Will You Turn Down Your Old Friend

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THIS IS THE SITUATION: You are undergoing treatment for gambling addiction for two months already and only your family knows it, then one day one of your long-time buddies who you used to accompany to gamble in casinos wants to treat you for a night in a casino, and you have not seen each other for a very long time and he just want to reminisce old times.
Will you turn him down or agree to go to the casino for old time's sake.

Turning him down will be doing you a favour and not turning him down will be doing him a favour, and this is not just an ordinary favour, but a favour that has to do with your health and his/her fun.. so with health and few minutes fun, which do you think more important? Because as for me, i will choose over my health for any fun, because for the fact that such person is undergoing treatment for gambling addiction, it will be best such person avoid any gambling sites for health improvement

[lionheart78]

THIS IS THE SITUATION: You are undergoing treatment for gambling addiction for two months already and only your family knows it, then one day one of your long-time buddies who you used to accompany to gamble in casinos wants to treat you for a night in a casino, and you have not seen each other for a very long time and he just want to reminisce old times.
Will you turn him down or agree to go to the casino for old time's sake.

Not only turn him down, but I will also kick him out of the house if he insists after I told him everything about my treatment  . He is not being considerate if he insists on tagging me along to a casino.
We can still have a good time with a bottle of beer to reminisce about times when we were together playing at a casino.  He is just wanting to reminisce something in the past, that is nothing compared to the treatment that can shape my future.

[johhnyUA]

exactly! just be upfront about what you're going thru. he will understand if he is indeed your friend. he may even suggest not to go there anymore. and if you are serious about changing your lifestyle, you will turn down your friend's offer. there are so many other activities that you can bond with. gambling is not the only thing that you can spend your quality time with. just think of your family also who are hoping that you will change for the betterment of yourself.

if he's your real old friend. If this is just a "hobby friend" and you meet him at casino, chances that he will go in some other place are very low. Sometimes this happens ; different people have one same interest but without it they can't communicate.

But again, in any case you should avoid casino if you don't want to get addicted again

[Lanatsa]

THIS IS THE SITUATION: You are undergoing treatment for gambling addiction for two months already and only your family knows it, then one day one of your long-time buddies who you used to accompany to gamble in casinos wants to treat you for a night in a casino, and you have not seen each other for a very long time and he just want to reminisce old times.
Will you turn him down or agree to go to the casino for old time's sake.

Depends on you.

If you do want to cherish out those old time of yours with your friend and afraid on losing him or would affect your friendship then you would really be sacrificing yourself towards addiction once again
which we know that it could potentially bring devastation with your entire life.

If you do mind off about solving your addiction problems then it would be common sense that you would really be ignoring or refuse on what your friend is offering but
of course you should refuse on most respectable way and not on being harsh or tell him about your true condition and he might able to understand
and would agree into your decision.

[Smartvirus]

Which is the more important, your mental stability or catching up with an old friend?
I get it that true friendship is something out of this world and the vibe he might need at that momentwould be one that is only found in doing something you both had the most fun in but, a good friend would understand what it is you are going through if you are willing to explain. You could play catch up by discussing about those good old days too and view it for a thing at the time.
The reminds me, is gambling truly the only fun thing yaw ever did together?
Reminiscing on an old bad habit could only bring back the fun thing about it and you would be right back where you started. I'll kick out with an excuse.

[Davidvictorson]

Relapse is dangerous. It can erase all the months of handwork you and your therapist have done to keep you off gambling. I truly believe that a friend is one you can tell the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of your to and will feel that you will be judged, mocked or laughed at. My friend would understand what I am dealing with and may likely suggest that we go play soccer or video game instead. However, if my explanations falls on deaf ears, I would have to cut-off such a person. He or she is not fit to be called my friend.

[famososMuertos]

THIS IS THE SITUATION: You are undergoing treatment for gambling addiction for two months already and only your family knows it, then one day one of your long-time buddies who you used to accompany to gamble in casinos wants to treat you for a night in a casino, and you have not seen each other for a very long time and he just want to reminisce old times.
Will you turn him down or agree to go to the casino for old time's sake.

No.
-/These types of real life situations, which generate that question you ask, depend on the circumstances in which they happen and on the individuality of each person.

In any case, let's go to the practical example; if he's a true friend, then he should know it, that means he's not the kind of friend you need to be around.

One of the things that I have seen and for which if one has experience or knows someone who has lived through a situation of addiction, any type, is isolation, it is something really complex to explain but I could say that it is what should happen to avoid those kinds of situations that the OP just mentioned.

It is believed that isolating him in places like his home or that of a family member works, but in fact he must find places that offer this service, some are paid but others are offered by existing NGOs or foundations./-

[carlfebz2]

Relapse is dangerous. It can erase all the months of handwork you and your therapist have done to keep you off gambling. I truly believe that a friend is one you can tell the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of your to and will feel that you will be judged, mocked or laughed at. My friend would understand what I am dealing with and may likely suggest that we go play soccer or video game instead. However, if my explanations falls on deaf ears, I would have to cut-off such a person. He or she is not fit to be called my friend.

You would really be going from the start or square one if you do really make yourself do involved on gambling once again and after all the months that you've been trying out to heal yourself would really be coming to

waste and we know that professional help or therapy isnt really cheap on these type of cases which means that it wont really be that a good idea on wasting up unless if you do have lots of money then starting

over wont really be that much of a problem but if you do mind to resolved out your addiction then just like on what others been saying that you would really be refusing your friends offer.

[rhomelmabini]

THIS IS THE SITUATION: You are undergoing treatment for gambling addiction for two months already and only your family knows it, then one day one of your long-time buddies who you used to accompany to gamble in casinos wants to treat you for a night in a casino, and you have not seen each other for a very long time and he just want to reminisce old times.
Will you turn him down or agree to go to the casino for old time's sake.

Turn him down, it's not that bad to tell him that you're changing and it's the only way to not get back on what you use to be. You can still try to reminisce old times without gambling  in the table, there are plenty of ways to get in touch. I'd rather say a moderate drink will be enough to reminisce those days with him.