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The Idea of Gambling Addiction

Hope, Self-Care, Help Each Other

By Arda AzharPublished about a year ago 3 min read
The Idea of Gambling Addiction
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"99% gambler quit before they hit big" that's what the qoute joke that we tell each other at the internet but if you want to think at the bigger picture didn't the whole world itself is one giant big casino ?

We gamble all the time, we gamble about a partner we love doesn't know if they will be leaving or stayed with us until the end, we gamble about a job and we give our best card at the interview. For the universal picture, we gamble if there's someone out there up in the sky and star who will grant us eternal bless.

Take the definition of gambling, gambling is an action that involve risk in the hope of gaining something with the pay of losing something (usually involving money or anything values). Now, with that in mind let me talk to you about something but now lets only talk with the smaller picture. Let's talk about hope.

The idea of gambling addiction, what a beautiful thing to have so much hope. After all that's the circle of all of this, is hope. People usually fond of this word because is such a positive word by definition and by saying it, no matter how you say it in the normal tone, the angry tone or even the villainous tone. People always have such kindness when talk about hope.

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I want to talk about this because i want to give enlightenment to reader, that hope is sometimes fail. No matter how much people say it, how fond it is, how encouraging it is, sometimes hope is not enough. When people are suffering so much, wherever is from bad addiction, from depression or from loneliness, saying hope or hoping for their well being is not enough. Instead of saying " I hope you get better" or " I hope something good will happen soon", it is better and more giving someone a fight spirit is "I will HELP you get better" or " I will help you to make sure something good happen".

Help is much more hoping that hope. Help is an action you do, to do good to the people who are unfortunate or want to do great or achieve something in their life. Now, why i am talking this but the title is literally about gambling addiction? About people losing everything because of money ?, Money. Everything is because of money.

People want money because its the ultimate meaning to happiness, money will buy you everything even happiness that if you think it deep enough especially in this modern age. Money is the mean to posses everything but people want it the easy way, well guess what ? You can, with only 1% chance to have everything and 99% to lose everything that is.

Doesn't mean you need to lose all hope, the word of hope and getting something out of it, that's something you need to lose. In this world of fast pace, hope its the only thing slowing you down, it make you take a break and take it easy for a while. What i call in this "Gambling Addiction" is not just about gamble on money, its hope addiction, hope that make you feel you have lose something, hope is a drug you need to balance.

With this reading, i want people to realize more that everything even money have the easy way, not with you going on a casino or online slot machine and losing everything but with you getting help. That's if you talking on a small level, like money, but this writing is not only about money. Help need to be the word you use more than hope. Help is the mean to do action for each other even getting richer.

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Arda Azhar

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My story or at least what i tell people have never been heard of..

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