Topic: What I learnt from a crackhead about gambling - page 7. (Read 1418 times)

Yes I also agree with what you said, these two things can ruin someone's life because each of these two things has an equally dangerous impact that can also harm them. There is nothing better than these two things, both of them will harm them in many ways, drugs can harm their health which will damage their mentality, mindset and others also they will experience depression which might make them die because of drug addiction.

Not much different from drug addiction, gambling addiction is also the same, it will harm many things, time, money, relationships, mindset, and maybe also with their health. So it is better to keep than to cure, because if you are addicted to these two things or one of them, it will be difficult to cure it.

Well, I think that a gambling addict is bad for himself and too his family. He loses his own money and only his family and he himself will face the consequences of it and suffer. He is not bad for the society.

When it comes to the person who is drug addicted, he may not be in his senses after taking drugs. He may act violently in public and can damage the people or public property. The same goes for the person who is drunk. How many times we have seen a Drunkard person driving fast and having an accident on the road?

Keeping this aspect in mind, I think the Drunkards and those involved in different types of drugs are more dangerous for society.

You have a valid arguments even better than Drunkard and Womanizer  but let me tell you this .
it is indeed that Drug addict are better than Gambling addicts but that is if they will stick into drugs + liquor + woman , even those 3 combined won't make them lose amount being spent by gamblers.

But sorry to call this but most  drug abuser that I knew is also involved in Gambling , because some drugs even bring them Positive views and vibes that encouraged them to try and enjoy gambling.

so the bad effects is? they are not just in drugs but ended into all types of vices , but yeah you are good on that point and I must agree .

I agree most addicted person are lacking the will power to even choose to stop their gambling habits and same might be the case with your friend story. Again for me, I think addiction is not something to joke around with and especially the two said addiction you actually highlighted because a drugs addicted gambler is even worse and I have seen some of these fellow in action, I mean imaging being addicted to gamble and aslo drugs, you could kill to get your hands on either of the two feelings and this particular type of case, even the person will power won't be enough to stop this act.

True! But what I think is that both addictions are not good. I don't know why the OP thinks drug addicts are much better than gambling addicts, but the truth is that they are both the worst. Are you serious about the fact that most crime-doers are under the influence of drugs? Ok, let's say they spend less money than gambling addicts, but drug addicts can commit crimes because they are not in the right minds. In short, both addictions don't have any good things in them; you can't compare them because they are both the worst. That's why there is a word "addiction" in drugs and gambling; it means it will not do anything good to you. I don't know why the OP thinks of that, but I don't want to judge, just give an honest opinion, because I have seen many news stories and witnessed many things that are caused by drug addicts. It can ruin a person's life, just like gambling addicts. This is not about the money they spend; it is all about what they do to themselves and to the people around them.

You're hitting the nail in the head.

They're responsible and alert because they're not high and need to take care of their money because it leads to getting high. That's why they have periods when they'll "work" and periods when they get completely wasted. They'll go to work during the day, then get high in the evening and wake up the next day completely wasted, but ready to earn more money for the evening.

I wouldn't compare these two. People who are addicted to hard drugs destroy themselves. They can never be completely normal and healthy again. The drugs will always leave them damaged.
A gambling addict can become a normal person and live a long and healthy life.

That's not true at all, probably they seem to like being responsible because they need that money to buy pot/cok or whatever drug they are using and without it, they will be pissed as hell so definitely drug addiction is far deeper than you think because it creates chemical reactions in your body by a foreign substance and once you get used to it, it's going to be a hell to turn it around.

I am not supporting gambling addiction in any way but let me remind you that you need to know the actual consequences of substance abuse then your perspective will change for sure.

Yes, gamblers can still gamble even in secret places that only the gamblers know about. They share their gambling places in secret, and there may be special codes to find out whether they are a gambler who is a regular at that place or whether they are a beginner or even an undercover police officer.

You are right in saying that only we can change ourselves. But it requires strong intention and determination to be able to start changing it slowly. Everything must be done step by step, and if it is an addiction, there will be different methods that will be applied for each addiction, whether it is a gambling addiction or a drug addiction.

Both are highly addictive but I'm 100% sure that it's much easier to quit gambling than drugs because gambling doesn't hurt your body. You feel tired mentally and your thoughts wander towards gambling all day, but your body is fine. A drug addict on withdrawal feels sick. Can't eat, vomits, sweats, can't work, can't sleep, can't control shaking and so on. I'd rather go through gambling withdrawal any day.
Crackheads aren't more responsible when they're high and someone can rob them and even rape them without them knowing what happened.
I sincerely doubt your words. How can you be responsible when you're drugged?

You are looking at it wrong.  Not trying to classify but I've never met a rich non risky "crackhead" so no way to know what they'd do with $200k.  The next is the health aspect, ypu can literally die one night from a Crack binge, not so much from gambling.  Is it more or less addicting I'd say that's on the individual.  No way to know collectively which one is worse.  I've seen recovering addicts succeed from both of them.  But if I hate to pick I would be smoking on a Crack pipe that's for sure.

Drug addiction is really that more dangerous than with gambling addiction but in overall sense, these addictions would really be leading no good into your life. This is why there's no good choices among the two but rather it would really be that best that you should really be that avoiding it as much as you could because we know that it is really that hard once these addictions would really be
able to successfully will really be able to influence you. This is why it would really be that best that you should be mindful about on the things that you are dealing with so that you wont really be ending up on things which arent supposed to happen. Any form of addiction is never been good whether gambling or drugs then it isnt really that good at all.
Dont let yourself get easily dragged off just because you had believed on something which it isnt even realistic.

for me, both are detrimental to people but drug addiction is more dangerous also for me. because it can truly alter your mental and physical state if you got addicted. gambling on the other hand, will ruin your financial side and so your mental well-being.
drug addiction is different as it can literally change you as a person and is indeed fatal if someone got to the point of abusing or overdosing himself. also, if it already reached to the stage of having brain damage owed to drug addiction, would be hard to return to your original self as you already ruined your physical self. whereas, if a gambler changed his lifestyle and found a way out, he can be of his better version of himself and can live a normal life again.

despite all addiction being a very serious problem and difficult to connect with it, when we compare the level of destruction that a person addicted to alcohol, addicted to gambling in relation to a person who is addicted to drugs, we can see that the a person addicted to drugs causes greater destruction, let's look at an example of what has happened with games in rich countries, how they have easy access to drugs, see how they become criminals with certain ease, and something very scary is that they pick up a gun and They kill without hesitation, see how drugged women enter the world of prostitution very easily. This is because the drug affects the way a person thinks and acts. In my old neighborhood I met some people who had good hearts

but these people that I met who had good hearts entered the world of drugs and with that they started to think and act differently, I realized that they were using drugs and I started to be very afraid of talking to them, so I preferred to stay very far from them. This was because it was normal for them to be speaking with a calm and polite tone, but suddenly the guy would freak out and become violent for no reason that could justify that stance and that caused fear for anyone who was close to them, it was a very sad and regrettable situation because they Before they got involved with drugs they were people with a lot of talent, but unfortunately drugs destroyed their lives

while people addicted to alcohol and gambling tend to sell everything they have, they harm themselves and in a few cases harm other people around them, but they are rarely violent like drug addicts, and it is difficult to listen that a person joined a group of killers because he became addicted to gambling or became addicted to alcohol, but it has become normal to hear that a person addicted to drugs became a member of groups of killers

My understanding is that these two things are the same in terms of addiction or addiction, gambling and drugs are two factors that can make humans addicted beyond limits, for example risks that can affect an individual's brain health.

Both of these things are more due to the facts that occur, it's just that the addiction caused by gambling is financial in nature, drugs are more about the physical feelings felt by those who are addicted, but both also tend to have a financial impact.

But the fact that we have seen is that drug addiction is more dangerous than gambling, drugs lead to mental damage while gambling can still be rehabilitated, if those who are addicted are highly addicted, so the conclusion is that drugs are more dangerous than gambling.

  Even if online gambling is banned in a country, they still cannot stop gamblers who want to become addicted to gambling. This is a fact that they cannot remove from each individual casino player.

 Only we can change ourselves if we ourselves decide that we will change. Although it is really just a difficulty, if we are persistent, we can do it. It's the same with drug use; there's almost no difference, to be honest.

The truth is we are all different and we all have our own stories. I know people who have been able to give up drugs, gambling, smoking, alcohol and much more.

Most likely the person who told you his story does not have enough willpower or he is satisfied with his life if he realizes that he has a serious problem with gambling, but does not want to get rid of this addiction.

In my opinion, these two things can both ruin a person's life from the start before they introduce these two things, some people who are addicted to gambling can commit crimes when they don't have the funds to do the gambling they want and those who are addicted to drugs of course so too.
Helping those who have experienced addiction to this is not an easy thing to do if they themselves do not have the desire to leave what they are doing.

Both are extreme addiction that leaves a huge scar on a person's life. Addiction to gambling causes mental stress and sometimes leads to anxiety and depression. Drugs affect the physical body of a person. Your body may suffer to the extent that you will no longer help yourself to recover. They are both addictions, nothing is greater than the other. All we know is that it is not healthy if you get addicted.

Excess of anything is dangerous, be it gambling, drugs, sex, games, or anything in general, and whether which addiction is the worst depends on the extent a person uses it. A person who is addicted to gambling but not deeply addicted might not be in as much trouble as someone who is an extreme drug addict and consumes a lot of drugs in a single day. Similarly, if you switch positions, a person having a small amount of drugs isn't in as much trouble as someone who gambles a lot.

However, it's true that drug addiction affects your mental and physical abilities and makes you mentally handicapped and physically weak, whereas gambling addiction makes a person financially weak or broke and it also does have some psychological effects on a person since they keep thinking about it all the time.

I have seen peoples faces who are addicted to gambling they are surrounded by many mental illnesses/disorders their face also seem very scary not scary but like they are stressed for a long time.
any addiction is bad in my opinion, but gambling is very very harmful to person who gamble for recovering his pass losses or simply he is addicted to gambling they addictions is bad for gamblers family members,
gambling addiction can be effectively treated when individuals receive strong support from their family.