Topic: Will you find it offensive to be referred to as an addicted gambler? (Read 1513 times)

No need to get emotion after people saying us as an gambling addict,it's over wish to get addicted to the game.But if you feel losing of money by addiction then you can away from it.But never get away from gambling because of some people said to quit the gambling.Use your free money from the income and enjoy the game,because the free money will not affect you at any point.So only experienced people ask you to involve the free money into the gambling and don't get anger at the loss.Consider gambling as the fun giving game.

We must be people who show that we are above many social prejudices, including those, I have a very positive attitude towards everything, apart from the fact that I am somewhat shameless, but one of my peculiarities is that before society, I am somewhat direct. and I say things up front, which nobody expects, because we live in a society where people like hypocrisy, so if a person calls me an addict, I would first tell them that it is not their problem if I am. or not, if that affects you and why, and thirdly I tell you to worry about your problems because you must have many, and that you only use that way of expressing yourself to be able to have a certain acceptance in society, and like most of people know who I am, they don't tell me or mess with me, I think that attitude helps a lot.

Sometimes the personality of each one of us can affect positively or negatively, as in society I am someone normal, who has his profession, who does not attract attention, who adapts to the system as if it were a lifetime and no longer existed, They cannot determine when I play or not in a casino, particularly the people who are or are going to play in a physical casino are what they can call addicts, however if I go to a casino every day and play it is not because of the rest , but there is always someone out there who says or asks what I am doing, or something like that, if I tell them that I am in a casino, the fastest they can tell me is that I did get addicted, and I would say no, because you have to Knowing how to play and also that is something normal, I play as far as I allow myself to lose money, and I think that after that it doesn't happen anymore, if they speak badly or something like that, they will simply do it behind my back, which really doesn't matter to me .

First of all, you make a general judgment, I know guys who are correct in their daily life, successful in their business, but lousy gamblers, mainly playing poker. We make very bad decisions while playing, I think your experience is based on common life and maybe never You have been in a bad streak or a good one.

Making a few bets does not make you a gambler, and likewise the one who has his head stuck in a casino every day, they makes him addicted.

But people who see everyday life in others and it doesn't turn out like theirs, tend to judge and say tell, hey! You are an addicted gambler.

Obviously the external, daily life agents have an influence, but there is no difference in how it affects us in other activities that we carry out.

Going through a family or economic moment, it influences the game for decision making, but it also influences your entire environment.

In short, the point of what you say does not necessarily work when you enter a casino or login, there is a transformation, your personal life should not influence the matter of betting and vice versa, betting should not influence your personal life.

When that balance is broken, the problems begin, everything is undoubtedly related, but that balance is what you have to work on.

It should not not be offensive to us when some persons ironically decided to call us gambling addict especially when we are not. Everyone has there own opinion and we should always leave them with that because there is no way we can change there perspectives about us. The most important things about this is for us to check ourselves and work on those areas that we I think we are nit doing well or improving. That might be a way to better and debug our altitude in a way that we make us make better decisions in the future.

A common reaction when you are in such a situation, finding things to throw back to those people who are judging and like what being mentioned we are in the generation where everything can be exploited and there's always venue that you can use to pull your own trigger, though I like your position in terms of letting them to continue bringing the problem on their own and use your time to something that will benefit you.

Instead of doing the counter, just leave it as it is and let them enjoy with whatever they are thinking about you..

Being addicted to a particular thing is not anybody's intentions,some things I see it's good to be addicted to is doing good and showing love to people,some other things that one can be addicted to that I see it's also good is making money or hustling,whereas we also have some bad behaviours that most people are addicted to,some persons cannot do without sex,therefore, we can say that such an individual is an addict to sex while some people gamble without having self control.
If I am addicted to gambling and somebody tells me in an aggressive manner that I cannot do without gambling,there is every tendency that I might have problem with the person,because we all have the right to choose for ourselves what ever we like,whereas,another person with a good manner of approach can still say the same thing and it won't get me upset,therefore,it all depends on the manner in which  the words are used.

.You are correct; we should always target their flaws and exploit them. We are humans, and our actions are frequently both beneficial and detrimental. Obviously, we are not saints who always do the right thing; rather, we should address what causes our faults and find a method to correct them right away. People around us will always look for our problems, so we must either react or ignore them. In my opinion, I would just choose to ignore them since I don't have time for problems, and I have more useful things to accomplish with my precious time.

I get it completely. Admitting you have a problem and wanting treatment is a really brave thing to do. Those who are successful in doing so have my utmost admiration. It's about facing your demons head-on and doing whatever it takes to beat them

But there will always be some who judge others who are trying to overcome addiction. That really gets on my nerves! Substance abuse is serious business and should not be taken lightly. Everyone experiencing it should be given sympathy, not mockery

It's a shame when people bottle up their feelings out of fear of being judged or stigmatized. Recovery is slowed by the very genuine fear of being judged by others. What's needed is a welcoming setting where people feel safe talking openly about their struggles with addiction. It's about time we recognized the importance of caring for one's mental health

 In my own opinion i think it all falls back to the manner of approach, cause there's a way you approach someone and  talk to them about a certain habits they posses and they'll consider taking your advise seriously, also there's a manner you'll approach them and they might not take it likely.
 Also addiction is a habit that's seems difficult to quit and most times people are very ignorant of the fact that they're getting too comfortable with such habit, such people when trying to approach them you do without confrontation, try to talk to them about activities they carry out that's making then being considered or referred to as addict and help them to understand ,the consequences of excessive gambling, also you have to be patient with them no matter their reactions on hearing the truth and also do not be judgemental when approaching them.

How did you change the situation when you tell someone are an addict.
An addict is a person who is little interested in what others think, he cares little about his family, so, thinks about what response tell to you, OP a drug addict, a gambler are serious illnesses that require professional attention.

Now telling anyone who spends many hours, that they are losing money etc, and they accept it or at least discuss it, that indicates that they are "normal" people within what is possible.

 #tbt topic.

I fully agree with you, but it is very difficult to find a person who has a problem, admits it and receives help, for me he is a person who has a good maturity, of course things can be like this, the important thing about all this is that when one if someone admits it, it is quickly saved from the adversities that addiction causes and I think I would Receive a lot of support from anyone.

Now, as everywhere, there are always toxic , immature people who believe that bad streaks will not come to them , there is someone who is called an addict with a certain contempt, and it is not like that, things when a person has a bad situation, you need everything. attention and help to get him out of there quickly, that's why many people don't recognize their problem because they worry a lot about what they will say, and that seems absurd to me.

Any problem that arises that has to do with addiction is delicate, it has to be given the required importance, there is no other way but to be there to give attention to the person and that they come out Quickly and that they do not advance much , mental health is very important.

I don't think they will attack again as they would now know that I am not vulnerable anymore. They think twice before making another move, which will result in both parties ignoring each other. If you don't react then you will always face such situations in the future. No one cares if your sad but everyone envy you when you are happy. Ofcourse I am not talking about our family. I am referring to friends, colleagues & passerby.

If we do that, maybe there will be a grudge against them later that they will have to avenge because we already attacked their weakness so they will think of another way to attack us again. It will never end because they and we will be involved in an unbroken circle and continue like that until one of them gives in. Letting them say anything about us is also doable and lets people judge who looks for faults or problems. And if the people around us really know who we are, they also won't mind people who talk like that because they won't believe it.

If for me it will be addressed? of course I will not be only offended but also insulted because I know for myself that I am a disciplined and a fun looking gambler so calling me as an addict then you don't know what is the difference of the two.
and besides who are they to refer us such that?
what do they have in mind and life to address a person to be addicted when they are not contributing to my life?
but if this come from my Wife or at least my Parent and siblings? then I will ask them about how they think I am because sometimes we cannot find ourself to be addict but our love one can.
as gambling is tricky and indeed addicting.
it is reasonable to confront those kind of people as they have no rights at all.

face their own life and family and care nothing about others.

The more you ignore them the more you would become vulnerable to their hate. It is better to find their weakness and then downgrade them infront of everyone. In today's time everyone has some kind of addiction. You can use that as a weapon to defend yourself rather ignoring them. No one is a saint in these times.

There are many people out there that enjoy trying to bring someone down and they will use anything they may know about you in order to do so, this is simply their nature and they may not even realize what they are doing, so when you encounter someone like that there is no point in engaging them as that is exactly what they want.

It is better to simply ignore them and if they try to confront you about it you just tell them that is none of their business, in my experience this will irritate them to the extreme and will demonstrate to anyone who cares about watching this that they were just looking for a fight with you and then they will ignore anything they said about you.

Yeah if you can re-assess yourself and if you really can tell or speak up with your gambling activities, it's better to confront the person who call you addicted, it's a way of clearing everything if you have that attitude or if you have that kind of personalities, no harm but more on clarification about that claim.

But if you don't have that kind of personalities, then let your action speak up with your activities, it's only noticeable if something already exceeds from the usual activities.

And those people deliberately wanted to piss us off with what they said so we would start a fight. But if we can stay calm by not responding to what they say, they will stop by themselves because we don't serve them. Many people are jealous of our situation, so they have to make words that can make us angry, and it will be seen that we do what they say. We should be able to calm down; if necessary, we can leave the person to go somewhere else so we don't get angry. There's no point serving people like that because it's just a waste of time.

People really somewhat bash you and saying not good words on you because people want to drag you down and we don't know why, that is why it is better to check really that you ain't getting addicted to it like they arent saying the truth because sometimes if you get mad at them you just makes things worst meaning they are saying true as if it is not true then why are you angry, as long as you know that you are not an addict lets say you are not playing on daily basis or having an unctrolable urge on gambling then you are not addict to and you just say to them that if you are an addict to gambling then you should have those things that you have now as for sure you'll selling it because you want to gamble.

That's what the people around him who are called gambling addicts should do so that he can realize the extent of his gambling activities. And if he really feels like a gambling addict, he can change his habits and reduce his time playing gambling. And it's better to fix it soon before it's too late so he doesn't develop a severe gambling addiction. And if after he researches or reflects on himself and sees that he doesn't have a gambling addiction, he doesn't need to respond to other people's words because they don't know who we really are and are just talking nonsense.