in gambling, the chances of winning and losing are equal. I would even say that in gambling, you have to think that the chances of losing are more, and you should participate in gambling keeping this in mind.

Yes you are right with your first paragraph and I think that if only gamblers have the same mindset as you like assuming that winning and losing is 50-50 then I think there will be no more of them who are too confident to get a win which is added to there is no way that can guarantee that you will always win at the end of the game and that will keep them away from various excessive actions.

What is more appropriate in my opinion is a responsible gambler and not a professional friend because the key to staying okay in gambling is to have a good ability to accept the risk of losing because it is you are aware that losing is a very natural thing.

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Quote from: bakasabo on January 29, 2025, 03:58:24 AM

Quote from: madnessteat on January 28, 2025, 12:06:14 PM

Many people confuse true friendship with other manifestations of interaction between people, such as acquaintance, neighborhood, common temporary interests. I agree with you that a true friend will do everything in his power to remove a friend from gambling as soon as he notices the first manifestations of gambling addiction, even if he hides them. An acquaintance or neighbor by and large will not care about someone else's gambling addiction, so he most likely will not take any steps to help the person who is in trouble.

Same as true friend will do everything, even support in bad situation in a form of lending money for nothing to an addicted friend. Some true friends act following: they see their friend is in trouble with gambling, sufferings due to not being able to gamble, and they give money for gambling. They see help in a following way, they think that is correct and they can be understood. What else can they do, when their best friend comes and ask for money? And push on "you are my best and only friend". Not lending money ends with "I though we were friends".

Yes and I think it should be the other way around, I mean if they are true friends they should not give their addicted friends the opportunity to gamble again by giving them loans because that is the same as allowing their friends to become more impulsive and get caught in a much more significant slump, but from another perspective yes what you said is also true that the willingness of a friend to help another friend is usually not purely from their own desire but because of the bond of friendship which usually yes I also feel the same way that when we don't help each other then usually our friends will say something that is not too nice to hear like what you said above, this is a bit confusing, but to be honest if I am a fairly firm person, I have also been in that position before where my friend was really addicted but I always refused his desire to borrow money from me especially when his emotions were at their peak due to losing at that time.

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Quote from: Wakate on January 29, 2025, 04:09:04 AM

Quote from: madnessteat on January 28, 2025, 12:06:14 PM

Many people confuse true friendship with other manifestations of interaction between people, such as acquaintance, neighborhood, common temporary interests. I agree with you that a true friend will do everything in his power to remove a friend from gambling as soon as he notices the first manifestations of gambling addiction, even if he hides them. An acquaintance or neighbor by and large will not care about someone else's gambling addiction, so he most likely will not take any steps to help the person who is in trouble.

Addiction is not something that can be easily removed like a cloth that is on someone neck. Gambling is a desire to make money by investing little amount betting on different games. Sometimes you predictions will end up giving you some winnings while sometimes you will end up losing huge amounts of money.

The consistent playing if games without discipline is what normally lead to gambling addiction.
You could have an addiction and still able to control yourself when it comes to betting while their are still people that find it difficult to control their gambling activities because of the curiosity to make more than what they have invested. Gambling should be out of emotions because their are times when you will not always make the kind of profit you have anticipated.

Someone who is addicted will not be easy to recover, because in my opinion the problem is their mindset, even with the help of a psychologist, this is not easy. And yes, people who seem addicted can be seen from their behavior in gambling, for example when they experience defeat and cannot accept it, then the option they do is to want to bet again, it seems that they are included in the group of people who are addicted, as well as when they win and do not immediately withdraw the winnings but still want to get more wins, this is like a step to becoming addicted.
You are right, what you said is that games that are played without any discipline will cause addiction, this has happened and the evidence is that there are quite a lot of them who have experienced the destruction of their lives quickly because they want to get a victory that is actually uncertain.

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Quote from: ethereumhunter on January 28, 2025, 07:57:44 AM

Quote from: Richardtij on January 28, 2025, 03:33:01 AM

I had a friend who got hooked on gambling, and it was tough to watch. He started hiding it—making excuses about where his money went and avoiding people.

If you know your friend addicted to gambling, you can try to close to him and ask him to do many positive activity that can distract his minds to gambling. You need to convince him that you will besides him no matter what problem that he face so he will know that you really want to help him to solve his gambling addiction. He will start to open himself from other people so you can enter to his life and start to identify the problem and start helping him. Maybe that needs time but that is worth to do because he is your friend.

If you care for your friend it's important to show your presence, the benefits of knowing that there's someone he can lean on, is he can find an alternative activities that may keep himself busy, like what you said go ahead and ask him to do something different once you gain his attention then he'll be able get that distraction and begin to think something away from gambling.

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Quote from: Fredomago on January 28, 2025, 05:22:10 AM

Indeed, a purpose of being a close friend is have that someone who can openly gives opinions with how you are dealing with your activities, whatever it is they've got opionions that have value to weight in when deciding your actions, especially when you are dealing with gambling, if you are exceeding with your allocated limits a friend can tell you openly that you need to reassess and need to reflect with how you are behaving.

With that kind of care, you'll be able to realize to adjust and might have that opportunties to adjust and change the way you are dealing with your gambling participations.

Often addiction can be hidden from other people and even friends. You may notice a change in the behavior of a loved one, but you will not be able to understand what is wrong with him if he wants to hide it. If it happens in the family, then it is easier to detect, because more money may be spent than usual, or even the behavior (usually the mood) of the person will be different, so it should be noticeable to those who live with you.

Yeah, even how good the person in hiding something if you are living with him, there's a sign that you'll notice a changes that will comes up and it's better to help him right away once you notice som changes to prevent deeper engagement and to avoid getting huge type of addiction.

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Quote from: madnessteat on January 28, 2025, 12:06:14 PM

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Quote from: Richardtij on January 28, 2025, 03:33:01 AM

I had a friend who got hooked on gambling, and it was tough to watch. He started hiding it—making excuses about where his money went and avoiding people.

The advantage of a true friend is that you can tell him the truth, as you see it from the outside, if he has changed, then tell him that it is better to stop it now before it becomes a big problem for him. Gambling is not for everyone, there is a fairly low threshold for success, only a few percent of players can win, another part will play relatively without losses at best, the rest will only lose money. If you understand this, you can save a lot of money, just playing on what you don’t mind losing.

Many people confuse true friendship with other manifestations of interaction between people, such as acquaintance, neighborhood, common temporary interests. I agree with you that a true friend will do everything in his power to remove a friend from gambling as soon as he notices the first manifestations of gambling addiction, even if he hides them. An acquaintance or neighbor by and large will not care about someone else's gambling addiction, so he most likely will not take any steps to help the person who is in trouble.

Addiction is not something that can be easily removed like a cloth that is on someone neck. Gambling is a desire to make money by investing little amount betting on different games. Sometimes you predictions will end up giving you some winnings while sometimes you will end up losing huge amounts of money.

The consistent playing if games without discipline is what normally lead to gambling addiction.
You could have an addiction and still able to control yourself when it comes to betting while their are still people that find it difficult to control their gambling activities because of the curiosity to make more than what they have invested. Gambling should be out of emotions because their are times when you will not always make the kind of profit you have anticipated.

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Quote from: madnessteat on January 28, 2025, 12:06:14 PM

Quote from: Cryptmuster on January 28, 2025, 03:50:02 AM

Quote from: Richardtij on January 28, 2025, 03:33:01 AM

I had a friend who got hooked on gambling, and it was tough to watch. He started hiding it—making excuses about where his money went and avoiding people.

The advantage of a true friend is that you can tell him the truth, as you see it from the outside, if he has changed, then tell him that it is better to stop it now before it becomes a big problem for him. Gambling is not for everyone, there is a fairly low threshold for success, only a few percent of players can win, another part will play relatively without losses at best, the rest will only lose money. If you understand this, you can save a lot of money, just playing on what you don’t mind losing.

Many people confuse true friendship with other manifestations of interaction between people, such as acquaintance, neighborhood, common temporary interests. I agree with you that a true friend will do everything in his power to remove a friend from gambling as soon as he notices the first manifestations of gambling addiction, even if he hides them. An acquaintance or neighbor by and large will not care about someone else's gambling addiction, so he most likely will not take any steps to help the person who is in trouble.

Same as true friend will do everything, even support in bad situation in a form of lending money for nothing to an addicted friend. Some true friends act following: they see their friend is in trouble with gambling, sufferings due to not being able to gamble, and they give money for gambling. They see help in a following way, they think that is correct and they can be understood. What else can they do, when their best friend comes and ask for money? And push on "you are my best and only friend". Not lending money ends with "I though we were friends".

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