Which is honestly a terrible use of time and an unhealthy coping mechanism. In this modern day, we were taught that we have to focus on other things to keep our mind off of things. But that's just avoiding the problem rather than addressing it and fixing it.

Introspection is a necessity for all of us, yet it's not tackled very well. There's a picture in our minds that someone who is alone must be hated and must be a lonely person. On the other hand, solitude is needed so you can balance your life. It is only during solitude can you do introspection. During introspection, you get to take a step back and be able to reflect on things better. And this is where you can actually improve your life. You can't do that if you're going to gamble during the time that you have nowhere to go. You can actually do a lot of things. This includes planning about your future, coming up with a creative idea, reading a book, and pretty much just enjoying your time alone.

One of the things that I've been reading a lot in addiction threads outside this forum is that the addicts aren't really doing what they're doing because they are "addicted" to it but rather because they have nothing better to do. It's a Friday night, the week has been tiring, what do you do? You gamble, you fap, you do things that makes your brain release dopamine when you could have done something better.

To that, I'd say there are really no people that has nowhere to go and only have gambling to do. It's just that they haven't realized that there's so much to do in this world a lifetime isn't even enough.