Yesterday I watched a video about addiction on youtube:
https://youtu.be/ao8L-0nSYzg. It was a real surprise to me that according to recent research people are addicted to drugs mainly because they can't bond well with people and are not able to live a satisfying life. The research shows that when an addicted person appears in a loving and caring environment, the addiction kind of disappears (even heroin addiction). I wonder what are your thoughts on this matter and whether you think you could say the same about gambling addiction.
That's true healthy people gamble on their free time and excess money, only those people who do not have a genuine relationship will spend countless hours and pour his savings because he finds relationships in the cards and dice he is holding more than the people around him.
Healthy people? I think you meant rich people. Does that mean even poor people gamble despite their need for money? Don't get me wrong though, I know that there are poor people that gamble but I don't think they do that often since they can't even find something to eat. Also, I find this relationship reasonable since most of the gamblers I know is not just addicted to gambling, they are also addicted to alcohol and some of them are a womanizer.