Topic: The madness of gambling addicts. - page 83. (Read 15791 times)

I disagree that today's world is untrustworthy. Can we judge everyone by the conduct of a few? No way. The world was constantly perilous. Focusing on the shadows and dismissing the many acts of kindness, compassion, and empathy causes dread. Insinuating that the aged kidnapper meant no damage to the child bothers me. How is a traumatic act benign? A child's mental health suffers greatly. Thus, saying a damaging act may be done harmlessly is an oxymoron.

Or maybe it was his first time and that is the reason why he got caught because he didn't know how things like these actually work and how he should do it, after all, kidnapping a kid, keeping him/her somewhere safe, and then making a ransom call and then collecting the money, all these things are not easy to do especially for someone who is already aged, though what he did is wrong but I believe he meant no harm for the kid, or maybe he could harm the kid if he was refused the money he asked for, we never know.

However, what we learn from this is that you shouldn't believe anyone at all these days because even the people who live with you might be doing something bad on your back and aren't letting you know by becoming sweet and loving and caring, the world has become a dangerous place.

I agree that stopping your addiction is actually a choice but the problem is that the choice is really hard to make and its not that they don't actually want to stop or they don't know that this act can destroy them, its just that some of them lack the will power to actually stop this habit because an addiction is really hard to stop especially gambling and drug addiction and most people are even an addict of both.

In my opinion, I think being gambler addict is a choice likewise abstaining from it is a choice. To me, I believe majority of the gamblers have no intention of quitting despite the pressure from friends and families. There's no manual for quitting gambling but at least there are known practices that's working for many people in controlling their gambling addiction. Some of these practices involved keeping yourself busy in the midst of people who not into gambling, minimize your access to betting platforms and of course reduce holding of funds.

Being a gambling addict is normal but gambling without sense is abnormal because from the original post, no sensible person will indulge in such a barbaric act like the said old man did. I felt for the little child and the mother.

Indeed, it's quite usual that you lose more than you win.

It's really the common nature unless you have that great skills, though there are some experienced gamblers who can
make money but the majorities they are losing their money, and with how most of the replies here describe the possibilities
of what an addicted gambler can do. It's really something that we will see from those people who already mis-align their
mindsets due to gambling addiction.

Rarely do people want to admit their weaknesses so they easily go with the flow that makes them become addicts, even though they don't have the mentality to be able to control themselves from addiction and high curiosity, it's important to know yourself before we get to know other people, read the character and weaknesses us, if we easily become addicts, you should stay away from something that makes us addicted, such as gambling.

I know myself and have the ability to quit, I used to be a heavy smoker and finally gradually reduced it then managed to quit, that's why I'm confident that I won't become an addict easily because I can stop whenever I want with strong determination because I I believe I can control it, therefore I have never had a problem with gambling because just looking for fun will not make me addicted.

human behavior is very random, some people have control when gambling, some other people are very addicted to gambling and some others really don't like gambling, there is no definite formula in this and the way to handle it is very different.
but the thing to remember is, not many people are desperate to be in debt or commit crimes such as robbing or stealing just to be able to gamble, those who do this are definitely those who are very desperate and can't control their desire to gamble (it makes no difference with animals)

for me one of the most interesting things to think about is the "why?"

why some people end up in a situation like spending all the money they have (and sometimes even they don't have, going in debt) on gambling?
why some people get to this situation and are able to get back stronger and other no?

faith? culture? genetics? good choice bad choice?

really like these misteries.

Those who overly go all in to bet have a lot of challenges because of their inability to control their gambling desires and putting limits to the amount of games and stakes they play, because is the worst stage of gambling addiction that lead to indebtedness frustration and possible depression and to cure this is not an easy task and like you both rightly said, it is better to avoid sinking down into that stage of addiction because it outcome can be overly devastating at some point.

So gamblers must be very careful and to apply wisdom while using those casinos in other to avoid getting hang by addiction.

Yes, the problem associated with gambling is that if we play more, the probability of having more money increases and that is something that cannot be avoided, we all always have that little ambition, but that ambition does not have to be fed as much if We do not have enough money to give ourselves that pleasure or that privilege, but if we are people who have our money counted to fulfill all our responsibilities in life, we must be strong enough to be able to assume that in the game we must take things. calmly and not start inventing other things, like risking everything and thinking that we are going to earn twice what we have.

When we go to the casinos, what comes to mind is multiplying all the money we have, and things are not like that, sometimes the opposite happens, that's where that rookie blow hits us, and losing money is not the idea for losing it.

Well, there are also people who are lucky and play at the right time, some multiply the money at once, and well, that is something that can happen, but normally things happen is that more is lost than won.

Yes, absolutely.

It is key to know yourself.

You need to know what kind of person you are, and how prone you are to addiction.

It doesn't matter if it is alcohol, gambling, chocolate or cheese, or anything else. It's usually a type of person that has a hard time controlling their own behavior when confronted with addiction, and it's good to realize this early on.

It is hard to self asses a personality, you would need professional help for that. Not everyone is happy to spend money on such an issue as everyone thinks they are better than others. Therefore you cannot expect an honest assessment of it and none of us would think we have a bad habit. I am not a psychologist or a subject matter expert but I think it is common sense. What we can do is judge ourselves through the eyes of others without them knowing about it. If your friends want to stay away from you then it is a matter of concern and then we can work around our personality. If you are lying to hide your addiction then it is a big concern and it needs your complete attention.

It is also important to identify which kind of person you are and then act accordingly, there are people out there that due to their personalities have a higher chance of developing some sort of addiction, and if you notice you have some of those characteristics then it is important to be incredibly careful with the activities which are known to cause an addiction, like alcohol and drugs, however this will require an honest assessment of our own characteristics, something that is really difficult for most people to do.

You are very right my good friend, gambling addiction is indeed, one of those sicknesses it's prevention is better than looking for cure or a way to remedy the situation, gambling addiction have destroyed many great destinies, so it's a call on every gambler to apply wisdom and caution to our gambling lifestyle and activities.

Gambling is not bad at all, but like too much of everything they say is bad, too much gambling lead to addiction, which is bad, even casinos themselves advice their users to always gamble responsibly, so it is upon us to always take precaution, and never gamble carelessly.

Yeah, everyone is different. Some people can happily gamble a bit here and there and continue their life.

Others can't really focus on anything other than gambling, and they will lose all their money there.

And others are simply never really attracted to it.

The key thing is to always remain in control, no matter what you choose to do.

Don't be an addicted gambler and now is the best time to stay off the possibility for such before you finally finds yourself into it, addiction in gambling is not easy to control and prevention is the better cure, you could see what addiction has turned many people to be both in gambling and from other areas of life they were found to be too involved, we must learn how to moderately apply caution to how we deals with gambling in other to help us make a balance of it with how we leave our lives, better not to start than looking for a remedy to cub the consequences.

I also agree with what you say, because your family, friends and everyone can tell you not to do it and receive all the help to have overcome it, but in the end it cannot be denied that that person who is addicted will only have a moment. between him and the game, and if the person does not control his impulses and what makes him addicted will fall on the addiction, then here the responsibility, the willpower is not from friends or family, it is from the same person if I want to return to have a bad time and make those who love it feel bad, that's why I say for me the problem of addiction is 90% of the person and 10% of the casino or Casinos, but it really is not from the casino but from the person .

I'm not some kind of psychologist, but I believe that a person has to have a very high enough self-esteem so that they can realize that if they are spending more money than normal, they feel an impulse to look for more money, they have to control that, and not look for more problems, Personally, I think that if a person needs psychological help, it is because there has come a time when they Cannot control their mind, that is a big problem, but even so , they must seek help quickly before they comment on more things that harm them.

Efforts are needed to get rid of gambling addiction because someone who is already addicted to gambling also finds it difficult to accept that he is a gambling addict. For this reason, he needs help from other people who can understand his situation and want to help him get out of gambling. And even though it takes a long time to get out or overcome his gambling addiction, he should be able to do it with help from others because it is for his own good.

Gambling addicted people may deny the fact that they are gambling addicts. But people who want to help them must be able to convince themselves to go to a psychologist or rehabilitation centre so that they can immediately get help to cure their gambling addiction.

This will depend on the gambler and the person who wants to help the gambler because even if it takes a long time, they must be able to live it. Full support must also be given to people who will heal from their gambling addiction so that they do not feel alone in undergoing this healing. Perhaps what will be most difficult is the initial moments of healing, where the addicted gambler has to change his gambling habit by making new habits with people who want to help him. But after a few weeks, he should be doing well and cured of his gambling addiction.

Our intentions varies, we only have the chance to explore it when we deserved them. Gambling addicts might easily say they can stop gambling, but actually performing it is difficult to do. They usually have to work severely to stop it, which is not a straightforward task for them. Addicts will go to any dimension to gamble on games; they don't even have principles, and if they do, they can simply annihilate them. Gambling addicts want to quit but don't know how; it's similar to addiction, where you can't live without a particular drug on a regular schedule.