Serious harms of online gambling addiction

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This thought comes to earn at a very young age and if he is not successful in it, it will be difficult for him to give back the loan he has taken and this can also make him depressed and this will also affect his studies and he will also be under a lot of tension. Such a thought is always given with greed and so far casinos are coming with a lot of greed and they mislead people in the cycle of reward and confiscate their money.

That’s what the internet age brings to the public, a lot of pressure and it isn’t just on the internet as you can see a lot of that around you, from neighbors and those in your environment, the flash and gigs without knowing the back story or how they are managing.

Pressure, once all that comes into your life, once you can’t ignore, then you are set to make a financial mistake, to gamble without limit and not have a thought on where the resource might come from. You just want to earn and earn huge so you can measure up with what you see around and online.

This has pushed a lot of persons into taking risky bets that would in turn harm their financial decisions and many live to regret it for a long time.

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

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?

Anything addiction doesn't respect age, religion, morality. So long as you are a human being that consistently focus on any addictive behavior, there is a high chance of you becoming addicted to it, be it gambling, drug or sex.

I got addicted to drug when I am a quite decent, intelligent guy to the point by siblings shock because my way of life doesn't suit doing drug, I got healed and stopped anyway.

If that guy has a strong mindset to get out of the habit by seeking for help, it's going to help him a lot, nobody can actually help him except him.

[Joeboy]

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.

Personally, I think the first step to taking care of addiction is to first acknowledge and accept that the individual in question has a problem which needs a solution... Coz without that personal commitment even if you are surrounded with the best of the best, it may not still make any difference... That' familial support as well as support from friends is very important coz it can help in ensuring that folks remain accountable thereby avoiding any kind of relapse.. Recovery is very much possible, but it doesn't happen overnight and so it requires a much more gradual process of both personal and collective efforts...

[GiftedMAN]

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.

To stay away from addiction people need to stay away from gambling completely if not someone who is greedy will always be greedy in gambling and so long as the mindset of recovering the amount he has lost is still in his mind the possibility of getting more addicted is very sure. Anyone who is addicted caused it for himself because if they are disciplined enough to give up when they aren't making profit you won't see them having anything like addiction but greedy gamblers will always be addicted they should stop complaining and start being responsible instead of wasting their time, energy and money which they can't recover.

[Fiatless]

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.

Some see gambling as a source of income and still control themselves. Do you know that someone can still be addicted to an activity that is used for entertainment? I know people who are addicted to movies that they can go as far as seeking financial support to download movies. Yeah, you are right that the majority of those who suffer from addiction began to see gambling as an alternative source of income. Applying moderation in everything one does is important. If a gambler has a budget and doesn't exceed the allocation, I think he would be just fine.

I hope the boy in the OP recovers from addiction and also finds means to repay the loans he collected. I feel sorry for him because he would be going through serious physical and mental stress.

[Queen uloma]

This story has really showed how gambling addiction can destroy a person’s life if they don’t control it early. It doesn’t just start overnight. Most times it start with little bets, then he will begin to chase after losses, hide the truth from their family and friends, and borrow money before he will even realize himself, it has become a big problem.

 The painful part is that many addicted gamblers still look normal outside And people will think that everything is alright, not knowing that they’re fighting a serious emotional battle and financial problems. The guy will recover from it but it will not going to be an easy one. First thing is for him to fully accept that he has a gambling problem and stop gambling completely. After that he needs friends and families support, he also needs to look for away to settle his debts. This story should serve as a warning to every one of us.

[Sonia_123]

This is one of the disadvantage of early usage of gadgets for children because you will not know what they will be doing online in their spare time, maybe Parents should start sounding it as a warning to their children and loved ones that gambling is a game of entertainment  and not for making money since alot of persons mentality towards gambling is to make money.

As long as there is life there is hope if the love ones can provide the proper treatment  for him there is nothing impossible to good health and he must stay away from gambling .

[AYOBA]

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?

This issue of harms on online gambling it’s has been obvious, and is some of the gamblers that cause it for themselves. Because there are a lots of people in the online gambling but not all this issues of harms affect why? Is because they knows how to control their self well when they come to bet, they don’t over bet that will lead to be addicted to the gambling.

But what causes some people to be easily get addicted to the gambling is that, some will be losing anytime they bet on a game and instead of them to step down and give themselves a little break, but they will not thinking that if they continue they will recover their losses which is a big mistake never in their lives to expect all they’ve lost to come back fully.

[hui]

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?

Such incidents happen a lot in society but most people don not know. As normal or good as a person from the outside, he may be addictive, loan and emotional broken inside. The biggest danger of online gambling is that slowly removes people far away from reality. At first it may seem that once again it may be harmful but that does not happen in reality. And this problem gradually puts people into trouble then begins to lend money and ultimately lose respect and future. I think a real incident has come out through your post. If a person is so damaged, I think it would be better to admit him wrong.

[Lida93]

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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.

Well, I personally don't see that way as something that could be spoken to be intentional just because some of these gambling addicts approached gambling in the wrong way, and by the wrong way you may be meaning that they saw gambling as a means of getting rich through fast profits from bets. But you forgetting that there are gambling addicts who were gambling to make quick returns but just for fun and entertainment, and this has being the regular advise on how we should see gambling as. But still, there people who falls into addiction by gambling for fun only.

[Shinpako09]

Nah, that is where you are wrong. Did the casino ask him to go beyond his limits? Did the casino instruct him to ask for a loan from others so he could continue gambling? If the casino did that, then we have the right to blame the casino coz they forced him to do it. But I don't think any legitimate casino would do such a thing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in my years of playing, I haven't heard of a legitimate casino doing it. What happened to him is all because of his own decisions, because of his addiction. If only he controlled himself, he wouldn't be in that situation even if he was doing online gambling.

Now, what he needs is not recovery from his losses but recovery from his addiction. I'm pretty sure it would be hard, but he needs to force himself if he really wants to get better.

[Floxynice]

This is one of the disadvantage of early usage of gadgets for children because you will not know what they will be doing online in their spare time, maybe Parents should start sounding it as a warning to their children and loved ones that gambling is a game of entertainment  and not for making money since alot of persons mentality towards gambling is to make money.

As long as there is life there is hope if the love ones can provide the proper treatment  for him there is nothing impossible to good health and he must stay away from gambling .

The worst thing any child can do to hurt himself is to gamble in secret, where family members and friends cannot tell what he is up to. I won't put the blame on some of the parents of these children because most of these bad habits are learned in areas far from home, where no one suspects a thing. They only start to notice changes in the child's behaviour but cannot explain exactly what went wrong to warrant the changes, such as stealing, constant demands for money, indebtedness, waywardness, etc. All these are signs of gambling problems that are fast growing into addiction. As much as anyone wants to be a gambler, they should not hide their activities from close persons so they can get help when they get into trouble.

[Cantsay]

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?

Lack of discipline is going to get you into trouble if you are not careful.

If this were a case of someone who was disciplined, the result would have been different; he would not have gone for that extra money that he borrowed because, as a gambler who wants to gamble without putting yourself in trouble, you should be able to tell the danger of taking a loan to gamble. Even money borrowed for a better purpose still has a huge risk, not to talk of one that was borrowed to waste on gambling.

[Mayor of ogba]

Once gamblers sees gambling as a source of income or a way to escape poverty, whether they are gambling online or gambling in a shop outlet there's high likelihood for them to become gambling addicts as they can use the money they can't afford to lose to gamble, and if they loses the money it will trigger them to start chasing their losses in order to recover their lost money before they will know what is happening addiction has started taking place gradually. I don't think there's serious harms in online gambling, but the approach of some gamblers makes it look like there's serious harms in online gambling.

[Felicity_Tide]

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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?

Sure, he can recover, but it's never going to be easy. The process of trying to recover from a rehabilitation centre is way tougher than it sounds, and if the addict is actually willing to get better, it can eventually get a bit easier for him/her. And this is the problem with gambling excessively in secret. It often takes time to come out in the open, but when it does, it often comes with too many problems that seem to difficult to address. And I want to believe that the boy might have gotten those loans just because people still saw him as someone who was responsible, and not knowing that he's the complete opposite. Perhaps, discipline might just be one of the most underrated qualities in the world.

[Alphakilo]

Nah, that is where you are wrong. Did the casino ask him to go beyond his limits? Did the casino instruct him to ask for a loan from others so he could continue gambling? If the casino did that, then we have the right to blame the casino coz they forced him to do it. But I don't think any legitimate casino would do such a thing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in my years of playing, I haven't heard of a legitimate casino doing it. What happened to him is all because of his own decisions, because of his addiction. If only he controlled himself, he wouldn't be in that situation even if he was doing online gambling.

Now, what he needs is not recovery from his losses but recovery from his addiction. I'm pretty sure it would be hard, but he needs to force himself if he really wants to get better.

We have to realize that addiction of any sort is an evil spirit. For those who are spiritual, we are taught that the spiritual controls the physical and whatever is the case of the decent man in this story told, needs spiritual divine intervention, because I don't think he can stop gambling addiction on his own. Ask those who are addicted to something and they would tell you same thing, it is simply out of their control.
Psychologist may try to evaluate and profer steps to stop this addiction but he needs to seek higher deliverance or else this may lead him to start having suicidal thoughts because his creditors won't let him rest until his debt is paid in full and that means he would suffer a lot to fulfill this.
We have to be careful how we let our idle time lead us into temptations that may become addictive in the end because while technology is helping the world connect, it is also destroying humanity in more ways than one.

[Onyeeze]

Anything addiction doesn't respect age, religion, morality. So long as you are a human being that consistently focus on any addictive behavior, there is a high chance of you becoming addicted to it, be it gambling, drug or sex.

I got addicted to drug when I am a quite decent, intelligent guy to the point by siblings shock because my way of life doesn't suit doing drug, I got healed and stopped anyway.

do you know that they are people that will get addicted in anything then do and to get away from it will be very difficult, and it is easy to be addicted neither in gambling or in drugs or any other thing but to leave it is something that they will take more time why it did not take your time to start it, so based on this particular point that is why we are asking for people to control their emotions so that they will you not be addicted on something that will trap then down, there are high chances to be addicted but low chances to been out of addiction, so we don't need to go into something that will make us to be worst than where we are before.

[lionheart78]

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, there is a huge possibility that he can recover, but it is dependent on his environment and his will.  If his family doesn't turn their back on this kid and help him rehabilitate, and the debt pressure is lightened.

About gambling addiction, I do not think that gambling addiction is different between land-based and online, they are both the same uncontrolled urge to gamble, it is that online casino has easier access as long as there is an internet and a gadget to use.  I also agree that we who gamble must always look out for the signs of gambling addiction and adjust when we feel that the signs show up.  But I believe that prevention is better than cure, so we must always gamble responsibly.

[kawetsriyanto]

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.

How old is the boy? It is important that someone must be in a proper age to start gambling. So, he has the right mindset about gambling and know how to gamble properly. I'm not surprised that the boy end up to be an addict if he is actually underage. By the way, does he has parents? Parents role is quite crucial, they must understand if their son is doing something wrong. If he still has parents, they also have the responsibility of this bad condition. Parents should know once their kids take a loan from other people.

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?

It isn't impossible to recover from addiction. However, if someone is experiencing severe addiction, he needs the help from the doctors. It also may take a long time for the process of recovery.

[Agbamoni]

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?

It is over when he is dead. So long as he is alive, there is hope of living a better life. The most important thing is that people around him have discovered his gambling addiction, and he has also realized the extent to which he has damaged his life. His situation isn't the worst of them all. We have seen people who almost commit suicide due to gambling addiction later change. I believe he will change once taken to the rehabilitation center.