Gambling addiction does more harm than mere financial loss

[synchronym]

I am not one to judge but every gambling addict I have meant are encountering trust issues in their relationships. It has affected them so much that they do not mind deceiving others just to be able to gamble. You see them sitting quiet and sober whenever they lose. They avoid all forms of human interactions and it affects their social and support networks. I think that anyone who is willing to speak up and intentionally seek for help will have someone running to save them.

People who are addicted to gambling will never think twice about cheating people to gain money. Gambling addicts will never think twice about cheating on their family members what they would cheat on others. I have a neighbor here who is so addicted to gambling that he doesn't earn any cash but the family is constantly taking money from his parents and wasting money by gambling.  When his parents say something, he gets angry. Constantly takes money from his mother if his mother doesn't give him money he even lays his hand on his mother.  After seeing how gambling is really harmful to a person or gambling turns a healthy life into an unhealthy environment. Play for them. Of course, everyone should refrain from such gambling so that his family's happiness and peace will be maintained and he will be able to live a healthy life.

[Ever-young]

Gambling addiction has been known to be associated with serious funds loss, bankruptcy, unsettled loan involvements, properties auctioning and other irritable financial behaviors that depicts frustration and desperations from the victims.
A little more observation shows clearly other effects of such addiction to just not the addict alone, but those around them, be it friends, family or neighbors. Here are a few of them:

Negative impression on children/ dependents: His addiction can corrupt the good intentions of the younger generation looking up to him for inspiration, they may grow up to see gambling as a way of life and follow the wrong footprints.

Decrease in overall productivity of individual: Addiction reduces the value that you add to wherever you are engaged career wise as you are mostly distracted with gambling thereby reducing your commitment and dedication to your duties, this might significantly reduce the overall company productivity and lead to job loss.

health Challenges: A gambling addict is always under pressure and tension and as such is prone to health challenges like high blood pressure, depression, and on the part of his people, they might be suffering from the psychological implications of his lifestyle which includes social stigma.

violence : most gambling addicts are prone to violent behaviors owing to anger issues from much losses and this might greatly affect his relationship with his immediate family and people around him who might start seeing him as a wild animal.

your contributions are very much welcome as we learn together the many demerits of gambling addiction to inform both those currently addicted and intending addicts of the dangers of that irrational lifestyle.

Of course, you are absolutely correct, gambling addiction has been a great threat to people and to the society as whole, it causes more harm than financial loss in a way that if someone didn't gamble in one day, it will be as if the person hasn't done something meaningful in that day or it might cause someone to steal money or beg for money just to gamble because it has really affected the brain, they have become so addicted that it may even lose their lives or even lose their relationship all because of gambling, they prefer to lose money in anything else than to quit gambling and because of this gambling addiction, some people are not eager to work hard for a living, they depend on gambling for quick money and this set of people can't be able to save. So that is why it's advisable to always gambling for fun and not to become rich or solve problems through it because once anyone is an addict, it's very hard to stop it or minimize it and it won't create any positive impact once an addict.

[bettercrypto]

Everything you mentioned is correct, because addiction, when it comes to an individual, doesn't really bring good things to our lives unless the addiction you choose is good. Like having an addiction to building a business to make money.

But when it comes to gambling, it's not good because there are imbalances starting from the behavior of a gambler, which, if not controlled correctly, can for sure lead to a violent crime or suicide if it can't be handled anymore.

[Miles2006]

I am not one to judge but every gambling addict I have meant are encountering trust issues in their relationships. It has affected them so much that they do not mind deceiving others just to be able to gamble. You see them sitting quiet and sober whenever they lose. They avoid all forms of human interactions and it affects their social and support networks. I think that anyone who is willing to speak up and intentionally seek for help will have someone running to save them.

People who are addicted to gambling will never think twice about cheating people to gain money. Gambling addicts will never think twice about cheating on their family members what they would cheat on others. I have a neighbor here who is so addicted to gambling that he doesn't earn any cash but the family is constantly taking money from his parents and wasting money by gambling.  When his parents say something, he gets angry. Constantly takes money from his mother if his mother doesn't give him money he even lays his hand on his mother.  After seeing how gambling is really harmful to a person or gambling turns a healthy life into an unhealthy environment. Play for them. Of course, everyone should refrain from such gambling so that his family's happiness and peace will be maintained and he will be able to live a healthy life.

I dislike seeing addict disturb their parent for gambling funds as this is controversial because the parent will have no option but to provide the money. At that state the gambler is already developing an irresponsible habit so by the time the gambler in question is grown with his own family will he still come to disturb his mom or by then the gambler will develop self control. The financial loss is being an addict and irresponsible at same time cause it’s so difficult for some addict to buy something valuable with the money they have rather they go gambling always. The best thing any gambler can do is leave placing a bet when they don’t have the budget or else any gambler can easily turn to an addict the moment they feel like playing always.

[retreat]

People who are addicted to gambling will never think twice about cheating people to gain money. Gambling addicts will never think twice about cheating on their family members what they would cheat on others. I have a neighbor here who is so addicted to gambling that he doesn't earn any cash but the family is constantly taking money from his parents and wasting money by gambling.  When his parents say something, he gets angry. Constantly takes money from his mother if his mother doesn't give him money he even lays his hand on his mother.  After seeing how gambling is really harmful to a person or gambling turns a healthy life into an unhealthy environment. Play for them. Of course, everyone should refrain from such gambling so that his family's happiness and peace will be maintained and he will be able to live a healthy life.

The behavior of a gambling addict like that is behavior that is truly detrimental to other people, just imagine that his mother had to suffer because of his gambling and he even had the heart to treat his mother like that. People like this are truly the scum of society, and they should be ashamed of their actions. His family should report it to the police because it has led to a criminal case, because what could happen in the future is much worse than an act of violence, because this type of aggressive addict will not think about the impact of his actions.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

People who are addicted to gambling will never think twice about cheating people to gain money. Gambling addicts will never think twice about cheating on their family members what they would cheat on others. I have a neighbor here who is so addicted to gambling that he doesn't earn any cash but the family is constantly taking money from his parents and wasting money by gambling.  When his parents say something, he gets angry. Constantly takes money from his mother if his mother doesn't give him money he even lays his hand on his mother.  After seeing how gambling is really harmful to a person or gambling turns a healthy life into an unhealthy environment. Play for them. Of course, everyone should refrain from such gambling so that his family's happiness and peace will be maintained and he will be able to live a healthy life.

The behavior of a gambling addict like that is behavior that is truly detrimental to other people, just imagine that his mother had to suffer because of his gambling and he even had the heart to treat his mother like that. People like this are truly the scum of society, and they should be ashamed of their actions. His family should report it to the police because it has led to a criminal case, because what could happen in the future is much worse than an act of violence, because this type of aggressive addict will not think about the impact of his actions.

Most time I wish there's a way to prevent the gambling addiction effects on the lives of others especially their loved ones. These guys are really inhuman while dishing out some irrationality on people they should in fact be protecting their interest. It illustrates that they've been overpowered by a stronger hand and gambling is really a stronger hand when addiction is given a chance.

I really think that just as there are mental rehabilitation homes, there ought to be gambling rehabilitation homes too because an addicted gambler isn't far from a mad person. If someone can go to the extent of hurting the mom so badly, if he's not stopped on time, it will reach a time he'll kill her totally as a way of avoiding her disturbance and by then the madness and hold of addiction over him must've spanned more than just affecting loved ones, but losing them also in the process.

[irhact]

Most time I wish there's a way to prevent the gambling addiction effects on the lives of others especially their loved ones. These guys are really inhuman while dishing out some irrationality on people they should in fact be protecting their interest. It illustrates that they've been overpowered by a stronger hand and gambling is really a stronger hand when addiction is given a chance.

Everything the OP said about gambling addiction is very true, an individual may feel hurt when they lose financially but it won't last forever compared to the harm and an addict could cause to himself, he forget to add crimes like stealing or going into fraudulent activities just to get money to satisfy his gambling habits, gambling addiction could also lead individuals to sell valuable properties.

 Stop individual from becoming addicted to gambling is almost impossible but all we can do is to create awareness on the media or anyways we can for individuals to know the harmful effects of gambling addiction and gamble responsibly, not everyone is knowledgeable enough to know that so it's our duty as responsible gamblers to help others in anyway we can from becoming addicted.

[pinggoki]

Everyone knows that, even the gambling addict already knows about that, there's nothing really positive about any kind of addiction, that's why it's weird to me that people justify some of them and then people still state obvious stuff like this one, addiction doesn't give you any benefit besides the harm that it will cause to your family, friends, and most importantly to yourself. Financial loss isn't the biggest deal at all because I've seen people still being able to recover from that but emotional and social loss due to gambling addiction or any addiction is far more devastating from the fact that those people that you've hurt, even if they want to and can forgive you, the bond that was broken between you and them when you were still an addict will still have those cracks even if the bond is fixed, they will never fully trust you even if they say so.

[junder]

The main loss is that their financial situation will become a mess, and once their financial situation becomes a mess, it can have an impact on their family or even their friends. Also, it's not just financial, this can actually be detrimental to other things, such as relationships with each other as well as your own health. When someone becomes addicted to gambling, there is a possibility that they will experience a change in attitude and tend to become more stubborn. and of course this has the opportunity for violent arguments between people addicted to gambling and their families or friends or even other people.

When they become addicted to gambling, it is likely that they will only focus on their desire to gamble, and they may ignore everything around them, including their family, their time will probably only be spent gambling, even though they have run out of money to gamble. However, people who are addicted will look for ways to gamble again, whether by borrowing money or something else.

Then the OP is right. We experience more loss than the wins but most times when we win it covers up for all the Mutiple times we have lost, and we don't get to reminisce about the loss. The truth is it is in our nature as humas to feel regretful when we do something and failed especially when we gamble. There is no gambling that will tell me that he hasn't feel so depressed after he had loss, no matter how he tries to control his emotions there is always this wish that we should have one and it just one game that made the bet loss. We start regretting why we include that game in the bet.

Now if a gambling addict experience this depression everyday his entire life is ruin because there will be no fun and happiness until any day he wins and go for merriment. Which mean it's doing him more harm than good and it's affecting his family or people around him too.

If you gamble frequently, what you will experience more often is defeat, of course there will be no consistent wins. There is also no point in dwelling on defeats that have already occurred. We must be able to let go of the money we bet when it is lost, because it is a sure thing. So it is very important that we can allocate an amount of money that we can afford to lose, so that we don't bet beyond our capabilities, such as by risking a large amount of money but we are not prepared to lose the money we bet. The desire to win certainly exists among all gamblers, but we must be able to see that winning at gambling is not easy to obtain.

Of course, there will definitely be regrets, especially when gambling where the aim of the gambling is to make money, but the end result is that it turns around and results in losing money. That's what we have to accept well, don't assume that gambling can give us easy wins or money. The aim of gambling is probably to make money, but we have to put that aside, because that way we will probably be concerned about losing or losing the money we bet, and continue to encourage us to gamble, unfortunately that will only make things worse. Not only will it be financially detrimental, but other things can also be affected.

[I_Anime]

health Challenges: A gambling addict is always under pressure and tension and as such is prone to health challenges like high blood pressure, depression, and on the part of his people, they might be suffering from the psychological implications of his lifestyle which includes social stigma.

This actually true , gambling addiction can actually lead to some health challenges . Normally there's pressure and tension whenever one is gambling due to the fear of Losing their cash, but being a gambling addict makes things worse because you will be going through this feelings alot due to regular gambling, that's why we should always have principles whenever we are gambling to avoid such from happening.

violence : most gambling addicts are prone to violent behaviors owing to anger issues from much losses and this might greatly affect his relationship with his immediate family and people around him who might start seeing him as a wild animal.

your contributions are very much welcome as we learn together the many demerits of gambling addiction to inform both those currently addicted and intending addicts of the dangers of that irrational lifestyle.

Yeah , but most people actually know how to manage those anger from turning or initiating any form of violence. You know all gamblers or gambling addict ain't the same they are some that can't actually control their emotions which may lead to them doing all such if crazy things, while some can actually manage those emotions, But most time is never easy as an gambling addict to control such emotions.

[Gozie51]

 Stop individual from becoming addicted to gambling is almost impossible but all we can do is to create awareness on the media or anyways we can for individuals to know the harmful effects of gambling addiction and gamble responsibly, not everyone is knowledgeable enough to know that so it's our duty as responsible gamblers to help others in anyway we can from becoming addicted.

Those addicts that I have seen come out of it are mostly those who have decided by themselves to stop at a point maybe because of the incidence surrounding them that happened and thus made them to decide to stop.

Also, there is a role that women play in the lives of addicts especially if they are couples. A couple can decide not to be friendly with the partner who is into a particular addiction and soon you see the other person letting go off that character of addiction that the other partner was complaining of.

But we can keep advocating that in different medium for people to let go of addiction maybe gradually one person will stop but people don't stop getting addicted 

[Gheka]

Everything you mentioned is correct, because addiction, when it comes to an individual, doesn't really bring good things to our lives unless the addiction you choose is good. Like having an addiction to building a business to make money.

But when it comes to gambling, it's not good because there are imbalances starting from the behavior of a gambler, which, if not controlled correctly, can for sure lead to a violent crime or suicide if it can't be handled anymore.

Indeed, gambling will create the most unfavorable scenarios for each person's life surrounding financial and relationship issues, if handled in the right direction, there are no consequences behind but just carelessly falling into one of many scenarios, which can be a mild psychiatric symptom and victim. Finance is just a brick that is broken at the beginning of gambling addiction, walls that are assembled by many bricks will from that crack destroy the whole self of the gambler, therefore, we should not let the whirlwind of gambling addiction sweep away everything and destroy a wall of the soul, we need to really consider after each failure.

[synchronym]

People who are addicted to gambling will never think twice about cheating people to gain money. Gambling addicts will never think twice about cheating on their family members what they would cheat on others. I have a neighbor here who is so addicted to gambling that he doesn't earn any cash but the family is constantly taking money from his parents and wasting money by gambling.  When his parents say something, he gets angry. Constantly takes money from his mother if his mother doesn't give him money he even lays his hand on his mother.  After seeing how gambling is really harmful to a person or gambling turns a healthy life into an unhealthy environment. Play for them. Of course, everyone should refrain from such gambling so that his family's happiness and peace will be maintained and he will be able to live a healthy life.

The behavior of a gambling addict like that is behavior that is truly detrimental to other people, just imagine that his mother had to suffer because of his gambling and he even had the heart to treat his mother like that. People like this are truly the scum of society, and they should be ashamed of their actions. His family should report it to the police because it has led to a criminal case, because what could happen in the future is much worse than an act of violence, because this type of aggressive addict will not think about the impact of his actions.

Every parent wants their children to be well educated and work for the welfare of the country so that the parents feel more proud of the respect of the child but when the child behaves in such a way with his parents because of such a tide then what effect can it have on his parents. A parent feels very helpless for such condition of his child so every child should behave well with his parents and everyone can avoid gambling addiction. Gambling sometimes spoils the beautiful life arranged by people Gambling can never make someone's life easy so everyone should refrain from this kind of gambling so that his family can live much better. Because of those who are addicted to winning, their parents have to be very small, but those who are addicted to gambling never think like this, they only think about them and never think about their parents, so everyone Gambling should stay away from this kind of .

[ethereumhunter]

Casinos periodically offer gamblers some wins and sweeps it back. Another thing is that the house is assured the gambler wouldn't go more days without coming back to wager his winnings. Players have multiple permits to leave without coming back again, yet find it hard staying clear from the casino. The good choices gamblers make while gambling helps the players to be reasonable in their decisions regarding their bank roll. Most of them get worried about the lose of their money.

It's certainly known that people can't forget about their lost money. Similarly, nobody will as well forget a place that once gave them lots of money. However, these things make players to lose huge money and may become addicted. In this condition their losses will increase not just financially but emotionally. Families and friends will begin to get pained over the behavior of their loved one. Bringing more financial losses to their home in the process of delivering or curing him to a better mental state. Yes, it's right to say that gambling addiction causes more losses. Because losing our self control should be considered a big loss to any human.

Casino can gives gamblers some wins but if gamblers doesn't realizes if that's a time for stops their gambling activity instead keeps playing gambling, the casino will takes position and will takes the money from that gamblers. Gamblers will regrets of what they do because if they can see that stops from playing gambling is the best thing that they can do, they will just stops playing gambling and enjoy the wins money. When gamblers wins or lose, they will comes back to casino and playing gambling and maybe gamblers will playing gambling longer than before because they wants to wins bigger money. That can makes gamblers becomes addicted to gambling without they realizes because they just trying to chase something that doesn't important to them.

They will just increase the risks bigger and the chance to lose more money will be there. They must realizes about this and not even trying to do that, especially if they already see some gamblers lose all of their money in gambling and makes them becomes addicted to gambling. The addiction of gambling can comes anytime and many people doesn't knows when they are addicted to gambling. We can only be careful when playing gambling and trying to playing gambling moderately to avoids the addiction.

[EarnOnVictor]

I am not one to judge but every gambling addict I have meant are encountering trust issues in their relationships. It has affected them so much that they do not mind deceiving others just to be able to gamble. You see them sitting quiet and sober whenever they lose. They avoid all forms of human interactions and it affects their social and support networks. I think that anyone who is willing to speak up and intentionally seek for help will have someone running to save them.

That is a very good observation by you but I still think there is more to that than just being about gambling. What I see here is that they have trust issues and this could be indirectly orchestrated by their irresponsible gambling lifestyle where they have been declared irresponsible already, so someone like that may always be insecure since no partner will want to be with an irresponsible fellow. I just said that to show that it is not about gambling alone or the rudiments of it but what the gambling irresponsibility has cost the gamblers. At the same time, what they fear for may be true but not particularly true at times because no one should be trusted, not even one's wife or husband unless they've really proven themselves to be trustworthy.

However, the issue of trust and insecurity these days are common in relationships and marriages judging by how civilization and technology have turned things around, so at time, the issue of the insecurity may not even be gambling related, but because the person is gambling and might be irresponsible about it, such would be related to it wrongly, which is not suppose to be so. Regardless, let's try to moderate things. It is never good to be addicted to gambling or anything, and whatever we are doing in an irresponsible way should be cautioned in all its entirety. All we should be striving for is to be the better version of ourselves and anything that will disturb that is worth quitting entirely, even gambling.

[topbitcoin]

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Every parent wants their children to be well educated and work for the welfare of the country so that the parents feel more proud of the respect of the child but when the child behaves in such a way with his parents because of such a tide then what effect can it have on his parents. A parent feels very helpless for such condition of his child so every child should behave well with his parents and everyone can avoid gambling addiction. Gambling sometimes spoils the beautiful life arranged by people Gambling can never make someone's life easy so everyone should refrain from this kind of gambling so that his family can live much better. Because of those who are addicted to winning, their parents have to be very small, but those who are addicted to gambling never think like this, they only think about them and never think about their parents, so everyone Gambling should stay away from this kind of .

Every parent dreams that their offspring will be the generation that is educated, effective in work, and brings pride to the family and nation. Unfortunately, when a child treads down destructive paths, like falling into the abyss of gambling addiction. The situation renders parents helpless and drowning in disappointment; their aspirations of nurturing a virtuous child wane with reality. Gambling, meant for leisure, eternally transforms into a harbinger of grave woes capable of mutilating family ties with strife-laden echoes, etched deep into their hearts, laced with sorrow. Sorrow so heavy that it chokes out every ounce of joy that life should offer on this journey.

It is crucial for each person, especially those who have dependencies on them in terms of family, to keep far away from gambling. This addiction will not only harm you but also the people dearest to you including your parents. Saying no to the temptation of gambling is one way that you can be assured of financial stability and keep your family safe. Therefore it is everyone's duty to realize the risks involved with gambling and also take responsibility in managing their behavior when it comes to gambling.

[hyudien]

Indeed, gambling will create the most unfavorable scenarios for each person's life surrounding financial and relationship issues, if handled in the right direction, there are no consequences behind but just carelessly falling into one of many scenarios, which can be a mild psychiatric symptom and victim. Finance is just a brick that is broken at the beginning of gambling addiction, walls that are assembled by many bricks will from that crack destroy the whole self of the gambler, therefore, we should not let the whirlwind of gambling addiction sweep away everything and destroy a wall of the soul, we need to really consider after each failure.

The main thing in my opinion is that the problem will be financial, if they become addicted it means they are unlikely to stop gambling even though their finances have been messed up by gambling, also in my opinion when they experience financial ruin I think they are aware of it, but with them becoming addicted is what makes them unable to stop gambling. So their messy finances are not a reason for them to stop gambling, they continue to gamble in the hope of winning the next gambling game.
Also with relationships that can be affected, when they are addicted, of course they will not only have financial problems, but if they become addicted to gambling, it is possible that they will ignore the environment around them, including their family relationships or those closest to them. Apart from that, health may also be one of the things that can be harmed because if they are addicted they will only focus on gambling. Actually, there are many things that can be harmed by gambling addiction, but the main thing is finances.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Gambling addiction has been known to be associated with serious funds loss, bankruptcy, unsettled loan involvements, properties auctioning and other irritable financial behaviors that depicts frustration and desperations from the victims.
A little more observation shows clearly other effects of such addiction to just not the addict alone, but those around them, be it friends, family or neighbors. Here are a few of them:

Negative impression on children/ dependents: His addiction can corrupt the good intentions of the younger generation looking up to him for inspiration, they may grow up to see gambling as a way of life and follow the wrong footprints.

Decrease in overall productivity of individual: Addiction reduces the value that you add to wherever you are engaged career wise as you are mostly distracted with gambling thereby reducing your commitment and dedication to your duties, this might significantly reduce the overall company productivity and lead to job loss.

health Challenges: A gambling addict is always under pressure and tension and as such is prone to health challenges like high blood pressure, depression, and on the part of his people, they might be suffering from the psychological implications of his lifestyle which includes social stigma.

violence : most gambling addicts are prone to violent behaviors owing to anger issues from much losses and this might greatly affect his relationship with his immediate family and people around him who might start seeing him as a wild animal.

your contributions are very much welcome as we learn together the many demerits of gambling addiction to inform both those currently addicted and intending addicts of the dangers of that irrational lifestyle.

All that you have said about gambling addiction is correct, and which I completely agree with.
Like I would always say, addiction in any thing is not good, be it smoking, drinking alcohol, taking harmful drugs and so on and on, and addiction to gambling is also one of them, seeing the several dangers of allowing oneself to get addicted to gambling, it's important for us to avoid ever getting addicted for obvious reasons, but I never advice against gambling since it's actually one of the safest ways to have fun, reasons for addiction is because gamblers allow themselve to become to obsessed, greedy because of the monetary reward that comes with or from winning a game in gambling.

So, to prevent such as those things you have listed from coming upon us which is as a result of getting addicted to gambling, we must strive and master to do away with greed, over gambling which often times is what leads to becoming addicted to gambling , it is often said that prevention is better than cure, which in this case is, it's better not to get addicted at all, than get addicted and start looking for ways to come out of it.

[adpinbr]

Yes, gambling addition does more harm because you may continue losing on the process of trying to get back what you’ve lost and you find out that you have lost more financial losses is just a one time something so common addition is very bad at least be a gambler, but keeping yourself busy all the time gambling then why your income is not that much it’s really really bad because you are affecting yourself in a bad way

[leonair]

Yes, gambling addition does more harm because you may continue losing on the process of trying to get back what you’ve lost and you find out that you have lost more financial losses is just a one time something so common addition is very bad at least be a gambler, but keeping yourself busy all the time gambling then why your income is not that much it’s really really bad because you are affecting yourself in a bad way

Yes in gambling one can have continuous loss because here no one can guarantee his winnings  Although people can make some predictions about WINNING, no one can guarantee it here. Because it depends on luck. So there will be a possibility of many financial losses.  If someone uses gambling regularly and is serious about gambling then his loss is sure. Because of this, gambling does not have to be taken seriously.  Those who keep it fun also lose a lot but this is limited to their ability to lose. And those who use it seriously or for the purpose of income become very addicted to it and lose excessively and the caste sometimes takes on a terrible shape.