Topic: Will you find it offensive to be referred to as an addicted gambler? - page 13. (Read 1513 times)
June 19, 2023, 04:00:35 AM
Fears of bias often leave folks denying their habits, even when they're evident. For a gambler, fear of labels can hinder self-recognition. 'Acceptance' is key, and it needs a caring, prejudice-free space. Society must foster an environment for folks to face their trials sans discrimination. That's the starting point to healing.
June 19, 2023, 03:49:21 AM
Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.
There are different types or levels of addiction. It is only someone who is sick and admits that he is sick that will go to doctor in search for good health.
But someone who is sick, but refuses to admit that he is sick can never go to doctor to seek medical attention.
That same way is what happens in addiction. Someone who is addicted and admits that he is addicted can simply look for therapy or advice in order to escape addiction.
But on the other hand, someone who is addicted but yet does not agree or does not know that he is addicted will definitely die in addiction because of ignorance or arrogance to admit that they are addicted. But in general, addiction is not something someone will glory in. Nobody goes around shouting that they are addicted to gambling, smoking, drinking, and dragging.
June 19, 2023, 03:43:08 AM
Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.
Actually some people will take it very offensive for you to call them gamblers not to talk of crowning it with the additional title of an addicted gambler, even though that's whom they were but yet will not like to be identified as such, which means there are things we also know by ourselves that they are not good but yet we keep doing them because we are emotionally addicted to them and can't afford taking a control measures over them to stop, no bad person will want to be identified as a bad person in public despite they know within themselves that they are bad.
June 19, 2023, 03:37:10 AM
If someone says that I am an addicted gambler, I wont get offended. First step to recovery is acceptance 
But also point that everyone is addicted to gambling. I have never seen a person that has tried any kind of gambling, and never returned to it back, never placed a bet, played for money in future. While people connect gambling addiction to some kind of illness, for me it is more like a fun, hobby, habit. Some say that I am addicted, because I return to gambling sites, gamble and keep on loosing. But I really (I mean really) know when to stop. That is why it does not offend me.
But also point that everyone is addicted to gambling. I have never seen a person that has tried any kind of gambling, and never returned to it back, never placed a bet, played for money in future. While people connect gambling addiction to some kind of illness, for me it is more like a fun, hobby, habit. Some say that I am addicted, because I return to gambling sites, gamble and keep on loosing. But I really (I mean really) know when to stop. That is why it does not offend me. June 19, 2023, 02:54:14 AM
Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.
Not really, but people should stop stereotyping if they don't don't know someone or they just saw them once or twice since it does create a chaos everytime they judge someone on what they just saw in the first place. You never know what kind of people you are dealing with it's either you will get in trouble or be humbled by someone. So if you have nothing good to say, just keep it to yourself and let the people enjoy what they want. Perhaps if this person is their close friends saying it to them it would be different since they would gladly accept or ignore their friends advices since it's all up to them. 
June 19, 2023, 02:48:59 AM
Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.
We can gamble online today with the help of our smartphones and the internet, how the hell will people know that you are a gambling addict and they start calling you that? Well if that's the case then you must have done a lot of things wrong, like..1. Borrowing money from people you are living with, either your neighbors or your families.
2. You must have found yourself in a very bad situation that caught the attention of your neighbors, e.g losing a lot of money that you aren't ready to lose and it hit you hard that you wear it on your face.
3. You resulted into a drinker after losing a lot of money and you start misbehaving, or even start revealing everything you did wrong through gambling.
Some people are already waiting for your shaming day so that they can use you to laugh, I don't encourage gambling in the open, and if you can gamble responsibly, no one will know that you lose or win some money, and never tell a soul that you are into gambling because if things aren't going right for you, your secret will be used against you.
June 19, 2023, 01:44:03 AM
I would be a little offended if I was said to be a gambling addict. because I feel gambling as a hobby is considered normal and fun.. but other people who don't like gambling will always think gambling is bad.. so just take their judgment as an ordinary joke.. because we are the ones who live it
June 19, 2023, 12:43:18 AM
Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.
It is not easy to accept the words of people who say we are gambling addicts, because these two words are always associated with bad things, addicts are considered to be able to harm themselves and others because they can do bad things to fulfill their addiction and gambling which is always considered bad by society, but when someone close to us should identify that we are gamblers addict it would be better not to feel offended but try to seek help because usually, other people's judgments will be more objective than our own judgments because it tends to be difficult to admit ourselves as addicts. 
June 18, 2023, 11:45:41 PM
Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.
Being called an addict is somewhat offensive to me and I should stop someone saying that to me. Because I was into gambling just for fun, not I was chasing to win that is why being called a gambling addict is not suitable for some gamblers.Addiction - is somewhat like you can't control yourself and in your mind is to gamble every day. Yes, it is different when you are professional gambler, we know how to balance lifestyle and so this gambling time.
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June 18, 2023, 10:45:20 PM
In my case I wouldn't find it offensive, because I know I'm not. I suppose that those whose behaviour is bordering on problematic would find it offensive, because it would be a way of making them see what they don't want to see, and often the reaction to that is not the most pleasant.
In my case, it's like someone telling me I'm an alcoholic. Whoever says that simply doesn't know me. It would make me wonder if it was a joke or something.
In my case, it's like someone telling me I'm an alcoholic. Whoever says that simply doesn't know me. It would make me wonder if it was a joke or something.
June 18, 2023, 08:15:01 PM
I know some people that it won't matter to them when you call them like that because, for them, they thought the name was prestige and merit, maybe because they don't know what it means for others, and most likely, those guys only care for themselves no matter what the people called them it wouldn't matter for them. In some countries where gambling is typical, I think when you call someone like that, they just don't care, but to others, you will find yourself to be called like that. It depends on people; if he is dignified, he won't tolerate you calling him like that.
June 18, 2023, 07:21:05 PM
It is really a natural instinct that we are going to be offended if we've been told of it, but before that, we should always think if it is true, like if they called you this because you spend too much money at the casino, you've put a lot of time there, or almost every day you are playing, because they have a reason why they told you this, and for me, it is kind of helpful for someone to notice my behavior, and that is the time that we need to seek help from others, as we know that we are already addicted to something; we just thought it was for fun.
June 18, 2023, 07:05:00 PM
I've come across these kinds of people who like to assume, and there's no point in changing their views, so i'll accept it. I don't find them offensive because there are people that are clueless about what they're saying and gamblers will probably grow numb to these misinterpretations.
Instead of worrying about what other people think about us as a gambler, we should prioritize ourselves and make sure we don't break our rules.
Instead of worrying about what other people think about us as a gambler, we should prioritize ourselves and make sure we don't break our rules.
June 18, 2023, 05:57:03 PM
We have different thoughts on our gambling activity and from a third person view what we do is all out of addiction. I've shared an incident that happened to me Be a Responsible Gambler. Most of the users posted everything have happened out of addiction. It is true, initially our mind finds it hard to access. Later when we recall what happened and the reasons mentioned by different users we'll come to know how bad we've got addicted. I personally accept myself to be addicted though I'm not a regular gambler.
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June 18, 2023, 05:51:38 PM
Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.
Someone who is really sick and needs urgent medical attention visits the hospital for that, he or she does not wait and argue with his or her own body system, if he or she does that, the sickness might get serious and out of control, and he or she may likely die.So also, some one who is addicted to gambling and know it, and also needs helps, have no reason to be ashamed of being called an addicted gambler, after all, it's not like it's a crime to gamble, so why exactly should i find it offensive if I am refered to as a gambling addict, when I know I am not the only one who's in such situation in the world.
June 18, 2023, 05:41:49 PM
I think there are different levels of addiction as well. Those that can control their urges and those who cannot. The ones who cannot are the ones that need the most help.
I believe if a person can control their urge to gamble then that guy isn't addicted at all. The main tag for gambling addicts are the incapability to control oneself when gambling urges pop up.
I think i'll just don't pay attention to people around me. We cannot please everybody, so whether we are a gambling addicts or not, there will be people who has nothing to do but meddle with other pepoples business. It is best to just ignore this kind of people.
but if someone ask for help, a close friend or a family member, we should be happy to help or assist them in any way we can. because asking for help alone is a sign of sincere desire to change his lifestyle and he badly needs help from the person/s he trusts.
lucky if you can still contain your gambling habits. because the fact is, it is always a challenge to get out from your seat whenever you are playing. no doubt, many gamblers are turning into addicted ones.
June 18, 2023, 05:35:35 PM
I think there are different levels of addiction as well. Those that can control their urges and those who cannot. The ones who cannot are the ones that need the most help.
I believe if a person can control their urge to gamble then that guy isn't addicted at all. The main tag for gambling addicts are the incapability to control oneself when gambling urges pop up.
I think i'll just don't pay attention to people around me. We cannot please everybody, so whether we are a gambling addicts or not, there will be people who has nothing to do but meddle with other pepoples business. It is best to just ignore this kind of people.
June 18, 2023, 05:08:38 PM
I think that most people have such a negative stigma when it comes to gambling, and it goes against so many people “values” that they were raised with. Even just a simple gambler who does very little gambling is often look down upon by people despite the fact that they aren’t losing any sort of sizable about of money that’s putting their family in danger of some sort. People are way too quick to judge.
June 18, 2023, 04:55:05 PM
Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.
Anyone in Thier right senses would find that very offensive... Does it really sound nice when someone is being paraded as a drunk? That's just the same feeling.... I don't even think it's all about getting tagged anyways - I Think the most feared part should be getting addicted in reality - cus that won't even feel like a joke or some lame assumptions anymore.
There's much to lose when you gamble frequently... Gambling has been made in a way that any lay-man could possibly get enticed and see it as an easier means to make wealth. There are no shortcuts,.. better go get what you want or die trying...
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June 18, 2023, 04:55:00 PM
Whether or not you accept it or not, if you don't have the right support around you then you will never break the addiction. Same goes for a drug addict, if they don't get the right help eventually, they will overdose and die. A gambler can eventually gamble away all they may have built over the years.
I think there are different levels of addiction as well. Those that can control their urges and those who cannot. The ones who cannot are the ones that need the most help.
I think there are different levels of addiction as well. Those that can control their urges and those who cannot. The ones who cannot are the ones that need the most help.
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