I had this conversation with a stranger today, he had to tell me a few things he's struggling with with his gambling habit and how he had tried to put an end to it but finds himself going back to same habits thereafter. And he felt that talking to somebody about it will help his state but instead the person he felt comfortable talking to about was so judgemental towards him which had made him resort to self-help but nothing has really changed.
How come he becomes easily comfortable to open on a person that is judgmental. He should easily notice that since gambling addict don’t spout their story easily unless they are already comfortable with the other person through a series of sharing without any judgmental result.
Has anyone gambling addict shared his situation with you and how did you handled it? please come clean about it let's learn from each other.
Yes, I remember my company driver share me his gambling addiction story. He was a rich kid before but he wasted all his parents money even pawn their vehicle just to fuel his addiction. He told me that he is already living on a casino back then because he is so addicted.
I’m just being cool to hear that and laugh at him to lighten the mood. At the end he manage to share me his story without being bitter about it since I’m just hearing him out and casually joking because I knew the feeling of losing big time in gambling.