Serious harms of online gambling addiction

[angrybirdy]

I don't know why many chose to be irresponsible gambler, online gambling has nothing to do with this ,he choosed that lifestyle,he lack self discipline,he doesn't know when to stop or how to manage his bankroll,if not why borrowing money to play casino games,bet unnecessarily to a point of been addicted,many has online gambling apps in there systems and phones ,yet they are not addicted, nobody should tag online gambling as the cause of his addiction,and at this point he need help to come out of it,this is how someone end his life , because he chose not to speak and has lost so much to gambling,they need to correct his memory and set back his mindset which is very important now .

That is true, most people know what they are doing is wrong, yet they choose to do what will jeopardize their peace despite knowing the risks and this often leads them to poor decisions and the inability to control themselves which affect their financial status. Gambling addiction is not something that happens at once but gradually due to ignorance, because if they adhere to the right rules of maintaining a responsible gambling lifestyle, they will be able to avoid behaviours that will lead them to addiction.

you're right that gambling addiction usually builds up gradually and can destroy a persons peace and financial stability, but it's not just an ignorance or simple bad choices. once the addiction starts, it will change how our mind handles being impulsive and our judgement.. so people lose much of their ability to just follow the rules, even when they know the risks. Education and responsible habits are crucial in this case, but after addiction takes hold, people needs a real support from their family or medical help such as therapy or financial counsellings, not just blaming their poor decisions, So the issue isnt only that they knowingly do wrong, Its just that, addiction makes self control far harder than it looks from the outside.

[TedMosby]

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..., so if a person is secretly gambling, it is definitely best to stay away from the signs of addiction. Look at how people's lives are being destroyed by online gambling, can he recover?

Doesn't the majority of gamblers gamble secretly? I am genuinely asking because I think so. The problem is not whether a gambler gambles secretly, privately, or however they choose to gamble, but whether they have the self control and discipline to keep gambling from becoming an addiction. They should have the responsibility to keep themselves away from addiction in any way possible.

IMO, self exclusion could be the easiest way for gamblers to try to stop themselves from gambling. However, I don't know how effective it is in helping people stop gambling and recover from addiction. I wouldn't rank support from family as the easiest way to help gamblers recover from addiction because sometimes, or maybe most of the time, gamblers gamble silently without their family knowing it. Even if their family does know, it can be embarrassing to admit that you're getting close to gambling addiction or that you're already addicted to it. And by the time their family finds out, the problem has aready become serious.

[Dunamisx]

There is harm in addiction and this is a serious one, don't bring such into gambling because it will complicate issues for you and distract you from focusing on having fun, gambling should be entertaining to us and we should not afford to be indiscipline while we Gamble, anything that has to do with moral behavior must be taken into concentration and everyone should know the limit to what they should do and what they shouldn't.

[DabsPoorVersion]

I don't know why many chose to be irresponsible gambler, online gambling has nothing to do with this ,he choosed that lifestyle,he lack self discipline,he doesn't know when to stop or how to manage his bankroll,if not why borrowing money to play casino games,bet unnecessarily to a point of been addicted,many has online gambling apps in there systems and phones ,yet they are not addicted, nobody should tag online gambling as the cause of his addiction,and at this point he need help to come out of it,this is how someone end his life , because he chose not to speak and has lost so much to gambling,they need to correct his memory and set back his mindset which is very important now .

That is true, most people know what they are doing is wrong, yet they choose to do what will jeopardize their peace despite knowing the risks and this often leads them to poor decisions and the inability to control themselves which affect their financial status. Gambling addiction is not something that happens at once but gradually due to ignorance, because if they adhere to the right rules of maintaining a responsible gambling lifestyle, they will be able to avoid behaviours that will lead them to addiction.

Ignorance can't be the reason here. A lot of people who are addicted to gambling is probably aware of the risks and even know the principles of responsible gambling. However, they keep struggling to stop. Why? Because addiction can sometimes the result of experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, trauma and even have the feeling of the urge to recover their previous losses.

It's not because they end up being addicted to gambling doesn't mean they do not know the right thing to do. It's the same concept with knowing a certain rule doesn't always mean that person is able to follow them consistently. The same result when we see people who claims to know and understand bankroll management, they set the limits, but they still end up chasing losses.

[Cossyblack]

It was his trick, he may have entered the gambling game by mistake but forgot to follow the strategy. Due to which he has faced massive addiction and lost money, he can repay the money from his family.
But before repaying all these money, he needs to be cured more, but he must be deprived of all the devices that he has ever given in his hand, such as mobile devices or laptops and computers, which he gambled with.

And while he is been denied access to these devices,he should be restricted from going out to visit his friends with in that neighborhood because he can borrow their phones and use it to access the gambling sites secretly.. And also I think his family should hired a gambling therapist to counsel him at home. If they can afford to hire one of them to counsel him, I think it will help him recover from his addiction. One thing about addiction is that it doesn't go away easily so his family has to be patience with him,they have to do what ever that his necessary that will help him come out from addiction and the same show him care,love and respect until he recovers completely.

[Bigjoe33]

There is harm in addiction and this is a serious one, don't bring such into gambling because it will complicate issues for you and distract you from focusing on having fun, gambling should be entertaining to us and we should not afford to be indiscipline while we Gamble, anything that has to do with moral behavior must be taken into concentration and everyone should know the limit to what they should do and what they shouldn't.

The truth is, many people, they are there problem. Having known that gambling doesn't give you any assurance of winning, and despite your knowledge or check of stats, there is still no guarantee of winnings, and still, someone will still gather enough resources to gamble, hoping to win enough money, just imagine.

Gambling should be for fun and just entertainment. Such knowledge would help you Tailor down your expectations anytime you gamble or want to gamble. But with all this knowledge, some poeple still don't care and still approach gambling with the mindset of winning big money or making a life out of gambling. And when you start loosing, you begin to look for means to recover all that you have lost, and before you know, you are already dip down into addiction.

Addiction is generally bad and should be avoided totally. Everyone must be careful to avoid been consumed by addiction. Gamble with only what you can afford to lose and don't except to win anytime you gamble

[bakasabo]

From first post I havent learning anything new. There are thousands of stories like what was described. Will that stop people from gambling or will they gamble less? Of course no. I can name numerous examples how people borrowed money for business and went bankrupt. Does that mean that people should stop creating new business? Of course no. It is proper to rename topic into "Serios harms of being reckless and lacking self-control", and post stories. Because it does no matter if person gamble, spend excessively, drink and etc, if it is done without thinking.

[Tungbulu]

There is harm in addiction and this is a serious one, don't bring such into gambling because it will complicate issues for you and distract you from focusing on having fun, gambling should be entertaining to us and we should not afford to be indiscipline while we Gamble, anything that has to do with moral behavior must be taken into concentration and everyone should know the limit to what they should do and what they shouldn't.

Yeah, addiction is what one should be avoided by all means because it can turn fun into harm and that harm can destroy one's lives including their personal relationships and everything that concerns them, that is how serious it can be and to some people, it leads them into frustration and depression which they can make them to commit suicide, when gambling should be entertaining, not what will take one's life. So, gamblers should play with right mindset and teach themselves to walk away when necessary, as that keeps the fun going.

[Gozie51]

Now the end result of this person is the destruction of his career, so if a person is secretly gambling, it is definitely best to stay away from the signs of addiction.

It is enough that you couldn't manage your bankroll and you lost it but refuse to chase your money. But if you enter the stage where you start thinking of what you have lost, you could get into borrowing and once you enter into borrowing, you have lost more than you expected because you will lose your mind and go into depression from addiction. So, it is unfortunate for him as he couldn't play by the roles of betting as you can bear. To borrow for the purpose of betting is definitely a no no and his own case was that, it included interest which means that he has more to pay by default.

Look at how people's lives are being destroyed by online gambling, can he recover?

It is as simple as this popular African Proverb:

"he who fetches ant-infested firewood invites lizards to his home"—meaning that you must accept the natural consequences of your own actions and choices. (Lifted from google search).

It's not because they end up being addicted to gambling doesn't mean they do not know the right thing to do. It's the same concept with knowing a certain rule doesn't always mean that person is able to follow them consistently. The same result when we see people who claims to know and understand bankroll management, they set the limits, but they still end up chasing losses.

The cause of derailing from gambling rules by gamblers is the anxiety to always win and when they begin to lose, everything turns south, then negative energy to pursue loses set in. This leads to emotional breakdown and rules will not be followed anymore. If you watch, when you start gambling for the day, you kind of have yourself put together but if you start to lose, you also start to lose your grip on your emotion. This is why to gamble with money above your limit is not encouraged and it is also better to walk away instead of chasing loses.

[Yeesha]

There was a decent boy in our small area, he was studying, no one knows how he got addicted to online games. He continued like this for a long time and he also played gambling, later he borrowed money from many people's jobs and used it to gamble. After going on like this for a long time, suddenly that person became so addicted that his memory became weak, as a result, many creditors are coming and gathering.
He has become heavily indebted and has also borrowed money from many places depending on interest. Finally, after he became heavily indebted, he almost went crazy, so I say how harmful online gambling is, it has happened secretly, not many people outside know. So people thought he was a decent boy, under the guise of being decent, he got addicted to online gambling and pushed his life towards destruction.

Now the end result of this person is the destruction of his career, so if a person is secretly gambling, it is definitely best to stay away from the signs of addiction. Look at how people's lives are being destroyed by online gambling, can he recover?

A young boy that suppose to be facing his studies, I wonder who advice him to gamble from the first place. Gambling can affect an individual's mental stability. Too much of everything is bad including those things that can add value to ourselves, talkless of gambling that we already know how dangerous it is to our lives. The person used his own hand to destroys himself and his entire life completely. Since there is not any specific great thing that an individual will achieve from gambling, they should never underestimate the power of gambling with little amount of money, quitting at the right time, tracking their expenses, proper utilisation of resources and avoid spending too much time on gambling, these are the preventive measures to take in gambling.

[Zadicar]

There is harm in addiction and this is a serious one, don't bring such into gambling because it will complicate issues for you and distract you from focusing on having fun, gambling should be entertaining to us and we should not afford to be indiscipline while we Gamble, anything that has to do with moral behavior must be taken into concentration and everyone should know the limit to what they should do and what they shouldn't.

The truth is, many people, they are there problem. Having known that gambling doesn't give you any assurance of winning, and despite your knowledge or check of stats, there is still no guarantee of winnings, and still, someone will still gather enough resources to gamble, hoping to win enough money, just imagine.

Gambling should be for fun and just entertainment. Such knowledge would help you Tailor down your expectations anytime you gamble or want to gamble. But with all this knowledge, some poeple still don't care and still approach gambling with the mindset of winning big money or making a life out of gambling. And when you start loosing, you begin to look for means to recover all that you have lost, and before you know, you are already dip down into addiction.

Addiction is generally bad and should be avoided totally. Everyone must be careful to avoid been consumed by addiction. Gamble with only what you can afford to lose and don't except to win anytime you gamble

Actually its not bad to gamble, it is just that turned out that peoples action do end up for them to get addicted on which it would be resulting into a messed up life if you arent careful. This is why whenever you do deal up with gambling then make it sure that you are just that doing it for fun and what matter most is that you do only make use of the amount that you can afford to lose or something extra on which it wouldnt really hurt you up financially. Just like been said that its not bad to seek for entertainment and leisure but make it sure that it wouldnt really be giving out such big impact into your finances just because you've been trying out to chase up on what you had lost earlier. Thinking about making money with it will really just that making you desperate and thats something that you do need up to avoid as much as possible.

[laspol65]

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The person used his own hand to destroys himself and his entire life completely. Since there is not any specific great thing that an individual will achieve from gambling, they should never underestimate the power of gambling with little amount of money, quitting at the right time, tracking their expenses, proper utilisation of resources and avoid spending too much time on gambling, these are the preventive measures to take in gambling.

He has become weak because he does not use strategies in gambling, if he could have used strategies then he would have been saved from gambling addiction. But I blame his peers, they must have known because friends are not the ones who do not know the secrets of other friends. So all friends know at least some hint about the secrets of all friends, if they had told him to follow the strategy or told him to stop gambling, then this outcome would not have happened today.
But he will definitely be able to recover with his services and the strategies that are being followed now, it is possible to bring him back through this strategy. Although he has lost his mental balance but it is possible to bring it back, he is being treated and kept in a proper environment.
Such a situation must be created so that he cannot enter the game of gambling again later, although if he enters the game of gambling later, he should not forget to follow the strategy.

[Somegory]

Lack of self control over your gambling activities will definitely, lead to addiction. Don't use gambling to pass time because you don't want to associate with people. The end result will be addiction and don't also gamble for profit because your dreams wouldn't come through. Instead, you will become a slave to addiction. Let's stop putting the blame on gambling.

This is not about associating with people, there are other things to do on your free time and it's not a most still to go visit someone or call your friends over, I don't like been among people myself and I have a lot of things I can do to kill time.

It's not a must that I should gamble when I am free, how about just sleeping? Watching movies? Playing video games? Or streaming through YouTube and TikTok? I can be indoor monitoring my Asic miners and going back to my room to continue watching movies.

Gambling for profits is suicide, gambling to have a better life in the future is also suicide, this things get you addicted in no time, it's better to be this focus on investment rather than gambling, but they will not listen.

[Africolo]

There was a decent boy in our small area, he was studying, no one knows how he got addicted to online games. He continued like this for a long time and he also played gambling, later he borrowed money from many people's jobs and used it to gamble. After going on like this for a long time, suddenly that person became so addicted that his memory became weak, as a result, many creditors are coming and gathering.
He has become heavily indebted and has also borrowed money from many places depending on interest. Finally, after he became heavily indebted, he almost went crazy, so I say how harmful online gambling is, it has happened secretly, not many people outside know. So people thought he was a decent boy, under the guise of being decent, he got addicted to online gambling and pushed his life towards destruction.

Now the end result of this person is the destruction of his career, so if a person is secretly gambling, it is definitely best to stay away from the signs of addiction. Look at how people's lives are being destroyed by online gambling, can he recover?

I keep telling all my friends that are gambling to always use their wisdom while at it because there are dare consequences for the reckless actions we take as gamblers, most time that someone goes quiet he or she might be going through a lot and because he doesn't relate it to his friends or close associates it results to depression and death sometimes. People are going through a lot secretly and you won't know due to the mistakes they make in getting addicted.

Addiction has lead many individuals astray from their career paths and destroyed them beyond redemption so any one gambling shouldn't be too emotional about it and have a bankroll Management, curtailing one's gambling activities should be taken very seriously too and stop chasing looses just in the name of recouping what has been lost because it's literally impossible to recoup all in gambling. More you observe that you have gone beyond budget it's advisable to stop gambling.

[Natalim]

Gambling for profits is suicide, gambling to have a better life in the future is also suicide, this things get you addicted in no time, it's better to be this focus on investment rather than gambling, but they will not listen.

I don't really agree that gambling for profit is automatically suicide. I've been gambling for years, and there are times when you actually try to be profitable. You study, you learn from mistakes, you record things, you make a strategy. For me, it's only suicide if you're just going in blind. No brain, no plan, no strategy, just random guessing, hoping luck saves you.

[Makus]

Gambling addiction starts out by just a simple stake in the beginning, a lot of people that are having addiction problems today didn't actually know that they were going to get addicted to it. There's a difference between a gambler and a gambling addict, if you still apply logic and discipline then it is fine but once you start going overboard then you have a serious problem.

The worst thing anyone can ever do is to take a loan to gamble, doing that leads to taking more loans because after losing those monies you borrowed you have to continue the cycle of borrowing more to either gamble or pay back the other loans which escalates the problem.

[YellowSwap]

There was a decent boy in our small area, he was studying, no one knows how he got addicted to online games. He continued like this for a long time and he also played gambling, later he borrowed money from many people's jobs and used it to gamble. After going on like this for a long time, suddenly that person became so addicted that his memory became weak, as a result, many creditors are coming and gathering.
He has become heavily indebted and has also borrowed money from many places depending on interest. Finally, after he became heavily indebted, he almost went crazy, so I say how harmful online gambling is, it has happened secretly, not many people outside know. So people thought he was a decent boy, under the guise of being decent, he got addicted to online gambling and pushed his life towards destruction.

Now the end result of this person is the destruction of his career, so if a person is secretly gambling, it is definitely best to stay away from the signs of addiction. Look at how people's lives are being destroyed by online gambling, can he recover?

Anyone can become a victim to addiction, either Good or rugged person, it's really hard to stay disciplined as a gambler and not end up losing your way, many people are better off not gambling at all,  as they will be fine rather than trying to become a gambler.

The boy is pretending to be decent? Judging from how you put your sentence, how can someone be acting decent in the face of many and then In the back they keep gambling? Is this what you meant? You don't have to hate gambling because you are decent.

Been decent is a choice,  and gambling isn't also to be blamed, the victim lost his way, maybe he was motivated by someone's wins who knows? I hope now that everything has turned out this way he will learn from his mistake.

[IjawMan]

Given that he's still a young person, there is that possibility of recovering from gambling addiction but this would take tremendous amount of effort both from his parents and from himself.

His family can come through for him by first paying his debts for that can give him a feeling of relieve before other decisions can be taken.

Look at how people's lives are being destroyed by online gambling, can he recover?

It is really that simple to blame our irresponsibility on gambling than managing to cultivating a responsible discipline gambling culture. At the moment, it will look enjoyable while gambling without control ontil you get to the level of addiction and it becomes a problem to not just you alone, but to everyone around you getting affected by your gambling addiction character which includes loans requests.

Recovery from gambling addiction is not as simple as we read it on paper, you have to intensive about every conditions to recovery, other wise, you will be running back in weeks at most.

I agree with you. In problems like these, recovery can be a difficult challenge given that the mind of the boy has already been infected with such a powerful addiction. This will require patience and determination not from his parents but to him as well.

The mind can be disinfected it is left for the boy in subject to find a reason to change from gambling again. Every efforts that will be made to help him may not yield positive results should it be that he has to be sincere, not to secretly gambling again while people are trying to help him out.

[Leahized]

There is harm in addiction and this is a serious one, don't bring such into gambling because it will complicate issues for you and distract you from focusing on having fun, gambling should be entertaining to us and we should not afford to be indiscipline while we Gamble, anything that has to do with moral behavior must be taken into concentration and everyone should know the limit to what they should do and what they shouldn't.

First of all, an addicted gambler never has the necessary knowledge. Through which you can control yourself smoothly.  If gamblers find it entertaining then don't spend too much gambling money. Because there are many other ways to be entertained. People in low-income countries are particularly prone to gambling. Because being financially weak, it seems like an easy way to earn money. And they spend the most money, which can be lived very easily. At the end of the day, their actions become addictive.

[Franctoshi]

Now the end result of this person is the destruction of his career, so if a person is secretly gambling, it is definitely best to stay away from the signs of addiction. Look at how people's lives are being destroyed by online gambling, can he recover?

Yes, one thing is to realize and accept the current reality, then find a way, look for a solution, and move on. So far, there's life; there's hope. As Charles-Tim have said, nothing is impossible to achieve when you believe and work towards achieving it.
We should always learn to control our greed and also learn to do things the moderate way. If he had done things moderately and managed risk, he wouldn't have found himself in such a situation. Regrets are the thing that comes last, and life will teach you when you fail to learn.

As long as he still has life and living, there is nothing that is impossible. He should just stop gambling, knowing already that no money is coming from it, he will see his life changed for better. About his dept, his family can help him and no need to blame him for what happened. What happened to him already would have taught him a lesson that gambling is not for making money.