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Gambling addiction has been known to be associated with serious funds loss, bankruptcy, unsettled loan involvements, properties auctioning and other irritable financial behaviors that depicts frustration and desperations from the victims.
A little more observation shows clearly other effects of such addiction to just not the addict alone, but those around them, be it friends, family or neighbors. Here are a few of them:

Negative impression on children/ dependents: His addiction can corrupt the good intentions of the younger generation looking up to him for inspiration, they may grow up to see gambling as a way of life and follow the wrong footprints.

Decrease in overall productivity of individual: Addiction reduces the value that you add to wherever you are engaged career wise as you are mostly distracted with gambling thereby reducing your commitment and dedication to your duties, this might significantly reduce the overall company productivity and lead to job loss.

health Challenges: A gambling addict is always under pressure and tension and as such is prone to health challenges like high blood pressure, depression, and on the part of his people, they might be suffering from the psychological implications of his lifestyle which includes social stigma.

violence : most gambling addicts are prone to violent behaviors owing to anger issues from much losses and this might greatly affect his relationship with his immediate family and people around him who might start seeing him as a wild animal.

your contributions are very much welcome as we learn together the many demerits of gambling addiction to inform both those currently addicted and intending addicts of the dangers of that irrational lifestyle.

This may be true but I did not experienced it when I was a gambling addict. Although hardly will you notice anything like mood swing from me. But to easily know an addict, you can noticed the gambler mood just change from good to moody all of a sudden.

It is true that gambling addiction can lead to serious funds loss, bankruptcy, unsettled loan involvements, properties auctioning and other irritable financial behaviors that depicts frustration and depression.

We have said it on this forum countless number of times that we should gamble with the money that we can afford to lose.

I think in order to be an addiction it would have to cause negative effects beyond just losing money as that is to be expected if you aren’t bad at math.

I would agree though that gambling has many potential negative side effects if you abuse it. This is why I always say to consider gambling like paying for entertainment. If you win money, that’s a side perk. It shouldn’t be the only goal or you will be disappointed more than satisfied.

Yes, gambling addiction can do a lot of damage to the lives of people who choose to become addicted. Some people have doubt that gambling addiction cannot cause violence, such as domestic violence, but I can confirm that it has caused domestic violence in some families. The husband will steal the wife's money and gamble with it; he ends up losing the money and returning home with empty pockets, when the wife asks about their money, they get aggressive. There have been different true stories like that in my location.

There was this man from my community; he was a fan of a football club I don't know, so one day his club had a match, and as the match was going on, the man was watching live in his house, but when the game ended and his team had lost, he angrily pulled his TV from the wall and smashed it on the ground. I wonder what people with this kind of mind can do if they are gambling addicts.

I have also talked about the story where the father of one of my female friends used his daughter's money to gamble, while the money was supposed to be used to acquire a plot of land.

There are many bad experiences that I have witnessed with people who are gambling addicts, and it is not very appealing at all. I can't help in some situations, but only to wonder how people can allow themselves to get wallow in a habit that they know will be harmful to their affairs in life.

The addiction is the common one in the trading and the gambling.Because the loss causes the addiction to the user,the user keep try to recover the loss money from the gambling site.If the gamblers use the money which is essential for the real life,then he need to get back the money.So he get the money from the other sources to play the game again to retrieve the loss.But until the gambler create their own strategy,he never retrieve the money from the gambling site.The gamblers who had the potential alone choose to play again the same game.If they fail to get the money back,the better option is to quit the game by accepting the previous losses in the gambling site.Accepting loss also help you to get away from the big loss.

VIOLENCE!

Might not really that too common or often but this is one of the most known things that make someone do able to commit out on which they would really be that making themselves that
getting violent person on the time that they are on such extreme addiction on which if they do want or likes to play but they cant really be able to do so because of inability to play
due to lack of funds, then this is where that kind of criminal thinking would be thinking. Addicted people wont really be that already into the good state that they would
be thinking on which thing is good and bad.

This is why as much as possible it would really be that best on trying out to avoid yourself on doing gambling if you do find yourself that being too impulsive
or doesnt really like on losing money in the first place.

From looking at people who have become addicts to gambling and other habits, there is barely ever any good it has to them and then to people around them. Anyone who has not had anyone to observe or have not seen anyone who is addicted must have heard or read stories, and also warnings from others in this forum an outside about the general dangers of addictions.

When a violent person starts gambling, and then become addicted, they can show and display violence which was already a problem they had before they started gambling. Gambling and loosing may just become the trigger.

So it goes back to where it started and maybe it's all in the family or someone he knew when he was a kid. And most probably the violence as well is learned during his younger days hearing some arguments and heated discussions of couples about money.

It is a wonder how some adults who have no background in gambling found their way to addiction though.  It could be the newfound wealth also, they got filthy rich they don't know how to spend it.

We as parents would really be having that huge factor affecting on how our children would really be ending up on which that seeing things on what you've been doing or the things that they've been grown up with would really be a huge determining factor on how they would really be able to make themselves look like in near future. If they are someone whose really that been exposed to gambling activity
neither they've been able to see it on their parents or surroundings then they would really be also ending up on being a gambler. This is why it would really be that important that if you are someone
whose really that involved with gambling, then you should be at least responsible on trying out to hide it as much as possible. We do know the repercussions on what gambling could give.

They both work in hands, if you're the addicted type, then you're likely to loose more money to gambling because you do that often even without being careful about how you're gambling being an addict type, there's no much difference and the implications as well will also go similar, you gamble too often and you loose more money on gambling and that is already a sign of being an addicted gambler.

The only one I consider as caused by gambling addiction that's not related to financial losses is the health challenges. The other three are still tied to it. There are gamblers who wins but still lacks sleep from hours spent on playing. Sleep deprivation is dangerous if it happens regularly.

What OP is saying is of course true and we don't even have to go into details like what influence on children it has and such. All we need to say is that a financial loss can be a one-time event and can end up being temporary. An addiction will lead to a financial loss that can be permanent, meaning that you will never regain what you had. You will have your ups and downs but at the end you'll always be at the bottom because you won't even know what to do with the money you win. The only idea you'll have is to spend it at a casino again.

An addiction to anything is flagged as an error and then when it's narrowed down to gambling or drug addiction just makes it the worse of it kind. The above listed facts are all true about when someone is a gambling addict and this just shows some damaging the effects are and still yet so many persons out there still don't know what's involved in getting too fancy with a particular habit. Addiction is what every gambler avoids and that what's also paints the image of gambling as a bad activity in the society because of the side effects seen from most gamblers who have turned mental.

Addiction is not good for gamblers, similar to financial loss. The later leads to addiction. Lack of control pushes gamblers to get addicted to gambling due to loss of money. However, lots of gamblers deal with financial loss, and abandon addiction. Yet that doesn't erase the chances of addiction in the gambler's life. Whatever threat the financial loss pose on the gambler, he'd have to deal with tempting urge of gaining his funds. So, if a gambler is able to restrict himself from being compulsive, his financial loss wouldn't mean a thing compared to the addicts. Gamblers who are addicted suffer from both financial loss and mental disorder. Which is dangerous to his health than what financial loss could cause him. No body will be happy recalling he, at some point in his life, was aggressive to his loved ones and caused his family pains. Such thought is harmful to the brain and could get a gambler depressed. In a nutshell, being on a safe side of financial loss is quite better than losing control and getting addicted.

Another thread about gambling addictions and their resultant effects on the addict's finances and physical well-being,  this is why we have always been making constant commitments and contributions to this kind of topic,  and as a way of warning others to stay off possible addictions, it is very much important also to place everything on it right proportion as to make a clear stance of what we should take gambling to be.

Gambling is a way of entertainment,  and anyone who takes it otherwise may have him or herself to blame for every resultant negative outcome from it to be on the safer side,  one should only gamble with an amount of money that one can easily let go of if anything goes wrong.

Gambling addiction has led to a lot of failed marriages. When gambling addicts spend more than they should on gambling it might affect the family's finances negatively and the other spouse might become offended. When a spouse is subjecting the entire family to lack and want because of uncontrollable gambling habits, this behaviour might not be tolerated for too long. This can cause disagreement and in some extreme cases, it could lead to divorce.

People suffering from gambling disorders might suffer from social stigma. The community might see them as good for nothing because they don't have control over gambling. Such stigma can lead to denying them business, employment or even political opportunities.

Gambling addiction could also make an individual engage in criminal activities. When these addicts don't have money to satisfy their gambling urges, they can engage in illegal activities to raise funds for gambling.

In summary, it harms everything you are associated with and all areas of your life and interests, the mind is everything that the mind thinks of it become, so if you are preoccupied with gambling you neglect other areas of your life and interest.

And since gambling is a harmful interest it will have a bad effect on your behavior and the way you look at things around you, we've seen gamblers living miserable lives that's because these gamblers only find happiness in gamble and they have to sustain and it's very expensive to sustain gambling so you will become financially incapacitated if you are hooked in gambling

What I've seen in life so far is that there are many different personalities, which can be a product of their upbringing and environment, but you can have people who lived poor and happy, or those who lived rich and angry - with the whole spectrum in between. If someone has got hate or nasty traits in their heart, to blame gambling on amplifying them is a bit of a cop out, if it wasn't betting they might still be likely to express those traits being triggered by something else. Stress can really mess people up and will bring out the best or the worst in some, but it doesn't excuse bad behavior. Knowing how to be a good loser, self evaluation on how to avoid that predicament in future and when to leave is one of the important things to learn in life, instead of taking it out on others.

There are many negative effect of gambling addiction if been buttressed but you ended up almost summarizing everything in this few points.

Gambling addiction reduces one potential in life, most gambling addicts end up not achieving anything in life because all their funds goes down to gambling even in middle of work you tend to see some of them opening there devices to confirm if the booked games are done playing and so on. This attitude of addicts brings everything even their relationships for the floor just because they attach so much attention to it.

Gambling addiction leads to so many unstable attitudes by the gambler and all what you've outlined above are mostly what gambling addiction results to that's why gamblers have often times been advised on the need to gamble only for fun and shouldn't attach emotions to it because in a case of multiple losses one might actually start behaving strange of beginning to transfer aggression to people around him and more also a gambler that's too deep into gambling isn't always happy because you would be thinking that everyone around you is the cause of your misfortune. Sometimes what makes some gamblers become so violent is as a result of anger that they ain't winning on several attempts and a situation whereby a gambler sees that he is incurring to many losses all he needs do is quit or rather take a break instead of continuously playing and becoming more violent when they don't win.

It is important for all gamblers to note that they are responsible for their actions and inactions so if a gambler becomes so violent and vulnerable to the extent of inflicting injuries to other people due to anger then he will surely bear the consequences of his actions because no one forced him to play gamble or not to gamble responsibly as most gambling companies normally inscribe "play responsibly " in their sites and virtual gambling offices so no body is to be blamed if a gambler is losing his sense of reasoning to an extent of resulting into violence.

 Gamblers needs to take gambling like sometimes when you take out some friends out for fun and you pay their bills and other expenses after which you go home and continue your normal business so that's how gambling should be taken rather than being too serious and optimistic of winning whereas when the winning doesn't come as expected then you become so angry at people as if they were the ones that pushed you into gambling even if someone pushed you into gambling it is your decision either to accept or reject so you can't hold anyone responsible for your actions.

If it is not managed well, the gambling activities we carry out will become dangerous activities and carry a high risk of financial losses and other losses. When someone is addicted to gambling, it reflects their inability to control themselves and their emotions when gambling, they play chaotically and often act impulsively to the point of making wrong betting decisions which makes them lose even more.

A gambling addict has poor emotional control and mental health, so that when they continuously experience fatigue and run out of capital to continue gambling, they will try to look for other things so that their emotions, disappointment and anger can be vented. And quite a few gambling addicts take it all out on their families, which could lead to acts of domestic violence. And quite a few of them are gambling addicts who turn to criminal acts, such as robbing money and other actions that can harm many people. and they do this in order to get some money so they can satisfy their lust for gambling and take revenge for the losses they suffered previously.

that for me i believe is the very reason why it is not good to live with a gambling addict. because it is the immediate family who will suffer the consequences of what the gambler is acting owed to his addiction. if it is only the gambler, that's fine. but if he has small kids relying on him, that's when a lot of troubles will come in.


with countless discussions about the effects of gambling especially for those addicted ones, we can't deny the fact that it truly ruins someone else's life if that person failed to identify his problem and not do anything about it, and be a slave of his own desires. the change will come from the person himself so no matter how long is the list on what to do, if the person doesn't have the heart to change for the betterment of himself, no other person can help him out. it will start from him and not from anyone else.

I would also mention the social problem that gambling causes.
In many countries where gambling has been legalized, there is no social policy to encourage responsible betting or campaigns against addiction, the government only thinks about tax collection and the more you win, the better, which is why they let gambling multiply. indiscriminately as long as the casinos are paying their taxes.

Problems arise when all the factors you mentioned above accumulate and begin to impact the lives of people who have nothing to do with gambling, that is... it ends up becoming a public health and safety problem and not It is just a problem that is restricted to the social life of the person who gambles irresponsibly.

not only that, children may also grow up with a lot of childhood trauma and with only a single parent. As we know, gambling addiction can lead to divorce/separation, and from what I have read in the past, divorce/separation can negatively affect a child's upbringing which could affect them not just throughout their childhood but adulthood too.

Your theoretical findings are quite alright and I must say that the option of personality really is the worst of it all. Imagine you being looked down on as a gambling addict. People that once revered you before begin to ignore, disrespect and neglect you all because of the fact that they discovered you are a gambler and an addict. It's very much frustrating and makes one feels less of themselves. Most times, they are the topic of discussion and gossips which should not have been so but just because of the fact that they are gambling it turns out to be what they are talking about and it is very disheartening to see and hear such a thing.

I mean in a sense, financial loss is merely a byproduct of gambling addiction itself, not the final result. Though most people prioritize making it the main point since it's the most possibly relatable reason, or one that most people can relate with even if they haven't experienced it, compared to other results e.g., Mental insanity, violent tendencies, and other stuff.

I myself used to think being mentally insane was, well, something exaggerated by most people. Then I saw what people did in TikTok and I understood how. Kidding aside (mostly), I don't think it matters much how people look at you, unless ofc that's your job but other than that, it shouldn't matter. What you should be concerned about is how you as an addict is affecting your own personal surroundings, aka friends, familiy, etc.

The health-related issues caused by gambling have always given me concern because it has accounted for the death of some gamblers across the world. The genesis of this health problem is financial problems. When a gambler loses all his money to gambling, it results in mental stress and anxiety which cause depression and even anxiety disorder. Moreover, this gambler may neglect his physical health, leading to poor self-care and unhealthy lifestyle choices.

An illustrative example is a gambler who developed a severe gambling disorder. Despite being initially financially stable, the gambler`s escalating gambling habit led to substantial debt accumulation. This resulted in the foreclosure of his home thereby leading to severe depression capable of causing death or luring him into committing suicide.

I carefully read your opinion about the subject matter and all I can say is that you are very right with what you said. There's no way one is expected to be more comfortable in losing his money because of his addiction to gambling than when he losses it via other financial engagements like business and the likes because in other financial engagements, he'll lose his money just once and learn from but when he's addicted to gambling, he'll lose his money and is very likely to lose more because of his addiction in gambling. Like I'll always say, one of the worst thing that can happen to gambler is to become a gambling addict because such person is very likely to lose all his valuables just to satisfy his gambling addiction

I believe some people can sometimes downplay the health issues which can be caused by gambling, whether it is directly associated with the financial losses or not. What you said about how financial situations becoming dire can negatively affect one's health is true, how ever one does not necessarily need to lose much of one's money before starting to experiment the health issues which could be related to gambling.
Depression can kick in whenever someone has lost money, the high blood pressure can appear when one less expects it during a gambling session, and there could be still money in the bank account.

In my opinion, it is more likely for gambling to be translated to psychological problems than physical ones, in the long term.
People should take care of both of them, mental and physical and it becomes difficult to do so when one is addicted to spinning slots to the point of neglecting ones higiene and diet.

This is why it is really that important that you should really be avoiding yourself on getting addicted as much as possible on which you should really be that avoiding this thing in the first place.
People do usually mess up on the time that you would really be having those bad decisions. No matter what you do as long you do have that control and as long you do have that discipline
then you wont really be that making your life miserable on which you arent that putting yourself at risks and other people around you. Financial loss? It wont really be happening
if you are really just that responsible on the things that you are dealing with. It is really just that there are people who are really that too greedy and cant be able to control it out.

It's true, gambling addiction can have a far greater impact than just financial losses. Some of the negative impacts that can arise from gambling addiction involve various aspects of life. So, it is important to remember that gambling addiction is a serious problem that requires professional attention. Seeking help from a counselor, therapist, or support group can help a person overcome a gambling addiction and restore their mental and emotional well-being

Addictions cause more harm than solely financial losses, because they are directly related to a disfunction on the mental state of the individual. A financial loss can be recovered without difficulties, if the person is focused on that goal and displays responsability, skills, knowledge and endurance. However, if the person is an addicted one, hardly every he is going to achieve any financial recoveries, because as soon as he accumulates some money on this pockets, he is instantly going to spend it due to their addiction. In this case mentioned by OP, the individual is simply going to put everything on the table in a casino.

So, this cycle of financial losses never end for the addicted individual. He is never able to recover himself entirely, because he lacks focus, endurance, discipline and responsability. For that reason, I fully agree with the statement of this thread's title. First of all, an addicted person has to get rid of his addiction, and only once he achieves doing this, he can start reverting his financial status for the better, otherwise, I fear he is just going to waste time and make the addiction issue even worse, as he isn't prepared to deal with money in a benefical way before getting healed from addiction.

Gambling addiction can make you violent as you won't be happy when you're losing but you can't do anything about it as you're already addicted. You can only be wasting more money gambling only to lose them and get into debts. Gambling addicts are violent individuals, since you can't control gambling you might also not be able to control your anger emotions and your family or love ones will be the ones to receive all the anger issues. Addicts don't always have the best behaviours.

Being a gamble addicts reduce your values in your society, other individuals won't take you seriously as they'll always be considering you as an unproductive individual since you're always wasting your money gambling. A gambling addict doesn't have a progressive life due to wasting all their money gambling. Important things that were meant to help your life will be denied from getting to your possession.

The gambling addicted person will use all the money into the gambling site,So it leads to a loss of money which is essential for their real source.It may affect the gamblers family financially,it was reason for the gambling addicted person are criticised in the society.The gamblers family affected by the addiction they also suffered to fulfill the basic needs of their family and children.The gamblers should take responsibility for the loss,So he should keep the separate money for the family expenses.The gamblers kids never do any mistake to suffer for the proper food lagging only because born in the gambling addicted person family.

Well I think there's no need on knowing which causes harm more. Gambling addiction will really damage you finwncially and that's the primary thing to be affected no doubt. Health related problems will come next given that your time is too consumed by this activity. But with self harm or other related abuse, it is not evident to all people who suffered from gambling addiction so I guess it is just okay so say that it depends on the individual in such conditon. Actually I am referring to a friend of mine who was diagnosed with addiction in gambling. He was losing huge amount of money and experience extreme weightloss since he doesn't eat that much whenever he's upset with the outcome. He was uncomfortable doing other things due to the drive he is feeling to gamble. Violence I think, as its effect, is not evident although he was irritated in most instances when he is not playing, he still manage to communicate and express what he is feeling without inflicting harm to both himself and other people. Probably it varies to the severity of addiction.

What's not discussed here is the psychological effects of gambling addiction. Since the addict is already affected by addiction, they will always think about gambling, and that somewhat impairs them to think rationally and will always favor gambling more than any other activities in their life. This leads to the points that you have outlined, and I think it's the psychological damage that is harder to repair rather than any other effects of addiction in the addict's life.

An addiction is never a good thing in my opinion. A gambling addiction brings a lot of people around the addict pain and stress. If there are people who love and support someone before they slid into addiction, those family and friends are in for a trying time as the activities of the gambler is sure to tell on them later on.
The psychological toll it would have on the addict as well his friends and family would equally be telling.

I wouldn’t conclude that gambling addicts are prone to violent behaviors due to having a good number of losses at the casino. While there would be a significant increase in the stress in the relationship of an addict, I’d like to think people who are violent towards their partners are violent individuals and even without the aid of a gambling addiction, there may still be violent tendencies in that individual towards the spouse.

This is true, some of them are just quite about it but when someone jokingly approach them related to it or something that will trigger them they usually get mad and even ask for a fight on something. This is always what i observed since we have this kind of area like billiard station where other card games and gambling's activities are also done. And you will really see their reactions especially those person who are in losing streak, huge losses, anything similar.

Of course, gambling addiction will have more significant negative impact compared to other problems.
Gambling addiction causes losses not only financially but also in several health aspects such as mental and psychological which can affect the performance of the human brain.
There are many problems that occur as result of gambling addiction and those who are addicted to gambling should be aware of this and it is important for them to recover quickly.
This will have worse impact if it is prolonged or over long period of time, they can also experience destruction if gambling addiction has really made the gambler lose consciousness and common sense.

The various problems or cases that previously occurred should be lesson or example for other gamblers who are not yet truly addicted to being able to avoid it by having control and restrictions from the start.
They must learn to control themselves and limit themselves and have good management.
And for gamblers who are already addicted, they must be able to realize that what they have done is big mistake, the first step is to reduce the intensity of gambling.
In this way, gambling addicts will have an awareness that will indirectly appear by itself and encourage desire to recover from addiction problems.

This issue is the most discussed issue in the gambling world nd from the way I see it, I think there is absolutely no way to actually get rid of it to it's fullest because for that happen then human nature needs to altered and edited with the glitch of greed removed because that's the sole cause of anything that gradually leads to an addiction. Greed is basically the forefather of the whole issue and if any man can watch himself and his greed then I think you are good to go.

Your all point is ok and i agree with your point. gambling addiction not only harm financially It affects children.  Children follow parents and his family members and want to learn from them so when someone gambles if there are children in his family it harms those children a lot and attracts them to gambling. And after losing gambling, the gambler suffers a lot due to which his mind is destroyed and at the same time he falls into a lot of mental breakdown which is very harmful to his body. Financial losses can be covered from other sources but other losses are not easily backed up

Gambling addiction can cause these and so much more but we can't possibly blame it on gambling but the individual who has decided to gamble the wrong way. The base negative effects of addiction that one becomes irresponsible soon other follows as the individual would make sure he does everything possible to gamble.
A gambler that isn't responsible enough and displays theses negative behaviors in front of his kids would definitely have to see his kids grow up the wrong way. As it's said before train a child the way you should grow so when the grow the wild not depart from it.

I agree with you on that, take note that you will lose money if you are an addict or not, surely you cannot win all the games you wager; gambling addiction makes you lose things more important than money. Gambling addiction makes you lose valuable relationships, either with you spouse, children or friends; only few people would not mind associating with an addict.

Irresponsible gambling will stop you from achieving your goals, you'll then set goals in gambling only, which is obviously folly. I always recommend professional help for gambling addicts, the therapy could help them heal from the addiction.

Everything @OP mentioned is correct. But it is a mistake if someone uses gambling as a lifestyle. He will need more to be able to follow gambling as a lifestyle. When someone becomes a gambling addict, they will not be able to see other things that might be useful for their life.

They will fall deeper into gambling without being able to see if there is a way out or they will stay in gambling even longer. That's because gambling requires good self-control so that they don't fall into gambling. If they feel that gambling does not provide benefits, they should leave gambling.

There are still many other interesting things that they can use to get pleasure. Nowadays, amidst technological advances, the younger generation should be more creative in creating things that can benefit them. They don't need to gamble because they can waste their time being unproductive and no longer creative. And there are many more negative impacts of gambling addiction so the younger generation should be able to stay away from it.

It seems like the rate of this gambling addiction is very alarming and many people are still yet to get involved becoming an addict.
I have never felt what it takes to be an addict but stating from OP point it is clear on the negative effect on gambling addiction. In as much gambling is interesting in making cool money by just prediction and assumption it could trigger some harmful practices and lead to financial instability.

Gambling addiction can have a devastating effects beyond financial loss, the effects and challenges varies differently in individuals. It can lead to bankruptcy property loss, other desperate financial behaviours, But doesn't stop there, the impact extend to the addict's loved ones as well, children and dependant can be negatively influenced seeing gambling as a way of life, addiction can cause strained relationship with family and friends, lost of trust, increase in anxiety and legal issues in some cases e.g illegal gambling activities, unlicensed gambling and fraudulent behaviour to support the addition, financial crime. It's important to recognise the wide reaching consequences and the devastating effects of gambling addiction, as a gambler always gamble with caution and set limits to your gambling activities.

Though gambling addiction may most likely going to affect the people around that person, may it be with friends or worse with family. If anyone could remember, someone posted here a few days ago about a father who left his children in the house for more than 5 hours because he was out gambling in a local casino. That's a serious sign of gambling addiction, he lost all his sanity risking the lives of his 2 year old children because gambling has consumed his senses as if it is the most important part of his life. However, that situation may not be the worst thing that could happen to an addicted gambler, sometimes it would come to a situation where a person would took his life when he found himself in a huge debt and repaying them might seem impossible due to his current condition.
Although what has been listed in the OP as negative effects of gambling addiction may not happen to each and every addicted person, but one thing is for sure, gambling addiction means a consistent and continued financial loss and that's where the negative effects begins. 

Everything written here is true and that is why the true gambling addiction can only be cured with professional help.A mere financial loss is already happening before the person has fallen in gambling addiction,for one person to become addicted it is needed for him to have quite some consecutive losing sessions.

The family is the one who feels the most heavy suffering from the addiction and the addicted person should be the one himself asking for help in order to save his family otherwise is a sure thing that with gambling addiction he will end up alone.

Isn't addiction the mother of all reckless losses in gambling?.
  Addiction has a very strong distractive hold on its victims that they majority of the times involuntarily swing into actions and decisions that ordinarily they won't encourage themself into doing. It's for this reason that if I were to own a company today I won't employ a gambler into my group of employees as it can pose a threat to productivity scale and their gambling additive attitude can also contaminate the character of his colleagues at work to gamble just like him.

Yeah, am a gambler and am carefully not against anyone being a gambler but a couple of experience over the years informed my decision not to employ a gambler in any business enterprise or a company I am in charge.

There are so many bad effects caused by gambling addiction, so the problem now is, is gambling that bad, let's say a beginner wants to gamble, and he will become a potential gambling addict, so I think it's better to give inspiration about responsible and smart gambling. Manage your finances to gamble. If you say only the bad things happen, that means you strictly forbid gambling

Most times habits are learned through friends or colleagues who are into gambling, I remember  my roommate in higher institution who detested gambling with his last breadth, but when I won some encouraging sum of money back then and gave him some as my guy, it seemed like the funds I gave him glued him into gambling. Long story cut short, we were addicts at the same time. Addiction isn't a one day thing, its a gradual process and it happens when you begin to get more involved and comfortable with consistent, unplanned gambling. Gambling discipline is the only solution I have ever employed that mitigated my addiction till date.

All over the internet and all over the streets are evidences of the derogatory nature of gambling addiction, I wonder why people still allow themselves to be caught up by it, is it that we don't learn or do we only prefer to learn from experience? I think it's high time people learn from knowledge or other people's experience instead of waiting to be the victim before learning simple lessons that can secure their future.

I think it's already been discussed many times in this forum and section. Many topics are about this concept, talking about the negative effects of gambling. Financial loss and gambling addiction are the same in the sense that you lose money, but the thing is, gambling addiction is the worst because even if a person doesn't have the means to keep on playing, they will keep finding ways to play without thinking about the consequences of gambling, and they will notice that they are deepening their suffering.

Many people or gamblers share their experiences in this forum about gambling, on how gambling ruin their lives or how it affects their daily lives. If you are a sane gambler, then you would know when to stop and limit yourself, but the sad part is gamblers are hoping and believing that gambling will be the one that could save them or could make them rich and prosper, which is a poor mind people could think.

Adults often don't realize this, and that's why we often see parents who forbid their children from smoking but they do it while smoking, so adults cannot forbid children from gambling while they gamble, especially if they are addicts unless they can be very responsible and when they can tell their children exactly the impact of gambling if it is not done responsibly

That's because they can't control their emotions because gambling has so much control over them that any outcome will make them commit violence and other crimes when they can't get the funds to gamble. That's why gambling is very detrimental if you are not responsible.

The worst thing probably is "violence", because if you are addicted with gambling, you are not calm, you will be aggressive and you might end up blaming other people for your mistake. Also, because you don't have peace of mind, you don't patience as well and that will make you violent. People are probably aggressive by nature, but as long as we are at the right state of mind, we will be able to control ourselves.

Speaking about control, if we lose control, we won't behave the right way, and we know that violence could make us end up to jail because we might hurt people around us. So it's very important to be educated of the risk of gambling addiction so we will be able to control ourselves and prevent from becoming an addict.

I've not seen an addict that's violent, but one important point you failed to highlight is aggression, maybe you need to substitute violence with it.

Gambling addicts are mostly aggressive, as a result of the loses the suffer. Sometimes, when they're having a bad day, they tend to transfer the aggression on their loved ones, friends and colleagues. A friendly joke or a little effort to crack them, will end up with them lashing out as if you're the one that collected the money or ask them to gamble.

The result of being addicted is more than financial lose. Addiction of gambling can lead to depression which is not healthy for the body, Addiction in gambling can also lead in committing suicide.  Addiction is very dangerous to the human life and it is not something one can easily get rid of when one is addicted. Because of the danger that is involved of being addicted,  it is very important for people to handle gambling with caution because too much of it can lead one getting into addiction.  

Addiction in gambling can make one waste all the money I gambling,  after realising the waste of money in gambling it can lead one into depression that if one is not careful one can think of committing suicide or having yourself for no reason.  Understanding gambling very well will really help people from getting addicted,  to know when is the right time to stop playing.

Again, to know how to gamble well and wisely, first we have to be able to control our emotions when playing, manage the risk of losing a lot of money by setting a stop loss or stop profit and what is no less important is not to use all the money we have, including money for family needs, in gambling. .

I didn't know gamblers needed such a feature to stem gamblers' greed.
which becomes a loss for gamblers only when they cannot control their gambling well. wise people will not use their money to gamble. because they know the risks.
we just need to be reasonable gamblers. Play with the allocation that has been determined. If you win, withdraw, if you lose, you will come back the next day when there is another allocation of funds. the most important thing is, we know when to play and when we don't need to force ourselves to play.

in my opinion this problem has become a common problem and happens a lot, because in my opinion there are a lot of people who are addicted to gambling, and of course those who are addicted to gambling they experience a lot of losses, of course not only financially, other things too. there are many losses, including their health and relationships with their partners or families. There are also many cases of someone who is addicted to gambling with its impact spreading to the family, and as in another thread the impact of gambling can affect family relationships.

Indeed, many people gamble by following their greed, they tend not to think about other things, what is more important, even their own health, they can ignore it. by gambling accompanied by greed, it triggers them to become addicted to gambling, and of course they will experience a lot of losses apart from money, other things that will be lost in my opinion are.

-health
-time
-money (of course)
-relationship with family or partner
-future

and much more, but what is certain is money, and if their finances are out of control then it is likely that they will experience a stress phase. because to survive of course we must have stable finances, including basic needs that must be met every day, if their finances are not stable then their basic needs will not be met properly.

Not all gamblers become aggressive, nor does gambling addiction cause all aggression. Generalizing gamblers is reductionist. A lack of control and knowledge of when to stop is the real problem, not gambling

Gamble economically is two-sided. Economic benefits and hazards. the key? Equilibrium, education. Gamble's economic rewards and risks must be communicated. You must know the odds, addiction symptoms, and where to obtain treatment

Problems with impulse control, stress management, and coping processes cause gambling addiction violence. We need a mental health awareness and economic literacy shift to address these core problems, not just a gambling warning label

A person who is addicted to gambling does not need a long time because the more often he gambles and with a certain amount of money, that is enough to make him addicted to gambling. Moreover, if he does not have self-control, which is one of the requirements for being able to gamble sufficiently, it will make him addicted to gambling more quickly. He will not think that he has a gambling addiction because he cannot see the signs of a gambling addiction that he has experienced. He just felt that he was gambling more often than before, and according to him, it was something he usually did. If this is what the younger generation experiences, they will quickly become addicted to gambling so that everything they planned before getting to know gambling will be destroyed because they will spend more of their time gambling. The younger generation must be aware of this, especially when they see lots of gambling advertisements on their social media. They must immediately close them so they are not tempted to play these gambling games. Apart from that, they need to have more positive activities so that they don't think about gambling like other younger generations.

This is true. Kids who are expose to such surrounding wherein a family member is a compulsive gambler, might think it's just normal. Since that's the kind of set up he/she grow up with. We, as adult, should be mindful and responsible not to show to our kids what we are up to especially if this activity is not a good influence.

This is the case if a gambler is too much hooked in gambling and blinded by the potential profit that he might get. To the point he already forgot his responsibility and priorities in life because of it. That's the reality of the addicted gamblers who are not capable to control themselves.

Losing money is the root cause of gambling addiction, when a gambler continuously experiences loses and he keeps on gambling without caution to chase loses, it's what leads to desperation, then he degenerates and enters full addiction. At this point all the traits that the OP mentioned will start to manifest, the mood swings that leads to violence, being constantly broke and in dept, relationship with family and friends will be negative affected.

Gambling addiction is far more harmful than financial lose, because when financial loses occures there's hope that when it is regained the person can spend responsibly, but anytime a gambling addict gets money, they'll squander everything on gambling, even when they're not winning.

All that you mention are potential outcome of gambling addiction but this event is also present on other form of addiction such as substance abuse and alcohol. In fact substance abuse can inflict more damage than gambling addiction since they literally destroy their body unlike gambling addiction that only their mindset is being poisoned by greediness.

Also this kind if scenario will only apply to those who have severe addiction not in general since I knew some addicted gamblers in my neighborhood that doesn’t commit this kind of action while seriously addicted to gambling based on the amount of time they are consuming by just playing in the casino. Not all addicted can’t handle their losses some can still move on and wait for other time to comeback again to fuel there addiction once more.

Irresponsible gambling leads to addiction. Gambling addiction is a silent thief. It hacks at the life of the individual slowly and steadily until it finally ends their life. It is not news that the goal and purpose of any addiction is to cripple the daily functioning of the addict. It is maladaptive. Maladaptive means the person the person is not able to function and do the most basic things from personal hygiene to other responsibilities like meeting up with key performance indicators at the office. More than financial loss, there is a loss of life which is the extreme of gambling addiction.

We shouldn't stop talking about the dangers of gambling addiction and how gambling addicts can get help.

These things you mentioned also have some truth, in my opinion, although I have not actually gone through them. Although I gamble but only myself knows no one else. And I don't show it to minor children either.

Most addicts actually become violent people, especially when they can no longer control their own emotions, which sometimes even lead to physical harm to their families, which is not good. But, as much as possible, don't be like the ones mentioned above.

Every gamblers can not be the same even when the younger generation are seeing what's happening to the eldest, it doesn't mean that when one is losing the others will also lose, might be but not all as gambling is about luck and luck comes with grace.
I have been around an environment where people are gambling and the others where losing but some where winning, and that's shows there is time for every gamblers, if today is not your turn to win, just chill because your turn to win can not pass you by.
One can lose the whole money he haa but can not use his life to gamble, when they do so they are absolutely getting out of hand and needs to be stopped as soon as possible because one who gave use his life to bet on something is no longer thinking straight anymore, even when you are very sure of what you are doing never do that because it might turn around.

Substance abuse as you mentioned can be a huge damage to the body, but it has no much difference to gambling. Because no form of pain or sickness is good. Be it mental or body problem the person will not stay comfortable. None of them is encouraged due to the bad behavior it causes to the gambler. On the other hand, a gambling addict may not be efficiently capable to resist chasing loss for some time. The compulsive gambling in him won't let him some few moments away from gambling. A person who is still enabled to control himself at some point in gambling is not addicted. Although such people can get addicted, if their goal is mainly about making money through gambling. That's why gamblers are asked to gamble at a minimal duration and wager smaller funds, which they can be able to lose.

I thought the internet has change how people gamble these days. If you gamble online and you don't tell people that you gamble, trust me nobody will know a shit about what you do online when pressing your phone or your laptop, so I don't get where you mean negative impression on children when they don't know when I gamble and time I used to bets. As an adult, I know how the kids thinks and it will be silly of me to gamble in their presence.


Unless the person is highly addicted to gambling and has low immune body system, I don't see how gambling is going to affect your health. If you know you have high blood pressure, you should never start gambling in the first place because health comes before any other stuff.

Violence? With who exactly. You played game and lost and then you picked an offense to unleash the anger on another soul. The person need to be locked up for days to cool down it violence, nobody sent you to gamble nor ask you to wager, it was a voluntary actions and of course there was equal or opposite results.

This thing really happened to me. So, I suggest those who have been facing their computers for a long time just gambling their way, might want to back off a little and think about what is happening with their life. It could totally ruin your productivity as an employee and that might get you jobless in the future. I've seen it and it happened to me. Thankfully, my supervisor was good to me and I had a good record as an employee before.
I am not a gambling addict yet, I could tell, but sometimes you will get hooked with the game especially if you are chasing your losses.

Stress can really have many implications for our bodies. When I was chasing losses and for two days trying to get it back with lack of sleep, I felt a lot of body pain and my acid was way high because of it. When I stopped doing it, everything was gone with just one good night's sleep. Truly, gambling can affect us if we are in the event where we badly want our money back. It's better if we can accept that the money is gone so that we won't have the drive to keep on chasing it.
That's only the first part that it will affect our body, the rest is what OP said if we keep on going and get addicted with it.

This is a fact because my neighbor is an addict, he often gambled at work so he was fired from his job, then he is now unemployed, his life is spent only on gambling, his wife trades to provide for the family's living expenses, but he takes the money just to finance his gambling. Sometimes he screams and scolds his wife, it seems like he commits acts of violence against his wife and children just because his wife doesn't give him money to gamble. it was so worrying that finally his wife and child left him alone.

Without realizing it, gambling addicts always act beyond the limits of their minds so that they are even able to commit criminal acts just to finance their gambling, I don't know what they really feel inside themselves so they can't reject it and fight against themselves, even though I don't think gambling addiction is as difficult. that's to control it, I often gamble on weekends I know I may not be an addict but I gamble regularly on weekends that doesn't mean I want to get a lot of money from gambling so there is no real goal that makes me commit violent acts, let alone crimes, isn't that what gambling should be? for entertainment, not for something serious.

Even though initially with small funds they can afford to lose, when they play more often it can still lead to addiction. it can make him increase his bets because he is obsessed with winning. the first situation that comes into view is financial chaos. and then it will have something to do with the people around you. the impact may reach family or friendships. This impact is related to finances first and then will enter the social environment.
Therefore, as much as possible to is no worse in gambling. just do it within the limits of our consciousness. Don't go too far, it will increase your risk of becoming addicted to gambling.

Because people who can't manage money are stupid and they do other stupid thing when the reality comes true like their own expectations. Such people are toxic, it's really unfortunate for someone who're forced to live with them and they can't choose other choice due to lack of financial or personal reason.

It is better that we do not cross that red line, if we do, it will not only cost us the money but also enough that are negative that we can point to in our daily life. This is why the addicts are often tagged the irresponsible people as they do not do the right thing with the money they have but gamble. If this is causing financial problems for the person, there is no way it will not affect him and the people around him, and this could lead to other issues, especially when such has been begged and persuaded before on this matter but refuses to change. This is what will take the sanity off them and could so lead to the domestic violence that we are discussing on this forum.

In short, this is just a bad thing and it has levels depending on how the person allows it to eat himself. To some, it is minimal but to others, it is so bad to the extent that they will also be collecting loans and begging people for money just because they want to gamble. I don't think this is the path that anyone reasonable should cross, so it is better we guard against it from the onset before it happens, and it will be better done if we know the evil in gambling addiction even before we start it.

Well said! I completely agree with you about the dangers of gaming addiction and the need for further study. It is especially important that you mentioned the impact on loved ones - this is often overlooked. I would like to add that pressure and tension are just the tip of the iceberg. It's important to delve into psychological factors such as co-occurring mental health disorders or trauma. It is absolutely true that not all gamers are violent and it is important to avoid such simplifications. Social and cultural aspects are also important. It is important to recognize that addiction can affect people from all walks of life, regardless of status or background. In addition to the dangers, I think it is important to mention the support resources available to addicts and their loved ones. For example: National Council on Problem Gambling: https://www.ncpgambling.org/ (https://www.ncpgambling.org/) Gamblers Anonymous: https://www.gamblersanonymous.org/

I agree that every person who gambles must view it more on this kind of perspective.

If you view gambling as a means of earning profit, then you are putting yourself in a lot of risk due to its very nature. Remember that gambling is a risky venture- the only absolute thing that may happen here is the uncertainty of profit. If you also take statistics, the house will always win due to the presence of house edge that gives the latter the advantage the more you gamble.

This is the reason on why that in order for a person to prevent any overspending in gambling, approach it with a mindset of entertainment. Treat it as something that you do for the purpose of enjoying the risks and profit as the secondary goal.

Ofcourse it does more harm because the reason we lose big is because of gambling itself.
Financial losses can happen due to any reason but many people recover from it by working smart.
But the people who lose money because of gambling addiction are the ones who have to face more trouble.
Coming out of gambling addiction is hard and then he also has to recover the money he has lost.
So that directly shows us that gambling losses are worse than other financial losses.

Money isn't everything, but everything needs money.

So if someone have so many problems in their life, my advice is start to accumulate money as much as you can until you think you're rich. When you're already rich, you don't have to worry or think about any problem that related to money. But if you still have a problem when you're rich, you need to seek a professional help.

Of course, in order to build wealthy, you need to recover from addictions.

Anything that will incur financial losses will harm the state of mind of the losers, it doesn't have to be in gambling but in gambling, once it incurs financial losses there will be quarrels that will result in domestic violence, financial losses are one of the things that harm gamblers, and it will have a bad effect on all areas of gamblers, relationship with the family, performance on works, efficiency in running a business and it all starts when you lose a lot of money in gambling.
It's different when the gambler is winning people will look up to him because gamblers are generous, but losing is more frequent than winning in gambling so everything is on a downside when gamblers start to lose.

Those who know what gambling addiction is won't even try to justify it,because from all indications,it does more harm than good.Infact,it does no good.I can't say it is bad to gamble because it can actually restore some people's hope in life,but the truth is that it is not really good for everybody,it is bad for some persons,while it seems good to some persons,depending on the gains you've had since the day you started gambling,but I am judging it from a general perspective that the times we've cried that we lose money due to gambling is greater than the days we've smiled and say indeed gambling is good.This is to tell you that gambling isn't really good for us.

from everything you mentioned, I have experienced it except violence.
even though I used to be a bad addict, I only experienced declining health and bad responsibilities, but I have never experienced violence against my family or other people. It's just that when I get emotional, I prefer to stay in the room and drink alcohol as an outlet emotions after regret.
every gambling addict may have their own characteristics and for gambling addicts who commit violence when they vent their emotions on their family or other people, I'm sure they have a violent nature, even without being a gambling addict, they will also occasionally commit violence when they are angry.

this is all about the bad effects of gambling because behind the fun of gambling there are many bad effects that affect a person's life and even destroy a person's future, so threads like this always remind us all of the dangers of gambling addiction and before becoming a gambling addict, we have to know what it is. things to pay attention to and what to avoid when betting so that we stay away from addiction.

The thing is that gambling addition is something that makes money to go out from your hands when you are not working in anywhere because he will spending your money in gambling everyday by day and that will be giving you a unnecessary expenses for you to be spending more money why when losing money you are in the same time also music finance so from my own understanding gambling addition or addicted is the same thing with a financial loss because both of them deals with a financial loss because being addicted in gambling you continue to spend the one you have in order to make a money or become a billionaire through gambling

Gambler is not making his life difficult but all other people related with him will taste the bad effects of his gambling. People now a days is following those individuals who are earning lots of money so nobody knows about the reality of gambling because gamblers himself share good points about gambling so it will put bad impacts on society too.

Younger generation can easily be attracted towards such bad activities because they don't have active, sharp and mature mind therefore gambler will surely effects younger generations. it is reality that people follow wrong people more often than right ones due to the fact that wrong deeds effects them more and are easy to choose whereas right deeds needs hard work which nobody wants to accept and they surely will regret in future.

Professional help is not easy, nor it is cheap. I have looked for a psychological help about couple months ago, because of totally unrelated to gambling reasons, and it was quite expensive. You would have to pay 30 dollars per session, and while that sounds like not a lot in some nations, it is definitely a lot in my nation, that would mean you would have to pay 60 to 120 dollars a month, just to talk with a professional, that's like 10% of my salary right there, I do not think that I can afford to do that.

This is why there are a lot of people who do not go to professionals for help and instead use that money to gamble and call that their therapy. I believe that we are going to all need that help eventually one way or another.

The gambler who loss the money in the gambling site will lose the money and the mental peace in the gambling site.The mental peace was the important one for the gambler,because the gambler real life affect by the mental health.The peace was the important because every gambler will be collapsed on the loss of mental illness.The gambler able to control their game after the loss of their own money,because the money can be earned in the different way.But no one can able to buy the mental health or peace with the money.This was the reason many experienced gamblers were advice the gamblers to play the gambling with free money.

Gambling is only bad when the activity itself is over you as a gambler. Anything which is too much won't be considered good in any way. The way a gambler would handle gambling will determine the result whether it is a considerable activity or something you should stop and avoid. Well for sure we are all aware of the risks involved however if we think of ir, there are still gamblers who are fine with their journey and  that means there is still a chance for it to be considered, with initiative from the gamblers. Whether it is physical or financial loss, everything in gambling should be done with care to prevent worse things to happen.
I agree with mental wellness but it wil again fall down to the idea that one's mindset in gambling highly affects the outcome. Other risks and tendencies in the cited situation are possible if in the first place the gambler has been eaten by misconceptions of it. Usually, visions of individuals are to be lucky enough to win things. But as you continue engaging with gambling, you'd realize that variables can still be managed and corrected in the long run.

Gambling addiction has a regulation method if only they'll change and gamble for fun, although gambling for fun doesn't come so easy and it takes an independent man to quit and bet responsible.
The aspect of little kids growing up with such mentality is just too bad and parents who get involve and expose this act to their kids are doing the wrong thing, sometimes they do send their kids to visit the gambling shop and it sounds funny but I have seen such in my locality, gambling is not bad but when it turns to an addiction then it needs to be regulated.
Violence, violence should be the common enemy of every gambler cause this can lead to something worse, after taking a loan to bet and the game never went as you planned, this should be painful to the extend people commit murder just because of depression, have seen several stories like this and I believe people like this never wanted to commit murder but the urge just keep coming due to anger issue and it can't be controlled. In my opinion and I always tell every newbie I come across, if you can't control this act it's likely the act will control and suppress you, it's best to avoid gambling at the early stage to prevent unnecessary drama.

True, gambling addiction does not only incur financial loss but also social losses.  Friends and relatives will keep their distance from a person who is addicted to gambling.  They will try to avoid these gambling addicts because they don't want to be pestered for borrowing money.  Aside from that being a gambling addict may result in lost credibility and being irresponsible.  So gambling addicts may also loss their family affection and eventually the partner may file a divorce or ask for separation if the partner wants to avoid the responsibility of taking care of the gambling addict.

These are the few possible losses a gambling addict may experience aside from money and losing jobs.

I think cases like this are not uncommon and it is true that this is one of the effects of gambling addiction in addition to financial losses, as you said that people around will choose to distance themselves from people who are addicted, none other than the reason because of the loan factor, It is certain that gambling addicts will contact the people closest to them when they run out of money to gamble and if the situation is already beyond help in the sense that they already feel they have lost the trust of those closest to them then it is possible for them to end up committing out-of-control actions such as stealing or other crimes that can generate money to fund their gambling activities.

Being irresponsible is a common thing for gamblers, and it is possible as you said that it can eventually destroy family relationships and end in divorce, on the other hand I have one friend who can already be said to be at the level of chronic addiction that he even dares to use the money of the shop where he works for gambling capital which in the end becomes a big problem that makes him almost kicked out of his house by his family, this is a worrying situation and I always try any way that can help him to slowly get out of the addiction zone because the addiction has consumed everything he has. This is why it's not uncommon for addicted people to end up crazy and even suicidal.

I don't know where you're from, but I believe the majority of countries offer free public assistance in such cases of addiction or mental health issues. Despite that, $30 per session is not too much if you take into account how much you're likely to end up losing due to being addicted. You could still do a couple of sessions per month; they're certainly beneficial for your well-being and your mental health. How can you afford to gamble but not afford to do something for yourself since you're realizing that you require professional assistance?

There are so many negative effects when you are addicted to gambling, not only your financial problem will be your health, your family, the people around you, how you think or your behavior will change etc. In short, your life will be ruined, your life will be miserable once you get addicted to gambling. So avoid getting addicted to gambling, you need control, budget, and avoid gambling every day. There are too many examples of people who are addicted to gambling and don't dream of becoming one of them. Make gambling your entertainment, not a source of income. We gambled to have fun not to make life miserable.

Playing gambling with free money cannot help the gambler achieve the satisfaction he seeks in gambling. Few players depend on wagering smaller amount of money. They could get deceived by the wins from little wagers and think if they threw in higher amount the profits would increase and become meaningful to them. Those losses begin to appear consistently, when the player highs up his bank roll. The consistent loss now develops some mental effect on the gambler, who begin to search for wins by all means. He's already experienced wins during his days of wagering smaller amounts. Gamblers have different emotional experiences, while gambling. And most times change their ideas, to match their emotions. Just to feel relaxed and cool. Regardless of whether the decision is beneficial to them or not, the person feels nice doing what's cool with him emotionally. Hence the funds have no meaning in such a condition. His behavioral change may have turned to a bigger trouble in the person's life. Which may not be changed immediately with money.

They will not want to approach someone who is addicted to gambling because they are worried that they will fall into gambling. But those who can control themselves well might approach someone who is addicted to gambling in an effort to make their friend aware of his gambling addiction and take him to a professional so he can cure his gambling addiction. This will depend on their concern as friends and their families must also be able to approach family members who are addicted to gambling so that they can cure their gambling addiction. Becoming a gambling addict will indeed make them lose responsibility towards themselves and the people around them, so they don't care about the presence of their family or friends anymore because they only care about their gambling activities.

A lot of these things and you haven't mentioned anything about gambling being a massive gateway for other types of addiction to manifest itself upon the user. Especially evident amongst people who gamble on casinos, you'd see chronic gamblers eventually trying out other vices like alcohol, smoking, and sometimes even drugs cause that's the general vibe of the gambling world so to speak, and if you're not doing it it's either you're peer pressured into doing it, or you're personally pressured from tanking all those losses you took while you're revenge gambling your way into an unrecoverable financial situation.

All the more reasons to really look out for yourself when you gamble. Sometimes it's good that you go overboard let's be real here, cause even for me I oftentimes take challenges to a whole new level cause I'm not in it for the money anymore, I'm gambling for the thrill. But the fact that I know what my limits are and how I can overcome them without jeopardizing my financial situation and gambling behaviors is what would generally separate me from your regular dime a dozen gambler, and that's not just me blowing my own horn.

It's true that gambling addiction's gonna cause you more problems than you know what to deal with. But it's more important to drive the importance of actually being responsible with your gambling journey, sometimes fearmongering's not going to work.

Gambling really has a serious psychological effect. The impressive rewards make people think that gambling would change their lives if they win. As we can see, a lot of poor and middle-class people are into gambling and looking for luck. The penetration to our mind is very strong which even sends us into addiction.

If we can't manage to control our gambling habits, the more possibility that it destroys our minds.
And it was not just giving health problems but also financial. Many people get into huge debts and even commit crimes because of addiction problems which I don't think we need to be in that situation before we realize that this is too much.

If the gambler is currently at the stages of those situations mentioned by OP, they are now at a critical level.

At this stage, a gambler can't think of a good thing anymore as their mind is now corrupted.

They need immediate help as they can't help themselves anymore. If found a person like that in your community, don't hesitate to give their family advice to now seek help from any gambling-related rehabilitation centers. It's ASAP before anything much worse happens.

So, if you simply approach someone who is addicted to gambling, there's a possibility for you to also do gambling? I don't believe that merely approaching an addicted gambler will put you in the same situation as them. It's more about how a person takes action and communicates with the gambler to make them understand their current situation. This is typically done by people who are trusted by the gambler.

Gambling too often and not having the income we have, of course this will put us in financial problems, we will not be able to meet the needs we need and it will also be very difficult for us to refrain from gambling activities, if we have experienced something like this. then we have become addicted to gambling and this will be very detrimental to us because no one who has experienced a gambling addiction can have a lot of wealth, of course they will spend more of their money in gambling and it is not certain that they will be able to win every bet they play.

let us put it this way, we all know that gambling can easily liquidate your funds. so at the very beginning, you already know the repercussions of what you are getting into.  so before you plunge yourself to this addictive activity, why not contemplate on yourself and be prepared for something you think will likely happen if you continue on exploring your chances in the gambling world?


believe it or not, kids of gambling addict are also the ones suffering much in this situation. because they can directly experience the impact of this habit to their everyday lifestyle. just for an instance, the money for their food or for their everyday living - if their father's gambling habit uses this particular money, then how can they eat decently? how they can get good education? are you gonna sacrifice your kids's well-being and future because of your selfish desires? this is for you to contemplate on yourself and decide where you want to go in life. do remember, how important to you is your kids? ask this question over and over again so maybe, you will wake up to the reality of your situation.

A whole lot depends on finances to thrive. Virtually every part of our life is intertwined with our finances, if this is the case, then, whatever affects our finances gravely affects almost every part of our life.

The gambling habit is in direct contact with one's finances and if is having a bad effect on a person then virtually every part of that person's life has same effect felt. In conclusion, a financial loss in gambling is also a harm in other financial areas.

At least you can limit yourself from excessive addiction to gambling. However, if the boundaries were higher or thicker, wouldn't that be even better?
so that later gambling addiction will be reduced. You can gamble calmly if your playing mentality is strong.

Yes gambling does more  harm  than  just mere financial loss  reasons for my opinion is that, addiction simply means a particular  state  of behaviour  that an individual finds himself that  he/she finds it difficult to resist or deviate from a particular life. Gambling addiction imposes harm  on a person expecially when the has consistently  been bet, it has not become  part and pasule of the person's lifestyle.

However, hopefully the must always develop the urge to gambling  everyday hence the person  has a daily  programme financially so he/she can have  a staking  power, in this case the gambler  sees losing  to be a normal occurancies that takes  place  one in a while. So even  when  the loss is more  than  the winner it doesn't  consigns the gambling his only ojective  is to keep  playing because every addicted  gambler believe that no matter  the loss  a bigger winning  is on the way.

So sometimes this gambling addiction  harm van make an individual  not to meet up with his demostic responsibility, personality needs, and needs  of peer group.

So to my own opinion in evaluation is that gambling addiction does more  harm than mere financial loss mentally ,emotionally and financial loss to addiction and  also active  gamblers.

Gambling addiction has many negative impacts on family, social and personal life. The changes in behavior shown by gambling addicts are very clear, they prefer to be angry and easily carried away by emotions and commit other violence and it is not uncommon for them to commit domestic violence. Whether violence against their wives or children as a result of their gambling. They suffer more and more losses, there are no addicts gambling that can recover their losses, the more they chase losses, the more they will face bankruptcy, economic damage and not being able to manage their money well due to their addiction.

The points you mentioned above are true points experienced by gambling addicts, when they are married then they are role models for their children. If their parents are gambling addicts then a child grows up following in his father's wrong footsteps and the same goes for his health because Gambling addiction can slowly damage a person's mental state and when they are no longer able to bear the burden, gambling addicts can usually do things out of control, such as committing suicide, because that is the only way their problem can be resolved.

Yes, of course, gambling addiction, and other addictions for that matter, can affect your entire life and even the lives of those people important to you. In worst cases, even your neighbors and complete strangers.

Financial loss is just one among many effects. Your finances is just one aspect of your life that is going to be affected. Addiction can affect your family as well because you don't have time for them, you easily get angry with them, you can't give them their needs, etc.

You would also even lose your job after a while for being always late, can't focus on your assignments, having quarrel with workmates or even your bosses, etc.

Everything could be affected if it is not addressed.

This can happen if the person who approaches a gambling addict offers him or her the experience of gambling while the person who approaches the gambling addict does not have good self-control. If someone sees what a gambler does and can win from a gambling game, they will be curious and want to know what it's like to gamble. He will probably try it when he is home and visits the casino because he will remember the name of the casino site.

But if someone wants to help a gambling addict, they really need to communicate with the gambling addict so that they can understand the situation and can immediately help the gambling addict. But if gambling addicts don't want to admit the fact that they are addicted to gambling, it will be difficult for those who want to approach the gambling addict because the gambling addict will refuse to get treatment for their gambling addiction.

All matters with;

1. Strong self control
2. Strong will
3. Discipline
4. Responsible
5. Wary/Sensible on whats happening.

If you are this kind of person on who do have that kind of behavior or quality then you arent someone who would really be ending up on getting addicted.
Its not really that bad to play gambling as long you are really that responsible. You wont really be having any issues if you are really that
mindful with your actions.

Addiction is like a resistance disease that take more time to be handle if possible, for a gambler to be termed addicted gambler it take great discipline to mange this kind of situation. A chronic addicted gambler is ready for any situation that may arise, the face people with harshness, they don't want to lose, is not as if they don't know that losing is inevitable but the want to be wining always, this is why they are addicted in the first place, an addicted gambler doesn't believe in missing chances, they believe that any day they don't place bet, they gave missed a great chance of winning.
Gamblers should know that once you become addicted, you will now be an object of mockery and you family will be seen as irresponsible household, so in other to avoid this, you should gamble responsibly.

Yes applying some boundaries and also self-control is indeed an approach that is always suggested in gambling, I will never get tired of saying this to anyone especially some of my friends who also gamble, because humans always cannot avoid the name "forgetting" due to emotions that dominate because of something like losing and this idea or suggestion will at least be able to help them to remember that precautions are much more important when you are involved in gambling.

Doing or applying higher or strong and firm limits is definitely better, as you said that this way we will be able to gamble more calmly and avoid the possibility of addiction, but unfortunately it is a fact that only a few people can have this kind of mindset that leads to preventive measures because they are always focused on winning opportunities so it is difficult to limit their gambling activities.

I agree with your topic. The worst thing about the behavior of an addicted person is that not only he suffers (financial problems, social and health problems) but also his loved ones and those around him, including friends, family, children, spouses, if any.
But there is another negative aspect associated with gambling. When a person wins a large sum one evening by making a successful bet, then it will become increasingly difficult to earn money by simple labor. After all, it takes a lot of effort, but the financial reward is much less

There are different levels of being addicted to things and we don't have to see it from the general mindset. The resistance can be seen and that should not make us to over relax on what is not going to aid us to get ourselves free. Those that have less severe gambling addiction can still be able to work on it and get free from the frequent urge to gamble more with larger risk. Whatever risk we are taking as gamblers, it is good we know what we are doing to sustain our funds from getting bankruptcy. Things are supposed to be in progressive mode so we don't get in and lose all our funds.

The people who are around the addict will not suffer anything,
They even have the responsibility to remind and guide the addict to stay away from what is too much.

Gambling addicts will only generate negative responses from many people and this will also be their mental trigger will not be stable.
Especially if you don't have money to gamble, this will have an impact on the actions to be taken.

I don't hate gambling or anything, I also like to play slots, betting etc, but it all has its limits so it doesn't make me addicted.

When one is already comfortable with gambling and earning money is very easy (at first), other ordinary jobs will not be suitable.
But in my opinion, as much as possible, real work or main work is always a priority over gambling.

Those losses can lead to the emotional trauma that a gambler faces during addiction. Because while addicted and participating in gambling activity the player will have to be losing money so often, which means that the gambler will always worry about his money. Addiction doesn't mean the gambler forgets; he'll be notified of his consistence losses. Which then changes the thoughts of the gambler and affect his behavior. That he starts acting strange to people around him. The duty of such people as you said, is to take good care of the gambler. Since the help they need is companionship. Communicating with other people can help a gambler to circle back to his original mental condition. However, since gambling is a tricky game, risky players need to stay careful and calculative towards their gambling habit.

That's impossible. First and foremost, if someone is approaching an addicted gambler to talk to him about his current condition, experience, and how often he goes gambling. They are not going to the extent of engaging in a discussion about participating in gambling activities with the addicted gambler. Instead, they focus on resolving the issue and helping the individual overcome their addiction. It is unlikely that someone willing to help would become addicted to gambling simply by approaching the addicted gambler unless that person has ulterior motives.

In a situation where there's no strong mentality to tackle the gambling addiction I think it's most safe to quit than trying to still gamble in a way we think and feel is safer because that will only make us triggered more and gradually getting in deeper than we can imagine while you still think you are maintain sanity.

Limiting yourself isn't enough especially if you want to fight against addiction but rather quitting even if it's temporary, you can use the period and time been to make sure you get a proper strategy and control over your mind and self so that you strictly stick to responsible gambling and any thing outside your strategy will be very much avoided such that you don't gamble until the it conforms with your strategy and budget, once your budget is exceeded it's very advicable you exit till another day.

Addiction is too much which means that the impact on our personal is not healthy anymore and it directly hits our financial stability. Therefore, it was necessary to take action before our gambling habits turned into something that we didn't want to happen...

It is very important to set limitations, especially the time we spend on gambling as this is a common cause of addiction. Self-control is not impossible if we really want to help and think about the future of ourselves because addiction doesn't just ruin our finances but our health as well.

Maybe it's also very important for us to invite our own friends or relatives who are also gamblers. because if we weren't friends who were both gamblers, they would immediately tell us to stop gambling.  :o
not to support each other in betting, but rather to remind us that we have exceeded the limits we have previously set. and vice versa, when our friend is betting, we also have to remind him if he has crossed the limit.
So apart from controlling ourselves, and sometimes even though we are very good and still forget, we need someone's help to remind us of that.

Why is it impossible? A person who approaches a gambling addict but cannot control himself will find something that the gambling addict shows that will make him curious to try it. This self-control can prevent him from being tempted to try it so that he can stick to his goal of getting gambling addicts to cure their gambling addiction. Someone who approaches a gambler will use methods that might work well instead of directly asking the addict about his current condition. That will make the addict offended and feel that the person is not sincere. Someone who wants to approach the addict will know how he can enter and get close to the addict without rejection. This requires finding the right ways from the people who approach the addict so that they can help the gambling addict cure his gambling addiction.

The real danger zone is when gambling turns into an obsession, like that song you just can't get out of your head. It's not just about the money; it's the constant urge to gamble, even when it hurts your brain and relationships.

Some people can bounce back from a financial loss without getting hooked. They learn their lesson, dust themselves off, and move on. But for others, it can trigger that addictive spiral. It's like falling down a rabbit hole, and suddenly you're betting the rent money on a triple seven.

The key is knowing your limits and staying in control. Think of it like setting a timer on your phone – once it goes off, put the cards down and go grab a pizza.

If you feel like gambling is taking over your life, don't be afraid to ask for help. There are awesome people out there who can support you on your journey to ditch the addiction and reclaim your sanity. Remember, you're not alone in this!

When we as gamblers can control ourselves, then nothing will happen to us, financially or in our social life.
we must know the time to gamble. we have to know the allocation that we can bet on. we must know when we continue or leave the game.
those who become very bad because of gambling are obviously because they are obsessed with winning. they lose control and forget all boundaries.

You're right, when we are looking for a way to do things better I believe that something can always be done when it comes to addiction, addiction is one of the things that players go through when they lose control in every sense, for that reason. reason when we start to review things that can happen in a casino everything is about self-control, and self-control is something that is very difficult to obtain when people are playing I think that all the self-control starts from the first moment that we take the casino or before entering the casino and it is by registering a deposit, that is when our control begins, and it is with the money that we are willing to lose, if we establish that, it is much easier to do those things, with Our money is already ready, we do a lot, because if we allocate a budget we must respect only that budget, willing to spend and if it goes away, it is lost not to put more.

This is the first step to avoid an addiction, if we do this we do not intend to avoid many things, now once this is done, we do want to because we do not have any type of control when we play, because obviously we can do things well if not, Well, when we are playing, if we want to control our game with non-emcoins or something, it is a question of ourselves, the way we play, but the fact and trick of everything is in the beginning with money, for me everything starts with money, for Therefore we must take care of it, there is no other option, if we do not take care of it things will hardly turn out well, that is why I insist so much on it, we always do the best possible so that we avoid many problems, in this case when the addiction becomes It is caused by not taking preventive measures, it is true that not only are you lost, but many things are lost, friendships, relationships, families and that is what you should think about not losing.

Even though you say that, as far as I know, the most serious risks and dangers for those who are addicted to online gambling, one of the most dangerous risks is financial loss, apart from health or violence as you mentioned, for me the risk of financial loss such as property, spending large amounts of money is more terrifying.

Apart from that, financial losses in gambling Stress, disturbing sleep, fatigue, risk of heart disease, family risk, causing conflict which can lead to divorce, risk of crime which has an impact in terms of risk of financial loss, my understanding is more.

But all these factors cannot be separated from gambling addiction, in essence the effects of addiction cause greater financial losses, both have a high level of dangerous risk.

Gambling addiction is indeed a disease that cannot be separated from gambling, that's why there must be limits when playing gambling so that you don't get addicted to gambling, financial losses and losses from being an addict are both connected and related, so one of the most important things to highlight is gambling addiction compared to financial losses. This is because people who are addicted to gambling not only lose financially, they can even lose time and other things, including losing their family, which is also one of the things that is most often encountered.

There are many things that make gambling addiction very detrimental, therefore, always limit your budget when gambling so as not to exceed the limit when gambling, this is often emphasized to everyone that never get addicted to gambling. If you want to gamble, make sure you gamble with money that is ready. To be eliminated, the most important thing is to have a healthier mindset, for example considering gambling as entertainment, nothing more than that, sometimes people are addicted to gambling because they are too obsessed with winning and never enjoy the gambling game itself. Another thing that I think is detrimental is that gamblers don't really enjoy their gambling, so they are more easily addicted to gambling because they aim to increase their finances but instead it ends up harming their finances.  :D

Not only in every family but also in other religious beliefs, they think gambling is actually bad. Gambling is not only bad for gamblers who gamble in casinos, whether online or offline, in the field of gambling business.

But there are other gamblers who do not become addicts because they are able to manage themselves correctly in these situations, just as they do not allow themselves to become addicted or get addicted to their personalities as gamblers.

Here we are preaching self-control and boundaries alongside gambling. Gambling isn't a local game. It's a beast that eats hopes and dreams without regard to your finances. Think you're in charge? The first indicator you're not. Losing is the game, not just part of it. Remember the house always wins? You think you can beat the odds. Math—not hope—is the issue. You lose more as you play. That's reality, not pessimism

If you must gamble, set limits.  Set a loss limit (because you will lose) and stick to it. No exceptions. You leave when that limit is reached. No second chances, "just one more game." That's how you maintain control in a takeover system

It all depends on the degree of gambling addiction. When it is too great, there is almost no chance of final winnings, as the player will continue betting regardless of the size of the winnings as long as he remains conscious. This is why psychological treatment is necessary for overly addicted gamblers.

Self control and moderation would really be always the key on which we do know that this isnt something that not everyone could be able to do so and this is why we do see different conditions on which a certain individual do able to have basing into their actions towards gambling on which some of them have been able to control themselves but most of them had wrecked out their lives because of it.
There's no really that have an issue on playing gambling on which as long you do make yourself that having moderation when it comes to spending and on the time you are really that dealing on with
then it should be just fine. Further negative impacts would really be just that coming out on the time that you would really be making yourself addicted but if its not then
you are just still on safe line.

The most dangerous thing is that you are obsessed with winning and when you chase it you end up spending a lot of money. We can't blame it because everyone's emotional level is different and if a gambler finds it difficult to suppress it then he will only lose more money. There is a need to anticipate this with the right allocation of funds and I agree with you. There is no need to rush when gambling and if it gets too deep it will be difficult to change.

Whether you are married or not, gambling addiction is still bad and has tremendous negative impacts, which can destroy a person's life and future. And don't think that if you are not married and have children, you don't have more responsibilities. Both those who are married and those who are not, both have the same responsibilities, only the proportions are different. Before marriage, he will be responsible for himself and his future. Meanwhile, someone who is married has responsibilities not only to themselves but also to their family and children who are also related to the welfare of their family.

Therefore, so that the gambling we do does not become a bomberang on ourselves and our families who could become victims. So we should be able to protect ourselves from the negative impacts of gambling. That is, by gambling responsibly, viewing gambling as a form of entertainment, only gambling after your needs have been met and after completing tasks and work. So that the gambling we do does not become an inhibiting factor in our life balance and productivity.

I think this is more than important, because after all gambling is an activity that involves risk and on the other hand there is absolutely no certainty for us to be able to win and also this is one of the reasons why we really need to apply some restrictions as a way of prevention, and on the other hand yes of course it is ridiculous if you tell advice like this to someone especially a friend who does not like or even never gambles, this is out of context and how can we advise something like this to those who are not gamblers. :D

Yes because there is nothing wrong with remembering each other and this is something that I think should be done to fellow gamblers because after all this advice leads to something better, and another thing is to try not to gamble alone and it is better to ask one of your friends to accompany your gambling session because then at least there is someone who can remind you when you are being instigated by emotions due to defeat because what usually happens is that you will act out of control when emotions overtake you and this makes you suffer a greater amount of defeat, On the other hand, as I said earlier, humans cannot fully maintain the plans they have made and in addition there are so many temptations in gambling that this is very likely to make you eventually fall into forgetting the limits you have made before.

Rushing when gambling is like chasing the wind, where the player wouldn't have anything to show for his time spent gambling. The aim of gambling is somehow, but not limited to relaxation. There are other meaningful rewards one could get in gambling, that is not about winning, alone. Gamblers, some, find it hard to accept the fact that the financial loss getting out of hand can be a way to getting addicted.  When addicted the gambler may now be in strict medications and therapy session, due to the harm addiction has caused to his health. The finances chased when gambling wouldn't stay for a long period, but the trauma and emotional stress will definitely leave an unforgettable mark in the brain of the person. Hence, it's important that gamblers begin to see beyond winning, but what losses could cause them in their gambling journey. 

When one first sees gambling as a primary means of making some good money, such individuals are likely to get obsessed with gambling and would continually bet more and more money in the hopes of winning it big someday. Such individuals self control in the long run, would have been weakened so much that gambling would be what’s majorly going though his mind most of the time he’s awake.

When one has got a steady source of income, there would be little to no motivation to look to gambling as a source of making an income.
Financial loss from gotten from excessive and irresponsible gambling would likely bring down and crash whatever stable life you’ve taken ages to build.

Well I don't know how they do class the levels of addicted persons but what I do understand is that the craziness of the gambler do increases when the amount of money he is exposed to also increases because at some point his aim and target will certainly be above what he is getting on steady and that's when the greed comes in play because the more you get the more you will always want to have and some of these gambling take this habit of their and face it on their gambling and the results is just something that you wouldn't be proud of if you were actually close to the addicted person.

Sure, it can indirectly cause these or lead to these problems, but not necessarily. In short: Every gambling addict is different, not all gambling addicts are violent for example. Stress alone should be pretty severe to cause high blood pressure. It's caused by wrong nutrition, and obesity way more than that. That said, stress is never good for you.

And there are different levels in any addiction. Many addicts are highly functional and can keep on doing productive work and successful social life. We just rarely hear about them, as as their negative behavior, what ever kind that is, is not seen by anyone close to them. Any kind of addiction is always taxing from something in our life, but sometimes it's just a vice, that has replaced even worse vice, like smoking.

Now i sound like i am taking addiction lightly. That's not my point. My point is that those symptoms you are listing are over simplifying.

I a gree with you. The typical person is of course different, their temperament, disease and all its forms are influenced by each person's own pattern, and gambling is only related to this.

Of course there are many causes of disease, lifestyle and diet are very influential, gambling may only be a flavoring. Then regarding violence or criminal acts, of course this is influenced by a person's temperament. If a gambling addict is a psychopath, can it be said that gambling causes symptoms and even makes a person a psychopath?

I just want to convey this rationally, we as humans often associate things carelessly and based on preconceived desires without further research.

This is absolutely true. If you are addicted, the only thing that matters to you at that very moment is a moment with you and the casino, a plan to go and gamble, spend, and lose money, which your mind won't focus on in this life, and even if you are a worker, at that moment you might end up losing your job as the things of the office will no longer matter to the person.
 
Addiction is not just a good thing any way we want to look at it; it will always want to ruin your life, no matter how we want to put it.

There are so many negative sides to gambling addiction, but sometimes it's not as bad as we think if we can control ourselves. Usually the gambling addict has felt pleasure from the gambling winnings he got so he keeps thinking it's so easy to get it, he's lulled by the pleasure and hope to get it back, the very sad thing for gambling addicts is that when bankruptcy occurs, there is not much to hope for when we go bankrupt even relatives will walk away

Are there good things about gambling? Yes. I support gambling responsibly. But when to know when you cross from responsible gambling to irresponsible gambling. I think we should start emphazing more on the positives about gambling than on the negatives. Have talked about it here  gambling is not a bad thing and it is not a good thing. It is defined based on the experiences of other people. For one, gambling helps with socialization. I think it helps with social anxiety. Gambling in my estimation if done not as a form of escapism can help fight bored, help with relaxation if done with the right intention. The only people who will experience the pain of financial loss are those with the wrong mindset about gambling.

I say true to this. The fact of the matter is that when you're down in your luck and you lost a lot of money on whatever venture you were taking, there's still a great deal of chance that you'd be able to recuperate your losses eventually, as I've seen from some of my friends who lost all their millions in previous bull runs only to regain them with even more on the pocket eventually. When you're addicted to gambling however, it's like a leech sucking out every drop of blood inside your body. Everytime you get money you'd be compelled to run to the nearest casino, or login to that favorite gambling site of yours and splurge all your money without a single care in the world. So all in all it's going to keep you within its chokehold until you realize that something's wrong or until you die.

Save for the other effects that you'd also experience when you subject yourself into gambling addiction, it would always seem as if it's way easier and more acceptable to lose your money than to be addicted to gambling.

Though, I don't believe addiction to gambling has to be completely involved or mixed with a feeling of pleasure of amusement. Something I believe it could be also strongly associated with guilt, depression and the hope to somehow recover those fund which got lost a long time ago, by hitting a jackpot by miracle. As long as the addicted gambler have money to keep on trying they delude themselves into thinking it will just matter of time before they manage to pull off their victory, though it does not necessarily mean they enjoy what they are doing, they could view it as a duty or something they are supposed to do to avoid to bring shame in their family circle or to their friends.

I am not completely ruling out the possibility of some addicting to enjoy what they do, but from the stories I have read online and the things they are willing to do for the sake of continuing to gamble, it would seem to me they do not feed their addiction with joy, but rather with bitterness.

The gambler who able to control of the game even if they are in the gambling addictions,this may leads to the gambler not affected by the gambling addictions.If the gambler has been playing the gambling with all the money he received from the income to get back the loss money from the gambling site.This will leads to the gambling addictions and the gamblers family also get into the financial struggle.The gamblers who had understand the stage of the gambling addiction should take care of their gambling addiction treatment.Because he should concentrate on the other stuff like playing offline game to get away from the gambling addiction.

life is neglected, even our own family will sometimes hate and shun us due to gambling addiction, it is so painful that everything is destroyed because of gambling, we don't have a family, our finances are disrupted and even if we want to stop it will be difficult to do so.

You're right, being obsessed with winning and chasing your losses is too dangerous. If you are always like this, you will easily run out of money and you will quickly become addicted to gambling. You will not only have financial problems if you are addicted to gambling, there are many negative effects of gambling and we will suffer from it if we abuse it, so let's avoid getting to this point.

If you're at the point where you're addicted, it's true that it's hard to stop gambling when you're addicted to gambling, but you have to fight if you want to change and stop it, you're the only one who will help you in these situations, so help yourself.

When a person is addicted to winning while gambling, he will not even realize when he will lose all his money because of addiction to winning. Can never be loaded while gambling. Greed will increase the chances of losing money from gambling.  When gambling in new situations they often risk all their money due to over greediness. Do not over greedy while gambling.

That is the big risk impact when someone is addicted to gambling, it is not us alone who will suffer losses and bear all the suffering and problems but also those closest to us, namely our own family, who will also feel the impact. Indeed, gambling addiction is a very high-risk problem that can destroy a person's life at any time and make him very miserable. Not only that, other impacts will also affect the psychological and mental condition of an addict, sometimes people who are not strong enough to bear the risk of addiction can even experience extraordinary depression.
Therefore, it would be better for us to gamble and maintain good control so that we don't get addicted to gambling.

I think there's no such thing as over greedy, greediness alone is already a bad thing being a gambler. You'll never be satisfied with your winning so you'll continue to gamble to the point that it's not healthy anymore. And since gamblers losses in the long run, the same outcome will be experience by the gamblers who does not know when to stop.

As a responsbile gambler (not greedy), we should have the discipline to accept our losses, stop when we lose our budget and come back tomorrw or the other time. The point here is we spend what we can afford only, if we are out of budget then rest.

Addiction to gambling hurts other people. It affects health, work, and relationships. Kids and people who count on them see bad behavior, which could make gambling seem normal. The addict's lack of focus and work can cost them their job and make the company less productive. A lot of addicts also have sadness and high blood pressure. It's possible that their siblings also have mental health problems and social stigmas. Addiction can make people very angry and frustrated, which can hurt their relationships with family and friends. These effects must be known to make people more aware of the dangers of game addiction and to encourage those who are or might become addicted to get help.

It has a lot of dire consequences, first and foremost, Financial ruins, this is the obvious effect to us, it leads to financial difficulties, including loans, debts that we can't pay and worst we loss our assets, like house or car. And then this subject has just been recently discussed here, mental health. Sooner of later with the effect of constant losses gamblers will have a breakdown, anxiety levels increases because of the financial strain that we are experiencing. And worst case is that someone will just go and die from heart attack because they can't take their losses and always thinking of it. For the relationships with his or her family, there is also a thread here about deception, not telling your other half that you are in gambling, can lead to break up and divorce and the only victim here will be their kids or children.

Chasing losses is the genesis of revenge gambling and revenge gambling precedes compulsive gambling. All the problems associated with gambling are caused by trying to recoup our losses which I know is not bad. There is a cold war between the gamblers and the bookies. Both parties want to gain. When you are winning, the bookies are not happy and when you are losing, you are not happy. Since we all want to win and make money, it becomes normal to try to win. After all, that is why we are gambling.

But then, whether we try to recoup our losses or not, we should always stick to a strategy that can help us regain the loss in the long run. We don`t have to fall for the thought of let me try again, maybe this time I will win. It is this mindset of recovering immediately that has ruined the life of many not only in terms of their finance but it has strained their relationship and led them to substance abuse problems, depression and even anxiety.

Yes, it's true that gambling addiction makes us really become alone because we think too selfishly about ourselves, that's why gambling addicts are always left behind by their families because they don't really think about them when they are chasing and recovering their losses, so they easily ignore their families and time together. them, even though in fact family is more valuable than the money we use for gambling, that's why I lose more from losing precious time with my family than losing money.

If the money runs out, you can still find it, but the family cannot be rebuilt if it is destroyed and falling apart, that is why gambling addiction is not only financially detrimental but much worse than that, everyone must control themselves from gambling addiction because they cannot only with advice can addicts recover, everyone must return to themselves how to prevent gambling addiction from occurring, that is something that I worry about while gambling, that's why I always divide my time between family and gambling, I even gamble less than with my family

The harm addiction leaves in a family are not easily forgotten. However, the goal of every gambler is to focus and be responsible to his family. Money generated from the wins, comes and goes. But the unforgettable marks that addiction puts on the brain of everyone who got affected by it wouldn't disappear. Hence, it's crucial for gamblers to have in mind that chasing losses could be bad, because the money won't stay with them when they begin to battle over the trouble chasing of losses may have caused to their mental health, and that of their family who helped them out of addiction. It's also remarkable to add that the family of the gambler gets more pissed off if they find out that the person after being saved or rescued from gambling addiction, still finds his way back to the habit. Not minding whether he's changed to a responsible gambler, the thoughts alone weaken the strength of the family. They'll think that all their efforts where wasted.

If gamblers who still gamble frequently realize this, they will not experience gambling addiction and can still enjoy gambling as entertainment. They will not fall deeper into gambling because they know what impact it will have on them and their families and those closest to them. They will always try to prevent bad things from happening to them by always setting limits when gambling because they really don't want to become addicted to gambling. They may also have seen the true impact that has occurred on people who have experienced gambling addiction, where their lives have been ruined, and their families have also felt the impact. And they realize that gambling is actually just for fun and not to make money, so they will try to avoid gambling addiction because the impact that will be felt will also be greater than they imagine.

Whether an addict or not, it's totally wrong and not advisable to gamble in front of children or infants. Children tend to emulate their parents or immediate guardians pretty fast and whatever thing you choose to expose them to is what they'll tend to grow up with, this is why it's wrong to gamble or even speak of gambling in their presence ( whether an addict or not) else they'll start harboring the idea and little by little, they'll start nurturing the idea and before you know it, they'll start to practice it in one way or the other, and when it gets to that point, the idea is already registered in their young mind and they'll grow up with that mentality.

It's just like saying don't drink irresponsibly or get drunk in front of kids rather than saying don't drink at all in front of kids.

This is what is wrong when a gambler comes without having a true understanding of gambling, after all gambling is nothing more than a game of "probability" which means maybe you lose or maybe you win, it is always about those two things that will happen at the end of the gambling session you do. Sometimes people who initially have a correct understanding of what gambling is, do not mean they can maintain the beliefs and beliefs they carried from the start about gambling which is just a game of probability, one of the reasons is that winning can change your mindset and perspective. Look at them as time goes by, and beliefs like that will usually start to emerge when you manage to get a win that is quite tempting and that's where you can assume to yourself that "this place can be used to earn income".

This is the start of an addiction  scenario where you will continue to play with the aim of wanting to win again like before, the number of attempts will increase because of the hope that is driven by the belief of winning, but what they don't realize is that along the way the casino will continue to drain. the money they have slowly in several sessions that they have passed which ended in defeat, not only that because when you win it doesn't mean you can stop because greed will play a role when you are in a situation like that so you even put a bigger amount in the hope and higher confidence for bigger wins.

Families don't neglect you because you are gambling except you are only gambling without profit and you don't have other source of income, that is why nobody should rely on gambling alone because if you do, at the time you are not making profit you will not be able to take care of yourself or family. Hence, the advise is that gambling should not be looked at as a primary source of income but secondary or fun adventure not what you rely on to feed your family.

If you don't gamble responsibly then you can have all the regrets and family expressing hate but if you have a balance in yourself and provide for your family, you will still be loved. Money is an important factor to a peaceful home so whether as a gambler or other kinds of job, you need to take care of the family.

Don't link gambling with religion because it is clear that gambling is strongly frowned upon by any religion, gambling alone is considered bad by society, especially if it becomes an addiction, there are definitely many people who don't like the behavior of gambling addicts. Gambling addiction has indeed made many people feel disadvantaged, both in their social lives and in terms of our financial health, therefore many people are against gambling because they are worried that many people could experience gambling addiction which will result adverse impact from generation to generation.

Yes, there are indeed gamblers who do not become addicted as long as they are able to control themselves, manage their finances well and have a time limit for gambling, so that you don't get addicted which ultimately harms you and your finances. Usually, such gamblers have full responsibility in the family, prioritizing their home life rather than prioritizing their gambling.

Is it not that a given? I mean if I invest in an asset and I lose then nothing else can happen as this was a movement that I made purely to benefit myself economically.

However, those that are addicted are not only pursuing the possibility of obtaining more money through gambling, they simply want to keep doing so for as long as possible, so their compulsive behavior has almost no other reason to be than to perpetuate itself, so it should be obvious that negative effects other than losing money must appear.

Of course, the impact of gambling addiction cannot be forgotten, anyone who is able to think well will certainly behave carefully so as not to harm other people and not only that, a severe addiction will cause the addict's mental health to be disturbed.
It is not easy to cure someone's addiction, but if the person doesn't really want to recover then they won't be able to stop it in any way. The family also has an important role in healing addiction, but depending on the views and decisions of each addict, he will think about stopping or continuing.

This is why realization and self-awareness are important for everyone because one needs to think it through before they get into anything in their life when they know it's not just about them but they might lose everything they have if they face certain problems after starting to do something, like in gambling, a person understands that if they get addicted, they will have a hard time getting out of it and if they can't do that, they will most likely get themselves ruined.

So, someone who is getting into gambling should understand both the positive and negative consequences of gambling and then they should evaluate the ways they should use so that they can avoid the risks that can lead them towards the negative consequences so that they don't face severe problems because of their gambling activities.

Those who want to enter the world of gambling should be able to think about and understand the negative impacts of gambling, but what is often found is that they come to gambling without making any preparations. Because they are curious to see what other people have, they also want to get it. Indeed, it is not wrong if they gamble, but they must be able to know what they have to do and learn when gambling so that they are not influenced by the temptations that exist in gambling. Many people have fallen into gambling because they did not make the proper preparations so they are fascinated and end up drowning in gambling.

If they already know what to do and learn, they will try to prevent themselves from experiencing gambling problems, including preventing themselves from experiencing gambling addiction because it can have an impact on the people around them. They have to think about what is happening to the people around them so that they can prevent themselves from gambling excessively and can still control themselves well.

When a person loses a lot of money in gambling and is a gambling addict, his her life is totally destroyed and it is not just his financial loss. I would reckon that he will lose his family, his wife and his children if he loses too much money in gambling. No one wants to live with a loser and a person who is mentally sick (that is the reason he is addicted to gambling).


When a gambler is addicted to gambling, his ability to determine of right and wrong also goes wrong and he is influenced by emotion, becomes greedy and does not make the right choices when gambling.
It will have a bad impact not just on the financial aspects but also on his relations with near and dear ones and his health may suffer also (depending upon how severe is his gambling addiction).

That negative impression from children that sees a gambler as an example and they want to be like them when they grow up. First, it's about the money that they're showing to them and thinking that gamblers earn unlimited amount of money and that's why they want to be like them when they grow up. That's a very wrong description on how they want to be as they grow older and not a perfect example to start with. And what's bad on this is that it won't just be your children that will look up on you but also the other kid relatives that you have that you've been showing goodness on them just because you're happy to give them gifts. It might come from their mouths that they want to be like you as they old. But as a responsible gambler, you have to counter them with words and answer politely that they have to be better and look for something else as their future career.

I know that it's just a kid wishing for some good future. But as an adult and responsible gambler, we need to direct them with something better and you don't neglect what they say because kids can easily remember and as they're curious with matters. That's how intelligent they are and they're going to bring that up until they grow old. So, while you can explain to them correctly on what they have to avoid and what you do, better give them a nicer example of future careers that they want to be when they become adults. Not a gambler that have been inspired by you and it's going to put a shame on you if that's your kid or your relative that have told you that they're looking up on you.

What we are all saying drives all to the fact that gambling addiction is causing more harm than financial loss.
This thread is more or less like a debate that should be discussed and thoroughly talk about the change that will evolve.
Normally Gambling addiction has done us more harm than financial loss in the sense that all that you've mentioned here are major part of it.

We are all talking about the gambling addiction causes and not looking into the financial loss as well which also need to be discussed too.and yes we all know the advantage and disadvantages of gambling addiction but let's talk about financial loss too that has made a lot of people be traumatized based on one mistake or the other.lets compare both so we know which one has done more harm than the other not just talking about one.

Well, if your families and friends are not used to having accompanying people who are addicted to any sort of gambling or drugs, you won't be tolerated and the worst-case scenario is you will be kicked out of home since they can no longer control you or you cause more harm than giving any benefits to them. when you ask those homeless who were used to living with their families, their answers are almost the same, they were kicked out because they could not be under control anymore and they don't listen to anybody inside their home, and at the end, they were force to be homeless and others are further drone to their addictions because of it and only a few of them wanted to change for the better.

Reality and self-knowledge? Absolutely. Gambling requires courage. You risk your future, peace of mind, and possibly everything you love in this high-stakes game.

Recognition of the thin line between a hobby and an addiction is the first rule of healthy gambling. Knowing the odds isnt enough - know yourself. After losing, can you leave? Ability to set and respect limits? This requires discipline, not luck. The instant you think you're outwitting the system, you lose.

Your plan should protect your life, not only avoid losses. Remember, the ultimate gambling victory is not losing yourself. Be careful, smart, and ready to leave.

For the initial stage or when your family just found out about your gambling addiction then I think it is impossible if they don't care about you at all because after all you are also one of the family members and it is the duty of the family, especially parents to guide and direct a child to the right path or cure him of all diseases including addiction. This means that if your family no longer cares for you then obviously I would believe in the idea that this is not the first time they have cared for you, and it is your own fault for not being able to change it even though there were many family members who initially tried to help you get out of the addiction phase.

As you said, the reason is that they are so hard to control that it seems like the other family members are too tired to advise you which is why it is possible to get kicked out of the house. This is the reason why it is very difficult to cure someone who is already addicted if there is basically no willpower or desire from themselves for a change.

Family members who don't know how to overcome a gambling or drug addiction will kick out the gambling addict instead of trying to help him cure his gambling or drug addiction, making the addict feel like he is alone and no one cares about him. This makes them feel frustrated and hopeless seeing the conditions they face, so they feel that living in this world is no longer meaningful. Perhaps this is what causes a large number of suicide cases due to excessive gambling or drug addiction, so these cases may still increase. That is why family members who know that one of them is addicted to gambling should be able to immediately assist to cure the addict so that they can start their new life again.

That is a tragic reality faced by many people struggling with addiction, as well as their families. The stigma and lack of understanding surrounding addiction often lead to isolation and rejection rather than the support and assistance that individuals desperately need. Indeed, being cast out by family members can exacerbate feelings of loneliness, hopelessness, and despair for those grappling with addiction. Without a supportive network to turn to, pople may feel as though they have no way out of their predicament, increasing the risk of harmful behaviors and, tragically, even suicide.

Perhaps family members the ones who recognize the signs of addiction and intervene with empathy, compassion, and professional assistance. Rather than shunning or ostracizing the individual, offering support, guidance, and access to appropriate treatment resources can make a significant difference in helping them overcome their addiction and rebuild their lives. By fostering an environment of understanding, acceptance, and solidarity, families can play a vital role in the recovery journey of their loved ones.

On the time that you do make yourself having those gambling problems then this is where you do make yourself having that kind of effects on which it isnt really just that only on money or funds
but also into those things around you like into your family on which we know that once you are addicted then you are really that bound into that possible expense on which it might compromise
that money you do have which are intended for family spending on needs and wants and not really just that on the sense on money or funding but also the influence
that you could really be able to apply or able to spread out among family members on which it would really be that might resulting in molding up an another addicted person.

It ends up with broken relationships and respect. But I understand that they have a reason for doing this for the safety protection of the family members and reputation yet, the impact on the other side is worse, the more it falls into addiction. It is indeed not just financial loss but it was losing our chances to gain respect and negative treatment, most are rejections. I can't imagine having that life, so if we have the chance and a reason to correct it, why not? We just think about our future rather than be treated like this as addiction doesn't give any help and benefits instead, all are negative.

it will really be a big problem staying around family that doesn't encourage gambling because they are definitely going to stereotype such person and will most likely push such person away because they feel such person is not a responsible person and will mess with his finance and by extension their own finance aswell which has in turn affected them,  but then whenever some one is observed to be addicted to something in any form it's usually better if they start in time to get help for such person both professionally or other way so that such a person don't get to the point they will be seen as out of control.

Gamblers or generally people who are involved in one habits or the other that could be addictive, shouldn't wait until they are sent out of their home or they have become a problem to the society before they will be able to seek help because at such point it becomes difficult to help them.

I do not think anybody's family will tolerate gambling addiction because of the dangers it comes with, and they will not even in any way trust the person because gambling addicts are also become involved with drugs There Just very few gamblers that you will notice that are not into drugs, and that is why the family members will try as much as possible not to have anything to do with people like that, so self might start stealing, if they continue to gamble and they don't get what they are supposed to get in gambling they will start stealing peoples property.  and to some extent, I don't blame people who see people who are addicts as being irresponsible because the habits they show are those of a person who is responsible.

The problem with addiction is that it will first destroy your finances and then go for your mental health, and if you are finished financially then where will you start from am sure there are people who have lost everything just because of their addiction, and if people like that they serious need help and might even need a therapist for them to recover their sanity and will find it difficult to stop if not helped.

I would have agreed wholly with your opinion before as I once thought along the same lines as you do now.
I thought gambling in front of your kids could deposit in them, the thoughts of gambling someday themselves. But apparently, a good number of young kids aren’t as interested in gambling as I thought. And even if they were somewhat get interested later on, it doesn’t really mean they’re going to be irresponsible about it.

If what we’re doing is legal and we’re being matured, considerate and responsible about our behaviors and actions, there is little to no reason to hide it from your family(kids included). If ever they also get interested, they’re going to be matured and responsible as well having watched you over the years.

You're pointing out some harsh realities, but let's avoid generalizing about everyone. It's critical to realize that addiction to gambling is a problem, just like any other. Sure, it destroys money and mental health, but is anyone really sympathetic? They require assistance, not seclusion. Sure, trust is broken, but understanding, not contempt, is the first step toward repairing it

The idea that all gamblers are drug addicts is untrue. This misconception causes more harm than good since it draws attention away from the true problem, which is addiction. Here, families are really important. Rather than abandoning their loved ones, parents ought to direct them into expert assistance. There are rehabilitation programs, support groups, and therapists available to assist. Recall that healing is a journey, and going it alone is more difficult

One cannot cope with this problem alone. A financial problem is where all others begin; if an addicted gambler loses money first, he may start looking for more. It is not uncommon for money to be stolen from relatives and family members. This is truly terrible and this is a strong addiction if it comes to such a thing that a player violates such moral standards. It can also get to the point where the children of this player may be left without new things and toys because of this. In this case, the player must be sent for treatment, because the well-being of the children is at risk. Imagine what must be happening in this guy’s brain if he did something like this. He seems to be obsessed with the game, these are very serious psychological problems. And I’m afraid that even after undergoing compulsory treatment, he could relapse at any moment.

I agreed with some of the points mentioned and explained but this particular one caught my attention. I understand that majority of gamblers have anger issue whenever they experience loses. That violence is not only applicable to gamble addicts but to almost all the gamblers. And again, you don't need to lose much before you can be addressed as a gamble addict. In fact, you can be a regular winner and still be addict if you can not control your gamble habit. A gamble addict doesn't necessarily have to be someone who gamble often or lose often but it's all about the negative impact gambling is having on their life.

Those whose families are kicked out because they have serious problems such as addiction will feel alone and will not have the strength to live their days or solve their problems because they feel that no one wants to help them. They will be even more desperate when everyone by their side, including their friends, leaves, leaving them alone, so they won't be able to think clearly and will only think about ending their fate. Maybe that is the last choice they will take when they feel they can no longer survive all their problems. That's why they need help so they don't feel alone in solving their problems, especially if they regret their actions and want to fix them.

Family members can recognize the signs of gambling addiction so they can start approaching the gambling addict and help him solve his gambling addiction problem. This will give the addict the strength to be able to solve the problem and get back on his feet so that he can undergo healing therapy for his gambling addiction because he has support from his family. By offering this help, the gambling addict will not feel alone in struggling to cure his gambling addiction and can undergo therapy sessions to cure his gambling addiction. If everyone can provide support and solidarity and understand the condition of the gambling addict, the gambling addict will be able to cure his gambling addiction and get the opportunity to continue his life in a better way.

Any sort of addiction can ruin the spirit and money. However, appropriate enjoyment must be distinguished from dangerous addiction. Not all gamblers become addicted. Gamblers set limitations to keep it fun and safe.

Addiction isnt a solo problem. Its typically a sign of deeper issues and requires compassionate care, not exclusion. Dismissing addicts as irresponsible simplifies a complex situation. True, unregulated gambling can be destructive, but blame doesnt help. It requires empathy, support, and professional assistance.

Promote moderation and awareness by supporting fun gambling. Its about knowing the hazards and stopping. The narrative should emphasize both the pros and cons of healthy, controlled gambling.

it's like when you smoke in front of your children or relatives, they will think that smoking is not a bad thing because they see that you smoke in front of them and you look cool and very manly. this will inspire these kids to smoke when they are teenagers, because they think that it is cool and there is no problem with it. likewise with gambling, it's best not to show your gambling to your children or relatives, because they are small children and they will see that your gambling is something that can give them money and give them pleasure. and maybe because of that motivation, they will start gambling from a young age and it will interfere with their growth and education because they shouldn't become gamblers from that young age.

Children pick up attitudes from their parents or guardians easily and being young, they don't have the decision making capacity to decipher between good and evil, their confidence and trust in their parents will make them believe that anything they perceive you doing is the right thing.

Most gambling addicts have little or no time to engage their children in meaningful discussions to ensure they're on the right track of life. Most are always concerned with their own gambling satisfaction which breeds negligence on children and they will end up making wrong decisions in life.

Some of them who later get the right inspiration and turn from their home learned habit turns out bitter with their father, and most times detests their father for spoiling their childhood.

This is probably one of the worst side-effects of gambling addiction but the seriousness of this effect is only understood by people that are good and responsible by nature if they aren't addicted. An irresponsible person would barely care about such things which is a shame in itself.

A person who gets addicted to gambling will leave their career shortly after it. The biggest reason for that is that they don't want to spend their time anywhere else other than gambling, even if they force themselves to it, as you said, their mind wouldn't be present where they are.

Well, it's true in some cases where the addict lacks basic manners and is a type of person who gets angry very quickly and on small things, and when they are already frustrated and angry because of their losses in gambling, they might take the anger out on other people since they can't do it on the casino house.

You are correct, if someone very young becomes addicted to gambling he or she can erase is dreams in life and go the route of gambling thinking that it will bring them everything they needed in this world.

When things start happening in a way that they don't expect, they might not quit, they might keep pushing harder until nothing works out like they wanted, and this could change them completely, starting all over again in the real world will be so hard to do.

Gambling messed with the mind and the way we think, only if you allow it, but if you are someone who already knows the odds of getting lucky in gambling, you ain't going to ever fall under the rug for gambling, I would rather get addicted to my career in the real world, as a fashionist but not gambling.

Gambling is full of risks, both to our financial situation and to the balance of our lives. because if a gambling activity is not managed as well as possible, then this will only have a negative impact which will lead to other negative impacts, or what is better known as the domino effect of a gambling addiction. There are quite a few people whose careers, jobs, families, relationships and lives have been destroyed just because of their carelessness in gambling.

Maybe when we just lose some money, we can find it again. However, when we lose time and the people around us and those we love, where do we look for it again, and how can we fix everything. Losing the trust of the people around us and the people we love is a bigger loss than just losing some money.

There would really be no risks if you do really just that let yourself be that mindful and responsible on the things you are dealing with. Gambling is surely that risky in the first place since you are really that risking your money fin the first place. We do know that the first thing that would be affected is with your finances and on the time that if it gets severe then other things would really be that affected as well and this is something normal.
This is why it would really be that best that you should really know on what you are doing because on the time that you do lose that control then it would really be entirely messes up your life.
Not only on financial aspects but also in other things like with those things mentioned. This is why dont let those things would really be mainly be affected.
Play gambling in moderation and this is something that you should really be minding on.

For those who dance too close to the edge, gambling is a trap. Say what you want about management, but its about seeing the light it sheds on life. We tend to treat losses like simple numerical values, but you're absolutely true; thats not how they work. Trust, relationships, and those fleeting moments are priceless.

And here's the thing: we tend to forget that balance is key in all aspects of life, not just gambling. Realizing that certain things, once gone, leave a hole that no amount of money can fill is more important than trying to recover what we've lost. Recognizing the paradoxical reality that sometimes the best course of action is to just not play the game is at the heart of the matter. Control our priorities, values, and connections and not limit ourselves to gambling management. Because nobody wants to take the chance on losing their life when all we're actually doing is gambling with it.

Sure, be a savvy player, but don't deceive yourself. The concept of mindfulness is irrelevant; what matters is the cold, hard reality of likelihood. The beast of gambling doesn't care about your control, yet you talk about moderation. To put it simply, it's all about winning and losing

Life's balance is fragile. In an instant, you can be riding high, and in the next, you can be riding low again. Bankruptcy ensues? This is very little of what's involved. Problems with relationships, mental health, or anything else can be triggered by gambling. Do you really believe you're in charge? Give it another thought. There's a precipice that, as you approach, you'll soon be slipping down. Get up! The focus should not be on playing it safe when gambling, but rather on identifying the illusion of control

We should not just pray for having any of the two experience in such a way that it could affect us badly, having financial loss can put one in danger and debt, especially when there's no means to recover from the loss, and most people get into this because of the financial inadequacies they are been through which has also been the reason for them to think of acting to that extent, gambling addiction also will cause one to loose his money, but in this, you already know that you're gambling to have fun and risk either wining or loosing.

This means that there are many impacts of gambling addiction and it will not only destroy your financial situation but also destroy all aspects of your life, mental, psychological and family relationships or relationships with partners will be very likely to be destroyed when you are already an addicted gambler, and what is worse is when you are so desperate to live life that as we know that some are desperate to end their lives as a result of not being able to withstand all the pressure that occurs in addiction situations.

Therefore I think it is quite right to say that gambling is a choice, you will really be able to achieve a balance in terms of choosing when you don't focus too much on the winning opportunities that are there, because most gamblers who end up addicted always start by ignoring the possibility of risk which means they ignore the bad effects that exist in gambling so that consciously or unconsciously they end up with addicted gamblers, so it is recommended to choose when you are sober because then you will be sure to be able to see all sides rationally.

Any addiction has negative consequences for a person, but we are so organized that we always want more. This is what leads to problems. In my opinion, to learn how to get rid of addictions, you just need to learn to limit your desires. And to do this is actually not so difficult. I got rid of several addictions and right now I am in a struggle with myself and the desire to eat sweets, because of which my daily norm of energy value is significantly exceeded. A person is capable of a lot of things, if only the desire.

I am sure that if I had a problem with gambling, I would be able to overcome this addiction.

If gambling can be enjoyed then financial losses may not have a major impact. But when gambling turns into an addiction, a gambler will face a different situation as well as financial losses. The gambler will continue to gamble even after losing his money, which will affect the person to a greater extent than the loss of the money. Any addiction can affect people negatively. There will be no mistake in saying this in that direction. Addiction is certainly more harmful than financial loss. When a gambler loses financially, it can be recovered later, but the losses the gambler faces due to addiction cannot be compensated with money.

It is true that gambling is full of risks, therefore, before someone enters the world of gambling, they should be careful because if they are not able to control themselves, it will have a negative impact on themselves and they can become addicted and their life will be ruined if they are addicted to gambling, besides this, it will disrupt economic stability and it can be detrimental to yourself and your family, and indeed many people have lost the love of their family, career or job just because of their gambling and they can't control it.

Money can be found but lost time cannot be found anywhere, therefore we must be able to use our time as well as possible for our family, don't disappointed them because of our bad attitude due to gambling. As the saying goes love your family as we love ourselves ourselves because it is difficult to make us happy with our family and if we lose them it will have an impact on our future lives which could be even worse.

In enjoying gambling, we must be able to control ourselves well so that we don't experience too big a financial loss. Most gamblers cannot control themselves, which causes them to experience large financial losses because they have lost a lot. This is something that must be avoided because whatever money you use for gambling will only run out and you will not be able to enjoy gambling as entertainment. There will be a desire to avenge the defeat you experienced, so it will trigger you to gamble excessively. And if you gamble too much, you will only experience bigger losses and it will be difficult to recover from them. Apart from that, there will be a problem of gambling addiction that befalls you if you remain unaware of it because you are getting deeper into gambling.

You may also consider starvation especially gamblers in the lower class as I can see some of them unable to feed their malnourished kids because of gambling addiction. They have this never ending debts but still managed to gamble in the hope of doubling the hard earned money they got from a life threatening job. I wish governments has to require people to gamble only if they have this stable source of income other than that would be illegal.

Yes I understand and the scenario you mentioned is a very concerning situation for someone who is addicted to gambling, they put aside other things that are basically very important in their lives, prioritizing allocation to gambling rather than maintaining life is a very careless mindset so that the impact can make them starve, but I wouldn't really call them "stupid" because after all they are already in a situation of addiction which is very difficult to overcome and some suggestions will seem absurd to them because people who are addicted have a different mindset from normal people, And their main mistake in my opinion is when they are new to gambling where they only see the "winning opportunity" which is very tempting to double the money they bring but they don't see gambling from various sides, especially in terms of risk so in the end they fall and get lost on the wrong path and get stuck in a situation that is concerning.

This is probably the worst thing of them all, letting your kids starve when you're already below the poverty line, addiction definitely does take a toll not just on the addict but also the people around that person. That's probably the only skill that an addict that I admire the most, their ability to be able to find ways to make money to get their gambling fix on a daily basis, that's difficult to do in most people but these addicted people knows how to do it, it's a really good motivational thing I think that you shouldn't let an addict beat you in terms of hustling for money then you should be able to hustle like them too.

Oh, but that is already something of a very extreme case, but although addiction is related to that, personally I have always said that the things that cause addiction are very strong, we must attack those symptoms that define a addiction, because that can become a misfortune, but I say something, a person who knows that he has a family, that he has children and that he totally gives himself over to an addiction, well, it is something that should not be admitted, therefore when we are Seeing that the best option for things is to leave it up to that point for the family, it should be left up to that point. Not only is it irresponsible that the person acted, but he also lets the children become malnourished, that is something that should never be allowed. In fact, in all countries there are rescue organizations for children when they have irresponsible parents, it is better that they pass into the hands of the state and not let them die, because they have to take the children from that person.

And well, with respect to the mother, if she is not addicted, then she should take charge or do something quickly, get to work, help the children get their batteries together, because how else are they going to do it? You have to do something so that your children can get ahead, and if the woman can't, then unfortunately they have to let the state take charge, this is just what I have always said can be done, if this were to happen in my country, I think that The children would take it to the government home, it is not a good thing, but at least they are not left to die of hunger and that is something that is already good on that side, but you have to be very tactful when it comes to being in a casino and with obligations, I believe that there are things that are above a casino, of games, that is only what we must see, addictions something that we must be very careful of, that is why the best strategy should always be done is by having a total money to lose so that things do not get out of control.

Well, there would be no addiction in the world if everyone were able to overcome their addictions so easily, however, that's not how it is with everyone. It requires a lot of patience and self-control for someone to be able to limit their desires or to not give up against the urges to do certain things that they like to do or are addicted to, and most human beings don't have enough self-control to be able to do that.

This is the biggest reason why so many people lose so much money in gambling because they can't control the urge to gamble and can't stop when they need to, and this leads them to bankruptcy and losing of all the assets they have simply because they don't know how they can limit the urge or have enough self-control to get out of that moment.

Neither of both experience are pleasing because they will both get you very troubled and you will most likely not be able to recover in some extreme Case, you can just try to make sure you suffer only one but ideally you shouldn't be suffering any of both as much as possible avoid either of them to be much more safe.

Financial losses can literally get someone into a state of porverty at times and even make them end up having suicidal thoughts because whenever they think about the money and the fact that they are unable to probably recover from the losses they will just end up with some in healthy habits that will cause them much more than that which gambling alone has because I do say gambling in itself isn't the problem but the gamblers how they gamble that's where the problem lays and how these gamblers risk more than they should.

Gambling is full of thrill and fun, so many people get caught up in it. They are too carried away by the gambling they are doing, and they even abandon what is their duty and responsibility. They continue to spend the time and money they have just to gamble. So what they do will not only have a negative impact on their financial situation, but their mental health and life balance will also be disrupted. Many of them have had their careers, family relationships and future destroyed just because of their careless behavior, they were too busy gambling and made this activity the main priority in their lives. And if this is not realized as soon as possible, then not only will he experience financial suffering, but other suffering will also await him, such as; loss of trust from others.

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In fact, in my opinion, with those who are young and addicted to gambling, they think that gambling can grant their wishes, in the sense that they think that gambling can give them victory where they can use the winnings for the things they want such as buying the things they want with the winnings. in my opinion, indeed with those who are addicted to gambling, they will not be easy to stop gambling because of the wrong thinking they have that encourages them to continue gambling.

So, these are the disadvantages of gambling apart from being financially detrimental. However, what is clear is that gambling will definitely harm many things, the main one being financially. Because in my opinion many people are destitute and bankrupt and even their lives are in shambles because of the money they spend gambling.

The gambler who loss the funds in the gambling site mostly get anger because of the depression caused by loss.But they will show their anger with the family member.The weakest member of the family are the victim for the anger of the gambler who loss their funds in the gambling site.The gambler who loss the funds in the gambling site will get into the habit of taking loan in the gambling site.

The gambler should not play with the money needed for the immediate need,because the reason is simple the gambler get into the big problem if they loss the money needed for the emergency expenses.So they need to wait for the money comes from other sources apart from the important things.

I am not one to judge but every gambling addict I have meant are encountering trust issues in their relationships. It has affected them so much that they do not mind deceiving others just to be able to gamble. You see them sitting quiet and sober whenever they lose. They avoid all forms of human interactions and it affects their social and support networks. I think that anyone who is willing to speak up and intentionally seek for help will have someone running to save them.

Overcoming gambling addiction is not an easy thing. If it is easy not many people experience gambling addiction because to stop this, they need a strong urge within themselves to stop and limit their gambling because this requires self-control and reducing it little by little. This requires time and patience for addicts, but they have to fight if they really want to stop. Don't just talk nonsense but not make any changes to stop it, because if they are determined their desires will soon come true.

Not being able to control yourself will indeed make someone experience big losses because they continue to gamble, the only reason that can make them stop is intention and determination. If they have the intention then the urge to limit themselves can become a rule that will be obeyed, it becomes can control oneself not to gamble continuously and this can slowly overcome the addiction.

Maybe some can erase it but there are some who don't. It's just that gambling consumes them so they don't have time anymore to work on their dreams (if it's not becoming a gambling professional). Young people still have plenty of time and they can still correct their path later on but it's not a good excuse to start it poorly.

Playing gambling in a casino can provide us entertainment and money, and sometimes love if there are women on it but it's not all. There are still other things in life that we need that can't be found in on it. To be addicted in to something even if you say it's a profitable hobby is still not right but everything in this world must have a balance.

Trying to take the wins from the house by force is a fight greedy gambler can't win the house is in control of the game. Why would a gambler try to win using any possible means, to an extent of wagering all his money. The endless effort of chasing loss without any result only leaves the gambling wondering about his incapabilities of winning. Hence, he'd continue, until he gets addicted. Any amount of money that gets to his way will go back to gambling. Addiction and financial loss are incomparable, but one can't get addicted to gambling without losing lots of money in the process, maybe in his venture of wining back his lost money. Since there work hand in hand, gamblers in order not to get addicted, need to be careful about financial loss. Hence self-control can limit the amount of money a gambler loses while gambling. The anxiety of losing too many puts lots of players into problem gambling. But in a literal sense, addiction is way too bad and also requires finance to get cured.

When you are playing against the house then dont make your hopes too high on which you would really be that making yourself that too desperate on making money on which this one would really be leading into disaster.
This is why it would really be always best that you should really be having up that kind of control if you dont like on messing up your finances because if you do then recovery would really be that hard.
Based onto those things that mentioned on OP then there's no way that we could really be able to make ourselves to avoid those things if we do really put up too much in focus with gambling.
You arent really that putting your finances at harm but also in other things as well as mentioned.

If you dont really care then you would proceed on doing gambling but if you do then you would really be neither stop or having that engagement on controlled manner.
This is why it would reallybe that best that moderation or control is always that recommended.

I remember myself and how gambling took up most of my time, because I had a strong desire to make money on it, although this did not succeed. I spent a lot of time studying educational materials on betting and poker. I watched streams and tournaments and various fraudulent sports betting experts. After I tried a lot, I burned out and realized that I was wasting my young life. This does not mean that I have completely given up on this, now I only bet on sporting events of my favorite team and this is enough for me to enjoy victories. I think few people will think about this after my post until they understand it with their own minds. I think this will happen sooner or later.

You are fortunate to have realized your gambling problem early on, unlike some other gamblers who continue to gamble without realizing the harm they are causing themselves. Some even become more aggressive in their gambling habits, wasting not only their money but also their youth.

Op that is very true, outside the financial loss gambling addiction does more harm to people, lingering from depression, mental stress, suicide, and the person might look very unorganized. addiction is not all about the financial loss individuals who are gambling addicts go through a lot in the hands of the public. There is notion that notorious gamblers are useless, and they don't think about themselves. the society often see them as those who lacks proper parental upbringing and that same warn their children not to associate with them. I could remember when i was growing up there is guy who gambles a lot in our street, and most times he visits my brother because they are very close in school and classmates, but each time he comes looking for my brother, my mother will always tell him that my brother is not around even when he knows that my brother is inside the house. And when i asked my mum the reason why she is not letting the guy inside the house she said to me that the guy is a gambler and that he is going to influence my brother negatively

Well, all that you have said, and all this other negative side of gambling addiction that you mentioned are all correct, and i completely agree with you, this things are not like the direct cons of being addicted to gambling, but act as the indirect cons, and in most cases, this indirect implication of gambling addiction tends to become an impact that is much more bad, than that which the person who is addicted to gambling is going through, this is why most of the time, we are advised to watch our gambling habit in order for us not to full into addiction, it sometimes is usually not completely for our sake, but for the sake of those around us, seeing how our actions and the repercaution may affect them.

All the same though, its my first time coming across this thread and indeed, i must say that this is a very good discussion, the issue of gambling addiction is something that has eaten deep into the youths of our different societies, and we cant afford to have more young people fall into the addiction, thereby destroying themselves as well as the future generation that is coming through them, this is why i believe we should never be tired of talking about gambling addiction and the dangers associated with it, this way, alot of people can learn and guide themselves in other not to become a victim.

It wouldn't always be about the money, there are other things that would be affected on our addictions.
The most affected ones would always be their family, they wouldn't just feel the financial problem, but also the gamblers negativity (violence and presence of the gambler).
They would spend less time for their family, and if they would most of the time they would be thinking about gambling.

If someone is found under this category of gambling addiction, such gambler will not only losses money, their integrity and future ambition may be at stake because they may obviously mismanaged funds with them for gambling purpose leaving other aspect of their life unplanned for against the future, people around them could hardly get tier attention or enjoy any emotional or financial benefits from them because they are being addicted.

the thing that really affects us the most when we reach the point of becoming a gambling addict is our family, that's true because whatever problems you're experiencing in your current situation are also their problems, it even becomes a reason for the trauma of one of the family members because an addict sometimes is not really aware of the things that are done or said,  they can hurt others through verbal words, why do I know? because I also have a relative who ended up being a gambling addict, I see their situation and really the most affected are those children because I notice that they are gradually becoming more distant from their parents, causing their family to be destroyed forever.

The main loss is that their financial situation will become a mess, and once their financial situation becomes a mess, it can have an impact on their family or even their friends. Also, it's not just financial, this can actually be detrimental to other things, such as relationships with each other as well as your own health. When someone becomes addicted to gambling, there is a possibility that they will experience a change in attitude and tend to become more stubborn. and of course this has the opportunity for violent arguments between people addicted to gambling and their families or friends or even other people.

When they become addicted to gambling, it is likely that they will only focus on their desire to gamble, and they may ignore everything around them, including their family, their time will probably only be spent gambling, even though they have run out of money to gamble. However, people who are addicted will look for ways to gamble again, whether by borrowing money or something else.

Yes, and the direct recipient of this is their immediate family which is the spouse and the children if any, and I wonder what is their fault to be living a miserable life just because their husband/father is addicted to gambling. I think a person who is married and has a family should never get addicted to gambling because they should always have this thing in mind that if they get addicted and spend excessive amounts of money on gambling, their family is going to suffer, and who in the world would want that to happen as long as they are in their sense?

But I guess people lose their ability to think critically at points which is the reason why they don't care sometimes. It makes my heart pain when I see people being addicted to gambling and not caring about their families at all, they are left to suffer having no access even to the basic necessities of life.

OP, you were able to list the negative effects of gambling and the dangers involved in gambling, lets not forget that financial loss in gambling is one of major reason for excessive gambling which leads to addiction, it has has been said here severally that chasing of loses can make a gambler very committed because in real sense his instinct keep telling him that if he persist he might recover as time goes on and at this point he doesn't even know that he is going extreme and out of control.

Yea gambling addiction has dangerous adverse effect that's because of the expectation thats accompanied with it, that's am of the opinion that gamblers should know the exact time to stop although it is easy to to say but difficult to put into practice, lets keep open minds and make sure we don't borrow to gamble to avoid unnecessary panic and pressure.

If gamblers takes the wins from the house by force, they will not have a chance as the house will takes all of their money without left. Gamblers will not realizes about their losses because their intention will be gets the money from the house so that makes them forgets to control over themselves. They will lose without any results but that doesn't makes them stops from playing gambling. They will comes back in other days just to try to recovers their lose money before and hopes that they can wins some money. When they can't realizes about that, they will becomes addiction slowly and once they are really gets addicted to gambling, they will playing gambling aggressively and will not thinks to limits their gambling activity. Their intention already change into takes the money from the house but that will be difficult because as the business owner, casino will be the winner that gets all of the money from the lose gamblers.

Yes, financial losses can still be recovered if you really want to be serious about recovering them in a more correct way such as working or doing business to earn money, but if you lose your family it is more detrimental because family is important for our lives, they can remind us when we cross the line. , so that's why the function of the family is to always remind us not to get addicted to gambling, that's why people who are addicted to gambling always forget about their families and also on average most of their families are abandoned and neglected.

I have a friend who left his wife and children, he was busy gambling and was busy spending money with other women, so when he went bankrupt, he wanted to return to his wife and children but was rejected, besides that his family also kicked him out of the house by his parents because he has been warned to stop gambling but instead he continues to gamble, it is quite difficult to remind people who are addicted to gambling but that is why gamblers have to divide their time when gambling, don't overdo it because gambling diseases such as addiction are very detrimental not only to financial matters but many other things .

Casinos periodically offer gamblers some wins and sweeps it back. Another thing is that the house is assured the gambler wouldn't go more days without coming back to wager his winnings. Players have multiple permits to leave without coming back again, yet find it hard staying clear from the casino. The good choices gamblers make while gambling helps the players to be reasonable in their decisions regarding their bank roll. Most of them get worried about the lose of their money.

It's certainly known that people can't forget about their lost money. Similarly, nobody will as well forget a place that once gave them lots of money. However, these things make players to lose huge money and may become addicted. In this condition their losses will increase not just financially but emotionally. Families and friends will begin to get pained over the behavior of their loved one. Bringing more financial losses to their home in the process of delivering or curing him to a better mental state. Yes, it's right to say that gambling addiction causes more losses. Because losing our self control should be considered a big loss to any human.

I agree people become financially destitute and emotionally damaged in the grip of gambling. A rich man who is addicted to gambling becomes bankrupt instantly losing his wealth. Even with successful use it is not possible for any gambler involved in gambling luck to win continuously. People become depressed when gamblers go bankrupt as gamblers who always think about winning. An addict is not in control of himself he becomes so addicted that he does not think about his family and is always busy gambling.

Then the OP is right. We experience more loss than the wins but most times when we win it covers up for all the Mutiple times we have lost, and we don't get to reminisce about the loss. The truth is it is in our nature as humas to feel regretful when we do something and failed especially when we gamble. There is no gambling that will tell me that he hasn't feel so depressed after he had loss, no matter how he tries to control his emotions there is always this wish that we should have one and it just one game that made the bet loss. We start regretting why we include that game in the bet.

Now if a gambling addict experience this depression everyday his entire life is ruin because there will be no fun and happiness until any day he wins and go for merriment. Which mean it's doing him more harm than good and it's affecting his family or people around him too.

People who are addicted to gambling will never think twice about cheating people to gain money. Gambling addicts will never think twice about cheating on their family members what they would cheat on others. I have a neighbor here who is so addicted to gambling that he doesn't earn any cash but the family is constantly taking money from his parents and wasting money by gambling.  When his parents say something, he gets angry. Constantly takes money from his mother if his mother doesn't give him money he even lays his hand on his mother.  After seeing how gambling is really harmful to a person or gambling turns a healthy life into an unhealthy environment. Play for them. Of course, everyone should refrain from such gambling so that his family's happiness and peace will be maintained and he will be able to live a healthy life.

Of course, you are absolutely correct, gambling addiction has been a great threat to people and to the society as whole, it causes more harm than financial loss in a way that if someone didn't gamble in one day, it will be as if the person hasn't done something meaningful in that day or it might cause someone to steal money or beg for money just to gamble because it has really affected the brain, they have become so addicted that it may even lose their lives or even lose their relationship all because of gambling, they prefer to lose money in anything else than to quit gambling and because of this gambling addiction, some people are not eager to work hard for a living, they depend on gambling for quick money and this set of people can't be able to save. So that is why it's advisable to always gambling for fun and not to become rich or solve problems through it because once anyone is an addict, it's very hard to stop it or minimize it and it won't create any positive impact once an addict.

Everything you mentioned is correct, because addiction, when it comes to an individual, doesn't really bring good things to our lives unless the addiction you choose is good. Like having an addiction to building a business to make money.

But when it comes to gambling, it's not good because there are imbalances starting from the behavior of a gambler, which, if not controlled correctly, can for sure lead to a violent crime or suicide if it can't be handled anymore.

I dislike seeing addict disturb their parent for gambling funds as this is controversial because the parent will have no option but to provide the money. At that state the gambler is already developing an irresponsible habit so by the time the gambler in question is grown with his own family will he still come to disturb his mom or by then the gambler will develop self control. The financial loss is being an addict and irresponsible at same time cause it’s so difficult for some addict to buy something valuable with the money they have rather they go gambling always. The best thing any gambler can do is leave placing a bet when they don’t have the budget or else any gambler can easily turn to an addict the moment they feel like playing always.

The behavior of a gambling addict like that is behavior that is truly detrimental to other people, just imagine that his mother had to suffer because of his gambling and he even had the heart to treat his mother like that. People like this are truly the scum of society, and they should be ashamed of their actions. His family should report it to the police because it has led to a criminal case, because what could happen in the future is much worse than an act of violence, because this type of aggressive addict will not think about the impact of his actions.

Most time I wish there's a way to prevent the gambling addiction effects on the lives of others especially their loved ones. These guys are really inhuman while dishing out some irrationality on people they should in fact be protecting their interest. It illustrates that they've been overpowered by a stronger hand and gambling is really a stronger hand when addiction is given a chance.

I really think that just as there are mental rehabilitation homes, there ought to be gambling rehabilitation homes too because an addicted gambler isn't far from a mad person. If someone can go to the extent of hurting the mom so badly, if he's not stopped on time, it will reach a time he'll kill her totally as a way of avoiding her disturbance and by then the madness and hold of addiction over him must've spanned more than just affecting loved ones, but losing them also in the process.

Everything the OP said about gambling addiction is very true, an individual may feel hurt when they lose financially but it won't last forever compared to the harm and an addict could cause to himself, he forget to add crimes like stealing or going into fraudulent activities just to get money to satisfy his gambling habits, gambling addiction could also lead individuals to sell valuable properties.

 Stop individual from becoming addicted to gambling is almost impossible but all we can do is to create awareness on the media or anyways we can for individuals to know the harmful effects of gambling addiction and gamble responsibly, not everyone is knowledgeable enough to know that so it's our duty as responsible gamblers to help others in anyway we can from becoming addicted.

Everyone knows that, even the gambling addict already knows about that, there's nothing really positive about any kind of addiction, that's why it's weird to me that people justify some of them and then people still state obvious stuff like this one, addiction doesn't give you any benefit besides the harm that it will cause to your family, friends, and most importantly to yourself. Financial loss isn't the biggest deal at all because I've seen people still being able to recover from that but emotional and social loss due to gambling addiction or any addiction is far more devastating from the fact that those people that you've hurt, even if they want to and can forgive you, the bond that was broken between you and them when you were still an addict will still have those cracks even if the bond is fixed, they will never fully trust you even if they say so.

If you gamble frequently, what you will experience more often is defeat, of course there will be no consistent wins. There is also no point in dwelling on defeats that have already occurred. We must be able to let go of the money we bet when it is lost, because it is a sure thing. So it is very important that we can allocate an amount of money that we can afford to lose, so that we don't bet beyond our capabilities, such as by risking a large amount of money but we are not prepared to lose the money we bet. The desire to win certainly exists among all gamblers, but we must be able to see that winning at gambling is not easy to obtain.

Of course, there will definitely be regrets, especially when gambling where the aim of the gambling is to make money, but the end result is that it turns around and results in losing money. That's what we have to accept well, don't assume that gambling can give us easy wins or money. The aim of gambling is probably to make money, but we have to put that aside, because that way we will probably be concerned about losing or losing the money we bet, and continue to encourage us to gamble, unfortunately that will only make things worse. Not only will it be financially detrimental, but other things can also be affected.

This actually true , gambling addiction can actually lead to some health challenges . Normally there's pressure and tension whenever one is gambling due to the fear of Losing their cash, but being a gambling addict makes things worse because you will be going through this feelings alot due to regular gambling, that's why we should always have principles whenever we are gambling to avoid such from happening.


Yeah , but most people actually know how to manage those anger from turning or initiating any form of violence. You know all gamblers or gambling addict ain't the same they are some that can't actually control their emotions which may lead to them doing all such if crazy things, while some can actually manage those emotions, But most time is never easy as an gambling addict to control such emotions.

Those addicts that I have seen come out of it are mostly those who have decided by themselves to stop at a point maybe because of the incidence surrounding them that happened and thus made them to decide to stop.

Also, there is a role that women play in the lives of addicts especially if they are couples. A couple can decide not to be friendly with the partner who is into a particular addiction and soon you see the other person letting go off that character of addiction that the other partner was complaining of.

But we can keep advocating that in different medium for people to let go of addiction maybe gradually one person will stop but people don't stop getting addicted  ;D

Indeed, gambling will create the most unfavorable scenarios for each person's life surrounding financial and relationship issues, if handled in the right direction, there are no consequences behind but just carelessly falling into one of many scenarios, which can be a mild psychiatric symptom and victim. Finance is just a brick that is broken at the beginning of gambling addiction, walls that are assembled by many bricks will from that crack destroy the whole self of the gambler, therefore, we should not let the whirlwind of gambling addiction sweep away everything and destroy a wall of the soul, we need to really consider after each failure.

Every parent wants their children to be well educated and work for the welfare of the country so that the parents feel more proud of the respect of the child but when the child behaves in such a way with his parents because of such a tide then what effect can it have on his parents. A parent feels very helpless for such condition of his child so every child should behave well with his parents and everyone can avoid gambling addiction. Gambling sometimes spoils the beautiful life arranged by people Gambling can never make someone's life easy so everyone should refrain from this kind of gambling so that his family can live much better. Because of those who are addicted to winning, their parents have to be very small, but those who are addicted to gambling never think like this, they only think about them and never think about their parents, so everyone Gambling should stay away from this kind of .

Casino can gives gamblers some wins but if gamblers doesn't realizes if that's a time for stops their gambling activity instead keeps playing gambling, the casino will takes position and will takes the money from that gamblers. Gamblers will regrets of what they do because if they can see that stops from playing gambling is the best thing that they can do, they will just stops playing gambling and enjoy the wins money. When gamblers wins or lose, they will comes back to casino and playing gambling and maybe gamblers will playing gambling longer than before because they wants to wins bigger money. That can makes gamblers becomes addicted to gambling without they realizes because they just trying to chase something that doesn't important to them.

They will just increase the risks bigger and the chance to lose more money will be there. They must realizes about this and not even trying to do that, especially if they already see some gamblers lose all of their money in gambling and makes them becomes addicted to gambling. The addiction of gambling can comes anytime and many people doesn't knows when they are addicted to gambling. We can only be careful when playing gambling and trying to playing gambling moderately to avoids the addiction.

That is a very good observation by you but I still think there is more to that than just being about gambling. What I see here is that they have trust issues and this could be indirectly orchestrated by their irresponsible gambling lifestyle where they have been declared irresponsible already, so someone like that may always be insecure since no partner will want to be with an irresponsible fellow. I just said that to show that it is not about gambling alone or the rudiments of it but what the gambling irresponsibility has cost the gamblers. At the same time, what they fear for may be true but not particularly true at times because no one should be trusted, not even one's wife or husband unless they've really proven themselves to be trustworthy.

However, the issue of trust and insecurity these days are common in relationships and marriages judging by how civilization and technology have turned things around, so at time, the issue of the insecurity may not even be gambling related, but because the person is gambling and might be irresponsible about it, such would be related to it wrongly, which is not suppose to be so. Regardless, let's try to moderate things. It is never good to be addicted to gambling or anything, and whatever we are doing in an irresponsible way should be cautioned in all its entirety. All we should be striving for is to be the better version of ourselves and anything that will disturb that is worth quitting entirely, even gambling.

Every parent dreams that their offspring will be the generation that is educated, effective in work, and brings pride to the family and nation. Unfortunately, when a child treads down destructive paths, like falling into the abyss of gambling addiction. The situation renders parents helpless and drowning in disappointment; their aspirations of nurturing a virtuous child wane with reality. Gambling, meant for leisure, eternally transforms into a harbinger of grave woes capable of mutilating family ties with strife-laden echoes, etched deep into their hearts, laced with sorrow. Sorrow so heavy that it chokes out every ounce of joy that life should offer on this journey.

It is crucial for each person, especially those who have dependencies on them in terms of family, to keep far away from gambling. This addiction will not only harm you but also the people dearest to you including your parents. Saying no to the temptation of gambling is one way that you can be assured of financial stability and keep your family safe. Therefore it is everyone's duty to realize the risks involved with gambling and also take responsibility in managing their behavior when it comes to gambling.

The main thing in my opinion is that the problem will be financial, if they become addicted it means they are unlikely to stop gambling even though their finances have been messed up by gambling, also in my opinion when they experience financial ruin I think they are aware of it, but with them becoming addicted is what makes them unable to stop gambling. So their messy finances are not a reason for them to stop gambling, they continue to gamble in the hope of winning the next gambling game.
Also with relationships that can be affected, when they are addicted, of course they will not only have financial problems, but if they become addicted to gambling, it is possible that they will ignore the environment around them, including their family relationships or those closest to them. Apart from that, health may also be one of the things that can be harmed because if they are addicted they will only focus on gambling. Actually, there are many things that can be harmed by gambling addiction, but the main thing is finances.

All that you have said about gambling addiction is correct, and which I completely agree with.
Like I would always say, addiction in any thing is not good, be it smoking, drinking alcohol, taking harmful drugs and so on and on, and addiction to gambling is also one of them, seeing the several dangers of allowing oneself to get addicted to gambling, it's important for us to avoid ever getting addicted for obvious reasons, but I never advice against gambling since it's actually one of the safest ways to have fun, reasons for addiction is because gamblers allow themselve to become to obsessed, greedy because of the monetary reward that comes with or from winning a game in gambling.

So, to prevent such as those things you have listed from coming upon us which is as a result of getting addicted to gambling, we must strive and master to do away with greed, over gambling which often times is what leads to becoming addicted to gambling , it is often said that prevention is better than cure, which in this case is, it's better not to get addicted at all, than get addicted and start looking for ways to come out of it.

Yes, gambling addition does more harm because you may continue losing on the process of trying to get back what you’ve lost and you find out that you have lost more financial losses is just a one time something so common addition is very bad at least be a gambler, but keeping yourself busy all the time gambling then why your income is not that much it’s really really bad because you are affecting yourself in a bad way

Yes in gambling one can have continuous loss because here no one can guarantee his winnings  Although people can make some predictions about WINNING, no one can guarantee it here. Because it depends on luck. So there will be a possibility of many financial losses.  If someone uses gambling regularly and is serious about gambling then his loss is sure. Because of this, gambling does not have to be taken seriously.  Those who keep it fun also lose a lot but this is limited to their ability to lose. And those who use it seriously or for the purpose of income become very addicted to it and lose excessively and the caste sometimes takes on a terrible shape.

My neighbor was the same as what you said but ended up committing suicide because he was in accumulating debt playing gambling slots. starting from deceiving close people to stealing, large debts without the family knowing. ended tragically when the debtors asked for the money to be returned immediately in a very large amount but the family was unable to pay the debt. Unable to pay the debt, my neighbor became frustrated/destroyed and even hanged himself due to the effects of excessive gambling.

This is really sad. A gambler must have his family. What is the situation with his family? A gambler never thinks about how much he is going to lose by gambling like this. done  Gambling is an addiction like a terminal cancer. If people gamble and make money, that's fine. But if they make money once, they lose a lot of money by betting twice as much in the hope of winning. If a gambler becomes in debt or damages by gambling more than his income, his debt will increase day by day until he is in no condition to repay the debt and at the last moment he has to pay the debt with his life. Really such incident is very sad as the day goes by like the youth the tendency of gambling is increasing. Therefore, everyone should refrain from such gambling so that his own life, family and society can live well and civilly.

Your neighbor is a type that's borrowing money to play gamble and he/she is hoping that he will win and pay back the depts. However everyone has their ways of dealing with their personal life. Some people have borrowed money to invest in different places and they gain it, but gamblers should be aware that gamble is something that anyone might be lucky in the end doesn't mean that they should use borrowed money to try it. Instead of using borrowed money to play gamble it is better to use borrowed money and do investments or start up a business, although it's risky too but there's nothing that doesn't come with risk.

If you are a parent and you have kids looking up to you, it's best to hide your gambling addiction and activities because whatever they see from their parents will reflect on them and give them that idea it's fine to do it because their parents are doing it.

A role model won't do that or don't even gamble at all if you want your kids to be the same as you and they'll grow up properly.

But as a parent, you know what's best for them and you have to be prepared with how you take care of them because no one knows the surroundings and influence that they will be with when they grow up to the right age.

That is not good, and should not lead to such crime. I'm not saying it's bad to borrow money, but if the borrowed money is only used for gambling, it's really a wrong decision and not right. I can understand better if the loan is used in business.

If it's not for business and emergency purpose it will be used for sure no matter what it's used for it's not really good, because of the stress humantion in depression the reason why he can't control himself to stop himself from committing suicide.

but that's what often happens to the people around us. I think if you have friends who are gamblers, you must have found friends who lost gambling and then borrowed money from you. I feel that it will be very difficult to ask for the money back.
The impact can spread not only to gambling addicts. it could reach his family and friends. In some cases of gambling addiction, some of them go to extremes even to the point of hurting other people.

That's a tragic scene there, he caught up with addiction due to his interest in holding money. His newly developed excessive gambling habit, wouldn't allow the player comfort when with no funds. It'll seem abnormal to them, victims, as they'll need to make some for gambling. Sad he engaged into illicit businesses for generating money for gambling.

The turning point is where he chose to be indebt. It's really a bad choice for gamblers. As it affects the player's thought and puts his life in a hurry. He'd want to resolve his troubles at every chance, a fast means of summoning more troubles to himself. However excessive gambling definitely hits harder on the player that he mostly won't adapt to a right choice. Seems the mental effect closes all form of meaningful ideas on ways to make money. Because most victims behave alike, exhibiting similar actions like stealing and deceitful means of generating money.

In my country many things happen, not just suicide, to going crazy and even worse, seeing it on the news, to mutilation due to uncontrolled emotions due to the effects of gambling. World development is increasingly advanced, but if we can't process it, it will attack us. This is an important lesson for me. Seeing the situation where it occurs is the basis for not overdoing something gambling.

If you are addicted, it is very detrimental for anyone who will experience it because an addict usually does everything they can to get money to fulfill their gambling desires. Either by borrow money or ask parents or relatives for money at home to gamble and if the family has no money, they will be reckless. take out a fairly large loan without thinking clearly, what if the money ends up being wasted or lost due to a loss then how will they be able to pay the debt? An addict always thinks that if he has the money in his hands, one day he will be able to make a lot of money, but in reality, the greater the losses he experiences, the more it will plunge him into unhealthy gambling.

From your neighbor's case, it shows that gambling addiction will make a person mentally depressed if they are unable to control themselves, especially if they take out a large loan and they don't have a job to pay off the debt in installments. This will make the gambler even more stressed and depressed until they end up committing suicide. In fact, I can't even imagine how depressed he was when he was visited by a debt collector to pay off his large debt, even other people who listened to him would feel his sadness, but once again, the only person who can decide not to get addicted is ourselves, how can we prevent that from happening.

This is because gambling is an activity that has no certainty, it could be said that gambling is place that always has big risk of failure and no one can really guarantee victory.
Predictions or gambling strategies are just about increasing opportunities, not about certainty or guarantees of winning, apart from that, I sure those who say they often win or show off their wins also often experience defeat.
From these losses there will always be various impacts that cannot be taken lightly because losses are not only about money but also problems such as mental health and emotional levels which can make gambler lose control and do bad things in his life.

It just that those who have never experienced all these things will never be able to think well and try to have the right approach, but I sure that as time goes by every gambler will feel it.

Borrowing money to gamble is bad because there is no guarantee that they can win from gambling. They can experience more losses than they imagine. That will only make them develop a gambling addiction and if that happens, their lives will become a mess.

His gambling addiction would ruin his life and finances and when he realized it, it had all happened. He will have difficulty fixing it because he may not have anyone left. Maybe the people closest to him had left him because they couldn't bear all his actions.

People who are addicted to gambling can do many things that are detrimental to them. He can make a short decision to end himself after he sees that he has lost everything. Many cases like that are caused by gambling addiction so we must really avoid it.

Honestly I have one of my fellow gamblers who can say that he is quite addicted to gambling, and I would say that what you said above is true that someone who has fallen into gambling especially if they are already in the addiction phase then usually they will make the people you are around as an alternative to borrowing money when they don't have money to gamble with. and it is a common occurrence in my gambling environment that they do not return the money they borrow until finally the scenario causes a problem in their friendship or socialization relationship with others who lend money to them, And it is a common occurrence in my gambling environment that they do not return the money they borrowed until in the end the scenario causes a problem in their friendship or socialization relationship with other people who lend money to them, and I am also one of the people who lend money to them which in the end my money is not returned. This means that it is true as some people say that when someone has fallen into addiction then they will not create a downfall for themselves but also involve the people around them.

uncontrolled gambling until out of control becomes destroyed. Previously, this person worked as an office worker and started out considering gambling as entertainment, but after a long time he became addicted. defeat or money continues to run out until selling land, vehicles and large debts. because it's too much. the last sentence said was "the money must be returned because it was used up a lot"

Most of my friends who borrow money from me are drug addicts, I've known it just recently. Well, they are not paying me back and I doubt they will come to my house to pay me because I've not been responding to their messages ever since I found out where they are using it.
The same goes with gambling and actually the money runs out faster here than it is with other addictions. It's true, that borrowing money just for the sake of gambling should not be done. It will just bury us in more debt and it will not be a healthy position where people whom you borrowed from are messaging or calling you all over the day just to remind you about your debt.
I don't borrow money even from the bank, the interest rates make me back off from it. And I've seen my colleagues who have credit cards having a hard time paying which may have caused trauma to me or I learned from that lesson.

When the gambling addiction has reached the extent of having to borrow money even from banks or loan merchants to fuel your gambling desires, then its obvious the damages being caused is now more than mere financial loss, the person is putting himself and his family in serious debt and such harms not only the gambler, but his family's reputation and causes them serious problems trying to settle his shortcomings in order to save face in the society.

I remember clearly when my brother was stuck in gambling addiction, I literally pay for his debt accumulations almost daily so that my parents would not be fully aware of the length he goes in his gambling spree in order to conserve the health of my ageing parents and most importantly my father who has High blood pressure and Sugar problems. It worked at that period, but it cost me a lot of useful money that I would have utilized properly for my own benefits, but I'm grateful it didn't cost me my dad as well.

Gambling addiction affects the person, his finances, reputation and so does it affect his loved ones as well, loans are very bad quite alright because of its high interests, and worse when it's not being used for profitable ventures. The ugliest thing is that the interests keep accumulating and piling up more financial losses for whom it may concern at a later time to save the gambler.

bad things that can happen when they are addicted to gambling, because when they become addicted to gambling they will feel excessive pressure so that it can affect their mental state where they can become stressed, even worse, to the point of committing suicide because they cannot accept the amount of pressure they have to endure. they accept. Around me, there are lots of bad cases of people who are addicted, commit suicide, rob, even kill other people or their own relatives because they want to gamble, maybe they do this because they don't have money anymore but the feeling of wanting to gamble is still strong so they dare to do it. big risky action.
Of course, the bad impact of gambling addiction will not only damage finances, but other things can also be harmed, such as relationships or indeed your own mental health. With the many news or cases of bad impacts from gambling that have occurred, this can be used as a lesson for ourselves so that we don't. gambling excessively. because there is no way we want to feel like we are in a position like that, because that is not the purpose of gambling.

He is very stupid for taking his life, if he get arrested or charged to court and get locked up how will he pay the debt back? So they will have to come up with an agreement to start paying the money back.

I know someone who owe a lot of money too, he was arrested few times and they made him Pay the money slowly through is job, as he get paid every month some percentage is sent to the person he iowesand the rest is for his survival and also his family too.

Every country has its debts, even the rich have debts too, taking your life because of debt makes absolutely no sense, something he could have prevented if he only used money that belonged to him, he will now be punished for taking his own life in the afterlife, he can't escape this.

Financial losses are better, because you invested your money hoping to bring you rewards, but gambling is different, you want to hit the jackpot in a day, it will surely comes with emotions and mental issues if care is not taken.

Technology as made everything very easy you don’t even need to show people you are gambling because when they find out you are gambling they just feel you are not responsible, and they forget the people are just trying to survive. And gambling is not as bad as people think except for people that have taken it extreme even selling there houses just to get money to gamble. And if am with my family all I need to do is just relax in my room with my cell phone because when children starts seem you the might want to be like you because they might understand what it takes to gamble. And they might not be really able to control their self towards gambling and God help them they don’t win on a first attempt then they will feel encouraged, growing use to gambling is not a good thing at all some of them don’t archive anything and most of them even turn to addicts so it is better not to disclose to kids.

And there people that gamble and their kids don't gamble. And their parents that don’t gamble and their kids gamble it’s a vice versa thing. The best thing is to keep it to your self gamble on your phone that is if you gamble. To avoid drama of have to advice your kids. Your surroundings to matters to and that is why any environment you want to stay with your family make sure you have done a good analysis of that environment because their are things worst than gambling, from drugs and more, when you talk about addiction the worst should be drugs because it is also a threat to your health.

I already had an addicted relative, so I can speak from personal experience about how painful it is to have an addicted relative, the person spends years fighting for the addicted relative to be cured and it is not an easy path, because the addicted relative can tell you that this is cured, he can promise that he will no longer get involved in gambling, but in a short time he gets involved in gambling again and the nightmare returns once again to torment the relatives who have to start over from scratch looking for a cure for the relative addicted to gambling. There are even times when a gambling addict disappears from home for a long time

and all the relatives are crying for many months looking for him, it is such a sad situation to spend many months looking for someone without knowing if that person is alive or not, without knowing if that person is in good health, is eating well or not. So it's difficult to live with an addicted relative, addicted people destroy their lives and those of everyone close to them. That's why it's always good for people to be responsible, to be aware that their actions can affect other people.

When someone decide to borrows money to playing gambling, that will be the worst decision that he makes because he will have to pay the debt the other money whether he wins or lose. If he wins, he can pay the debt using his wins money, but if he lose, he must search for the other money to repay it. The problems is when he doesn't have any money to repay and that problem will be bigger if he still borrow money from other people just to repay his debt. Not to mentions about the chance of gets addicted to gambling after he borrows money for some time because gambling can attracts someone to keeps playing gambling without he can stops. When someone becomes addicted to gambling, that will makes his financial becomes worst. He will lose all of his money without have a big chance to gets his money back by keeps playing gambling. That's why if you wants to playing gambling, you must uses the money you can afford to lose and never borrow money from other people so you can avoids to repay the money.

Agree with you, borrowing money to gamble is a mistake because we don't know whether we will win or maybe we will lose, and it is true that if we win it is easy to return it immediately, but if we lose then we will be confused and anxious about how to get the loan money back immediately.
And I really agree with you that if we are addicted to gambling then we might forget to immediately return the loan money because we are already easily tempted by all the types of games that exist and we see it directly and over time then we will definitely object or have difficulty immediately return the loan money.

This thread is more like a debate topic and I would say that the fear of financial loss in is the beginning of  gambling addiction and vice versa,I said this because they're quite the same in some aspect which I would explain further.
Cause of the fear of loosing to gambling a lot times a gambler would tend to keep gambling just to chase after loss and recover and end up as an addict and also and addicted gamblers would want to  Make it all out by all means would want to make big wins will also fall into the category of loosing more funds and loosing the game.
.so definitely gambling addiction has done more harm I would say because it lures one to take whatever decisions be it bad or good that may end up into a financial loss and  timeless regrets.

Financial loss is the most concerning factor due to gambling addiction and I don't take other's much as part of gambling but it's associated with any kind of addiction in general. This is 21st century still we see gambling is bad/taboo that we have to hide from others? Which is probably why someone has to be depressed when they met loss because they lost money and they can't share it with anyone else other than keep it by themselves and add more pressure than it should be.

Every gambler who experiences defeat and is addicted to gambling not only loses financially, but also feels frustrated and stressed which presses into themselves, that's why every gambler should not be truly addicted to gambling because it is very, very detrimental, not only financially but also Other things, for example, losing one's family because one's gambling addiction causes the household to become damaged, there are many cases of gambling addiction of various types and it is really very destructive and detrimental to the gambler.

Everyone who is addicted to gambling is difficult to cure, especially if they are depressed because they lost a lot of money which made them bankrupt so they no longer have the confidence to get better, whatever the factor, be it financial or other losses, gamblers still have to learn from other gamblers, especially those who are already addicted. gambling, they must be a lesson so that anyone should not gamble beyond their financial limits so that when they lose everything it becomes more difficult to recover. Every gambler must know his limits, know when to gamble and when to stop gambling.

I think the consequences of gambling addiction is not only financial loses but it could also affect our mental  health. A lot of gamblers that have been addicted to gambling are battling with their lives on how to fix things that had gone wrong in gambling. Gambling addiction has worse effect and one need to be wise when gambling so we don't become too addicted to gambling in a way that is going to jeopardize our mental health and bring us problems that could be very hard for us to resolve with time. It's better we reduce our gambling activities rather than trying to gamble safe and finally end up with worse addiction.

Wasted time and violence is for me the most common factors affecting gambling addiction. Based on my observation here in my area that is what really is happening. Gamblers spend more of their time playing rather than spending their precious time with family and friends. Gamblers who frequently loses lose temper that sometimes leads to a heated argument with co-players and or with family and friends.

On the contrary, I don't think it is the fear of losing but the actual losing itself is what brings the chasing to regain which in effect cause the gambler more loses and this is because he has lost stability of purpose and just does anything at random including selecting unworthy bets. Loses is what put gamblers on toes except for those who are experienced that will cut short their chase and believe it is not a favourable day for them and to try again next time. Usually, I see this loses chase often with offline gambling where a gambler despite the discomfort and time he has lost keeps playing because he wants to get back some money that he has lost. Therefore, a gambler that has good emotional control will not lose much at a time but definitely, not an addict gambler.


For me I don't really think a gambler feels depressed because of either the shame of telling someone else or he is trying to hide his loses, no. He would feel depressed because he has lost his money and it is worth if he is poor and have taken gambling as a source of living.

Money losing is what would make a gambler feel depressed and not that because he is hiding telling people or letting people know. The reason he would be secluded is when he doesn't have money to play again and can't raise money for himself.

Personally I've witnessed someone who has gotten violent out of gambling loses and even threaten to cause a scene if there didn't return the money he has lost, it was so intense that there were tears on his eyes and it seems to be his child school fees he had used for that purpose and it was gotten from his wife.

Your very right when you said it can cause more than just mere lose of funds, some people get wreaked out of gambling habits and that's why gambling education is needed in the community right now.

Studies show that whether an addiction has as a source some sort of substance or it is instead caused by  a compulsive behavior, both are very similar in the effects they may have on the life of a person and even how the brain reacts to those stimulus, this is why very often a person will receive a similar treatment in order to stop that behavior, unfortunately once a person reaches the stage in which their life gets out of control, it is way more difficult to cure them for good.

I am not a medical expert but I do know something in general and we most often confuse depression with stress and frustration because both are totally different. Losing money in gambling is hard to accept which is a fact I agree too but the depression doesn't comes straightaway when they lose or in losing streak for a while, all they get frustrated.

And don't know what to do at that situation because they are stressed out already due to the financial loss so if they had someone to share what they're going through will definitely ease and avoid getting into depressed.

Day by day our youth is getting addicted to gambling. The trend of gambling is increasing day by day so everyone should be disgusted with this kind of gambling because of this gambling thousands of families are facing problems. Gambling is a fatal disease like cancer, just as cancer destroys everything in the human body, gambling also interferes with a healthy normal life. A gambler ever thinks about his family. If he thought about his family, he would never lose money by gambling so constantly. A family that has a member who is addicted to gambling surely understands very well how harmful an addicted gambler is to the family.

violence

This is something that you should really be avoiding because on the moment on which addiction is already that severe then this is something that could really happen into you
specially if you are a person whose really that not good on handling emotions and not really that good when handling out your mindset and on the moment that you would really be that becomes
addicted then this is where you could potentially be able to commit out these kind of action on which this could really be that get  that huge trouble on which gambling
could really that mess your entire life with if you arent that careful or really that mindful about on the decisions you are making.

Addicted or not, I think we have to look at who and why, how someone is affected by becoming an addict and how to overcome it. For me, that's the point. Also, it is very important to know why someone becomes a gambling addict. In most cases of gamblers, it could be said that everyone has the potential to become a gambling addict.  "people who like to gamble". In fact, in each case, someone has a different story but the same problem, namely both addictions.
There are negative impacts that we discuss on gambling discussion boards regarding gambling addicts, one of which we discuss in this thread. However, quite a few also open new threads even though the intention is to discuss addiction.
In fact, we agree that the most crucial impact is the disruption to our mental health. However, based on the psychology of gambling, humans do tend to want something more and more. yeah, it's as simple as that, regardless of winning or losing.

The point in this discussion is that many gamblers become addicts, and I think it's normal to see this phenomenon. I personally, am a gambler who likes to bet on sports. Honestly, I'm not worried that someone will think I'm an addict. For me, what is very important and what we must address is the essence of something we enjoy, in this case it is gambling. The question is, why do we gamble, everyone is free to define it. For me personally, to channel my hobby in between the busy work routines that I go through throughout the day. Well, I personally bet it can give me other pleasures from this entertainment. The important thing is that we really know every risk.  therefore, so that our mental health is not disturbed. the importance of being aware of and understanding gambling itself. Well, the point is that everyone has a different perspective on how to overcome or prevent being carried away and becoming a gambling addict, and so do I.

I think it is more due to their obsession with gambling which ultimately leads them to compulsive behavior such as in terms of every time they make a decision, meaning that when someone has an obsession with something, it will be very easy for them to always be tempted or feel tempted by whatever they see, such as when they see some of the temptations in gambling which are very difficult for them to ignore. And maybe I will conclude that they are a group of gamblers who are too focused on the chances of getting a win so that they always overthink and make decisions that are also excessive because of the belief that the victory they imagine will be realized.

On the other hand, it is really difficult to overcome the problem because as we know that addiction is something that is very difficult to cure, none other than because it is a situation where someone has put too much interest and confidence in winning even though it is a very wrong mindset.

It's a shame that most people end up getting bittered from the same thing that once brought them happiness. Every interesting activity like gambling requires conservation. Being able to manage or organize a gambling session is a skill that most gamblers failed to possess. That's why many don't go home happy. Gambling is a risky activity no doubt, but players seem to forget this once on the machine.

Watching gamblers display sad behaviors in the casino sometimes is embarrassing. Many are thrown out of the house due to their violent attitude. A man was in the casino for few hours and lost a million dollar. Thinking about it he'd feel triggered to get sad. But, while sad he didn't stop gambling. Hence, he lost more, and became very angry to an extent of aggression. I noticed that if the gambler still wants to wager he wouldn't get thrown out of the house. Those who begin or try to destroy facilities in the casino may have lost all their funds.

Gambling was created for fun, but most gamblers use it to try their luck. Some of them become so addicted that it becomes too difficult to control, so clearly this is a mistake that must be changed. Customers who actually use gambling to make money are likely to be bad gamblers and lose more money, while those who gamble for fun can likely stop at any time responsibly.

Lending to gamble, spending savings to gamble, selling valuables to gamble are very bad things for a gambler to do. If gambling is forced, it is very difficult to win, meaning that winning is much more likely to be obtained when the gambler does it when his mood and thoughts are good.

You are absolutely right, mistakes like this must be changed immediately by changing our perspective on gambling itself, that luck in gambling is very difficult to obtain so we should not overdo it and if it is only used for fun then we must also have A wise and responsible attitude, as you have said, is that if the situation is not good for us, then we immediately stop for a moment.
Totally agree with you, it would be better to play gambling using as much money as you can or reasonably and if you don't have money then don't force yourself to keep doing it and it's not like we'll be close to winning but instead winning will be far away from us so that what happens is only defeat and defeat and of course we will also experience huge financial losses there.

A change in attitude to become antagonistic is often experienced by gamblers whose level of addiction has exceeded their limits, violent behavior towards children, wives, family and people around them will cause more people to give a negative assessment of gambling. Gambling addicts often show an unpleasant attitude towards the people around them because their desire to gamble is greater than their ability, limited funds will be a problem that always has a negative impact due to their desire to gamble to chase losses.
Gambling addiction will increasingly cause gamblers to experience further deterioration in terms of their finances and relationships with the people around them due to the difficulty of controlling their desire to gamble which can lead to violent behavior.

that's true, because their desire to gamble is greater than their ability, it can make them more aggressive or irritable, because as far as I know, with those who are addicted to gambling, they will become different individuals from usual, where they were originally ordinary people, but with them they have become Their gambling addiction may only focus on their desires and financial problems are things that can lead them to negative or even violent behavior. When they are addicted and don't have any more money, they might forcefully ask their family members for money and of course this can lead to arguments with each other. because those who are addicted usually don't pay attention to what's around them.
The large number of people who judge gambling negatively is actually due to the mistakes of each individual who clearly shows their addictive attitude. Apart from that, gambling addiction will certainly drain their finances and this can spread to their good relationships with their own family or even their own friends. This can certainly trigger violence, but the violence here will probably be carried out more by the addicted person.

We must thinks about how if we lose the money and we can't repay the money. That will makes us in trouble and we will difficult to solve it because we don't have any money left. We must not borrow money for playing gambling and only use the money that we can afford so we can enjoy our gambling activity without have to worry to repay the money. Borrow money can makes us doing that again and again without thinks about the problem that can occurs. If we can manage our money to playing gambling and still stick to that, we will not trying to playing gambling excessively because that will makes our money gone immediately. We don't have to borrow money to avoids any problems so we use gambling as a fun thing and gets relax in our spare time because we can use gambling to have fun.

Regardless of how you get your budget for gambling, the big consequence you have to bear is losing that budget because you lose. There is no guarantee of winning, in fact your chances of losing can be very high compared to the chances of winning in luck-based games.

If someone decides to indulge in gambling, then they should be wise enough in spending their money. Being too greedy in gambling is not good at all and many gamblers even go bankrupt just because they are too confident in their chances of winning. Gambling winnings do not depend on how often you gamble, but they depend heavily on luck except in some skill-based games.

It's true, in fact the casino will never care where you get the budget you want to bet, that's none of their business but what is certain is that when you place or bet that budget then of course you will have two possibilities at the end of the session, namely either winning or losing. , and as you said, there is absolutely no guarantee of winning because however the betting activity will always be random and no one will ever know what will happen at the end of the session.

And yes, what you say is correct, that usually the chance of losing is higher than the chance of winning and this is why gamblers always experience more losses than wins, and this is also because after all gambling is a business for casinos where their priority is to make money. profits from the losses of gamblers who always overreact. Be wise? Yes, of course thinking, that should be an ability that all gamblers have, driven by a rational mindset every time they make a decision, where this ability will be able to help you make the right decision. On the other hand, of course the chance of winning does not depend on how often we gamble, and we can see that even professional gamblers experience defeat in one of the sessions when they are unlucky, meaning that luck is the key.

Basically gambling is risky if one can gamble well then maybe he can gain some money through gambling. But when a gambler loses his money in gambling, he gambles a second time to get his money back. Anyone who can keep a cool head and throw the tide can actually make money by gambling. Many times it is seen that if a gambler loses money once in gambling then he feels nervous due to which he keeps losing money for the second time. Gambling is always risky.

Those are fool peoples who borrowing money for gambling. They become so blinded by the greed of money that they forget where to borrow money and invest and where not to invest. I personally think for trading and gambling borrowing was a fully irresponsible thing. I have some of people in forum and also in my neighbourhood and my classmates who traped on big trouble by borrowing money for trading and gambling, on of my classmates attempted sui*cuide because of this gambling addiction they gamble with his tuition fees and that he borrow from others to gave the tuition fees but he use that fund in gamble again a what happened was that he lost the fund also and he attempts sui*cide from his depression.

That sounds good but we can't say they never know gambling when social media is already flooded with gambling ads. The best thing to do for them is to educate and guide them as we can no longer hide gambling anymore.
It is not about that if we are a gambler, our children will become gamblers also but it was their interest and curiosity that brought them there just like me.
There is nothing wrong with gambling as long as we are responsible but if we let our emotions control our minds, addiction is certainly we are going.

Proper gambling education is needed, not buy stopping them from exploring things around them, it is their right as well. The most important is that they understand and are aware of what will happen to them when they fall into gambling addiction.

Capturing important lessons from excessive people's lives to self -introspection. In order not to be repeated with the same thing with the others. Playing gambling when it is uncontrolled, there will definitely be many problems that will come. As you said until the point is crushed. And the hope of everyone seeing their gambling addicts recovered from excessive things but only time answered

The risk is not just talking about money and losing, there are many things besides financial losses if in the end a gambler becomes addicted, the point is whether you play well or not, never be addicted to gambling because the risks in gambling are big and we have to understand it consciously, sometimes gamblers never aware of the risks, so when they lose they try to recover their losses and end up addicted to gambling, that is clearly a fatal mistake that should not be made by gamblers.

Before gambling, gamblers must be aware that gambling is risky, which can make the gambler become addicted to gambling, because gambling addiction will affect social and family relationships, which is why it is difficult to cure, because addicts cannot be counseled unless they are aware of themselves, I think. that's why many people are addicted to gambling because they are not fully aware that the gambling they play is very risky because consciously every gambler will stop when they lose, because gamblers should know that gambling doesn't have to be played to win and experiencing defeat doesn't mean it has to be recovered.

You've just made a very good point and every individual who gambles should take note of the your statements, the most thing for them to take note of is that  whether one is a successful gambler or not, they should try as much as possible not to get addicted to it cause that's where the ruins comes in and them they'll start condemning gambling, forgetting that they failed to do the right thing to avoid the ruins.

 I think more awareness should be created on and off the forum concerning gambling responsibly, cause when individuals start practicing responsible gambling habits, there would be less addicts in the society which would be good for everyone cause those addicted gamblers still have some harmful effects to the society, like crime, bad influence to society and so forth, since addiction is not very easy to come out we could try reducing the number of addicts by creating more awareness concerning responsible gambling.

They always took the risk even if they don't have any chance to win and they don't even care anymore how much they spend even if they lose everything they have. The scariest part about it is when they loan their capital just to play because if they lose it, that's when the real problem begins. because they don't have anywhere to go anymore unless they have good friends to ask for money to prevent any increase of interest torturing their minds due to the loan they got and mostly they got it from loan sharks which happened often in some Asian countries where at the end of it, they only slight chance to pay it back due to high amount of interest.

House wins always. The system is calculated, not lucky. Casinos make money, right? Not your pals. Designed to steal. Betting feeds their profits, not yours. That's fact. That's math. The chances are always against. Imagine beating a chess master after only a few games. Possible, but unlikely.

Know what? Casinos exploit your emotions. They make you feel you can win big and alter your life with one roll or lever pull. It's the gambler's fallacy, friends. It traps. Gambling increases losses. It's easy. Gambling requires smarts. Stick to limits and remember that it's about amusement, not victory. Imagine buying a movie ticket. You pay for experience, not results. Leave if you're bored. The smartest bet is that.

Your hard-earned money. Don't believe these casinos. Smart, disciplined, and most importantly, in charge. Avoid gambling's grip.

Indeed, friends can help in such difficult situations, but when they see that a player who has lost is calling them, they will not even want to pick up the phone, because they expect that they will be asked to borrow money again. And my friends already have their own families and children who demand money for their maintenance. In short, if such a player called me, then of course I would choose to spend the money on my family with Poland rather than lending it to a friend and it is unknown whether he will ever return it to me.

In addition to financial losses, this affects the emotional state and in the future can develop into something more serious and require treatment. But this often happens to those who have been playing for several years. I have named only a few elements, but we must not forget about those who suffer indirectly from such a player, and this is his entire environment, which is often measured in tens.

There is no guarantee that they will be able to get money by gambling even if they gamble well or with good self-control. Of course, good self-control will only prevent bigger losses, but that doesn't mean you can make money for sure. when they gamble a second time and can get their money back it is because luck is on their side, because gambling is a game of chance and winning in gambling is based on luck, of course those who force themselves to win are the same as those who force themselves to be able to get luck, while no one knows when luck will be on your side.

with those who gamble again a second time and experience defeat again, of course this will affect their finances, especially if they themselves cannot stop themselves from gambling again. because gambling can really attract them even though they have experienced defeat, it can make them addicted and of course it will affect the destruction of their lives financially.

Some see financial loss as gambling with high risk, but no, i don't seem to agree on that, risk may be involved when we are making any financial investment and when we lose doesn't mean we cannot recover from the lost made, if we are to also considers the previous times we have been profitable in our finances, we will realized that losses on finances on investment made is not gambling or addiction consequence because we may not lose the money involved completely on investments as we can have it with gambling, if you bet and lose, the whole money is gone

Money is not the only loss a player could face while gambling. It's certain that some gamblers don't know the repercussions of getting into gambling compulsively. Many would think it's a way to just earn money quickly, but it's not right. Gambling has its downside and players need to abide to a well strategized rule to avoid getting financially downsized while gambling. Generally, addiction first takes the emotions of the player and destroy his finances. Hence, he could also lose his loved ones who may not be comfortable with his new habit anymore.

Lots of losses awaits an addict, especially one who doesn't harness enough people around him to help cure the addiction. A better reason why gamblers tend to play more is the based on the arrangement of results. How the results appear can make a player to stake more money in anticipation for bigger wins. It's not simple to stop gambling after losing. We'd always try to win on the next round. It moves gradually towards this direction until the player is now faced with too many reasons not to stop playing. Because so much has been lost in the losing streak.

with the many cases that have occurred regarding the bad effects of gambling addiction, of course this can be a lesson for us not to gamble excessively. Of course, if we gamble excessively then bad things are the consequences that will definitely happen, even though there is a chance to win but there is no certainty about that. It's also true that those who have a lot of problems, especially financially, are because they don't have good control in gambling, where they gamble with the amount of their allocated budget that exceeds their means, so that makes them have financial problems.
And of course, when a brand's financial situation becomes a mess, this can spread to the people around us, where it is possible that we will resort to violence to make money by asking forcefully from the people around us. We must be aware that excessive gambling can make us addicted and gambling addiction is not easy to cure, in fact some people who try to get out of their addiction fail and return to gambling more aggressively.

Everything we do will have its risks so we must knows how to manage the risks not to becomes bigger. But in gambling, you will have bigger risks of losing the money, especially if you can control yourself. After all, you must have a good control to prevents yourself becomes addicted to gambling because that can harm your financial. Once you lose in gambling, you must realizes that you don't have to keep playing gambling because that can cause you gets more losses. Losing in gambling is something that we often meets than the wins that we may not have a big chance to gets. We only have a chance to manage our gambling so we don't gets addicted to gambling and no matters if that is difficult, we must try to holds ourselves. Avoiding gambling addiction is what every gamblers must do because that can harm everything.

You are right a gambler is not that aware of the risk of gambling while gambling. Had I known about the risks of gambling, I would never have gambled like this. When a gambler is constantly losing money by gambling, his situation is such that if I gamble a second time, I may be able to gain money from gambling, but it turns out that the second time he loses money, thus he gambles and loses money day after day and becomes in debt. So everyone should refrain from this kind of gambling so that they can lead a happy and peaceful life with their families. A gambler never can or does not fulfill his family responsibilities properly.

Any kind of addiction has that, some are even worse than that. Any addict will always be a bad example and no matter how you shape and mold it, it will always end up with you getting the worst of things as is always the case with any addiction. I think that we're mostly talking here about financial losses because this forum is mostly financial related stuff, that's why we don't discuss it that much often and it's already obvious to most people that gambling have more effects other than the financial aspect maybe the things that's worth discussing here is the times where the obvious harm that gambling addiction isn't present in that addicted person.

It is absolutely correct if we have thoughts like what you said, namely when we lose and we have already borrowed money from other people then we are responsible for being able to return it as best we can because that is an obligation and if we don't have the money then what should we do immediately? do we still want to borrow money just to gamble or gamble only using as much money as we can because that's the safest step and doesn't carry a big risk.

Policies and a sense of discipline must be possessed by all gamblers so that when they carry out their gambling activities they know the right steps to take and the bad ones must not be done. They also definitely realize that casinos have high risks so they do not fully expect to get lucky there but rather just having fun.
And I agree with you, gamblers who are greedy for their winnings in gambling will one day experience failure and a lot of losses because of their bad behavior, because being greedy or greedy has a very bad meaning for any activity because it tends to be excessive in carrying out it. or expect results.

Whether it is gambling addiction or some other form of addiction, everything is going to lead to harm. When someone encounters financial loss automatically, the same could be felt in one's physical life. In simple terms, a person has spent the money kept aside for studies on gambling and lost it. He doesn't have the choice to borrow, and to continue his studies, he needs money. This creates stress, and he might go into depression. The same affects the entire body. The body behaves depending on the mind. At some point, the person won't have the ability to think beyond gambling and recovering from the losses. So, it is always good to think about the aftereffects and stay cautious while gambling.

I agree with you. Therefore, I am surprised by people who think of making gambling a source of income. Or someone who believes that gambling can change their life. This is so unreasonable. The chance of losing when gambling is much greater than the chance of winning. Only when you have enormous and unlimited luck will you win the jackpot. When you use your entire budget to gamble just because you think you can double or triple it, you have made the biggest mistake of your life. Don't try to become a gambling addict. You need to learn to regulate your emotions and restrain yourself from spending more money than your entertainment budget.

For the wasted time, I can also agree with that, but the aspect that I don't really blame gambling for is violence. Someone who is not violent by nature can't be completely turned into a violent person by gambling.
 
Someone who fights and beats up their family as a result of losing to gambling is not completely at fault. If you check the person's past record very well, you will notice that they are also somewhat violent, even before they get involved with gambling. 
 
On the aspect of not having time for their family, a lot of gamblers have that kind of attitude in them, and they don't even see it as something bad; it's just like a normal life for them. Even in places of work, they don't know their limit to when to gamble and when not to gamble.

Totally in agreement with you that it's an extreme case but we all know that there's really no uphill in someone's addiction journey, most of the time, it will always be a journey to the rock bottom if you don't plan on saving yourself and seeking help to cure your addiction. I guess an initiative combined with the concern of the people around that addict could've made some difference, child rescue can definitely play a big role in preventing those kids from suffering from starvation, that intervention could've helped the parents too because in the best case, they will receive help too in hopes of getting their children back or the worst case is that they receive a prison sentence for neglect.

The problem why I think that the mother didn't do that is because they're scared for the wellbeing of the children when they're left alone when their father who was an addict, it's easy for us to say things that would've helped those kids but we have to know that sometimes it's more difficult than it looks, it might be easy for us to say and think that we can do it because we're observers but we have to understand that theory is different with application.

an action that often occurs and I am sure that all gamblers have most likely done it, by gambling again after experiencing a loss, hoping that the second gambling will result in a win but the result still results in them losing money. and of course if you continue like that with the thought of being able to win by gambling then such actions will continue to be carried out, perhaps even in the long term, and of course it will affect their own finances. they could have fatal financial problems by just following their wrong thinking. Apart from that, having financial problems, such as always losing with frequent gambling, can make them stressed and experience excessive pressure.

When someone is experiencing financial problems, of course this can affect their immediate family, where there is a possibility of conflict between the addict and family members. If they are addicted, of course their relationship with their family will not be very good, there may be arguments that can occur, especially since someone who is addicted to gambling will tend to be more stubborn.

Most gamblers first gamble for fun. When a gambler gambles for fun, sometimes they become so addicted that they can't get out of gambling when they have the will. A gambling addict becomes so true to gambling that it destroys people's lives many times it is seen that they cannot take care of their family properly because of this gambling their family members are very upset with them. Once they win half of the gambling they think that we will get the second half if we win but when they get any money they go back to the bar empty handed almost penniless. Confident in gambling is good but overconfident gambling brings ruin.

When we can responsible with what we do in gambling, we will not see the big lose or even gambling addiction because we can be careful when playing gambling and always try not to breaks the limits. We don't wants to borrow money from other people when we lose our money because that can attracts more problems to us and we will not have a chance to fix it immediately. We can still use our money because we knows how to allocates the money to be used to playing gambling. We also always try to avoids the addiction by apply limitations every time we playing gambling so we don't have to worry with the addiction. When you can see what happens to those who borrow money from other people and gets trouble, you will not wants to have the same experiences and you will always be careful.

It all starts with a first try and having fun and then followed by "maybe I'll win this time" and then will be developed to serious gambling to addiction.

An addicted gambler that goes to that point is on a severe type of addiction. When he can no longer take care of his famly or his welfare is because harmed and affected by it.

That gambler is in total out of control and even him can't stop himself forgetting the important matters and affairs outside gambling.

And that becomes a domino impact, from relationship, to finance, to job, etc.

If we still indulge our lust for gambling with hope it will only be in vain. A lot of time is wasted if we cannot manage our lives normally. On the contrary, if you follow excessive passion, soon will be destroyed. Indeed, if there are gambling people who retire because they are devastated and return to normal, most will definitely return to gambling again, unlike before. Most of the slot game gambling addicts that I see around are becoming aggressive

If only an addicted gambler can realize how much the casino is making every day, they will slow down in the amount of money they are losing at the casino every day. Most of these popular and reputable casinos have thousands of customers that are gambling on a daily basis and losing money every minute, therefore enriching the pockets of those casino owners. Addicted gamblers and those people who are gambling with huge amounts are the ones contributing heavily to enriching the casinos. I pray I don't become addicted to gambling; if not for the fun and the fact that I cannot just permanently stop myself from gambling, I would have loved to stop. 

Indeed, gambling by following one's desires will only make the situation worse because it can lead to actions that are not considered beforehand because one is in an emotional state so that actions can be carried out with big risks. Apart from that, if you gamble without following your instincts, it is still very likely that it will only end in defeat and that can make our emotions uncontrollable, which can trigger worse things to happen, such as risking all the money we have, including our savings.
and there is a very small chance that they will be able to recover to a completely normal condition by being clean from gambling. Those who are seriously addicted to gambling will certainly not be able to get rid of their addiction easily even with help from people who are called professionals in this case such as psychologists because Indeed, when they become addicted, they experience changes in their thinking, not their physical condition, so what needs to be fixed is their thinking, not their physical condition.

When a person is addicted to something, he cannot behave normally with anyone. He won't admit that gambling is harming him. As long as he can gamble, he's calm, but when he doesn't have the money to gamble, his brain will start acting erratically. A gambling addict not only harms himself but also harms his family. When he doesn't have money, he pressures his family members to gamble, and when family members refuse to pay for his gambling, he starts misbehaving with family members. If a person who is addicted to gambling cannot manage the money for gambling, he/she will regularly engage in such bad activities as theft and robbery, which is not good at all for the gambler.

Agree with you but not all gamblers live inside bankruptcy, bad debt, foreclosure programs. But these are only possible for those who are addicted gamblers. A way to prevent children from doing these things is to give them less money in their hands evn give them only what they need to spend, then they won't have money to gamble. In fact, you should schedule a separate time for gambling so that you don't have any problems at work. Violence on the other hand i would gamble to keep it secret and keep all wins and losses confined to myself.

Yes, the difficulty of people gambling excessively only makes things worse, because the brain is full of hopes of big wins every time they make a deposit to play. the other hand uses the method. for example, like the instinct you said. make a deposit to test with good or bad games for now. If you see good game conditions, your instincts could be right, but vice versa, if the game is bad, do it again a few days later

Day by day more and more people are getting addicted to gambling especially today's youth are getting more addicted to gambling they first play gambling for fun at some time they become so addicted that no one in his family wants to listen in any way. Gambling is an addiction that slowly destroys people. Many people are so addicted to gambling that they waste money on gambling day after day and become in debt day by day. When they gamble once and lose money, they may think that I gamble a second time to get this money back. This kind of gambling can never bring happiness and peace in one's life, so no matter how much you try to convince a friend and addict, he will never try to understand how harmful gambling is for him.

This scenario really happens and is experienced by gamblers who always try to make gambling a place to earn money, even though basically they often experience bad impacts such as experiencing a significant amount of losses but strangely still in the end they always try to take various actions that tends to be excessive, as you said, this is done because there is great confidence and hope in winning.

Instinct can indeed be used as a gambling method as a way to make decisions, but still instinct can be wrong and can be right, meaning that your instincts lead you to victory, so what you have to understand is that you have to think that it is a situation where you are sufficient. be lucky enough to win, and never put too much faith in your instincts when gambling because of course losing will always be a part that can never be avoided, so just do it as a test, but don't put too much faith in it.

If a person who is very experienced in gambling chooses gambling as his source of income, you will find that most of the gamblers who earn money are living a healthy life with their families. A gambler may win a good amount of money at first by gambling because he is experienced, but he may lose a large amount of money by betting twice as much. Experience can definitely be used in some cases, if a person who is experienced in gambling is not able to make money consistently, then it is not right to choose gambling as a career to earn money. There are also families who choose this gambling as their source of income from going into debt.

Because they think making money by gambling is much easier than having to work hard and sweat to make money, even though gambling itself is a risky game and you don't always get a real chance of winning. If gambling could make money for sure then there would be no more people left work outside to make ends meet because they already rely on gambling to make money even though in reality many people experience losses caused by gambling. If you don't work hard to make money how can you gamble if you don't have money no matter how. Big the profit opportunities are we shouldn't expect proceeds from gambling.

People who are addicted to gambling usually have thoughts like that at first they think gambling can make money for them and if they experience a loss they chase the loss and think that the loss could be their opportunity to get a big jackpot if they haven't gotten the jackpot they want then they will continuing to gamble, this is of course very detrimental to yourself apart from wasting your money, as well as losing valuable time due to gambling addiction.

Of course with gamblers they will definitely continue to have the hope of being able to get a big win in every gambling they do, and with those who gamble excessively of course it will only make them experience worse conditions, also in that way they will likely only experience only bigger losses, sometimes there are gamblers who feel they can win at gambling which they will do because their instincts make them believe they can get that win, indeed there are times when they can win by using their instincts but that's because they are lucky just.
when they are addicted to gambling they will not only experience financial losses, of course there will be other things affected if they become addicted to gambling such as their own health, especially if they cannot accept defeat but still continue gambling in my opinion it is a defeat what will happen can affect their mental health which could make them stressed.

The addictive gambler focuses only on gambling and to gather money for gambling therefore they cannot concentrate on the issues of their family. They cannot think like a normal individual because their thoughts are limited only to play gambling and discover the ways that can help them in winning.

Gambler cannot control his emotions and also has no control to stop gambling because they think that if they stop their gambling then they will be useless as they will not earn anything. But I think the people are losing more money in gambling so if they stop gambling then they will find that their financial status is getting better.

Gambling addiction, also called compulsive gambling and gambling disorder, is a frantic desire to keep on gambling in spite of the cost it takes on the gambler life.

Gambling activity arouse the brain's rewards area like drugs, leading to an addiction. Compulsive gamblers repeatedly pursue wagers that carry financial losses. Compulsive gambling is a severe condition that wreck families.

Of course, people who lose at gambling are very aware, but the defeat does not result in reduced hopes but in the greater ambition. Those who are addicted have said that there is an extraordinary sensation of pleasure in gambling games, whether they win or lose. Just hearing these words imagines whether this person is mentally damaged/crazy

In my opinion, the desire to stop gambling depends on each individual gambler. However, for most gamblers who are addicted, it is very difficult for them to escape or control themselves from gambling. I think they keep playing wanting to catch up on previous losses, it's true what you said, if they win half they don't stop but they keep playing because they think they are at their best. Addiction is not only detrimental to their financial losses, but will have a bad impact if they have nothing else, they will abandon the people closest to them.

Yes and it also depends on whether or not they have the right understanding of gambling, because if for example they do not have the right understanding of gambling then usually they are typical gamblers who come with the intention and purpose of earning because what they know is that gambling can give them victory, Even though they often lose, they ignore this fact and all of that happens because from the beginning they are too focused on winning opportunities and most likely it is certain that they will really have difficulty stopping because usually they will only stop if they have managed to restore all the losses they have experienced while however restoring the situation is an idea that is truly impossible to realize, and usually they will only be able to stop when they have completely exhausted all the valuables they have and also when they experience a downturn that really traumatizes them.

On the other hand, if the gambler has the right understanding and perspective towards gambling such as understanding that gambling is a win and lose activity and winning only depends on luck then I think it will not be too difficult for them to stop because they understand that if they do various actions that tend to be excessive then it's the same as they lead themselves to many disasters. Another thing is that I agree with you that the overall impact of gambling is huge and not only affects the gambler but can also affect the people around him.

I think one of the benefits of having a lot of experience in gambling is that it will only make it easier for a gambler to organize and manage his finances well, as long as he doesn't make excessive decisions every time he has a gambling session, meaning that the casino will never see who you are or whether you are a beginner or experienced, in the end they have the same possibility which is simple, you will definitely experience some losses even though you are very experienced and this idea supports the fact that in gambling there is absolutely no way that is 100% accurate to make your always results in victory at the end of the session, but by having experience it is clear that at least you already know what to do and what to avoid in certain situations.

So this means that the idea of making money in gambling is still difficult to succeed even if you have a lot of experience because after all there is no way or formula that can make you always win in every session you do, because there is absolutely no element of consistency in a probability activity. , in the end you will still only win when you are lucky.

In regards to the above topic, I agree 100% with the op. Indeed gambling is a big minus to your finance it's worse than any other form of loss in our finances because, gambling addiction is like a virus in our financial life, it will keep eating your money until there is no immune part left. That is, you will become broke, I've seen lots of person who gambling addiction has turned the table of their lives and today they not nothing to be compared with their past life. Some even go as far as becoming beggars while some are know convicts today. Sometimes  I wonder, how can this be? How did gamble mange to eat up their minds that they couldn't even think of quitting or reducing their gambling rate? It's kind of weird though how some smart persons mange to fall under the tricks of gamble.

as I always say the game eats you but that's not why it's necessarily an evil, sometimes I think it's a necessary evil, in the sense that in many cases it's natural selection, I know it's bad to say but it's like that, I like betting let's be clear but I would never throw all my finances into something that obviously won't make me rich, we can't even talk about an investment because it certainly isn't, but anyone who decides to ruin themselves does so completely without taking care of themselves as they would. with drugs, so the important thing is to know how to regulate yourself

It's not that easy to say.

Those gamblers that can't stop themselves doesn't really think only about not earning but the majority are for chasing losses. And it is no guarantee that if they stop, their financial status will be better.

It still varies on how they're going to deal with their personal life after they come out of addiction. And that's just the first step in making their lives better financially.

It is mainly painful in the aspect of losing the respect our kids once had for us as a good parent, the moment they discovered that we are now addicted players. It is quite painful and destroys the joy a family once had. Hence, we are to respect the growth of our children and also plan or arrange for the future of the kids by playing responsibly and saving up some money for their upkeep.

However addiction doesn't allow addicted players enough reasoning to think about their families. All they could think of whenever they are not busy is gambling. They spend time gambling instead of thinking about their family and children. A good parent is meant to save and behave well for the future of his kids. So, if gambling takes the funds it's not meant to take the family joy as well.

That's why is it is good for someone to have a better understanding about something before making a move towards it, that have caused a lot of people to lose lots of money and get depressed, most especially those people who go into it with the mindset of cashing out through it, some people forget that gambling is a game of luck, well I don't blame them cause ignorance have fucked with the thoughts of many people especially most poor people that sees gambling as the best option to make big money, at that point their whole focus would be on cashing big, whereas they lack good skill and fail to understand that gambling is a game of luck, no wonder they are the ones who gets addicted to the game mostly. People should be careful not to get addicted to gambling, else they will definitely face the consequences of being an addict. if someone gamble responsibly then I don't see how they'll get addicted moreover too much of everything is not good.

That's right, of course having a good understanding of the actions that will be taken is something that must be done so that they don't experience many losses in gambling. with those who gamble with the aim of making money, of course they don't think that gambling is a game of chance where winning won't just happen, of course they can win if they're lucky, but unfortunately for those who don't look at that side. they often gamble excessively to get uncertain wins. until one day maybe they will feel the point of regret and it can trigger them to become stressed because they have lost a lot of money with their initial goal being to make money.
Only a few people gamble responsibly, many people gamble are those who do it irresponsibly. with the many cases that occur of people experiencing a lot of losses because they were wrong in their understanding and their actions were irresponsible. It's true what you say, people really have to be careful not to get addicted to gambling, because if they become addicted to gambling, it can make them experience many bad things.

Gambling addiction is serious. The vulnerable are targeted by this sickness, which promises instant riches but only misery and suffering. No, Im not against gambling. Casino and poker nights have been fun for me. Casual gambling is very different from addiction. Control, discipline, and risk awareness are needed.

Bettors lose most of the time. The chances are against you from the moment you enter a casino. A big win might be thrilling, but its often followed by a streak of defeats that can quickly spin out of control.

So, what can we do? We must first educate ourselves and others about gambling addiction. We must remove the stigma of getting help and make therapeutic alternatives available. We must hold the gambling industry accountable for encouraging addiction.

But most importantly, we must change our gambling perspective. Its no cure-all for money issues, no escape from reality, and no assurance of success. Moderate enjoyment with knowledge of the risks is recommended.

True, nobody seems to understand the psychological imbalances of gambling addiction and how bad it affects not only finances but other subconscious areas of our Life. Addiction in itself is bad, not only in gambling this disaster can only be averted by Discipline and proper Management of arising situation, Moderation especially in gambling. Once a gambler have self-control and manages the way he spends on gambling activities I believe such process will surely bring a positive outcome. Addiction springs forth when we begin to see gambling as the only source of Joy or income and seem to be occupied by it everytime without paying attention to other areas that matters and develop yourself.
But the major side effect in gambling falls on our emotional well being and finances.

This is the main point that in any case we should understand first about what activities we are actually doing, and this thought is always recommended because it applies to everything we do, and the benefits are none other than because by understanding what activities you are actually involved in then you will know about what should be done and what should be avoided. Not having the right understanding is always a major problem in gambling involvement which can lead to actions that should not be done which have the potential or possibility to lead to adverse effects such as large losses when we gamble without putting limits or when we gamble with various risk-taking decisions that are not commensurate with our abilities.

And as you said, some people forget that gambling is a game of luck and they are gamblers who come without the right understanding, and what is worrying is that poor people think that gambling can be used as a place to earn which of course in the long run this thinking will only trigger many disasters that will further worsen their life situation, and because of these adverse effects, this is the reason why we are always advised to put a lot of caution along with treating gambling in a rational and realistic way.

Well well, we definitely can not equate gambling or compare it to investing, because it's not and will never be, gambling is a complete different thing altogether, but on the other hand, I also think it's wrong to say that gambling will never make one rich, of course I can count more than 10 to 20 persons gambling has made rich in my locality, this is minus the one I see and read their stories online, even on this forum, we have several users who have won life changing amount of money from gambling.

So, in essence, gambling does make people rich, but the only thing I can say in this regard is that, there is no certainty or assurance of this happening even if you spend billions of dollars gambling every day (and of course I know that for someone to spend billions of dollars, that person should be already rich) 😂, but then, what I am trying to establish is that, making good money from gambling depends on how lucky a gambler is.
So, gambling in real sense can make a person rich, but there are no certainty or guarantee of this happening with out the gambler being extremely lucky.

Well, gambling is a risky game and the addiction is quite very risky for anybody who doesn't comprehend the need of staying responsible while gambling. The effects of gambling addiction is always bad. I've never seen a story of an addict who didn't suffer and also instigate suffering on other people whom he loves. The healing journey is quite a long one because the gambler after regaining his consciousness will regret his actions.

Though he didn't do all that by himself, but it's safe to say that addiction come with trauma for both the gambler and his family. The losses are very much better than losing mere money. Recollecting on the sad memories caused by addiction to a family happens to be a steady occurrence. And most people don't always get over it, as the pains keeps hurting them even when the player is now healed of his problem. This things should be a nice reason why gamblers must be careful about their gambling habit not to fall victim to addiction.

Indeed, the purpose of gambling is different, but the main thing is to be able to make money and those who gamble with the aim of making money will of course be very vulnerable to addiction because it is very likely that they will not be able to accept the losses that occur or lose the money that occurs. It's at stake and those who gamble with the aim of having fun of course doesn't mean they don't have the opportunity to become addicted, of course the opportunity to become addicted is still there, it's just that maybe they can initially control themselves but ultimately lose their self-control.

What you say is correct, being confident in gambling is indeed good, but if you are too self-confident it will only lead to ruin, because there may be actions that are not well considered. so you don't think about the risks that will happen in the future. and it is clear that if someone is addicted the first problem that will occur is that their finances will become unstable because they will probably only focus on gambling. It is also not recommended to gamble excessively because of course,  unstable finances can have an impact on family relationships.

It is a fact that gambling will always be a risky activity even if for example you are a gambler who understands how gambling really is, but by having the right understanding or in the sense of knowing and realizing about what activities you are doing then at least the possibility of risk will not be too great if it is done in a good and recommended way, and vice versa as we see that most gamblers who experience downturns are those who always try to make gambling a place to earn which is the biggest mistake if applied to gambling, and yes you have also said the right thing which is that we never see gambling addicts who do not experience any suffering, at least they must experience problems in their finances.

If we talk about the impact of gambling addiction then yes of course it is very significant, because the possibility is not only that it affects the gambler himself but also the people closest to them, especially such as family, who can be dragged into the problems experienced by the gambler, such as in debt problems where inevitably other family members have to help the gambler to solve his problems, and I think it is because of the prominence of this bad impact that most people have a bad point of view or stigma on gambling, especially to people involved in gambling.

In that you are absolutely right, we are observers and we can have a very easy point of view to say and give our opinion, but we have to be there, and live that to know what to do, sometimes in the situation that many people find themselves in we see quick and even simple solutions, but sometimes when you are immersed in the problem, well no, it is a fact that sometimes stress, worry can cause us to get stuck, sometimes it cannot be clear enough how to act, I think This applies to all cases in general, especially when there are children involved, because we must face the problem very well and know how to say the words so that a child can listen to us and thus cannot be easily manipulated by another person or app, without However, we must try to have that discretion to make decisions that do not affect the mental health of children.

It is because of this that we must never allow ourselves to reach that point, because even if at some point the addicted was able to overcome their issues and remain clean for the rest of their life, the truth is that it will take them a massive amount of effort to get back to where they were economically and in their interpersonal relationships, so just save yourself the trouble and if at some point you notice signs that may make you think you have some problems with your gambling, then take the necessary steps so you do not go further down that road.

On the moment that you've decided to deal up with gambling then the first thing that you should set into your mind is that never ever make yourself that getting addicted with it, because at the moment that you would really be finding that being addicted towards it then this is where problem would really be starting to show up and this is something that you would really be needing up to consider because getting out of it would really be that so hard because not all would really be that good when it comes to self control and stopping it midway. This is why it would really be that best that you should really be that wary of the actions that you are making rather than on making yourself delusional on getting rich.  ;D