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From my observation on addiction, i get to see how addiction is like a chain. Individuals moving from one addiction to another and how several addictions or one addiction can give birth/rise to the gambling addiction. We can all agree as an individual there are several things in life we can be addicted to aside gambling.

Substances like like alcohol or stimulants addiction (drinking), Nicotine dopamine and weed addiction (smoking), to mention a few others can influence a responsible gambler into becoming addicted. There are people in the society who gamble to humanize, smoke or drink, or go out on expensive rides and stuffs.

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

I don't think when someone quits any of the addictions they find themselves with, it will make them lose interest in gambling automatically.

That's not possible because each addiction we are addicted to has its own means of stopping. You can't stop addiction to something else and expect the other addiction you have in your blood system to stop without following its due process.

You must learn how to follow each addiction according to the way you were told on how to stop them if you want any positive results with your involvement with each of them

previous addicts doesn’t matter where have higher likelihood of getting addicted on gambling as well since they probably have a low tolerance for addiction or dopamine that they easily get addicted over anything
drinking and smoking are things one can do while gambling so if he were to give up one of these he should give up the rest otherwise it might make it difficult for him to give up only one since there would be associations now

No because he needs to quit all at once. You can quit what you are addicted to and be addicted to another thing later.
What causes gambling addiction is not what causes drug or substance addiction. Gambling addiction is caused by not two reasons than looking for ways to make money but drug addiction is caused by the pleasure you are driving from it but which may later have side effect.

Don't you think they can be addicted to both like alcohol or weed and gambling?  And then he may not be able to gamble if he isn't high so he needs to get high before gambling. Some people can think clearly when high.

If getting addiction to another thing can be a good strategy to quit gambling, I think its a better strategy. Say one will be addicted to gym exercise or Sauna. Or addicted to coffee, I think I'd prefer that just to quit gambling.

there are forms of addiction that has nothing to do with gambling and quitting them won't even affect your gambling habit. truth is that like you said, those habit that encourage one to gamble irresponsibly like taking of excess alcohol or hanging out with friends that are used to gambling in an irresponsible way actually have effect on the way you deal with withdrawing from your addictive gambling lifestyle.

it is more like cutting off the link that fuels your dopamine so when you start working on being a better gambler, they don't end up dragging you back into getting seriously addicted in the act. nothing acts independent of itself, sometimes it might just be watching games in a viewing center that makes you feel that you should gamble on every game or visiting certain site that keeps on bringing gambling ads to you. cutting off from those things has a way helping you heal naturally if you are becoming addicted.

The OP is trying to assert that gambling addiction doesn't occur alone . That gambling addiction occurs together with other addictions. I have long thought about this and carried out my research on it but from my personal opinion, it is not correct in all cases. There are situational factors and lifestyle factors that cause these addictions to co-occur. If you live in a rough neighbourhood where drugs and acholol can be acquired with ease, it is highly probable that gambling addiction will thrive there too and more people from that environment will be battling more than one addiction.

Obviously this things you just mentioned here does not have anything to do with quitting from gambling. You know is very easy for someone who is addicted into smoking to quit from it, than that of gambling addict. Because a smoker don't always think about the money he spent ever since he got engaged into smoking, why a gambling addict will always find it very hard to quit more especially when he keep remembering his losses at it point he won't think of putting an end to it. This is why in my opinion I think quitting from smoking or drinking is very easy than that of quiting from gambling.

You’re not totally wrong mate. But do you know that someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol would rather use the money he was meant to gamble with for his drugs or alcohol. If there’s one thing about alcohol or drug addiction, it’s totally different from gambling addiction, for one who is addicted to drugs, you’ll always have the urge to consume that substance, even when you don’t have the money to get it at that moment, which of course isn’t the same thing with gambling addiction.

Some people who are addicted to gambling will only know how addicted they are when they’ve started gambling or when they already have the funds to gamble (and have started) but a person who’s addicted to drugs or alcohol, would think of nothing more but satisfying their urge for that substance, except maybe they’re already under the influence of those substances and then maybe attempt gambling, which of course we know that they’ll never be able to make better decisions in that state.

Addiction does not only occur in gambling, there are several aspects of human lives where addiction is being practiced, including the way we are eating, sleeping, or even doing a particular task, we should know that addiction comes in as a result of what we are too used to in doing, and that has become part of our daily life or routine we can't afford to do without, it comes mostly with negative signs and those addicted could be seen as the ones that can't afford to maintain a particular level of being disciplined in doing something.

Any type of addiction makes you susceptible to other addictions, some more than others. There are people who, although not addicted to tobacco, smoke when they consume alcohol. I don’t believe there is one addiction that is easier to quit than others; rather, it depends on the level of addiction each person has to any of them. Although I do know that some people replace one addiction with another.

True. Each addiction has its own push differently. Although addictions such as drinking and smoking weed can trigger other forms of addiction in my thoughts. There's no any kind of addiction that cannot be driven through drinking because it causes disruption in the thinking faculty of an individual which , depending on the substance taken and it's resultant effect. But like any other addiction, gambling addiction isn't something that happens overnight, it takes a great period of consistent engagement with the act. While one form of addiction can trigger another form of addiction such as gambling, it is done differently and engaged differently.

We should not transcend from one bad habit to another all in the name of having fun while being addicted, it's not right for us to be addicted in one thing and also got the same condition with another, that shows we are not gambling in a responsible manner or we have a lot to tackle and deal concerning our own personal self, this can comes with the consideration for controlling our personal habits, interest, morals and exposures we often give to things we do and take abuse on.

Actually quitting other addictions will not eliminate someone's interest in gambling. Such as an example of a gambler who is always drunk when gambling or consuming other substances that make people's minds not good enough. Gamblers must have problems when gambling in such a state. But when gamblers manage to not get drunk when gambling, maybe gamblers have a better chance of controlling their gambling.
People with a history of such chain addictions must have life problems. Likely to do actions that harm others.

You can't just quit, because at that time there is a void that needs to be filled with something. Any addiction is a habit, and it will not be so easy to get rid of a habit formed over the years. Many people drink alcohol, not only gamblers, there are those who drink once a week and such people do not think that they have an addiction.

If a gambler gambles once a week and drinks alcohol once a week, is it an addiction? Everything is relative, if you are able to maintain a balance in your habits, it can never harm.

The problem is that people want to substitute a harmful behaviour with another one. I have seen people who want to stop gambling by replacing it with drugs or cigarettes. It will be better to maybe switch from gambling to computer games or another form of entertainment.

An addiction can also fuel another form of disorder. Alcohol and drug use could lead to sex addiction and vice versa. It is also possible that a disorder can fuel gambling addiction. It will be better to stop the triggers of gambling addiction if you want to be free from it.

This is rampant among gamblers; they need to keep going, and they need stimulus to keep them going. If a smoker learns to gamble, and becomes addicted to gambling, they will double their consumption of cigarettes, the same with alcohol or weed. Gambling takes so much energy and emotions, and he needs additional stimulus to sustain their energy and emotions.
This is the reason so many gamblers suffer from health problems: their mind from anxiety and their body from stimulus they've used to keep going.
So if your gambler, if it's possible, stop smoking or drinking, or you find yourself relying on these to keep you going, and this is a big disaster.

Good point. I think after COVID-19 most cases will be to socialize. They want to feel that moment where they will be one of the group or one of the pack. It could be addictive especially now that it's boring to just play alone. I have a good friend who always played poker in the past (before COVID) until now, when I joined him I found out that he is friends with most of the players there, and that's when I found out that he ain't just going for the poker but also for the socialization with different people. It's good and yet also bad because he will keep on gambling and it became his daily habit to be in that poker room for both reasons.

Just to add on what you have extensively discussed, the environment on where a person exercises his/her addiction also matters as it contributes to the circumstances surrounding him/her.

For example, if a person is addicted to gambling and he/she enters a physical casino, it naturally follows that alcohol and other vices are going to be present. In addition to that, expect that people would jump into another kind of addiction which they are constantly exposed to. Unfortunately, the endless cycle of these addictions would aggravate their main addiction, thereby making it worse for their situation.

I just hope that if a person wishes to gamble and absorbs it as part of their habit, they should at least have some self-control to avoid further aggravating their situation.

It does not always work that way, from what I know. When addicts are trying to quit a behavior or habit, they usually replace it with another habit that is usually better than the bad one they had. It is very difficult to find any addict that just quits a habit or a behavior and then leaves the vacuum empty without replacing it with another activity. Any addict that acts in that manner will soon find themselves suffering from a relapse.

If you wish to quit gambling, it can be helpful to replace the habit with something different, of course a better habit.

I've had this thought for a long time, thinking that one is connected to the other. So, if someone wants to get out of an addiction, he must also get out of the addiction that might trigger his desire for another addiction.

But, based on my observation, not all of that is true. I have a friend who used to be addicted to gambling & drinking, now he has gotten out of his gambling addiction, even I never see him playing anymore.

Then what about his drinking addcition? He still has a drinking addiction to this day.

I know some guy who is not into any alcohol even cigarette but he is highly addicted to Gambling, spend almost everything on lottery and other high rewarding games with the hope of getting rich, so it's not like impossible for someone to become addicted to Gambling without any other addiction prior to that.

But it's true, we often see them being addicted to more than once and it just makes things too complicated.

Exactly, it doesn't always work that way. There are some people who are actually addicted to gambling alone, there are also some people who are addicted to smoking, drinking, and gambling together and they have to stop their addiction in every aspect.

And there might be a connection between their gambling and other addiction. going to the casino, having beer, being around smoke, and playing might be their complete package, so I get what the author is saying. In order to stop such addictive gambler, they have to stop their other addictions as well. They have to stop everything.

But It's really not easy because, from what I understood, when someone is addicted to something, especially a substance, if they don't take it in a day, they feel like they're about to die. It would take a long process, but it's possible if the person is willing to quit.

That is the topic of OP, addiction to alcohol and substances can create a greater effect to gambling addiction, if the mind is unstable and fueled by those substances, it becomes more enjoyable to the gambler, since all of them are for entertainment and fun it will be done excessively.

It depends on what, if it's resources consuming, then it is no different from gambling addiction. In order to quit addiction, some persons get addicted to more working hours and exercise, something helpful to the body other than hard substance that still negatively affect the body.

There are different types of people in the world who are addicted to different types of addicts to smoking alcohol or alcohol national things. When another addiction such as smoking is in the middle of the addiction, his tide addiction also increases and it worsens the person’s mental health condition and worse. These addictions act as helpful to each other, which makes a person easily fall into an addiction after a later, this process creates a kind of pathological cycle. Which makes it difficult for a man to get out of, so it has to protect themselves from such addiction. And make yourself in such a way that it doesn’t get boundaries. You have to always try to keep yourself within the boundaries.

Yes, it does I have seenit happen to many of my friends and at one time to me, there is something on smoking and drinking that lets you want to go on even if in the normal state you just stop. its stimulation is produced by smoking and drinking.
A friend even admitted that he wants to gamble because when he plays, he likes the taste of the liquor and the effects it produce more than when he is drinking and not gambling; one of these fuels the others so if you're smoking and start to gamble, understand the risk that you are exposing yourself to high-risk on both.

You never know which came first, the chicken or the egg. But you do know about poly-drug addictions, which are common. Normally people are not only hooked on heroin for example, they usually also smoke or use other drugs. I would say it is the same for gambling. Tobacco, alcohol and caffeine would be the drugs most commonly consumed by the problem gambler, being the legal ones, but also others.

I know someone that's a Gambling addict who takes drugs, before he started gambling he's not the type that drinks, smokes or take drugs but when he got addicted to gambling the pain and losses made him rely on drugs. In the long run these drugs fueled his gambling addiction, he became more obsessed with gambling. Drugs, alcohol or so on affects your cognitive reasoning and makes you do some irrational things, this is the reason why they are always free in land based casinos. I don't know about drugs but in land based casinos alcohol is always free, this strategy is too make gamblers distabilizes mentally so they can lose what they have.

Though, I have always though gambling addiction can be fueled by other addictions which require money for those addicted people to continue to continue the first addiction. Let us talk about those people who are addicted to cocaine or opioids first, they may start to fuel their addiction using money they get through work or through savings, but when those sources of income are depleted because they cannot longer function, they could feel tempted to move onto gambling with the hope of winning enough money to continue buying drugs, alcohol, opioids or whatever they need to keep their first addiction going.

I agree addictions are a chain, and not necessarily the first step in such a chain is gambling, there are too many circumstances which could push people to engage in reckless gambling...

In most cases, addicted people only have 1 addiction, for example a person addicted to gambling, can consume alcohol and smoke and not be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. in the same way that a person addicted to drugs can gamble and not become addicted to drugs.

This is because smoking, drugs, alcohol and gambling require money for people to access. Therefore, a person addicted to drugs will spend all their money on drugs and will hardly spend it all on gambling.

A person does not get addicted to anything very easily. A person has to spend a lot of time on any subject or object, then it becomes an addiction. I find one reason behind men's addiction to gambling, smoking, alcohol, etc. is loneliness. A common person suddenly becomes addicted to addiction due to thinking badly about himself. Lack of entertainment leads people to turn to drugs/addiction . A person becomes addicted to gambling due to financial problems.

In my opinion, gambling is not a bad thing at all. Gambling is done for entertainment. A person does not get the respect he needs in his social environment. As a result, he searches for different platforms for some respect and entertainment. So, where he finds respect and entertainment, the person returns to that place again and again. Gambling or any addiction helps to make the person happy. The loneliness of the person disappears. People become addicted to drugs because they have no one to share their sorrows with.

We do not have to adopt thousands of methods to get an addicted person out of his addiction. If we can just share their pain, we can get them out of their addiction in 90% of cases.

Trying to quite every addiction at the same time will certainly take time and more effort from the addict. I can't imagine someone having both gambling and alcoholic addiction. That's already a bad combo for such a person. One thing I believe might help is when gamblers starts putting their health first.

When one's health is affected by either gambling addiction or any other form of addiction, making a recovery demands alot. Gambling addictions affects the health, so as other form of addictions do. Sorting one problem might not necessarily change the other. But when an addict sees a reason to put his/her health first, then that's already the beginning of recovery.

There is a strong point here. But what if this addicts adds stealing and robbery just to fuel all three additions. An addict most times losses control of their consciousness when the urge to do this things arises. The might go any length to meet this urge. Some will start from taking things from the house without the owners consent and gradually advance into street pickers and slowly into the high ways.

An addict doesn't see money has a barrier to satisfying their cravings. They might sell off properties both theirs and those they steal just to satisfy this urge. Some will go as far as begging and doing jobs to satisfy this urge. Addiction Is bad and it's grip on a victim is always terrible.

It can be that one addiction fuels another, because the primary addiction in constantly raising the vulnerability of the individual, what means he is prone to be more impulsive and careless on his decisions motivated by the primary addiction, which can be drugs from different natures or alcohol.

It's important to identify what the individual's purpose is when developing addictions. He might be trying to run or escape from problems he is facing in personal life and can't solve properly. He might be just playing around, without any notion he is actually playing with fire. He might be trying to impress someone through spending money on drinks and with gambling.

Once you identify the original cause, it becomes easier to understand which way should be taken towards recovery.

I don't see much connection between gambling addiction and drug addiction. There are many people who are addicted to gambling but are afraid of drugs, or there are people who are addicted to drugs but are not addicted to gambling. Rather, they are afraid of gambling and refrain from gambling. You don't have to travel to the moon to find such people, they are around you. I find such a nature among my friends.

The way to get rid of gambling addiction and drug addiction is not the same, nor are they built on the same formula. A person addicted to gambling has to make a commitment on his own and try to take a break from gambling with the help of his family. When you are running a family and busy at work, you may give up gambling addiction on your own. There may be old habits, but it is not an addiction. Drug addiction is completely different, you have to give it up gradually. It is almost impossible to get rid of drug addiction without the help of your second person.

I don't know if you can remember one of my thread that I spoke about the willingness of someone to stop their addiction, that's because I also thought of it that addicted individuals had something which services their addiction, that's what give them reason to be addicted and until they willingly make up their mind that they want to change they will not even if they are receiving treatment.

I think that stoping addiction depends on the individual's will power, if the addict makes a decision to stop all his addictions at once, it can be possible. But I don't think that it'll be easy to stoping one addictions that will affect gambling addiction to stop too. I've never heard of any addict with such experience but I believe that it can happen and it will depend on the addicts will power or determination to stop all the addictions all at once. It's easier for a drug addict to stop smoking addiction too because they are similar but gambling addiction is different, it is caused by greed to win.

The possibility of someone to have two chain of addiction is very high, for we to be addicted in the gambling, it's because we have loss much in the gambling, maybe we are looking for a way to get rid of the loss in the gambling

So theirs is every tendency that such kind of addiction can be stop, through advice and through relocation,gambling is easy to stop when you're addicted.

Someone who is smoker and is addicted in smoking, it will be difficult for the person to stop smoking, and when advising the person, it will not comprehend you, unlike when you're advising someone who is gambler, so theirs different between someone who is gambling addicted and someone who is not smoking addict and drinking addict.

if a person is addicted to other things adding to gambling, and he decided to stop other form of addiction that is attached to the gambling addiction, then i don't think if that will have any positive response on the gambling habit except he works on the gambling habit. what i mean is that if a person is addicted to smoking, drinking, womanizing, taken hard drugs and weed, and the person decides to stop all this addiction apart from gambling, that will not guarantee that addiction of gambling will automatically stop except he starts to work on the gambling addiction.  

I don't think is that possible for someone that is addicted to smoking to quit just like that. because though most of them don't always believe that they are addicted to smoking, even when they tell them to stop they would still not listen allex when it will start affecting them before they will believe that they are addicted, and by then it have start affecting them in their system. So is not that easy as you think for someone that is already addicted to smoking.

Op, are you in anyway suggesting that addictions are interwoven or what? Because I know of many alcoholic and drug addicts that don't gamble just as there are lots of gamblers that don't take alcohol or even do drugs.

Thoughtfully it doesn't work in the way you're trying to connote as I do not see the relativity in an individual who's both a gambling addict and a drug addict having to quitting drug leading to an immediate quit in his gambling addiction. Except you want to tell me that both are of same causes which is obvious that they're not. It rather something the individual has to deal with differently at a different time.

I think there is a general agreement that people who have one addiction are more susceptible to picking up other addictions. However this may be because they have lost the feeling of control as they have surrendered themselves to something already. Someone that is addicted to smoking tobacco is more likely to give cannabis a try and may then fall under its spell. When you feel weakness in one area of your life, it can open up doors to other weaknesses, if you choose to see gambling that way.

Addictions is hard to stop that's why one must try to prevent it so that they won't become addicted to anything. However just been saying this before now that addiction doesn't start just in a day, the gambler develops it gradually and that's how it becomes use to him or her. IMO, gambling addiction is the worst of all the things you have mentioned because some people can do anything for them to gamble, they can sell their properties or use people's money to fuel their gambling addiction. But one who's addicted to alcohol and drug might have friends that's also addicted so if this person do not have money to buy the hard drugs/alcohol the next person might have. Although the both are not something one should become addicted to because they are not good.

That makes sense.

But someone who's addicted to gambling needs to quit prior to what he wants to quit with. If he doesn't want to gamble anymore, he needs to quit gambling first than any other things.

If the damage that is being done with gambling is higher than anything else, it only means that he has to do that first so he can move on and quit with the other.

So, it's either way and what might works better for any gambler.

That's right bro, that's why we have to be able to control ourselves so as not to fall into addiction to something that can harm ourselves, addiction to something is okay as long as it's under our control, as long as we can control it so as not to harm ourselves too much, it's okay in my opinion, don't let us get addicted to things that can harm us so that we can no longer control it.

Excessive addiction in seeking money is also very dangerous in my opinion, because after all when we are addicted and can no longer control it, we can justify all means to be able to fulfill our desires, don't let all other people's rights become our own rights, because we can no longer control it so that our inner eyes are closed to doing indecent things that can harm others, not only ourselves, other people also feel the impact of our carelessness.

if you have severe addiction on gambling but your not as severe on other addiction that you have, I think it is a good approach to tackle the addiction that you are not as addicted at compared to gambling. perhaps doing this would make it a lot easier to tackle your severe addiction to gambling, I mean, you'd know what to do when you are finally going to tackle your addiction on gamling. just a note that when you have multiple addiction it would be best to get profesional help and let them properly make a plan on what to do with your addiction.

I don't think any addiction can influence gambling addiction on someone and I don't think a quit to any addiction can also stop one from gambling addiction. The only reason for gambling addiction is because of lackof understanding,  taking gambling as a source of getting money, and gambling with no limit,  these are the things that causes gambling addiction.  And if you are suffering from other addiction and  you are lucky to be free from it, it is not a guarantee that you will be free from gambling addiction too. Being free from gambling addiction is by taking good decision and discipline.

Quiting addiction is not that easy, cause the fight is hard. The whole thing on addiction is that it holds someone down and almost in everything round about that person.

I don't see a gambling addict quiting gambling to be too difficult as one who has addiction related to the release of dopamine. This is one very difficult to break free from.

Gambling can be done in public with physical cash or mobile device, not to compare with drug addicts, who gains satisfaction only when they take in that substance they wholely desire.

Taking those things can be a resistant to wining while gambling because we no the content of those alcohol and the other thing they are taking and certainly is something that cannot make someone to think clearly, so I wonder how they can get a game with unstable reasoning, though the instances I feel those things can work that way is the time of depression, so actually even if someone took it before or as they are gambling may not mean that they are addicted to the both in that way, such as doing it always in the time of gambling. However even if someone can only be addicted to one thing alone out of many doesn't mean you can just say I want this instead because your mind will not accept it, is just like how we have numerous sports but among them there is only one you regularly wish to gamble  based on the satisfaction you get from gambling with it, so that's how some persons may see it.

I can agree with that thanks to my personal experience which is that I used to play several hours a day video games, I used to go to the arcade games when I was a little boy up until 17-18 years old, soon after entering university I failed my second year and had to take one year off to retry again, during this one year off I found a job in a lotto club back in those days, should have been 2005 or something like that and I learned a lot, I mean truly a lot about gambling there so that was the addiction that fueled gambling, it came from me playing video games as I used to win the video games I thought I can win in gambling too which wasn't the case as I learn through my years in gambling, so yes most of the cases some other addiction can fuel gambling.

It is only possible when the addictions are inter connected, that is you can't gamble without smoking or using any drugs before you can do anything that is when we can say addiction fuels addiction .
Drug addiction affects your brain and behavior to the point where you can't control your use of legal or illegal drugs.

When an addiction fuels another, it means the addict must have gotten to the climax where they no longer feel and enjoy the comfort they derive initially, which may now lead them to moving to another addictive activity so that they can now feel and get the same satisfaction they have being getting before.

Substance addiction fuels excessive and irresponsible gambling since you get inspired to the point that you will not be able to make the right decisions, most of the uncontrollable gambling addiction cases are a result of substance abuse as the basis foundation for addiction.

Alcohol is the most consumed substance in most casinos and even online gamblers find alcohol as a good companion and relaxation while gambling but it impacts onnour emotional control.

You are saying that many people who gamble always have a reason why they gamble and when those reasons are no more of interest to them again, they’ll stop gambling and will automatically leave their gambling addict nature. I won’t disregard this your claim because it sounds so true and I think this is how it is actually for many people that are addicted gamblers, they’re force to make decisions that are not of their nature because of what they’re addicted to. Every addiction always has its repercussions though and if gambling repercussions can make a gambler feel to engage in another thing else, then he should try and detach himself from those things in order to get some sense of good behavioral act towards those things.

If quitting one can help you get rid of the others, then the solution is to go for it, but basically, if you quit one, it means you will be channelling all your energy to the rest that you have left. No form of addiction is good, and if it's possible, the person should take a break from whatever they do very excessively and seek help if they can't handle it themselves.

Many times, a person is addicted to multiple addictions at the same time, in which case one addiction fuels another. Some people are addicted to alcohol with friends and it has been seen that while being addicted to alcohol, they sometimes become addicted to gambling. Again, it has been seen that while playing cards, at some point, curiosity sets in and they place bets with money, and this bet later turns into gambling.

Gambling addiction and drug addiction are different, drug addiction damages the human body extensively. Gambling addiction starts when people find some extra ways to earn money, those who become addicted to gambling are the ones who may face financial losses later. But the unique addictions that you mentioned are basically symptoms of different addictions.
Maybe someone is driving and enjoying the pleasure, maybe they are taking drugs, this can basically show side effects later in his life. If a person does not have money, he will not be able to enter gambling, but if there are some strategies for gambling addiction, then of course people can abandon it.

That type of addiction is very common among friends who stays together and how to fight such is to start by disconnecting them from each other if they don’t socialize together the addiction life can easily be stopped by one since they don’t have each others back to motivate one another to either drink, gamble or even smoke, just the same way they don’t just start it one day stopping it will also be something of gradual process.

A person can be addicted to different things. Someone can be addicted to drugs or someone can be addicted to gambling. But I have not seen anyone who, after becoming addicted to drugs, also became addicted to gambling. Any addiction has a negative effect on a person. But, if you try, it is possible to get rid of all addictions. In this case, the gambler must play a proper role. The gambler must take steps to protect himself from his addiction. If a person addicted to gambling can control gambling on his own, then he can get rid of the addiction. Gambling is not a source of income, no one will win regularly from it. If a gambler can achieve these things properly, then he can get rid of his addiction to some extent. There are many who are hoping to recover their losses, which is why they are facing more losses. He has to come out of all these ideas.

It's just like saying you want to use the medicine for infection and cure malaria. Things doesn't works that way, though they could sound the same but they both had different effects on our state of mind. If you are gambling addicts and another is smoking addicts, you could see you both may not reason the same because yours is like using the least to make out millions while the other is like using the least to cool off his brain just to get that satisfying Joy in them but is not the same as the other who is looking for the least to make millions. So, in handle the addiction both can't take the same cure.

I think that you're right. With my observation too in our neighborhood, when someone is addicted to 1 addiction, there goes the other(2) one that an addict goes. So, for a addicted gambler needs to sustain his needs, he'd go with other things. And much worst is when they're involved with drugs and other substances that makes them a whole addict for vices and everything and they need to be taken care of and reminded of what they're doing with their lives.

You are rather talking about the severity of addictions, but not how one addiction can lead to another one, which are two completely different discussions to have, you know.
It does not matter the kind of addiction one suffers, if it gets severe enough it can lead anyone to commit crimes or steal money from others, even within the same family household.
There are people who are alcoholic and steal for their alcohol, in the same way, there are gamblers who steal to continue to try their luck, not even mentioning those who consume hard drugs, like cocaine...

If you are addicted to drinking or smoking, regardless if you stop gambling or not, you will certainly find ways on how to continue drinking and smoking because you get used to it already. But if you instill discipline and self-control towards your vices, until you slowly get rid of them, even if you are still into gambling, then gambling alone will not be capable anymore to fuel another addiction.

I think anyone who has chains of addictions like this; smoking, drinking, gambling and many more, such a person is actually battling with some personal struggles within him. He might be depressed and trying to find happiness in odd places and odd activities which is the major reason he isolates more just to satisfy his addictions. If you want to help such a person quit gambling addiction and other forms of addictions he may be having at this time, first find out stuffs about his personal life,  his family, friends, job and other activities he used to do but no longer does them. You would be amaze with your findings. Whatever response you get will guide you on the next step to take.

Gambling addiction is very dangerous,  having chains of addictions like this makes it even more dangerous. For this reason, such addicted victims should be given close attention because there is more going on with them than we know.

I haven’t seen many individuals addicted to drinking or taking hard drugs to be addicted to gambling as well, I haven’t seen that for real. To put it straight, it takes money to fuel an addiction, money that you can’t split and spend in two ways or share between two different addictions. You’re either spending the more of it on one addiction or the other which could mean, you’re not exactly addicted to the other. It’s just some activity you happen to engage in.
Gambling has never been the worst of the worst, it’s always aimed at giving you some returns if you win.

You’ve been deeply focused on this addiction. People don’t understand how people actually get addicted to something. Some people fall into addiction by themselves, while some people fall into addiction despite not having desire. And he doesn’t understand how much he’s going to destroy his life. I think that tide addiction is most harmful because it also mentally mentally not one person or family financially. And addiction like alcohol and drug addiction is similarly destructive where sometimes nobody can get into this problem because people around them follow the same path. So, join with such people you have to stop.

I think it goes even beyond addiction and you have to get to the root of these addictions. Like what made people develop these bad habits in the first place? Smoking, drinking, drugs, gambling. I think much addiction comes from some void people have in their hearts and some form of hurt or other type of loss (not gambling related). There is that saying that misery loves company, and not to say that all of those who gamble are all addicted drinking drug doing low lifes but I do feel like the addictions that become so prevalent in someone's life does stem from some tramatic experiences and gambling and these other addictions help to fill that void and make them feel better in a way, if that makes sense.

Rather than quitting I reckon it'd be better to move on to something less damaging than gambling (or the other vices) if they really wanted to quit addiction. Preferably ones that are a lot easier to manage. Or maybe identify the root cause since as a sample of what you said, gambling or alcohol CAN be a side activity of what you're truly addicted to, e.g, taking drugs. 

I'd only see a need to do this(the change target thing) if they can't manage to quit anything slowly, though, since addiction CAN be pretty hard to get themselves out of. That, or it's a grueling suffering for a few months. A person can come clean like this but I reckon a relapse can just as easily happen since it wasn't a gradual removal but rather a forceful one.

Addiction is a sentence that has a bad meaning and most people in my opinion when they hear addiction then what comes to mind is a negative perspective. Any addiction is a bad thing, be it smoking, drinking or gambling. I myself am one of those who are addicted to smoking, and I admit it, because at work I always smoke in any situation I smoke but I will not admit that I am addicted to gambling or drinking because I am not like that.
I understand that addiction is something that is difficult to get rid of, I also once got rid of my smoking addiction when I was hospitalized and treated for several weeks but when I recovered from my illness I went back to smoking even though I realized that smoking is not healthy but it was difficult for me to stop myself from smoking. this is quite difficult to get rid of, fortunately I am not addicted to anything else. But with this smoking addiction does not trigger me to become addicted to gambling or addicted to drinking.

Everything is exactly the opposite. One addiction does not entail another addiction, but one addiction can replace another addiction. For example, there are drug addiction treatment methods based on this. However, the effectiveness of this method is quite controversial.

In practice, if a person is addicted to gambling, alcohol, cigarettes, which is very common, then perhaps only two things can get rid of his addictions. These are serious health problems or lack of money. Moreover, both are an inevitable consequence of gambling addiction and bad habits.

It would seem that what could be wrong with not only betting on a match but also taking a bottle of beer and watching the teams play while also indulging in some alcohol?
But in reality, this is the first step towards making an uncontrolled decision to cancel a bet during a match (many bookmakers offer this option). But under the influence of alcohol, this will not be a balanced sober decision.
In this case, it is better to place a bet at all and not watch the match, because such a betting fan will simply lose money due to his bad decision.

I disagree with this thesis, your argument is incomplete if it is only based on assumptions, I am a cigarette addict but I am not addicted to gambling, I can't smoke a day it can be a big problem for my body stability because I am already addicted but so far I have not experienced any problems when I don't gamble which means I am not addicted, you can't generalize that someone who is addicted to cigarettes will experience gambling addiction if they enter the world of gambling, isn't that the same sentence?

Your assumption may have to be corrected because it involves many parties who can emphasize that at any point when they have other habits that make them addicted they will suffer from gambling addiction if they enter the gambling world.

Addiction of alcohol, cigarettes and any other hard substances are of live threatening addictions and the only remedy to easily stops this are whether visit the hospital and doctor gives them condition that they either have few months to live if they don't quit them, you would see them easily quit it without any further hesitations. But this same approach can't be applied to whom that is gambling addiction and of course that wouldn't for any fuel gambling addictions rather when there is need for urgency they would quit taking those hard substances because it involves life/death.

Sure, if all addictions are interconnected or intertwined then one of them could trigger other/s.For instance, if given gambler is used to bet when being under the drug then taking the shit would likely result in the next attempt of betting no matter whether he has lost or win at the previous attempt.

Yea this idea makes a whole lot of sense, this is one of the way to make these set of persons that are affected by those  stuffs you mentioned first to quit but one thing I understand about addiction of alcohol, cigarette and any other drug addiction is that, it is a habit that gradually grows so when this habit grows it is almost impossible for anyone to put a stop to it unless descpline or the measures you just mentioned is been applied to help the person involved, though gambling addiction is also a habit but it has it own way of handling it, this may be by gradually advising them to stop chasing loss and making them to understand the need to know when to give a break and continue when necessary, they should also be aware of gambling with what they can afford to let go to avoid retrying all the time to avoid incuring more loss.

There are various addictions that we make unintentionally and do not notice them. We are so used to them that it seems to us that we can no longer exist without them, for example, drinking several cups of coffee every day or, for example, smoking several cigarettes. Some even do this while betting online. I think in the long term, many bad habits will have a negative impact on a person. It is worth thinking about the fact that they gradually destroy us and if we want to be healthy, we must understand that we need to take breaks, at least not long ones, so that sometimes our life is without them for the benefit of our health.

Do you want to get an ideal person? Is it possible? Or on the other hand, someone who has no addictions will be a rather passive person, lying on the couch, without a single desire. I doubt that when talking about addictions in general, we can put someone's hobby and passion for gambling, drug addiction, and alcohol on the same level. The most common hobby implies that a person gets dopamine from his activity. A gambler experiences the same thing. The problem is that there are bad habits that, by their presence in a given person, violate the freedom of other people, and there are those that do not affect strangers at all.

But I agree that having bad addictions, people are sometimes mistaken in the fact that, for example, they can be cured of drug addiction by drinking alcohol. Such things belong to the same category, and they need to be treated by specialists using the same methods.

Take your time to read what i said earlier. Every other form of addiction can exist on it its own but that addiction can lead someone to gamble. There must be a reason for someone to gamble in the first place. Trust me just because you see a lot of people gambling you think they are gambling to earn a living? Most of the people you see gamble so that they can have the right amount to get a prostitute. For instance if they have few bucks that is not the amount to carry a prostitute they do gamble to double or tripple it so they can afford one. This goes onto to other things people might be addicted to. It can also be junk foods, playing video games or whatsoever.

Quitting addiction is not easy, it is not a leap talk. I know of someone who smokes, gambles and alcoholic too. He doesn't drink a bottle without gulping it down with some sticks of cigarettes. While he is forecasting his game and analysing his game he is also taking one of those. So in such case what can a third-party do? Nothing I believe, because it is a personal decision that will see such person stopping it or a diagnosis of dangerous health issue based on his actions.

But for gambling particularly, my is that the reason for gambling is to have an increase money or cash, so greed is the usual thing. A gambler who is addicted and has income that is not from gambling should encourage himself to focus more on his job and reduce gambling then for those who are trying to use gambling as source of income should have a rethink because gambling is more of losses than profit.

I can borrow your idea in the context that when moderation isn't practiced in other areas of life or our activities aren't controlled on a personal level, it tends to spread to other concerns and it's obvious that those who cannot control their other activities, when they get into grabbling, they cannot uphold the principles of gambling in moderation and having a gambling budget since they're used to being very excessive in their involvements.

Therefore it is easier to become gambling addicts and chasing loses becomes inevitable since the person is very low on discipline and cannot incorporate the emotional intelligence and strength necessary to defeat addiction.

Sorry to ask but what is the benefit of gambling to womanize? Is that a form of brothel in a casino or what? I've never heard anything like this before, can you talk about about this? Thank you.

Another addiction can't fuel gambling addiction, not from what I have seen before, the reason why people become more addicted to gambling is because of greed, or chasing after losses.

The reason why people gamble is to make money, drinking alcohol is not money related, I believe men consumes alcohol more than women and that's to escape from troubled mind and reality, it becomes a part of men when they keep drinking over and over.

Now alcohol consumption won't make you money, but gambling will likely do it, so how does drinking fuels gambling addiction? I am still confused.

For some addicted gambler, they were actually responsible gambler but due to one thing or another, they allowed themselves get addicted, it could be that they were too addicted to living a particular lifestyle that is pressuring them to get quick money from gambling so that they can be able to satisfy that other lifestyle that they are also addicted to. Like the example you gave, some gamblers are addicted to alcohol or weed, drugs, or something else and for them to get money to feed on those things, they need to raise money through gambling.

There is a proverb in English that says that bad habits beget bad habits. If someone is addicted to gambling, he will automatically get addicted to worse addictions, especially to manage gambling money, he will commit crimes like theft, robbery, kidnapping. He will eventually become addicted to drugs. If someone develops a bad habit, they will inevitably develop more than one bad habit, and the fuel from one bad habit will flow into another.

I will agree with you that it is true that one type of addiction invites another type of addiction.
I personally know some people who started their gambling well but later they gradually became addicted to gambling and they lost their huge funds there and till now they have not been able to complete the debt of that money.

And because of this debt, I've seen them go from cigarette smoking to weed smoking and drinking alcohol, and they're still doing it regularly. I mean, they're in the first stage of addiction, so it really makes sense that one addiction could fuel another addiction.

Gambling addiction is not something that would be neglected because it is just like a night mare which need proper consideration.
Gambling addiction is more worse when the gambler is already addicted to some bad habits like smoking, humanizing, drinking and others. This behavior have much influence in making a gambler become addictive to gambling activities.
The goal might be to make money but gradually things might keep becoming unbearable which could keep the fuel more addiction.

You are absolutely correct that is the real truth about it, because there is no how someone would quits other things that they are addicted to and decide to lose interest in gambling. Allex if the person just decide to quit gambling as well if not I don't really think is that possible to leave everything just like that. Because just like as you mentioned I think every addiction have their own way of quitting them one by one, because though is not one day that you got addicted to them it most surely be a do process.

Being addicted to alcohol does not mean that he is also addicted to gambling because there are some people who drink alcohol but are not interested in gambling and vice versa, so if there are people who are addicted to alcohol and then gamble, it does not mean that the person will stop gambling when they stop drinking alcohol, because in my opinion, gambling addiction is not caused by drinking alcohol or smoking marijuana, but most people gamble purely from ourselves who want to get pleasure from gambling.

It is indeed not easy to eliminate addiction to several activities simultaneously, everything takes a process, but it depends on each person's personality. If someone is addicted to alcohol, drugs and gambling, of course it cannot be eliminated simultaneously, this is always related. Usually addicts will rack their brains on how to get money quickly, and of course gambling is their main target to get money quickly. The solution can only be done by avoiding one of these addictions so that slowly these activities can be abandoned one by one

You’re not wrong with your analysis however there’s a lot of proof in the last that is a very bad partner to gambling since it always result to reckless betting due to the influence of alcohol in our mind.

Even pro player that has high PnL on Blackjack like Dana White becomes a victim of this mix when he lose millions while he thought he is just playing small amount when he is drunk.

This is why people shouldn’t gamble when he still battling different addiction because it usually leads to reckless bets.

There is indeed when someone addicted, he will difficult to quit of what he did before. He think that he can not quit the activities because he don't have other activities to fill his free time. That is why when someone addicted to gambling, he just attract the risk become big especially if he doesn't have other people who can remind him that he is break his limit.

He must have a big effort to realize that he is addicted and want to solve that problem. He can tell to other people around him and ask for the suggestion how he can cure the addiction. If he find the right people, he can get the answer how he can solve his addiction. But if he doesn't get it, that may make him deeper in that addiction without have a chance to stop.

I think that the Op talking about single situations. All people differs and someone can has lots of kinds of addictions without gambling, the other one can be only gambling addict. We can see that all kinds of addiction has common results, but it doesn`t mean that if someone has one addiction, he easily gets another one.

If two addiction is connected it should be money and the other. Some people are addicted to sex and it can never be connected to gambling. But once a gambler got money, and probably he made all the possible way to get that money as an addicted gambler he would used a good percentage in gambling before another thing.
Addiction is the perpetual likeness or loving to do the thing at all time. People are addicted to smoking, drinking and others and all consume money. Addiction never brings money and always takes money.

There are many types of addiction, gambling is one of them, but i agreed with you, if someone addicted in smoking there was no connection with gambling, on the other hand gambling addiction isn’t connected with alcohol addiction, so if anyone stop one habit that means other one will be stop automatically, that's not like that but gambling addiction is most dangerous, that can destroy a man or a family by financially.

it is very easy to fall for greed and allure of money once a gambler starts winning and he gets a taste of winning and what it is like to get some money and live a luxurious lifestyle he will start putting all his money into gambling

what once was only a hobby and something to pass time with has become something that can be harmful and out of control

Ridiculous, this is not clearly based on why someone would have a gambling addiction when he has other addictions, like someone addicted to watching adult movies then he will easily get addicted to gambling? of course not, I think it all depends on what makes his dopamine increase in his mind, when someone's dopamine increases because of playing online games so he is easy to get addicted there but not necessarily if he plays games in gambling will get the same thing and get addicted. LOL

You know, I get your point that when it comes to addiction, there are many categories that we can have, just like the ones you mentioned, like smoking, drinking and so on. Now, when it comes to quitting, I don't think I've ever seen anyone who quit drinking immediately quit smoking.

It still depends on the individual who has an addiction, either more than one, the addiction they have, I'm pretty sure that they won't be able to let go of it all at once,
because when they have an addiction, they didn't get it in just one day like some of our friends here are saying.

Well for me this is not how i see it honestly cause addictions differs and so is it's results, you can tend to be addicted to gambling and as well smoking but I don't think being addicted to one of the addiction can actually fuel into another addiction. The point is so many are addicted to alot of things but finds it hard to stop cause when they stop one it pushes them to keep going with the other addictions, I don't know if you get me.

There is a psychology used by psychiatrist to treat addiction and this theory is to make is to make someone who is addicted to some bad habits like gambling to get addicted to doing something productive so even if one stops a particular addiction there is no specific connection or relationship that they would stop the other habits or addiction.

Since the process of resolving some kind of addiction differs from each other one might find it difficult to leave a particular addiction because they stopped another it's just a norm.

Surprisingly, there are exceptions. We have a famous TV presenter here in the country who was once popular. He is already 80 years old, he was recently taken to the hospital urgently, doctors demanded that he give up smoking. But the old man categorically rejected this demand and said that he smoked and would smoke despite the threat to his life. It was on the news.

By the way, my father smoked to death despite lung cancer, and in total he smoked in his life for probably 65 years. I quit smoking myself only on the second attempt. Former smokers have dreams about how they smoke decades after they quit smoking. So gambling addiction is really just a trifle compared to nicotine.

Rightly said gambling addiction is worse because gambling addiction has the biggest impact on the family. When a man or any member starts spending all his time energy and money on gambling then the relationships in the family also start deteriorating. Mistrust frustration and unrest in the relationship increase which can lead to divorce family chaos or mental health problems.

People who gamble with the aim of getting profit in gambling will feel a stronger attraction to continue gambling again and again, when they succeed in getting a win then here it is like there is a point of hope that will make them able to get a bigger win, unfortunately this leads them to gambling addiction only which leads them to find it difficult to stop gambling if there is no win that can make them quiet. But I myself do not think that when we are addicted to smoking then it has the potential to make us addicted to gambling or others, because this addictive mindset only focuses on one thing and when addicted tends to be the thing that will be prioritized is what makes him addicted.

At the first place you wont get addicted if you have a control to your self such as have a limit how much you will play as a first deposit or capital, how much you will take profit and stop the game or even lose, and there's another factor of how frequent you will play only because sometimes people just get play daily reason why once they get used to it they cant remove into their system every time they sit the same routine they have the reflexes on up to play gambling. You cannot remove that immediately but you can lessen by that until you forget how to play anymore. Get some distractions into your self for sure you have a lot of time so instead shift into other kind of activities such as exercise, learning new things, and etc.

Addiction is like we use that thing too much by more than the other things that could be important for us. After all, use too much will not be good for us, no matter what it is. We should know how to balance everything and become addicted to one or two thing.

I remember when my nephew play video games too long. That slowly make them difficult to stop from playing the video games and he become lazy to do other things. When they gather with their friends, they don't talk about other things and just the games that they played.

That happen too with some friends that addicted to drink, travelling, and even gambling. We must remember that using something too much can impact to our life so we need to balance it before something bad happen.

That method would only work if the other addiction can become a replacement for the current addiction. For example, if I'm a gambler, and I gamble for about 4 hours a day, from 8 PM to 12 AM. Now, if someone, either a psychiatrist or a friend or family, gets me to do something else during that duration, something that I also like doing and I get hooked to it, that might allow me to stop gambling because the new thing has taken the time slot, and I might already have other things to do the whole day.

However, for this to work perfectly, one has to be willing to stop gambling because if you are not willing to do that personally, you will always find a way to gamble, and if the urge is too strong, it might even disrupt other things that you do because now you will sneak up your gambling activities into your routine and scatter everything else.

We don't move from one addiction to another, we are all addicts, we move from one thing we like to another, or we just add on, some mixes and combinations can be amazing. We walk through life & world discovering things and imagine that, we get in love with some of them. Like always, some love stories are simply bigger & stronger than others.

There are a lot of people in this world, and although we have many similarities with each other, each one is unique in their own way... So we can agree that addiction is just a word that describes some level of obsession over something/someone, and all of us will fall in love & addiction at some point, it's just a question of what/whom and how much... and when that happens you will either be strong and you will learn how to control it, or it will eat you.

Yes, when we get addicted to something that we feel comfortable with and don't practice moderation or control in it, it's possible that the next thing that brings us comfort would see us being addicted. No matter how important something is to us, even our wives, we shouldn't be so addicted to them, else we'll lose our head and position as the head of the family. There should be an extent that we get to draw the line both for sanity sake and for productivity sake.

In the case of your nephew since he's addicted to video games, it's better he's stopped and taught moderation from a young age, else by the time he learns how to gamble, it might be the same story and it's detrimental.

First of all, maybe what you said is true, but i don't see that when someone has an addiction like you said (nicotine dopamine, alcohol, marijuana) they will tend to be able to stop gambling after successfully overcoming their addiction, i doubt that, although in fact there must be someone who can stop at once, but my speculation is that it is only a small percentage.

If you want to quit, you have to do it slowly because it's impossible to do it all at once, it can lead to insanity.

And also gambling won't be a problem if he becomes a responsible gambler, doing it just for entertainment, maybe this can help take his mind off other addictions.

Thank you OP for bringing this up because most times gambling addiction does not just happen, it could be traced to addiction to something else. There are people who are into drugs such that if they don't satisfy that cravings, they are ready to do anything funny. Such person cannot stay without money and the moment they are told that gambling can fund their cravings, they can go about it the wrong way and will definitely become addicted to it. This is just one of many examples of when one addiction can lead to gambling addiction.

people that have just one addiction must be aware that can become addicted also to other substances or bad habits in general.
it's like the brain become more incline on falling again.
For people that already know that, in order to avoid danger situation (like falling in a gambling addiction) the best solution is to use coins in a smart way. cold wallets, timelocks, even using some deposits limit.

I never thought that such a chain addiction could happen. But in practice, it is actually very possible for gambling addicts. Especially for those who really want to double their money instantly. So they think that gambling will get more money in a short time to meet other addiction needs.
People who think of making gamblers their financial solution are the wrong people. If continued then the potential for loss will continue to increase.

I agree with you, in fact, when these people need money, they want to get money quickly in any way, and they see gambling as a means of earning money quickly, and from that time they enter the world of gambling. They are ready to take any risk to fulfill their greed or needs, and that is why they dare to gamble by borrowing money from others, but by doing this they never get success. Because it is never possible to earn huge money from gambling. And thus they sink into another addiction, that is, gambling addiction. That is why one should always maintain the right perspective, and stay away from addictive things as much as possible.

when you see gambling as a means of getting money that will make you to lose more in gambling but some people does not know that seeing gambling as a means of getting money that way make you to being a gambling addicted or knowingly so I believe that the gambling is all about we having our limitation knowing that gambling is not a source of making money but the gambling is a source of partial entertainment but some people does not agree because there are jobless and then when you are jobless it is when you will be hoping on gambling as a source of making money

When it comes to chain effect then we can be able to say that there's indeed that probability on which at the time that you would really be on addicted on something then you would really be that bound in doing things on which you dont even know on where it would really be ending up on which it could really be that having the results on which trying out to deal up with something that you arent that familiar on and since you are already addicted into something then you would really be finding other things on which to be look interesting. Somehow it will really be that depending on a certain individual because there are those who do really that stick into a single thing once that they've been getting involved with. We do know that on the time or moment that they've been dealing up with things accordingly then they would really be sticking into that.

In overall on which at the time that you've been dealing up with things excessively, then its really just that best that you do really know or make yourself that dealing up with and able to control and moderate because we do know that everything which is really that too much is really that not good and this is something that you should be putting up into your mind. You wont really be that getting addicted if you do really have that proper control and moderation on things on which this is the outmost important when dealing up into something. Make yourself responsible and sensible on any actions taken.

Being addicted to something means something bad. A person can be addicted to more than one thing, for example, someone is addicted to women, someone is addicted to alcohol, someone is addicted to gambling, and someone is addicted to video games. Here are a few of the things that I've mentioned to a person at the same time, but some of these things can be addictive. If we think that if a person is addicted to alcohol then he will not be addicted to anything else is wrong. A certain time he will drink alcohol when he will have free time in him then he will spend that time on gambling and some time of the day he may spend on women ie all this can happen to a man. I have never heard of a case where a gambler was able to get out of gambling after falling into another addiction.

That won't be easy if an addict doesn't have help from someone like a friend or family. It will only make a gambling addict have other addiction to replace the other one like video games addiction or alcohol. It is always better that there should be someone who will help a gambling addict to stop the addiction because most of the gambling addicts can't stop gambling and I only know a few people who are gambling addict that completely stop gambling which if you compare it then it's only few people who did it.

It's easier said than done. For someone who is already having so many addictions, I dont think gambling would be the first to help him stop. An addict always tells himself that he's not addicted trying to motivate that mind of his so he can continue doing what he enjoys the most. Unfortunately just few people out there can really control their addiction and probably quit. It's a very difficult thing I'd say. But it's may be easier to prevent than cure.

To me the one that’s more common is gambling also fueling other addiction , like drinking and smoking also . Okay some folks can easily go into depression after experiencing a certain losses in gambling due to poor management, or due the habit of not gambling responsibly. They usually think that drinking or smoking will help relieve them of their pain not knowing it will only make things worse.

The wise thing to do is to stay away from things that can cause you harm if you see that you can’t handle gambling is better for you to stop so you won’t harm yourself more.

Very well said and true let's say for example someone who is addicted to smoking weed, can easily stop the substance usage by just deciding not to consume it again and replace it with other activities like football games and other gambling activities.

But let's say for someone who is addicted to both gambling and smoking weed, and also addicted to gambling, such a person will not be able to kill both addictions with one formula so he will have to treat both addictions on a case-by-case basis.

So far I don't think there is a correlation between nicotine addiction and gambling addiction. I smoke (not marijuana), it doesn't make me lose my mind and I can still control anything and plan anything including quitting gambling on time. When you are addicted to gambling and want to stop, nicotine addiction will not hinder it, except for several other addictive substances that can affect your sanity.

Some intoxicating addictive substances can prevent you from stopping gambling completely, of course there is some truth to that. But if you include smokers as one of them, I don't agree with you. Some drunks can still control things well sometimes, but that's only a few in my opinion.

Somehow I don't really agree with this. Maybe for some people it can happen but for others I think it depends on the choice of the person too because I will only refer to myself where I am still experiencing addiction problems especially in terms of smoking, but that does not mean in this case when I am addicted to cigarettes I am also addicted to other things such as drinking or gambling because in the end things like this are back to our choices and everyone cannot be equated in this regard.

It is undeniable that maybe some people will feel the same way but for others I don't think it can also be generalized because for me things like this can be 50:50 or even a much bigger ratio so that in the end in this case we cannot classify that addiction to something can make the same addictive impact on other things because it is ultimately back to yourself in terms of choice.

Theoretically stopping any type of addictions seems quite easy but in reality it's not actually the case. Basically addictions are very nasty and no one actually likes to become an addict however the eventually find themselves as addict based on bad characters and habits that have accumulated over time.

The thing is it's easy to say abstain from gambling to a gambling addict for them to be able to stop their addiction. But the truth is habits generally can be difficult to get rid of because they become more like a subconscious thing.

It seems op is never addicted to any of these things he mentioned above or maybe op heard from a story of an addict or seen an addict struggling to stop his bad habits to better one but doesn't understand the journey and obstacles an addict is passing through.

It's not always possible to be addicted to all the bad habits the same time, I mean the gambling, alcohol, drugs, marijuana, pills, womanizing and the rest at the same time. It's not always possible I say.

These addictions is truly a step by step procedure from one to another after quiting the other one, the next follow or all stop at once, it only takes the honest discipline dwag to maintain himself out of that addictive mess.

Well said here. There are people who will do anything to satisfy their cravings those persons are more likely to take debt, double the money they have or steal to get what they want. That is how bad they want those things, if gambling becomes the solution they can get addicted to gambling when they want satisfy the other addiction. Take for example someone who is addicted to playing video games but have little money to get game life, shields, and guns to improve your chances of wining. That person can choose to gamble and make it a habit to satisfy the other addiction.

OP you have made points actually, even in some clubs they play gamble there which means by frequently going the club every time, such a gambler may become addicted to gambling even though it mostly involves physical gambling so quitting some social bad habits like the ones you made mention of alcoholic intake, smoking and all the rest can fuel addiction in gambling because some persons say they get inspiration to gamble when they are smoking tobacco or drinking alcohol which then means that if they could stay away from those addiction they can possibly reduce or quit gambling too because there will be nothing to give them the vibes anymore.

When we involve in gambling activities always, it can affect us which is why every gambler need to know what they are doing and somethings that could become a major problem to them. When we keep doing something everytime, we could easily become addicted to such things which is why gambling in moderation is very important not just trying to make money.
Every gamblers are always close to getting addiction but the discipline and risk management we fixed ourselves to is what is going to reduce our risk of getting addicted to gambling.

I can’t say the opposite about what you mentioned since me personally went through this experience of accumulating addictions. I wasn’t proud of what I was doing, so I jumped into a circle of bad habits, addicted to multiple different types of dopamine activities. It was always either losing in gambling then heading to get high, later on I gambled more because I was out of my mind and felt like it’s super easy to win everything back. The second road, was getting high or drinking much to gamble, then ending my night with very bad losses.
However, I woke up fortunately before losing more than what I had now, the first step was sharing my story without being afraid as a result I found many good people that helped during my journey.

Now, I really warn people to never fall into many addictions, especially, not running from one to another addiction. All of us have the ability to resist and control, it’s inside us, not so easy but possible to regain control.

I quit smoking for good, and I was a heavy smoker back then, and specially when I go to land base casinos, I will bring like 2 pack of cigarettes with me. Specially when playing slots and sitting there, you just don't know, how many cigarettes I will have specially when I hit the bonus as I'm excited to see what will be the result of it.

But since I quit it already years ago, I still gamble though, but not like I used to because of my budget and we all know that priorities change. However, I do not know if there is co-relation between the two or it's just my unconscious mind telling me to gamble during that time.

Precisely for someone who is already addicted to gambling, they will not hesitate to do things that are beyond the limit, such as borrowing money with the aim of only getting a win that can cover all their losses, including paying back the previous loan. This is the same as a gambler who will try to satisfy his desires and yes, this desire is none other than betting with a state of mind that is already in disarray. This can clearly destroy their lives sooner or later.
But when someone is addicted to gambling, I think they are unlikely to be addicted to other things, such as drinks or others, because someone who is addicted means they are only obsessed with that.
Except maybe with the example you gave, but with him gambling is to get a win where the other goal is to fulfill his needs in terms of game equipment, shields, and weapons as you said.

I don't believe it. Because not all addictions are wrong, or we could say it ruin our lives. If we think gambling addiction is wrong and want to stop it, then we should focus on it rather than working on others, as it is not relevant. Besides, it has different approaches. Unless you are saying to divert our minds to other things. But if you address other things as testing if it works, it is useless. Instead, we directly address the thing that we want to change. Sorry, but the solution is far away from solving the problem.

To be honest, all addictions or addictions that push our lives to destroy us must avoid us if our lives will be beautiful. And betting gambling addiction it has become a fashion now. What people want can’t leave even if they want. I think gambling addiction is okay if you can put it in control. And if you become more come to it, it will destroy your life. So I’ll say you’ll avoid any kind of addiction that will destroy your life.

Your thoughts are not bad either because if a person has multiple addictions such as drinking, smoking and alcohol addiction, then he should give up those addictions first because all these addictions are more dangerous than gambling. I am not saying that gambling addiction is not a dangerous addiction but I think that consuming drugs is more dangerous. If a person can give up consuming all these drugs, he will be much healthier and normal. When he is healthy and normal, he will be able to create a good focus on gambling and if he feels that he is or has become addicted to gambling, then he will be able to get out of gambling addiction by making his own decisions.

There are different addictions that fuels gambling addiction and it becomes more serious when you can't do without those addictions because it has become a part of you. There are some people that can't do without drinking or smoking and after they're done with those things, they'll start to gamble. Because their brain aren't functioning properly, they're always going to make mistakes which when they do, they'll start losing and this continues until maybe they'll get kicked out of the casino when it's a physical casinos that they're gambling but for online casinos, they'll only be able to stop when they have exhausted their bankroll. When another addiction fuels your gambling addiction, you can't stop gambling addiction without first stopping that addiction. When it's drinking, you'll have to avoid alcohol or you'll keep being addicted to gambling.

Yes, addiction is a complex thing, and not easy to handle. There are many factors that make addicts fail in treatment and end their addiction. Let alone gambling, even just cigarettes, it is really hard to leave it if you are addicted. When you really want to stop, you will definitely feel a bitter taste in your mouth, have a dizzy head, lose focus, often get angry, stressed, and so on.

Moreover, addiction to gambling is even more complex, and it is difficult to cure if it is only based on your own wishes. There must be cooperation with several things:
- Starting from full awareness and the intention to learn to reduce until you stop
- Supported by family or close people
- A supportive environment and those who are willing to protect you from gambling
- Go to professional treatment for gambling addiction
and several other treatments that also help.

it all has to be continuous because it is not easy to do

You know this can sounds very funny most times, but in some cases i think is so crazy. How can One claims to be inspired by smoking that always contribute to most of the health challenges we have been facing nowadays? That's to show that most people has a very low mentality. Alcohol is even the worst here, because when you take it to the extent of being drunk how did you think you can be inspired when you are already in the influence of alcohol? Though I have not heard about anything like this before, I think is those singers that always get inspired by smoking or drinking not gamblers.

I don't think that it works that way OP. IMO, quitting on gambling doesn't mean that he will quit on other things he is addicted as well. On the flip side, quitting on other things outside of gambling doesn't mean that he will quit gambling as well.

There might be some people out there that finds alcohol addiction to expensive for them so they'll quit on it, but still continue gambling. There might be some that will stop gambling, but still drink alcohol or drugs. There are some that will quit all of the things he's addicted with, and it's good, but starting it is the hardest part because if you're addicted to something, it's hard to stop it unless there will be somebody that will help you quit on it. Quitting on the things that we are addicted with is easy to say, but in reality it's very hard to do, and I've experienced it myself when I got addicted to playing online games. It's hard to stop and it came to a point where my body always wants me to play. To cut the story short, I just stopped when I experienced bad things happening to my body already. I'm too thin, malnourished, hasn't eat properly for quite some time and it's all because of my addiction to playing online games unfortunately.

Overall, quitting in whatever we're addicted with is a hard thing to do, but we will only realize that we need to quit on it when we experienced bad things that are connected with it.

Then what if they don't really have some other sort of addiction on the side? Like,... Just what if? That alone would prove your whole theory wrong huh?

I don't think an addiction can have any interconnection -- at least not in the way that you just explained... The reasons would be that most addictions don't cast a dime for maintenance. Let's assume pornography for an instance -- most girls on OF cost nothing more than $20 for subscription. Meanwhile, as a regular gambler, you can spend more than that in a month.
Everything lies in your hands; in whatever you do, before you begin any habit, ask yourself this simple question -- am I ready to do this till my dying day just incase?

I do not like any kind of addiction. Any kind of addiction destroys people's lives. Addiction disrupts people's normal lifestyle. It takes years for people to quit smoking cigarettes. However, I think that if a person wants to get rid of an addiction, they should definitely quit it immediately and should not test later for any reason.

I want to say that if someone gets rid of an addiction and for any reason asks to test again, he will never be able to get rid of the addiction.

It is true that when you want to get out of an addiction or, when you take that thing again because of your mind's desire, it will give rise to addiction in you again. And this has a greater impact on things like smoking, drugs and gambling.

Many times, after getting rid of an addiction, people think, "Just try it once, it won't be a problem, after taking it once, I will give it up forever", and take that thing again with this attitude. But this is their biggest mistake.

That is why you have to have a strong mentality. Once you get out of something, you will never want to get that thing back in your life. Because once you go back to that path, the addiction slowly takes control again.

I haven't really experienced something as such before but I think you're right and addictions truly triggers addiction.Similarly, people who have been victims of previous traumatic experiences can generate the urge of multiple addiction using it as a means to cope or get over stress.
Using an addiction to surpass or prevent yourself from other addictions.Funny enough,this incidents like would steamm up other casually
Addictions too.

We as thinking human beings have the little Conviction that if we want something we get it and if we want to leave something we leave it , what is it that Stops us? Temptation? Yes, emotions? Maybe, but if you have already had a very bad Experience with a particular activity , if you are going to return you should do so carefully, I say to anyone, if you enter a casino only risk the amount of money you are willing to lose, if you lose you have to have the discipline to not gamble Anymore.

Addiction transfer is a real risks and it usually occurs during the recovery of other addictions.Imagine trying to get off from gambling and you eventually catch yourself been obsessesively attached to hard drugs and the likes.
Different addictions activates the brain in similar ways and so the addictive person always remembers to get a replacement for his previous addiction.

Some people can get into gambling and might become addicted eventually as a result of habit or activity that they are addicted to, it could be drinking, smoking or where they socialize that they are addicted to. It is either that they are looking for an escape from their addiction and enter into gambling or they get into it because everybody in the environment gambles excessively. But I think that majority of people that becomes addicted in gambling is as a result greed to recover loses and make quick money, not necessarily that they became addicted as a result of another addiction.

You are right. Greed can be considered as the main reason for gambling addiction. We want to get rich quickly so we get addicted to it. However, most gamblers get addicted to gambling to recover their lost money. Many people invest large amounts of money in gambling out of greed and lose money. And because of recovering this money, they get involved in gambling more. And gradually they get addicted to gambling. I have seen many people who get addicted to gambling and then get addicted to alcohol and drugs. When they earn money from gambling, they organize parties and drink alcohol and smoke. I know many such gamblers.

Combining gambling with alcohol, or even more so with other drugs, is a stupid decision, because your reaction and ability to make the right decisions will be clearly dulled. In addition, you may be prone to make more mistakes in such a state, to make a big bet, so it is necessary to separate them, if it helps then there should be the same rule as that you can not drive when you have drunk, so gambling when you have drunk should also be prohibited.

Unfortunately, not many people understand about that because many of them still use more money. They want to chase the win and don't care with the risk so that make them slowly addicted to gambling. Curiosity following the temptation plus emotion become high make us lose control and that fuels gambling addiction.

If you don't want to addicted to gambling, you must be careful in gambling and always strict to your rules. No need to follow what others do because you should responsible with yourself in gambling. So no matter what the result you get, you should know when you must stop gambling. It is better if you really stop gambling forever.

They are somewhat connected and can lead to gambling addiction or the other way around. For example, if you're addicted to alcohol or other harmful substances, you'll likely seek more funds to support that habit, and gambling often becomes one of the first options. As your addiction to alcohol grows, your gambling addiction and greed can also intensify over time, eventually leading to self destruction that is hard to recover from.

Yes, indeed, although I am a person who, if I see that a person has a way of doing things and I like their style, then I see nothing wrong with copying it and perhaps Giving it a personal touch, it is a question of seeing what good things some people have and one copies them , of course the important thing in all this is that you manage to have control of your money at the time of playing, it does not matter how many emotions you have, the idea is that you do not lose more money.

Of the people diagnosed with an Alcohol Use Disorder, it is speculated that 20% of them also deal with a Gambling Addiction. (https://www.alcoholhelp.com/resources/dual-diagnosis/alcoholism-and-gambling-addiction/#:~:text=Alcoholism%20And%20Gambling%20Addiction%20Statistics&text=Studies%20have%20speculated%20that%2C%20at,an%20issue%20with%20Pathological%20Gambling.&text=Of%20the%20people%20diagnosed%20with,deal%20with%20a%20Gambling%20Addiction.) A lot of casinos offer alcohol in which benefits alcoholics. They can drink heavily in a casino and not be questioned by anyone. It says that sometimes gamblers use alcohol to either get rid off the nerves or make them excited. So, yeah more often than not they are connected. Alcoholics can sometimes seek comfort from gambling and gambling addicts may seek comfort from consuming alcohol.

Actually, it is true that nothing will be wrong if a person copying some other for doing gambling until he crosses his affordability.

However, I think that most gamblers who follow signals given by others in gambling mostly gamble with the intention that they might win by getting that signal, but I will say here that even if we do not follow signals, in gambling the result always depends on luck, so gambling with such an attitude is very risky because sometimes it can happen that you bet a huge amount and loss by following the signal due to overconfidence and emotion.

Well, this isn't the same for everyone... doing drugs, alcohol and stuffs that intoxicates doesn't really make most people addicted to gambling, some might gamble under the influence of the drugs but it doesn't mean that they automatically become addicted gamblers..The reason why casinos serve free drinks Is because they know that affect your cognitive reasoning making it hard to make rational decisions

Well, this doesn't apply to everyone. Although it's hard to quit an addiction without filling up that vacuum but some people really do that. They work on disciplining themselves instead of looking for a new habit to replace it. not everyone adds a positive activity to their daily routine to forget gambling addiction. People in this category I mentioned knows what it's like to depend on something so they avoid it.

You're absolutely right about that. In games of chance, winning requires luck, not so much strategy , By accepting that the game is completely under the control of the casino and its house edge, we'll be more mature and know what we're up agains, Are there more chances of losing than winning? Yes, but are there chances of winning? Yes, then we're going to rely on that Small chance of winning , That's where the importance of withdrawing money when you can and Enjoying it all comes from.

I won't gonna deny you, but we also should know the reputable casino also gives the fair games that's mean they don't have any control or the manipulation powers to manipulate the games but here the one fact we know that house always wins, this was gone true because in games not just you and I play and face losses there is also more gamblers who face the losses and only few peoples were having profit and in this point I think house become winner they have nothing to lose rather they get profited from he gambler who face losses and as well they only give a portion of fund for the winner I think the gambling games providers also design the games algorithm somthing like this?

And I have no chance of disagreeing with what you said on the next point because you will only benefit from as much as you can withdraw from the gambling platform and use it for your own benefit, otherwise if you leave it on that platform, there is a high chance of losing those funds while gambling at some point.

I think about that too, and I think it should be like this, when a player wins, what he does is win the money of the other players who have lost in the casino, it is something like how an exchange works, they only win the money of others, but not the money of the exchange , that is something that both casinos and exchanges maintain themselves because their money is difficult to touch, they only work with the money of others, in this case the losing players/traders.

I believe that gaming addiction almost never comes alone. Often, the person is already caught up in other habits, such as drinking, smoking, or even dopamine addiction, and gaming becomes just another outlet. Maybe the problem isn’t just stopping gaming, but cutting out these other addictions first. When that happens, gaming can lose the power it once had

I don't agree to this, the money you're winning is the casino's money since you didn't gamble with the other individuals that's losing the money. The casino only has a pool of money that when people lose, they take percentage and add to the pool to make sure there's enough liquidity for any amount that people are withdrawing. Casino aren't losing though because there's always going to be more people that're losing hence making the casino more money. Gambling addiction doesn't come alone, it's always accompanied by other addiction that makes it more dangerous. When you're addicted, you'll be depressed too because you'll be losing and this will make you become an alcoholic or a smoker that's always doing this things to escape reality.

This is not how i see addiction working, but let's say you would be right. In that case why wouldn't it work other way around? Like quitting smoking to lose automatically interest in drinking or gambling?

There are valid points for losing one addiction at the time, but you aren't talking about the reasoning here. Main problem with drinking is that it lowers your judgement and that can trigger smoking for example. That's why i needed to quit drinking completely for like half year when i quitted smoking.

But that's just me, and i would argue that people doesn't need to start by quitting only one addiction before something else. They can do it in an order that fits them. II would start with the one that is costing me most money and most time.

And sometimes quitting many addictions at once is the best road. Like for people who want to get fit. They sometimes need to change their habits completely in life, in order to keep their health in the future as well. And that requires quitting many vices at once. Imho addictions start from escapism and boredom, and not all addictions even are bad for us financially or health-wise. Some of them are just making our life more manageable trough escapism.

I think OP is saying all this based on the things he has seen but I on this side has seen a responsible person that is very addicted to gambling, they look responsible, they look calm and don't drink or smoke but the level of their gambling addiction can't be compare to people that do all sort of other addictions. I have some friends that has never in their life tested anything alcohol but you will be surprised they can use their last card to bet the game of their choice.

People that does other sort of addiction don't really care about gambling. If they can have money to smoke and take their drinks, the least they want is anything that will disturb them again because they has what they are dealing with already, to take away that pain for that moment is why the do all of this other sort of addiction, just to feel temporary some weird feeling or forget about problems they have at that money. Gambling addiction isn't specific to behavior, anyone can be addicted.

You think gambling addiction is okay, and I think differently about that. Any form of addiction that anyone has is a bad one and should be stopped.

I don't consider any form of addiction as a good addiction. As long as you, as the person, are doing something more than the way it should be done, then that's already destroying you gradually, and when someone who is gambling can still control their gambling habit, the person is not addicted to gambling yet.

what do you mean gambling addiction is okay as long as you can control it? is there an addict that can control themselves when the very reason they became an addict in the first place is because they could not control themselves and indulged too much to what they should not be doing

People who have been addicted to multiple things simultaneously have it much harder to quit any of the addictions, let alone all of them. I know some people who always smoke a couple of cigs, drink some booze and gamble online. Such a combination is much pleasing, and over time he is unable to do any gambling without the other two.

What I have also encountered is people who had extreme gambling addictions in the past, barely managed to quit, and are slowly being reeled in by the casino of altcoin tokens, NFTs and such. None of that is any better just because it is not officially classified as gambling, it is gambling.

There is no such thing as an addiction that is under control.

Disagreed, I've known people who did not do anything else but just gambled.

I think mostly from trying to recover the losses. Greed will always be there, but it's the satisfaction of a person that must be considered. There are people who can live with a little win, and they won't go back afterwards. But those who lost way too much will always have the urge to come back and get their revenge, which fuels their gambling time, and it could lead to addiction.

You are right, some use gambling as an escape for their other addiction, but sometimes it gets worse, too. Let's say a person is an alcoholic, and there are alcoholic drinks available in a physical casino. Those who are drug addicts can think of using gambling to make money to buy more drugs, so it will all still depend on the person.

But it is not recommended to copying his habit in gambling especially if you don't have good control over yourself. You will drag into gambling deeper without you realize and make you addicted to gambling in shortly.

If you want to copying his style, you should filter what is the good thing on him so you will not get any problem. You should leave the bad thing on him and just take the good. Doing that, you will also get a good thing but depend on you how you can use that good thing because the result will be different than him.

But gambling addiction is not okay for all people. They will ruin their life without mercy and their family can also get the effect. So we must think twice before we want to playing gambling and make sure we can control ourselves.

It made me laugh for a moment about how could an addict could be in control. Addiction basically means you're out of control. You're not aware about the things you do already ruins your life as well as people around you.

I can't think of any addicition other than greed for money that will cause people fall into gambling addiction. They seek other source of income and they see gambling as a way to do it. It is very accessible to gamble nowadays and you just simply need a money to be able to play.

Yes, but it's mostly gamblers or bettors that are playing for fun that can only handle gambling in such manners, for those people that are gambling for the sake of making profits alone, a lot of them can not live with a little win, there is usually the urge to keep going and hoping to win a large amount before they can stop and sometimes even when they have win a huge amount, they will still not be satisfied because of greed. Although, it's common among some persons not minding if the person is gambling for fun or only profit.

I am surprised by people who have rituals when they place bets. Actually, rituals are normal for people who believe they help them, but I am surprised by those who have a ritual of pouring themselves a glass of whiskey when they make a bet. I do not know if I drank every time I placed a bet, I would probably be an alcoholic by now. It also affects our ability to make the right decisions because when you are under the influence of alcohol you will definitely make a mistake. That is why I absolutely do not accept this. Another addiction combined with gambling or even just a bad habit on its own is not a good thing.

Gambling is an emotional game. From here, fun, depression, financial loss, emotional expression are all possible. When someone drinks alcohol or becomes emotional for any reason, the tendency to gamble may increase in him if he is already an addicted gambler. Gambling activity is more common in a gambler when he is highly emotional.

Gambling is based on luck when you become very emotional for some reason then you go there to test your luck. The reason for this is that you become emotional when you lose something despite having expectations. And so it is natural for the desire to gamble to arise in you at that time. So yes some things can work like a chain.

Alcoholic drinks affect us so strongly that under their influence we can commit various actions that we will regret the next day and perhaps for the rest of our lives. This is much more dangerous than many people think, this should not be underestimated. When we are young, we can be frivolous about alcohol, gambling, but at an older age I do not allow myself too much and will never sit down to play with alcoholic drinks. I feel sorry for those who have lost huge amounts of money due to bad habits. It is better to think twice before someone who wants to relax in this way.

Well, you are making sense but let me say that for an addiction to another thing to fuel addiction to gambling, I think it has alot to do with who the person is following, or keep as friends, and that or those friends have to be gamblers, this is the only way being addicted to alcohol (for example) can lead to being addicted to gambling as well because the friend you keep are likely also addicted to both.

Just like the saying that goes "show me your friends and I tell you who you are", some one who is addicted to alcohol may likely wake up one morning and decide to gamble, but trust, he wouldn't take gambling as serious as his alcohol, except there are alcoholic friends who are serious gamblers, this is where his addiction to gambling as well is going to come from.

While addicts often change company when they get rid of addiction, that addiction doesn't come from the friend circle. Addicts just choose addict friends because they are easier to get along with. They don't need to hide themselves from them. Addict friend circle also gives them patterns on their daily routines, and when someone gets something else to do they naturally distance themselves from the friendship as well.

Obviously some people, who blame others for their choices, blame the friend circle for that addiction. And they might even believe it because they aren't addicts when they aren't around them anymore. They could keep being addicts by themselves as well, and in many cases they will. It's just more fun to do with friends.

There are neurodivergent types, that copy their identities from other people, but even those don't copy the direct addiction. It's just a behavioral mirroring and in those cases company definitely defines what they do, but it's not as common, but i thought i should mention that there are exceptions where company defines how you behave.

Exactly, any psychologist would tell you the same thing. If you are in an addiction phase then you are out of control.
The hard part and the one to start is to understand that you have a problem. It is not easy to admit, always according to what psychologists say.
After this everything becomes easier

You catch the point.
Even they have investment to start their business a lot but after a while they gain money from the players who lost on their wagering and then they give it to those player who won the wager or the bet, And about the spending money they were continuously investing on the marketing and promotion.

Actually, these things go in a circle and at the end of the day, the casinos are the ones who are profitable. There is a lot of talk about bankroll, but I don't think the casinos have anything to do with it. Yes, it is much the same with centralized exchanges because there traders trade against traders and the traders bear the brunt of the losses. And centralized exchanger platforms are earning profits from the middle in the form of trading fees.

Whether it is addictive or addicted to anything else, it delivers all the bad addicts to the destruction. The definition of addiction can be given in many ways. For example, if a person continues to do things that he wants to come out, but when trying to get out, he will repeatedly fails. However, those who have become addicted to gambling will face family problems and economic problems and those who are addicted to drinking smoke are addicted to big addiction. They will be physically and mentally damaged that is not possible to recover.

What does psychology say about this?  In my opinion, it is very difficult to return from these addictions and have to fight against yourself. However, it is possible to get out of these addicts. Those who have become addicted to big addiction can leave Rehab. This will change a lot and after a long time, they will be able to return from these addicts. And those who are addicted to gambling have been very economically damaged, even though it is possible to come back to the family and think of their children. If his morale is well, and is aware of this.

You mention all the "bad" addictions but any addiction at all, like football card collecting, could give an indication that someone has those tendencies. Maybe those people with less bad hobbies are filling that need to collect or getting thrills in a different way (like opening a pack of football stickers and finding a rare one). I'd say things like smoking/drugs/alcohol are less about the addiction element and more about the stimulant side. There's a reason that casinos in places like Vegas are/were keen to give away free alcohol to customers, because it reduces their inhibition and makes them more likely to spend a lot more money on gambling for a relatively small cost. Getting buzzed off illicit substances can make it harder to correctly judge odds and think with a clear head.

I don't accept, using gambling to escape any other addiction makes no sense to me, it won't fix anything because you are still going to think straight, people use alcohol and drugs to escape reality, this is escape for them.

Gambling won't affect your mind and thoughts, you are in the same shit again and you still have your straight mind, but compare to someone who have drank six bottles of alcohol drinks, the escape will work for many hours or for a whole day until it clears off.

So tell me, how can gambling really works for escaping reality? It doesn't fit right, you need cociane and alcohol to get intoxicated, a very bad way to avoid thinking about responsibilities and bad days or failure in your life, but what happens after? You will find yourself right where you started.

I don't think so. If a person is willing to change for the better, there's no need to choose what should be the first in line to influence himself to get over to his other addiction. Because if you're determine to overcome it, starting slowly can help compared to a sudden change. A cut to the usual capital and sticking to it is a good start to change. It's just depend on the willingness of the gambler since we're the first to help ourselves by changing our mindset towards gambling.

That even makes the situation worse because it was the right solution. Instead, focus on stopping ourselves from getting involved in something that ruins our lives. We'd rather choose a life where we are free from any addiction.

Getting involved in sports and healthy activities is even better than anything else. It is something we need to think about: any addiction is bad. There is a limitation in everything around us, and we have to stick to it. Or else, we will never find a solution to our gambling addiction.

If another addiction fuels that of gambling, then one is going to be a complete irresponsible gambler, it's something bad to see that people are being addicted to gambling, not to now have it that there are other aspects of life in which this same addiction has been battling with others, as we are being unexpected to check ourselves on how we gambles and the things we do which may cause us to deviate from having fun to other things, which are of no benefits to us as a responsible gambler.

The fact is most times it's difficult for them to recognise that they are addicted to such things. From their own perspective it's just the normal way or their lifestyle. Fact is a drop of water forms a mighty ocean and at such, someone who is already addicted to things like smoking, drinking, and a rough lifestyle, isn't just starting his addiction but gambling addiction might just be more fuel to his fire. For them to quech this,they might have to give up all other reckless lifestyle and start from the scratch, which we know very well might be difficult for them.

Although everything is still in the form of addiction, I think gambling addiction is not always caused by other addictions such as cigarettes or drugs suffered by someone, in my opinion the only thing that triggers gambling addiction is when it is related to money, meaning like when someone is experiencing financial problems then he manages to get a win at the beginning of his involvement in gambling which experience creates a sensation and an extraordinary increase in dopamine levels which will slowly continue to encourage him to gamble.

So it can also be said that eliminating interest in gambling does not mean you have to stop the addiction you experience from other things, the only way that I think makes sense to reduce our interest in gambling is to understand as a whole about what and how gambling really is.

Your observation is very clear and acceptable. But base on my experience and observation, I declare that is someone's gambling habit that contribute to gambling addiction. When someone is addicted to gambling, I can assure you that is not all gambling addict that are womaniser, or drug addict. But some some gambling addict are womaniser, they will gamble to the best of their interest and when they win, they will end up lavishing the money on some women forgetting their family. Instead of them to use the money to do something profitable that will be beneficial to them and their families. But in a situation where they loss, they will take their cry to the family, and demanded another money, this will continue gradually until they find themselves in a big mess up or rough situation. And the family will also suffer the consequences.

And for drug addict, when someone is really addicted to hard drugs. It will be very hard/ difficult for him to know himself, take less of having the mentality to gamble, Because their sense of thinking is going to be affected. And the drugs will also kill some parts of their body organs or systems. When someone is addicted to something, it will be very difficult for himself to quit that particular thing. The only advice I have is that, if you don't want to be addicted to something, is better you don't involved yourself in that thing frequently. Because prevention is better and cheaper than cure.

Gaming as in video games? But, I already know gamers that are only gamers. They don't drink alcoholic drinks or smoke. And when you say dopamine addiction, this also start once gaming is started. Anyways, we are here in the gambling section, so maybe what you actually mean is '' gambling '' , but as for gambling, I can agree with that, since many gamblers I see do also drink and smoke. As for me, I don't drink and smoke but I admit that I have other problems, so maybe I only use gambling as a form of escape, or I think it can provide a quick solution to them.

I think you mean solution, but yeah, what you have suggested there seems also effective. I even said the same thing before.

Bullshit. All addictions begins when you have to much free time. It can become a problem later without dependency of time, but in the start - you need something you`re interesting in.
When i was smoking, i matched, that if i`m really busy - i didn`t smoke - it wasn`t interesting. But if i had free time - i smoked one after one.
PS. The main part of hobbies seems to be another kind of addiction.

Gambling can be influenced by slot of things I personally agree with you on the point that you are trying to make addiction like drugs and alcohol can actually make someone to do a lot of things of which gambling is one of such because looking at the gambling population you will see alot of people who has problem with other addictions so there are things that can make people to get addicted in gambling especially greed greediness is one thing that can make people to get addicted quickly

For someone to have the urge to gamble when under the influence alcohol means that he or she is already a gambling addict just like you said... gambling addiction gives birth to other addictions like the abuse of drugs, narcotics, alcohol and so on.. addicted gamblers lean towards all these because of the emotional depression that they go through... emotional gambling leads to a whole lot of damage

Gambling addiction often doesn't develop in isolation. Other addictions,such as substance abuse(Drugs,weed, alcohol),can fuel its development.Addictions can be interconnected and difficult to overcome,one can overcome addiction by counseling,being engaged and meditation.For instance, a person struggling with nicotine addiction may find it challenging to engage in activities without smoking,I have a friend that finds it difficult to engage in activities without smoking.If this individual also gambles while using substances,it could increase the risk of developing a gambling addiction.

You would be ending up yourself on having multiple addictions if you are someone who do have the money on doing so, in compared into those people who doesnt have money then they would be limiting themselves on dealing up with something even if just purchasing out some alcohol drinks on which this one needs up money. For those who do have deeper pockets then they are the ones who do end up with these kind of severe actions on which it will be having that possible multiple addiction on which includes drugs and this one is truly a disaster for those people who are that putting up themselves into such condition. One of the hardest thing on here is on the moment that you do put up yourself getting involved with substance on which this isnt just that affecting out your mind but also your health on which we know that once its compromised or affected then it will be that very hard to recover. You would be needing up some rehabilitation on this one and this doesnt come cheap.

When you do gamble then you should already anticipate with those loses and if you arent that mindful with those actions that you are taking then you are just that basically be putting up yourself into such huge problem on which not all people will be able to have that kind of recovery. Always be that mindful about future specially that if it affects out things on which are important to you. Just like on what been said or mentioned that health is indeed the most important thing because once you do compromise your health then it will be that so hard to get out with it and same goes when your mind cant be able to think up well already because its been that damaged out by such addiction.

This is like being one complete addiction package because those who previously gambled were already addicted and to overcome their anxiety of losing gambling then they use illegal drugs and alcohol to arouse their adrenaline to be more courageous in playing and making gambling decisions.

The harmful effects will certainly arise from the addiction, they will do anything to earn money for gambling.
When common sense is no longer used and overpowered by a truly acute addiction, it becomes very dangerous.

Doing a particular thing excessively makes It an habit, this is how the mind works. Gambling is something that is very addictive, if you give in to the negative sides of it you will start getting addicted. Gambling addiction can make a gambler addicted to other things, this happens when they are no longer able to exercise self control and discipline. you must always learn to keeps things balanced, always do things moderately

Gambling is a different ball game entirely, being addicted in other aspect like you said don't really affect gambling, most addicted gambler do not have those traits you mentioned, maybe since it has to do with advance calculation on how to win your game and gamblers are very calculative and we all know that gambling does not often win, then how can you tell me that someone looking for money is the same as someone enjoying himself, and I don't think that a gambler that understood gambling very well, after a long awaited win will not invest his life but decide to squander the win within a short period of time for pleasure sake, then he must be joking.

Smoking, drinking and womanizing are habits that compliment each other for pleasure sake, there is no relationship among them all, other addiction can't lead to gambling addiction.

If one decides to stop any of the habits he know how to go about it.

Idle hands vs smoking is a fair theory, thats part of why some people use gum to occupy themselves as an alternative to the smoking habit that has formed.  If you dont start to roll a cigarette because you are already occupied even if just by chewing then you stand a better chance of breaking the whole sequence of the habit.


Thats a good point to note, some addictions could even be worse then the one you leave behind so raising awareness on that danger of flipping from one negative to another is good to know then avoid.
   I dont find gambling to be the worst habit if you retain control, its easy to convince yourself perhaps self deceptively but I dont always see that the game is the problem but the lack of control can be and its a skill to rebuild your control of a habit in any respect.

Psychology says that addictions lead to destruction. Always, there are no cases where addictions do not destroy you.
However, it is possible to get out of it with commitment and support. Rehab can help you overcome these addictions, regaining control of your life. It is important to have the mental strength to face these problems and return to a healthy life. It takes a lot of willpower.

An addiction when accompanied by another is something much more dangerous than anything else, normally what they turn to the most is alcohol because it disinhibits them and makes them believe that they are free of any mistake they have made, this is something that is hard to believe, that is why a person who does not have their morale and self-esteem high or high enough will never remember this type of failures, we must always vibrate high to avoid falling into these traps that we sometimes set for ourselves.

Greed creates a dangerous situation for gamblers. Using gambling to make money is driven by greed. There are other factors that may be influencing them that most new gamblers are not aware of. I don't really want to compare the stages of gambling addiction to drugs. The two are different in context, so I personally view them differently. While you might argue that drugs and gambling share similar characteristics of wasting money. You can still win through gambling and have fun at the same time.

It was an influence. But wait, not every addiction is completely bad, aside from those you have mentioned, OP. However, being addicted to gambling is something that we have to worry about because this will not just end our wonderful life and living, as it will certainly paralyzes our financial stability if it becomes worse. Some say, "Let's enjoy life." Well, there is nothing enjoyable if we carefully manage our lives. Being addicted to anything is already not a normal condition, especially if that could cause major problems financially.

How is greed related to gambling addiction? Even the connection between other addictions and gambling addiction is not so obvious, because a drug addict will think about where to get money for drugs, and an alcoholic will be puzzled only by finding money for drinking, and they will not care about gambling. Even if such a person initially has a lot of money and is ready to spend it on various entertainment, then when he spends everything, he will choose only the strongest addiction and drugs and alcohol will be clearly stronger than the desire to play gambling.

I didn't specify the kind of greediness that causes gambling addiction and that was why you missed understood the comment. It is gambling greediness that causes the gambling addiction.

Every behavior considered obsessive, like an addiction, is generated by some trigger, for some it’s drinking, for others it’s loneliness. I’m not a psychologist, but I’m also sure that one addiction always “goes along with another”, it’s much more complex than it seems. That’s why anyone with a problem, whether it’s a gambling addiction or any other, should always seek help from a qualified professional, so that their life and health are not compromised.

I periodically view some episodes with the stories of addicted people about their lives and how it prevented them from living. As for the dependent on the game, I noticed that they also have other dependencies, as you said correctly. This is probably coming from childhood, when various psychological injuries or something like that could have arisen. In general, if we have them, then we must work on them, because if you do not do this, sooner or later we can break out into the ore and then it can greatly ruin life. In general, they can never be allowed to control, because this can affect the surrounding loved ones.

Such kind of people need help but they don't admit it and the fact that some of them are purposely doing it is what surprises me, they already know that what they are doing is very wrong but they keep it a secret so that some people will not know how bad their lifestyle has become. Although, like you said, you are right that some of them find it difficult to notice that they are addicted but I still finds it suppressing that someone will see that they are drawing in a particular bad lifestyle but yet wouldn't know that they have problems.

I don't know how a person would jump from drug addiction to gambling addiction..too many problems for one person and an expensive one too.
Btw gambling doesnt play out well for people who are high (toxicated) as records all over the internet have this on record that people make bad decisions and guarantees  themselves losing their money. If anybody is in this situation, I think talk to someone has this isn't healthy tbh.

I have to agree to you to some extent. I too have seen such people where one addiction is just a starting point for another.
Personally, I don't think I have addiction of any sorts. I do gamble and drink a lot and occasionally smoke weed (I don't smoke tobacco), but I'm not addicted to it. I can just omit them if I'm busy or could go on weeks without indulging on gambling or alcohol. I also have a strict rule that I don't gamble when intoxicated. In past I had some bad experience gambling when drunk or being high. I now just have more control over when to stop. I don't do hard drugs or prostitution.
But there are many people who are addicted to all of those. Gambling, Intoxication and Prostitution is a common trio for most wealthy men and are one of the largest reason for men destroying their family.

Addiction to anything is bad for us. So it is very important for us to be aware so that we do not become addicted. Gambling addiction is bad. And I have seen many gamblers who have become addicted to various types of drugs after becoming addicted to gambling. Alcohol is easily available in most casinos. That is why many gamblers are attracted to it. Besides, I know many gamblers who gamble regularly. After winning in gambling, they organize drinking or smoking parties. Also, they take various types of drugs after winning in gambling. Again, when they lose in gambling, they become depressed.

Yes, and against a society that gains from your spiral. Rehabilitation has benefits. Sometimes. Nevertheless, it is a system as well. Still another area with rulesand another approach to measure performance. Real change is ugly and slow, not Instagrammable. You struggle with your own brain every morning before coffee. Learning to bear the boredom that once terrified you.

And families, nobody tells you the extent of addiction throws into a home. Even when the addict recovers, children, spouses, parents, everyone else is picking up the pieces. Simple psychology: you cannot heal from what you cannot feel. Everyone wants shortcuts, and there are none. But there is no permanently broken either. Bodies mend. Minds rewire. Although the system wants you broken, buying, spinning in place, but screw the system.

That is the most rebellious move - staying clean, or at least trying. Learning how to be bored, how to forgive oneself for failing, how to ask for help even when you are sure you do not deserve it.

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I understand your point perfectly well OP, it is like when you are addicted of something, there is every tendencies that you can crave for some kind of habits which might likely be comfortable with that of your already addiction.
And at your point of fighting it out, you will need to accept a possible change from the primary addicted habit before you can be Abel to tackle the secondary.

But relating this fact to gambling is what might be possible but it is unimaginable to me instead, what I think will be responsible to nurture a gambling addiction is greed and when you are too lazy to work for your money and think gambling is the means to earn living.

So to be rescued out of this, you must realized labouring such of your expenses on gambling does not worth it because you won't win in a long term instead, you just keep trying your luck and even when you wins, indisciplines will make you lose it all back to the house in a very short time.
So, once you realizes your lapses on that course, you can be able to defeat your addiction.

Most addicted gamblers usually go around clubs where they get to play different kinds of games and they gamble with their money while drinking and smoking so it's not something new, the gamblers who are not known to be drunks are new gamblers or those who are not addicted to gambling but a core gambler whose life is around the club and in different gaming houses will always be see taking things to calm him down when he's losing money in gambling.

I think it's different now. The possibility that most gamblers are now just playing online casinos is higher than those who play in physical casinos. They don't drink, they don't smoke, they are just purely gambling online, and they cannot stop because it's easy access to play and also to deposit money. Plus, they can save money on gas when they drive to the casino, so they would rather use that money to gamble more.

But since the thread is about another addiction, fueling the gambling addiction. I bet it's alcohol that is mostly mixed with it. Alcohol makes a person braver, and he might deplete his money just trying to chase the losses.

Gambling too frequently is one of the ways people keeps getting addiction without there own awareness. A discipline gambler can also gamble often without getting addiction because they know when to leave and when to stay. A gambler can increase the fuel of gambling through greed which has been one of the factors that are responsible for gambling addiction.

Making use of risk management and profitable strategy have been a good way to stay safe from recklessly gambling activities which can be detrimental to our personal lifestyle. There are people that are still fighting hard to escape from this addiction problem but they can't eradicate it alone without the help of people around like friends and family. Addiction has different degrees and when greed was one of the major cause, it could escalate and become very hard to avoid.

A lot of things could have caused addiction, because people behave in strange manners of different kinds, until we have a gambler who will have a sense of humor to being responsible and having a well modest lifestyle, some are not disciplined enough to be able to gamble as it is expected  of them, and until they deal with their own personal self and control their behaviors in general, their taste for greed and any abnormal act at the cause of gambling may not be easily curbed or stops, this is what then now transcend to what is a big addiction in gambling or other things they do.

There are many different addictions and I think that if a person falls into an absolutely uncontrollable state (for example, after a strong drug or alcohol addiction), after which he goes to all extremes, then only then will he immediately come to gambling with an uncontrollable state. In fact, such a person most likely initially had mental problems, and everything that I described above is only a consequence of his illness.

The presence of other substances like alcohol and drugs can increase the level of gambling addiction.  That said, people who are sane can highly resist gambling addiction, between people who are drunk and the one who is not drunk, there is a huge possibility that the drunk one will be out of control.  This is also the reason why many advise not to get drunk when one is dealing with finances, including gambling of course because people who are drunk are defenseless in preventing their emotions from surfacing thus they will be susceptible to emotional gambling.

As the title states, the situation becomes more complicated and harder to fix when another addiction is involved in a person's gambling addiction and both issue of addiction is needed to be addressed in order for the person to recover his sanity.



Alcohol does not make the person braver, it makes the person more aggressive because his sense of control is not working.

No, in no way is imitating addiction harmful. I said imitate good things, things that can be copied and that I know will bring good responses to our lives. Everything that is positive, attitudes and aptitudes, can be copied. Addiction is something that destroys people, and anything that helps those who suffer from it is welcome.

Where addiction becomes very tricky and can elude a less cautious mind is that even when you're addicted to a positive activity, it's not still a good thing. Creating a balance in about anything we do and have a kind of moderation in it helps us shape our involvements in other activities. For example, someone who's very addicted to his job and has little or no time left for any other thing, including relaxation time or family, that same person would be an easy addict if he ever ventures into gambling.

Honestly, I don't think that all addictions are related to each other, surely if an individual
has an addiction to a soft drug he could easily move on to a hard drug.
But if you are addicted to cigarettes, it has no connection with gambling.
Any addiction is harmful, unfortunately no one is exempt from this discomfort, everyone has the risk.
Staying balanced is perhaps the most difficult thing for a human being to achieve.

A gambler becomes addicted to other addictions only when he faces losses in gambling, a person addicted to gambling is more attracted to addictions like drinking while forgetting his past memories. Maybe the gambler is most attracted to gambling to find a way to earn money and it can also be the other way if he is involved in various bad activities. Different people are different.
Some people participate in gambling after getting addicted because then they can use good thinking and intelligence properly and do not hesitate to take risks. Again, some people become anxious after losing money in gambling and they drink alcohol or take drugs to forget the next time and the pain of losing money.

There's so much links with gambling addictions and certainly they birth other addictions solely when it can't be controlled. Gambling addictions differs and it cut across all other areas but knowing that this is actually going to lead you to an uncontrollably habits is something that shouldn't be taking for granted.

I think what this person is trying to say is stopping gambling addiction, it's hard to control this when you are addicted to it that's a fact, but this doesn't mean that it cannot be stopped. A lot of people give excuses for their addictions without making conscious efforts to stop it. Blaming your addictions on dopamine rush and greed isn't going to help you eradicate this problem. They only way out is by trying to fix it

When a gambler is in a position where he or she is already addicted, it is very difficult to stop, and it is not uncommon for a gambling addict to not even realise they are addicted.

Because i have several friends who are severely addicted, even to the point where they don't care about the allocation of gambling funds, wherever they keep the money in the end they will still use it, whether in the bank, in the wallet, on the exchange, cash, all are not spared.

Not without certain causes and factors a person addicted substances automatically changed behavior to other addictions such as gambling and so on, it is called change in the brain, if someone has consumed their brain chemicals can trigger desires, Encouragement, pleasure in carrying out activities, especially in gambling, the substance will trigger the first addiction to the second and so on.

So do not be surprised if you see those who gamble in the physical casino beside them there is alcohol, it continues until gambling is over, what's more the current situation is losing in gambling But the next day the urge continues to gamble, until they really stop with repentance, if not addicted to the body to death.

Curing an addict is not just by saying stop but special supervision needs to be carried out and as much as possible given other activities that are much more productive so that they can avoid the illusion of gambling. It may seem excessive when someone says gambling addiction, but there are many people who are trapped and find it difficult to stop and there are several factors that may encourage someone to get involved excessively with no control.

Another way is to limit money and do not give ATM cards that have a balance so that they cannot make deposits. This is a practical way that parents can apply and may not work for addicts who control their own money. Things like this need to be closely monitored because addiction is not something that is easy to cure.

You are right about that, doing an activity in excess is something that can get us used to, but based on this we should take advantage of the good things, like making money, Working , but not playing in a casino because that is something that can lead you to bankruptcy if there is no Control , then the casino activity before executing it is better to always consider the money that is going to be Spent, and having that as a base and paying attention to our own plan then things can turn out better , I do that.

People who suffer from other unhealthy addictions, such as alcohol or drugs, often lose their ability for critical thinking. This makes them more vulnerable to gambling addiction, as their perception of the world and decision-making becomes distorted, almost as if their mind turns to jelly. Additionally, they often have more time for foolishness, which only exacerbates the problem.

As for me it is the main thing in all kinds of addictions. When you are busy with something interesting, you have no time to make different silly things. I noticed it when i was smoking more than 30 cigarettes per day. When i worked on some interesting project - i didn`t make pause to smoke, i even didn`t remember that i`m smoking. And of course your brains works much better when they are clean.

A lot of the time gambling doesn’t start on its own it arises from deeper behaviors or dependencies. When someone’s already chasing highs through drinking or smoking it’s easy for gambling to slide in as another escape.

Tackling the underlying addictions first can significantly transform the thinking and help break the chain. It’s everything connected and just quitting one item without addressing the others rarely works.

Yes, you are absolutely right on what you just said above, regarding how people suffering from unhealthy addictions, could often lose their ability to think critically, which could result to his/her involvement in other vises/addiction. And as such, still on the contrary, we can not remove the fact that it can still only take an old time gambler to get carried away when he/she is under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Because if a person was never a gambler before, then, the chances of him falling for gambling related addiction will be very low. Hence, it will be best for a gamblers who wishes to quit addiction to should be ready to give up on all unhealthy practices.

The person who is serious about changing his habits needs to really find the root cause why he is being addicted into this activity. That is true, quitting one item won't do it. He should cover all angles in order for him to really address his situation. Otherwise, he is just like having a band-aid solution to his problem. And will just go back again once he feels he needs to. So learning yourself about the root causes is a very important stage in addressing your habitual problem. Otherwise, you won't really get out of that square and will continue to suffer your problems stemming from this addiction.

Unfortunately, everything you wrote is true, and I know several examples in my life of people who abused alcohol and who knows what else. They brought themselves to such a state that their personality was literally destroyed, and I'm afraid to imagine what could happen to such people if they get to gambling.
In their case, it will be impossible to talk about any kind of money management and self-control, and, most likely, their relatives and codependencies will suffer.

That's true. A person who's addicted to something that can affect himself negatively, can't think of doing an activity to improve himself. But this is not the case if a person has a willingness to change what he used to. Because even there are activities that can trigger the addiction, this is not going to influence the person if he found something to do where can he can focus on, and can divert his attention.

Yeah, it's true that addiction is always the result of another addiction, which can trigger it to go further or to extremes. If there is a problem, it can only be solved when you find its root causes and fix them, the problems will automatically end. The same is true for gambling addiction. If you want to get rid of it and do not enjoy it, then you have to find the way through which you came to the casino and developed this addiction. I highly recommend that you identify your bad addictions and stop them all at the same time. It is difficult, but it will work, and you can be free from your addiction.

What makes you think that gambling is only about time and not money? Have you ever seen a serious drug or alcohol addict have enough money to use it for something like gambling? Don't you think that a person who gets addicted to these things can't work or maintain a source of income? What makes you think such a person can afford to gamble even if they have lost their ability to think critically?

Gambling is not only about having enough time, the basic thing that we need for gambling is funds, and I don't agree that a person who is seriously addicted to either drugs or alcohol or anything like that will have any money for them to gamble and then become a gambling addict because if they don't have the ability to think critically which makes them vulnerable to addictions, then one should assume that they wouldn't have a source of income and they would probably be homeless as well since if you can't take care of yourself in this world, no one will take care of you forever, not even your blood relatives.

Addiction itself of any sort will make you unstable and any other problems of life can become your problem. Having drinking addiction will make you vulnerable to gambling addiction and you will always be out of cash which to you can be gotten back through gambling. The addiction of being successful or always wanting to win can lead you to becoming a gambling addict because when you can not win, you will keep trying and this can take countless hours which builts up into you depending on the money you are making from gambling to survive. Smoking addiction can also make you become a gambling addicts. Addicts shift from one addiction to another and some have multiple addictions at the same time which is worse

People who suffer additions on something like drugs or alcohol, it indicates he has no good self-control. Sure, he will easily get addiction in gambling as well. Besides he doesn't have critical thinking, he may also have no matured mind. If he has matured mind, he will understand the bad impacts of addictions. Matured people must be aware of the possibility of addictions, so they have few ways to prevent the additions. Meanwhile those people who have no critical thinking and no matured mind, they don't care with the impacts of addictions.

Indeed. When we are addicted to a certain thing, we may easily get addicted to another thing. Well, the basic problem is mostly about the mentality of the individual. Having unmatured mind, lack of awareness, and no self-control are few of the problem of mentality. These are the possible roots of the addiction case. That's why a gambler must be matured person to avoid the addiction problem.