Is gambling addiction mainly due to loneliness and dissatisfaction?

[Shenzou]

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.

I defiantly think that loneliness plays a big part in making people fall into the wrong roads and do things that are illogical, no having friends and not having anything to do, makes you look for anything to do even if it is wrong, and gambling and drugs or anything that gets you hooked up on it, I personally only gamble when I have nothing to do, but when I am with my friends I don't even think about it, and probably that is the best solution for addiction.

[Betwrong]

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.

I think advises that say do not gamble at all, do not drink alcohol at all, do not do drugs etc. are of not much help, especially for those who are already addicted. People need advice on how to stop being addicted, rather than statement of the fact that they are in a severe situation.

I think that new findings, that have been discussed in this thread, are really amazing and that any addicted person can (and should) try to cure themselves by creating a loving and caring environment around.

[Claudyah]

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.

At least with the environment and association can happen not only in loneliness, because in life too extreme sociality will produce a bad thing, when we have fallen into the world of narcotics slowly we will continue to mencanduinya, let alone gamble it very often happens when we have earning the first profit in gambling we will continue to do so without any dissatisfaction and continue until finally become an addict, even not necessarily it will continue to get luck or even a frequent defeat received, it is the ugliness that often happens as an addict

[krishnaverma]

At least with the environment and association can happen not only in loneliness, because in life too extreme sociality will produce a bad thing, when we have fallen into the world of narcotics slowly we will continue to mencanduinya, let alone gamble it very often happens when we have earning the first profit in gambling we will continue to do so without any dissatisfaction and continue until finally become an addict, even not necessarily it will continue to get luck or even a frequent defeat received, it is the ugliness that often happens as an addict

I do not know about other countries but people addicted to gambling are generally addicted to alcohol and other things as well. I can confirm it only based on small sample I was familiar with. Two people I know got so much addicted to all this that they were not able to control it even when they had parents staying with them for some short time.

[Jating]

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.

I believed for drugs that might be one of  the reasons why they got addicted. As for gambling addicts, might be a deeper reasons though. I admit that I got addicted because of the environment. When you see your father and other family members into gambling at a young age, you can inherit, that lifestyle and that's what happened to me. But being lonely? Nah, I don't think that gambling will be their first options though, but drugs. That's why I wanted to break that line, that connection, so I keep my gambling addiction to my kids because I don't want them to end the path I took.

[just_Alice]

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.

Gambling addiction is different from drug addiction in terms of reasoning from someone who is into it. Addiction in gambling is because people are dissatisfied with what they already won in a gambling, and tend to lose it all even if they know they are not winning the game.

I think that gambling addiction is pretty similar to drug addiction, I mean it's the same chemicals that are released in the brain as when you do drugs.
What you're describing is a symptom of gambling addiction, not the root cause.

I'd say it's certainly possible that people turn to gambling and get addicted because they are dissatisfied with their life;

Actually, it's not, physical addiction takes place when certain chemicals (µ opioid agonists, such as alcohol, barbiturates, nicotine, etc.) bind to µ opioid receptors. And the chemicals that can be released when playing poker due to excitements are most likely catecholamines (adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine) which can only cause psychological dependence. So forget that myth once and for all.
Gambling can be sort of a distraction from your problems if you started to gamble before those problems emerged. But if one is already in trouble I think it's unlikely he will start gambling to get well.

[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.

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.

It can also be one reason to justify their addiction, someone who can't help himself from addiction will think of a reason just to pursue his hobby.

About the peer pressure, that's another thing and it's happening most of the time.

I experienced that before but for someone that really has no idea of what gambling is and don't have interest on it can say no.

[o_e_l_e_o]

Actually, it's not, physical addiction takes place when certain chemicals (µ opioid agonists, such as alcohol, barbiturates, nicotine, etc.) bind to µ opioid receptors. And the chemicals that can be released when playing poker due to excitements are most likely catecholamines (adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine) which can only cause psychological dependence. So forget that myth once and for all.

Neither alcohol, barbiturates, or nicotine have any activity at µ receptors, so you are mistaken. Most drugs, like gambling, exert their addictive effects through secondary activation of the mesolimbic pathway and endogenous dopamine release.

[avikz]

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.

That probably is true for some and you can't really generalize addicted gamblers in the same bracket. Also drugs addiction and gambling addiction are two different things. People who love to stay in a hallucinating world, becomes addicted to drugs but gambling addiction is a hard reality and no place for hallucination. I believe the gambling addiction is triggered by the greed and not by the loneliness and dissatisfaction. That probably is true for the alcohol addiction but not gambling!

[Janation]

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.

I guess what you are trying to say here is that you are not the type of people that really waste their time and money on gambling since you know it will ruin it. You don't need to say that "your will be ruined if you play gambling" since you are already gambling as you have said.

I am confused on what you are saying really since you are saying that you are enjoying a good life and you are also saying that you want to enjoy gambling like others too, What are you pointing here?

[Juliedarwin]

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.

People are really finding what's best for them specially when they needs to have to listen there own problems and to comfort with them too. We can't control what people's like and want to do in their own lifes. Play gambling with a self control and not to waste with your life.

[omonuyak]

"I am not really a gambler" though I was gambling through bitonmarket in 2011 and 2012! Since I lost heavily I decided to stay far from gambling and just focus on cryptocurrencies trading and rendering services for bitcoin.

[FlightyPouch]

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.

People are really finding what's best for them specially when they needs to have to listen there own problems and to comfort with them too. We can't control what people's like and want to do in their own lifes. Play gambling with a self control and not to waste with your life.

If people are finding the best for them then why would hey go to a casino or visit a gambling site to gamble? Are they thinking that gambling is a solution for problems? Gambling is just gambling, it ruin lives, it leads you to bankruptcy and it will take away all your loved ones, is that a good solution to a problem? No. Being responsible is the solution for problems.

[jrrsparkles]

If you do anything while you are lonely then it will become your habit since your mind is very eager to do something so if you gamble while your are lonely then it will become and addiction.The other reason is that greediness people just want to be a rich person in very short time and they think the gambling can do that for them but actually they are going to lose their money here so they will keep chasing the money and will get addicted.

[btctalk4life]

I think it's true tbh. People who don't have any hobby, have so much free time in his life, don't have anything to do and lonely, all are makes people do gambling and sometimes become addicted to gambling because they don't have anything to do beside do gambling.

[dams87]

maybe the same as drug addiction with gambling addiction may be just a different sensation, addiction to gambling is caused more by the dissatisfaction of what they achieve so it will be difficult to get out of the circle as long as the feeling continues.

[BitcoinNewbie15]

Actually, it's not, physical addiction takes place when certain chemicals (µ opioid agonists, such as alcohol, barbiturates, nicotine, etc.) bind to µ opioid receptors. And the chemicals that can be released when playing poker due to excitements are most likely catecholamines (adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine) which can only cause psychological dependence. So forget that myth once and for all.

Neither alcohol, barbiturates, or nicotine have any activity at µ receptors, so you are mistaken. Most drugs, like gambling, exert their addictive effects through secondary activation of the mesolimbic pathway and endogenous dopamine release.

This is exactly correct! Physical and Psychological addiction are the same thing. They take advantage of the reward centers in your brain, which makes you want to have more. Gambling can easily do this (and it does), video games can become addictive this way, and even those crappy mobile games use the same tactic. All they do is trigger the reward center and cause your brain to release some dopamine, and your hooked, trying to get your next hit. That is facebooks business model actually.

[Fatanut]

If you do anything while you are lonely then it will become your habit since your mind is very eager to do something so if you gamble while your are lonely then it will become and addiction.The other reason is that greediness people just want to be a rich person in very short time and they think the gambling can do that for them but actually they are going to lose their money here so they will keep chasing the money and will get addicted.

I think you meant we're going to come back to gambling whenever we're sad in order to cope up with the loneliness. It really depends on your situation and how can you handle it. Do you get lonely whenever you're alone because of this problem? Then you sure will be gambling a lot. But, are you the type of person that only gets lonely sometimes? Then even when you have gambling as a way to cope with it, you wouldn't be gambling much since you're seldom lonely.

Another thing that we can put into consideration is our ability to solve the problem. If we are able to get rid of the problem, we have no more reason to be lonely, thus, no more reason to gamble. It really depends on a lot of things but the ending will always be you actually solving the problem.

I think it's true tbh. People who don't have any hobby, have so much free time in his life, don't have anything to do and lonely, all are makes people do gambling and sometimes become addicted to gambling because they don't have anything to do beside do gambling.

Sometimes we're not really addicted to something. It's just that we don't have anything else to do. Before, I used to think that I have a drinking problem because I'm going out a lot with my friends we used to drink almost every day. When I put some thought to it, we all don't have anything else to do with each other. We like different things and we all have different hobbies. Basically we're bonded by the alcohol. At some point, I stopped coming just to see if I actually had a problem. Turns out, I don't. I used the time I would spend drinking (which I thought was my addiction) doing something else like taking photos and editing them. I didn't even feel the need to drink at all. The addiction was nothing but an illusion and I was able to give it up right away by just filling the time with something else.

[quichiship]

At least with the environment and association can happen not only in loneliness, because in life too extreme sociality will produce a bad thing, when we have fallen into the world of narcotics slowly we will continue to mencanduinya, let alone gamble it very often happens when we have earning the first profit in gambling we will continue to do so without any dissatisfaction and continue until finally become an addict, even not necessarily it will continue to get luck or even a frequent defeat received, it is the ugliness that often happens as an addict

I do not know about other countries but people addicted to gambling are generally addicted to alcohol and other things as well. I can confirm it only based on small sample I was familiar with. Two people I know got so much addicted to all this that they were not able to control it even when they had parents staying with them for some short time.

I think that it may be one of the reason, but not necessary, I think that one of the most common reason for becoming a gambling is lack of jobs opportunity, people even after getting a lot of education they find it hard to find any job for earning their livelihood which in fact compel they to start playing gambling.

[emberbekas]

The environment in which a person lives can also be a cause of addiction. For example, a person who lives in an environment where most of the residents are gamblers, it is likely that the person will follow what is done by the majority. In short, many things can cause someone to become an addict.