Gambling

Gambling is a very serious problem for our modern society. With the development of scientific and technical progress, we got a lot of advantages and improved our everyday life greatly. Today we have many modern conveniences, which facilitate our household work. Besides, with the appearance of new technologies and innovations, the art of entertainment has become more diverse and sophisticated. Now there are a lot of opportunities to escape from boredom. We may watch TV, listen to the radio, listen to music, etc.

But the technical progress has also its darker side. Together with the new art of entertainment we got fruit machines which are also called one-armed bandits. They are haunting us everywhere. Once you try to play, you are likely to become a fruit machine addict.

At first sight fruit machines look rather harmless and inoffensive. But when come to it and try to play, you may lose your calm forever. The scheme is very simple. When you win a small amount of money, you begin to think that you can win more automatically. Especially when you see somebody winning a great sum of money, you think that you are quite able to repeat this record and get even more. You try again and again. You don't follow how much money you have at your disposal. When you lose all your money, you borrow them from your friend and don't think about consequences. You forget that you will inevitably have to return them back. You become increasingly optimistic about your chance to win. Gradually your addiction becomes stronger and you can't get rid of it without outside assistance.

This scenario is known to many people of the world. They have gone through this terrible experience and sometimes can't understand how it could happen. This problem is burning for almost all categories of people. Children, grown-ups grandmothers and grandfathers can become gamblers. No matter how much money you have, how old you are and what your social status is. This addiction resembles a strong virus, which infects more and more people all over the world.

It is impossible to get rid of this habit completely, just as it is impossible to fully get rid of alcohol addiction. These habits can haunt a person forever till the end of his/her days. We can only minimize the addiction, but it doesn't mean that you will stop playing and will never return to this harmful habit again.

Gambling is usually treated by the combination of psychological methods and using medicines. As for medicines they are the same as for curing neuroses and depression. The only difference is that they are prescribed in lower doses. A gambler should always be under the careful supervision of a psychologist and be observed regularly.