Topic: The madness of gambling addicts. - page 109. (Read 15814 times)

I am still amazed to this day about people who have lost their minds because of their obsession with getting money at gambling even though all of this is just a trick of their mind, why don't they stop for a moment when they run out of capital instead of committing crimes just to get money for gambling capital again. everyone has responsibility for themselves but gambling addicts seem to have lost their minds, gambling is never bad but the mind of the gambling addict is already corrupted.

Gambling is an art that's meant to be followed with pure discipline and self set rules of limitations without which a gambler is bond to take up any act to making sure he or she stays in the game no matter the consequences that may follow from such action. Primarily when a gambler lacks a discipline in himself towards gambling habit then he is heading forward to addiction and the resultant effect is such as this one with the case of kidnapping to raise funds as to keep up with the gambling addiction.

As gamblers we should learn how to express ourselves to our close trusted friends and relations on what we're passing through indulging in gambling as this can be helpful when we learn to share a struggling addictive lifestyle before it gets worsen.

I agree with the things you have said. We often feel that when bad things happen we always blame it to crypto or in gambing of course, but the is we should be the one responsible for that matter, if we are losing frequently it us becayse we tend to make all things to get the money back to us.

Why not? It's hard for the child to grow up without a father, you know. The father can still be forgiven but he needs to promise that he will now change his life for the better. Gambling didn't do this incident so don't put the blame on it.

This is why gambling got a bad reputation because people often mistaken it as bad when in fact the problem is with them or the person that over gambles but I agree that we need a friend if we are lonely but we need to choose them wisely.  Finding a new hobby is also a great suggestion. Both of them can prevent us from becoming a gambling addict because we can now spend less time in this activity.

Gamblers who cannot control themselves will definitely lose a lot of money as well as assets because basically there is no gambling that can be won unless they manage to control themselves, cases like this are common in heavy addicts so they can commit crimes to achieve their need for gambling. I will never invite anyone to gamble, either friends or relatives, because I don't want to harm other people either.

The dangers of gambling when we play cannot control ourselves let alone other people. I will worry that it can ruin many other people's lives. You should stay away from gambling if you cannot control yourself properly because it is important to avoid losing a lot of money and assets, especially your family.

To the family, its gonna be harder to forgive the old man kidnapping his own blood to satisfy his addiction. The man disregards everyone in the family but himself.

Asians have different culture which they have a strong family bond and they respect the elders. But this is too much. This might not be his first offense so there could be petty crime he did in the past too which his family had ignored.

I noticed that the number of rehab facilities seem to grow over the last few tears, or at least the advertising from them. These days there seem to be special rehab programs for all types of addictions. It's a good thing as people also seem to be more willing to seek help and try to change their situation. The difference between a drug, alcohol or gambling addiction is, that in the latter case you are likely to use much more of your money. In severe cases you might even gamble away all your savings before realising that you need help. So it might be much harder for a gambling addict to afford rehab. Hopefully there is special assistance programs in place for the most serious cases. Personally I have managed to stay clear of a gambling addiction, even though I already gamble for many years. This might be due to the strict rules I put on myself, with the most important one being to have a fixed gambling budget for every week or month. Having a hard cap on my bankroll helped to not chase losses, which usually leads to even larger losses.

Addiction is a bad thing in every way, it will make a person fixated on one thing, both in gambling and in anything, in my country it is the same about cock gambling being the reason for him to steal, even though it is just stealing, but there is nothing reasonable about it. forcing the will to do gambling by doing negative things, even crazy like that.
The story that OP showed makes me worried in my environment, because today there are so many people who do online gambling, I am afraid that some of them will get out of control of their minds so they will go crazy like the parents told by OP.

I think we have to be more careful with what's happening today in our environment, I hope it's not like that in my environment.

Addiction is very serious or on a critical stage when you considered this kind of situation in your head just to maintain the gambling addiction you have. It's like you are addicted on drugs when you do this kind of thing. Being financially responsible is the least you can expect with a gambling addict but making it worst like this or affecting your own family financial status is just a very irresponsible move. I'm an addicted gambler before but I didn't get into this kind of situation, Affecting others with your addiction more over breaking the law because of the addiction you have is just very serious. Person who even think of this needed a psychological help from a professional.

Yes, the role of the family also plays an important role in cases like this, they cannot remain silent when they see the strange behavior of one of their families. And if they see something strange and they continue to let it go, then I think the family also had a hand in the "crimes" committed by the family itself. A good approach from the family, in my opinion, can make them realize that what their family members are doing is wrong and this is where we really have to be sensitive to the environment around us, don't let us ignore something that is taken for granted, because that will be disastrous later.

Addiction to gambling is a serious thing that many people fail to realize.

When anyone is addicted to gambling, he or she is out of his mind and he/she fails to distinguish between right and wrong. They have the urge and need to gamble for that they will sell their things, take loans, and do whatever they can for gambling. Even though they are losing in gambling yet they still want to take more risks with the hope to win. Such people are a burden to their families as their families have to suffer a lot of financial issues because of this bad habit of addicted gamblers.

There are many things associated with gambling using a particular casino, fine and good the end result of every gambler should be fun but we need to be very careful in other not to turn those fun the regrettable moment in gambling when you choose a wrong casino, any KYC casino must undergoes government approval for licensing, this should be the ideal way of its expected to be, we should correct or avoid little errors that may comes in through gambling.


It depends on the country you are, but in general terms, gambling is not kifked against as an evil act, it's an opportunity people take to have fun with each other unlike lottery where you only apply and get selected by a governing body.

Wow, that's hardcore. I only see this kind of act in movies. If I remember it right, this is the same story as that in Man of Fire where Denzel Washington was the bodyguard who saved the daughter. His own father used her and let her be kidnapped to get money and save his business.

It is madness indeed. I don't have any daughter, but I won't let my son's life be in jeopardy just because of my habitual disease. It's not right. There is a chance that the kid might be traumatize about what happened to him and he will carry it until he gets old.
The father should've just sold his life instead of involving his own kids for his own problem.

In such stories, I am always amazed how blind relatives are. They knew that kidnapper for ages, they new his behaviour, thoughts (it is not hard to predict elder peoples intentions and moves, as with age, they turn to more and more to children like), they probably knew his addiction to gambling. I mean they could have foreseen that grandpa is intend to do something weird. I see one major problem here - why Yuan family did not do anything with his gambling addiction?

The end point of your statement was true. If you are already addicted, there's a need for professional help.

Self-admission is also one of the factors that keeps you stay and keeps your engagement to go deep. Gambling without control brings
a lot of problems not only with finances but also with your mental health.

You need to have a strong will to stay away and be ready to quit. It takes time and lots of determination before you can
truly free yourself out from gambling.

make it a habit to gamble for fun and only to spend a small amount of money. Spare that you can easily let go and forget.

A gambling addict who has been affected for a long time will be difficult to cure. He also will not be able to see that he has a gambling addiction because he only knows how to gamble and does not know how to stop. Only other people could see him make the mistake of gambling non-stop.

If gambling addicts have to deal with the law and end up in prison, they must be developed to cure their gambling addiction so that they will not return to gambling when they get out of prison. This also requires help from his family, where with increased support from the family can give more confidence to the gambling addict. He will also think about getting well soon and not wanting to repeat his mistake.

A gambling addict can only ask for help from other people to help him get out of gambling. Unfortunately, many gambling addicts do not realize they are experiencing gambling addiction. Only other people can see his gambling addiction. If other people also don't care about him, he will have no hope of recovery unless there is a desire from him who has been awakened to the dangers of gambling. The punishment given to a gambling addict can only prevent him from gambling for a while but if the addict is not helped to recover, he will return to gambling again. It will continue to repeat itself without stopping and maybe the government needs to help by setting up a rehabilitation center for addicts.

To prevent gambling addiction one must first learn to control oneself because it completely depends on the person himself. The young generation is attracted to various gambling sites out of curiosity to become unemployed. Starting from the investment of 5-10 thousand taka, getting greedy and losing lakhs of taka is making their life more miserable. Instead of this habit, you have to prepare yourself by analyzing the harmful effects and symptoms or the reasons behind it at least I have come to this decision myself I want to quit gambling. I want to get rid of gambling as the demand is at a level where self restraint is difficult, it is necessary to seek the help of a professional or professionals.

When people become addicted to gambling they do not realize their addiction. Many people know about addiction but cannot control it. Moreover, if one cannot control the addiction by himself, it is difficult for others to protect him from that addiction. Also, I don't think that jail is very useful in saving a person from gambling addiction. If the gambler can't give up by his own self, the gambler is likely to become addicted to gambling once he is released from prison. But naturally, when a gambler abstains from gambling for a long time, he learns to control him self.

they are losing their logical thinking once you are too deep with something. you can't reason to these people anymore. they need some kind of professional intervention, if they finally decide to change their path.
as they have no concept of what is right and what is wrong anymore because they are clouded by their strong desires, they will commit such crimes just to cater such impulses.

When addiction occurs you will go beyond your limits even though the consequences are bad, you still pursue it until you lose yourself that's why there are lots of rehabs facilities because those people are already out of control and they seriously needed some expert to help them get rid of their addiction. More on, this addiction is involving money and people do not always have that thing especially when they are currently jobless or have no source of income at all. if you happened to see such kind of man, you automatically lost your trust in him because you know what might he gonna do. I used to live with such people and they won't gonna hesitate to steal when the owner was not there or not even looking because of their stupid addictions.