Gambling addiction can betray even your wife or husband

[reagansimms]

Gambling addiction is a disease caused by the brain being unable to think clearly about the consequences that arise afterwards, so that the desire to gamble often overcomes the sense of responsibility, logic, and even love for one's partner. It's okay if you want to gamble, but you have to know your limits or don't let it reach the level of addiction so you don't betray the trust of your loved ones, especially to the point of using funds for medical needs, that action will leave a very deep wound. The consequences are not only limited to lost money, but also a sense of security and trust is destroyed. Whatever the reason, never use medical funds because it violates the most basic obligations and trust in the relationship, it is natural for the partner to be angry, disappointed, and sad because all of these feelings are very valid.

[Mandoy]

The most surprising thing of the matter is that there are several news about gambling addiction and how it is very bad and which I know most people would have read about. Another thing is that it is very possible that some people have even seen how some people in their environment get addicted to gambling but still they decided to let gambling to be controlling their lives just because of greed. They just want to look for money from gambling and which is not good at all. They will not understand, they will think they can be different until they become addicted.

That is stupidity and you know, people don't really learn, even if its the hard way they won't still learn and this is why they think of they try their own luck, things might turn out around but still they will end up like the others. And its hurts when I see those who gambles and get addicted along the line when they are aware of the potential risks involved but still choose to do things their own way, when the rule clearly stated that the game is for one to get fun and be entertained by it and not to make money by it, one can only be luck to win but that's not always, which they will do the opposite as it will hurt or cause them pains in their lives and their relationships as well.

While many people who have a gambling problem do not mean to cause harm to their loved ones, the problem can slowly impact trust, honesty and financial security. Being a victim of someone else's addiction is not enough to make many people think they will be immune to it, but addiction can creep up and be hard to detect in the early stages. When one partner starts gambling his or her losses and or begins to conceal gambling behavior from the other, the relationship can quickly fall apart. Gambling should never be a source of income and should be looked upon as entertainment with a fixed amount of money. The key to responsible gambling and preventing it from becoming a destructive addiction is self-control, discipline. And knowing when to stop.

[yhiaali3]

Unfortunately, many tragic stories occur because of gambling addiction. When gambling addiction reaches a pathological state it becomes like drug addiction. It may drive the addict to do anything to obtain money illegally even from close relatives such as his family, wife, or even his children to cover the expenses of gambling.

I have even heard some stories about a father or mother taking their children’s money or personal belongings, such as mobile phones or other items, and selling them to obtain the money needed for gambling.

[viljy]

When this happens in the family, it certainly looks very bad. The husband, who is apparently an addicted gambler, actually steals money, which is also needed not for some idle spending, but for the treatment of his wife! It's just that there is no closeness or trust between these people anymore... the relationship between them has been destroyed, and there are a lot of such families.

[bisdak40]

Do you have a story of betrayal caused by addiction to gambling?

I don't have a specific story about betrayal caused by addiction to gambling but have seen to many cases where families were broken because the father which is suppose to be the head of the family is addicted to gambling. This problem has caused to many chaos in our country right especially the online gambling, which many are addicted to it. I hope that those people who are addicted to gambling will realized sooner that they have this problem and seek professional help before it's too late as the bad effects of gambling wouldn't be reversed.

[Yablee0]

Its not even encouraged for one to gamble to the extent of even becoming an addict to it because it will cause one more harm than good in their lives, which includes their marriage and other things that are valuable in their lives. That is why gamblers are advised to ensure they avoid anything that will lead them into becoming addicted to gambling, because if they become addicted to it, it will affect their families, works and their health but for the sake of their mental wellbeing, practicing healthy gambling lifestyle is very essential.

That's true, because the overall caused of the whole problem boiled down to gamble addiction. Because assuming he wasn't a victim of addiction something like this shouldn't have even happened in the first place. However, addicted is something we shouldn't pray for, it can be very disastrous to any human and actually it's something we should always avoid by all means, because come to think of it why will a normal person want to jeopardize the life of his beloved wife all in the name of pleasing his endless gambling urge, that's is absolutely madness. This is too much to bear and so heart broken because if something bad eventually happen to that woman in question she won't forgive him even in death.

[fruktik]

I experienced real stress and depression when I lost a large sum of money I'd borrowed from the bank. That was the biggest mistake of my life. I couldn't even believe I was capable of such a thing.

No, I don't play slot machines all the time anymore. I don't have the same strong urge I once had. I switched my attention to something else to take my mind off gambling. This helped me cope with thoughts of the casino. And I feel much better now that I don't have the heightened emotional state caused by my worries.

[Nrcewker]

Sad to hear stories like this, but unfortunately, we cannot do much to stop them. This is the real, dark side of gambling addiction.

I still remember a recent news story from my country where a man cashed out all of his wife’s insurance policies to gamble on Indian Premier League cricket matches. His wife had no idea that he had withdrawn the money from the policies and placed bets with it. Since the husband was the nominee of the policies, her approval was not required to cash them out.

He ended up losing all the money, and his wife later found out when the insurance company informed her. The incident was even covered on national television. Sadly, gambling addiction has brought society to this point, where people are deceiving their own family members.

[KiaKia]

Addiction to gambling can betray your loved one; it's hard to imagine the husband spending his wife's care funds on gambling at casinos. As her husband, it is his duty to ensure the funds entrusted to him are used for her medical needs, but instead, he gambles them away.

The husband of a police officer who was incapacitated after being shot in the line of duty has been found by an Alabama probate judge to have misused his wife’s care funds, including spending substantial amounts at Mississippi casinos.

Husband Uses Wife’s Care Funds to Gamble at Casinos

This husband is heartless; he didn't care for his wife, and he didn't even think that his wife needed it for her medical needs. Instead, he gambled her money in the casinos. It's good that justice has been served in the end

The judge also ordered Hartford Insurance, the backer of the fiduciary bond issued when the man was named his wife’s conservator, to pay the victim $300,000, for which the company may seek reimbursement from the husband.

Do you have a story of betrayal caused by addiction to gambling?

This is very sad to read, for the fact that it's a real story makes me feel like I've been stabbed in the heart, it's a shame that the vibe people are giving about gambling is like they don't know they could get hurt.

Something that a small child could do without knowing that they will get hurt, I don't get this part, the reason why adults get addicted to gambling and they later want to get away from hit and they still couldn't.

Many people will grow older for sure but not in the brain, it's like having a 10years old brain in a 30years old body, because if not many people wouldn't fall into gambling addiction, it shows why many people aren't smart after all.

[Betwrong]

Addiction to gambling can betray your loved one; it's hard to imagine the husband spending his wife's care funds on gambling at casinos. As her husband, it is his duty to ensure the funds entrusted to him are used for her medical needs, but instead, he gambles them away. ~

Gambling addiction is an illness. You don't blame someone with Alzheimer's disease for forgetting something, right? I'm sure that husband didn't mean to just blow the money away. Most likely, he wanted to increase the amount and maybe go on a cruise with his wife or something. And because of his illness, he couldn't realize that it was a dangerous illusion and that the probability of it being gone was very high.

[Insanity]

Its not even encouraged for one to gamble to the extent of even becoming an addict to it because it will cause one more harm than good in their lives, which includes their marriage and other things that are valuable in their lives. That is why gamblers are advised to ensure they avoid anything that will lead them into becoming addicted to gambling, because if they become addicted to it, it will affect their families, works and their health but for the sake of their mental wellbeing, practicing healthy gambling lifestyle is very essential.

That's true, because the overall caused of the whole problem boiled down to gamble addiction. Because assuming he wasn't a victim of addiction something like this shouldn't have even happened in the first place. However, addicted is something we shouldn't pray for, it can be very disastrous to any human and actually it's something we should always avoid by all means, because come to think of it why will a normal person want to jeopardize the life of his beloved wife all in the name of pleasing his endless gambling urge, that's is absolutely madness. This is too much to bear and so heart broken because if something bad eventually happen to that woman in question she won't forgive him even in death.

The problem is not with gambling but with addiction. While someone is out of control, they may make choices they would not have made when they're on their level. If gambling becomes more of a preoccupation than a spouse and/or basic obligations, it has already entered the dangerous realm. It is always crucial to impose limits as well as recognise the indicators of warning early on. It's not something you can't afford to lose your family or your partner's trust. Responsible gambling is about recognizing when it becomes more than just a game and starts to take over your life.

[Hewlet]

This husband is heartless; he didn't care for his wife, and he didn't even think that his wife needed it for her medical needs. Instead, he gambled her money in the casinos. It's good that justice has been served in the end

When you're dealing with an addict, you can't really dictate how far his addiction can take him. It's just like saying that  a drink that drinks while he's intoxicated should care that a pregnant woman is crossing the road or that he should care that he's carrying a child in his vehicle. While normally he should care about those things, just because he's addicted or drunk, it's not possible for him to think straight at that point in time.

That's the reason why someone can gamble with a money that's meant for his wives medical needs. He's obviously an irresponsible person and certainly an addicted gambler.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

Damn, really this is so so sad tbh, this is a total betrayal.. This is the reason why we keep preaching about gambling addiction and how dangerous it is.. Everyone should try avoid been addicted to gambling..
For this man, it may just have started with let me give it a try today with few couple of dollars, then another, then another, and like that he has blown the money for his wife care..
Discipline is so important when it comes to gambling, and anyone without discipline could make such mistake..

[Cleanshit]

Its not even encouraged for one to gamble to the extent of even becoming an addict to it because it will cause one more harm than good in their lives, which includes their marriage and other things that are valuable in their lives. That is why gamblers are advised to ensure they avoid anything that will lead them into becoming addicted to gambling, because if they become addicted to it, it will affect their families, works and their health but for the sake of their mental wellbeing, practicing healthy gambling lifestyle is very essential.

That's true, because the overall caused of the whole problem boiled down to gamble addiction. Because assuming he wasn't a victim of addiction something like this shouldn't have even happened in the first place. However, addicted is something we shouldn't pray for, it can be very disastrous to any human and actually it's something we should always avoid by all means, because come to think of it why will a normal person want to jeopardize the life of his beloved wife all in the name of pleasing his endless gambling urge, that's is absolutely madness. This is too much to bear and so heart broken because if something bad eventually happen to that woman in question she won't forgive him even in death.

The problem is not with gambling but with addiction. While someone is out of control, they may make choices they would not have made when they're on their level. If gambling becomes more of a preoccupation than a spouse and/or basic obligations, it has already entered the dangerous realm. It is always crucial to impose limits as well as recognise the indicators of warning early on. It's not something you can't afford to lose your family or your partner's trust. Responsible gambling is about recognizing when it becomes more than just a game and starts to take over your life.

Addition is one of the big effects to one, but this dont just happen over night. A lot of addicts start from little, as a normal gambler but gradually they increases their money  and a lot more avoiding all this signs. That why as a gambler you should know when yo stop, it shouldn’t be I will stop anytime I want to. Let there be limit, once you allow this life style start to affect your daily life. It has automatically graduate from entertainment, It much for easier to prevent addition generally then even trying to recover from addiction. After you most have lost allot of things, taking from experience.

[Olatundespo]

Do you have a story of betrayal caused by addiction to gambling?

I don't have a specific story about betrayal caused by addiction to gambling but have seen to many cases where families were broken because the father which is suppose to be the head of the family is addicted to gambling. This problem has caused to many chaos in our country right especially the online gambling, which many are addicted to it. I hope that those people who are addicted to gambling will realized sooner that they have this problem and seek professional help before it's too late as the bad effects of gambling wouldn't be reversed.

I don't know if the statement you made about family breakdown is true or if it happens in my country. I know some gamblers who have been involved in gambling for a long time and have become very wealthy. I have tried to find out the exact reason for their success but they keep their activities secret from others but I have come across several reliable sources who are involved in gambling. Especially in online gambling it is easy to continue gambling by keeping oneself secret because offline and there are state restrictions on the gathering of gamblers. Those gamblers have become wealthy through controlled gambling. Not everyone is lucky because I have also been gambling for a long time but have not got the expected win.

[Chinesebaby]

Addiction to gambling can betray your loved one; it's hard to imagine the husband spending his wife's care funds on gambling at casinos. As her husband, it is his duty to ensure the funds entrusted to him are used for her medical needs, but instead, he gambles them away.

The husband of a police officer who was incapacitated after being shot in the line of duty has been found by an Alabama probate judge to have misused his wife’s care funds, including spending substantial amounts at Mississippi casinos.

For me, I think this is not only a case of betrayal in relationships, but also a case of misplaced priority by the man who also happens to be the head of the family. Because initially, it was his primary duty to have provided all the funds needed for his wife's medical expenses, and yet he was lucky to have gotten a financial support from the police department, and went about using it to gamble, with the mindset of thinking he could double it, while forgetting the risk involved, as that money was meant for medical expenses. So to me, I think this man truly needs a proper counseling or rehabilitation, because it is no normal. Or unless if he did it intentionally.

[Cityhunter34]

Addiction should always be addressed at the early stage, because it becomes more difficult to control when you're deeply into it. This is actually sad. I don't know why someone would purposely take gambling too seriously, because there's no single guarantee of winning in the long run without losing. Yet many gamblers don't want to gamble responsibly.

Honestly, I don't usually feel happy when I come across such terrible stories about gambling. It doesn't make any sense at all, because gambling is purely unpredictable, anything can happen at any time.

[Free Market Capitalist]

Do you have a story of betrayal caused by addiction to gambling?

Not quite like that, but I did see a guy a while back spend his entire month’s paycheck on a slot machine. I don’t remember exactly, but either his wife didn’t work or she had a part-time job. So losing a month’s worth of money is a big problem. It wouldn’t be quite as much of a betrayal as in the example, but it would be if we consider marriage to be a family unit—even if the money lost was what the man had earned from his job.

[Achalugo BTC]

Its not even encouraged for one to gamble to the extent of even becoming an addict to it because it will cause one more harm than good in their lives, which includes their marriage and other things that are valuable in their lives. That is why gamblers are advised to ensure they avoid anything that will lead them into becoming addicted to gambling, because if they become addicted to it, it will affect their families, works and their health but for the sake of their mental wellbeing, practicing healthy gambling lifestyle is very essential.

That's true, because the overall caused of the whole problem boiled down to gamble addiction. Because assuming he wasn't a victim of addiction something like this shouldn't have even happened in the first place. However, addicted is something we shouldn't pray for, it can be very disastrous to any human and actually it's something we should always avoid by all means, because come to think of it why will a normal person want to jeopardize the life of his beloved wife all in the name of pleasing his endless gambling urge, that's is absolutely madness. This is too much to bear and so heart broken because if something bad eventually happen to that woman in question she won't forgive him even in death.

Exactly, safety first before any other things, which you are right, one should avoid whatever thing that will make them to be addicted because the result will be a regretful thing that will be hurting for the rest of their lives. So, for the benefits of their health and that of their loved ones, they are to ensure they gamble responsibly and be at peace with themselves which makes them to enjoy the game as they are playing according to the rules of it.

[DrBeer]

I experienced real stress and depression when I lost a large sum of money I'd borrowed from the bank. That was the biggest mistake of my life. I couldn't even believe I was capable of such a thing.

No, I don't play slot machines all the time anymore. I don't have the same strong urge I once had. I switched my attention to something else to take my mind off gambling. This helped me cope with thoughts of the casino. And I feel much better now that I don't have the heightened emotional state caused by my worries.

It’s very important that you were able to pull yourself together and put a stop to this process! And it’s very important that you’re speaking openly about this extremely negative experience of yours, without hiding anything or trying to blame anyone else! That’s commendable-it’s a courageous act that not everyone would be willing to repeat in a similar situation!
Negative experiences, though the most unpleasant, are the most effective for people. Of course, this is true only if the person is in control of themselves rather than being controlled by their emotions and desires!