how drugs and gambling destroy a person’s life??

[SamReomo]

Think of Doyle Brunson, who recently passed away. He lived to be 93, even though he played poker for money his entire life. You need to know how to play and enjoy it.

Although, poker is part of gambling but there's skill involved in it and those who're skilled poker players can easily make money from it. However, in rest of gambling the games are purely luck based and only those who're lucky can make something by playing those games, while in poker luck is also needed but skill is way more important then luck alone in poker.

[batang_bitcoin]

on the other hand gambling destroys a person slowly, it starts with fun then turns into loss, at one point everything goes out of control, after losing money debts begin, lies increase, relationships break, mental stress and depression grow, self respect is lost, the most dangerous part of gambling is that a person does not even realize when they have entered the path of destruction, so it can be said that drugs take life quickly while gambling slowly takes away the whole life...

That's the same with drug addiction, the sensation that it brings to someone's brain is assuring that they like what is happening. But it's all a way to distort the reality because once the addicted person starts to see the true form of theirs, they'll see how broke they are. They're trying to escape the reality and for so many reasons why a person becomes addicted, it's usually about the money that they are wanting to get from it. And even so, they're not able to tick on that reality because it slaps them when they experience the harshest of it about losing more often.

[serjent05]

drugs and gambling both destroy a person’s life but the way they do it is different, drugs directly harm the body and the brain, health gets worse, working ability decreases, family problems increase and the risk of crime and death comes very quickly, this kind of destruction is visible, it happens fast and everyone can understand that something very bad is happening.

I believe it is drug abuse and uncontrolled gambling that destroy people's lives.  Drugs and gambling, when use properly is not that devastating.  Drugs can help people recover from diseases and illnesses while gambling gives entertainment and boost mental health of some people. 

I agree that illegal drugs can harm people and worst drug addiction coupled with gambling addiction can ruin one's self.

on the other hand gambling destroys a person slowly, it starts with fun then turns into loss, at one point everything goes out of control, after losing money debts begin, lies increase, relationships break, mental stress and depression grow, self respect is lost, the most dangerous part of gambling is that a person does not even realize when they have entered the path of destruction, so it can be said that drugs take life quickly while gambling slowly takes away the whole life...

It is irresponsible gambling that destroys a person and responsible gambling don't.

[Obulis]

Very painful reality! Gambling and drugs!
As a child in my abode, the most common drug/intoxication among people was alcohol, cigarettes and snuff (how about yours?) but nowadays it's something great that ancestors who took snuff and others can't bear.
But if you look at nowadays and even years ago you will see personal inability to control situations. No person is an Island we all have one thing or the other to offer one another yet people get so carried away wanting to escape their reality of which much of it is created by themselves.
The inability to take control of situations which will enable one to take gambling and or drugs for what it's (fun or moment not reality ) is the major problem.
Some gamblers use drugs to escape the reality of their loss which will do nothing but cause more lose and by implications total loss.
Gambling and drugs of any kind is already a social issue.

[$weetne$$]

Gamble can only destroy you if you're not discipline, I know for a fact that there are people who started gambling just to have fun but at some point they start looking into the other side of it and that is because they are not discipline enough to stick to their decision. If you maintain the rule that says " gamble should be treated as fun and entertainment"  then, gambling will never destroy your life.

People are often so quick to blame it on gambling but almost never consider why exactly these persons are in such habits, they do not bother to look at the chances that these addicted fellow could be the problem for not wanting to quit already despite whatever it is they are going through as an addict, rather they just want to keep up with the satisfaction of their feel gambling.

[romero121]

These two things easily leads to addiction. Whenever a person gets addicted his subconscious mind will be thinking about it forever. Drug addicts sometimes create problem to the people living in the surroundings. When it comes to gambling addiction it is kind of ruining themselves. Drug addiction is a major issue to the society.

[L E G E N D A R Y]

These two things easily leads to addiction. Whenever a person gets addicted his subconscious mind will be thinking about it forever. Drug addicts sometimes create problem to the people living in the surroundings. When it comes to gambling addiction it is kind of ruining themselves. Drug addiction is a major issue to the society.

The worst part of addiction is that it is not only the victims that suffer the aftermath of the addiction, their families and loved ones are also dragged along. That’s why in most cases of addiction, whether drug, gambling or any other, it’s mostly the relatives of the victim that helps them seek help even when it hasn’t yet dawned on them that they’re been destroyed by their addiction.




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 Winston Churchill

[danadc]

The worst part of addiction is that it is not only the victims that suffer the aftermath of the addiction, their families and loved ones are also dragged along. That’s why in most cases of addiction, whether drug, gambling or any other, it’s mostly the relatives of the victim that helps them seek help even when it hasn’t yet dawned on them that they’re been destroyed by their addiction.

You're right about that, it affects the whole family and all the friends , but in the end it's good because everyone gives them positive energy, and that positive energy is seen in the support, in the companionship, that's where it all is, in the good things they can do for the person who is affected, in these things it's very likely that they will improve quickly , but it Depends on all the possible help.

[Shinpako09]

Addiction in both can ruin one’s life, that’s it. But in gambling, as long as you can control yourself and not go beyond your means, you’re good to go. With drugs, even if you consume very little, the moment you try it, there’s a higher chance you’ll repeat it. There’s no such thing as moderation. Unlike gambling, where you can play in moderation, only using money you can afford to lose. You set aside part of your salary for savings, bills, and other responsibilities, then play. Unless you become addicted, that’s a different story.

[len01]

I see it differently. You can gamble with just $5 and really treat it as pure entertainment. You’re not even thinking about making money or the money you already spent, so it doesn’t feel like a loss. In that case, you’re not risking your life or your valuable assets.

But with drugs, even trying it once can directly affect your body. It can lead to addiction and make it really hard to stop.

[AbuBhakar]

I see it differently. You can gamble with just $5 and really treat it as pure entertainment. You’re not even thinking about making money or the money you already spent, so it doesn’t feel like a loss. In that case, you’re not risking your life or your valuable assets.

But with drugs, even trying it once can directly affect your body. It can lead to addiction and make it really hard to stop.

For me, the difference between them is that with drugs, you destroy your health. They may be good at the beginning, and you enjoy them, but in the long run, your body will charge you when you overuse them, you can get sick, and you will feel bad in your body because of too much abuse and use.
While gambling, you can have a problem financially, especially for those who don't know how to control and just bet until you run out.

[Asiska02]

drugs and gambling both destroy a person’s life but the way they do it is different, drugs directly harm the body and the brain, health gets worse, working ability decreases, family problems increase and the risk of crime and death comes very quickly, this kind of destruction is visible, it happens fast and everyone can understand that something very bad is happening.

Drug addiction is a very big major problem in the society and it can be seen affecting the person physically, which makes it even more visible and symptoms noticed quickly. The problem with it is that once you’ve started seeing the symptoms from the person, it’s already a big sign that the problem may have gotten worse internally and it is then the solution will be looked for. Despite prevention being better than cure, one would still have to settle for the solution because at that point, preventive measure is not what to be looked onto but solution is more needed.

on the other hand gambling destroys a person slowly, it starts with fun then turns into loss, at one point everything goes out of control, after losing money debts begin, lies increase, relationships break, mental stress and depression grow, self respect is lost, the most dangerous part of gambling is that a person does not even realize when they have entered the path of destruction, so it can be said that drugs take life quickly while gambling slowly takes away the whole life...

Your comparison is quite accurate because both of the addiction deals with the person mental health which can lead to depression and when not handled well can also lead to destruction of the person’s life. Gambling overtime have not being given more focus on prevention and awareness as drug addiction, but since it’s not seen and felt physically as drug addiction, less concern is given to it on how people can deviate from them. Sensitization programs just like how they do about drug should be encouraged also for gambling addicts, risking what you can afford to lose is very important to pay adherence to in gambling and once people don’t do that, the whole narrative changes and leads to addiction gradually from there.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Gambling and drugs can slowly mess up a person’s life. Gambling can lead to money problems, debt and stress, while drugs can harm your health and change how you think and act.

Both can damage relationships with family and friends. Over time they can take control of your choices and make it hard to reach goals or live a normal, stable life.

[KiaKia]

Pointing at drugs and gambling is just an excuse, anything and everything can destroy ones life if the person is lacking discipline. You can't fault sugar for your diabetes when you are the one consuming it, sugar works just like sugar is supposed to work, consuming too much of it will kill you eventually.

If you do everything too much they will have a negative effect on you, to me this equals to everything we choose to do, eating, consuming and others, let's use the human body for example.

If you don't have sugar in your system at all you will die, if you drink too much water you are killing yourself, what does this tell you?

That too much of everything is simply bad.

[junder]

But that bad situation does not necessarily happen to every gambler. Gambling does have negative effects, but the impact may depend on the gambler. And for each gambler, the effects are different. You cannot equate the effects of drug addiction with gambling across the board. Both can indeed ruin someone's life. But in gambling, destruction is not certain.

Both do have negative impacts, and yes, gambling itself does not necessarily lead to ruin because if done wisely, with discipline and responsibility, there will be no major negative impacts. Many people experience large-scale negative impacts because of their own mistakes and excessive gambling. And once addicted to it, it affects health, even if done only occasionally, health will still be affected.

[fullfitlarry]

Think of Doyle Brunson, who recently passed away. He lived to be 93, even though he played poker for money his entire life. You need to know how to play and enjoy it.

Although, poker is part of gambling but there's skill involved in it and those who're skilled poker players can easily make money from it. However, in rest of gambling the games are purely luck based and only those who're lucky can make something by playing those games, while in poker luck is also needed but skill is way more important then luck alone in poker.

And most likely Doyle has built enough money for him and his family that he enjoyed the last years of his life playing poker and he did good and we can say that it could have extend his life as it bring a different adrenaline pump even at a old age.

But for those who are not lucky as him, who didn't accumulate wealth and just gamble all their life savings, then it could really destroy their lives as early as 30's. Or again, worst form is doing drugs that are bad for our health and our financial too.

[rachael9385]

drugs and gambling both destroy a person’s life but the way they do it is different, drugs directly harm the body and the brain, health gets worse, working ability decreases, family problems increase and the risk of crime and death comes very quickly, this kind of destruction is visible, it happens fast and everyone can understand that something very bad is happening.
 
on the other hand gambling destroys a person slowly, it starts with fun then turns into loss, at one point everything goes out of control, after losing money debts begin, lies increase, relationships break, mental stress and depression grow, self-respect is lost, the most dangerous part of gambling is that a person does not even realize when they have entered the path of destruction, so it can be said that drugs take life quickly while gambling slowly takes away the whole life...

The caption is misleading because drugs and gambling literary does not destroy life, what destroys life is drug abuse and gambling addiction. If you say drugs and gambling destroys life, it means the hospital where drugs are administered is slaughter and the millions of us that gamble have all been destroyed. So, be very sensitive in your choice of words so you don't mislead people going through conversation here. When you are addicted to food, it will result to obesity which is like a pandemic in some countries, can we say food destroys life? Addiction to anything is not always good because it will lead to abuse

I don't even know why you think it is ideal to compare gambling to drugs as if gambling is against the law globally. Alcohol is another example of what can lead to problems if abused yet you chose to place gambling and drugs side by side. Gambling have transformed the lives of many people so I will not agree that gambling destroys lives. Our effort should be to gamble responsibly and not rely on gambling as the only means of getting rich.

When he made mention of drugs from the context you know that he was referring to hard drugs, is it possible to get addicted to drugs loke aspirin to treat body aches? when I went through it i understood what he meant and as a matter of fact you don't even need to get addicted to hard drugs before it can end up destroying your life, some died on their first attempt.

[Dunamisx]

Gambling is still fine and good to do once we can be a responsible gambler, but doing drugs is by no means an encouraged act, because we are killing the body gradually by all those things taken, some people will even claim it that drugs are more addicting than gambling, which i tend to believe it, we cant because of short time pleasures denied ourselves from eternal peace and joy though addiction.

[BlackBaron]

Regardless of the type, addiction is something that will be bad for us, because we will ignore everything that is actually better for us to do. Here we're talking about drug addiction and gambling, and it's a perfect combination if someone is addicted to those two things.

Breaking away from one addiction is already very difficult, let alone if we are addicted to two dangerous things like this. But this can happen, it could be because they were originally addicted to drugs and wanted something to do at the time, so gambling became their escape. Or they are addicted to gambling and frustrated, they want to get rid of the frustration by running to drugs.

Chances that you may fall on both sides of addiction is not by far, especially if you involve yourself too deep, gambling addiction is something that pollutes your mind though unlike with drug addiction where there are other things that being affected, as there are things that you wanted to do when you are addicted to drugs but with gambling addiction you are just focused on how to please you desire to keep playing and to keep that chase with money while with drugs where changes in your minds can lead you to commit crimes.

Yes, it's not impossible to happen, as I said before. The scenario that I said before would be very possible and especially if our minds are completely polluted to do something even crazier. When someone wants to give up one addiction with something that can create another addiction.

If we want to be free from it, then we must realize the danger first. After that we must have a strong determination to avoid things that can plunge us into it. We must have control over ourselves, because if not then we will be easily influenced.

[Pandu Geddon]

But that bad situation does not necessarily happen to every gambler. Gambling does have negative effects, but the impact may depend on the gambler. And for each gambler, the effects are different. You cannot equate the effects of drug addiction with gambling across the board. Both can indeed ruin someone's life. But in gambling, destruction is not certain.

Both do have negative impacts, and yes, gambling itself does not necessarily lead to ruin because if done wisely, with discipline and responsibility, there will be no major negative impacts. Many people experience large-scale negative impacts because of their own mistakes and excessive gambling. And once addicted to it, it affects health, even if done only occasionally, health will still be affected.

Any addiction definitely has negative effects, because I believe those who are addicted cannot control their desire to do what they want. But the negative effects of drug addiction are more destructive to mental health and overall health than what occurs with gambling addiction. Since we often see people addicted to gambling experiencing ruin, we tend to think that gambling addicts are the same as drug addicts.