Quote from: Jody.Drummer on October 02, 2023, 10:11:31 AM

Well it's possible if, I agree a little bit with this expression of yours. It is true that there must be some of them people in our neighborhood who assume that gamblers are people they should avoid or stay away from because it will be able to have a negative impact on them, it makes sense to digest, especially if the people around them are very sensitive so it is true that with that then the addicted gamblers will definitely close or will not know anyone that they have a gambling addiction, although maybe they have no bad intentions to harm others but still people's perceptions must be different - different. Of course that's the main reason why people like them don't admit their bad habits, besides not wanting to be shunned by their friends they also don't want others to have a bad opinion of them.

Yes but it depends on their own personality as addicts, if indeed they don't care about anything including bad words from others then maybe they could tell people, but I think that's unlikely, I mean it's unlikely that those who are addicted to gambling will suddenly tell others about their bad habits if they are not in an urgent situation, I think like that.

Well, we will never know that that will happen in our environment. But for people out there, maybe the environment will not be able to accept someone who gambles frequently, especially since they have read and heard and even watched what the consequences are if someone gambles too often and what impact it has on that person. That is a possible reason gamblers hide their gambling activities from other people because they don't want to get a bad response from other people. And that is normal for him because he can gamble more freely without bad words from the people around him. And as long as he can be responsible for gambling, he will have no problem hiding his gambling activities.

If he is not responsible for his gambling activities, it will only cause problems for them because they could immediately get negative statements from the people around him, especially if he doesn't care about anything and only focuses on his gambling activities. And people who are addicted to gambling will get deeper into gambling without being able to get out of gambling.

Quote from: EarnOnVictor on October 02, 2023, 10:30:47 AM

I don't see it as a shameful act if someone tells another their weakness and seeks help. Unless the gambler sought help from the wrong person, I don't see how this should be difficult, which is a good reason to only keep good people around you. It's heroic to me for anyone to fight their minds and admit their weakness to seek external help. Anyone with the right senses will rather find ways to help such and not mock them. Everyone has their weaknesses, they are only of different measures, and when one determined to change, any good person should be ready to help.

This is why gambler has to get help from the people they can trust, gambling is not entirely a bad thing, it's the going astray part by some people that is bad. This is a psychological matter and a bit of encouragement in fighting it will also go a long way in helping the person.

Not everyone wants to do it. But to tell other people, they have to find the right person to keep their secret well and help them solve their problems. And if the problem is gambling addiction, they must be able to solve it together or ask for help from other people to help solve it. People who are addicted to gambling and want to cure their gambling addiction and ask for help from the people around them must be helped because they already intend to recover from their gambling addiction.

And if there are people who can really help him get out of his gambling addiction, they will have a chance to truly recover from his gambling addiction because he will get the best help from the people around him. But if not, they will return to gambling, which will be difficult to heal because he has failed.