At first some judge gamblers often and later they become gambling addicts. I found it very serious to be curious and know what may have been their reason for the sudden change of mind. I know that there are difficult times to make money and maintain money, which is a world problem. I have had some thoughts on it and this is what I think may have been the reason.
1. In the beginning they may have been doing well financially and see no reason to gamble, maybe life later on throws them a financial curveball, or perhaps responsibility compels them to look for quick money through gambling. If not attempting gambling was an ethic for them they should have stuck to another alternative why did they choose this one?
2. On second thought. I feel it is the influence and conviction of people around them who are into gambling that made them go into gambling at the end of the day.
However, it is a sad story to see people who cast away gamblers thinking they are irresponsible, and then fund themselves on this same web doing the same thing. It reminds me of how vulnerable humans can be, and that anyone can change habits when a condition falls on them.
I don't know if you believed in karma, (I know others don't believed on it here), but it seems that what happen to those who are against gamblers in the beginning, and then the ironic twist that they find themselves going into gambling for unknown reasons. Or maybe those people who are against just trying to live a double life and so the in the front, they are attacking us, telling nasty things and judging us as if they are really clean, but behind all of this it is just a facade for them and they are the one really gambling.
That's why it's better to really not be affected by what people says to us gamblers, if you hear something, then take it and then brush it aside and continue with your own lives. As you just don't know, those people are really the one suffering and not us gamblers. And in life, not just gamblers, there could be set of individuals who are very happy attacking others, so let's just mind our business and who knows, maybe one day, we will win that one jackpot that will change our lives and leave those people behind for good.