Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?
It is as simple as saying those that financially dependent on the gambler. The only people that may not depend on the addicted gambler but not happy about their son or daughter addiction are parents.
I prefer ways to avoid the addiction than those that are indirectly affected.
Not only those whoch are dependent 'coz even the simplst people around a gambling addict would be affected; no man is an island. Perhaps his friends, they would be for sure asked for money to be borrowed by him. Now, indeed we may refuse to do so but not all people could resist someone especially if he's special to his friends; the guilt of not lending him the money and the idea that they are supporting the addiction if ever they would be allowing the assumed request, could be stressful. It could also be normal people who he interact with, if he's in huge loss then there's a high tendency for him to be grumpy and could be affecting other people he will come across with.
Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?
What suffers the most loss here is the gambler himself, as a result of failing to control his emotions to gamble responsibly. Of course, all the people closest to you for the first time will be willing to provide financial assistance, motivation and support to stop. But if you fail to maintain the trust of those closest to you, they will no longer care, and will of course keep their distance so as not to be affected by the gambler's careless actions. If you lose the attention of the people closest to you, a gambler will easily get depressed. In fact, there are many impacts that can arise from gambling, but if you can manage your gambling activities well then everything will be fine, this means you need to set limits when you want to gamble.
Absolutely, the gambler will take most of the 'damage' from addiction. Addiction simply affect one's functioning especially daily routines. If he has work then that would be the first where it would be evident; poor work performance and employee relation. Not to mention that salary won't be used wisely due to the urge of gambling continuously. Just like with other addictions, it will have the same symptoms however in gambling, it is more devastating to one's life simply because of the core involvement of money, not to compare but just stating facts.