Gamblers
I was given the assignment to write a research paper on a social group. I choose gamblers. I had to analyze this group of people and give common characteristics, define and describe their personality, mainly, why they do what they do? Gamblers share many of the same characteristics such as their social class, their age, and what drives them. However, gamblers behavior is a result from social, psychological and biological concepts that define them and socially classify them as “gamblers”
For starters, their social class and their age are very similar. However, they all have the share the same goal- to win. I personally consider gamblers to be of the lower class. Funny when you think about it, feeding money countlessly into a machine …show more content…
When I thought of the word “gambling” I considered it to be someone who has a serious problem spending money. In fact it really has nothing to do with the money, it why they do it, how it makes them feel while they are doing it .When you step into a game room the atmosphere is surreal and filled with stagnant smoke. The games just sit and get lost in their own thoughts it is almost like they are in a trance. They puff on their cigarettes, push the button and wait for the win. While many of these people are married and have children at home and they spend countless hours hoping from one game room to the next putting themselves further in debt. Then at the end of the day they are broke and angry at themselves but yet do it again the next …show more content…
Although I just recently developed this addiction I know that I have a deeper rooted problem than just “spending money”. For starters, I do not gamble for the win, I gamble for the escape. I feel that my current relationship is the core of my unhappiness. I am alone and empty. I take the term stay at home mom to its full context. Therefore, when I walk into a game room I am surrounded with familiar faces. Faces of people I once surrounded myself with but let go of so I could build my family. Perhaps I gamble for the sense of belonging or freedom. Yes, I have lied about gambling or how much I have spent but I honestly do not feel I have a problem. Which are the classic words of an addict. Since it has not intervened with my bill paying, or dinner for my children or putting gas in my car I think there is nothing wrong with it However, I have spent my last 5 dollars gambling in hopes to make a few extra dollars only to gamble more. The issue I now suffer is not how much money I have spent but asking myself what is my underlying issue as to why I gamble. Whether its 5 or 500 dollars a day, gambling is a psychological disorder that will not go away on its own, the addictions motivation is destruction, even then does it not
I was given the assignment to write a research paper on a social group. I choose gamblers. I had to analyze this group of people and give common characteristics, define and describe their personality, mainly, why they do what they do? Gamblers share many of the same characteristics such as their social class, their age, and what drives them. However, gamblers behavior is a result from social, psychological and biological concepts that define them and socially classify them as “gamblers”
For starters, their social class and their age are very similar. However, they all have the share the same goal- to win. I personally consider gamblers to be of the lower class. Funny when you think about it, feeding money countlessly into a machine …show more content…
When I thought of the word “gambling” I considered it to be someone who has a serious problem spending money. In fact it really has nothing to do with the money, it why they do it, how it makes them feel while they are doing it .When you step into a game room the atmosphere is surreal and filled with stagnant smoke. The games just sit and get lost in their own thoughts it is almost like they are in a trance. They puff on their cigarettes, push the button and wait for the win. While many of these people are married and have children at home and they spend countless hours hoping from one game room to the next putting themselves further in debt. Then at the end of the day they are broke and angry at themselves but yet do it again the next …show more content…
Although I just recently developed this addiction I know that I have a deeper rooted problem than just “spending money”. For starters, I do not gamble for the win, I gamble for the escape. I feel that my current relationship is the core of my unhappiness. I am alone and empty. I take the term stay at home mom to its full context. Therefore, when I walk into a game room I am surrounded with familiar faces. Faces of people I once surrounded myself with but let go of so I could build my family. Perhaps I gamble for the sense of belonging or freedom. Yes, I have lied about gambling or how much I have spent but I honestly do not feel I have a problem. Which are the classic words of an addict. Since it has not intervened with my bill paying, or dinner for my children or putting gas in my car I think there is nothing wrong with it However, I have spent my last 5 dollars gambling in hopes to make a few extra dollars only to gamble more. The issue I now suffer is not how much money I have spent but asking myself what is my underlying issue as to why I gamble. Whether its 5 or 500 dollars a day, gambling is a psychological disorder that will not go away on its own, the addictions motivation is destruction, even then does it not