Quote from: Amphenomenon on March 09, 2024, 10:24:43 PM

Quote from: Dewi Aries on March 09, 2024, 09:01:54 PM

True, it is a fact that not having a budget is not a big problem if someone has entered the addiction phase, because they have thousands of ways to get money to be able to finance their gambling activities, I see most of those who are already addicted to making "loans" as an alternative to financing their gambling activities when they don't have money, such as borrowing from friends, relatives or maybe some loan services, usually they make the decision to borrow it without being based on any consideration, or simply they borrow but don't think about how to repay it, and even worse is when they go to legalize it, They usually make the decision to borrow it without any consideration, or simply they borrow but don't think about how to repay it, and even worse is when they resort to all means to get money such as stealing, robbing or cheating others, all of which they do in order to be able to gamble.

In the end, such actions will only lead to many new problems such as getting into debt or having problems with friends or relatives who lend money because they have difficulty paying their debts. This is one of the bad effects when you have entered the addiction phase.

Literally while most in the end will up selling their properties or even their families properties and lost friends and families before they realise they are going the wrong way in gambling.

Yes for the initial stage it may be as you said that their first decision is to sell something or something valuable that they have, whatever it is, it can be property, vehicles or even mortgaging their own residence and when they have run out of all the valuable things they have to sell then it is clear as I said above that most likely the decision that is in mind at that time is "borrowing" by saying various things that they think can make other people believe so that they can get the loan.

However this is their stage or journey to enter the destruction of life in various aspects, financial problems are already a certain thing they experience and not only that, the destruction of family relationships such as divorce and also have problems with some friends as a result of borrowed money that is not paid back, all of these are possible impacts that they will experience which ultimately leads to a significant situation of regret, regret will always be there but they are too late and there is no other way but to accept the facts of the situation due to treating gambling in the wrong way.

Quote from: Amphenomenon on March 09, 2024, 10:24:43 PM

Quote from: Dewi Aries on March 09, 2024, 09:01:54 PM

On the other hand, in my opinion, violence will not have much effect on curing an addicted gambler, we must understand that gambling addiction lies in the human brain and mind where they like this activity based on strange beliefs such as always expecting victory to change their lives, which means that the solution that is quite effective in my opinion is to embrace them slowly along with always giving them the right advice and understanding of what gambling really is, and I believe this way they will be able to change slowly, and also in my opinion this way can slowly eliminate their interest in gambling.

Yes if only they can see gambling does not depend solely on Luck or thinking of getting back what they lost instead just do it for fun and try to depend on your own analysis on every prediction rather than others prediction in order to grow and become a better decision maker and gambler

While it is a fact that gambling is an activity for entertainment or fun when you have some boring free time, this activity should not be taken seriously and also you should be able to raise and maintain your consciousness when you are running a session, not least because gambling is an activity that can stimulate the nerves in the brain because there are so many things that look tempting which usually in some cases make gamblers lose consciousness and go down the wrong path. One of the reasons why gambling is more recommended for entertainment and should not be taken seriously is for the simple reason that you will never know about the outcome at the end of the session, everything is always about "probability" meaning you might win or lose, so putting your hopes on winning is foolish, because it will only make you end up with a lot of regrets.

On the other hand gambling is not an activity that can be learned, so in my opinion even if you improve your analysis and skills it can never guarantee you to always win at the end of the session but maybe it can slightly increase the chances, so doing and improving something to "improve" in the hope of getting more wins will not fully affect, but in the end gambling is a secretive activity and cannot be predicted 100% accurately.