Gambling Addiction at its Worst!

[Chrystora123]

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It's rare to treat patients that has gambling addiction issue. Usually, those who are addicted in gambling in which they have nothing left to gamble due to their lack of control became miserable already and they have no money to pay for the treatment then. Also, the problem in ascertaining that is people who have that issue doesn't act suspicously. Usually the keep secret for themselves which makes person who are valuable or close to them difficult to know their siutation. I think with just keeping do other things can help more for them rather than putting them in facilities. It's a difficult task but still doable at the end.

gambling addiction is not a severe mental illness that must be entered into a psychiatric facility, the best way to cure gambling addicts is to do hypnotherapy.  I have personally visited hypnotherapy to reduce my addiction to smoking, and there I saw many patients who have other illnesses (phobias, game addiction, hypersexual, and others) that are being treated or are almost cured.

[hahay]

Indeed, it is the worst gambling addiction and is very blind to using his common sense amid the pressures that occur. Anyway, when gambling has become the main source of income then of course it is the wrong choice and gambling addicts should still prioritize wiser and more reasonable mindset so that whatever pressure is received at least the addict still has good control with a healthy mindset.

[ethereumhunter]

gambling addiction is not a severe mental illness that must be entered into a psychiatric facility, the best way to cure gambling addicts is to do hypnotherapy.  I have personally visited hypnotherapy to reduce my addiction to smoking, and there I saw many patients who have other illnesses (phobias, game addiction, hypersexual, and others) that are being treated or are almost cured.

I think hypnotherapy can solve the addicting problem because that method is working in the subconscious mind, so it will give a command to our mind, body, and soul that gambling is not good for our life. Maybe people who have an addict to gambling can try this method, and they need to trust the psychiatric that they will help that person to solve the problem. I think that it is worth to try if they really want to have a good mind, and they want to cure addicted to gambling.

[imstillthebest]

gambling addiction is not a severe mental illness that must be entered into a psychiatric facility, the best way to cure gambling addicts is to do hypnotherapy.  I have personally visited hypnotherapy to reduce my addiction to smoking, and there I saw many patients who have other illnesses (phobias, game addiction, hypersexual, and others) that are being treated or are almost cured.

I think hypnotherapy can solve the addicting problem because that method is working in the subconscious mind, so it will give a command to our mind, body, and soul that gambling is not good for our life. Maybe people who have an addict to gambling can try this method, and they need to trust the psychiatric that they will help that person to solve the problem. I think that it is worth to try if they really want to have a good mind, and they want to cure addicted to gambling.

hypno ? it means that you will be hypnotize by some things like for example pendulum  ? 

but did the effect only good for short term only   ?  later on you will be awaken from being hypnotize so i dont think that its a good way to cut your addiction  . i think medication is still the best or by taking prescribe drugs that are specifically formulated to cure mental illness such as addiction   .  gambling addiction can be severe or not depending on the patient  .

[Sahyadri]

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]

This case made me remember another news that shocked the country and beyond more than a couple of years ago. This incident involved another gambling addict who tried to burn down the casino inside Resorts World Manila. The man entered the casino fully armed and attempted to steal chips. It went awry and much worse from there, and ended up burning himself alive. The gambling addiction of the perpetrator had reached its worst end after initially causing separation from his family, selling of properties including his home and car, incurring huge debts, and so on. The incident claimed dozens of lives.^[2]


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?

Sources:

[1] https://www.rappler.com/business/244378-philippine-stock-exchange-pushes-audit-white-collar-scandal-rl-investments?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1x-wyi3G8i19_o5Hw37UzaYLnA0_jpzxVw_V7KOEXr5Fz0n5DmllJMu-Y#Echobox=1573401216

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Resorts_World_Manila_attack
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3702217/manila-attack-resorts-world-casino-shooting-fire-36-dead-philippines/

Luckily I or my close people have not faced such gambling addictions, nothing I have heard of but there was an uncle in my neighborhood, must be around early 50 years who lost most of his savings on gamble. He got so addicted to the the gains & overspending that he could not foresee what he is getting into. Eventually, he lost his family too.

[MyIdeas]

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]

This case made me remember another news that shocked the country and beyond more than a couple of years ago. This incident involved another gambling addict who tried to burn down the casino inside Resorts World Manila. The man entered the casino fully armed and attempted to steal chips. It went awry and much worse from there, and ended up burning himself alive. The gambling addiction of the perpetrator had reached its worst end after initially causing separation from his family, selling of properties including his home and car, incurring huge debts, and so on. The incident claimed dozens of lives.^[2]


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?

Sources:

[1] https://www.rappler.com/business/244378-philippine-stock-exchange-pushes-audit-white-collar-scandal-rl-investments?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1x-wyi3G8i19_o5Hw37UzaYLnA0_jpzxVw_V7KOEXr5Fz0n5DmllJMu-Y#Echobox=1573401216

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Resorts_World_Manila_attack
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3702217/manila-attack-resorts-world-casino-shooting-fire-36-dead-philippines/

Luckily I or my close people have not faced such gambling addictions, nothing I have heard of but there was an uncle in my neighborhood, must be around early 50 years who lost most of his savings on gamble. He got so addicted to the the gains & overspending that he could not foresee what he is getting into. Eventually, he lost his family too.

That is sad to hear but that not happened only to him I have heard and saw a number of people like that. They do not care for their family and they lose all of their money in gambling and they even lose that money which will make the future of their family so if he will lose the base of their family then their family members are not at wrong to leave that place and to find another strong support.

[huige007]

That's an example of addiction we should all avoid.
He didn't just risk his money but also he stole money from the company that he is working and this is even worse... But those people who are working in Stock and trading companies are the biggest gamblers of all...

Gamblers are not only the ones whom we see in land casinos or on online casinos rather there are many other professions which do much similar to gambling. Stock exchange controllers also act like gamblers and are even worse than gamblers. They have greed that is never satisfied and they don’t fear exploiting anyone. This person needs to stay at rehabilitation center if he is involved in stealing money for gambling.

[Best Dreams]

Indeed, it is the worst gambling addiction and is very blind to using his common sense amid the pressures that occur. Anyway, when gambling has become the main source of income then of course it is the wrong choice and gambling addicts should still prioritize wiser and more reasonable mindset so that whatever pressure is received at least the addict still has good control with a healthy mindset.

Yes if you are having gambling as your main source of income you will have to play it accordingly.  There are some people who become addicted from gambling they may lose money in this addition so better keep control of your emotions and don’t bother to invest uncountable money For gambling, just control yourself when you feel the addiction to gambling.

[suzanne5223]

Indeed, it is the worst gambling addiction and is very blind to using his common sense amid the pressures that occur. Anyway, when gambling has become the main source of income then of course it is the wrong choice and gambling addicts should still prioritize wiser and more reasonable mindset so that whatever pressure is received at least the addict still has good control with a healthy mindset.

Yes if you are having gambling as your main source of income you will have to play it accordingly.  There are some people who become addicted from gambling they may lose money in this addition so better keep control of your emotions and don’t bother to invest uncountable money For gambling, just control yourself when you feel the addiction to gambling.

You both might be right with your statement but i still believe you both underestimated gambling addiction spirit cause it can't be control that easy unless the person who's addict is help by someone he love. However, there's nothing bad in having gambling as ones main income if gambler is totally maintain his gambling limit and take a break when gambling either..

[FlightyPouch]

Indeed, it is the worst gambling addiction and is very blind to using his common sense amid the pressures that occur. Anyway, when gambling has become the main source of income then of course it is the wrong choice and gambling addicts should still prioritize wiser and more reasonable mindset so that whatever pressure is received at least the addict still has good control with a healthy mindset.

Yes if you are having gambling as your main source of income you will have to play it accordingly.  There are some people who become addicted from gambling they may lose money in this addition so better keep control of your emotions and don’t bother to invest uncountable money For gambling, just control yourself when you feel the addiction to gambling.

This is not that easy as you've thought. Control yourself when you feel that you addicted to it? No, you can't tell that, other people do. When you are addicted to someone, you can't feel anything but pleasure to your addiction, you can't stop it that easily. If you can control yourself, you will never be addicted in the first place.

[Russlenat]

This is not that easy as you've thought. Control yourself when you feel that you addicted to it?

This is quite hilarious,.. how can anyone control himself when he is already addicted.

The thing to do here is to control ourselves for us not to get addicted because when we are in the situation that we are already addicted, the read problem will come and we won't be able to control anymore. That situation, we need some help from people who truly cares for us to eliminate that addiction.

[djsugar]

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]

This case made me remember another news that shocked the country and beyond more than a couple of years ago. This incident involved another gambling addict who tried to burn down the casino inside Resorts World Manila. The man entered the casino fully armed and attempted to steal chips. It went awry and much worse from there, and ended up burning himself alive. The gambling addiction of the perpetrator had reached its worst end after initially causing separation from his family, selling of properties including his home and car, incurring huge debts, and so on. The incident claimed dozens of lives.^[2]


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?

Sources:

[1] https://www.rappler.com/business/244378-philippine-stock-exchange-pushes-audit-white-collar-scandal-rl-investments?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1x-wyi3G8i19_o5Hw37UzaYLnA0_jpzxVw_V7KOEXr5Fz0n5DmllJMu-Y#Echobox=1573401216

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Resorts_World_Manila_attack
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3702217/manila-attack-resorts-world-casino-shooting-fire-36-dead-philippines/

I would like to share story of my younger brother who got hooked on Texas Hold ‘Em when we were growing up, playing online from the age of about 17. He also signed up with a fake profile, to get around the over-18 rule. I saw him sink countless hours and dollars into that game, all with the unwavering belief that he could win it back. During that time, a real breakdown in communication developed between us and I noticed a personality change in him.
He soon started asking mother for the money, saying that he’d pay her back, then we realized he’d been losing more than he could afford.

[deisik]

The thing to do here is to control ourselves for us not to get addicted because when we are in the situation that we are already addicted, the read problem will come and we won't be able to control anymore

But before we already got addicted, we can't know if we will

The meaning is that as far as controlling our actions and behavior is concerned, we should avoid gambling altogether (if we don't want to find out). To put it differently, if we started to gamble and have a propensity and natural tendency to turn into a gambling addict sooner or later, it can be too late to try to exert that control. On the other hand, if we are not to become a compulsive gambler, what is to control here as we are already always in control by default?

[carlisle1]

This is not that easy as you've thought. Control yourself when you feel that you addicted to it?

This is quite hilarious,.. how can anyone control himself when he is already addicted.

The thing to do here is to control ourselves for us not to get addicted because when we are in the situation that we are already addicted, the read problem will come and we won't be able to control anymore. That situation, we need some help from people who truly cares for us to eliminate that addiction.

I think it is better to say that “we must control our emotion,and limit our desire” on this way we will prevent our self from becoming addicted .

And also the quotation that “Prevention is better than Cure” ,if we know about this then maybe in more appropriate way we can survive sustaining our gambling habit without becoming addicted.

So let us be preventive that desiring for our own safeties .

[suzanne5223]

The thing to do here is to control ourselves for us not to get addicted because when we are in the situation that we are already addicted, the read problem will come and we won't be able to control anymore

But before we already got addicted, we can't know if we will

The meaning is that as far as controlling our actions and behavior is concerned, we should avoid gambling altogether (if we don't want to find out). To put it differently, if we started to gamble and have a propensity and natural tendency to turn into a gambling addict sooner or later, it can be too late to try to exert that control. On the other hand, if we are not to become a compulsive gambler, what is to control here as we are already always in control by default?

@Russlenat, the power of gambling buzz is big and hard to control more than you can ever imagine and allow gamblers who take their time to study and understand the genuinely concept of gambling usually take the right cautions in controlling their buzz.
@deisik, gambling is not made for everyone especially people that can't control emotion, accept fate and can't view gambling as a game of chance.
I don't understand what you mean by in control by default, the game or fund?

[ethereumhunter]

gambling addiction is not a severe mental illness that must be entered into a psychiatric facility, the best way to cure gambling addicts is to do hypnotherapy.  I have personally visited hypnotherapy to reduce my addiction to smoking, and there I saw many patients who have other illnesses (phobias, game addiction, hypersexual, and others) that are being treated or are almost cured.

I think hypnotherapy can solve the addicting problem because that method is working in the subconscious mind, so it will give a command to our mind, body, and soul that gambling is not good for our life. Maybe people who have an addict to gambling can try this method, and they need to trust the psychiatric that they will help that person to solve the problem. I think that it is worth to try if they really want to have a good mind, and they want to cure addicted to gambling.

hypno ? it means that you will be hypnotize by some things like for example pendulum  ? 

but did the effect only good for short term only   ?  later on you will be awaken from being hypnotize so i dont think that its a good way to cut your addiction  . i think medication is still the best or by taking prescribe drugs that are specifically formulated to cure mental illness such as addiction   .  gambling addiction can be severe or not depending on the patient  .

I think something like that because I never see the real Hypnotherapy before. Maybe you can search and watch on Youtube. But it works in the subconscious mind, so the therapist needs to meet the addicted gamblers, and that person could be hypnotized. I think if that can solve the problem, then that person could try to cure his addicted forever. Medication can also a way to prevent the addicting, but he needs to have a teacher who can teach him to meditate.

[MWesterweele]

That's an example of addiction we should all avoid.
He didn't just risk his money but also he stole money from the company that he is working and this is even worse... But those people who are working in Stock and trading companies are the biggest gamblers of all...

Indeed, we should put all things in moderation so that, it would not be result to addiction, addiction is too much and it can be so hardly to control but if we want we can avoid that and also we need to enjoy our gamble, we should balance our expenses also, do not put all your asset in gambling and do not be frustrated by loses in our game.

[MyIdeas]

That's an example of addiction we should all avoid.
He didn't just risk his money but also he stole money from the company that he is working and this is even worse... But those people who are working in Stock and trading companies are the biggest gamblers of all...

That is the bad thing for which people are saying that gambling addiction is not good. Just think a person do not do much bad if he is spending more time of his day in gambling because of his love to it while if he continue to lose the money of his family and after that he start to steal the money of other people and getting money using other bad habits then it create a bad society around him and result in crimes which comes due to worst addiction.

[South Park]

That's an example of addiction we should all avoid.
He didn't just risk his money but also he stole money from the company that he is working and this is even worse... But those people who are working in Stock and trading companies are the biggest gamblers of all...

Let’s not compare gambling and investing which are in no way similar to each other, according to the news he was part of an investment company that has been around for 5 decades and you do not get to be in the market for that long unless you are making money for your clients, while this is a story about the dangers of gambling and becoming addicted to it, it should also be a reminder of being very careful about which person you trust with your money and that is even more true in the market of cryptocurrencies.

[livingfree]

Indeed, we should put all things in moderation so that, it would not be result to addiction, addiction is too much and it can be so hardly to control but if we want we can avoid that and also we need to enjoy our gamble, we should balance our expenses also, do not put all your asset in gambling and do not be frustrated by loses in our game.

And don't be desperate to attain huge profits as you gamble. This will lead somebody to have that desperate call and also if he's losing much. Addiction starts with the urge of what you want to get back and achieve and that's happening in gambling.

Achievement that you want to get in such furious manner will trigger you with the wrong way. Balancing and knowing your boundaries, if the money doesn't belong to you then don't show any interest of using it or even borrowing it. Gamble with your money, not with others.