Topic: Who does gambling addiction affect the most? - page 16. (Read 2493 times)

Kids. Always.
This is why the thread about "not letting your kids see you gamble" is also an important discussion. As much as possible it will be kept hidden from them and anyone inside or outside the gambling addicts' circle of friends.
One reason is that the kids will also be seen as bad people because their father is a gambling addict. If they will sniff that gossip that was spread by friends near you then it could become a chaotic event in their lives.
My father was a gambling addict too and he likes taking care of roosters to make it fight in the cockpit. Most of the time, he doesn't have enough money to give something to us, even just the food and table because everything is gone when he bet it all on his rooster who lost the fight. I had the feeling that our father didn't care about us and even before he died that's how I felt. There's no love, no responsibility, nothing. It's a freaking sad story but it's the truth.
I learned to gamble but I always tell myself that I will never be like him, so as much as possible I spend a lot of time with my kids and I just auto-bet my games, and hide them on another browser so they won't see anything.

Both sides are affected by gambling, both the gambler and their family, both financially and emotionally. Although the gambler may enjoy the act of gambling at first, losing all their money will inevitably lead to feelings of regret and stress. The family will then become aware of the situation and may become stressed themselves as they try to figure out how to help the gambler stop and avoid such situations in the future.

I would say his family gets affected the most. If he is the sole earner of the family then the case becomes even worse according to me. His addiction would have been restricting the family to get the necessary needs. These type of people think that they can actually make good money through gambling. But believe me, making money with gambling is just pure illusion. You can’t make money from it. Rather you will lose more and hence becomes addicted.

In this case I would say the body whose pain is its. So I can say in gambling addiction the gambler suffer the most not the family. Many time it is also been seen that family leaves the addicted gambler and leaving a happy life. But in this case of gambler if he can't recover his addiction from gambling then no one can change his suffering.

Actually, both of them were affected because the gambling addiction came from themselves which caused the addiction to occur and of course it was detrimental to themselves. But if you ask which one suffers the most, I think the ones who suffer the most are their families, their children, as you said, someone told about their father who gambled too much to the point of neglecting his child life and because of gambling his life was ruined, maybe the result of the gambling his father did was not can provide education because the money is used to gamble and the child hates gambling because of what his father did.

It is true that gambling addiction is bad, but actually it is caused by irresponsible individuals. If you are married, of course you can manage your time and gambling well so that it doesn't become too excessive because if you are addicted and you already have a family, it is not impossible for a wife to and your children leave you because of your addiction, they just don't want to suffer more because their husband becomes an addict, of all people who are addicted to gambling, the family that is most affected is and then the gambler.

I can't help but pity families under such predicament, its utterly frustrating for them, like kids not getting the basic care that is their right because of their father's choice of life. This lack of proper development affects these children until they are fully grown and most times it makes them hate their father and abandon him if they ever get successful. They attribute their sufferings to his choice of life and ignore him for the rest of their lives and the only person that can influence their decisions most times is their mother if she is still alive and was their stronghold during their growing days.

The addict selfishly thinks only about himself and how to maximize his wins hereby neglecting his family, he surely may be in pain, his pain is self inflicted though, but that of his family is like paying for the sins of their father and no family deserves to be treated that way. I wish government of each country can issue a law against drunkards and gambling addicts that can see a major chunk of their income going to their families directly and only a little percentage available to them to fuel their disgusting passion

Actions that have exceeded the limit to the child and the couple can no longer be tolerated.
This level of addiction needs attention because there will be a series of other actions that will harm the child and the mother.

And yes, this will certainly affect how the child grows in the future if not addressed immediately.
Children will remember whatever happened to them and will reflect on them in the future.

Not only protects a family, but also saves the future of children from people who are too heavy addicts.

I think that there is scientific evidence that addicted people give birth to children who are predisposed to various addictions. I recently watched a program about criminals and it was about a woman who had a son with a criminal. I want to say that he didn’t even see his father who could negatively influence him, but he himself ended up becoming a criminal as a teenager. A part of our parents lives in us and it is difficult to do anything about it. But there are those who decide to break this chain and fight addiction, eventually defeating it. But this is not a guarantee that the children of those who have completely overcome addiction will not play at an older age or in old age; this may manifest itself.

If you live for years with dependent parents, then the chances of becoming like this increase several times. I can only sympathize with such children and teenagers.

To this day I still wonder why there are still gamblers who completely abandon their wives and children and even abuse them just because they lost at gambling, they don't even care about their mental health because of the violence they experience, that's why gambling addicts are always abandoned by their children and wives because Indeed, they will not be able to advise gambling addicts who really cannot control themselves properly. That's why it's important to remind anyone never to gamble excessively because gambling addiction is difficult to cure. so play appropriately.

Luckily I am a gambler who always involves my wife in managing my gambling budget so she gives me the confidence to gamble because she knows I will not be addicted to gambling because I have budget and time limits when gambling, I apply this on weekends because I have to share time to work or just gather with family including children and wife because they are the people closest to us who can save and revive us when we really fall. 

I would say it affects who wants to be affected because there are people who are outcomes of homes where there are strong gamblers with addiction problems, and they turned out not to be gamblers because they were able to see how they would end up from the beginning in their lives of their older family members who were addicts and suffering the consequences. An experience can either make you be a good person from learning from others experience, or it can define you if you think that because you are from such a background and you cannot be different.

Whether its the head or any member of the family is addicted to gambling, the whole family suffers, gambling addiction is a very risky addiction, because the person will neglect his family, his work and all his focus and interest are on gambling only and he will fail to develop a good relationship with his loved ones.
and it will put the reputation of the family in the bad light.
So if one member of a family is addicted to gambling, the whole family should worked on to save that one member of the family, because the downfall of one the familt is the downfall of the whole family.
So we can say that both can be affected and both should be saved from gambling addiction.

Any addiction that becomes a top priority for a person becomes a problem for all family members. But personally it seems to me that negative actions of addiction are most of all reflected on spouses and children, because they are most often in contact with the addicted person and literally depend on their actions. If you look at statistics, a huge number of children experience suppression from the father, who drinks, uses drugs, uncontrollably gambling. This has a very strong impact on the psyche and further life of the child.

Exactly, it's quite simple to find out who is really at a disadvantage besides the gambler himself, of course, if indeed the addicted gambler is a husband or wife in a family then obviously everyone in the scope of the family, especially their children, will experience the impact of gambling by their parents so that they lose balance in particular in terms of family finances. I think one of the things that makes it difficult to overcome someone who is addicted to gambling is because they have different understandings and beliefs from the beginning of their involvement, such as maybe for example thinking that gambling is a place that produces so they put their hopes on a win and can't miss a moment not to gamble.

There is absolutely no reason to say that it is fun if they are basically overreacting in their approach, however, they will not be able to minimize the number of losses if they basically have the wrong approach and mindset, running out of money is not a problem because they will look for other things to make alternatives such as borrowing money from relatives or services. On the other hand of course, if for example the gambler is a parent then obviously other family members such as his children or even his wife will definitely find it difficult to prevent him because as you said that children and wife might just allow him to continue gambling, unable to do anything because they have dependence.

If the gambler has any dependents, then for sure they are the ones who are hurt the most with the gambler's actions. If not, it's only the gambler himself who's going to have a miserable life. It's hard to deal with gambling addiction because you're constantly having the urge to gamble even when you're out of money. You feel like you need to scratch the itch because this time, you might win.

The dependents will have no control on how the gambler will spend their money. They will just be left with crumbs because they think they cannot ask the gambler to stop since they're only depending on the said person to provide them their needs.

This is no doubt because it is the family that will feel the biggest impact rather than the person experiencing gambling addiction. These people will see that they no longer have money to meet their daily needs because it has been used by people who gamble, so the family's finances are disrupted. Maybe they can still find work to make money and set aside a little money to meet their daily needs, but if the person who gambles asks for their money to gamble, they will experience financial difficulties. The foundation of the family will change for the worse, and there will no longer be any trust in the person who is addicted to gambling because everything has changed. People who are addicted to gambling will experience destruction in their families. If they have children, their children will probably be greatly affected because it can affect their mental health until they grow up. Their children might also follow their parents in gambling because they see that's where their parents forget them. Or their children will really hate their parents because they have caused their family to be destroyed.

Gambling addiction has a huge effect on the person who is addicted as well as their close family. While the gambler goes through stress, pressure, and personal loses, family members, especially children and spouses, can also be devastated. There are many stories of how a loved one's gaming addiction has messed up family lives, relationships, and finances. When a parent is addicted, the home setting can change in bad ways that can hurt the kids' development and future opportunities. The effects often last a long time, changing the basis of the family and the health of all its members. Basically, gambling addiction has bad effects on everyone in the close family that can be hard to get over.

The impact of gambling can also destroy the lives of loved ones, gambling can have an impact on close family members such as children and wives. Apart from that, family members also suffer due to the rude and violent behavior of gamblers who cannot control their emotions. This type of gambler has no responsibilities, his immediate family is always the first to be affected.

People who rely on gambling addicts for their household needs such as their wives and children may start to resent them for their irresponsible behavior. Children always become victims of the selfishness of their parents who only care about themselves rather than being responsible parents who always spend their time gambling without prioritizing the needs of the family.

Where will the pressure come from if you don't have expectations from gambling? Are people too blind to see that gambling can't always fulfill their dreams? It's a total chaos using something like gambling as your dream engine, it's obviously meant to go wrong ways.

You can gamble, that's fine, but don't build your whole life with gambling, have other things you are doing, in fact, dream about things that will only be possible with your hard work, businesses or skills, gambling could bring you luck, but don't expect that luck will always come, so it's not reliable to believe in gambling.

This is why smart gamblers have decide to gain fun out of gambling while sticking very small amount of money, this is the best safest way to handle gambling.

I think it affects both but differently.  In the long term, it affects the gambler because he is going to have no friends, family and no money in the end. In the short term, it affects the families and friends because they notice a different person who is agitated and it's not easy to deal with someone like that. But all the above, the friends and even the family will move on and the one left to suffer is the gambler itself.

Everyone will move on. The friends maybe faster and the family slower but they all do. You are the one who has to suffer everything eventually.

I do agree that children might be the one affected here, if there parents turns out to be a gambling addict as those people decision are really clouded and you don't know what's they gonna do next just to continue with their gambling.

And with that, they might neglect the basic responsibilities to their kids like bringing food in the table 24x7 or provide them the basic needs these children have. So it's really pity to see this kind of effect to them and hopefully none of us here are not taking care of their children and instead pushing themselves to gamble more.