Addicted To Gambling
There is this young guy I met when I entered the university newly, he was in his final year, and he was the one who assisted me in looking for a house to rent. I entered his room once and saw about two to three awards of honor from different organizations, also saw that he was the president of his department’s association. I was thrilled by this kind of achievement by such a young guy, he must have been in his early 20s by then. He appeared to be very brilliant, I gave him a good rating.
His house was opposite my house, so I see him frequently. He came to me to borrow him some money, just one week after we met and according to him, he said he wants to apply for a job online and needs fund to process his CV and other requirements, he said the job was very important to him and that day was the deadline. The money I had was for my school clearance, I told him that and he promised to pay back in two days, so I borrowed him the money.
Two days passed and he didn’t contact me to pay my money, I contacted him on the third day and he gave excuses, I got money somewhere else and did the clearance. Days turned to weeks, and weeks to months, the guy started avoiding me and I rarely see him, he will even pretend not to see me at times and I just gave up on the money. I wondered why a guy like him will turn out to behave like that, after a gave him a good rating, and with the kind of awards that hung on his wall.
There came a time that the region I lived in had some problems in the electricity for months, so there was no power supply through out that period. I used to charge my phone at a betting shop that is not too far from my house, every day when I return from school. It will shock you to know, the same way it shocked me to know that the guy that was owing me was an addicted gambler. He was always there at the betting shop every time I go there to charge, gambling with all the funds he has, I heard people say that the guy would have been very rich because of his position in his department as the president, if not for his addicted gambling. Now it became clear to me why he hasn’t paid me back.
Some months later, I heard that the guy had committed suicide, he used the department’s funds to gamble and he lost the bet, rumors has it that it was millions of naira. No way he could have paid back such amount and resorted to ending his life. Gambling leads to depression, frustration and more miseries, and that is how we lost him.
His house was opposite my house, so I see him frequently. He came to me to borrow him some money, just one week after we met and according to him, he said he wants to apply for a job online and needs fund to process his CV and other requirements, he said the job was very important to him and that day was the deadline. The money I had was for my school clearance, I told him that and he promised to pay back in two days, so I borrowed him the money.
Two days passed and he didn’t contact me to pay my money, I contacted him on the third day and he gave excuses, I got money somewhere else and did the clearance. Days turned to weeks, and weeks to months, the guy started avoiding me and I rarely see him, he will even pretend not to see me at times and I just gave up on the money. I wondered why a guy like him will turn out to behave like that, after a gave him a good rating, and with the kind of awards that hung on his wall.
There came a time that the region I lived in had some problems in the electricity for months, so there was no power supply through out that period. I used to charge my phone at a betting shop that is not too far from my house, every day when I return from school. It will shock you to know, the same way it shocked me to know that the guy that was owing me was an addicted gambler. He was always there at the betting shop every time I go there to charge, gambling with all the funds he has, I heard people say that the guy would have been very rich because of his position in his department as the president, if not for his addicted gambling. Now it became clear to me why he hasn’t paid me back.
Some months later, I heard that the guy had committed suicide, he used the department’s funds to gamble and he lost the bet, rumors has it that it was millions of naira. No way he could have paid back such amount and resorted to ending his life. Gambling leads to depression, frustration and more miseries, and that is how we lost him.
