How true is this statement? Drugs has no relationship with gambling

[Nwada001]

Drugs has no direct connection with gambling if you think about it critically, even though some gamblers are into drug use not every gambler relies on drugs to deal with their losses. There are positive ways people use to ease their mind to forget about the losses they ahbe incurred, an example of what you can engage in is physical exercises such as running, lifting weights and so on, drugs shouldn't be used as an escape

I agree with you. One thing that I feel makes some people generalize it is when they see a few gambling addicts who are also into drugs, they will just feel like every other gambler is also the same thing. If we stop generalizing things, I don't see a reason for anyone to start linking gambling and drugs together.

[AmaGold70]

It seems like you are really sure that gambling also involves drug and if you to know this you might be a gambler yourself, so as a gambler too do you do drugs? I'm a gambler and I have seen many gamblers too and I can vouch for them that drugs has nothing to do with them and of course they are true gambler and only need to battle not to fall into gambling addiction and addiction can also make a gambler look like they are taking hard drugs to ease the pain from their losses, I have been a gambler for a very long time now and I have managed to handle my losses without drugs to ease my pain because I gamble in a way that even if I lose my money it would affect me and that's the benefit of gambling responsibility.

[SUPERSAIAN]

I think drug addiction and gambling addiction might be related, just like food addiction or sex addiction. Being addicted means having some kind of emotional or mental disorder; any and all addictions are unhealthy... but a person addicted to drugs might not be addicted to gambling, they're not related... the problem is more mental, affecting the individual's actions...

In short, you're right all addictions are bad. All addictions can be related. They stem from underlying addictions. A drug addict and a gambling addict may share the same underlying mental and emotional traits, but there may be similarities between drug addicts and gambling addicts. However, there's no direct link between drug addicts and gambling addicts.

[Dogedegen]

This will only worsen your condition, like adding poison to your life, killing you slowly. You're already addicted to gambling; gambling alone gives you pleasure, and you're adding to the poison by using drugs to feel calm and relieved. This is a deadly combination that will drain your wallet and hasten your death.

That is exactly why they go hand in hand together! You think that you wrote something against this combination, you actually wrote what makes it work and what makes it successful. Practically almost any substance abuse goes well with gambling. It intensifies good feelings and it soothes a bit the bad feelings. Bad combination of course, but it works good.

Instead of using drugs to soothe ourselves when we experience consecutive losses and major setbacks, it's better to try to overcome these problems and addictions in a healthier way, because we also have to think about the long-term outcome. And it's important to remember that never gamble if you don't understand the risks, and the same goes for drugs.

People who have issues that relate to gambling do not care about overcoming problems in healthier ways. If they did, they would not have problems at all. Most of the people that have issues are not really trying anything to change or stop them.

Drugs has no direct connection with gambling if you think about it critically, even though some gamblers are into drug use not every gambler relies on drugs to deal with their losses. There are positive ways people use to ease their mind to forget about the losses they ahbe incurred, an example of what you can engage in is physical exercises such as running, lifting weights and so on, drugs shouldn't be used as an escape

I agree with you. One thing that I feel makes some people generalize it is when they see a few gambling addicts who are also into drugs, they will just feel like every other gambler is also the same thing. If we stop generalizing things, I don't see a reason for anyone to start linking gambling and drugs together.

You both are wrong. I have given proof that these things have a strong relationship in my post on the previous page. You should read it instead of writing a response to fast. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5565653.msg66078060#msg66078060

[Miles2006]

I doubt if this statement is true because 10% of gamblers who use drug as a means of escape are likely addicted or depressed and they need an attention on how to handle loss not the other way round taking drugs to ease the pain. If I’m not mistaking op considered gambling and drugs to be connected which is not true in any way besides funny enough people who are into drugs spend more time on drugs compared to gamble, anyone who is not suitable to withstand gambling loss it’s either they quit temporarily or visit a therapist who can help because drugs is not an option although people get high and forget about the lose yet this process causes more harm.

[red4slash]

Both are clearly different despite having the same damaging effects when we are addicted but still drugs and gambling cannot be equated.

Indeed, there may be those who gamble while using the company of beer or drugs but not a few who are only focused on gambling without glancing at both.
I would say that I'm still very free from the influence of drugs because I've never touched them even though I gamble and there are some of my friends who are also addicts on drugs but at the end of the day it's our own choice and I think when we already have the choice not to touch them then it's definitely worth doing.
So in this case there is no specific attachment to drugs and gambling because they are clearly different and cannot be equated.

[TopT3ns]

I think drug addiction and gambling addiction might be related, just like food addiction or sex addiction. Being addicted means having some kind of emotional or mental disorder; any and all addictions are unhealthy... but a person addicted to drugs might not be addicted to gambling, they're not related... the problem is more mental, affecting the individual's actions...

In short, you're right all addictions are bad. All addictions can be related. They stem from underlying addictions. A drug addict and a gambling addict may share the same underlying mental and emotional traits, but there may be similarities between drug addicts and gambling addicts. However, there's no direct link between drug addicts and gambling addicts.

Speaking about addiction, it is obvious that all types of it could be harmful. Persons with an addiction experience are likely to have a common emotional and psychological lifecycle, despite the addiction being different. This indicates a basically interrelated tendency in addiction, and it is not specific to behaviour. The similarity of addictions in most instances is more associated with development of flawed coping mechanisms rather than with the particular drug or a given activity. Addiction may imply the feeling of incompetence to control emotions, which makes people escape.

[adultcrypto]

We cannot directly connect drug and gambling because not everyone that do drugs that gamble and not every gambler is into drug. Those making effort to link drug to gambler are probably doing that to make gambling appear bad so they will use every negative correlation to push their narratives. I gamble but I don't do drugs, so are many of us in this forum. It is only few addicted gamblers that resort to drugs and alcohol when they probably lose a lot of money because they believe those things will make them forget their loss.

[MRY]

We cannot directly connect drug and gambling because not everyone that do drugs that gamble and not every gambler is into drug. Those making effort to link drug to gambler are probably doing that to make gambling appear bad so they will use every negative correlation to push their narratives. I gamble but I don't do drugs, so are many of us in this forum. It is only few addicted gamblers that resort to drugs and alcohol when they probably lose a lot of money because they believe those things will make them forget their loss.

Gambling and substance use are interdependent since the behavioural patterns of each individual possess diverse triggering factors. We would find that other individuals gamble just to have fun, and others might be under certain situations that would affect their decision. This is a situation that we should evaluate properly, so as not to conclude anything to the discontent of either group. We can also point out that destructive behaviour is a result of unmanaged emotional condition, rather than of activity that can be readily and haphazardly linked by people who take the problem in question in a very limited view.

[Dogedegen]

I doubt if this statement is true because 10% of gamblers who use drug as a means of escape are likely addicted or depressed and they need an attention on how to handle loss not the other way round taking drugs to ease the pain. If I’m not mistaking op considered gambling and drugs to be connected which is not true in any way besides funny enough people who are into drugs spend more time on drugs compared to gamble, anyone who is not suitable to withstand gambling loss it’s either they quit temporarily or visit a therapist who can help because drugs is not an option although people get high and forget about the lose yet this process causes more harm.

There is no need to believe the author of this thread or form any baseless opinions on this matter. It has been resolved by science already. The relationship between gambling and drugs is clear, it involves both recreational and abusive gambling. You just need to start reading studies about the topics that you want to know the answer to. Forming opinions that are not backed by data is not good most of the time. I provided some studies in my previous post. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5565653.msg66078060#msg66078060

Both are clearly different despite having the same damaging effects when we are addicted but still drugs and gambling cannot be equated.

A relationship does not equate anything. The topic is not whether gambling and drugs are the same so this statement is not appropriate here as it is not relevant.

So in this case there is no specific attachment to drugs and gambling because they are clearly different and cannot be equated.

Wrong, there is a very strong relationship between gambling and drugs. Read previous posts in this thread before writing a response.

We cannot directly connect drug and gambling because not everyone that do drugs that gamble and not every gambler is into drug. Those making effort to link drug to gambler are probably doing that to make gambling appear bad so they will use every negative correlation to push their narratives. I gamble but I don't do drugs, so are many of us in this forum. It is only few addicted gamblers that resort to drugs and alcohol when they probably lose a lot of money because they believe those things will make them forget their loss.

Complete nonsense you wrote here as it is clear that you don't even know what a negative correlation is. It is the exact opposite of linking one behavior to another. If drugs were negatively correlated to gambling that would mean the more people use drugs the less they game and the less they use drugs the more they gamble. This is the opposite of linking behaviors as I said.

In the case of here, there is nothing to discuss. Drugs are strongly correlated with gambling. It is proven by science. Stop writing nonsense.

[Su-asa]

Drugs has no relationship with gambling!

I was curious on my last post where someone said drugs has nothing to do with gambling, from my end drugs contribute alot when it comes to gambling because intensive gambling needs some certain morals or weird feelings to condole heavy weight losses or even withstand the pressure of losing in a hot seat of gamblers. Imagine someone uses half of life savings and bet into games and you fail at that point you need hard substances to clear your head off the loss. People who are into gambling eventually deal on drugs as well as part of the business deals and game. Avoid drugs, avoid gambling if you can't withstand your health while.

There is a possibility that gambling might lead to drug addiction but there is no direct connection between gambling and drug use, the. Reason I'm saying that is because not everyone uses drugs as an escape to drown the feeling of losses. Not everyone who are addicted to gambling will get into drug use, everyone has different ways in which they deal with losses so there is mo direct connection here

[Z_MBFM]

Drugs has no relationship with gambling!

I was curious on my last post where someone said drugs has nothing to do with gambling, from my end drugs contribute alot when it comes to gambling because intensive gambling needs some certain morals or weird feelings to condole heavy weight losses or even withstand the pressure of losing in a hot seat of gamblers. Imagine someone uses half of life savings and bet into games and you fail at that point you need hard substances to clear your head off the loss. People who are into gambling eventually deal on drugs as well as part of the business deals and game. Avoid drugs, avoid gambling if you can't withstand your health while.

Gambling and drugs have nothing to do with it. Those who gamble may take drugs out of emotion when they lose big, but those who take drugs do not become gamblers. What I have seen in reality is that there are many gamblers I know who take drugs when they lose, forgetting about their financial losses. But they take drugs regularly, they do not gamble, if they can take drugs, they do not need anything else. So I would say there is no relationship between gambling and drugs. They are two different things. Some people enjoy both, but most people are addicted to one or the other.

[Jaycoinz]

Drugs addiction makes gambling addicts makes gamblers more irresponsible but not every gambler does drugs so this statement is not totally true. I believe that before any gambler starts using drugs there has to be a certain level of interest in it. Not every gambler likes to indulge in drug use. People assume that evey gambling addict is drug dependent or an alcoholic, that is a very wrong assumption to make

[LOVER BOY 422]

Drugs has no relationship with gambling!

I was curious on my last post where someone said drugs has nothing to do with gambling, from my end drugs contribute alot when it comes to gambling because intensive gambling needs some certain morals or weird feelings to condole heavy weight losses or even withstand the pressure of losing in a hot seat of gamblers. Imagine someone uses half of life savings and bet into games and you fail at that point you need hard substances to clear your head off the loss. People who are into gambling eventually deal on drugs as well as part of the business deals and game. Avoid drugs, avoid gambling if you can't withstand your health while.

I totally disagree with you if someone decided to take drugs don't means that everyone who gamble is now a drug addict,or is because of the gambling that he  take drugs, don't make him a gambler or he gamble doesn't make him a drug addict,all this things are just habits,if you are gambling and taking drugs same time is now in your field to handle your actitude.
Everyone do gamble but if you find your self in this kind senero try as much to treat your self.
Because gambling is just what many are doing how come you are not surprising many towards it .

[JunaidAzizi]

Drugs has no relationship with gambling!

I was curious on my last post where someone said drugs has nothing to do with gambling, from my end drugs contribute alot when it comes to gambling because intensive gambling needs some certain morals or weird feelings to condole heavy weight losses or even withstand the pressure of losing in a hot seat of gamblers. Imagine someone uses half of life savings and bet into games and you fail at that point you need hard substances to clear your head off the loss. People who are into gambling eventually deal on drugs as well as part of the business deals and game. Avoid drugs, avoid gambling if you can't withstand your health while.

If we can talk technically, then yes, gambling and drugs are two different things. Gambling deals with finance and the risk of money for uncertain outcomes, while drugs deal with chemical behavior, involving the intake of substances into the body. A person may talk about it in that paradigm. However, when it comes to reality, they are both closely related to each other. In gambling, a person faces a big loss, and for him, he can't bear that loss and the pain he feels psychologically. Therefore, he may turn to drugs or alcohol to escape from that state of shock or to avoid reality, seeking a state where he feels nothing. At that stage, his decisions are no longer rational, and he may make some illogical choices.

[TopT3ns]

Drugs has no relationship with gambling!

I was curious on my last post where someone said drugs has nothing to do with gambling, from my end drugs contribute alot when it comes to gambling because intensive gambling needs some certain morals or weird feelings to condole heavy weight losses or even withstand the pressure of losing in a hot seat of gamblers. Imagine someone uses half of life savings and bet into games and you fail at that point you need hard substances to clear your head off the loss. People who are into gambling eventually deal on drugs as well as part of the business deals and game. Avoid drugs, avoid gambling if you can't withstand your health while.

If we can talk technically, then yes, gambling and drugs are two different things. Gambling deals with finance and the risk of money for uncertain outcomes, while drugs deal with chemical behavior, involving the intake of substances into the body. A person may talk about it in that paradigm. However, when it comes to reality, they are both closely related to each other. In gambling, a person faces a big loss, and for him, he can't bear that loss and the pain he feels psychologically. Therefore, he may turn to drugs or alcohol to escape from that state of shock or to avoid reality, seeking a state where he feels nothing. At that stage, his decisions are no longer rational, and he may make some illogical choices.

Gambling can be a devastating experience since it may end up costing a person a lot of money. Some of them resort to drugs or alcohol in a bid to cope with the situation. This further deteriorates their psychology. They make decisions they are prone to as a result of avoiding reality. It is also imperative to note that, in such a situation, it is much more helpful to seek psychological support and adopt the constructive strategies than the destructive ones.

[Dr.Osh]

There are similarities between drugs and gambling that make us addicted, but the relationship between the two is not that close, in my opinion it is closer to alcohol, because drugs are only used by a handful of people, but if alcohol is available everywhere, especially in land-based casinos, they will definitely provide alcohol to accompany the gamblers.

[_BlackStar]

There are similarities between drugs and gambling that make us addicted, but the relationship between the two is not that close, in my opinion it is closer to alcohol, because drugs are only used by a handful of people, but if alcohol is available everywhere, especially in land-based casinos, they will definitely provide alcohol to accompany the gamblers.

Drugs, alcohol and gambling are 3 different things - but all three have the potential to cause addiction. Alcohol and drugs have a direct effect on the body - users may get drunk, but the addiction is completely different from gambling addiction. Gambling can be addictive - but gambling addiction is synonymous with losing money, not harming the body. The correlation between the three types of addiction is basically the same - but then the classification and how to treat them differ.

A gambler can gamble while using drugs or alcohol - but they don't need to. The effects of each addiction are likely to be the same in the long term - but in my opinion, drugs are more dangerous.

[lionheart78]

In the case of here, there is nothing to discuss. Drugs are strongly correlated with gambling. It is proven by science. Stop writing nonsense.

I think this is based on cases, scientific study also shows that not all gamblers have substance issues and vice versa. Besides, the scope of the study is very limited, and the case is not completely resolved because the study is still going on so I think it is an overstatement to say conclusively that "Drugs are strongly correlated with gambling."

People who are into gambling eventually deal on drugs as well as part of the business deals and game.

I believe this statement is the one being discussed and argued. which does not universally occur in all gamblers.  So  are you saying that this will absolutely occur in all gamblers?

[Iroh]

Drugs and gambling doesn't necessarily go together. Both drugs and gambling are separate acts and habits people can pick up, indulge in it over time and likely get hooked in it if not checked. I think they're often tagged together cause, it has been portrayed mainly by the movies since forever.
As to the scenario in the OP, anyone bold/plain stupid to use half the life savings to gamble deserves what he gets. If one loses out on a bet, no matter how substantial it may be, what would keep your mind busy enough to not dwell on your loss is another activity or hobby that you enjoy. Not drugs.