I believe that you should not lend money to people who are addicted to gambling and alcohol, as you are not helping them, but supporting their addiction. In my opinion, it is much more productive to educate them about the harm of their addictions. Addiction is a kind of disease that can be very difficult to cope with, especially for people who have a psychological predisposition to it. If we help such people, we should only help them with full confidence that the money will not be used to support their addiction.
Does anyone ask what they borrow money for? No one asked me about this. Only later did it turn out that I spent it in a casino. After that, no one lent me money. Yes, you are right. You should not indulge people and support their addiction, but at first it is difficult to find out the details. People trusted me and I let them down when I did not return the money on time. After all this, people did not even communicate with me, and some of them crossed me out of their lives. This is how to be addicted to gambling.
Gambling is not the only thing that makes people addicted, those people who crossed you may also one day become addicted to alcohol and drugs and ask you for help. In a world like the current one we cannot afford to fight with other people and distance ourselves from them because one day we may need help too.
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