Hi everyone!
I started gambling about 13 years ago because a “friend” dragged me into it. At first, it was small bets for fun, but it became a daily habit. A few years ago, after losing a huge amount in one night, I finally quit — and I haven’t gambled since.
That friend, however, is still deep in debt and chaos. He owes me about 200,000 rubles, but I’ve mentally written it off. Lately, he won’t leave me alone: nonstop calls and texts, threats, manipulation, and sometimes even showing up drunk at my place.
I’m planning to sell my apartment and change my number, but that won’t happen immediately.
For those who know gambling addicts — is it normal for them to become this uncontrollable and shameless? Seeing someone lose all sense of conscience and humanity is just shocking.
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Your acquaintance is on withdrawal from dopamine, and he’s acting outside of his best interests. I’m not sure how much 200k rubles is in American currency, but I would just eat the loss and dissassociate with this person. He sounds desperate.
There was a period where i was like that. I’m not like that anymore, but it did happen.
He’s desperate and trying to do anything other than confront his problem. Cut him off and move on. It takes a tremendous amount of patience and pressure to help someone like that. Let them hit bottom, and they may come out a better person later. They aren’t right now.