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I recently heard a story about Gambling addicts from a worker who works as a manager on the floor. They are the ones who check and manages tables, and they are the one to approve different kinds of transactions there.

Anyways, it's about a person who is an addict who isn't going anywhere. He said that in his shift, let's say it's the morning shift, he saw the person there, playing. Nothing out of the ordinary, but when my friend says he is going out of his shift, he is still there, the player, so, at that time, it's quite okay because it's just almost 8 hours. When he came back the next day, that same guy with the same clothes is still there.

Just a reminder that there are people who really need help, but not interested in helping themselves.

A lots of people get addicted to it because of their personal situation and their life it will leads to they want some treatment for that but gambling edition will not be get out for long period of time while you are losting money so we cannot do anything against it most of the people will definitely be include a solution for this.

That is true. Gambling addiction cannot be fought alone. The only true way is to talk about it to friends and family and ask professional help. The casino will not care, it just wants your money. The addicted person also should be aware that he is addicted and should also desire and want to get helped from professionals.

Even in real life, I have witnessed how gambling addicts treat themselves. To just change clothes, bathe, work and even to eat, they can ignore it. For them, it seems, they whole life is only dedicated to gambling and don't care about other things. Yes, these people need help, especially from close relatives by limiting the addict's movement. Every act of the addicts must always be monitored and if they are going to touch again with gambling, then their relative must immediately forbid it. It may need time, but it may work eventually.

Every problem there's have an solution, gambling  addicting is the same situation from the drug addiction and alcohol addicting, aside for the rehabilitation  family caring is the best solution i can see to get out addiction.

Due to some addiction, they sometimes commit any illegal activities in order to have money and that's really happen.
Nobody can cure his addiction but only himself. Rehabilitation is a way to separate them from being duly indulge into gambling but totally is for them to move on and accept into new life away from gambling. Addiction won't be a problem if you know how to control your self and even commiting illegal actions towards others.

I mean it's almost the same as drugs, its all about your health but when it comes to gambling, not only your health is in grave but also your money and social life, being addicted can lead you to being alone, and if you are lucky enough you'll find yourself some friends who are addicted to gambling as well which is wrong, And it can't be resisted and stopped all by yourself, you'll really need some company in overcoming that addiction, it's hard but you can get through it, it's hard but it's worth.

Maybe two reason for this to be happening,one is that the person may lost huge amount of money in gambling now trying to recover the losses by playing more bets the other reason is that user won huge money still trying to more money because of greed.

Once you got into that shit you will definitely be going to lose a lot of people that cared you the most. You can always ask some help to someone but you should be willing to accept to change because after all, you're still the one who can decide what you will be going to do with your life. People are just there just to guide you of which path you should choose, either way, it's just a test for you to learn.

I know a lot of people have tried using their problems as an excuse to gamble. It’s just like any other addiction that you encounter. Finding different solutions to gamble. And the reasons for it not so good. They are just making it worse.

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It is definitely not going to work if you, yourself doesn’t want to. I think everyone can agree on this. I think it’s too much if you seek directly with professional help. I think friends and family would be enough except if the person is really in too deep.

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Definitely the first reason that you have. No one should be too greedy or they’ll end up regretting what they have done.

Only them can help themselves. People that surrounds them are willing to help but if they don't give space for these advices to go through they'll suffer. Cheering them up will help but it's best for them to go seek a specialist.

I feel sorry for the people/family who are depending to that guy. They may not know what he's been doing and what he's going through. For every problem there's a solution and it may not be instant but at least there is.

I’ve heard many stories like this who keeps on gambling until one day they realized that their are already broke. Its hard to help those people who gave up already and those who still want to play despite of being broke. We should control ourself if we don’t want to be broke, know that gambling is too good on making you addict, keep everything in your control and not the casinos who controls you.

Your story is a little confusing but as per my understanding, the guy gamble for almost 24hrs non stop. Almost all of addict does this kind of behavior and is almost impossible to stop.

If you really want to quit, help yourself and do the following steps. Read my topic if you have time. Here's the link.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5094111.0

I dont know whats this topic is all about,is this a story telling?or wanted to hear some other opinion?sorry for being sarcastic but i see nothing special in the thread,gambling addict can stand for even a week until they have a capital to bet,and besides this kind of story and even a normal gambler(not that addict)can play for atleast 3 days if thy are still winning

Fact! These are common behaviors of gambling addicts which they dont really care at all on how many hours they are already on their place.As long he do have the money to play on then
it doesnt matter.If you are a worker then you cant do anything but you can eventually observed but since its his money then you dont have the right.If you approach him to give him an advise
then you might either being scolded inspite on being complimented.

Probably, even me wouldn't be hooked in a game up to extent that I already forgot to take a bath knowing the fact that I'm winning. Hmm I just wonder how much money he already lost and how much money he still had, I have a gut feel that he already spent millions of pesos all night. I feel sad for him because it seems that he's now hopeless.

It’s going to be hard for the family especially if he is only the one providing for them, but we will never know that unless you know him. I do feel sory about what he is encountering.

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Having those mindset could definitely destroy you and eventually kill you (if you really didn’t learn your lesson about this things) you’ll have no money to provide for the person needs.

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It depends on the person on how they will react and what their interests are, it’s just that they would put gambling over anything else. Don’t think anyone is hopeless, they just need to realize that they need help and start doing it for themselves.

Yes, stories on gambling addiction and gambling problems are keep on repeating here but we are not finding any improvement among gambler's behaviors on avoiding gambling addictions. People are discussing the dangers of gambling addiction seriously but it seems they are not following them in their real gambling life. It may be due to the reason of they are taking these discussions lightly and having more confident on themselves from not getting addicted but they are experiencing complete different things.

Due to the excitement that we are experiencing from gambling, we are unconsciously switching over the control into gambling houses and then easily getting addicted. Emotion failures are another big reason why gamblers are getting addicted. We should be within our control all the time so that we can avoid these problems.

Lol we don’t know what region this story came from so losing a million is not considered,if hes from asian maybe he can make that million overnight but if were talking euro or dollars then this is a different thing(though i am not sure if how galant he was for betting)

I use to gamble day long but for a wake of people i love,and only betting smaller amount and not having that million budget

I also here lots of people get addicted to gambling but what is my talk about this topic was don't get addicted to anything while it was money or gold or anything that you have wanted much more in your life if you wish more than you made then it will be get addicted to you that's why I am saying this.

In life anything you do more can lead to harmful effects and when their is a money involvement it is more dangerous as one can become very greedy and can lead to the losing of money very easily. Always have a cap if involved in gambling which will safeguard you.

To Me gambling is not bad but addicted to it is very bad as I will not want anything to control me.  I think we should see gambling as bad thing if we are addicted to it.  But gambling is not bad and if we can reduce our risk and do make little investments that we can afford to lose.

aside from addiction , gambling do also gain a bad reputation from the public because they think gambling can only lead to loosing which is a bit fact but if you can control yourself then theres no problem with it   . possible solutions with it is minimize the time of playing and make yourself busy on some other chores .  but for me i think gambling cant get me addicted because i rarely have a cash to gamble  . most people do also like me  , so how can they say that gambling is addictive where it is expensive  ?

So it depends on the purposes we gamble, as long as we don't use gambling as a source of making money, we are good to continue. Besides that, we need to prevent not to become addicted, and it's our responsibilities in gambling. Many people cannot deny that in the long-term, they become addicting so they will say that gambling is a bad thing that they should stay away. But for the other people who can control themselves, gambling is not a bad thing, and even they can enjoy the game.

The pollution that gambling can bring inside your minds is really uncontrollable, if you are not like that as you said that you don't have that cash to gamble, then feel bless as you don't have to suffer to this problem, what OP's open here is reality, what gambling addicted suffer each day that they've
played to the point that they will sell out everything just to continue gambling and it includes not to eat to use every amount of money to gamble.

I agree, not just in public but also in private facilities like where you work or something. When you are considering the fact that you are getting branded as someone who is addicted, then your reputation will be tainted also. Just like in family relationships, people tend to remember that bad things that people have done instead of ALL the things that was good. It only takes one mistake or a bad habit to be seen as different.

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Maybe that pollution is caused by selfishness and greediness. It’s somehow linked and being able to. Understand that you are going through such things like that could help you in the long run to stop your addiction.

That means, that person is not going anywhere and only playing gambling. But we don't know if that person is addicted or not and perhaps, it's just coincidence because he saw the same person playing the game. And if that person is playing in every day, then maybe he can talk to him and make conversation about who is he, where he comes from and else. I think it's part of his job too, he can pretend to give nice services to his customer, and I think that person will accept that.

I pity for that person, addiction has started to ruin his life, he let that addiction enter into his system and we already know what it will bring.
Gambling is not fun when you are already addicted, it's like a disease that will control your life, it will take much of your time and will take you away from the things that is more important to focus too, like your job or your career, so you will develop as a person.

Gambling has to be part of our entertainment and being desperate in here is like ending your life early, this person badly need a help and hope he will be treated.

That’s also my first thought when I heard it because we shouldn’t be too quick to judge the person. Maybe he. Is just waiting for someone and just enjoys it. But in reality, no person in the right mind would stay there for more than 24 hours and just stay there without taking a bath or something.

P.S. The one I had heard the story keeps on seeing him and said that he is actually addicted to gambling so, that’s it. Confirmed.

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For a person who is addicted with gambling is taking it seriously for sure. If you manage to take the gambling away from him/her, they would easily get angry and not care about anyone. You would know that they need help.

Very sad to see people like the one you are referring to in your example. This guy needs totally help from relatives and friends to get him out of this situation. With instances like this one, I realize the reason why casinos don't have windows all around and they have us playing in the dark. So as to not realize if it is day or night. And it makes sense.

For someone who is not ready to help himself, there is nothing that can be done to help that individual as every efforts would only end up being short-lived and temporary only for him to go back there again. The solution for a start is the identification by the person concerned that there is a problem after which other methods can then be applied depending on the driving force for such people. For some, it could be because they are less busy and have enough time in their hands that was why they engaged in the activities. The solution to them that will work is to give them enough job to take their time or have less time to invest in gambling. To others, it could be grief while to others it could be looking for acceptance.

Exactly, peoples expect help from others but really they are not helping themselves. Addiction if not bad but over addiction is very bad. We are here on this forum, that's also one kind of addiction, at least once a day we try to enter the forum. It's not bad addiction, but if you spend 24 hours on this forum that's bad addiction. Same as for gambling to, there is no easy way to leave this addiction if he don't want to help himself.

Best way to leave addiction is he should busy on others work. Although it's not possible by one day. But he should try himself. Other just put him on jail ;D

It's a good cautionary story for all gamblers, and also it looks like a true one. From a friend of mine I heard about a guy, who was a wealthy TV producer over 50, let's call him X, and almost everything was perfect in his life except for one thing, X couldn't pass by a casino, any casino regardless of its level of quality. One night, they were taking taxi to a party and X saw a sleazy casino through the window and insisted to stop so he could play for "just 2 minutes", because he said he wouldn't feel well at the party otherwise. After waiting for ten minutes my friend went inside and found X sweating at a worn-out slot machine with beer in hand. Needless to say, my friend went to that party alone eventually. ... I think it's a kind of disease which is incurable unless the sick person sincerely wants to be cured.

I don't know if you have been in a casino before, but I would say that I witnessed a lot of those people. Same clothes, same person. You can even hear other addicts telling stories that they just go home took a a nap and back to the casino's. LOL.


For me there's always a solution for addicts, but first they really need to admit themselves that they're really hook so that they will understand how people think about them. But it's going to be difficult for a addict to self-admit, unless it's too late. So I guess someone really close like a family member should talk to them and get out from their gambling addiction.

Maybe, but the moment you continue to gamble you can tagged as an addict gambler. Its unfortunate for that guy to fall on the trap which can damage his life in the future. A guy who can live in the casinos for almost 24hrs is really insane and addict, maybe all the casinos should make time limit for every gambler to stop this, but of course it will not happen.

Really going to be tough for the family who's depending on him but if he's not the only breadwinner, they would have to help him get out of his addiction. This is a very serious situation that's hard to flee.

That guy wasn't the very person that experience that kind of addiction, there are other hidden stories out there that are untold. If someone there who's on the same situation, you better think many times before proceeding doing things like that guy on the story of OP.

I have been there, in grief. Losing a love one is not easy and it never will be and it wouldn’t be the same. If that person is going through that it’s understandable. We will never know if that person is willing to help himself or whatever he is going through. It’s hard to help if we don’t know the person.

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It’s easier said than done but hopefully, one day. Those who are addicts get to help themselves in a matter of time.

For the jail part, there are still gambling happening inside the prison. Probably he could take advantage of the people there since he is hustler. I’m not saying that he should be imprisoned though, it should be real crime lol.

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I have been to a casino, just not twice in a row. Lol. Not even showering is probably a sign of addiction, gambling is a priority.

I have seen some people addicted to cigarettes and they are saying that they quit easily QUIT and saying at the same time they want to be healthy. It’s known that it’s bad for the health. Maybe that’s the time it’s known to be too late

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Everyone may have known someone who is an addict in different stuff and we will never understand them unless you experience it too.  

No, I don't think that casinos would make such move to limit a gambler, not unless the gambler himself was booted out for cheating and stole something from players. Casinos will continue to allow them to play, in fact, I'm sure that they are giving lots of incentives to players who keep coming back, like free hotel accommodation. So it's a trap, so we really need to have control of ourselves not to be suck and be addicted.

I think no one wants to live in the casino except he wants to get that win money. Besides that, I don't think that the casino will allow him to stay for more than 24 hours. But I really wonder and curious why he did that, and I am curious that he just wants to play gambling and nothing else. Because even if he is addicted to gambling, he still needs to go home and come back in the next days.

There are also a lot of other things in life from which people can be addicted or they tend to lose their money and not just gambling.

There can be no solution to stop the addict of gambling because there is some very easy money in gambling and even if one loses few games he will still be greedy to go for another game and cover his losses.  Since Greediness cannot be stop hence it is difficult to stop gambling also.

Nobody would ever want that, I think, except if they have free accommodation or something about that. Is there such a rule that wouldn't allow a customer to stay for 24 hours? I don't think so. The casino is pretty big, and one player could go to another game easily as long as you can stay up that way. An ordinary person, like me, would have a hard time staying up for more than 18 hours and it would make my head hurt which is not a good thing.

Maybe he does go home or not, but the matter of the fact that he was seen again still the same clothes and a different shift from the same person is somewhat astonishing.

From what I know, there is no such rule. You can stay infinitely in a casino as long as you don't misbehave. According to stats, the average stay in Las Vegas is around 4 days, and I'm sure many gamblers spend as many hours as they can inside in order to not waste the precious time. I think some of them, if not most of them, take various drugs and energy drinks which help them to stay awake. If you ask me, I'd say that's a disastrous pastime. But for some people it's the best time they can imagine. And I don't blame them because this matter is very subjective.

That’s also what I thought because the longer the person stays, the more money the casino squeezes out of him. Staying at a casino for four days is really unbelievable. I guess there are a lot of people who are getting the hang of gambling results to longer stays. That’s definitely disastrous knowing that you can stay there and forget your other priorities that are more important to gambling. That’s for sure.

Maybe they were able to do that because it maybe some kind of escape to their world and that’s just their way of coping up with what they have experienced or something.

Hey that’s true I remember my friends who went to Vegas, stayed inside for almost two days the only time they stepped out was for some refreshments. I believe they didn’t take drugs, but the thrill and their gambling addiction got better of them. If a addicted gambler really wishes to control, he should be given a goal in place of gambling, and should be thought mindfulness only then he’ll be able to control himself.

But if he doesn't change his clothes, it's a big answer for us that he is not going to anywhere and only stay at the casino. I think the customer can stay for 24 hours, but that person should play in many games, and if he just sits down, and only drink, I think that it will take attention from the manager and he will ask that person because it's too suspicious. It's no problem if he can play for 24 hours in the various game or even 48 hours as long as he doesn't sleep at the casino.

But once again, we don't know the truth, and I think someone needs to remind him to go home after playing some game or at least, he needs to change his clothes.

Perhaps some gamblers indeed spend around 4 days inside casinos, but that's really unbelievable, and it's not what I was trying to say. According to the survey I came across, people stay in Las Vegas(not necessarily inside a casino) between 3.4 nights and 4.4 days on average. According the same survey they spend around 3 hours per day gambling and and the average gambling budget is around $600. But of course that's on average, we all know that some gamblers can lose millions during their trip to Las Vegas, and same goes for the gambling per day.

In severe cases, people can stay in the casino and spend all their money and then go home without any wealth. they will come back if they have more money, that's a heavy case and I sometimes see it. the solution certainly provides knowledge for them to play gambling in accordance with the limits

The help of others will indeed be influential, but in my opinion that awareness of oneself will determine whether we can be free from addiction or not. but for me addiction is not a big problem, as long as we can control then we will keep the situation much better. suppose the gambling game is an entertainment so we will get a quiet and comfortable life.

indeed . we can only cure ourself because addiction is merely psychological but other people can also help you to overcome your problem . you cant or we cant also say that addiction is not really a big problem because it is actually serious and it can cause alot of damage to the person and to its suroundings . it can also caused death if not treated immediatley  but yeah , gambling is only a form of entertainment and should not be taken seriously  because it can cause further issues  .

For me,gambling addiction might happen to all of us especially if we keep on gamble and end up losing too.Then we will aim to win back all our losses by gambling again but only making the situation more worst.In this way,we became addicted without knowing.So i suggest whenever you want to gamble,make sure you know your limits.Because whether we like it or not,gambling will not bring any good for us but only self-destruction.

I cured my gambling addiction by just playing a lot of games and other stuff to distract me.
You should talk with friends and family, but for me they didn't help me as much as I wanted them to when I was trying to get off my addiction.
I remember everytime I got money in a faucet or got paid while mining from ethermine,
I would just splurge it on gambling and wait till next weeks. By now, I could have had like an extra $20,000 in my pocket but I only choose to spend it on useless stuff like gambling.
I hope this helped you.

This is the reason why i always say that not everyone want to be helped. It is just a simple truth of life.

However, coming out of an addiction is certainly not easy and downsides will be on the way. But if someone truly want to rehabilitate they will continue to persist until a change of their habits happens.

Anything can be fun, if you know when to stop.

Some people will voluntarily make us to involve into gambling it made a lots of thing to the person without any experience only with the money he invested lots of amount and get the losses only so it made his life to the difficult situation we getting addicted to gambling and made him also mentally disturbed.

I think the "incognito security guards" the one in civilian clothes would already take notice with people who are just "freeloading". They are the expenses that the casino is not taking profit from lol.

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I see. Now I understand. Mainly the place is just a gambling place but also there are a lot of tourist spots that are possible there. I haven't been there but I would like to experience it someday. The main attraction there is probably connected to gambling. Maybe

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Wow! It's amazing to see someone who actually posted about curing themselves with gambling addiction. There are a lot of people who are struggling with that, and especially being exposed to BTCT with a lot of signatures that are connected to gambling, it would be hard. I hope that you don't get back to your old habits.

Having a large amount that is around $20000 would really be huge, especially in my country. I know I wouldn't be spending that with gambling though. Thanks for sharing.

When people get addicted to something where they even forget to do the regular habits like bathing and changinh vlothes even to g ot be d at the right time,then they need to get distracted at first which is the first aid for that addiction then they need to be under care of someone who don't let it to do gamble again and again or just in the regular intervals with much restrictions.

I experience before not having a meal or taking a bath or even drink water regularly every day. Why? I am addicted, but not in gambling, I am addicted watching series on Youtube before but I agree that it can also be applied when we are addicted in gambling, it is also the same when we get addicted, we are losing time with our daily routine with our lives. We must need someone who will make us realize something that it is already not good for us.

Or maybe that person is someone who is in undercover to be a gambler to investigate the case that might happen in the casino and if that the fact, I am sure he will tell the manager about his duty :D
There are many possibilities regarding who is that person, and it could make curious for people like us because his present sometimes makes some people are not comfortable.
But all in all, we never know the truth if we don't ask somebody who work in that casino.

There are big advantages of getting addicted to some other thing except gambling because you will not be spending/losing big amount of money with other addictions unlike gambling. Addictions may happen with anything which are making us to stick with them. But, I believe things which are not injurious to our health and wealth, those addictions would not be considered as dangerous as how we are dealing against gambling addictions. Still, if you consider time is money then all type of addictions are coming into same category.

This is the point on-which most of the addicted people are missing out. But if you realize, no one is understanding their world better but people from outside do that in best. This is because, advising someone else is easier compared to following our own piece of advice.

I think that’s a great way for the casino to investigate what some customers are up to or if there is something suspicious during the games, that is. It’s fun to imagine what things could be but it’s possible that it isn’t. Both ways can be true but still, we won’t know what the real truth is.

Do you know a casino owner? Maybe we can get some info out of them. lol.

Getting addicted with gambling is really hard but the best solution for that problem is to help ourselves with that addiction, no one can control us except ourselves, we must accept that once we are addicted, we must claim it that we are already addicted because sometimes people doesn't want to tell themselves that they are already addicted so that, they don't make any solutions on that problem. Let's face the reality.

Not all the addictions were dangerous but it can destroy the regular life of the person even if it not related with monay,time is most valuable thing than any other in this world because once its lost and its lost forever but mosst of the people keep wasting their life time in the modern world because of technology gorwth like mobile phones and electronic devices.

Gadgets and all of the electronic equipments do not intent to harm us, they're invented to give comfort to humans of course. If you think that all technological advancements we had right now harms you then it's your fault already not the technology itself. It is either you misuse them or overuse them.

Looking fot life breakthroughs is a part of being humans, we are naturally curious and seek for what is the best and we can't do anything about it but to embrace. Even how hard or how fast we change, it doesn't matter, as long as you knew the difference between good and bad and you are self-discipline then I assure you that your lifetime was properly spent.

Literally all the technologies were invented for the reason to maake the man's life more convenient which make people to be lazier and lazier which is not harm to us? If you watch the life span of old people with current generation pwople we are much lesser life time living which is the reason because of technology development.

Basically, Technology made things to be accomplished fast resulting to people being lazier. It's a fact, and it's happening to my family's life also. I want to know how I would deal with these particular type of things and as people see that it's hard to change, especially when one has it as a part of their everyday life routine.

I'm not sure how accurate the lives of the past generations that they lived until hundreds but I don't think that technology has something to do with health (for the current elder people), probably with food.

Well said, technology doesn't have any role to do with providing of food. As in the quote technology is the one that makes people lazier, at the same time it is the one that makes everything accessible to the growing population. Generations ago people lived without depending on technology, but right now the same isn't possible as the population at that period and the present has got a big difference.

Well thats one good move for realization since most of the person that got in addiction can hardly accept that they are,instead they pretent to be controllable though the truth is they are not,because if we can accept being under addiction specially with our family and love one then they can help us out  by sorting what would be the best solutions

That's not what I meant with my previous post, but I will agree on with what you are saying. But with technology, it made life more comfortable and efficient with the production of food. There is a big difference between the present and the past. I notice everyone who I ride in a public utility vehicle just on their phones, and I'm also guilty. I'm not sure how it could be solved, but it would be hard because people are dependent.

Its your inner feeling and strength on how you feel about the gambling addiction. In case you made up your mind that you are addicted and you heard examples that those wo are addicted to gambling can never ever recover their loss. This makes to stubborn and even if you have ability to quit gambling , you will not only because of negative thoughts all around.

Self realization can help you, there's a lots of stories around and people who able to cope up with addiction never being bothered to look back, they knew that if they tried it again possibilities that getting engaged is really stronger, helping yourself by avoiding things that might bring you back to this problem will helps a lot to maintain your discipline though its hard to control yourself but you must do it in order to completely free with your addictions.

Just like gambling addicts, they will lose their time playing gambles all day. of course it's not a good thing, time is something valuable.
not good if you spend it only on gambling or just watching youtube. there are a lot of important things you have to do

Is just hard to escape from being addicted if no one would give an advice to that person personally, not he/she can realize it for now.  Many people fall into addiction cause they want to and they let their mind covered, and they never give it chances to open for.
We bring our own life and so,  we only be the one that can stop from addiction.

Such a case of chronic addiction. He probably is a wealthy gamblers who had nothing better spend his money on. I wonder how people like that would handle the situation if they end up not winning.

That’s probably the most closest thing we can say but we cannot verify. If he really is just having some fun with his money, might as well give it. Well, maybe he deserves it but who knows if he can handle losing. Maybe he is still staying there just because he is continually losing? I think even addicts has some stop mechanism for a time before continuing their addictions. I don’t know.

I think if someone is addicted to gambling, other people will know because that person will only spend his time playing gambling. And that person will tell him to stop from gambling, and if that person really cares with him, then he will help him to find a solution. So it will need a big effort from him to do many things to prevent or stop his habit of playing gambling while he can search the other activity to prevent his mind from thinking about gambling.

Its hard for them to accept that but for sure if they are strong enough they can handle that well and over a year they will be better. This is a story that we should learn also, don’t just make comments because you can also apply this on your gambling activities.

Addiction in gambling is very difficult to remove unless if you have another addiction such playing basket ball or online games which can help you easily to forget those things. But it's just a temporary in my opinion because once your mind became free you will thingking of it every time ,  keep your mind as well to alway ignore it and read some books instead to relax your mind set. Or take awalk out side in your house and fell the fresh air of our nature.  Lol

I have friends and he is an online gambler and an online game addict and billiard athlete, and what you reveal is very far from his life. Even if he plays online games then everything will be made as a bet then when he plays with his hobby of playing billiards, he will make it his hobby as a tool to gamble. I think every gambler will make the hobby he has as material for gambling and he will use his capability and be used as a skill to get gambling.

Actually those who are not addicted to gambling, feel the person who plays gambling often is addicted to it but this may not be the case. Some people are very moody and playing gambling is their hobby. So if a person performs same task again and again, we should not be so mean to call them addicted.

I don't consider it an addiction unless it severely affects the person's health.  Look at howmany people drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, that is much worse than gambling.  Gambling you are only going to lose money but its not like you are going to do severe damage to your body like the latter.

I'm not sure how you would know how a person spends his time unless he/she updates you on what he is doing or you are really close. I think those who are considered family would be the ones to help and care for him. They are the ones who would go the lengths to help the addict. It wouldn't be easy but still, it counts.

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I think a person wouldn't be capable of being an addict with two things, it would either be one and that's it. It's like defeating its purpose because a person cannot spend it both or something. Maybe you meant by replacing the first addiction and making a second one. That wouldn't help, wouldn't it?

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You got the point with that because when someone ignores their health, it's not a good sign. I agree with how people are addicted to different kinds of vices. What I don't like about smoking is that it even affects other people that surround them. It's not a good thing.

Well if one drink alcohol or is in a habit of smoking, the adverse effect of it will be slowly and steady. There will be no monetary loss in it and whatever is lost by these habits is health which normally is overlooked by humans.

The main thing to note here is that if the addicted person lost a good lot of money in gambling it could give him severe tension and depression and he might take any undesirable step which may risk his life also.

Gambling addiction is different, the effect is instant if you will allow your self to be with so much addiction.
In fact, it will destroy your lives as you will be living like a slave that all you want is just to gamble and although you win sometimes, you will
still loss in the long run because that greediness is inside you. When you are addicted your mission is almost impossible, so you will likely fail.

When you fail, that's the start of a big problem.

What do you mean no monetary losses when we drink alcohol and smoking cigarettes?are those vices free from your area?we cannot just get alcoholic drinks and cigarettes while walking instead we need to purchase those so there are still monetary payments

Most of gamblers are smoking at drinking alcohol also so there are lots of vices in this concern not just gambling so tension and depression are causes by other vices also

It is true that experiencing gambling addiction will not destroy everything, in fact we may lose the money we have. For me, applying oneself to addiction must start from ourselves, don't ever overdo it because in any case, when we are excessive, we will get poor results. Playing gambling is not a bad thing, for me there are many benefits that we can get namely we can be smarter in financial management, we must be able to choose what is necessary and what is not necessary. Addiction can we treat, treat addiction must be from yourself !!!

The Gambler stories will meet lot of people like to different direction in one gambling so the proper solution will made from only in our hands it can be easily clear solution will made easily by using our experience only.

Gambling can also damage our mind, thinking always about bitcoin and can also lose our emotions and control, addiction is really a bad habit even in gambling. We can lose money and at the same time, lose our control in mind and emotion, so that's just not only one problem when we get addicted in gambling, so don't be calm when it comes in gambling, although gambling also has a benefit if we win in a game. Don't forget that it still has a bad effect if we can't control and limit ourselves.

After re-reading my topic I wanted to share my latest experience. I have experienced my latest gambling story, and it's not a good ending. What happened is I deposited 0.05 BTC then I managed to go to 0.054 BTC in a few minutes later as I continue gambling, it went down to at least 0.03, and I continued, knowing that everything I have learned in this forum and what I have experienced in the long run,  I should've stopped, but I continued, knowing that in my mind it's like "What the Hell" then suddenly it went back to 0.05 with a fortunate win, which I'm very fortunate to have. In my mind, telling me that I could get back that 0.054, so I continued to gamble, I went to 0.057. But I continued and lost.

What I've learned here is that you need to be ready and prepared to be satisfied with what you have already and be successful when you know you have achieved it already. When you become greedy, you would really lose everything. There's a finite amount of luck for sure when you have it, and you should be thankful for it. I think that's the most crucial part of all of this.

Control your greed bro, Thank God you did went bankrupt after gone nearly very low.
Whike gambling we need to have control on the money and also in our mind that when we have to get out, don't ask your brain because it keeps wanting again and again.

Apart from enslavement, gambling do likewise pick up terrible notoriety from general society since they figure betting can just prompt loosing which is a bit reality yet in the event that you can control yourself.

At that point there is no issue with it. conceivable arrangements with it is limit the season of playing and make yourself occupied on some different tasks. however, for me I think betting cant get me dependent since I once in a while have money to bet. a great many people do likewise like me, so how might they say that betting is addictive where it is costly.

I know, and I know that I have failed to control myself and I regret that a lot. You know the feeling where you should've been. I was supposed to eat, but I still wanted to continue just because I want to profit. Maybe take it from the heart?

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How about gamblers who only gamble from time to time like me? I think it would be harder to control that game, but I can regulate myself gambling by itself. What I mean is that I can not go to a gambling site for months, but once I go again, I might not help myself.

You should stop when you can reach 0.05btc and decide not to continue playing gambling. But you hear the sound that keeps telling you to play again and again, and then you continue. That is a good lesson for you, make it your last lesson in gambling and when you are lost in any amount, you should take a break first before you continue. Take a deep breath and make a decision and it's better to quit gambling for that day, and you can try in the next day.

Don't let the gambling control over you !

Sometimes I kindda confuse why people can't control or even got addicted while they are already realize that they are making wrong decision to keep gambling. It's not a drug , Remember this !

Worse yet, many gamblers do this such as drinking alcohol and smoking while playing. Doing it often is linked to by gamblers, seen as a negative side besides being addicted.

I do regret not stopping and realizing that I had already made money. It's just human nature. It is a good lesson but I know I have experienced it as well. It's not the first time I experienced it. That's why I'm not feeling right about myself.

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Whether it's a drug or any other similar types that can be addictive, it can still be harmful to you. You wouldn't understand because you haven't felt it. It's not as easy as far as I can observe.

I was one of what called "gambling addict" and I am happy I have done things to prevent it and stop being an addict in gambling.
I still remember the days where gambling was my life. If my friends invite me to play gamble, there was an urge and excitement I possess and I can't even decline a single invitation for playing.

If I lose, I always do my best to find a way to have more funds and play again because I couldn't accept that I lost and I need to get my money back. In the end, as expected I will lose the game and the flow will repeat.

Play - Lose - Find a way to have money - Play - Lose - Disappointed.
The moment I realized ain't doing it right, I did my best to forget gambling and started to think about my future and plan things to work out.

There is no need to be like that,there are many players who don't have smoking and drinking alcohol habit but they are highly addicted to gambling so it means what our mind wants we will get addicted it maybe combination of many or just for one.

Yes, it's been said in very simple way. One should not let the gambling take control over the user. We need to decide what is our goal to be into gambling. From my view it is more than a drug, because within limited time they'll get back the normal mind. With gambling it isn't the case, because the loss encountered will be deeply found in the mind keeping us remembered until we make a win.

What are the preventions that helped you stop your habits? I think that's a great way to practice self-management and improvement. I'm just amazed that you managed to prevent yourself from being addicted to a controlled person.

I think that's the most common habit of people with addiction. They are finding ways to feed their needs and neglect all the responsibilities that you have.

Basically, the addiction cycle I guess.

Even if its a drug you must not take it beyond your control. Gambling is way different, its entertain gambling at a higher cost. A lot of gambling stories, yet people are still trying to win big in gambling. They still don't realize how much risk is gambling are, the possible solutions is to QUIT EARLY!

It is definitely hard to tell simply because we're not on their position. Yes! We can perceive what they're doing and conclude that it was wrong but at the end of the day we cannot fully understand what's the real feeling of being a gambling addict. We cannot fully relate unless we become of them. That's why I'm not totally blaming them for having a miserable fate because they're the victims as well.
I know that it is not a drug substance such as ecstasy, shabu or whatsoever, but the bottomline is it can also function as a drug. It also make your body excrete dopamine at high levels and if you stop it after getting used to it, your body tend to find that stimuli eagerly (gambling) which lately results to addiction.

Ps: sorry for being scientific, that's the way I found in order to explain this ;D.

Don't compare gambling to drugs are they are very different.

Illegal drugs will destroy your body and that's the worst thing a person would do to his body.
Gambling is different, you can win and enjoy but addiction will make you loss in the long run, you should be smart to resist the temptation and has to be in  in control all the time as that is what you called responsible gambling.

Quitting early can be a solution for gamblers but only if they know how to quit because many of them are not realize of losing the money. They still playing gambling and using more money but in the end, they run out of their money. One thing that we should know that playing gambling is safe as long as we know how to control yourself in the games and when you need to quit. Realizing the risk of playing gambling will give an understanding that you should not play too long.

Addiction are his whole persona that he doesn't want to go anywhere but just in front of his computer and take back all the losses he's got which makes him more addicted to the game. How sad that this is really happening for some particular person. Self control should always incorporate when doing a gambling.

The problem of them is that if they lose they try to recover what they have lost by playing more and more games or by doing the martingale which is the easiest way to empty their bankroll. By the time they do realize what was happening, it was too late for them to retrieve what they have lost and that's why most of them are trying so hard to play gambling even if they do lose a lot already which make it more worst in the process.

And on the end they do regret those decisions on their entire life specially when they are already crawling because of debt or completely cash wrecked because of gambling.
This is always the mistakes of most people where they don't completely stop in the middle when they are already aware that the game is already burning a hole into their own pockets.
If you are easily got addicted then gambling is not really for you.

I believe that a nice and experienced investment can make you more and constant money that putting in your money in gambling at a risk of loosing and winning being equal. This is very clear and pristine. You do not need to find out a cure for gambling because you do not need to get in in the first place. However, if experience allows, be part of it to make guaranteed money.

It seems that the person he always see can probably making gambling a habit and a part of his life already which is for me is already alarming because it is already hard to resist what your mind and body wants since you are already immune into doing that most of the week as in everyday. Well, that is true that there are people who are really in need of help but do not push their own to somehow help themselves and now the problem is on their own already because no one can help you out but only yourself. That is why I am just making playing gambling as a pass time for entertainment only just to avoid such scenario of getting too attached with the game. Proper moderation is really a must. That is why whenever I play in the  online casino (https://to.crwd.cr/smtm) I am up to, I am setting or limiting myselr into playing just 30mins up to 1hr with the varieties of game I can play on it to ensure that I am still into control with myself plus I enjoy the great bonus they offer for doing my first deposit.

Unfortunately, many people lack self-control to gambling as well as to alcohol or drugs. I believe that such people should be helped to get rid of their addiction, because, as a rule, their families and relatives suffer with them. Addicted people lose all the money than they put themselves and their families in danger.

2 years ago i hit 7500 usd with only 120 usd but of course at the end i lost all of the money then i sold my cell phone  and i lost that money too stupid but sad story ... im still a gambler...

Addiction is hard to treat if the person himself is not willing to change for himself.


A gambler is always a gambler. Really hard to resist the temptation of gambling. You need to contemplate on your own what do you really want in life. If it is not resolve within yourself, you will always go back in gambling.

Really sad story. You got a solid win from gambling, it’s a pity that you didn’t manage to stop in time and spend the money you earned.

So what is your aim by gambling even after losing many things? If you care about getting all those money you lost it then you are not going to get them so better accept it and move on and only gamble if you are getting fun from it.

That is why we must take into consideration the reason why we people are playing gambling and also other games as well. If you intend to just have fun, so be it but set your own limitation in which you can still keep yourself in control. Do not let yourself be dependent on the game you play like you cannot complete a day or cannot live your life without it. I have been interested into the welcome bonus you were saying and it seems fun playing the variety of games you were talking about in that online casino.

Being comfortable with what you are doing can make you feel safe and when you are gambling and you feel that way, it's going to be hard to stop anymore. You are addicted already if that makes you feel it.

I think that's the most important thingy for you to do, you should know what you are doing, keeping yourself from the sidelines and investing the amount of time that you can control. Other priorities should always come first, not gambling.

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That's the problem, addicted went to gambling for a reason. Probably to be entertained but most addicts go there because of the feeling of winning. The dopamine rushing in their heads, the greediness that hovers their brains, it's a natural way.

Addiction has nothing good to do in the end.Hopefully all gamblers will be aware of it.Even if you keep on making profits at first,it won't be a guarantee that you will win the whole game.Gambling is more on luck and chances and if time comes that you gamble without luck with you,then you will only lose at the end of the day.Sometimes addiction is hard to fight but if you do it with full determination,i'm sure you can get rid of it with the help of some professionals.

Indeed. No one can help you totally but just yourself so if you do not want to get into addiction with gambling as well as the other games you play, better set your limits and do not abide your own rules because in that way you can help yourself to avoid getting addicted. Remember to just have fun and play the game well. Well totally that is interesting that the  online casino (https://to.crwd.cr/smtm) I am currently into offer a great bonus for doing your first deposit as well as having fun with the variety of games it has.

I used to be addicted in gambling back in 2017 ,
Whenever I have money I would always deposit it on the gambling sites that I want,
I used to play at bustabit since I thought that I could easily make money from it and also satoshimines.
I always play and at first I would win then I would become greedy then lose it all,
The thing that got me out of it was online games and my friends thanks to them I manage to save myself and save some money.

Congartz mate you've made a way from hell and you'll realize it early before getting you into mad. Gambling addiction will destroy our minds and we can't think the right way we should do cause there is something a curse happen to us. If we tried to listen advice from friends and to our family, it could be easy for us to escaped from fire.

Online games got you out of your addiction? Can you explain this alittle more?  Do you earn from playing the online games? I've always thought that game are worse than gambling if it pays you nothing when you spend alot of your time playing it. Getting addicted to unrewarding stuff could be more dangerous, you know?

Let me be honest with you about this.  Because I never was a big gambler.
Ever since I started to have extra weekly BTC, I have found myself more interested in gambling.
I have a mindset where if I win, it’s very good.
But if I lose oit was “free BTC” to begin with so I don’t feel horrible. 

Too bad there are so many gamblers who got very much addicted and can not get out of their addiction. I'll admit that I am sometimes greedy when it comes to gambling. Yes, it is fun. But it also made me feel uncomfortable and disappointed whenever I lose amount of money thinking that I can still get it back when I play many times. Which I admit that it is not the proper mindset of a gambler has.

They will eventually get out of that addiction, we have friends and family who can help us and I don't think they are in big number.
I believe only few are addicted in gambling and in the worst situation, most gamblers who got addicted were able to fight it to get out.



That's how we are, human are weak when it comes to this things, we don't like to loss, hence we want to win back our loses, but sadly we don't have an unlimited money to gamble, so sometimes we are force to stop even at a loss.

yeah but the problem is are they really willing to open up the problem to their family?because thats the only thing stop them from being an addict

Thats right human tend to be un contented in everything,we are not like animal that when the stomach are full then they will just rest and wait to become hungry again,but people even if they had a lot,they will seek for another and much higher or bigger

That is applicable for those who called as Fun gambler and not to profit at all-and i admire you for that because most of the people like you turns out to become a addicted in time so i hope you’ll never change in that mindsetting
We have same style but I didn’t come to mind about thinking of losing just a Free BTC

Losing is part of gambling. I think what he means is that it's okay to lose free BTC because simply it's not that huge. I've also tried that before when I don't have Bitcoin or any other altcoins and it's a good way to play just for fun at the same time you still have the chance to multiply it if you're lucky enough.

They should do that if they want to solve their problem with addicted to gambling. They can hide their problem because they don't want to see their family will get angry to him but trust me if you love your family, you need to tell them and ask them to help you. That is only the way to solve the problem. You cannot solve by yourself because you will always come again and again to the gambling places.

You need other people to help you, but you must tell them right away so they know what they should do to help you. I think his family will understand him and will search a way to solve his addicting and if necessary, his family will ask him to go to psychiatric to get a way out.

Exactly.Once you gamble,learn to accept the fact that losing is a big part in gambling that cannot be avoided and it has a higher percentage than winning.So better gamble only for pleasure and not making it as your own source of income.Addiction in gambling might only occur once you keep on gambling without self limitation so you end up losing until you see yourself wanting gambling more than you value your own life.

You mean gambling and not  addiction is fun? It is hard to find people who are addicts and enjoyed being addicts.  The excessive spending alone will make them to want to quit as quickly as possible but the experience is the only fun part i guess.

Gambling addicts weren't that easy to find, maybe at the last end user explodes. Only by that time it is possible to know that the particular person has got addicted. From my personal experience it is really hard to make a person get out of addiction with advices or other suggestions. Until the user himself believes it isn't possible to eliminate addiction.

A gambling addict may really have a hard time solving it alone. A good solution is turning oneself to a rehabilitation center. This way, the participation and interaction with other patients will enhance themselves.

That’s why it’s best to have a support channel like having your family by your side and believing that you can conquer it. I know it would be hard for them to quit, not to mention the feelings he/she is going to face towards the world when he/she comes back to it, it’s not going to be pretty. They might easily get back to their old ways instantly.

Addiction is one negative side and indeed in fact that when a gambler is addicted it will be difficult to stop. Even though at first we all got information about the adverse effects of gambling. For people who are smart, they can control all emotions. but for someone who does not have the ability to maintain patience, they will get closer to addiction. So look at the gambling game as an entertainment, make gambling games a pleasure. Never make gambling games a pressure in the decisions we make.

Yes.Do not enter into gambling where you can no longer control yourself anymore because for sure you will definitely become an addict to it.And the worst is that you will not realize you become addicted to it until you see yourself slowly ruining your own life.So never make gambling a priority in your life.Gamble only for pleasure or for fun.

I guess he is pertaining to gambling ;D. Well, I can't say that there's no existing person which is aware of being an addict and enjoyed it  as well because that was not possible. Best examples are the gambling millionaires, either his aware or not we can consider them addicts — addicts who enjoyed being prosperous financially speaking.

the solution for gambling addicts is to make yourself busy, not just work but do other hobbies. for example, you like soccer, volleyball, basketball, golf or something else, then do it to fill your free time rather than having to go to the gambling table again. and often gather with family so that harmony is maintained and you can make your own limits.

OMG. It is too bad addiction. I am surprised to know this.
Addiction is like an illness, it should get a serious treatment immediately. Someone who is addicted to something like gambling forgets about the purpose of his life, and how he should live in the right way. He only thinks about "how to win / how to be rich with gambling". I think someone who knows him well, better to advise his family to look for the solution. He needs support from his family to change their activities and to remind him about the main purpose of life.

That good ways to try, but to stop gambling when we are addicted isn't really easy. Although we are busy when we have free time we'll back and back again.
Only ourselves know what to do. Just like me, many ways i try to stop being addicted in gambling but i cant until i have wife and son then they change my mind about gambling. Before i married,, i spend much money in gambling every week, but they come to my life and now just little money for fun in gambling. I dont know why my mind about gambling changed and out from gambling addicted, maybe because of the needs that I have to fulfill every day.

But your suggestion still good ways, nothing is impossible when we try.

I agree that making us busy to do something will prevent our mind from thinking about gambling. We could distract our mind and even block our mind from gambling, and soon, if we do this in every day, we could solve the problem with addicting to gambling.

But creating a new habit will difficult especially if we are addicted to gambling and we need help from other people to still watching us every day.

How can a friend's advice help you, while what the family says sometimes does not have any influence on the player's feelings?
I've also been an addict, nobody can stop you, your friend, your family, except your own desire to stop it..

Also, have a lot of debt to few people will give also to stop being addicted. You may have an experience when you have a debt then some people come to your home as debt collector and threatening with any ways so as you pays the debt, maybe that's the horrible things. Sometimes our addicted will stop when we face an afraid, moreover if we have family, wife, kid will give encouragement to stop being addicted in gambling.

I agree, this is the main reason why there are some people are already addicted in gambling, because they want to win. If they experience some winning and they hoping that they will win again, therefore they are already addicted. Before you go gamble first of all just think well, and control yourself how to avoid a long playing or you should manage your self.

That is what we must do if we want to feel the experience in gambling games because not many people who can think like that and they come to gambling games and start the game without realizing that gambling is too dangerous to them. The bigger passion for winning the game, the bigger addicted which you will feel.

Controlling yourself in gambling games will be needed, and if necessary, you can come to the gambling place with your friend so he can always remind you to not stay for a long time in the gambling table. You need to leave the table as soon as possible when you feel something wrong with yourself.

There is a possibility to quit it if you are constantly losing and then there is nothing left to bet. With empty pockets gambling is not possible as this is what best for business. However, you can play free games for fun and entertainment with your family, friends and relatives. There is no point in repeating the same thing that is resulting in some certain lose and you are still showing consistency.

I think the idea is self control; it’s not just about winning but at least without desperation and playing with moderation. Gambling is about winning actually and every player desires to win each time we play, so I don’t really blame those player who want to win but the only thing is they should do as much as they can to control themselves.

There was a time I was so lucky with gambling, looked like the whole gambling luck was on just on my side and I was really making profits, it was highly getting into me that I always want to try again until I started to lose. At that point, I was now on a mission to recovering my  loses and that was the point I knew that I needed to control myself.

Thank  God we haven't been able to reach to that point, we still eat and sleep at the right time, we change our clothes on a daily basis and we are at our own selves. That man you are talking is beyond comparable to us. I believe that anything that extreme are bad to us, that guy should get help soon as there is a hard time going back if someones get insane in gambling. I know the world has been cruel to us, but it doesn't mean that only gambling and alcohol could ease the but, yes in a short manner of time but we should look onto further solutions, a long run solution that is available and harmless to us.

Well, thats more than just a past time, something to ease whatever pain it was. He literally live with it and thats really hard habit to break. I can somehow relate myself to that person, once I was addicted to mmorpg from desktop online game. I didn't have enough time to sleep and even skip meals. But, that person is in different level. He'll be burning a lot of money in there.

It is hard to overcome when you are at the level of addiction, I have tried that but luckily I am able to cure my self to have self-limitation. Even when you are in sleep the whole thing you had to imagine is the thing you had addicted for. We don't have blame here anything except on our selves on how to control these. Always put in mind those things that make you worse when you let to not control and stop chasing anything that you want, that is also lead to addictions.

I also heard a lot of stories about addicted gamblers, and also i have seen their end. I will not go far, because my brother who has become addicted gambler and he has wasted his all money and assets in gambling and also his life has been destroyed, his wife left him and now he is living alone with his empty hands. I feel sad whenever i discuses about him, and instead of it he never leave gambling, still he is playing with borrow money. To see him, i realize there is no solution for addicted gambler, and also they can't change themselves.
I am also gambler but why me and he have difference? because i am not addicted gambler, i play it to see my pocket firstly and if i have limited money then i don't like to play.     

I just feel that there are still many gamblers who have issues with self-control, some are over excited with the game and they find it difficult to either pause or quit the game especially when there is record or making profits in the game or when the player happens to be lucky.

It is good to always want to win in gambling but as a gambler be at least sure that you can overcome the urge because in gambling, one can win once and then we are tempted to play again, and if we are not careful, those attempts in trying to play all over can lead to addiction. It is that self-control and discipline that will enable to say no to play again, so that gambling addiction can be controlled.

Well, there are reasons why he is still there more than a day non-stop. It can be because he has won much on that game and that's why he kept playing, or maybe he is a wealth person with a big capital to play and he haven't run out of his money yet.

Of course, there are a lot people out there are needing a help, but in this case I can't say he needs a help because we don't know exactly what happened there.

Gambling addiction always has a bad impact on the lives of those who live it, everything he thinks if he already has an addiction in gambling, anything he can do without thinking much better for the future, not even a few people who are addicted to gambling can be left by people who they love, but it can't give them a deterrent effect. someone who has an extreme addiction to gambling can certainly lose everything but if he can't change his attitude to try to leave gambling gradually his addiction can be more severe than before because one of the entertainment he can visit is gambling itself.

Whoa. So that means he didn't even went home? That is just sad. He's so addicted that he cannot even focus in himself anymore. He already lacks self-control and self-help which is so important in order to avoid gambling. I hope that guy still has family and friends. They should talk to him and let him do other activities that will draw his attention away from gambling. And I also hope that the company will also do something about it because he's their employee and he still contributes to the company's growth somehow. Lastly, I hope he still recovers from that addiction. I guess he's missing life too much already.

I agree, the casino won't bother to help because they will benefit from the money that person is betting. The only problem here is that if the person who is addicted to gambling that much will listen to the advise of his/her family or from professionals, most people I know who are addicted won't listen to any advises because from their point of view is it nothing out of the norm, it is very important that the person who is addicted to gambling should have self awareness to fixed his addiction because if he is not aware that he is already addicted then the efforts to help him even from professionals will be useless.

Self awareness is the most practical way to save us from gambling addiction,help from others are the next step only because we need to decide to stop gambling then only its possible to be stopped.Then it is more important to get help from professional rather than from family circle because each person will say different solutions it will still make the addicted person to be more confused.

Each and every individual becomes responsible when they gamble because they gamble by their choice. Some do for enjoyment and rest do just because they want to make quick and easy money considering it as a source of income.

A help should be done with experts on  that field. Imagine a doctor in veterenary will going to do a surgery on human being then Is it possible? Will you agree if this will hapoen to you? Of course if one has been found needing a help then one should not hesistate to ask for an advise to the experts.

Yet, there are also good remedies on addiction and eplxperts suggested by giving one his/her favorite pet and see how he/she will interact to the pet and forget addiction.

More people are really addicted to the gambling and only few who can handle when they play and not become addict and Im one of them who playing gambling sometimes. Preventing addict depends to the person so everything must aware to not be addicting your self you need to se a limitation for you.

Gambling addiction is a serious problem. It can ruin your life and take away everything from you,  money, property, career, etc. It's a difficult problem gamblers can face. Some people ends up bankrupt and with debt but still urges to gamble. Take note, no matter how hard other people helps you with gambling problem, the initiative must start with your self.

Yes, someone can be addicted to gambling because they are very ambitious to get a big profit in other words they are fiercely relying on gambling for their income, so they will be willing to do anything to be able to gamble every time. Indeed, there will be nothing to get rid of their addiction in gambling, the only person who can stop them from gambling is just himself with a strong determination to fight dependence on gambling.

There are some very sad stories about addicted people. In some casinos the house offers meals for the gamblers. So there are people who stay there playing all day long, and they can have lunch, dinner and snacks between the main meals.
And it gets worse, as there are even very comfortable couches and pillows, so the gamblers can sleep there without being necessary to go home. If the gamblers feel enchanted by these "benefits", they tend to become much more addicted.

If there's a will then there's a way, addictions can be overcome with your self surrendering, admitting and willingly be treated by the help of experts will shortened the process, you have to commit yourself and allow the process to be completed, at that point you'll be able to practice new things that will be away from your gambling activities.

I'm not addicted to gambling. However, I think spending time with friends and family or having travelling for a week or two can derive someone from gambling. I would try that.

With that scenario, a person will be binded with gambling if he will felt comfort in their custody as they enjoyed the services given. But I don't think they can move out from that system, because as they move in closes to gambling companionship, eventually they'll became much more addicted. In order to overcome that, it's better to minimize the involvement so that it wouldn't be worst after all.

Then you are out from in this list who have serious problem of addiction of gambling. But it is good know that you are not addicted to gambling. I always tell it that gambling is not harmful, if we are not addicted of it. In this wise, gambling give us fun and entertainment, but only for those people who start to play gambling in this sense to get fun from it and spend a good time with gambling.

I never personally encountered someone who is seriously addicted to gambling, just some occasional bettors/players. But I heard stories from a friend whom gamblers approach to borrow some money because they lost. I've watched also some documentaries on therapies, do they really work?

That's actually a solution in itself already though. Keep yourself busy by going outside and exploring. You may still find that itch to gamble when you're outside but eventually your attention will be somewhere else. It's really difficult if you're just stuck at home while you're trying to find solutions about your gambling ways. I know someone who got addicted to climbing mountains instead while trying to remove his gambling addictions.

Yes. There are really gamblers who are very addicted in gambling that they forgot how to manage their own self and only end up destructing their own lives. These persons may not be aware of their addiction and so they still gamble even if they have lose such a huge amount in gambling. Gambling can only be good if we play it just for fun but if we make it as a source of income, it will never be a good idea already.

There are also mahjong players that can play straight 15 hours or even more, have you notice that in a casino hall, there are no windows and no clock there, so you will not get aware of the time you spent in the place, there are some gamblers that do not when and how to stop, these are the people who really need help or an experts attention, they are in a miserable situation.

Thats strange if an offline casino or gambling place dont have a clock . Time is verry important to humans and every place or establishments there is always a clock . Maybe you only miss look it ?  Or they intended it( like what you said )  so that gamblers wont be distracted but what about the clock on their phone or on thier wrist watches ?  Its only up to them if they will resist the temptation or not .

I've know a gambling addict. He really knows how bad is gambling and wants to get rid of it. But whenever he gets money, he can't resist from gambling. Staying away from gamble and not coming online did helped him for some time but you just can't stay away from society long. And as you come into the society, you find gambling is much better than everything else.

Yes, I agree, some people would enter gambling even when there broke because they are thinking that if they gamble they can win big money. The intentions are good but the problem is when they got addicted to the point where they don’t know when to stop anymore even though the odds are not in their favor. Solutions are always present for every problem the only challenge now is if the gambling addict will accept it, if not then nothing can be done to help them.

Sometimes that's work, but it depends on the gamblers itself, if they have a strong mind to stop gambling, then they can do that. But if it's not, they will leave that way, and they will come back to the gambling games.

If a gambler wants to stop from gambling, he needs to tell his family or friend so they can find a way for him to quit gambling. But the important thing is that gambler needs to know if he really wants to quit from gambling because he knows the risk of gambling.

That is not a good idea to borrow some money because if that gambler has lost again, how he can pay back the money because he doesn't have money. We should not do that, especially if we don't have a reason to stay in gambling games.

There could be two reasons why someone might not be able to stop gambling. One of them is money and the second is also money. The first man might have huge money and would enjoy feeling the probability in the casinos and the other would have nothing and would be an addict of gambling just for the sake of making money. But these are not very healthy habits.

Very well said, actually I doubt if this will be easy but if you want to change then you must have a strong mind. Just like you have mentioned you ought to set a limitation, you should moderate your playtime. You shouldn't also put the bet that you can't afford to lose in order to prevent yourself from chasing your losses and don't expect too much on getting profit on it just have fun and enjoy. Honestly, ever since I play gambling I never felt addiction now because I've learned how to control myself and I also have experience that makes I know what to do in such situation, as a matter of fact, I am currently playing in bitcoin casino called "VegasCasino" and I can manage through besides I am just enjoying the bonuses they have because they have a lot of it and stunning features as well.

Actually it is the person's choice in the very first place if they get addicted, it means they don't have self control and discipline. They are the only one who can fix themselves, there are a lot of things we need to do like having self time by trying other things that is also fun like reading some books. As a gambler, we should know when to play and when to stop especially when we keep on losing money. Just like some of you I also play on a trusted bitcoin casino that offers various of games like slots, poker and etc. They are also generous on giving free bonuses like free spins but despite of having fun i'm still able to control myself because I always make some time for other things and it makes me know my own limitation. I know that we are having fun on playing but somehow we need to see how it affects us mentally and physically, some of you like my friends doesn't have enough sleep because of it and as a friend it was difficult for me to see them like that.

You are very correct mate, no addicted gambler can overcome gambling addiction without first of all admitting, and this is where there is always a problem. Majority of gamblers would keep on defending this habit and even though they go for therapy with this attitude, there would be no difference and its really sad.

It will be much easier if gamblers can disclose their status on addiction to their closest pals, either friends or families and help can easily be offered. There are a number of people who undergo rehabilitation and come out better

Going through rehabilitation for gambling addiction is not bad at all, as a matter of fact, it works a whole lot and I know a lot of people with addiction problems that would go and return better, but the only challenge is no addicted person will ever voluntarily agree to go through this process.

Lolzzz, there are people who have already made up their mind to be useless for the rest of their life. I have seen such people, I usually go to one sports betting store and I usually see some of them who are so addicted. Some of them are even very poor and they use the little money they get from the poor jobs they do to gamble, I don't feel sorry for them cause they have already made up their mind to become useless and getting them to change is a difficult thing. Some of them will even turn against you as you're trying to tell them that what they are doing is wrong. So I'm done with helping anyone's life. They should make up their minds and change if they want to. Or maybe the government should lock them so they will be away from gambling for a long time.

Gamblers will not admit that they are so addicted to gambling, they will do a lot of alibis like they have a good run of winning or have nothing to do, or they will eventually win and just waiting for their luck to come in, they need strong family support or a professional that can make him realized that he had to stop this.

Self control is really hard. I, myself can proved that. There are so many times that being addicted to a game which you experience winnings is hard to resist. But I've came to realized, no one can help me except myself. There is no future being addicted in gambling. If it will benefit us gamblers, give up.

People around you can help you as long as you seek attention from from them  but only few of us will do that because we are ashamed of our gambling addiction story . If you cant do it then better if you can start helping your self alone as early as possible so that the problem wont grow big in the long run  or its better if we can prevent it because prevention is better than cure ( like what the saying said ) 

This is probably not addiction. I think it may be greed which everyone is guilty of.

Self control is indeed hard. It requires a lot of discipline and regular practice to work.

Right.If you will gamble without self control,you will surely end up addicted in gambling.But i think having self control is really hard especially while you keep winning in gambling.You will surely gamble again and again to make profits.And it's now too late to realize that you are now losing so you keep chasing then to recover your losses.

Self-discipline is your real enemy here. And pure determination to change oneself is very very tough. It is like any other addiction, you need to contemplate on what you really want in life and stick to your goals. The temptations are always there and you need to fight with that temptations.

This one of the reason why you become addicted if you didn't control this. "Chasing Losses" Why you've chased your lose that it can hard to defeat the gambling banker or especially house edge. When you've got lose then stop and relax for a moment let them take care of your losses. Instead, just relax or drink a cup of coffee and come back after an hour when you have free time and if you have been done just relax again.

Good friend of mine cant seem to keep his eyes off the phone when we are out having a couple
So happens we find out he has a gambling problem as has been checking the scores for all these years when we were thinking he was chatting with the ladies
In the pub, while driving, church it doesnt stop. 

And that’s really an addiction when even in church he has no control but checking his gambling bets,this is one thing that must be cure because I am afraid that it would bring more danger when the situation worsens

There are a situation in the past when a gambling addict forced enter a casino and burned a room killing a lot of people just because of uncontrollable gambling behavior

Aw, doesn't look good mate, at least if you are in a church don't bring your phone. It's really hard to quit this addiction, specially of all the places, even in church you can't even stay away from your phone and not to look at scores.

Well, there is nothing much we can do, as nobody wants to be an addict, but they get addicted as the time passes. There are many people their addiction is serious and they need medical treatment.

I am sure many of us have the same feeling and experience as you, and it's not just happened to you. Self-control was very difficult to do in gambling because we've always tempted to try to win the money and we can lose control for ourselves. We really need help from other people if we lose control so they can come to us and help us. But that will not work if we don't have a strong willing to solve about addicted to gambling because we take responsibly for ourselves and other people could only help us.

For many reason people are addicting in gamble day by day. That can be personal family problem, it can be gambler is a patient of depression, It can be the gambler has huge money and want to diploid it over night, And it also can be the gambler want to be a rich man in over night. And sometime people play gamble for doing fun and when he loss huge money then they try to chase the losses money thus the got addicted by gamble. Possible solution is making social awareness about the bad side of gambling IMO.

It's not that they do not want help it's just that they are in total denial that they are very much addicted to gambling, they do not know who to approach and what are the stps to be take to get out of that prison, only a proffesional can do that for them.

Those people who need medical treatment will recover and then resume gambling again with more hunger for winnings. Addition of gambling is a very bad thing in gambling contributing to the disadvantage portion of it. In such situations s/he will bet and will face with loss or s/he will bet and will face with win. Its addiction causes both mental disabilities as well as medical treatment issues arise.

I laughed reading about "medical treatment". I think if the addict becomes a madman maybe he will have a new place to gamble in a mental hospital. ;D It was unthinkable how bad gambling addicts needed medical treatment, because as far as I know gambling addicts are experienced players who certainly have good control, indeed not all gamblers like that, but I'm sure they don't need medical treatment to stop, because everything is do in gambling there is a limit and I'm sure they are aware of the right time to stop spending money.

Maybe not in total denial since you are talking about grown-up people. They are perhaps deflecting on the subject and just thinking about themselves, whether it is true or not. Maybe the professionals could help you in some way, but you could never be sure until you help yourself. That's the real breakthrough if you think about it.

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How are poor people even allowed in that betting store? Are you sure they are poor or just that they put every money in gambling? Because definitely, people in the slums could not afford to gamble. And telling someone that they are useless is not a proper term. Maybe it's a matter of self-discipline, and they need to be educated with what they are experiencing.

What kind of medical treatment is applicable for gambling addicts bud? I think you are referring here on the mental conditioning of that person. He may need to see a psychiatrist and acknowledge that there is something wrong in him.

We then you should not be gambling around, if you have a hard time controlling yourself, you are in great risk.

If you don't seek for other people's help because you don't believe them, you will not be cured.
I myself was also addicted once in my life, but I learned and now I'm smarter, so losing for me now is not risky as I can stay on budget.

Most of the gamblers are addicted to gambling but they never realize or know  this. They keep on playing gambling until they realize that they had spend everything in gamble (Probably due to greediness). The solution to this problem is that every gamblers should think how much money he is sending upon gambling and make a note of it. If he seems to be spending more than he can afford he should stop for some time.

You will know when say it's not something that can make you still alive if you often to play gambling as an addict. Gambling is not a way to stay long time with us, just come per weeks or per months to do gambling and it will avoid someone to be an addict. Being an addict to gambling will happen if someone continue to try to resolve their curious to make every bet they made is win and it will happen in the whole days because you will feel it's time to resolve it but this is wrong way. In the gambling field someone need a time to make him comfortable, because gambling it is not about strategy but depend their pscyhology.

In our country gambling is like a culture or tradition and never it did happen that government remove this kind of activity here in our country and the best solutions the government do? Well, regulating and giving license this kind of activity was the government's solutions because gambling is hard to remove or eradicate in our place.

 We should let it made that way for there are solutions that could be done in those users that had gone gambling addiction and it will be the friends or the immediate family could help one from gambling addiction.

If you do Gambling you need also a control to your self. Just play for past time and enjoyment but, don't spend too much time always control and have decipline to our self, because gambling is good but too much playing I don't think is good  as much.

There is no possible solution of gambling because if one gets addicted with it then hardly after a long time the patient may recover after getting involved in many other things and feel responsible for all those things. If one of your friends or any other relative has been addicting with gambling then you should do something to activate his mind and give him with tasks so that he feels responsible for that.

If one has a control then nothing to be worried about beacuse they would always be disciplined in their decisions and will also gamble accordingly and will only do it for entertainment purpose rather than playing just to make money from it .

I guess instead of trying to fight them, they want to control them and make money by doing so.

If the government bans any gambling activities, it is not going to go away magically. They know it. The players will find another country to play and your country will be losing money.

How can someone play for 24 hours straight without losing their mind. Look I am not going to just talk about the harms of gambling, you are sitting on a chair playing a game for over 24 hours that is bad enough, the money and psychological parts are secondary in this situation.

If you wanted to just sit on your couch at home and watch television for 24 hours even that would be quite bad, after all you need to sleep, I have done 24 hours straight on my PC before so I know how it feels and it feels horrible, like you need to recover from it in 2-3 days by trying to fix your sleeping schedule. You should not do anything for 24 hour straight, doesn't matter what it is, doesn't matter how safe or secure it is, nothing should be done for 24 hour straight. Best case scenario is like 12 hours but with big breaks.

I think, gambling addiction have treatment because we can control ourself anytime if we realy want too its many way for exsample just tell yourself it is too risky to gamble at all. because its posible to happened anytime that one bet typically leads to another and another and always think your number one goal.

making gambling only as a means of entertainment is indeed a habit carried out by many people who like gambling, but some of them make gambling to get money so they cannot control their emotions or cannot limit the time to be more disciplined in playing, because of what they do when playing just to get money from him so he is willing to sacrifice a lot of time just to gamble