Will you find it offensive to be referred to as an addicted gambler?

[jrrsparkles]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

It depends whether you're mentioning it to them in private or doing it publicly, if the intention is just to make them realise that they are addicted we should tell them in a way that won't embarass them but if just want to do it public then the intention is just shaming them which is not appreciated and going to drag you issues further.

Encourage them to seek professional help by letting them know there are ways to overcome this addiction but if someone doesn't want to acknowledge or accept their addiction, it is not your responsibility to force them to do so. You can offer support and resources, but ultimately it is up to the individual to decide.

[wxa7115]

If I am been called out by someone to be an addicted gambler, I won't find it offensive but rather I will ask him why he regards me as one who is addicted to gambling. The explanation he has given and what he has found out about me would make me rethink whether what he is saying is true about me or not.

You can't know whether you are addicted to something until when your attention is drawn toward it. That's when you will know how far you have gone with the said thing

It would be for the best to not even bother asking them that, after all there are many people that say things just to try to bother you while they have no reason to make those statements.

Basically they could have find out that you like to gamble and immediately call you an addicted gambler just to try to make you mad, and in that case you might as well ignore them as there is no point at all to talk to the kind of people that are willing to lie about such a thing.

[ethereumhunter]

If I am been called out by someone to be an addicted gambler, I won't find it offensive but rather I will ask him why he regards me as one who is addicted to gambling. The explanation he has given and what he has found out about me would make me rethink whether what he is saying is true about me or not.

You can't know whether you are addicted to something until when your attention is drawn toward it. That's when you will know how far you have gone with the said thing

It would be for the best to not even bother asking them that, after all there are many people that say things just to try to bother you while they have no reason to make those statements.

Basically they could have find out that you like to gamble and immediately call you an addicted gambler just to try to make you mad, and in that case you might as well ignore them as there is no point at all to talk to the kind of people that are willing to lie about such a thing.

People's reactions will be different to something that other people think he has done that thing. But if we experience it, we don't need to be angry with them and we can try to check if what they say is true. And if indeed we are addicted to gambling, we can ask him to help us cure his gambling addiction. But if someone is addicted to gambling, likely, he will not care because he does not want to hear anything from other people and will stay behind the door to continue gambling. But if he wanted to check himself, maybe that would be the solution for him to try to cure his gambling addiction.

[Japinat]

For me, nope, I admit but at least only in crypto gambling. Also, not to the extent that I will use my own pocket money and do unlikely stuff. I can say, although I am hooked it is still tolerable and I never cross my boundaries and will never put myself into an abyss. Furthermore, whether you are addicted or not, the opinions of others about gambling as a terrible habit will not change.

Not many admit even when they're at the worse of gambling addiction. Agreed on the statement, it is a fixed that gambling is terrible. So, whether you gamble with limits or you're badly addicted, people who see from the outside have a common statement as gambler. When he earns good or losses, everything will be connected to the gambling habit. For this reason more people hide the gambling activity from the people around him.

Yes, that's right, because by hiding our status as gamblers and never being seen by anyone that we are gamblers will help us from the words of other people who say we are addicts, even though it has never offended me but it's good to hide it, even I never share the winnings me on social media or my gambling activity in front of my friends or social media.

It's enough that my wife and I know that I am a gambler and a few other gambler friends, after all it doesn't matter that many people need to know we are gamblers because that won't make us comfortable especially that gambling will always be bad in people's eyes, so I always hide it . fortunately I am not a gambling addict, my habit is to only gamble on weekends, unlike addicts who play all the time.

It's almost have that negative impressions when there are many eyes who knows about your gambling activities, I like that idea where there are some who knows your gambling especially your wife and some of your closes friends and relatives, as long as you are capable of controlling yourself and you don't have any loans from them because of your gambling then you are good to go.

The negative impression of being gambling addicted is not a good thing to hear, and it will annoy you. That's how I interpret it.

In the same sense, their say towards you will not change even if you're not that addicted towards gambling or not even close to become an addict. Let's face that reality already as they will always have a say about you, no matter what you will do.

The important thing is that, like what you've said, we are transparent to our own family and that they know the reality and our status towards gambling. For sure they will understand because you are open to them but if you do that secretly, expect the exact same opposite of it.

[Lorence.xD]

For me, nope, I admit but at least only in crypto gambling. Also, not to the extent that I will use my own pocket money and do unlikely stuff. I can say, although I am hooked it is still tolerable and I never cross my boundaries and will never put myself into an abyss. Furthermore, whether you are addicted or not, the opinions of others about gambling as a terrible habit will not change.

Not many admit even when they're at the worse of gambling addiction. Agreed on the statement, it is a fixed that gambling is terrible. So, whether you gamble with limits or you're badly addicted, people who see from the outside have a common statement as gambler. When he earns good or losses, everything will be connected to the gambling habit. For this reason more people hide the gambling activity from the people around him.

Yes, that's right, because by hiding our status as gamblers and never being seen by anyone that we are gamblers will help us from the words of other people who say we are addicts, even though it has never offended me but it's good to hide it, even I never share the winnings me on social media or my gambling activity in front of my friends or social media.

It's enough that my wife and I know that I am a gambler and a few other gambler friends, after all it doesn't matter that many people need to know we are gamblers because that won't make us comfortable especially that gambling will always be bad in people's eyes, so I always hide it . fortunately I am not a gambling addict, my habit is to only gamble on weekends, unlike addicts who play all the time.

It's almost have that negative impressions when there are many eyes who knows about your gambling activities, I like that idea where there are some who knows your gambling especially your wife and some of your closes friends and relatives, as long as you are capable of controlling yourself and you don't have any loans from them because of your gambling then you are good to go.

The negative impression of being gambling addicted is not a good thing to hear, and it will annoy you. That's how I interpret it.

In the same sense, their say towards you will not change even if you're not that addicted towards gambling or not even close to become an addict. Let's face that reality already as they will always have a say about you, no matter what you will do.

The important thing is that, like what you've said, we are transparent to our own family and that they know the reality and our status towards gambling. For sure they will understand because you are open to them but if you do that secretly, expect the exact same opposite of it.

Exactly, people always tend to say things on every detail on your life like your hobbies and that's a reality for everyone. That's why it's important to have a mindset that doesn't need to think of everyone's opinion since some of them are not even relevant and valid. If you're really enjoying something and it doesn't hurt anyone like your family, friends or girlfriend plus yourself like your physical and mental state. Then you're all good, no need to overthink about the addicted thing, if that's how you enjoy life then keep enjoying, we all have different business to mind.

[molsewid]

In the same sense, their say towards you will not change even if you're not that addicted towards gambling or not even close to become an addict. Let's face that reality already as they will always have a say about you, no matter what you will do.

The important thing is that, like what you've said, we are transparent to our own family and that they know the reality and our status towards gambling. For sure they will understand because you are open to them but if you do that secretly, expect the exact same opposite of it.

Yes people are get used to stereotype all the people, when they heard that someone is gamble they already think that someone is addict. So just like them, let us just get used to it and don't mind them as ling as we are happy and we are being entertained by gambling as long as we have discipline and we know how to control our emotions over it.

[maydna]

Exactly, people always tend to say things on every detail on your life like your hobbies and that's a reality for everyone. That's why it's important to have a mindset that doesn't need to think of everyone's opinion since some of them are not even relevant and valid. If you're really enjoying something and it doesn't hurt anyone like your family, friends or girlfriend plus yourself like your physical and mental state. Then you're all good, no need to overthink about the addicted thing, if that's how you enjoy life then keep enjoying, we all have different business to mind.

They don't need to listen to other people's words, especially if those words don't match the reality that is happening to them. They just want to bring us down by trying to incite other people so that others believe that we really do it even though we don't do anything as they say. It's better for us to enjoy what we already have, and do whatever we like, and as long as it doesn't disturb and harm other people, we don't need to think about it. And if you can help other people, that would be even better because it will make other people not believe in people who want to bring us down or badmouth us even though it doesn't match the reality.

[bittraffic]

Exactly, people always tend to say things on every detail on your life like your hobbies and that's a reality for everyone. That's why it's important to have a mindset that doesn't need to think of everyone's opinion since some of them are not even relevant and valid. If you're really enjoying something and it doesn't hurt anyone like your family, friends or girlfriend plus yourself like your physical and mental state. Then you're all good, no need to overthink about the addicted thing, if that's how you enjoy life then keep enjoying, we all have different business to mind.

They don't need to listen to other people's words, especially if those words don't match the reality that is happening to them. They just want to bring us down by trying to incite other people so that others believe that we really do it even though we don't do anything as they say. It's better for us to enjoy what we already have, and do whatever we like, and as long as it doesn't disturb and harm other people, we don't need to think about it. And if you can help other people, that would be even better because it will make other people not believe in people who want to bring us down or badmouth us even though it doesn't match the reality.

People like to talk about themselves and how they struggle. Kind of normal I think they share how they suffer and survive, its how they voice out their feelings and the willing listeners and more willing to listen if they also encounter the same like the support groups. If they find ears here, it's still gonna help the person's feelings.

You can't stop anyone from badmouthing though. Even the saints will have people talking behind them. Even your siblings do that to you. You just have to get used to it. Not find it offensive anymore.

[Josefjix]

People like to talk about themselves and how they struggle. Kind of normal I think they share how they suffer and survive, its how they voice out their feelings and the willing listeners and more willing to listen if they also encounter the same like the support groups. If they find ears here, it's still gonna help the person's feelings.

You can't stop anyone from badmouthing though. Even the saints will have people talking behind them. Even your siblings do that to you. You just have to get used to it. Not find it offensive anymore.

My classmates referred to me as an addicted gambler during my early gambling days, which infuriated me, but as time passed, I just let it go and discovered more meaningful things to do with my life other than settling and spending my precious time arguing about some unimportant concerns. Finding things offensive doesn't really matter; it's simply frivolous talk; at this point in my life, all I worry about is preparing and eventually attaining the objectives I have set. People will always talk, and the more we try to enforce or prohibit the badmouthing, the more it will persist; this is typical, therefore I consider it a minor concern.

[Fredomago]

People like to talk about themselves and how they struggle. Kind of normal I think they share how they suffer and survive, its how they voice out their feelings and the willing listeners and more willing to listen if they also encounter the same like the support groups. If they find ears here, it's still gonna help the person's feelings.

You can't stop anyone from badmouthing though. Even the saints will have people talking behind them. Even your siblings do that to you. You just have to get used to it. Not find it offensive anymore.

My classmates referred to me as an addicted gambler during my early gambling days, which infuriated me, but as time passed, I just let it go and discovered more meaningful things to do with my life other than settling and spending my precious time arguing about some unimportant concerns. Finding things offensive doesn't really matter; it's simply frivolous talk; at this point in my life, all I worry about is preparing and eventually attaining the objectives I have set. People will always talk, and the more we try to enforce or prohibit the badmouthing, the more it will persist; this is typical, therefore I consider it a minor concern.

A wise and matured take in such a kind of situation, I like the way you describe how to enforce things with actions, minding their business will only provoke you to continue arguing but if you let them feel that you don't care about what's their opinions about you, then they will start to realize, the more you engage yourself to them the more they will bring things against you.

Not minding them and just keep going with your set plans will kill those issues about you.

Handling situation depends with how a person reacts. Let them talk and just allow you to keep moving forward.

[Lida93]

If a stranger should notice my gambling activities and found out that I'm beginning to show signs of addiction, if they should tell me in a respectful and calm way I will simply thank them and start working on myself, but if they just approach my and start inform me in a rude way or perhaps insult me for engaging in gambling in the first place I will definitely be offended with it, that's very sure.
And just as you said, not everyone has the same level of tolerance so some might be able to tolerate it while others like will not be.

Some persons are so uncultured that they don't know how to talk, they find it at liberty to express whatever comes into their mind without weighing or observing the mood of who they're expressing such statements to how it will affect them.
Because you are close to a person doesn't give you the right to express yourself as you wish it doesn't show respect to the relationship. So having someone that expresses himself with respect concerning on how they feel about our attitude is a thing to appreciate.

[slapper]

Exactly, people always tend to say things on every detail on your life like your hobbies and that's a reality for everyone. That's why it's important to have a mindset that doesn't need to think of everyone's opinion since some of them are not even relevant and valid. If you're really enjoying something and it doesn't hurt anyone like your family, friends or girlfriend plus yourself like your physical and mental state. Then you're all good, no need to overthink about the addicted thing, if that's how you enjoy life then keep enjoying, we all have different business to mind.

They don't need to listen to other people's words, especially if those words don't match the reality that is happening to them. They just want to bring us down by trying to incite other people so that others believe that we really do it even though we don't do anything as they say. It's better for us to enjoy what we already have, and do whatever we like, and as long as it doesn't disturb and harm other people, we don't need to think about it. And if you can help other people, that would be even better because it will make other people not believe in people who want to bring us down or badmouth us even though it doesn't match the reality.

It's crucial to not let outside influences distort one's perception of reality, but it doesn't mean we can just shut out any criticism. It's a given that knowledge is developed via conversations, not lectures. To be clear, I am not advocating complete candor. A welcoming yet discriminating attitude is key. Try to win a chess game by ignoring your opponent's movements, and you'll soon find out that ignoring what doesn't fit our reality is futile.

The "do whatever we like" motto is great, but it's a little like telling a child at a candy shop to stuff his face as much as he wants as long as he doesn't get ill. Put in place a system of checks and balances. Last but not least, this is a wonderful message on aiding others. Yet if your goal is just to quiet critics, "saving face" may be more like "losing grace." True acts of compassion originate in one's heart, not one's pride.

[Iroh]

if there is a gambling addict who admits that he is addicted realistically the gambler is a little easier to be given advice to immediately go to treat his addiction to live a more comfortable life without gambling addiction. but it's not that easy sometimes you have to have a lot of support like family, friends and medicine to calm your mind. with some of this support it will certainly provide faster opportunities for gambling addicts to recover soon.

An addict admitting to an addiction is already on the path to recovery. Once the addict realizes that he’s hooked and addicted onto something and admits it to someone else, then I think that addict is open and perhaps ready to give up the addiction and strive for a turnaround in life.
And yes, it’s not an easy task for both the addict and his/her family. The addict would require a lot of care, support and a whole lot of understanding from family and friends but in a lot of cases, that required love, support and understanding isn’t there to aid the addict on the road to recovery and the addict ends up falling back to the addiction destroying whatever progress that has been achieved.

[maydna]

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People like to talk about themselves and how they struggle. Kind of normal I think they share how they suffer and survive, its how they voice out their feelings and the willing listeners and more willing to listen if they also encounter the same like the support groups. If they find ears here, it's still gonna help the person's feelings.

You can't stop anyone from badmouthing though. Even the saints will have people talking behind them. Even your siblings do that to you. You just have to get used to it. Not find it offensive anymore.

Let's let them talk like that because we can't stop them either. The important thing is that we don't do as they say so that other people still won't believe it. And even though they believe, we also don't listen because this is our life, and as long as we don't do anything, we just let it go. It's better for us to live our own lives than to respond to what they say because we've wasted time being fuzzy, and they would be happy to continue what they were doing. And as you said, they may need a place to express their feelings by badmouthing other people, which satisfies them. If so, we help by letting it be.

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It's crucial to not let outside influences distort one's perception of reality, but it doesn't mean we can just shut out any criticism. It's a given that knowledge is developed via conversations, not lectures. To be clear, I am not advocating complete candor. A welcoming yet discriminating attitude is key. Try to win a chess game by ignoring your opponent's movements, and you'll soon find out that ignoring what doesn't fit our reality is futile.

The "do whatever we like" motto is great, but it's a little like telling a child at a candy shop to stuff his face as much as he wants as long as he doesn't get ill. Put in place a system of checks and balances. Last but not least, this is a wonderful message on aiding others. Yet if your goal is just to quiet critics, "saving face" may be more like "losing grace." True acts of compassion originate in one's heart, not one's pride.

We don't need to respond to what he said, especially if we are not gambling addicts or we are indeed an addict. We can take what they say for granted and can't stop them from talking like that. We can still be friendly to them or we can not care what they say. One day, perhaps, they will need us. We can show that we are not what they think at that moment. It might be hard for us to accept it the first time, but there's nothing wrong with trying not to listen to it.

And I like what you said: true compassion comes from one's heart, not pride. May we be included in those true compassionate people.

[GigaBit]

People like to talk about themselves and how they struggle. Kind of normal I think they share how they suffer and survive, its how they voice out their feelings and the willing listeners and more willing to listen if they also encounter the same like the support groups. If they find ears here, it's still gonna help the person's feelings.

You can't stop anyone from badmouthing though. Even the saints will have people talking behind them. Even your siblings do that to you. You just have to get used to it. Not find it offensive anymore.

My classmates referred to me as an addicted gambler during my early gambling days, which infuriated me, but as time passed, I just let it go and discovered more meaningful things to do with my life other than settling and spending my precious time arguing about some unimportant concerns. Finding things offensive doesn't really matter; it's simply frivolous talk; at this point in my life, all I worry about is preparing and eventually attaining the objectives I have set. People will always talk, and the more we try to enforce or prohibit the badmouthing, the more it will persist; this is typical, therefore I consider it a minor concern.

There are some people who try to offend others. If someone gets angry at that moment, those people will annoy him more. But those who can understand this matter deeply never show anger. They simply want to avoid the issue. There are also some gamblers who cannot easily identify themselves as addicted gamblers. When such accusations are brought against him, he will take the matter negatively. Above all it is better to take these things easily.

[klidex]

People like to talk about themselves and how they struggle. Kind of normal I think they share how they suffer and survive, its how they voice out their feelings and the willing listeners and more willing to listen if they also encounter the same like the support groups. If they find ears here, it's still gonna help the person's feelings.

You can't stop anyone from badmouthing though. Even the saints will have people talking behind them. Even your siblings do that to you. You just have to get used to it. Not find it offensive anymore.

My classmates referred to me as an addicted gambler during my early gambling days, which infuriated me, but as time passed, I just let it go and discovered more meaningful things to do with my life other than settling and spending my precious time arguing about some unimportant concerns. Finding things offensive doesn't really matter; it's simply frivolous talk; at this point in my life, all I worry about is preparing and eventually attaining the objectives I have set. People will always talk, and the more we try to enforce or prohibit the badmouthing, the more it will persist; this is typical, therefore I consider it a minor concern.

I understand the situation you are in when you are offended by your friend's words, but here the point is that you have to be patient and try to process your friend's words without emotion.
Your friend indirectly tells you about addictive activities that you are not aware of and if your friend often says about your addiction, you should start approaching your friend and asking what made him say that you are a gambling addict.
Sometimes addicts have high emotions and are easily offended, but try to respond wisely to your case and I'm sure you will be better off if you get answers from your friends and immediately ask for help to get out of your addiction zone.

[wheelz1200]

It's like any other addiction some people understand they are addicted and don't get offended but most people would be.  Most will.likely say they just like gambling and not even understand they are addicted.  It usually takes someone from outside theor gambling bubble to let them know so if someone is having a really difficult time with their addiction it might help to let them know so that you can also offer advise on where to go to get help.

[blockman]

There are some people who try to offend others. If someone gets angry at that moment, those people will annoy him more.

This is real but you show them how much you're affected if ever this happens to you again so that they'll know that what they do isn't good at all. Because if they're having fun annoying others and referring them to the terms that the person they're pertaining to doesn't want to, that's disgusting.

But those who can understand this matter deeply never show anger. They simply want to avoid the issue.

We do know that there are some people that has this type of patience but it couldn't be us.

There are also some gamblers who cannot easily identify themselves as addicted gamblers. When such accusations are brought against him, he will take the matter negatively. Above all it is better to take these things easily.

At first, it's gonna be annoying to them and there's no feel of guilt. But eventually upon looking at themselves and realizing it, that's how they will just accept it lightly.

[dunfida]

People like to talk about themselves and how they struggle. Kind of normal I think they share how they suffer and survive, its how they voice out their feelings and the willing listeners and more willing to listen if they also encounter the same like the support groups. If they find ears here, it's still gonna help the person's feelings.

You can't stop anyone from badmouthing though. Even the saints will have people talking behind them. Even your siblings do that to you. You just have to get used to it. Not find it offensive anymore.

My classmates referred to me as an addicted gambler during my early gambling days, which infuriated me, but as time passed, I just let it go and discovered more meaningful things to do with my life other than settling and spending my precious time arguing about some unimportant concerns. Finding things offensive doesn't really matter; it's simply frivolous talk; at this point in my life, all I worry about is preparing and eventually attaining the objectives I have set. People will always talk, and the more we try to enforce or prohibit the badmouthing, the more it will persist; this is typical, therefore I consider it a minor concern.

I understand the situation you are in when you are offended by your friend's words, but here the point is that you have to be patient and try to process your friend's words without emotion.
Your friend indirectly tells you about addictive activities that you are not aware of and if your friend often says about your addiction, you should start approaching your friend and asking what made him say that you are a gambling addict.
Sometimes addicts have high emotions and are easily offended, but try to respond wisely to your case and I'm sure you will be better off if you get answers from your friends and immediately ask for help to get out of your addiction zone.

You shouldnt really be that too sensitive if there's someone who do call you an addict because those people wont really be calling you like that if they havent seen or notice something specially into your close friends or

loved ones on who have noticed that you are already that spending that much in gambling.Be grateful that there are still people who do really mind about your situation because most cases on which most people wont really be showing that care after all and this is why it would really be that important that you should be that open-minded and really be accepting on whatever these persons been telling.If they've been able to tell you like that then try to re-assess on the things that you've been doing.Try to check out your finances and try out to see if ever you are still that on good shape when it comes to your spending.

On the time that you have seen that you are already go past limit then it would really be just that sensible that you should really be needing to make out adjustments and thanks to those people
who do able to remind you in.

[o48o]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

I would only be offended if that was true and i would be in denial about it. I don't see word "addict" offensive and since i know myself i know when i am addicted. I am addicted to many things in life and most of them are good for me. I still call them addictions because i couldn't quit them if i wanted.

I am sort of addicted to gambling as well but it's in control. I am not spending more money then i should and i am having more fun then having regrets. I think sometimes people need to hear truth from their friends about addiction, no matter if it hurts them or not. Being in denial is the worst.