Serious harms of online gambling addiction

[Odusko]

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?

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.

The most important thing in life is the living itself, so I don't see this as an uncertain environment for the addict to survive from, most of the time we tend to overate some life situations like addiction thinking it the end of everything, but not really as far as the person involved can be determined to quit he can become a better person and responsible in his dealing, but is important for them to make that decision to overcome gambling addiction in the first place before they can make progress in quiting gambling.

[Bitcoin_people]

Gambling is very harmful to every person and is a terrible threat to weight. Nowadays, online casinos are very harmful to every young person when they gamble in various places online from where they gamble with greed for money. Basically, there are some people who enter gambling by borrowing money, it is more harmful especially for them, especially with their families. There are many people who do not understand what they are doing online behind the scenes, but at some point they come out against them. Online gambling is the most dangerous, especially those who completely immerse themselves in it, become addicted, thus leading their lives to destruction. Those who become addicted to online gambling and fall into debt a lot, cannot turn around, and face danger with their families, which results in damage to every family. Before gambling, you must keep yourself mentally strong and learn to control yourself, then gamble. And especially while gambling, you should never borrow money or take a loan from the bank, it can cause more serious damage.

[Ishicryptic]

People without self control would be addicted to anything that they frequently engage in, it could be gambling, alcohol or even food, when people don't know when to stop they will continue in their addiction which would be degenerating to higher levels until they come to the realization that they are harming themselves. As long as there are gamblers who gamble online and are not addicted we cannot totally blame online gambling for the gamblers that gets addicted, it still comes down to a lack of self control for those that allows themselves to be consumed by their cravings. Except if it is proven that about 75% of online gamblers are addicted to it that is when we should see it as a serious concern, if 50% or less are not addicted then we cannot blame online casinos because afterall gamblers also get addicted in physical casinos.

[Mame89]

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?

Typically, these individuals gamble not for entertainment but to earn income and even to hit the jackpot to fulfill their desires. However, when they lose they often seek additional funds, either through debt or other means to recoup their losses. This cycle, without their realizing it ultimately leads them to debt.

Gambling addiction shouldn't be viewed as a person's quiet personality or anything else it's a matter of a damaged mindset regarding risk and money. Of course, recovery from addiction can be achieved with proper treatment, especially with support from those closest to you. If this is someone close to you immediately recognize it or advise them, rather than waiting for it to worsen. Sometimes, people who are addicted to gambling don't realize their addiction, which is why when we gamble, we should at least have friends who know about our gambling. If you gamble secretly and don't have the right mindset about gambling it will be dangerous in the future, especially if you are still young and do anything without thinking.

[Perfectbaby]

The person was overly being carried away without knowing that things doesn’t directly work on the way we have projected them, addiction is highly hard to under, and do whatever you may want of course!
For you not to get addicted to gambling you should know when to start, when to stopped and when not to gamble anymore. Addiction can’t be hidden or trying to shy away from most things that concerns us while trading.

However for you not to be a victim to it you must learn things across the gambling sites before you would understand what you are doing, learn to spend few on gambling than spending less out of it.

[sompitonov]

The person was overly being carried away without knowing that things doesn’t directly work on the way we have projected them, addiction is highly hard to under, and do whatever you may want of course!
For you not to get addicted to gambling you should know when to start, when to stopped and when not to gamble anymore. Addiction can’t be hidden or trying to shy away from most things that concerns us while trading.

However for you not to be a victim to it you must learn things across the gambling sites before you would understand what you are doing, learn to spend few on gambling than spending less out of it.

Knowledge helps combat gambling addiction. I experienced this myself after suffering huge losses. After that, I stopped playing and focused more on studying the game's intricacies and observing professionals. Eventually, I began to understand how to act. I especially emphasized the emotional component and the importance of not overreacting to losses, otherwise it will completely corrode us from the inside, leading to severe depression, which will ultimately destroy us as a player, and the chances of losing completely will be much higher. Therefore, I prefer to learn something new every day, even if it's just a little at a time.

[Somto9Light]

The most important thing in life is the living itself, so I don't see this as an uncertain environment for the addict to survive from, most of the time we tend to overate some life situations like addiction thinking it the end of everything, but not really as far as the person involved can be determined to quit he can become a better person and responsible in his dealing, but is important for them to make that decision to overcome gambling addiction in the first place before they can make progress in quiting gambling.

I completely agree that recovery begins with the individual realizing that they’re in serious danger and also how much they need to be helped, because it makes the job and journey less harder than it’s meant to be, but we need to also understand that it takes more than just determination to break free from addiction or gambling troubles. When a person is addicted, the addiction completely alters and impairs their judgement and completely takes away their rational thinking, replacing it with emotions which can be difficult to overcome most times on their own, that’s why support from friends and family is very crucial too.

[Judith87403]

He cannot recover from this experience all through his life because he has just succeeded in setting a confusion for himself. What baffles me about people who are addicted to gambling is that most of them end up being in serious debts without having a source of income to repay back. If someone is addicted but still gambles with his own funds, he won't find himself in harsh situations because after all, it is his money he used to gamble but when an addicted gambler starts borrowing money from people around him, it will mess with his mental health when he loses that money and still get disturbed by those who lent him the money. I have seen young boys destroying their lives because of gambling, I don't know if they don't love themselves because someone at a young age needs to hustle for money by getting a job or skill that will help him to make money and not to be looking for quick wealth through gambling.

[Floczy]

You know gambling on its own is not bad, but gambling in the wrong hands it's what turns it bad.

A short story about my self, I smoked some years back like for about one week straight, and I got to realise that if I should continue smoking i will not just get addicted but it will lead me to distraction because I read my body system and I got to know the potential it holds in that aspect.

You know gambling addiction is one thing, but the addiction leading you to hurting yourself and others is in another different level.
If you gamble with a short period of time and you see that your body gets to crave gambling more and more just know you have to let it go.

We have to understand well how to read our body and how it reacts to things that way it will help us avoid certain things before it gets to hurt us.

[Satofan44]

Typically, these individuals gamble not for entertainment but to earn income and even to hit the jackpot to fulfill their desires. However, when they lose they often seek additional funds, either through debt or other means to recoup their losses. This cycle, without their realizing it ultimately leads them to debt.

Gambling addiction shouldn't be viewed as a person's quiet personality or anything else it's a matter of a damaged mindset regarding risk and money. Of course, recovery from addiction can be achieved with proper treatment, especially with support from those closest to you. If this is someone close to you immediately recognize it or advise them, rather than waiting for it to worsen. Sometimes, people who are addicted to gambling don't realize their addiction, which is why when we gamble, we should at least have friends who know about our gambling. If you gamble secretly and don't have the right mindset about gambling it will be dangerous in the future, especially if you are still young and do anything without thinking.

Complete nonsense and a fabrication by you, this is not supported by neither the data on addictions nor the knowledge of gambling addictions. Many users here and people in the wider world who do not have neither the knowledge about addictions nor have read any actual studies on it oversimplify the problem and make false claims that addiction happens because someone wants to get rich off of it. The data proves the opposite. Even though wanting to earn money is one of the many common reasons for which people start to gamble, the most recent scientific studies on this disprove the claim that it is the strongest predictor for gambling related disorders.

The most recent studies show that it is not financial motives, but that it is the motives that relate to coping such as those that are using gambling to "relax" from stress or other mental issues that are the strongest predictors towards developing gambling problems. Furthermore, by now we know that gambling addiction is never driven by a single factor -- many people here who have zero academic or scientific background tend to misunderstand even what a predictor is. Just because some things are strong predictors that does not make them singular causes. In the case of this user, from the superficial information that we know, he had an addictive-type personality which means that he was already prone to get addicted to anything dangerous -- why he was in this position, we do not know. For that we would need to know the complete history.

The point is, don't make shit up that is easily disproved.

[qwertyup23]

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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?

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.

There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child and that holds true in this kind of example. If the people surrounding the child would take all the effort in order to make his environment conducive, then that would be that determining factor that can compel him to change in the process.

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.

[Pandu Geddon]

How could he get a loan from someone else to fund his gambling? He's a boy who somehow can borrow money from anyone without them suspecting what the money is for. If the amount is small, it still makes sense for an adult to lend money for pocket money. But for gambling, how could adults trust him?

At first, I had the same thought as you. But after thinking about it again, I realized the boy might have taken out small loans from several adults, using excuses like needing lunch money or other everyday expenses. By collecting those small loans, he could have ended up with enough money to make a deposit and gamble.

I have a question for the OP. How did the boy's parents not know he was involved in gambling? Was he living on his own?

You're right, because that kind of case pattern usually happens with gamblers who are already addicted. How did that boy fund his gambling before he got addicted? Basically, gambling addiction doesn't just happen from one or two games. It's not possible that the boy kept borrowing from adults to fund his gambling. Something ongoing that makes someone addicted surely happens over a period of time. How did the boy's parents not realize what he was doing?

[KiaKia]

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?

There is a disguise here, if people said that he is a decent person then it is probably true, this has nothing to do with him getting addicted to gambler, or if someone is gambling behind others it means they are not good people?

That word decent doesn't come from someone who stays away from gambling, because gambling is a form of entertainment, he ends up getting addicted is all.

Any decent person can get addicted to anything, and this doesn't make them less decent, is is probably a quiet person, and this must have added to the problem because if someone was right there with him he could have escaped that possibility.

I hate it when people who can't control themselves takes risks all alone, they will easily make all possible mistakes with no one next to them to correct them.

[Taricoins]

When people can't differentiate gambling for fun and gambling as a source of living things like this happen, and he picked up the worse habit to couple with the gambling addiction which is being unfazed from taking loans, when he person starts taking loans out of habit, it becomes dangerous. How do one even have the consciousness to continue gambling win you don't even get returns. If I lose consecutively 3 times, am off for months.

[Bitcoin Smith]

There is a disguise here, if people said that he is a decent person then it is probably true, this has nothing to do with him getting addicted to gambler, or if someone is gambling behind others it means they are not good people?

That word decent doesn't come from someone who stays away from gambling, because gambling is a form of entertainment, he ends up getting addicted is all.

Any decent person can get addicted to anything, and this doesn't make them less decent, is is probably a quiet person, and this must have added to the problem because if someone was right there with him he could have escaped that possibility.

I hate it when people who can't control themselves takes risks all alone, they will easily make all possible mistakes with no one next to them to correct them.

In their perspective, they are decent, probably they drive a decent car or always show up in the formal attire and nothing flashy which says about their character to an extent but not their hidden desire which no one can know other than the person himself. It is okay to gamble and even to get addicted which can happen but when someone borrowing money and end up defaulting them is a serious harm to their character and even if they manage to recover from addiction they can't recover from the reputation of defaulting money and it will keep haunting them until it's paid fully.

[GIF-JOBS]

This is the end result of most gamblers when they become addicted to gambling. And this matter becomes even more terrible when they hide themselves. If everyone knew about their addiction, then perhaps everyone would have tried to bring them on a good path by giving them good advice. But when the gambler hides the matter and when he starts to destroy himself in secret, then there is nothing to save him. If he does not have money, he continue playing even with loans, in this way, the person is completely destroyed. In the situation he has already found himself in, being burdened with a huge amount of financial debt, it is certainly difficult to hope to return to a normal life, but even if it takes time, it is not impossible, if he completely quits gambling and starts doing good work to rebuild himself, then one day he will definitely be able to turn himself around.

[jeremypwr]

There are tons of stories like this where online gambling addiction has ruined lives
What starts as entertainment can quickly spiral into financial, emotional and personal ruin

[Tetu100]

Gamble mostly becomes problem due to how we go about it. If you gamble with the intention of making so much money or want to build fortune from it then you become trapped in it for year's, but If you aren't that greedy about it and only gamble with what you can easily give away then I don't think you will be having any problems with it not to even think of accumulating dept just because you want to gamble.

And again, should I say he (the boy which op was talking about) was mislead by friends or by himself. Whatever, but what I understood about the whole story there is that nobody was actually there to talk some sense in him or probably caution his wrong ways. But nevertheless, he is not dead yet, what is actually bad is death but since he's still alive he can still change from his bad way's and be more useful to himself and to the society at large.

[Hatchy]

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?

The moment you start getting the idea of borrowing money to gamble that's just the beginning of your problems. Addiction is a major drive to such attitude in gambling and that's one reason most people end up destroying their life's. The boys problem was that he saw what he was doing as right and that's because no one could notice his bad habits on time. People couldn't tell if he was actually decent or just a gambler and that's why you should never judge a book by it's cover. Gambling isn't the cause of their problem. It's because of how they choose to consider gambling as a means of elivating themselves from poverty. And this could have been the mindset of the boy in the op.

[Hispo]

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?

He can definitely recover. As long as there is life, there is hope.
There have been people who have found themselves in very dire situations, with nothing to their name and under severe debt, but they managed to continue to move forward and start from the beginning and pay off what they owed.

I believe it is key not to gamble in secret, but let people who care about one to know, so they can check on one and make sure we would not be taking bad choices, like taking loans in order to gamble.

Perhaps, of this guy had told his family about his gambling hobby, they could have intervene in time before he decided to acquire serious debts, which he obviously used to chase losses.