When another addiction fuels gambling addiction.

[Agbamoni]

Always making sure this is brief as possible.

From my observation on addiction, i get to see how addiction is like a chain. Individuals moving from one addiction to another and how several addictions or one addiction can give birth/rise to the gambling addiction. We can all agree as an individual there are several things in life we can be addicted to aside gambling.

Substances like like alcohol or stimulants addiction (drinking), Nicotine dopamine and weed addiction (smoking), to mention a few others can influence a responsible gambler into becoming addicted. There are people in the society who gamble to humanize, smoke or drink, or go out on expensive rides and stuffs.

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

[JoyMarsha]

I don't think when someone quits any of the addictions they find themselves with, it will make them lose interest in gambling automatically.

That's not possible because each addiction we are addicted to has its own means of stopping. You can't stop addiction to something else and expect the other addiction you have in your blood system to stop without following its due process.

You must learn how to follow each addiction according to the way you were told on how to stop them if you want any positive results with your involvement with each of them

[Reatim]

Always making sure this is brief as possible.

From my observation on addiction, i get to see how addiction is like a chain. Individuals moving from one addiction to another and how several addictions or one addiction can give birth/rise to the gambling addiction. We can all agree as an individual there are several things in life we can be addicted to aside gambling.

previous addicts doesn’t matter where have higher likelihood of getting addicted on gambling as well since they probably have a low tolerance for addiction or dopamine that they easily get addicted over anything

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

drinking and smoking are things one can do while gambling so if he were to give up one of these he should give up the rest otherwise it might make it difficult for him to give up only one since there would be associations now

[Oshosondy]

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

No because he needs to quit all at once. You can quit what you are addicted to and be addicted to another thing later.
What causes gambling addiction is not what causes drug or substance addiction. Gambling addiction is caused by not two reasons than looking for ways to make money but drug addiction is caused by the pleasure you are driving from it but which may later have side effect.

[cabron]

Don't you think they can be addicted to both like alcohol or weed and gambling?  And then he may not be able to gamble if he isn't high so he needs to get high before gambling. Some people can think clearly when high.

If getting addiction to another thing can be a good strategy to quit gambling, I think its a better strategy. Say one will be addicted to gym exercise or Sauna. Or addicted to coffee, I think I'd prefer that just to quit gambling.

[Marvelockg]

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

there are forms of addiction that has nothing to do with gambling and quitting them won't even affect your gambling habit. truth is that like you said, those habit that encourage one to gamble irresponsibly like taking of excess alcohol or hanging out with friends that are used to gambling in an irresponsible way actually have effect on the way you deal with withdrawing from your addictive gambling lifestyle.

it is more like cutting off the link that fuels your dopamine so when you start working on being a better gambler, they don't end up dragging you back into getting seriously addicted in the act. nothing acts independent of itself, sometimes it might just be watching games in a viewing center that makes you feel that you should gamble on every game or visiting certain site that keeps on bringing gambling ads to you. cutting off from those things has a way helping you heal naturally if you are becoming addicted.

[Davidvictorson]

The OP is trying to assert that gambling addiction doesn't occur alone . That gambling addiction occurs together with other addictions. I have long thought about this and carried out my research on it but from my personal opinion, it is not correct in all cases. There are situational factors and lifestyle factors that cause these addictions to co-occur. If you live in a rough neighbourhood where drugs and acholol can be acquired with ease, it is highly probable that gambling addiction will thrive there too and more people from that environment will be battling more than one addiction.

[Kristiyana]

Always making sure this is brief as possible.

From my observation on addiction, i get to see how addiction is like a chain. Individuals moving from one addiction to another and how several addictions or one addiction can give birth/rise to the gambling addiction. We can all agree as an individual there are several things in life we can be addicted to aside gambling.

Substances like like alcohol or stimulants addiction (drinking), Nicotine dopamine and weed addiction (smoking), to mention a few others can influence a responsible gambler into becoming addicted. There are people in the society who gamble to humanize, smoke or drink, or go out on expensive rides and stuffs.

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

Obviously this things you just mentioned here does not have anything to do with quitting from gambling. You know is very easy for someone who is addicted into smoking to quit from it, than that of gambling addict. Because a smoker don't always think about the money he spent ever since he got engaged into smoking, why a gambling addict will always find it very hard to quit more especially when he keep remembering his losses at it point he won't think of putting an end to it. This is why in my opinion I think quitting from smoking or drinking is very easy than that of quiting from gambling.

[Tungbulu]

You’re not totally wrong mate. But do you know that someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol would rather use the money he was meant to gamble with for his drugs or alcohol. If there’s one thing about alcohol or drug addiction, it’s totally different from gambling addiction, for one who is addicted to drugs, you’ll always have the urge to consume that substance, even when you don’t have the money to get it at that moment, which of course isn’t the same thing with gambling addiction.

Some people who are addicted to gambling will only know how addicted they are when they’ve started gambling or when they already have the funds to gamble (and have started) but a person who’s addicted to drugs or alcohol, would think of nothing more but satisfying their urge for that substance, except maybe they’re already under the influence of those substances and then maybe attempt gambling, which of course we know that they’ll never be able to make better decisions in that state.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

From my observation on addiction, i get to see how addiction is like a chain. Individuals moving from one addiction to another and how several addictions or one addiction can give birth/rise to the gambling addiction. We can all agree as an individual there are several things in life we can be addicted to aside gambling.

Addiction does not only occur in gambling, there are several aspects of human lives where addiction is being practiced, including the way we are eating, sleeping, or even doing a particular task, we should know that addiction comes in as a result of what we are too used to in doing, and that has become part of our daily life or routine we can't afford to do without, it comes mostly with negative signs and those addicted could be seen as the ones that can't afford to maintain a particular level of being disciplined in doing something.

[mcdouglasx]

Always making sure this is brief as possible.

From my observation on addiction, i get to see how addiction is like a chain. Individuals moving from one addiction to another and how several addictions or one addiction can give birth/rise to the gambling addiction. We can all agree as an individual there are several things in life we can be addicted to aside gambling.

Substances like like alcohol or stimulants addiction (drinking), Nicotine dopamine and weed addiction (smoking), to mention a few others can influence a responsible gambler into becoming addicted. There are people in the society who gamble to humanize, smoke or drink, or go out on expensive rides and stuffs.

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

Any type of addiction makes you susceptible to other addictions, some more than others. There are people who, although not addicted to tobacco, smoke when they consume alcohol. I don’t believe there is one addiction that is easier to quit than others; rather, it depends on the level of addiction each person has to any of them. Although I do know that some people replace one addiction with another.

[iBaba]

I don't think when someone quits any of the addictions they find themselves with, it will make them lose interest in gambling automatically.

That's not possible because each addiction we are addicted to has its own means of stopping. You can't stop addiction to something else and expect the other addiction you have in your blood system to stop without following its due process.

You must learn how to follow each addiction according to the way you were told on how to stop them if you want any positive results with your involvement with each of them

True. Each addiction has its own push differently. Although addictions such as drinking and smoking weed can trigger other forms of addiction in my thoughts. There's no any kind of addiction that cannot be driven through drinking because it causes disruption in the thinking faculty of an individual which , depending on the substance taken and it's resultant effect. But like any other addiction, gambling addiction isn't something that happens overnight, it takes a great period of consistent engagement with the act. While one form of addiction can trigger another form of addiction such as gambling, it is done differently and engaged differently.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

We should not transcend from one bad habit to another all in the name of having fun while being addicted, it's not right for us to be addicted in one thing and also got the same condition with another, that shows we are not gambling in a responsible manner or we have a lot to tackle and deal concerning our own personal self, this can comes with the consideration for controlling our personal habits, interest, morals and exposures we often give to things we do and take abuse on.

[Pandu Geddon]

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

Actually quitting other addictions will not eliminate someone's interest in gambling. Such as an example of a gambler who is always drunk when gambling or consuming other substances that make people's minds not good enough. Gamblers must have problems when gambling in such a state. But when gamblers manage to not get drunk when gambling, maybe gamblers have a better chance of controlling their gambling.
People with a history of such chain addictions must have life problems. Likely to do actions that harm others.

[eisen33]

Always making sure this is brief as possible.

From my observation on addiction, i get to see how addiction is like a chain. Individuals moving from one addiction to another and how several addictions or one addiction can give birth/rise to the gambling addiction. We can all agree as an individual there are several things in life we can be addicted to aside gambling.

Substances like like alcohol or stimulants addiction (drinking), Nicotine dopamine and weed addiction (smoking), to mention a few others can influence a responsible gambler into becoming addicted. There are people in the society who gamble to humanize, smoke or drink, or go out on expensive rides and stuffs.

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

You can't just quit, because at that time there is a void that needs to be filled with something. Any addiction is a habit, and it will not be so easy to get rid of a habit formed over the years. Many people drink alcohol, not only gamblers, there are those who drink once a week and such people do not think that they have an addiction.

If a gambler gambles once a week and drinks alcohol once a week, is it an addiction? Everything is relative, if you are able to maintain a balance in your habits, it can never harm.

[Fiatless]

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

The problem is that people want to substitute a harmful behaviour with another one. I have seen people who want to stop gambling by replacing it with drugs or cigarettes. It will be better to maybe switch from gambling to computer games or another form of entertainment.

An addiction can also fuel another form of disorder. Alcohol and drug use could lead to sex addiction and vice versa. It is also possible that a disorder can fuel gambling addiction. It will be better to stop the triggers of gambling addiction if you want to be free from it.

[aioc]

Substances like like alcohol or stimulants addiction (drinking), Nicotine dopamine and weed addiction (smoking), to mention a few others can influence a responsible gambler into becoming addicted. There are people in the society who gamble to humanize, smoke or drink, or go out on expensive rides and stuffs.

This is rampant among gamblers; they need to keep going, and they need stimulus to keep them going. If a smoker learns to gamble, and becomes addicted to gambling, they will double their consumption of cigarettes, the same with alcohol or weed. Gambling takes so much energy and emotions, and he needs additional stimulus to sustain their energy and emotions.
This is the reason so many gamblers suffer from health problems: their mind from anxiety and their body from stimulus they've used to keep going.
So if your gambler, if it's possible, stop smoking or drinking, or you find yourself relying on these to keep you going, and this is a big disaster.

[danherbias07]

Good point. I think after COVID-19 most cases will be to socialize. They want to feel that moment where they will be one of the group or one of the pack. It could be addictive especially now that it's boring to just play alone. I have a good friend who always played poker in the past (before COVID) until now, when I joined him I found out that he is friends with most of the players there, and that's when I found out that he ain't just going for the poker but also for the socialization with different people. It's good and yet also bad because he will keep on gambling and it became his daily habit to be in that poker room for both reasons.

[qwertyup23]

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When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

Just to add on what you have extensively discussed, the environment on where a person exercises his/her addiction also matters as it contributes to the circumstances surrounding him/her.

For example, if a person is addicted to gambling and he/she enters a physical casino, it naturally follows that alcohol and other vices are going to be present. In addition to that, expect that people would jump into another kind of addiction which they are constantly exposed to. Unfortunately, the endless cycle of these addictions would aggravate their main addiction, thereby making it worse for their situation.

I just hope that if a person wishes to gamble and absorbs it as part of their habit, they should at least have some self-control to avoid further aggravating their situation.

[Rruchi man]

When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.

It does not always work that way, from what I know. When addicts are trying to quit a behavior or habit, they usually replace it with another habit that is usually better than the bad one they had. It is very difficult to find any addict that just quits a habit or a behavior and then leaves the vacuum empty without replacing it with another activity. Any addict that acts in that manner will soon find themselves suffering from a relapse.

If you wish to quit gambling, it can be helpful to replace the habit with something different, of course a better habit.