Where to seek help if you need; concerned with gambling addiction.

[Fredomago]

Gambling addiction is even worse than drugs. You wonder why? Because while drug addiction hurts you physically, gambling addiction will slowly work on your mental health and wipe out your funds so it hurts both ways. You will think about gambling all day, you will lose interest in life and all those things are way worse than drugs.

I do not know, I do not think that it is easy to tell which addiction is any worse as both are terrible, drug addiction will also deplete your funds and since the psychical need is so extreme in the case of drugs those people have a tendency to commit violent crimes to keep financing their habit, and it also has a huge impact on the mental health of the individuals that go through it precisely due to all the things they need to do to keep their addiction going, so I think it is better to just admit that both are bad instead of trying to look at which one is worse than the other.

Drug addiction is much worst in my opinion.

Gambling addiction might affect you financially and emotionally at some point but drug addiction will destroy your whole human being. It will destroy your family, relationship, funds, and your health, it will slowly kill you physically and literally (for example is that you make a lot of enemies because of drugs) and one day you've been killed because of it.

Gambling addiction is just 7/10 when it comes to danger while drug addiction is 10/10 in my opinion.

I agree if looking for lesser evil, with drug addictions the chance of harming other people is very possible, while you are still in drugs your control is far lesser with things that you are doing, while with gambling addiction you are just more focus with how will you win with every bets that you are doing.

Financially, both harmed your savings, drugs and gambling both money are being wasted.

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Gambling addiction is even worse than drugs. You wonder why? Because while drug addiction hurts you physically, gambling addiction will slowly work on your mental health and wipe out your funds so it hurts both ways. You will think about gambling all day, you will lose interest in life and all those things are way worse than drugs.

I do not know, I do not think that it is easy to tell which addiction is any worse as both are terrible, drug addiction will also deplete your funds and since the psychical need is so extreme in the case of drugs those people have a tendency to commit violent crimes to keep financing their habit, and it also has a huge impact on the mental health of the individuals that go through it precisely due to all the things they need to do to keep their addiction going, so I think it is better to just admit that both are bad instead of trying to look at which one is worse than the other.

Both addictions will ruin our lives in the end. Drug addiction can make us have mental health and sick if it is not cured, while gambling-addicted will also have mental health and both works in a subconscious mind because we always think that we need drugs and want to play gambling. Admitting the addiction will help us figure out how to solve the problem and the family will be the best thing for us to come back to them so they can rescue us before it is too late. The family's love will help us survive and find a way to solve the problem and find the right method to help us.

As long as there are people who care about it then of course those who have addictions will be helped to get out of their addictions themselves, I personally also consider these two addictions to be equally dangerous and very likely to end up in prison and even death. It is difficult to prevent them before sinking deeper into addiction, because it is the path they chose but unfortunately they just make that choice without being accompanied by high awareness.

Yes, you are right. In reality, when someone has addictions, their closest will not care about them because that person has a heavy addiction and always trying to sell everything from their home to just have money. It happens to many gamblers out there, which is a big problem that needs to be solved. There is no other way to make him realize by giving some lesson about the addiction and even, their closest will ask a help from the police to get him to the rehabilitation.

[Betwrong]

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I agree if looking for lesser evil, with drug addictions the chance of harming other people is very possible, while you are still in drugs your control is far lesser with things that you are doing, while with gambling addiction you are just more focus with how will you win with every bets that you are doing.

Financially, both harmed your savings, drugs and gambling both money are being wasted.

New researches suggest that gambling addiction activates the same brain pathways as drug and alcohol cravings. This means that gambling addicts, former or current ones, can be more inclined to drug abuse than regular people. That's why we should be very cautious and avoid self-medicating, because there is a chance of replacing one harmful addiction with another, even more harmful one.

Don't take advice from random people. Seek professional help.

[Silberman]

New researches suggest that gambling addiction activates the same brain pathways as drug and alcohol cravings. This means that gambling addicts, former or current ones, can be more inclined to drug abuse than regular people. That's why we should be very cautious and avoid self-medicating, because there is a chance of replacing one harmful addiction with another, even more harmful one.

Don't take advice from random people. Seek professional help.

Some people have a predisposition to become addicted, this is why it is important to know ourselves, if a person realizes that they have those kind of tendencies then they need to be very careful in the way they deal with activities or products that can make them addicted, for example it is not rare to find people that are completely addicted to prescription drugs but they think there is nothing wrong with it as those drugs are legal, however the issue comes from the abuse of those drugs and not with their legality, which means that if at some point during their lives someone that has a predisposition to become addicted is given one of those drugs by a doctor they need to be very careful or they risk getting addicted and ruin their lives in the process.

[Lanatsa]

New researches suggest that gambling addiction activates the same brain pathways as drug and alcohol cravings. This means that gambling addicts, former or current ones, can be more inclined to drug abuse than regular people. That's why we should be very cautious and avoid self-medicating, because there is a chance of replacing one harmful addiction with another, even more harmful one.

Don't take advice from random people. Seek professional help.

Some people have a predisposition to become addicted, this is why it is important to know ourselves, if a person realizes that they have those kind of tendencies then they need to be very careful in the way they deal with activities or products that can make them addicted, for example it is not rare to find people that are completely addicted to prescription drugs but they think there is nothing wrong with it as those drugs are legal, however the issue comes from the abuse of those drugs and not with their legality, which means that if at some point during their lives someone that has a predisposition to become addicted is given one of those drugs by a doctor they need to be very careful or they risk getting addicted and ruin their lives in the process.

Finding yourself being too emotional or being impulsive on things that you are engaging on then you would really be able to realize that early.Your common sense and awareness would tell you

that for sure but some or lets say most people do ignore this warning and just tolerate on what they do have in mind and let that greed control over them and when they get addicted then this is where
regret do comes in.

People would never learn until they would be put up on an unfortunate situation.

[Silberman]

Some people have a predisposition to become addicted, this is why it is important to know ourselves, if a person realizes that they have those kind of tendencies then they need to be very careful in the way they deal with activities or products that can make them addicted, for example it is not rare to find people that are completely addicted to prescription drugs but they think there is nothing wrong with it as those drugs are legal, however the issue comes from the abuse of those drugs and not with their legality, which means that if at some point during their lives someone that has a predisposition to become addicted is given one of those drugs by a doctor they need to be very careful or they risk getting addicted and ruin their lives in the process.

Finding yourself being too emotional or being impulsive on things that you are engaging on then you would really be able to realize that early.Your common sense and awareness would tell you

that for sure but some or lets say most people do ignore this warning and just tolerate on what they do have in mind and let that greed control over them and when they get addicted then this is where
regret do comes in.

People would never learn until they would be put up on an unfortunate situation.

In my experience impulsive people are the ones that have the most chances of eventually developing an addiction, those that are cautious are always going to be suspicious about losing control of themselves so they will for the most part never allow themselves to become addicted, but those that are impulsive by nature and have no problems doing something without even thinking about it and the long term consequences of their actions will do things like this only to find themselves addicted not knowing how it happened to them.

[Betwrong]

New researches suggest that gambling addiction activates the same brain pathways as drug and alcohol cravings. This means that gambling addicts, former or current ones, can be more inclined to drug abuse than regular people. That's why we should be very cautious and avoid self-medicating, because there is a chance of replacing one harmful addiction with another, even more harmful one.

Don't take advice from random people. Seek professional help.

Some people have a predisposition to become addicted, this is why it is important to know ourselves, if a person realizes that they have those kind of tendencies then they need to be very careful in the way they deal with activities or products that can make them addicted, for example it is not rare to find people that are completely addicted to prescription drugs but they think there is nothing wrong with it as those drugs are legal, however the issue comes from the abuse of those drugs and not with their legality, which means that if at some point during their lives someone that has a predisposition to become addicted is given one of those drugs by a doctor they need to be very careful or they risk getting addicted and ruin their lives in the process.

Right, overall this situation with prescription drugs is somewhat similar to what's happening to gambling addicts: gambling is legal, and it benefits many people(I don't mean money-wise, I mean fun-wise, of course), but if you are abusing this activity, it can end up very badly.

Regarding predisposition, idk, I think all of us are predisposed to pursuit of happiness, in a way, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's just we shouldn't abuse the instinct.

[Silberman]

Right, overall this situation with prescription drugs is somewhat similar to what's happening to gambling addicts: gambling is legal, and it benefits many people(I don't mean money-wise, I mean fun-wise, of course), but if you are abusing this activity, it can end up very badly.

Regarding predisposition, idk, I think all of us are predisposed to pursuit of happiness, in a way, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's just we shouldn't abuse the instinct.

While it is true that we all want to pursue that which is pleasurable to us it is known that the part of our brains that is in charge of controlling impulses is in the frontal lobe, near our foreheads, and those that have problems controlling their impulses have less activity there caused simply because that is the way they were born or because of an accident, and there is a correlation between lack of impulse control and addictions, so unfortunately there are some people that are predisposed to addictions due to neurological issues.

[boyptc]

People would never learn until they would be put up on an unfortunate situation.

This is true and there are still those people that despite they're in a very unfortunate situation, they still don't see the lesson that they have to extract.

Instead of looking at that part, they're drowning themselves in addiction and think that nobody loves them as if they love themselves.

[Betwrong]

Right, overall this situation with prescription drugs is somewhat similar to what's happening to gambling addicts: gambling is legal, and it benefits many people(I don't mean money-wise, I mean fun-wise, of course), but if you are abusing this activity, it can end up very badly.

Regarding predisposition, idk, I think all of us are predisposed to pursuit of happiness, in a way, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's just we shouldn't abuse the instinct.

While it is true that we all want to pursue that which is pleasurable to us it is known that the part of our brains that is in charge of controlling impulses is in the frontal lobe, near our foreheads, and those that have problems controlling their impulses have less activity there caused simply because that is the way they were born or because of an accident, and there is a correlation between lack of impulse control and addictions, so unfortunately there are some people that are predisposed to addictions due to neurological issues.

Well, this is too deep for us discuss here, I think. Although I'd read a good article on the matter(can you recommend one?) I doubt I could say something valuable in this regard even after reading it. That's why many of us in this thread recommend seeking professional help in the first place. We, regular gamblers, can help with an advice or two on very common cases, but still the best advice we can give - go to a pro.

[Silberman]

While it is true that we all want to pursue that which is pleasurable to us it is known that the part of our brains that is in charge of controlling impulses is in the frontal lobe, near our foreheads, and those that have problems controlling their impulses have less activity there caused simply because that is the way they were born or because of an accident, and there is a correlation between lack of impulse control and addictions, so unfortunately there are some people that are predisposed to addictions due to neurological issues.

Well, this is too deep for us discuss here, I think. Although I'd read a good article on the matter(can you recommend one?) I doubt I could say something valuable in this regard even after reading it. That's why many of us in this thread recommend seeking professional help in the first place. We, regular gamblers, can help with an advice or two on very common cases, but still the best advice we can give - go to a pro.

Here is an article about it, it is about alcohol addiction but extrapolations can be made about gambling as well.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730661/

And here is a quote from the same article.

Thus, addiction is likely due in part to increased impulsiveness from the loss of frontal cortical inhibition of impulses and increased limbic drive.

So while addiction is not completely caused by a diminished activity on the frontal lobe it is a factor that is there which means that those that have lower activity in that region of their brains are at higher risk of becoming addicted to anything.

[Woodie]

This is like the third time am seeing a thread talk about Gambling addiction,  does this mean this pandemic has given people a reason to gamble more such that they have forgotten to limit themselves??

If gambling is really an issue talk to some one you trust preferably family or friends because you don't want someone that will look down on you for opening up.

[Quidat]

This is like the third time am seeing a thread talk about Gambling addiction,  does this mean this pandemic has given people a reason to gamble more such that they have forgotten to limit themselves??

If gambling is really an issue talk to some one you trust preferably family or friends because you don't want someone that will look down on you for opening up.

One of the reason on why those addicted person would really tend not to open up their problems into their loved ones is that they do really afraid that someone will really be looking down on them.
Even on myself would definitely be seeing the same thing where i would rather keep my problem for myself rather than on sharing it up into my loved ones because its neither you would be scolded
out or you would really be looked down because you had done a big mistake.Its expected that you would really be seeing these kind of threads because gambling addiction
isnt something cant really get rid of and this pandemic situation wont really be enough for people on not to stop themselves about gambling activity.

[tabas]

This is like the third time am seeing a thread talk about Gambling addiction,  does this mean this pandemic has given people a reason to gamble more such that they have forgotten to limit themselves??

There has been a lot of topics like this that were addressed even before the pandemic. Yeah, it is about that they've forgotten to limit themselves and it's about that they're really into gambling and there's no such control to themselves anymore.

If gambling is really an issue talk to some one you trust preferably family or friends because you don't want someone that will look down on you for opening up.

It's a thought of fear that when you tell someone that you're an addicted gambler, people that you tell that problem might think of different of you and that's why they don't want to tell it others anymore until they have realized that they can't do it alone.

[lienfaye]

This is like the third time am seeing a thread talk about Gambling addiction,  does this mean this pandemic has given people a reason to gamble more such that they have forgotten to limit themselves??

Most likely because during pandemic people are looking for a way to entertain themselves, and for gamblers an alternative to physical casinos (which they found in online casinos) are better to continue the way they used to before this pandemic happened.

If gambling is really an issue talk to some one you trust preferably family or friends because you don't want someone that will look down on you for opening up.

I agree, before seeking to a professional help its best to open up to our family because they're our strong foundation to overcome this problem. However some people prefer to keep it a secret because of fear and judgement not knowing that our family are the first one who can help us at this point of our lives.

[cabron]

This is like the third time am seeing a thread talk about Gambling addiction,  does this mean this pandemic has given people a reason to gamble more such that they have forgotten to limit themselves??

Most likely because during pandemic people are looking for a way to entertain themselves, and for gamblers an alternative to physical casinos (which they found in online casinos) are better to continue the way they used to before this pandemic happened.

If gambling is really an issue talk to some one you trust preferably family or friends because you don't want someone that will look down on you for opening up.

I agree, before seeking to a professional help its best to open up to our family because they're our strong foundation to overcome this problem. However some people prefer to keep it a secret because of fear and judgement not knowing that our family are the first one who can help us at this point of our lives.

It's okay to open it up here in the forum. Our identity isn't going to be publicly posted anyway but only just the issue we had. Gambling addiction is often an issue of the gamblers from Traditional Casinos who can't avoid going there. If there is a place they should be avoiding it's those public casinos so they'd also stop that addiction. Keeping it private is normal, I think it should be handled that way too.

[hahay]

This is like the third time am seeing a thread talk about Gambling addiction,  does this mean this pandemic has given people a reason to gamble more such that they have forgotten to limit themselves??

If gambling is really an issue talk to some one you trust preferably family or friends because you don't want someone that will look down on you for opening up.

Gambling is a choice and they are free to do it at any time and not just because of the pandemic. In fact, many gambling cases have occurred from the past until now, both inspiring and criminal cases, so I think whether there is a pandemic or not, they will continue to gamble.
If gambling is problematic, then it is no longer about a small group of individuals as it should be a big concern for the government. Anyway, the role of government should be involved in the development and to control gambling itself, so that it becomes awareness for every individual that gambling has a bad impact if they do not have control.

[ethereumhunter]

This is like the third time am seeing a thread talk about Gambling addiction,  does this mean this pandemic has given people a reason to gamble more such that they have forgotten to limit themselves??

If gambling is really an issue talk to some one you trust preferably family or friends because you don't want someone that will look down on you for opening up.

Yes, the pandemic gives people a reason to gamble, but that will not happen to all people because they cannot stay close to the gambling games. They know that gambling can give them the risk of losing money and they know about the consequences of becoming addicted to gambling games. It is not easy to share our dark side with other people, especially if we have a gambling addiction. But that will be the solution for that person if he wants to solve the addiction problem.

[finaleshot2016]

This is like the third time am seeing a thread talk about Gambling addiction,  does this mean this pandemic has given people a reason to gamble more such that they have forgotten to limit themselves??

If gambling is really an issue talk to some one you trust preferably family or friends because you don't want someone that will look down on you for opening up.

Yes, the pandemic gives people a reason to gamble, but that will not happen to all people because they cannot stay close to the gambling games. They know that gambling can give them the risk of losing money and they know about the consequences of becoming addicted to gambling games. It is not easy to share our dark side with other people, especially if we have a gambling addiction. But that will be the solution for that person if he wants to solve the addiction problem.

Many people are now attempting to bet as a result of the pandemic because they are bored or want to make more money through gaming.

In my country, cockfighting betting is highly popular, and I believe that many individuals have been addicted to it and lost all of their money.

So it's easy to persuade people in my nation to bet on cockfighting since people in my country are prone to FOMO and hence waste their money on such things.

[dunfida]

This is like the third time am seeing a thread talk about Gambling addiction,  does this mean this pandemic has given people a reason to gamble more such that they have forgotten to limit themselves??

If gambling is really an issue talk to some one you trust preferably family or friends because you don't want someone that will look down on you for opening up.

Yes, the pandemic gives people a reason to gamble, but that will not happen to all people because they cannot stay close to the gambling games. They know that gambling can give them the risk of losing money and they know about the consequences of becoming addicted to gambling games. It is not easy to share our dark side with other people, especially if we have a gambling addiction. But that will be the solution for that person if he wants to solve the addiction problem.

I dont see for it to be worth for people to consider on doing gambling on this pandemic situation if you are that someone who do really need to work hard before you can earn for daily sustain or survival.

For people who do have money to spent then its considerable but for those who intent to make it as a source of income then its suicide.

Addiction is something that can be solved easily one you had been shackled up this is why. you should really be careful on dealing with it if you arent that good
on handling out yourself.