Is gambling addiction mainly due to loneliness and dissatisfaction?

[onrise]

We can say for sure because gambling is a part of hobby, the risky hobby.

Let's take an example , why people want to purchase drug although they know it's addictive things ?
Because there is a joy inside it so it's also in gambling.

Loneliness and dissatisfaction are some factor that the chance is low !

The causes of addiction can be anything and the number is also relatively large. Lack of attention from the closest people, wrong relationships, and much more. Loneliness and dissatisfaction are only two factors that can drag people into deviant hobbies including gambling and drugs.

Good point, but now let's think of what is more dangerous to be engaged with among the two. Almost every country has a lottery of a kind and many countries have casinos while drugs like heroin, cocaine and meth are illegal almost everywhere. And I think there is a reason for that, drugs are much more dangerous for anyone than gambling is. So, if someone escapes loneliness and depression through engaging with gambling, maybe it is not so bad, unless the person becomes a gambling addict, which happens with from 3% to 5% of gamblers.

They are really different things and this is why we do see different treatment or legality of gambling on each country some banned it but most of them allowed it rather than on
drugs etc.
We do know the effects of it among the two which I do completely agree to the thing had been said that gambling isn't so bad the only thing is that when addiction hits you then
you surely mess up your life.

Then we should fight the addiction and not the gambling itself. I disagree with the notion that staying away from gambling forever could be a good solution for anybody. It could be good for some people, but in most cases people would find another activity to become addicted to, and that addiction could be much more dangerous than gambling addiction. As long as there are individuals who tend to be addicted to something we should think of which addiction is the lesser evil, and maybe stop criticizing them if they are addicted to something more or less harmless.

addiction is still adiction no matter how safe or dangerous it is  and i dont believe that it is caused by loneliness or disatisfaction  but it is only caused by your own liking .  now in the case of gambling ,  we can still play it and choose to not be addicted to it by doing some self controlling methods such as limiting your self and diverting your self onto some other things that is more important  .

Addiction in gambling happens due to one main reason which is money , whether a person is lonely or not if they start considering the gambling as a source to earn money this is where the problems begins and causes the various side effects of it.

[FlightyPouch]

We can say for sure because gambling is a part of hobby, the risky hobby.

Let's take an example , why people want to purchase drug although they know it's addictive things ?
Because there is a joy inside it so it's also in gambling.

Loneliness and dissatisfaction are some factor that the chance is low !

The causes of addiction can be anything and the number is also relatively large. Lack of attention from the closest people, wrong relationships, and much more. Loneliness and dissatisfaction are only two factors that can drag people into deviant hobbies including gambling and drugs.

Good point, but now let's think of what is more dangerous to be engaged with among the two. Almost every country has a lottery of a kind and many countries have casinos while drugs like heroin, cocaine and meth are illegal almost everywhere. And I think there is a reason for that, drugs are much more dangerous for anyone than gambling is. So, if someone escapes loneliness and depression through engaging with gambling, maybe it is not so bad, unless the person becomes a gambling addict, which happens with from 3% to 5% of gamblers.

They are really different things and this is why we do see different treatment or legality of gambling on each country some banned it but most of them allowed it rather than on
drugs etc.
We do know the effects of it among the two which I do completely agree to the thing had been said that gambling isn't so bad the only thing is that when addiction hits you then
you surely mess up your life.

Then we should fight the addiction and not the gambling itself. I disagree with the notion that staying away from gambling forever could be a good solution for anybody. It could be good for some people, but in most cases people would find another activity to become addicted to, and that addiction could be much more dangerous than gambling addiction. As long as there are individuals who tend to be addicted to something we should think of which addiction is the lesser evil, and maybe stop criticizing them if they are addicted to something more or less harmless.

addiction is still adiction no matter how safe or dangerous it is  and i dont believe that it is caused by loneliness or disatisfaction  but it is only caused by your own liking .  now in the case of gambling ,  we can still play it and choose to not be addicted to it by doing some self controlling methods such as limiting your self and diverting your self onto some other things that is more important  .

Addiction in gambling happens due to one main reason which is money , whether a person is lonely or not if they start considering the gambling as a source to earn money this is where the problems begins and causes the various side effects of it.

Well, that goes really more deep, the most reason why a lot of people are gambling, well being addicted to gambling is the pleasure of winning a lot of money easily and their greed of winning those big amount money. The more people won the gambling prices, the more people will be envying that certain people winning and be greedy and pleasured winning in the short run while in the long run, they are losing a lot.

[supermine]

addiction is still adiction no matter how safe or dangerous it is  and i dont believe that it is caused by loneliness or disatisfaction  but it is only caused by your own liking .  now in the case of gambling ,  we can still play it and choose to not be addicted to it by doing some self controlling methods such as limiting your self and diverting your self onto some other things that is more important  .

I don't think there is any thing known as safe addiction. Any kind of addiction is harmful, since you start to deviate yourself from being natural. Anything addicting is always harmful in one way or the other.  Dissatisfaction is actually one of the cause of addiction. If people lose in gambling they are dissatisfied and thus tries to gamble more to get some satisfaction. Once they start winning, they start craving for more thus eventually becomes addicted.
It is not that easy to control or divert yourself to something else. Best thing to do is, if you realize that you are getting addicted, then just keep yourself away from that activity before its too late.

Its not easy though because when we are alone we don't know what is happening to us,we will never realize the addiction untill we get seriously addicted to it and can't live with that but still can't do anything after realizing that.

[Betwrong]

addiction is still adiction no matter how safe or dangerous it is  and i dont believe that it is caused by loneliness or disatisfaction  but it is only caused by your own liking .  now in the case of gambling ,  we can still play it and choose to not be addicted to it by doing some self controlling methods such as limiting your self and diverting your self onto some other things that is more important  .

I don't think there is any thing known as safe addiction. Any kind of addiction is harmful, since you start to deviate yourself from being natural. Anything addicting is always harmful in one way or the other.  Dissatisfaction is actually one of the cause of addiction. If people lose in gambling they are dissatisfied and thus tries to gamble more to get some satisfaction. Once they start winning, they start craving for more thus eventually becomes addicted.
It is not that easy to control or divert yourself to something else. Best thing to do is, if you realize that you are getting addicted, then just keep yourself away from that activity before its too late.

Its not easy though because when we are alone we don't know what is happening to us,we will never realize the addiction untill we get seriously addicted to it and can't live with that but still can't do anything after realizing that.

Right, and it means that loneliness is a factor. Yes, another factor is greed, and there are others like lack of education, lack of character etc., but for any person it would be easier to fight the gambling addiction if the person wasn't alone in the fight. I really urge people suffering from gambling addiction to try to find a partner,  a partner in life, or their significant other, as they call it, to live a full life together, a life full of so many interesting things, that there would be no time and no place for any harmful addiction.

[Dreamchaser21]

addiction is still adiction no matter how safe or dangerous it is  and i dont believe that it is caused by loneliness or disatisfaction  but it is only caused by your own liking .  now in the case of gambling ,  we can still play it and choose to not be addicted to it by doing some self controlling methods such as limiting your self and diverting your self onto some other things that is more important  .

I don't think there is any thing known as safe addiction. Any kind of addiction is harmful, since you start to deviate yourself from being natural. Anything addicting is always harmful in one way or the other.  Dissatisfaction is actually one of the cause of addiction. If people lose in gambling they are dissatisfied and thus tries to gamble more to get some satisfaction. Once they start winning, they start craving for more thus eventually becomes addicted.
It is not that easy to control or divert yourself to something else. Best thing to do is, if you realize that you are getting addicted, then just keep yourself away from that activity before its too late.

Its not easy though because when we are alone we don't know what is happening to us,we will never realize the addiction untill we get seriously addicted to it and can't live with that but still can't do anything after realizing that.

If we are alone and find the happiness in gambling i think the chance of becoming addict on that is very high because gambling makes you happy and you don’t even care how much money you already lose just to be happy. Then when you’re ok now, you will just realize that you are already addict in gambling and its hard for you to leave on that place, then there’s a chance that you will become broke again.

[Oceat]

addiction is still adiction no matter how safe or dangerous it is  and i dont believe that it is caused by loneliness or disatisfaction  but it is only caused by your own liking .  now in the case of gambling ,  we can still play it and choose to not be addicted to it by doing some self controlling methods such as limiting your self and diverting your self onto some other things that is more important  .

I don't think there is any thing known as safe addiction. Any kind of addiction is harmful, since you start to deviate yourself from being natural. Anything addicting is always harmful in one way or the other.  Dissatisfaction is actually one of the cause of addiction. If people lose in gambling they are dissatisfied and thus tries to gamble more to get some satisfaction. Once they start winning, they start craving for more thus eventually becomes addicted.
It is not that easy to control or divert yourself to something else. Best thing to do is, if you realize that you are getting addicted, then just keep yourself away from that activity before its too late.

Its not easy though because when we are alone we don't know what is happening to us,we will never realize the addiction untill we get seriously addicted to it and can't live with that but still can't do anything after realizing that.

If we are alone and find the happiness in gambling i think the chance of becoming addict on that is very high because gambling makes you happy and you don’t even care how much money you already lose just to be happy. Then when you’re ok now, you will just realize that you are already addict in gambling and its hard for you to leave on that place, then there’s a chance that you will become broke again.

Seriously if i was lonely, i don't think playing gamble will ease of what i feel. Well, having fun for happiness is a choice so thus this is their choice to make them happy. I know some gamblers, they seem to be enjoying it when they win but they always control their self if they lose too much even though you can tell they were addicted to it.

Maybe they think gambling is a way of making money that's why they have to gamble and not just for fun.

[carlfebz2]

addiction is still adiction no matter how safe or dangerous it is  and i dont believe that it is caused by loneliness or disatisfaction  but it is only caused by your own liking .  now in the case of gambling ,  we can still play it and choose to not be addicted to it by doing some self controlling methods such as limiting your self and diverting your self onto some other things that is more important  .

I don't think there is any thing known as safe addiction. Any kind of addiction is harmful, since you start to deviate yourself from being natural. Anything addicting is always harmful in one way or the other.  Dissatisfaction is actually one of the cause of addiction. If people lose in gambling they are dissatisfied and thus tries to gamble more to get some satisfaction. Once they start winning, they start craving for more thus eventually becomes addicted.
It is not that easy to control or divert yourself to something else. Best thing to do is, if you realize that you are getting addicted, then just keep yourself away from that activity before its too late.

Its not easy though because when we are alone we don't know what is happening to us,we will never realize the addiction untill we get seriously addicted to it and can't live with that but still can't do anything after realizing that.

If we are alone and find the happiness in gambling i think the chance of becoming addict on that is very high because gambling makes you happy and you don’t even care how much money you already lose just to be happy. Then when you’re ok now, you will just realize that you are already addict in gambling and its hard for you to leave on that place, then there’s a chance that you will become broke again.

Seriously if i was lonely, i don't think playing gamble will ease of what i feel. Well, having fun for happiness is a choice so thus this is their choice to make them happy. I know some gamblers, they seem to be enjoying it when they win but they always control their self if they lose too much even though you can tell they were addicted to it.

Maybe they think gambling is a way of making money that's why they have to gamble and not just for fun.

It depends on how a certain person would approach about gambling.Some might say they do enjoy rather other things than gambling but there are really people who do loves to gamble.
Even though we know the possible addiction or consequence that it can give but people do still proceed no matter what. Even myself do have other choices on how to enjoy myself and gambling is just
an another option.

[goaldigger]

I dont know if other people is like that but thats not my case. My life does not that perfect but im satisfied in it. I only gamble whenever i want and do it just for fun and leisure. Greedyness contributes a lot on gambling addiction rather than loneliness and dissatisfaction. I dont think gambling satisfies them if thats the case.

[michellee]

I dont know if other people is like that but thats not my case. My life does not that perfect but im satisfied in it. I only gamble whenever i want and do it just for fun and leisure. Greedyness contributes a lot on gambling addiction rather than loneliness and dissatisfaction. I dont think gambling satisfies them if thats the case.

Maybe it happens for some people who don't have many activities in their life, and they don't have any friends too. So they go to the gambling place to spend their time and trying to play some game because of someone asking him to join the game. And in the end, his friends will only on the gambling place, and he likes to spend his time playing gambling.

[Betwrong]

I dont know if other people is like that but thats not my case. My life does not that perfect but im satisfied in it. I only gamble whenever i want and do it just for fun and leisure. Greedyness contributes a lot on gambling addiction rather than loneliness and dissatisfaction. I dont think gambling satisfies them if thats the case.

Maybe it happens for some people who don't have many activities in their life, and they don't have any friends too. So they go to the gambling place to spend their time and trying to play some game because of someone asking him to join the game. And in the end, his friends will only on the gambling place, and he likes to spend his time playing gambling.

This is definitely the case with some gamblers, but it is not necessary that they don't have any friends apart from those hanging out on gambling sites. For example, all their friends can be out of town at a certain point, or the gambler himself can be at work where his job is something like checking premises once per hour and sitting all alone waiting until another hour passes. During such times some people watch movies and TV series, and others prefer to gamble and talk with other gamblers in chat.

People who engage with gambling out of greed normally become gambling addicts, but according to statistics there are less than 3% of such people.

[TheUltraElite]

I dont know if other people is like that but thats not my case. My life does not that perfect but im satisfied in it. I only gamble whenever i want and do it just for fun and leisure.

It should be perfectly if you are not wasting money or time in it. When it becomes excess then it becomes a problem. Whether there is any fun in it is your choice to gamble. If you find it fun then its good for you. No need to overthink it and make things complicated. Always make sure you have fun and enjoy what you are doing.

Greedyness contributes a lot on gambling addiction rather than loneliness and dissatisfaction. I dont think gambling satisfies them if thats the case.

Greed is what drives a gambler. Its the force that makes them chase after losses and deposit more because they think they can make more if they keep playing after a loss. They forget that the house will win in the long run and small profits should always be taken out as soon as possible.

[michellee]

I dont know if other people is like that but thats not my case. My life does not that perfect but im satisfied in it. I only gamble whenever i want and do it just for fun and leisure. Greedyness contributes a lot on gambling addiction rather than loneliness and dissatisfaction. I dont think gambling satisfies them if thats the case.

Maybe it happens for some people who don't have many activities in their life, and they don't have any friends too. So they go to the gambling place to spend their time and trying to play some game because of someone asking him to join the game. And in the end, his friends will only on the gambling place, and he likes to spend his time playing gambling.

This is definitely the case with some gamblers, but it is not necessary that they don't have any friends apart from those hanging out on gambling sites. For example, all their friends can be out of town at a certain point, or the gambler himself can be at work where his job is something like checking premises once per hour and sitting all alone waiting until another hour passes. During such times some people watch movies and TV series, and others prefer to gamble and talk with other gamblers in chat.

People who engage with gambling out of greed normally become gambling addicts, but according to statistics there are less than 3% of such people.

Yeah, it could happen with that person too because he needs something to spend his time and not feel bored in his jobs. I think if this is the case, it's not a problem if he spends his loneliness by playing gambling and I don't think that his loneliness will become addicting in gambling although the chance will always there. As long as he can preventing to play for a long time and he can control his greed, I am sure that he won't be an addicted person in gambling.

[Johnzky]

Yesterday I watched a video about addiction on youtube: https://youtu.be/ao8L-0nSYzg. It was a real surprise to me that according to recent research people are addicted to drugs mainly because they can't bond well with people and are not able to live a satisfying life. The research shows that when an addicted person appears in a loving and caring environment, the addiction kind of disappears (even heroin addiction). I wonder what are your thoughts on this matter and whether you think you could say the same about gambling addiction.

Drug addiction is different to gambling addiction because in drugs the satisfactions came only for the drugs and the feelings this can bring and no chances of gaining money,but you are right about them not being loved or lacking of communication from the people closes to them.because i have a brother that use to be a illegal drug dependent but he managed to get over with the help of us his family

While in gambling addiction is aside from the feeling and satisfaction you get when winning there is a stake of money we can have,so the two are different thing,but both are bad for the people and in the community as well

[omonuyak]

I am not really into gambling and I do do betting in around 2010 and since I lose heavily I have not come back into it.  Remember that gambling is one of the way to make money and I don't think loneliness has anything to do with gambling.  Why people feel addicted was because we all want to be rich.

[romero121]

From my experience, my deep involvement into gambling happened when I was very lonely. I used to gamble, but not much time over the same. Over a short term I was very lonely, and by that time I entered gambling. This lead me to earn as well loss big in less time period. Understanding what need to be done, I limited myself and got out of addiction and now I'm a regular gambler and not an addictive gambler.

[Pffrt]

No. People who want to have some money are the one who spent time in gambling with addiction. We people don't care gambling at all. I sometime play whenever I wish. I also don't play a bigger bet. I have been in gambling for the last 2-3 years. Don't play regularly but I never felt like addicted.

[ethereumhunter]

No. People who want to have some money are the one who spent time in gambling with addiction. We people don't care gambling at all. I sometime play whenever I wish. I also don't play a bigger bet. I have been in gambling for the last 2-3 years. Don't play regularly but I never felt like addicted.

That's good, and you have a good start as myself. I don't gamble for a long time, and if I think it's enough, I will leave the site as soon as possible because I don't want to see more losses. It is enough to get a loss on that day, and it's better to stop and continue in the other chance. And when we can prevent from play regularly, I think it will help us to prevent from addicting too.

[Caladonian]

No. People who want to have some money are the one who spent time in gambling with addiction. We people don't care gambling at all. I sometime play whenever I wish. I also don't play a bigger bet. I have been in gambling for the last 2-3 years. Don't play regularly but I never felt like addicted.

Good for you if until now you are still not involve too much and addiction never conquer you, we do have our own reasons maybe its common for those who are lonely to be more engaged and ended up being addicted, but there's also some who can manage to let this activity as part of social life and
being responsible not to allow any bad effects of this activity.

[Naida_BR]

By seeing myself I can say that addiction is strongly correlated with Loneliness or sadness. I can see myself gambling when I don't have something to do or I am at home watching sports and betting on matches. Also, I have felt that I gamble when I am sad and I want to make an achievement for me even if this is winning a bet and getting some money (even if this sounds funny!).

Another example was that I was gambling a lot when I faced a relationship break up. It made me not thinking about other things and kept me busy.

[Betwrong]

By seeing myself I can say that addiction is strongly correlated with Loneliness or sadness. I can see myself gambling when I don't have something to do or I am at home watching sports and betting on matches. Also, I have felt that I gamble when I am sad and I want to make an achievement for me even if this is winning a bet and getting some money (even if this sounds funny!).

Another example was that I was gambling a lot when I faced a relationship break up. It made me not thinking about other things and kept me busy.

So, you are gambling out of loneliness or sadness, but you never become addicted, right? I'm glad for you, and I think it is possible to achieve for others too. That's what gambling should be for, at least for some people, to get rid of loneliness and sadness in your life. I think winning is not necessary in such situations because what matters most is the game itself. Imo it's much better to lose $10 in gambling than to buy a bottle of vodka with it and drink it down out of loneliness.