Decisions for a better life

[doomistake]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

[angrybirdy]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

The answer is obvious. Of course many (including myself) will choose their family. Gambling is only for fun, I don't call myself as an addicted gambler, so I will probably stop gambling if I get to the point where I need to choose between my family or gambling.

[Genemind]

Getting addicted to gambling could be considered as a disease that if we'll not find its cure, we might lose everything we have including our family. As for me, I will choose my family and live a simple life with them. Gambling was originally made to entertain us and not to be our source of income. We can still find a regular job to continue living a happy life with our family instead of choosing to gamble and lose them.

[wildan88]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

lol i can't possibly find another answer besides choosing family, a family is everything. unless they are acute addictions, of course, they cannot think and control themselves, but when in the end, their lives are destroyed due to addictions they will regret and back to the family. I'm not addicted, but I decided not to gamble anymore and in the end, my life was better.

[Asuspawer09]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

I think it was fun to take a risk a lot of times and also risk is where we could earn a profit just like a business. We know that it is risky to start a business and we never know if we could make a profit at that but it is all about the risk being a risk-taker make people successful in their career. In my opinion, you could just have your family and at the same time be a disciplined gambler.

[Zeke_23]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

lol i can't possibly find another answer besides choosing family, a family is everything. unless they are acute addictions, of course, they cannot think and control themselves, but when in the end, their lives are destroyed due to addictions they will regret and back to the family. I'm not addicted, but I decided not to gamble anymore and in the end, my life was better.

Well, that is only natural since our family is the one and only treasure we have. Family won't even become equal to gambling.
It is true, if they take gambling as a source of income or they don't have anything to do aside from gambling and they are totally addicted into it, maybe they will disregard their own family for gambling.

[doomistake]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

The answer is obvious. Of course many (including myself) will choose their family. Gambling is only for fun, I don't call myself as an addicted gambler, so I will probably stop gambling if I get to the point where I need to choose between my family or gambling.

I get your point but you're out of the topic.

You cannot call yourself an addicted gambler if you are playing only just for fun, what I'm trying to point out here is a scenario of an addicted gambler choosing which he will go on, but good for you though, I hope you don't get addicted to it or you'll regret it in the end.

Gambling was originally made to entertain us and not to be our source of income. We can still find a regular job to continue living a happy life with our family instead of choosing to gamble and lose them.

But what if you are earning so much in gambling where you don't have time for your family, to the point where you treated gambling more as your family and you don't care anymore about your real family, what will you choose?

[Debonaire217]

Maybe if ever I have really a passion in gambling then I would pursue it. But it is merely impossible for an individual to spend their lives gambling and risking their money. In the first place they need to have stable income first, their time will not just be focused on gambling at all. Perhaps, they need money to survive. But in a case that you are too rich from a family of rich people, then go ahead, sacrifice your time in family and play as long as they have food to eat and money to live.

[doomistake]

Maybe if ever I have really a passion in gambling then I would pursue it. But it is merely impossible for an individual to spend their lives gambling and risking their money. In the first place they need to have stable income first, their time will not just be focused on gambling at all. Perhaps, they need money to survive. But in a case that you are too rich from a family of rich people, then go ahead, sacrifice your time in family and play as long as they have food to eat and money to live.

I agree, but in my case, I know couple of people who are addicted in playing gambling and they spend most of their time on it, they look so pathetic and I pity them at the same time. They are taking for granted the love that their families giving to them, maybe they are too calm because they think that their family would not leave them because they love them, but no, everyone has their own limitations and so are they.

It is so sad to see addicted gamblers that don't know their limitation in life, we only have one family, and losing one is the real deal than losing money in gambling.

[imstillthebest]

i guess the obvious answer would be choosing a family for me yes but idk on other addicted gamblers because i know that being  addicted means your mind is already not working normally and you can tend to do things that are not right  .

on the past there were addicted gamblers that i heard that choose to become addicted gambler forever and thier case got worst and leads to end thier life and other bad things because they only think about themselves  .

[joniboini]

But what if you are earning so much in gambling where you don't have time for your family, to the point where you treated gambling more as your family and you don't care anymore about your real family, what will you choose?

If you reach that point, I suggest visiting a local therapist to consult about your situation. Sooner or later you'll probably fall into depression and feels an emptiness on your heart.

[crwth]

An addicted person would likely choose their habits, in which they are addicted to. There could be numerous reasons why he could be addicted to gambling or any addictive thing in the world, but one main reason is that it includes family. People who have been brought up in an environment where violence is shown, abusiveness, bad words, etc., people tend to look for other comforts. Those comforts lead to the addiction they have now.

There's no "career" in an addicted person because a career should be supporting the well-being of the person, not taking everything from the person. It's best to analyze why the person becomes like that instead of asking "what should you decide on?". It's sufficient that way, IMO.

[Bitcoinislife09]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

I think getting addicted in gambling was really hard especially because its envolve money a lot of times, for me as long as your addiction in gambling doesn't affect your family or your financial I think it is all under control but if you are already broke and it's already affecting your family in a way I think this is already a big problem. Surely your family should be your priority and then gambling was just secondary.

[LogitechMouse]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

Who in the hell will consider gambling as their "CAREER" in life? I don't see anybody who wants to make gambling their career. Even the addicted ones doesn't want to in my opinion.

I think it is obvious already that family is more important than gambling even you are addicted into it. No one will choose gambling over family here

[Wexnident]

Uh let me get this straight. You're assuming you're a gambling addict, and then made to pick a choice family or gambling? Is that correct? Cause, taking this initially, I understood this as you stating gamblers are addicts, which is wrong.

Back to the topic, as an addict I believe most of them would actually choose gambling. They're called addicts for a reason. Even I am not sure that I could choose my family when I turn into an addict (which I won't). ALSO, Gambling addiction isn't a career jeez. Learn the definitions before using them. Made the topic really confusing.

[doomistake]

I understood this as you stating gamblers are addicts, which is wrong.

Nope, I didn't say that, in fact I used "what if" term meaning that it is a situational scenario.

ALSO, Gambling addiction isn't a career jeez. Learn the definitions before using them. Made the topic really confusing.

That is why I used a quotation (hope you know how it works) on the term "career" because it is not a career, it is just a self-proclaimed careers that gamblers are saying, I guess it is you who should learn things first before you judge a book, thank me later

[inthelongrun]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

Who in the hell will consider gambling as their "CAREER" in life? I don't see anybody who wants to make gambling their career. Even the addicted ones doesn't want to in my opinion.

I think it is obvious already that family is more important than gambling even you are addicted into it. No one will choose gambling over family here

Yes, there are. Professional poker players are good examples. Sports gambling pundits in particular also travel from time to time anywhere around the globe when necessary to catch games, rumors and activities they believe can affect their calls and analysis.

The gambling industry is worth hundreds of billions in dollars. It may be hard to imagine especially to those non-gamblers or casual gamblers but sure there's a lot of careers in the table.

I don't call these professionals as addicts though, it's their passion and they probably earn a living from it.

[swogerino]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

This may seem a tough question but for me it is an easy one.I don’t think anyone except the Pokerstars tv stars make a career in gambling so I would always choose family over being a gambling addict.Being a gambling addict would not give you anything good in your life so for me it is an easy one to always choose family.

[inanilujimi]

We all know that being an addicted gambler is a very tough spot in our life, but what if you need to decide what to choose, your addiction or you family? i.e., the given situation will be that you need to decide on the spot if you want to pursue your "career" in gambling or make a good simple life with your family? what will you choose?

Who in the hell will consider gambling as their "CAREER" in life? I don't see anybody who wants to make gambling their career. Even the addicted ones doesn't want to in my opinion.

I think it is obvious already that family is more important than gambling even you are addicted into it. No one will choose gambling over family here

Maybe in a sane condition and not playing we can say that, but if emotions and defeat while gambling maybe the family will be set aside to fulfill any desire will be done.

[ice18]

Im sure no one will choose in addiction over family, whoever choose it is not in normal state of mind and totally out of control to decide which is right or wrong, what can you do with gambling addiction career if you choose it? It will not bring you fortune  and it will result in your life being miserable and homeless if you got bankrupt so threat gambling as an entertainment just for fun not a career.