Indirect victims of gambling addiction

[Plaguedeath]

That really affected the entire production area during that time because the members of that savings and lending system wanted their money back immediately because they have an intended use for that money.

Just like proverb "a rotten apple spoils the barrel", such people should be kicked because it will harm other people. I'm surprised even the team leader know if he's a gambling addict, he didn't report him to HRD because AFAIK most of company didn't accept gamblers. Most people think gamblers are lack of money management and they could steal company's money to gamble.

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And addicted gambler and his addiction on gambling can be very dangerous for the family and friends at the same moment. I think only one gambling addicted person is enough to destroy a family. I have seen lots of incidents like that gambler make debt by playing gambling and the family got on the trap. And I have seen that an gambler take money from his friends for gambling and leave away after losing the fund. So yes it is true that friends and family can be indirect victims of gambling addiction.

[Gozie51]

Hi community,

Partners in dependency - Relatives often try to "understand" the addict and help him, by paying off his debts, while accepting his promise to stop gambling, a promise he is unable to keep. More than once, family members come to the aid process, becoming partners so that they become “addicted” to the therapeutic process. But help works in exactly the opposite direction instead of helping the gambler wean off, they perpetuate his condition. These partners, such as parents or spouses, may find themselves in great distress that requires treatment.

You have said it all. When a gambler is not married, his dependence being the parents or people whom are his care givers are those that get troubled and affected by his gambling woes and when the gambler is married then the wife and children bear the brunt when he doesn't want to stop. They are the ones that will bear his financial indeptedness whether directly or indirectly when those troubles come, because a creditor may go overboard to seek remedy by taking his family to be part of him if he (the debtor) sees that is the only way to recover back his loan, property or other debts.

However, the other layer are the friends but they are not very much involved, they play advisory role to the gambler but when the troubles starts to brew, it is the family or parents that really get affected.

[Yatsan]

Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?

It is as simple as saying those that financially dependent on the gambler. The only people that may not depend on the addicted gambler but not happy about their son or daughter addiction are parents.

I prefer ways to avoid the addiction than those that are indirectly affected.

Not only those whoch are dependent 'coz even the simplst people around a gambling addict would be affected; no man is an island. Perhaps his friends, they would be for sure asked for money to be borrowed by him. Now, indeed we may refuse to do so but not all people could resist someone especially if he's special to his friends; the guilt of not lending him the money and the idea that they are supporting the addiction if ever they would be allowing the assumed request, could be stressful. It could also be normal people who he interact with, if he's in huge loss then there's a high tendency for him to be grumpy and could be affecting other people he will come across with.

Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?

What suffers the most loss here is the gambler himself, as a result of failing to control his emotions to gamble responsibly. Of course, all the people closest to you for the first time will be willing to provide financial assistance, motivation and support to stop. But if you fail to maintain the trust of those closest to you, they will no longer care, and will of course keep their distance so as not to be affected by the gambler's careless actions. If you lose the attention of the people closest to you, a gambler will easily get depressed. In fact, there are many impacts that can arise from gambling, but if you can manage your gambling activities well then everything will be fine, this means you need to set limits when you want to gamble.

Absolutely, the gambler will take most of the 'damage' from addiction. Addiction simply affect one's functioning especially daily routines. If he has work then that would be the first where it would be evident; poor work performance and employee relation. Not to mention that salary won't be used wisely due to the urge of gambling continuously. Just like with other addictions, it will have the same symptoms however in gambling, it is more devastating to one's life simply because of the core involvement of money, not to compare but just stating facts.

[yazher]

Only a few gamblers affect their friends when they are addicted to gambling because their friends are mostly gamblers themselves and they are not bothered by their friends' actions because they are one of them with the same vibes, as for their families, rarely do you see a whole family are gamblers instead those who are addicted to gambling are just a few from them which cause huge problems to others because they are asked for money or else their things will get stolen. At least, this is what happening in our community, They are causing some problems for their families by making them pay some debt or they are not getting any sustenance from them because of their addictions, especially those who have wives and children.

[Kavelj22]

Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?

It is as simple as saying those that financially dependent on the gambler. The only people that may not depend on the addicted gambler but not happy about their son or daughter addiction are parents.

Not only those who are financially connected to the gambler, but it can be generalized to all those who have moral relationships with him, such as family members (in general), close friends and neighbors. This is because excessive gambling affects a person's entire behavior in such a way that it affects all his relationships. It is true that some close people can end the relationship with him and avoid the resulting troubles, but there are types of relationships that are not affected by all circumstances and are able to withstand. I can mention to you a personal experience with a friend who was addicted to gambling. We were all his friends helping him try to overcome his ordeal, and none of us thought of abandoning him, even though his behavior often became hostile and he tended to temporarily boycott everyone who wanted to help him. These are symptoms of illness, and those close to them who are concerned should be aware of this.

[moneystery]

when there is a gambling addict in the house, whether it is a child or a father/mother, then all family members are affected. whether it's mental stress, emotions, or the impact of domestic violence that might occur. and over time this will become an emotional wound that will leave an impression on the victims and that will affect relationships within the family. and it is possible that this will spread to bad relations with neighbors and the surrounding environment, perhaps because of the commotion that usually occurs and that makes the neighbors uncomfortable with the gambling addict and his family.

therefore, the victims of gambling addicts can be several parties and recovery for the victims is not that easy and professional psychological recovery is needed, especially for cases that involve domestic violence.

[Crypto Library]

Only a few gamblers affect their friends when they are addicted to gambling because their friends are mostly gamblers themselves and they are not bothered by their friends' actions because they are one of them with the same vibes, as for their families, rarely do you see a whole family are gamblers instead those who are addicted to gambling are just a few from them which cause huge problems to others because they are asked for money or else their things will get stolen. At least, this is what happening in our community, They are causing some problems for their families by making them pay some debt or they are not getting any sustenance from them because of their addictions, especially those who have wives and children.

That is true like I can say it is happened with me also. One of my friend is heavily gambling addicted And he spends most of the day gambling. And one day I and some of my friends hangout with him in his house and in the crowd of words he picked up that he won 6000 dollars from only 30 dollars. And he was talking about various techniques that must be done in this way to win.  And where its tempting I also fall for the lure and I also place my big amount for gambling as a result I lose my fund.  In fact, all the techniques he talked about were just imagination, they are not really useful, basically all depends on the algorithm.  And this is my short story gambling addicted person being my friend I am affected.

[boty]

And addicted gambler and his addiction on gambling can be very dangerous for the family and friends at the same moment. I think only one gambling addicted person is enough to destroy a family. I have seen lots of incidents like that gambler make debt by playing gambling and the family got on the trap. And I have seen that an gambler take money from his friends for gambling and leave away after losing the fund. So yes it is true that friends and family can be indirect victims of gambling addiction.

That's right, everyone who has experienced an addiction to gambling will of course be able to easily carry out bad actions when they have the desire to gamble and they don't have the funds to gamble and the people who most often get these actions are the people closest to them who they want. ask for money for various reasons they give and after they get the money they will use it for gambling.

[danadc]

Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?

It is as simple as saying those that financially dependent on the gambler. The only people that may not depend on the addicted gambler but not happy about their son or daughter addiction are parents.

Not only those who are financially connected to the gambler, but it can be generalized to all those who have moral relationships with him, such as family members (in general), close friends and neighbors. This is because excessive gambling affects a person's entire behavior in such a way that it affects all his relationships. It is true that some close people can end the relationship with him and avoid the resulting troubles, but there are types of relationships that are not affected by all circumstances and are able to withstand. I can mention to you a personal experience with a friend who was addicted to gambling. We were all his friends helping him try to overcome his ordeal, and none of us thought of abandoning him, even though his behavior often became hostile and he tended to temporarily boycott everyone who wanted to help him. These are symptoms of illness, and those close to them who are concerned should be aware of this.

I Understand the situation perfectly, things with addicts may have affected many, and that is what we, when we sit down to play, must realize that not only the people who suffer from it also suffer those who are always making a difference next to them. We, our family, friends, they affect everyone, all these things are what we must see, that is why we have to understand responsibility and mature it in every sense, because we cannot be thinking that these things are so simple, that we can play with our things.

Sometimes the people who become Addicted do not give importance to what they have to lose, they do not give importance to family things, nor do they feel sorry for anything, they do not care about shame if they have it or not, for example The reason is that we have to make a difference, that is why these topics are Useful to help Everyone we can.

[sokani]

These are some of the ways persons connected or related to a gambler can be affected when he's addicted:

• His business may crumble and his employees may lose their jobs.
• His family may go hunger.
• His family may be sent packing by the landlord because of inability to pay rent.
• The children may be sent out of school because of inability to pay school fees.
• A family member may even die because of lack of funds for proper medical care.

As a gambler you need to keep your gambling habit in check and never allow it get to the point of addiction. At any point you find yourself being addicted, quickly seek help.

[crwth]

I think mostly the family of the addicted gambler is affected by his actions. With something that definitely if he has control, it would be a different case. I think it's mostly about the fact that if he is neglecting responsibilities, that would result in the poor action that he has. He has no way of making it back since he is addicted. I think the wife/husband that he/she has would have that kind of indirect effect because of gambling. The amount of pressure the spouse receives if it gets out or something would make them very judged or affect the person's mental stability.

You really need to admit it to yourself if you are experiencing something similar.

[uneng]

There isn't a single victim of gambling addiction, as we live in connected chains of social relationships. It's well known the most affected ones besides the addicted himself are the family members, especially children, as we have already discussed on this forum several times on different threads and opportunities. However, it doesn't end there. Gambling addiction has as one of the main negative impacts damage to financial structure of the family, which will directly impact their purchasing power and access to different services, including a very essential one: education.

If you can't give proper access to education for your children and even for yourself and your wife, you are going to stay behind in a very competitive society and world like ours. Moreover, it's less money you are going to have to inject in your local community and economy, so everyone who are potential services providers around you will suffer, because they are seeing potential customers falling for addiction.

Imagine a society where addiction is spreading fast and taking control of everyone. How are these people going to have money to pay for a living and keep the economy going on? That is not possible, therefore, total decadence is just a matter of time. In conclusion, to answer your question, it could be said that indirect victims of gambling addiction are every individuals of a society, when addiction rates have become an epidemic.

[Quidat]

Usually the indirect victims could neither be wife/husband or your closest family members on which if time and financial has been compromised then expect that
results could really be affecting out into those people who is around you on which gamblers whom had been addicted with gambling wont really be tending to look after those things
as long they do have that kind of addiction towards themselves on which it is really that sad. People around you would really be trying out to help you to resolved out that addiction
on which they do know that they would really be affected once this thing would really be lasting out or comes to that severe point or condition.

It is really just that sad that there are tons of relationships that had been crushed up due to too much addiction on which we do know that
regrets do always comes at the end and not from the start.

[ethereumhunter]

When there is no awareness from a person who gets addicted to gambling about the impacts that other people can get, they can not see the impact but the other people will feel the impact. The people around the addicted person will get what that person do and that is bad for them because they don't know how to solve the problems. If they can realizes that person addicted to gambling, they will ask that person to cure himself so they don't give the bad impact to other people. We know that his family will feel the directs impact due to his addiction to gambling but the addicted person will not realize that because they only focus with their gambling activity. The indirect victims of gambling addiction will be his friends around him and other people who doesn't knowing him closer because he can borrows money from other people easily to continue playing gambling. The other people then asking his family to repay the money because of him.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I would like to think that once an individual has gotten to a leadership position in life mostly which comes as a result of the experience they have gotten which has elevated them in a certain area of life, they begin to attract admirers and mentees. They become mentors to young aspiring minds. That's those who look up to the leaders and their leadership prowess and someday wish to be like them.

These are the people I believe are indirect victims because the mentor might have a gambling addiction problem that is well hidden from day light and be well indebted or be in a mentally unstable way while parading as a diplomat or academia and be well loved and admired by all who know less.

Now I can only but magine how heartbroken and disappointed the mentees will feel when they get to find out their beloved mentor has a secret gambling addiction that has eaten deep into his financial life and has destroyed his career and family and has made the mentor become homeless.

[killerfrost]

Let's face it, gambling can be fun... until it's not. We've all heard stories of how someone's gambling habit goes sideways, leaving a trail of financial stress, broken trust, and hurt feelings in its wake. It's like a bad roommate who never leaves and trashes the place – not cool. Gambling addiction can wreak havoc on finances. Debts pile up, savings vanish, and loved ones might get dragged into the mess, having to help pay off the bills. This financial strain puts a huge damper on everyone's mood, turning family game nights into "who wants to avoid the debt collector?" nights. Not exactly a recipe for fun.

It's not just the money; the emotional toll is massive. Watching someone you care about struggle with addiction is tough. It can lead to feelings of helplessness, anger, and frustration for everyone involved. The gambler might feel ashamed and isolated, pushing loved ones further away. It's a lose-lose situation.

[Ever-young]

And addicted gambler and his addiction on gambling can be very dangerous for the family and friends at the same moment. I think only one gambling addicted person is enough to destroy a family. I have seen lots of incidents like that gambler make debt by playing gambling and the family got on the trap. And I have seen that an gambler take money from his friends for gambling and leave away after losing the fund. So yes it is true that friends and family can be indirect victims of gambling addiction.

That's right, everyone who has experienced an addiction to gambling will of course be able to easily carry out bad actions when they have the desire to gamble and they don't have the funds to gamble and the people who most often get these actions are the people closest to them who they want. ask for money for various reasons they give and after they get the money they will use it for gambling.

That's just one among the several side effects of addictive gambling, it's very tragic that gambling addiction makes people to manipulate and lie to their loved ones just because they can get money to fund their gambling habit. Sometimes it may not really be the fault of the victim, because some people who find themselves in such a situation fight tooth and nail to break through but the addiction may have eaten too deep into them that it seems almost impossible for them to break through and even when they don't wish to, they just find themselves doing some of those things being driven by their addiction.

[dunfida]

And addicted gambler and his addiction on gambling can be very dangerous for the family and friends at the same moment. I think only one gambling addicted person is enough to destroy a family. I have seen lots of incidents like that gambler make debt by playing gambling and the family got on the trap. And I have seen that an gambler take money from his friends for gambling and leave away after losing the fund. So yes it is true that friends and family can be indirect victims of gambling addiction.

That's right, everyone who has experienced an addiction to gambling will of course be able to easily carry out bad actions when they have the desire to gamble and they don't have the funds to gamble and the people who most often get these actions are the people closest to them who they want. ask for money for various reasons they give and after they get the money they will use it for gambling.

That's just one among the several side effects of addictive gambling, it's very tragic that gambling addiction makes people to manipulate and lie to their loved ones just because they can get money to fund their gambling habit. Sometimes it may not really be the fault of the victim, because some people who find themselves in such a situation fight tooth and nail to break through but the addiction may have eaten too deep into them that it seems almost impossible for them to break through and even when they don't wish to, they just find themselves doing some of those things being driven by their addiction.

On the time that you do find out yourself on such extreme addiction then it would be always ideal that you should really be telling your family or loved ones in regarding about your addiction and not
really just that trying to hide it from them. Its understandable on why those addicts would really be hiding such thing is that they dont like on being scolded and being criticized on which it would really be
just that a normal approach and reaction or thing in mind with those persons who had been suffering with such addiction. It is really that impossible that you cant be able to determine
on what are the things that you are doing but well when extreme addiction hits then there's no limit for someone to do on whatever he does have in mind.

For sure it would really be affecting out into those people who is around you not only on emotional aspect but surely mainly on financial aspect.

[Findingnemo]

There are gamblers who are not addicted to gambling or atleast they are aware of their limits.

And this thread is only about the addicted ones who get themselves caught in difficult situation which does reflect on their family too , wife/husband, parents and sometimes siblings too depends on the age category.

It's hard but that's the truth so everyone who wants to get short term pleasure should be cautious while approaching or else they could be lead to loss of their joy in their life.