Serious harms of online gambling addiction

[Wiwo]

Now the end result of this person is the destruction of his career,

I’ve also experienced what it’s like to be addicted to gambling. A lot of pressure came and it really made me quite frustrated, especially because of financial problems. But not everything is ruined, just like with that boy. If he has a strong desire to change his life, I think it’s not impossible to bounce back.
He’s still young and there are many life paths he can choose. But still, he and his parents need to deal with the issues related to the loans he took. The greater the pressure on the kid, it could indeed be dangerous for his future. Hopefully, that doesn’t happen.

At some point anyone can lose they composure and become addicted, I remember my personal experience way back, I have always shared my withdrawal approach that helped me fight the addictions at that time.

What we must know about addiction is that, there is need to get it treated after total withdrawal from gambling.

[Jubilee58]

Addiction to gambling is very bad, it can keep you disorganized in life, and stop one from achieving more important things in life.
We have discussed about gambling addiction here countless times, because of the harm it causes to it's victims. However, one can still recover from gambling addiction, but stopping addiction is not easily achieved by personal effort, it will be more easier if you have people around you who cares about you.
Fighting addiction alone can be very challenging, but someone who cares about you will help you recover from addiction, by giving you some helpful tips that will help you resist addiction.

[Youngrebel]

If you ever get to the point where you start borrowing money to gamble just know that you are putting yourself in a dangerous position that you might not be able to recover from. Just like this young man you are talking about there are lots of people that have also been affected by gambling negatively and many are still getting affected today and that's because they allowed it.

It is not difficult to be a gambler that handles gambling responsibly but the problem with a lot of people is that they lack self control and discipline. This is something that starts as just gambling for fun but it progresses into something serious later on

Being In such condition can affect a person's mental health and if care is not taken they end up committing suicide and some even turn out to be drug addicts because of the frustrations they go through.

[SmartCharpa]

Whether he can recover from this addiction or not, it all depends on him. Nobody is born with a gambling addiction. Anyone who wants to stop gambling can do it, unless the person has no job and he depends on gambling to change their life. We have many people who do not want to work, all they want is a huge amount of money without any hard work. Nobody name is written on gambling, so whatever you do, you have to take all the responsibility for it. There are many online betting sites doesn’t mean one should get addicted to it.

There is also a friend of mine who has the same gambling addiction problem. I advised him so many times, yet he never listened. His own became very bad to the point that he started stealing from people. When his parents found out about his gambling habit, they were very disappointed. The problem is that many gamblers out there without source of income and believe that gambling is the only way to make money.

[Dareo]

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?

Well, it is not impossible to return to such a state, but just paying off the debt will not solve the problem. The real problem is addiction, if it is not brought under control, there is a risk of falling into the same cycle again. Many people start by betting small amounts and then lose control.  And in the case you mentioned, I think that only the support of family or friends will not help. He should meet a professional psychiatrist. And the first condition should be that he completely quit gambling and agree to get help.

[Zackz5000]

It is happening to many persons it's when things gets bad that people around will begin to know what was going on that they didn't know before, i have seen people who are in this same situation people shouldn't be greedy to think that they can become rich if they take gambling as a work, most of these online gamblers what really makes them going into gambling addiction is by also wanting win back all what they have lost a time will now come that they will begin to borrow money and sell other valuable asset just to gamble.

Don't see gambling as a source of income if you do then you will definitely not be able to escape gambling addiction, let's always try to gamble responsibly and also stake with amount that can afford to lose.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

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?

Sometimes, not every situation should be attributed to gambling addiction, because in this case I sense so many abnormalities here in regards to him constantly always borrowing, lacking contentment and getting involved in irresponsible gambling. Because for the fact that you agreed that this boy was once decent and lives a responsible lifestyle in your area, and automatically his behavior changed into borrowing and constant gambling, then it is obvious something must be wrong somewhere. Because as a youth who is currently studying at the University, it's obvious that needs may arises as you keep studying to enter new levels, and it's very possible the major source of his income might have stop, which is why he venture into gambling and borrowing money just to maintain such lifestyle. Because one thing I have noticed is the fact that majority of youths see gambling as the breakthrough to financial freedom, of which in most cases, it doesn't always work that way. And it's high time people stop having such mentality.

[Jaycoinz]

It always seems easy to control until it gets to a point of no return. The worst part about the whole thing is that the addict will know that he is going the wrong way, but he will still lack the ability to stop all his actions, it's like a virus that slowly eats up your consciousness and every sane thought of how to make ends meet means, you become so shallow in your thinking that the only way you feel you can get buy is to actually make money from gambling and that's when it's crazy because nothing really holds you back again.

As for recovery, he will first need to get his mind and his thinking elsewhere, it's not gonna be easy but determination to stop will help and if people are willing to support like his family, then he can come out of it.

[Showlove01]

First what people needs to stay away from is addiction and not signs of addiction. With what I have seen so far in gambling anyone who is addicted is actually what they used their hands and invite and they should be accountable for it and  i also see and consider anyone addicted as reckless and careless person and it is true because if it's not... Everyone would have become an addict but the reason everyone is not addicted is because not all gamblers are reckless and careless and that your guy, i think he can recover because as long as there is life there is hope.

[boyptc]

He can recover, that's still possible.

Although when he's already borrowing money, that's the sign that he's addicted to gambling as a proof.

Early signs that a gambler asks for money to gamble, there's no way to stop them at that prime of their addiction until they ran out of money.

No help coming in for them because they won't listen and that's how addiction is going to make them realize that no one is there to save them at that moment.

But when realization comes and struck them, they'd feel bad and will want to change for betterment.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Seeing student studying and looking innocent or secretly gambling online to the extend of borrowing that huge amount of money, i will say it is out of self discipline because the art of being crazy all in the name of addiction in gambling, is something that gamblers should prevent from the moment the primary stages and just consider gambling as funs, not a means of being rich and if on the process of gambling you are able to hit a huge amount of money, it is very understandable than placing all sources in gambling, it is believe that an addicted gambler can do anything just gamble consistently, i love as OP was able to drop such a interesting story for we to take precautions as a gambler.

When they are university students of legal age, they shouldn't feel any remorse because they know very well what they are doing. If they are minors, the absolute responsibility lies with the parents. Even if they are minors, they depend on their parents. Even so, they must be more mature because they will be older men and they must mature. They must know that money is not a game and that it costs to obtain it, only to lose it in a casino.

[Lida93]

At some point anyone can lose they composure and become addicted, I remember my personal experience way back, I have always shared my withdrawal approach that helped me fight the addictions at that time.

What we must know about addiction is that, there is need to get it treated after total withdrawal from gambling.

Am sure we're all not perfect so I don't think anyone can't fall into gambling addiction and it's really not something done voluntarily and that's why it's really not that easy withdrawing at once. It mostly takes external supports from friends and family who ain't there to castigate but to encourage the victim of addiction that there's still a chance for him. Every other treatment has to be psychological through a specialist with experience in addiction cases.

[Versatile_choice]

I don't know why many are finding it difficult to be a responsible gambler, it is clearly showing that anything will fail to do in the right way will definitely Hunt after us later in life, gambling was intended to make us have fun, but I will behavior towards it will choose on whether to achieve this same goal or to be affected negatively from gambling, responsible gambling is not difficult to achieve once we can maintain high discipline for ourselves, this is all about being able to have emotional control and also set some realistic target towards how we are going to gamble responsibly.

The truth is that gambling is very tempting, most of the people who are addicted to gamble today didn't know how it happened if you ask them, because they believed they are very responsible, it was when they became addicted to it that they realized themselves. This made me feel that sometimes we need someone to monitor our gambling activity because some gamblers wouldn't know when they are overstepping boundaries, this set of gamblers need someone who would keep a close eye on them so that they don't end up overstepping boundaries. Even though some gamblers can control themselves yet I feel it is necessary to have someone who would monitor our gambling activity.

[WhoYouCantKill]

Am sure we're all not perfect so I don't think anyone can't fall into gambling addiction and it's really not something done voluntarily and that's why it's really not that easy withdrawing at once. It mostly takes external supports from friends and family who ain't there to castigate but to encourage the victim of addiction that there's still a chance for him. Every other treatment has to be psychological through a specialist with experience in addiction cases.

Yes it’s true that people don’t fall into gambling addiction intentionally or voluntarily but the truth is that, most or all of the gamblers who fall into gambling addiction indirectly invited it and intentionally walked that route. The reason I said this is because Addiction to gambling begins when people often have the wrong mindset about gambling, and then they intentionally invite addiction when they choose to approach gambling with this wrong mindset. So even when it becomes clear that this approach isn’t just working, they still choose to stick to it and continue, which of course is an intentional choice.

[Ever-young]

Gambling is not for under age, don't borrow to gamble, let's go back when we discuss about gamble and not stories of underage gambling who went ahead to borrow and collect money from people.
We all by now know all this are not legal or right and if you know the boy you can go and report the case to those in charge of child welfare or the Police.

That’s right. I feel the discussion should just remain on gambling itself and responsible gambling. As far as I can remember, it’s already against gambling rules in several places for underaged people to participate in gambling activities or even for gamblers to go as far as taking up loans just to make sure they continue gambling, and if peradventure an actual child is really involved, then such issues should be handled and resolved peacefully, rather than having to generalize the discussion here.

[DPHOR]

This is where most people keep misunderstanding gambling as a matter of fact, gambling should be treated as an entertainment but if like you are subjecting yourself into using it as an additional source of income then you are getting it wrongly.
Before you go into gambling it's advisable for you to have additional source of income so that you wouldn't be that pressured on to making money only through gambling. This is also depressing and you shouldn't be putting yourself into struggling to recover what you had already lost.

[Silikiem]

If you ever get to the point where you start borrowing money to gamble just know that you are putting yourself in a dangerous position that you might not be able to recover from. Just like this young man you are talking about there are lots of people that have also been affected by gambling negatively and many are still getting affected today and that's because they allowed it.

It is not difficult to be a gambler that handles gambling responsibly but the problem with a lot of people is that they lack self control and discipline. This is something that starts as just gambling for fun but it progresses into something serious later on

Being In such condition can affect a person's mental health and if care is not taken they end up committing suicide and some even turn out to be drug addicts because of the frustrations they go through.

The problem is that, most people gets involved in gambling with the sole aim of getting wealth in gambling , they try to chase wealth where wealth isn’t there, not disputing the fact that they can actually win some profits most days. Due to greed and the strong desire to chase loses, most gamblers don’t know when to call it a day and as a result they are led into borrowing just to gamble more in order to try and recover some loses but the more they try the more loses they incurred. I’ve been a victim of this, and the moment I realized I won’t get such kind of wealth I’m chasing in gambling after going through a lot while I was deeply addicted to gambling. now I gamble only for fun, and i set my goals on how much I would want to spend today in gambling and I don’t exceed the amount.

[Silikiem]

Whether he can recover from this addiction or not, it all depends on him. Nobody is born with a gambling addiction. Anyone who wants to stop gambling can do it, unless the person has no job and he depends on gambling to change their life. We have many people who do not want to work, all they want is a huge amount of money without any hard work. Nobody name is written on gambling, so whatever you do, you have to take all the responsibility for it. There are many online betting sites doesn’t mean one should get addicted to it.

There is also a friend of mine who has the same gambling addiction problem. I advised him so many times, yet he never listened. His own became very bad to the point that he started stealing from people. When his parents found out about his gambling habit, they were very disappointed. The problem is that many gamblers out there without source of income and believe that gambling is the only way to make money.

Yes, gambling is treated by many as the only way of making money., most people gets involved in gambling with the sole aim of getting wealth in gambling , they try to chase wealth where wealth isn’t there, not disputing the fact that they can actually win some profits most days. Due to greed and the strong desire to chase loses, most gamblers don’t know when to call it a day and as a result they are led into borrowing just to gamble more in order to try and recover some loses but the more they try the more loses they incurred. I’ve been a victim of this, and the moment I realized I won’t get such kind of wealth I’m chasing in gambling after going through a lot while I was deeply addicted to gambling. now I gamble only for fun, and i set my goals on how much I would want to spend today in gambling and I don’t exceed the amount.

[Nothingtodo]

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?

If someone gets separated from family ties or secretly gets attracted to gambling and eventually becomes addicted, then there is nothing that can be done for him. Many times, many gamblers can come out of gambling addiction because of family members.
However in the case described by the OP, the boy not only gambled secretly but also borrowed money from friends and lost a lot in gambling. In this case, it can be said that the relationship he had with friends has almost been destroyed. Both the family relationship and the friendship bond have been destroyed only because of gambling.
However in the case of a gambler,there is a possibility of coming out of gambling if the family bond and friendship bond can be regained.
When a person experiences severe economic distress, he becomes so mentally ill that he does not understand how he will come out of gambling. In this case, he can come out of gambling by taking the help of his friends and family members.
However he will not be able to participate in gambling again because the amount of his debt has increased so much that it is impossible for him to complete the debt by making profits from gambling. But family support, private counseling from friends, and help can help you get out of any bad situation.

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This is also going to be another common topic where basically the person who is addicted to gambling is being discussed who was decent before but slowly he is ruining his life by gambling. Yes of course I can say that gambling can really take a person from a very good level to a very bad level.

I have even seen people who have gone from good to bad because of gambling addiction and then got involved in crime to manage their gambling money. So it must be admitted that gambling really does cause serious harm.