How a tattoo can help with gambling addiction
From the material, you will learn the story of a real person, whom the tattoo drawing helped in the fight against gambling addiction..
How a tattoo can help with gambling addiction – information and photo examples
How a tattoo can help gambling addiction – the facts
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Naturally, if you are incredible – “fabulous lucky”, you really manage to beat a casino or a slot machine hall, you really hit jackpots and bring money home, then in a tattoo on a gaming theme, you can celebrate your successes.
In addition, tattoos on the theme of gambling are quite interesting, noticeable, throws – playing cards, dice, roulette, all this looks on the body, it is actually interesting.
But, unfortunately, not always, or rather almost always, gambling carries darker emotions and situations, and we will talk about such a story below..
A tattoo on the theme of gambling that reminds a person of “the very bottom”
People love miniature tattoos, they are well suited for the first tattoo, when the fear and dread of injecting paint under the skin is still great. A huge part of such tattoos are tattoos with inscriptions or dates..
In fact, the idea is cool, to capture an important event in a tattoo with numbers, to make of this a reminder of a pleasant moment or period in life, for example, to mark the date of birth of a child or a wedding with a loved one..
But we will not talk about happy ends and love stories in this material, we will talk about a tattoo on a man’s hand with a date from September 2012, in which no one around him sees anything special, but for him this day became a real “fall” , and the tattoo is a reminder of what happens to a gambler (gambling addict) when he sinks to the “very bottom”.
Below we will talk about Alex, who lives in Stockport and by the age of 33, has a serious gambling addiction, which led him to significant financial problems, and the fatal loss of 700 pounds a day – in just a couple of minutes, marked the beginning of the story of the tattoo, which helped to overcome gambling addiction.
The UK has the same problems with slot machines as we have in our country
In the UK, there is a huge problem with slot machines that cause addiction more than others, they are called FOBT, in our country, as in all countries of the former USSR, they generally play anything and anywhere, and the problem with addicts despite the ban on gambling games is not controlled by the state in any way, unfortunately.
According to government figures, there are over 600,000 people in the UK who are recognized and registered as problem gamblers. Given the fact that in Russia and Ukraine, the population is no less, and the problem is controlled by the state is worse, it is simply scary to imagine how many people have problems with gambling..
Alex’s story is not typical, he managed to stop on his own, pay attention to the root of the problems and admit their existence – independently seek help and go to meetings of anonymous gamers.
Is there where to go for people who live with us, and not in the UK?!
Why slot machines are so addicting?
Slot machines simulate the game on anything: roulette, poker, cards, one-armed bandit. It is not difficult to find slot machines, they are located in any area, any city, using loopholes in the current legislation – they disguise themselves as Internet cafes or not prohibited lotteries, in some situations they openly conduct their activities – they are protected by unscrupulous law enforcement agencies.
Despite its availability, the slot machine does not have restrictions on the size of the bet, often on the contrary, it can limit the player to a minimum level, which allows him to lose impressive amounts in a matter of minutes, which are often comparable to the average monthly earnings. And about the fact that it is impossible to win at the machine, tk. it is configured and programmed to “take money” from the player – it’s not worth talking at all. We, in general, do not understand how, being in a sober mind and sound memory, one can expect to win over a slot machine.
Why Alex thinks tattooing can really help fight gambling addiction?
Dependent people, it doesn’t matter – gambling addict, drug addict, alcoholic, smoker, as a rule, are extremely impulsive people, especially during the period of weaning from a bad habit. Many of those who “gave up” and faced a relapse noted that a return to a bad habit (breakdown) occurred immediately and imperceptibly, that a person again began to do what he deliberately refused, he understood only after how already did it.
In such a case, a reminder of the firmness of the decision made, of its importance is a moment that can hardly be overestimated..
Finding an overseer with a stick is almost unrealistic, but making yourself a reminder in the form of a tattoo, which may not reveal your problems to others, but the meaning embedded in the drawing will remind you of the importance of giving up a bad habit, it is quite realistic and even advisable, and according to Alex – really effective and has repeatedly stopped him from sitting down at the slot machine again and losing another portion of money.
An important point in a tattoo, which will act as a reminder of the “dark past and bad habits”, will be the place of its placement. According to Alex, the place on the hand is very good in his case, because when he reaches out to poke the slot button – he always pays attention to the tattoo and this stopped him more than once.
And the most important thing is a tattoo, just a small way to help yourself, it is not able to relieve you of addiction, only you can cope with this on your own. And you should definitely seek the help of specialists – doctors, counseling centers, public organizations that provide qualified assistance to people with addictions..
Photo examples of tattoos with a date on the arm from 03/07/2020 (250 photos)
