Aired (November 26, 2024): Si Ray, 48-anyos, ay pursigidong makabangon mula sa kanyang pagkakalulong sa pagsusugal. Nagsimula ang kanyang desisyon na magbago matapos niyang magamit sa isang Bingo game ang perang nakalaan sana sa pagpapagamot ng anak niyang may appendicitis. Panoorin ang video.
Hosted by veteran and premier documentarist Kara David, ‘Kara Docs’ gives faces to significant statistics on social issues. It amplifies the subjects’ voices as Kara David immerses herself in their lives.
Watch 'Kara Docs' every Monday, 5:00PM on GMA Public Affairs YouTube Channel. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KaraDocs
Hosted by veteran and premier documentarist Kara David, ‘Kara Docs’ gives faces to significant statistics on social issues. It amplifies the subjects’ voices as Kara David immerses herself in their lives.
Watch 'Kara Docs' every Monday, 5:00PM on GMA Public Affairs YouTube Channel. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KaraDocs
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00The taxi driver was surprised.
00:03You know what?
00:04He said,
00:06Do you want to go for coffee, sir?
00:08He said,
00:09Okay, sir.
00:10We went to Cubaue.
00:14We went for coffee.
00:16He said,
00:17Sir, whatever you're going through,
00:19you can do it.
00:20I said,
00:21I'll just go home.
00:24This is where he decided to voluntarily
00:27enter a rehabilitation center.
00:30That's the way of God
00:33to give me back my humanity.
00:37I need to be humble again.
00:40I need to break my old knowledge
00:43that I thought I could do everything.
00:44No, I can't do anything.
00:46That's why I'm in recovery right now.
00:49Because I can't take my addiction.
00:52So I'm more...
00:56Attitude of gratitude.
00:58Gratitude.
00:59I'm always grateful.
01:01Ray also knows the right discipline
01:03every day
01:04so he won't go back to his addiction.
01:06Support groups.
01:08I need to attend meetings every day.
01:11We have online or face-to-face meetings.
01:14It's important.
01:15I need it every day
01:17just to remind myself,
01:18Hey, Ray, you're addicted.
01:20You can't...
01:22You have a lot of things you can't do.
01:25Even now.
01:27And even though Ray finished his program
01:29in the rehabilitation center,
01:31he still visits
01:33his so-called second home.
01:37I need to teach myself again
01:38so I can get to know myself better
01:39and I can go back
01:40or create a new me.
01:45According to PagCorn,
01:46they have a record of 4.8 billion pesos
01:48in gross gaming revenues
01:50or GGR
01:51from online gaming sites in 2022
01:54while the total earnings of the government
01:58from online gaming operators in 2023
02:00reached 32.78 billion pesos.
02:04This proves that
02:06the local gaming landscape in the Philippines
02:08has a great potential
02:10and can also help
02:12the beneficiaries of PagCorn.
02:15But according to the anthropologist
02:17Professor Nestor Castro,
02:19along with the rise of the government's earnings,
02:22it is the continuous involvement
02:24of many Filipinos here.
02:27The so-called positive side of the government
02:31is that the government also earns money.
02:35And if we can't close it,
02:39we might as well regulate it.
02:41That's the government's view.
02:43But the question is,
02:45why can't we close it?
02:47Why can't we regulate it?
02:49For people,
02:51there are a lot of gamblers.
02:55He also added that
02:56in the past,
02:57gamblers were only allowed to gamble at the right age
03:00because parents did not allow
03:02their children to gamble freely.
03:04It is now easier
03:06to access gambling
03:08even for minors
03:10because it is now online.
03:12Actually, that is the problem
03:14with online gambling
03:16because you can no longer regulate
03:18who is gambling.
03:20There is no such regulation.
03:22Even if there is,
03:24it cannot be checked if it is true
03:26because online,
03:28on the internet,
03:29you can create fake accounts.
03:31Online gambling is very accessible
03:33even for minors,
03:35for children.
03:37They can use their father's name
03:40but the child is the one who is gambling.
03:43Pagkor's brother is the one
03:45who is addicted to online gambling.
03:47That is why they see a solution
03:49in their programs
03:51in their rehabilitation centers
03:53in the country.
03:55Here, they help some clients
03:57who need professional help
03:59such as life coaching,
04:01counseling,
04:02and other welfare services
04:04for affected individuals
04:06and families.
04:08So, what is the solution
04:10to stop gambling?
04:12Ma'am,
04:14make yourself busy.
04:16Do things that are far from gambling.
04:18For example,
04:20think of a new business.
04:22Or if it is your partner,
04:24do bonding.
04:26Do bonding,
04:28do martial arts.
04:30What you will use in gambling,
04:32use it for eating out,
04:34for quality time.
04:36Don't use any products
04:38because you will be busy.
04:40You won't have time here.
04:42Recovery is also a lifestyle.
04:44That's how I am now.
04:46I have something to hold on to.
04:48If I can have a lifestyle
04:50of how I work
04:52my addiction,
04:54I should also work
04:56in my recovery.
04:58No matter how crazy I am,
05:00in my recovery,
05:02my mindset should be the same.
05:04That's also my mindset.
05:06But, it doesn't stop there.
05:08It doesn't end with my addiction.
05:10There is recovery,
05:12there is hope.
05:14There is, but it's hard.
05:16But I need to work.
05:18Ray is still
05:20in his recovery
05:22while taking his time
05:24designing inspirational shirts
05:26and painting.
05:30Part of what he earns
05:32he gives to the people
05:34in the Rehabilitation Center.
05:36While Justin,
05:38we brought him to a psychologist
05:40to help him
05:42with his addiction.
05:44No one wins
05:46in gambling.
05:48If you or your loved ones
05:50are in this condition,
05:52don't hesitate to ask
05:54for help.
06:02For more information,
06:04visit www.rehabilitationcenter.org