Quote from: South Park on November 12, 2024, 07:02:58 PM

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Quote from: peter0425 on November 07, 2024, 02:18:58 PM

I am sharing this to raise awareness so more people are aware whether they fall under these categories I mentioned and may have high chances of becoming a gambling addict. Let’s keep ourselves informed and in check. Not only ourselves but our loved ones as well.

Thanks for these statistics, I didn't know that people who had any addictions before were so strongly committed to becoming potentially problematic gamblers. Apparently, those experts who claim that all addictions have one basis are right - to escape from reality and not to deal with responsibilities, to wait out the pain of losses or big failures. Nevertheless, I think that with infrequent sessions, gambling is even useful, because it is an excellent stress reliever. And I know many gamblers and betting enthusiasts on our forum who are very good at keeping themselves in hand.

This is one of those facts that may not be known by the general public, but they are known by the professionals that have to treat those people, as in their desire to leave their addiction behind, they begin to engage in other behaviors that are just as bad, so as time goes by those people begin to accumulate more and more addictions, to the point they cannot function anymore like a regular person and they may find impossible to go back to their previous lives.

Due to the biased attitude of the general public, many gamblers and betting enthusiasts are subject to attacks and slander. Society simply loves to simplify everything: "A gambler means definitely an addict." But this is not true. Even managers on our forum often brag about their victories in gambling and betting. And at the same time, they are all respected people who perform a huge number of duties.
I think that this whole phenomenon works in the same way as the misconception that "planes are constantly falling."