Gambling Addiction at its Worst!

[deisik]

I heard recently an interesting thought about alcohol addiction. It was said that from birth one can say about a person whether he is predisposed to alcoholism or not. The whole secret is allegedly how well the body produces an enzyme that raps alcohol https://www.mydr.com.au/gastrointestinal-health/liver-and-alcohol-breakdown. And if this enzyme is produced well, then a person does not appear addicted to an alcoholic.
Perhaps this idea makes sense

Personally, I don't think it works on this level

And as I'm inclined to think, it has more to do with brain chemistry rather than some enzymes in the liver. Why? The logic is pretty simple. It is not consumption of alcohol itself just like not gambling per se which turns people into alcohol and gambling addicts. It is the urge that they feel after they have not drunk or played for some time that drives them insane and makes they come back for more. Obviously, all this happens in the brain, not in the liver

[doomistake]

I heard recently an interesting thought about alcohol addiction. It was said that from birth one can say about a person whether he is predisposed to alcoholism or not. The whole secret is allegedly how well the body produces an enzyme that raps alcohol https://www.mydr.com.au/gastrointestinal-health/liver-and-alcohol-breakdown. And if this enzyme is produced well, then a person does not appear addicted to an alcoholic.
Perhaps this idea makes sense

Personally, I don't think it works on this level

And as I'm inclined to think, it has more to do with brain chemistry rather than some enzymes in the liver. Why? The logic is pretty simple. It is not consumption of alcohol itself just like not gambling per se which turns people into alcohol and gambling addicts. It is the urge that they feel after they have not drunk or played for some time that drives them insane and makes they come back for more. Obviously, all this happens in the brain, not in the liver

Maybe what he was trying to say is that if it is in your blood (family) that loves to drink alcohol, then you're also going to be immune to alcoholics drinks, you would never get drunk, and in gambling, you are playing gambling but you have the resistance to gambling addiction.

But yes, I agree to you that it is all happening to the brain, since it is the one who controls our entire nervous system who commands every parts of our body what to do, and gambling addiction is also included.

[doomloop]

These act you mentioned are the worst I have ever seen because it is really silly and I think those kind of people needs to be rehabilitated because there is something else that has taken over them. Why am I gambling, isn't it to make money and if I have the opportunity to steal $14 million, why on earth would I still continue with gambling, I think those ones are being ruled by marine spirit or any demonic spirit.

I love gambling, most especially for game, but the moment that I saw that it was beginning to affect my children’s education and I find it hard helping them out on their assignment, I had to stop gambling immediately because family comes for me and anything that will take that away will be dealt with completely.

After grabbing fourteen million dollars, playing gambling with the intention of getting money does not make any sense at all. But neither stealing that much big amount is easy task nor making income from gambling is possible. If someone claims to done any of these, I will not believe him. You made my day by saying that family comes first. All the gamblers should get some lesson from you and reset their priorities.

[deisik]

I heard recently an interesting thought about alcohol addiction. It was said that from birth one can say about a person whether he is predisposed to alcoholism or not. The whole secret is allegedly how well the body produces an enzyme that raps alcohol https://www.mydr.com.au/gastrointestinal-health/liver-and-alcohol-breakdown. And if this enzyme is produced well, then a person does not appear addicted to an alcoholic.
Perhaps this idea makes sense

Personally, I don't think it works on this level

And as I'm inclined to think, it has more to do with brain chemistry rather than some enzymes in the liver. Why? The logic is pretty simple. It is not consumption of alcohol itself just like not gambling per se which turns people into alcohol and gambling addicts. It is the urge that they feel after they have not drunk or played for some time that drives them insane and makes they come back for more. Obviously, all this happens in the brain, not in the liver

Maybe what he was trying to say is that if it is in your blood (family) that loves to drink alcohol, then you're also going to be immune to alcoholics drinks, you would never get drunk, and in gambling, you are playing gambling but you have the resistance to gambling addiction

Well, I doubt that you can't get drunk if you drink enough

But I agree that some people can drink regularly and sometimes quite heavily (e.g. when external circumstances require it) but without developing an addiction at all. As I have written earlier, it is all in our mental or psychological makeup and character. Some people are more prone to become an addict of something, some less, and that definitely has everything to do with our brains, whether it is familial and hereditary (i.e. occurring in the members of a family) or entirely individual and thus not tied to one's ancestry

But yes, I agree to you that it is all happening to the brain, since it is the one who controls our entire nervous system who commands every parts of our body what to do, and gambling addiction is also included

The interesting part is what should be done to prevent people from developing an addiction for something when they are already internally predisposed to it, i.e. how to make them immune to it

[Duzter]

These act you mentioned are the worst I have ever seen because it is really silly and I think those kind of people needs to be rehabilitated because there is something else that has taken over them. Why am I gambling, isn't it to make money and if I have the opportunity to steal $14 million, why on earth would I still continue with gambling, I think those ones are being ruled by marine spirit or any demonic spirit.

I love gambling, most especially for game, but the moment that I saw that it was beginning to affect my children’s education and I find it hard helping them out on their assignment, I had to stop gambling immediately because family comes for me and anything that will take that away will be dealt with completely.

After grabbing fourteen million dollars, playing gambling with the intention of getting money does not make any sense at all. But neither stealing that much big amount is easy task nor making income from gambling is possible. If someone claims to done any of these, I will not believe him. You made my day by saying that family comes first. All the gamblers should get some lesson from you and reset their priorities.

Everyone try to get the best out of gambling. This is not to make themselves happy, most of the gamblers always look for the sophistication of their family. Myself is a failed experiment of the same, because if I've made my living with what I had now I could've been living very happily. To give more sophistication to my family I tried and failed losing what I had in my wallet.

[vintages]

14 million   that is sooo huge.
They keep saying it but they won't listen, gambling is not for everyone, because many gamblers can't handle it addiction.
The only part where gambling addiction almost got me was when I used the money for an important stuff to gamble and I was prone to gambling everyday. I worked hard to recover the money but I can't be foolish enough to use millions for it. I'm glad I am free now.

[adzino]

14 million   that is sooo huge.
They keep saying it but they won't listen, gambling is not for everyone, because many gamblers can't handle it addiction.
The only part where gambling addiction almost got me was when I used the money for an important stuff to gamble and I was prone to gambling everyday. I worked hard to recover the money but I can't be foolish enough to use millions for it. I'm glad I am free now.

Yeah, that is really weird. A person stealing money and the company does not even realize it. Like I mean all those annual auditing, journal and trial balance and they didn't see any anomaly? Looks like someone has been performing a shit job.
Just one time incident does mean you "almost" became an addict. You aren't "foolish" enough now, but trust me, when you become an addict you won't even realize what you are doing or using to gamble.

[Oceat]

These act you mentioned are the worst I have ever seen because it is really silly and I think those kind of people needs to be rehabilitated because there is something else that has taken over them. Why am I gambling, isn't it to make money and if I have the opportunity to steal $14 million, why on earth would I still continue with gambling, I think those ones are being ruled by marine spirit or any demonic spirit.

I love gambling, most especially for game, but the moment that I saw that it was beginning to affect my children’s education and I find it hard helping them out on their assignment, I had to stop gambling immediately because family comes for me and anything that will take that away will be dealt with completely.

After grabbing fourteen million dollars, playing gambling with the intention of getting money does not make any sense at all. But neither stealing that much big amount is easy task nor making income from gambling is possible. If someone claims to done any of these, I will not believe him. You made my day by saying that family comes first. All the gamblers should get some lesson from you and reset their priorities.

Everyone try to get the best out of gambling. This is not to make themselves happy, most of the gamblers always look for the sophistication of their family. Myself is a failed experiment of the same, because if I've made my living with what I had now I could've been living very happily. To give more sophistication to my family I tried and failed losing what I had in my wallet.

That's a very sad of you right now, you must be feeling a little awkward upon facing with your wife when come home after you lost those money in gambling without telling it to her. I know we all have been doing some bad deeds in our lives once in a while but it is important that we should learn from those mistakes and never do it again.

[dunfida]

These act you mentioned are the worst I have ever seen because it is really silly and I think those kind of people needs to be rehabilitated because there is something else that has taken over them. Why am I gambling, isn't it to make money and if I have the opportunity to steal $14 million, why on earth would I still continue with gambling, I think those ones are being ruled by marine spirit or any demonic spirit.

I love gambling, most especially for game, but the moment that I saw that it was beginning to affect my children’s education and I find it hard helping them out on their assignment, I had to stop gambling immediately because family comes for me and anything that will take that away will be dealt with completely.

After grabbing fourteen million dollars, playing gambling with the intention of getting money does not make any sense at all. But neither stealing that much big amount is easy task nor making income from gambling is possible. If someone claims to done any of these, I will not believe him. You made my day by saying that family comes first. All the gamblers should get some lesson from you and reset their priorities.

Everyone try to get the best out of gambling. This is not to make themselves happy, most of the gamblers always look for the sophistication of their family. Myself is a failed experiment of the same, because if I've made my living with what I had now I could've been living very happily. To give more sophistication to my family I tried and failed losing what I had in my wallet.

That's a very sad of you right now, you must be feeling a little awkward upon facing with your wife when come home after you lost those money in gambling without telling it to her. I know we all have been doing some bad deeds in our lives once in a while but it is important that we should learn from those mistakes and never do it again.

If self realizations could really be put up on ones mind and heart then committing the same mistakes wont really be that on high chances yet people or a certain
gambler would already be keen on his next move to make since he know on what are the possible things that would happen ahead.Living in a life which does have full or secrets
and anxiety since you know that you're hiding something to someone wont really give out a very peaceful life since you've been bothered every now and then.
If you dont like on having that kind of depression or worries then better to completely stop on everything.

[LogitechMouse]

I was reading the news this morning and one of the headlines was about a terrible stealing incident involving an alleged gambling addict. The man is an employee of R&L Investments, one of the Philippines' oldest stock brokerage firms. He was able to orchestrate a way to suck at least ₱700-million worth of stocks from the company to support his gambling addiction. This is around 14 million USD, huge enough for the company to decide its closure after 5 decades of operation.^[1]

I have seen this news on the social media already days ago but what I didn't expect that it is because he became an gambling addict and it forced the company into its closure. What a huge loss for the investors who used that broker and many are hoping that it will not happen to other online brokers in the future.

I want to ask my fellow gamblers here, what is the worst thing you have done for your gambling hobby or habit? Have you come to the point of getting addicted to it and how did you counter it?

I think it is around last year when I almost gambled everyday in an NBA game. I'm gambling a small amount only everyday but it took me around one month of non stop gambling and as usual, I end up losing my money. I countered it by just playing online games to be honest since I always play and that is how I countered it. Now I don't gamble too much, around 1-2 times every 2-3 weeks only.

[maydna]

14 million   that is sooo huge.
They keep saying it but they won't listen, gambling is not for everyone, because many gamblers can't handle it addiction.
The only part where gambling addiction almost got me was when I used the money for an important stuff to gamble and I was prone to gambling everyday. I worked hard to recover the money but I can't be foolish enough to use millions for it. I'm glad I am free now.

Great. At least you don't have to do the same thing in the future because you already got an important lesson before. That will help you to understand that most people cannot rely on themselves in gambling because they can lose control in the middle of gambling.

Gambling addiction is worse, but still, many people playing gambling in their free time or every day. Perhaps, if they can have a strong control inside of themselves, they will not worry about becoming addicting. They can prevent the addiction even if the situations become worst, so they will decide to leave the gambling places without taking a look back.

[onrise]

Yep, gambling is never good, it destroys finances, lives, families and own sanity.

This is the actual outcome if people do get addicted and cannot control themself from taking break from gambling and end up losing lot of money, relationship is spoilt, it effects the health etc . So it is important to have a self discipline in life .

[lienfaye]

Yep, gambling is never good, it destroys finances, lives, families and own sanity.

It can destroy everything you had thats the consequences if you let yourself become addicted. But why it is hard to refrain ourselves to gamble even we often lose? We know how hard to win in gambling and the chances to win is not quite but there are still people trying their luck to double their money or hit the jackpot (like in lottery) to become rich. The worst that I did for gambling is to spend the money that is meant for our daily expenses its my salary, but I chose gambling than to think what might be the outcome of my action.

[BITCOIN4X]

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Gambling and being out of control is a very bad thing. Many things can happen if someone has reached the stage of intense addiction, family relationships that are not harmonious, mental health, social and other disorders.
I am not sure that someone who is lucky in gambling will be happy to let go of his love for gambling, because in my opinion gambling gives us great hope of winning even though we cannot achieve it at all.

[barbara44]

the worst thing I did the most was stealing my mother's money under the bed, after that she felt lost and accused me of taking the money.
without clear evidence he knows I took it, because gambling can make people do the same desperation as drugs if it is not met then it will find a shortcut so that desire is fulfilled, from here I learn if gambling must be stopped by yourself by way of away from places and friends who often gambling.

I do not see any difference between you and the referred person on the post that stole the company’s money because stealing is stealing regardless whom it is stolen from. The only problem I have with addicted gamblers is that they do not consider it as addiction until it gets out of control because to be realistic, I can’t comprehend how a sane man would go as far as stealing just to gamble.

I don’t know if you still have this habit bro but will advice you seek help as soon as possible if you do bro because gambling addiction can be disastrous and it all begins with little actions of doing everything possible to satisfy the desire which also includes stealing.

I sincerely wish the government of each countries could see gambling as a very terrible and dangerous illness because that’s exactly what it is and anyone seen or suspected to be addicted should be given urgent attention because at the end of the day, the destruction does not only end at the victim but the general public at large. You can imagine what huge debt the company has gone into as a result of one man’s mistake. Really terrible.

[dothebeats]

The worst thing I have done to feed my gambling habit was probably skip 2 months of my own personal savings and spend it all on booze and gambling in a night, and this happened in Macau. Obviously not my proudest moment nor fondest memory but it opened my eye into something that would help me a lot. I know I wouldn't do such a dumb thing knowing that I still love being free and just getting some things done day by done and my addictions, or should I say "attraction" to gambling isn't that worrisome and I have effectively stopped gambling large amounts of money for years now. Problems such as these are more into the psychological behavior of the person in question and they really need to seek help, else they would do such stupid things mentioned by OP or worse, physically harm someone in order to achieve their goals.

[sayaya17]

If it has been addicted to gambling it will be hard to heal his soul, anything he can do to earn money to play gambling, yes suppose by borrowing money to people or doing other worst things as you say, for example by Do theft. Until now I was not addicted to gambling, although occasionally likes to gamble.

[Twentyonepaylots]

Well, i didn't consider myself being too addicted when I played gambling games just quite a little because I manage to stop myself before it's too late but I remember when I still playing I often skip in eating in the right time and used most of my earnings from postings and my saved money and my family notice that changes in me and confront me, and thankfully they understand me and guide and help me to get rid of addiction. Gambling is just a habit, but it depends on the person on how will it affect itself for better or for worst.

[huige007]

I heard recently an interesting thought about alcohol addiction. It was said that from birth one can say about a person whether he is predisposed to alcoholism or not. The whole secret is allegedly how well the body produces an enzyme that raps alcohol https://www.mydr.com.au/gastrointestinal-health/liver-and-alcohol-breakdown. And if this enzyme is produced well, then a person does not appear addicted to an alcoholic.
Perhaps this idea makes sense

Personally, I don't think it works on this level

And as I'm inclined to think, it has more to do with brain chemistry rather than some enzymes in the liver. Why? The logic is pretty simple. It is not consumption of alcohol itself just like not gambling per se which turns people into alcohol and gambling addicts. It is the urge that they feel after they have not drunk or played for some time that drives them insane and makes they come back for more. Obviously, all this happens in the brain, not in the liver

we can say that our body and brain start treating such addictions as something compulsory to survive. For them, it becomes a need to live and work. This is how addictions actually work. They fool our brains and train it to believe that some actions are necessary for staying alive. It is not easy to work against your  own brain. That is why the treatments to shake off such habits put a great mental pressure on victim.

[FanEagle]

That's one of the most craziest thing that I've heard about gambling addiction. I meant it can be so dangerous to even let people kill themselves. Hopefully, I'm not addicted to gambling, I mean a few months ago I was gambling regularly, but I was at the point to get addicted to be honest, but I just controlled myself because it could be even worse later. Addicted people should start to stay away from gambling slowly and trying to quit this field as soon as possible. It's not even a good field to earn money, because it's all about luck.

I have seen worse scenario. Addicted gamblers in my opinion should be seen as mentally unstable patients and their actions can be frightening. Sometime back I heard the story of a man that killed himself, wife and kids because he lost a game and felt terrible,didn’t know how to stand the shame and loss and the best he felt he could do was to eradicate his total family, it’s that Bad.

If there is anything we can do to safe ourselves from becoming victims is for us to be careful on how much time we spend on gambling since by research any gambler has a tendency of falling into addiction as long as they spend a lot of time gambling. This is the reason I try to pick the days I play games. I have successfully trained myself that I do not visit a casino house more than 2 times in a week. Those suffering from addiction today never envisaged they would become that. Being careful is absolutely very important.