When another addiction fuels gambling addiction.

[Hispo]

Always making sure this is brief as possible.

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Though, I have always though gambling addiction can be fueled by other addictions which require money for those addicted people to continue to continue the first addiction. Let us talk about those people who are addicted to cocaine or opioids first, they may start to fuel their addiction using money they get through work or through savings, but when those sources of income are depleted because they cannot longer function, they could feel tempted to move onto gambling with the hope of winning enough money to continue buying drugs, alcohol, opioids or whatever they need to keep their first addiction going.

I agree addictions are a chain, and not necessarily the first step in such a chain is gambling, there are too many circumstances which could push people to engage in reckless gambling...

There is a strong point here. But what if this addicts adds stealing and robbery just to fuel all three additions. An addict most times losses control of their consciousness when the urge to do this things arises. The might go any length to meet this urge. Some will start from taking things from the house without the owners consent and gradually advance into street pickers and slowly into the high ways.

An addict doesn't see money has a barrier to satisfying their cravings. They might sell off properties both theirs and those they steal just to satisfy this urge. Some will go as far as begging and doing jobs to satisfy this urge. Addiction Is bad and it's grip on a victim is always terrible.

You are rather talking about the severity of addictions, but not how one addiction can lead to another one, which are two completely different discussions to have, you know.
It does not matter the kind of addiction one suffers, if it gets severe enough it can lead anyone to commit crimes or steal money from others, even within the same family household.
There are people who are alcoholic and steal for their alcohol, in the same way, there are gamblers who steal to continue to try their luck, not even mentioning those who consume hard drugs, like cocaine...

[mirakal]

If you are addicted to drinking or smoking, regardless if you stop gambling or not, you will certainly find ways on how to continue drinking and smoking because you get used to it already. But if you instill discipline and self-control towards your vices, until you slowly get rid of them, even if you are still into gambling, then gambling alone will not be capable anymore to fuel another addiction.

[Zoomic]

I think anyone who has chains of addictions like this; smoking, drinking, gambling and many more, such a person is actually battling with some personal struggles within him. He might be depressed and trying to find happiness in odd places and odd activities which is the major reason he isolates more just to satisfy his addictions. If you want to help such a person quit gambling addiction and other forms of addictions he may be having at this time, first find out stuffs about his personal life,  his family, friends, job and other activities he used to do but no longer does them. You would be amaze with your findings. Whatever response you get will guide you on the next step to take.

Gambling addiction is very dangerous,  having chains of addictions like this makes it even more dangerous. For this reason, such addicted victims should be given close attention because there is more going on with them than we know.

[JiiBs]

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.

I haven’t seen many individuals addicted to drinking or taking hard drugs to be addicted to gambling as well, I haven’t seen that for real. To put it straight, it takes money to fuel an addiction, money that you can’t split and spend in two ways or share between two different addictions. You’re either spending the more of it on one addiction or the other which could mean, you’re not exactly addicted to the other. It’s just some activity you happen to engage in.
Gambling has never been the worst of the worst, it’s always aimed at giving you some returns if you win.

[WeedGoW]

Addictions is hard to stop that's why one must try to prevent it so that they won't become addicted to anything. However just been saying this before now that addiction doesn't start just in a day, the gambler develops it gradually and that's how it becomes use to him or her. IMO, gambling addiction is the worst of all the things you have mentioned because some people can do anything for them to gamble, they can sell their properties or use people's money to fuel their gambling addiction. But one who's addicted to alcohol and drug might have friends that's also addicted so if this person do not have money to buy the hard drugs/alcohol the next person might have. Although the both are not something one should become addicted to because they are not good.

You’ve been deeply focused on this addiction. People don’t understand how people actually get addicted to something. Some people fall into addiction by themselves, while some people fall into addiction despite not having desire. And he doesn’t understand how much he’s going to destroy his life. I think that tide addiction is most harmful because it also mentally mentally not one person or family financially. And addiction like alcohol and drug addiction is similarly destructive where sometimes nobody can get into this problem because people around them follow the same path. So, join with such people you have to stop.

[tread93]

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.

I think it goes even beyond addiction and you have to get to the root of these addictions. Like what made people develop these bad habits in the first place? Smoking, drinking, drugs, gambling. I think much addiction comes from some void people have in their hearts and some form of hurt or other type of loss (not gambling related). There is that saying that misery loves company, and not to say that all of those who gamble are all addicted drinking drug doing low lifes but I do feel like the addictions that become so prevalent in someone's life does stem from some tramatic experiences and gambling and these other addictions help to fill that void and make them feel better in a way, if that makes sense.

[Wexnident]

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Rather than quitting I reckon it'd be better to move on to something less damaging than gambling (or the other vices) if they really wanted to quit addiction. Preferably ones that are a lot easier to manage. Or maybe identify the root cause since as a sample of what you said, gambling or alcohol CAN be a side activity of what you're truly addicted to, e.g, taking drugs. 

I'd only see a need to do this(the change target thing) if they can't manage to quit anything slowly, though, since addiction CAN be pretty hard to get themselves out of. That, or it's a grueling suffering for a few months. A person can come clean like this but I reckon a relapse can just as easily happen since it wasn't a gradual removal but rather a forceful one.

[Jody.Drummer]

Addiction is a sentence that has a bad meaning and most people in my opinion when they hear addiction then what comes to mind is a negative perspective. Any addiction is a bad thing, be it smoking, drinking or gambling. I myself am one of those who are addicted to smoking, and I admit it, because at work I always smoke in any situation I smoke but I will not admit that I am addicted to gambling or drinking because I am not like that.
I understand that addiction is something that is difficult to get rid of, I also once got rid of my smoking addiction when I was hospitalized and treated for several weeks but when I recovered from my illness I went back to smoking even though I realized that smoking is not healthy but it was difficult for me to stop myself from smoking. this is quite difficult to get rid of, fortunately I am not addicted to anything else. But with this smoking addiction does not trigger me to become addicted to gambling or addicted to drinking.

[viljy]

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.

Everything is exactly the opposite. One addiction does not entail another addiction, but one addiction can replace another addiction. For example, there are drug addiction treatment methods based on this. However, the effectiveness of this method is quite controversial.

In practice, if a person is addicted to gambling, alcohol, cigarettes, which is very common, then perhaps only two things can get rid of his addictions. These are serious health problems or lack of money. Moreover, both are an inevitable consequence of gambling addiction and bad habits.

[summonerrk]

It would seem that what could be wrong with not only betting on a match but also taking a bottle of beer and watching the teams play while also indulging in some alcohol?
But in reality, this is the first step towards making an uncontrolled decision to cancel a bet during a match (many bookmakers offer this option). But under the influence of alcohol, this will not be a balanced sober decision.
In this case, it is better to place a bet at all and not watch the match, because such a betting fan will simply lose money due to his bad decision.

[khiholangkang]

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.

I disagree with this thesis, your argument is incomplete if it is only based on assumptions, I am a cigarette addict but I am not addicted to gambling, I can't smoke a day it can be a big problem for my body stability because I am already addicted but so far I have not experienced any problems when I don't gamble which means I am not addicted, you can't generalize that someone who is addicted to cigarettes will experience gambling addiction if they enter the world of gambling, isn't that the same sentence?

Your assumption may have to be corrected because it involves many parties who can emphasize that at any point when they have other habits that make them addicted they will suffer from gambling addiction if they enter the gambling world.

[DPHOR]

Everything is exactly the opposite. One addiction does not entail another addiction, but one addiction can replace another addiction. For example, there are drug addiction treatment methods based on this. However, the effectiveness of this method is quite controversial.

In practice, if a person is addicted to gambling, alcohol, cigarettes, which is very common, then perhaps only two things can get rid of his addictions. These are serious health problems or lack of money. Moreover, both are an inevitable consequence of gambling addiction and bad habits.

Addiction of alcohol, cigarettes and any other hard substances are of live threatening addictions and the only remedy to easily stops this are whether visit the hospital and doctor gives them condition that they either have few months to live if they don't quit them, you would see them easily quit it without any further hesitations. But this same approach can't be applied to whom that is gambling addiction and of course that wouldn't for any fuel gambling addictions rather when there is need for urgency they would quit taking those hard substances because it involves life/death.

[satscraper]

Always making sure this is brief as possible.

From my observation on addiction, i get to see how addiction is like a chain.

Sure, if all addictions are interconnected or intertwined then one of them could trigger other/s.For instance, if given gambler is used to bet when being under the drug then taking the shit would likely result in the next attempt of betting no matter whether he has lost or win at the previous attempt.

[Promocodeudo]

Addiction of alcohol, cigarettes and any other hard substances are of live threatening addictions and the only remedy to easily stops this are whether visit the hospital and doctor gives them condition that they either have few months to live if they don't quit them, you would see them easily quit it without any further hesitations. But this same approach can't be applied to whom that is gambling addiction and of course that wouldn't for any fuel gambling addictions rather when there is need for urgency they would quit taking those hard substances because it involves life/death.

Yea this idea makes a whole lot of sense, this is one of the way to make these set of persons that are affected by those  stuffs you mentioned first to quit but one thing I understand about addiction of alcohol, cigarette and any other drug addiction is that, it is a habit that gradually grows so when this habit grows it is almost impossible for anyone to put a stop to it unless descpline or the measures you just mentioned is been applied to help the person involved, though gambling addiction is also a habit but it has it own way of handling it, this may be by gradually advising them to stop chasing loss and making them to understand the need to know when to give a break and continue when necessary, they should also be aware of gambling with what they can afford to let go to avoid retrying all the time to avoid incuring more loss.

[hedgeh0g]

Yea this idea makes a whole lot of sense, this is one of the way to make these set of persons that are affected by those  stuffs you mentioned first to quit but one thing I understand about addiction of alcohol, cigarette and any other drug addiction is that, it is a habit that gradually grows so when this habit grows it is almost impossible for anyone to put a stop to it unless descpline or the measures you just mentioned is been applied to help the person involved, though gambling addiction is also a habit but it has it own way of handling it, this may be by gradually advising them to stop chasing loss and making them to understand the need to know when to give a break and continue when necessary, they should also be aware of gambling with what they can afford to let go to avoid retrying all the time to avoid incuring more loss.

There are various addictions that we make unintentionally and do not notice them. We are so used to them that it seems to us that we can no longer exist without them, for example, drinking several cups of coffee every day or, for example, smoking several cigarettes. Some even do this while betting online. I think in the long term, many bad habits will have a negative impact on a person. It is worth thinking about the fact that they gradually destroy us and if we want to be healthy, we must understand that we need to take breaks, at least not long ones, so that sometimes our life is without them for the benefit of our health.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Do you want to get an ideal person? Is it possible? Or on the other hand, someone who has no addictions will be a rather passive person, lying on the couch, without a single desire. I doubt that when talking about addictions in general, we can put someone's hobby and passion for gambling, drug addiction, and alcohol on the same level. The most common hobby implies that a person gets dopamine from his activity. A gambler experiences the same thing. The problem is that there are bad habits that, by their presence in a given person, violate the freedom of other people, and there are those that do not affect strangers at all.

But I agree that having bad addictions, people are sometimes mistaken in the fact that, for example, they can be cured of drug addiction by drinking alcohol. Such things belong to the same category, and they need to be treated by specialists using the same methods.

[Agbamoni]

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.

Take your time to read what i said earlier. Every other form of addiction can exist on it its own but that addiction can lead someone to gamble. There must be a reason for someone to gamble in the first place. Trust me just because you see a lot of people gambling you think they are gambling to earn a living? Most of the people you see gamble so that they can have the right amount to get a prostitute. For instance if they have few bucks that is not the amount to carry a prostitute they do gamble to double or tripple it so they can afford one. This goes onto to other things people might be addicted to. It can also be junk foods, playing video games or whatsoever.

[Gozie51]

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.

Quitting addiction is not easy, it is not a leap talk. I know of someone who smokes, gambles and alcoholic too. He doesn't drink a bottle without gulping it down with some sticks of cigarettes. While he is forecasting his game and analysing his game he is also taking one of those. So in such case what can a third-party do? Nothing I believe, because it is a personal decision that will see such person stopping it or a diagnosis of dangerous health issue based on his actions.

But for gambling particularly, my is that the reason for gambling is to have an increase money or cash, so greed is the usual thing. A gambler who is addicted and has income that is not from gambling should encourage himself to focus more on his job and reduce gambling then for those who are trying to use gambling as source of income should have a rethink because gambling is more of losses than profit.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

I can borrow your idea in the context that when moderation isn't practiced in other areas of life or our activities aren't controlled on a personal level, it tends to spread to other concerns and it's obvious that those who cannot control their other activities, when they get into grabbling, they cannot uphold the principles of gambling in moderation and having a gambling budget since they're used to being very excessive in their involvements.

Therefore it is easier to become gambling addicts and chasing loses becomes inevitable since the person is very low on discipline and cannot incorporate the emotional intelligence and strength necessary to defeat addiction.

[KiaKia]

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.

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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.

Sorry to ask but what is the benefit of gambling to womanize? Is that a form of brothel in a casino or what? I've never heard anything like this before, can you talk about about this? Thank you.

Another addiction can't fuel gambling addiction, not from what I have seen before, the reason why people become more addicted to gambling is because of greed, or chasing after losses.

The reason why people gamble is to make money, drinking alcohol is not money related, I believe men consumes alcohol more than women and that's to escape from troubled mind and reality, it becomes a part of men when they keep drinking over and over.

Now alcohol consumption won't make you money, but gambling will likely do it, so how does drinking fuels gambling addiction? I am still confused.