Is gambling addiction mainly due to loneliness and dissatisfaction?

[FlightyPouch]

I don't know whether this argument is true or not. I know a few of these gambling addicts (some of whom happens to be my friends). These people are definitely not lonely or dissatisfied with their lives.

That is the problem about this Gambling addicts, they look really happy or cheerful on the outside but inside? They are really broken. I know because I had some experience in the past like that. They gamble since we did not know that his mother is suffering from a disease and he wants to help her, he gave some money sometimes but most of the time, he can't since he lost a lot.

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[Patatas]

I don't know whether this argument is true or not. I know a few of these gambling addicts (some of whom happens to be my friends). These people are definitely not lonely or dissatisfied with their lives.

That is the problem about this Gambling addicts, they look really happy or cheerful on the outside but inside? They are really broken. I know because I had some experience in the past like that. They gamble since we did not know that his mother is suffering from a disease and he wants to help her, he gave some money sometimes but most of the time, he can't since he lost a lot.

Not really, I haven't seen Dan Bilzerian depressed, ever. Not everybody has the same mental state, only weak and emotional minds tend to get depressed and cry over loses. Real gamblers should take it as a sport and face the consequences without any emotional attachments.

[Shinpako09]

Nope, gambling addiction is because of profit. They are eager to have a big money in just a short period of time. Also they want to recover anything they have lose in gambling. Profit is the main reason why they keep on coming back.

[sunsilk]

The comparison between drugs and gambling has been normal these days and people think that they are the same but they aren't.

There might be people who are really lonely in real life and because of that they gamble but in every action that everyone does, we don't have the same reason for what we do.

It can be others past times, bonding moment why they gamble, some aren't satisfied on how much they make and that's why they gamble.

[oegarod]

I never find it to be a outcome of loneliness or dissatisfaction. At times loneliness leads towards gambling activities, but the same will not serve to be the sole reason of an user to get addicted. To me it is the eagerness to earn in a simple way that makes people get into easier addiction.

[Fatanut]

The comparison between drugs and gambling has been normal these days and people think that they are the same but they aren't.

There might be people who are really lonely in real life and because of that they gamble but in every action that everyone does, we don't have the same reason for what we do.

It can be others past times, bonding moment why they gamble, some aren't satisfied on how much they make and that's why they gamble.

They better be making money from gambling to have that reason. Otherwise, they are just using that to justify their gambling addiction and they are losing even more money because of gambling which makes their situation worse.

Another thing that you said is that some people have gambling as a bonding time with their friends. This is actually a thing. Let's say that your officemates are all gambling on Saturday nights and they invited you to join them, you can't just say "no" because as the human being that you are, you have the need to belong to a group of people. You will say 'yes' just because. Peer pressure, that is. I really do think that there's a lot of reasons why people become addicted to something. Loneliness and dissatisfaction with their life is just one of them.
To OP: This is a really deep topic. But I strongly agree that dissatisfaction with life really is what brings people down to the addiction line. The situation that I was talking about (above) is saying that addiction can also be caused by peer pressure and being surrounded by gambling addicts can also make you addicted to it. It's an easily solvable addiction for you are able to easily get rid of these people. You can easily say "no" to them. If these people are your workmates, then you changing jobs will solve the problem right away. You don't have the peer pressure to become a gambling addict anymore.

But true addiction comes from within. It's something that you can't control because no one or nothing really is forcing you to do it. You choose to do it. We were taught that we should replace a bad habit by a good habit. We were also taught that you form a habit within 90 days so 90 days of abstinence from this gambling and 90 days of doing this new habit is the way to go. On the other hand, in /r/nofap, which is a subreddit for ridding yourself of your fapping addiction, they have tried this strategy for so long but people always just relapse at some point. I, myself, have tried it. I relapsed after 3 weeks and never really tried to do it again. It's like your body is looking for this addiction. It's like it was missing it. So now that you have tried it again (relapsed), it's like your body embraced that addiction more than ever.

There's an interesting post that came out. (I do know that these are two different types of addiction but I really think that they are still both addiction at the end of the day, and they will have very similar ways to treat) It says that "Gambling is not a disease, it's a symptom". It explained that we're not really doing well in life and so we're low. Our body is looking for this dopamine rush since our body isn't producing it due to loneliness and dissatisfaction. We then resort to things like fapping, gambling, drugs, and alcohol for this. We're trying to make ourselves happy. We're trying to escape the reality that is very sad and cruel. To make things short, in order to rid yourself of gambling, what you have to do is rid yourself of these problems. What's making you unhappy? Anyone toxic around you? People giving you a hard time? Then research about it, stop researching about your addiction because it's just a result of the combination of all the problems in life that you have. Or are you just gambling because after a long day at work, you have nothing else to do? Then that's easy, just find something to fill that extra time you have. It really is about how you live your life, rather than you being a "sick" person with an addiction. It's sad because we're told that we have an addiction, we were never told that it was a result of something else deeper in you.

My take on this? I would say it really is the way to treat your gambling addiction, or any addiction for that matter. I was genuinely happy for a couple of days and none of those days did I fap, gamble, and drink alcohol. It was all because I was in a good mood. I was able to sleep with a smile on my face without knowing that I didn't do OR even have the urge to do the "addiction" that I was told I had.

[Janation]

I never find it to be a outcome of loneliness or dissatisfaction. At times loneliness leads towards gambling activities, but the same will not serve to be the sole reason of an user to get addicted. To me it is the eagerness to earn in a simple way that makes people get into easier addiction.

I don't know about that. Gambler's usually become addicted to gambling since they have their dissatisfaction to themselves or maybe their lives. Loneliness mostly lead to Drug Addiction but in terms of gambling, that will be dissatisfaction.

You said it yourself, the eagerness to earn in a simple way makes people get easier into addiction, that also means that these gamblers are not comfortable to how they live their lives making them dissatisfied with their lives, isn't it?

[Findingnemo]

I think it happens because of loneliness and greediness of the person.People are here to be a millionaire without any working and they consider gambling like an investment and playing with their hard earned money and losing more and more will leads to depression and in the thought they want to get back their lost amount they wll continue to do then it will leads to addictions as well.

[TheUltraElite]

I never find it to be a outcome of loneliness or dissatisfaction. At times loneliness leads towards gambling activities, but the same will not serve to be the sole reason of an user to get addicted. To me it is the eagerness to earn in a simple way that makes people get into easier addiction.

Being lonely is normal at times for people. There is no association between loneliness and gambling unless it is backed up by data. Loneliness can make the person do some strange things like go to a social media website of chatbox and start spamming. Because they want to get attention or want themselves known. That is perfectly normal and would resolve once that person is social once again.

On the other gambling habit comes from the player themselves. They want to make money from their greed.

[iv4n]

Gambling is just part of my life and I would like that to stay like that. Anyone can be lonely from time to time, that doesn't mean that you should go in casino and to spend all the money just because you are lonely, there are so many other activities that can pull you out from there.
Gambling should be fun for most of us. There are professional poker players, black jack players and if they earn a lot from this game they are professionals and for them gambling is more than a game, for the rest of us gambling should be fun activity where we spend only how much we can afford to lose.

[krishnaverma]

I will agree to you OP to some extent.

When a person is lonely, he might be attracted more to gambling cause:

1) He needs to do something just to pass his time. Most often practices like gambling appear as the easiest option in these cases.

2) Another problem with lonely people is that they do not have someone to monitor or control them before gambling addiction occurs. It has more impact than all other points.

[St4yInTh3D4rk]

Yes,loneliness is one of the main reason for any kind of addiction because already they are very lonely in their life so if they get into something they will fully concentrate on that only like drug and drink addict also the same or maybe this will give them relief from their problems as well.But this give only temporary happiness but will leads to serious problems so the people need to learn how to face their problems in their life than avoiding those problem with temporary happiness.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

By letter, all addicts are the same, be it gambling addicts or drugs addicts.

We can see the definition of an addict is a user who cannot be separated or hard to discharge of the things he used or use.

But to synchronize the habit of gambling addicts and drug addicts about how they behave with other people, I will compare both very far away.

You can see the main focus, a gambler will have a healthy mind when playing or talking with other people. While the drug addicts, they will not be able to talk well with other people.

[pixie85]

I will agree to you OP to some extent.

When a person is lonely, he might be attracted more to gambling cause:

1) He needs to do something just to pass his time. Most often practices like gambling appear as the easiest option in these cases.

2) Another problem with lonely people is that they do not have someone to monitor or control them before gambling addiction occurs. It has more impact than all other points.

You're so wrong. Having nothing to do doesn't have much in common with being addicted to gambling. What if somebody told you that people who are bored are often becoming alcoholics because if you have nothing to do the easiest thing is to get drunk? We can't look at it this way. One person will get addicted to this another to that and a very small number of people will become serial killers. This doesn't mean that loneliness and boredom make silent killers out of people!

[Vaculin]

Yes,loneliness is one of the main reason for any kind of addiction because already they are very lonely in their life so if they get into something they will fully concentrate on that only like drug and drink addict also the same or maybe this will give them relief from their problems as well.But this give only temporary happiness but will leads to serious problems so the people need to learn how to face their problems in their life than avoiding those problem with temporary happiness.

Maybe some of them are experiencing loneliness inside because they don't feel belongingness anymore in their family circle.But i think addiction is a choice because if they only manage to discipline theirselves,they may not reach that point.In most of the times,addiction may be avoided through the love and comfort from their own families and of course giving some piece of good advices from loved ones may also help.

[Ziskinberg]

Yes,loneliness is one of the main reason for any kind of addiction because already they are very lonely in their life so if they get into something they will fully concentrate on that only like drug and drink addict also the same or maybe this will give them relief from their problems as well.But this give only temporary happiness but will leads to serious problems so the people need to learn how to face their problems in their life than avoiding those problem with temporary happiness.

Yes.If addiction will be ignored,it will really cause more serious damages in life.But if a person who is addicted to gambling is determined to change his life for the better,i think it would really happen if there are also emotional support from his loved ones.

[wxa7115]

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.

In my opinion things are not so simple, we cannot give a single reason of why people do what they do, I have known several people that were into drugs and most of them started consuming just because they wanted to experiment, which is a phrase that is used a lot but that does not mean anything, they just wanted to taste drugs and suddenly they found themselves immersed in that world unable to get out of it, people mock the just say no campaign of the 80s but it was correct, do not do drugs under any circumstances and by doing that you cannot get addicted to them and if for some reason you are given powerful and addictive drugs like pain killers by your doctor try to find other ways to overcome the disease, there are many therapies out there that can achieve the same results without the use of medicines, but if that fails then you need to keep a very close watch over your consumption of those medicines so you avoid getting addicted.

And the same applies to gambling addiction, people gamble because they want and then some people find that they cannot handle it and if you do not want to fall into that pattern of behavior then do not gamble at all, it is that simple.

[Elai101]

For me i don’t think so it’s the main reason because addiction is a result of excessive gambling, when you don’t have control already and cannot stop the activity. In the beginning it is just a trial and fun but in the long run it will push you to keep doing until you reach to addiction, others just makes an excuse and believe its because of loneliness, but for me it is a choice at first.

I think gambling addiction is the set of mind who has an  extreme and eagerness to earn money and bring big profit for there family. It can be a good form of relaxation or fun and stress reliever. In my own self, I do gambling for money, to win and have income, because I'm not lonely nor unsatisfied. 

[fitty]

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.

Yes, partly its true for me,  because im addicted to gambling before and its my hobby everyday i go to casino, i don't know what's the reason but i enjoyed playing while in the house its like a haunted house the difference is everyday my family is there but i can't talk or something to tell a story its just a silent house.

[maydna]

I don't distract my life from just gambling because I have a good life and I really enjoy what I have right now. I also have a free time in my daily life so I think it will not be a problem if I am playing gambling because I want to enjoy my time to play gambling like others. besides that, I am not a gambler which spends almost all my time just playing gambling because I know that my life will ruin if I only playing gambling.