Being an addict myself, I can explain why it’s a problem.
During a period, I cannot think of anything except gambling. It
comes to a point it almost ruin my life. I can’t focus on work, I
make excuses to skip meetings and go home to gamble online. I went
MBS and Sentosa a few times until I lost alot and then
I went for self exclusion.
But the emotional highs of gambling is like taking drugs. I took
drugs before so I also know how taking drugs feel like. It makes
you very happy during the period, but once you lost all the money,
then the sunken feeling sinks in. During the period itself, you
won’t feel sad or anything, you feel energized and hyper, very
happy moment.
When you are bored, then there can never be anything like such
moments to perk you up.
The problem comes in when you don’t have any discipline. And
that’s my problem. I make $100, I will gamble $50 for example. The
loss I made can buy another house already but it’s lost away.
And addicted gamblers cant think properly… only after they lost
everything, and borrow and go into debts, then the full weight of
the problem hits them. They feel they are loseless and no way out.
(but if they win then they feel super obviously)... when they lose
everything in a moment when it took so long to save all those
money, then they feel they let everyone down and therefore ending
their lives some of them.
Agree. Being indulged in gambling, the person will also put the
games at 1st priority. Not only career suffers, family is also
neglected. I remembered my parents just wanna have a converstation
with me, but I was in the middle of a poker online tournament, so
cannot stop. So I always give a yes no answer and glued my eyes on
the screen, or give impatient replies to show hat I am busy!
Looking back, they must be hurt by my unwillingness to commute. By
the way, I feel my parents are the best in the world. I will
definitely be filial to them and take good care of them now that
they are old. :)