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I see a lot of people here talking about gambling responsibly. Yes, that is something very true, but have you ever been a gambling addict?

To be honest in the past I have spent a lot of money gambling. What I mean here is that I spent all my savings on gambling. Maybe the nominal amount is not that big but it makes me feel like a gambling addict. I spent 5 months of my savings on gambling. Currently I am aware and am in the stage of improving my own financial condition. Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?

I believe that if you have a single episode in which you gambled compulsively this not means you are person who has an addiction in gambling but Just you're a person who has not been able to limit his spending possibilities!

going over budget happens often. Have you learn lesson? The amount that you Lost Is the valide of this lesson (would said a friend of mine when talking about forgeries....)
The solution for the future Is pretty easy.
Set up a cold wallet or multisignature wallet to avoid this problem in the future

Is that true? I thought I had become a gambling addict because I spent all my savings. Yes, at that time I forgot myself and my emotions so I chased after losing in gambling. I thought I would be able to get my money back but the longer I gambled, the more money I lost.

At that time, I almost borrowed money from the bank so that I could continue gambling, but my close friend reminded me of the consequences if I lost money again because of gambling, my situation would be even worse. I didn't borrow from the bank and without money I stopped gambling for quite a long time.

I have been heavily addicted in 2019-2020 with slot machines.In fact I was not gambling much at that time except sport bets and it was that time that I first saw the new providers of slot machines like Play n Go and immediately fell in love with their Arthurian themed slots boasting an x100 multiplier,in the slots that I used to play before they never gave you more than x3 or x5 multiplier but they did give you huge amount of free spins up to 200.This love led me soon to addiction and it took a while to realize it and thank God that gave me a super strong self determination to quit it,I know only gamble once or twice a week and with very little amount of money compared to that time,I am healed.

a single episode, (with a degree of severity) can always happen to everyone (mostly First years of gambling).

Are you managing not to bet now?
Well, starts to get professional help and change management of your money.

if you have difficulty not spending it, the only solution is to stay away from it and manage it with a different approach that prevents you from losing money again... as suggested before cold wallets and multisignature address.

Addiction is when gambling only occupy most of your time. Literally thinking gambling all the time is a sign of addiction. Losing money is not enough as reason for addiction since it’s obvious that house will always win due to house edge. The only time you can classified as a gambling addict is when you play gambling most of the time and abandoning everything.

I didn’t experience this kind of addiction since I have limited funds available to gamble which makes me immediately stop whenever my gambling budget is already loss. FYI, you can still be considered as gambling addict even if you are consistently winning as long as you are always gambling without any control.

Consciously, perhaps we will never know whether we are an addict or not, we can see when people around us leave us when we go bankrupt and lose a lot of money because of gambling, if we experience that it means we have become a gambling addict, I'm sure maybe You've felt that too, but so far I haven't become an addict because my gambling habits are still well controlled, for example I only gamble on weekends, never on weekdays or weekdays.

I still manage my budget every time I gamble so I won't become an addict because I always stop playing when my capital budget runs out, if I win then I will withdraw the money and then stop playing, in the past maybe I was addicted subconsciously, but maybe not as bad as like people and still within reasonable limits, the point is that everyone must have experienced being a gambling addict, consciously or unconsciously. Depending on the severity, on average, it is quite difficult for heavy addicts to stop gambling. That's why we always see advice from many people on this forum to gamble responsibly and wisely  ;)

I had been in a situation where I could not control how much was willing to gamble with, a situation where I could not resist the urge to gamble even when I did not see high probability options. At some point, I even made some rules, but I violate these rules easily easily and most times, it ends in pain and regrets. I don't know if this is the gambling addiction being talked about.

Luckily,  I have been able to put myself together, work on my emotions and also created alternative sources of income... these were some of the steps that helped me overcome that challenge. Now I'm able to make plans and stick to them...

You had a short gambling problem caused by chasing losses. You would have become addicted if you didn't stop gambling for a while. Chasing losses is one of the popular causes of gambling addiction. Spending your savings on gambling is absurd. Your savings should be used for investment or meeting needs and not for gambling.  I am glad you have a friend who advised you against getting loans to spend on gambling. Nobody is sure of the outcome of a stake so it is relatively a game of luck. Accessing loans to finance a business or take care of a need is okay but it should never be used for gambling. We have been told every time that we need to have a gambling plan and our allocation to gambling should be what we can afford to lose.

In my opinion, the key that defines all addictions is the loss of control. If someone continues a behavior that is not good or has bad consequences and cannot stop the behavior, then that person is considered out of control or addicted.
And in my opinion you fall into the category of addiction but it's not serious because you can't control yourself which causes you to lose your savings and it's a good idea for you to realize this immediately, because many addicts not only spend their savings but also lose their vehicles and even their homes.
And if you lose your savings because of gambling, you should be grateful because you didn't lose other important items which would actually make you suffer even more.
And I personally haven't felt what it's like to be a gambling addict, and I only play on weekends with enough capital and that's if I want to, otherwise I won't gamble.

Yes. I have said it over and over on this forum. I started to gamble in 2014 and I was addicted immediately because I was thinking it can let me make some money, not knowing my thinking was not good at all.

I was able to overcome the addiction in 2019 which was 5 years after I started to gamble.

When I was addicted, I hardly have money in bank or on the gambling site account. I eyas always broke and seeing any amount of money, I use it to gamble and likely I will lose all again that week.

I've never felt addicted to anything other than food and water ;D because of how crucial it is in contributing to my happiness. Gambling is an activity I enjoy because it somehow funds my food and water. But, doing it so much that I'll run out of resources to gain those utilities; food and water is almost impossible. It's important to me to always watch my bankrolls while gambling. Despite the joy associated to gambling games like black roulette games. The kind of game I enjoy playing. I always keep it at a minimal. Games like Poker, are also great but most time I play with friends and family without staking any real money. Playing for the fun of it. That doesn't mean I've not lost some significant amount in gambling. Yet it doesn't feel like addiction to me, because I still feel in control. Feeling like you're addicted to gambling may have solved half of your gambling addiction problem. As it's a sign of self control. Also from the look of it, you were able to manage how you spent the money, but what doesn't sit right, is the fact you lost a 5 month savings on gambling alone. It's enough to make anyone feel addicted. Because such feelings of doing similar things often and often can be seen as addiction. But, to me, like someone may have said, you weren't addicted. Seems like you enjoyed gambling at that moment. Gambling addiction is not easily stopped. It has to do with the mental health and such players may not realize or feel like they're addicted. Some get sad when told that they're addicted to gambling. These are the symptoms of gambling addiction. Being unlucky with winning our stakes doesn't make us addicted to gambling.

Even though I have been gambling for many years I don't think I am addicted to gambling. I can take a break from gambling when it's necessary or when I am on vacation or just don't have any spare time. During the times where I am not gambling I also don't really think about it and feel the urge to play again soon. Everbody has a weak moment from time to time where they don't follow their own plans. This his normal for humans and I wouldn't beat myself up over it. Of course it's tragic too lose such a large savings amount, but it's also a lesson you won't forget and will help you to not make the same mistakes again. Addictions are something different in my opinion, it's when you always think about gambling and you can't help yourself anymore. To me it just sounds like you a had a bad night and regret your actions the next day. Somebody that is hooked on gambling wouldn't reflect his actions in the same way and would rather keep gambling the next day.

reading your first post, it looks like you just lost control over your emotions, sure, it is not a good thing to happen but it does mean you are addicted especially if it only happens once or twice and this second post of yours just further shows that you weren't addicted. that being said,  chasing losses is one of the ways gambling addiction can start, it is a great thing someone reminded you of the possible consequences if you continue with your plan to borrow money from the bank.

I won’t consider this as an addiction; to me it just feels like you don’t know how to manage your funds when it comes to gambling and because of that you can just use any amount you like carelessly to gamble.

If you come across a real case of addiction you’ll instantly know, have you ever been in a stressful situation and all you could think of was “how you can improve your winning rate” or “how to get more money to use for you gambling activities”? When one becomes addicted to something all they can think of or do with the slightest opportunity they get would be for them to do that thing and in this case gamble. I believe in your case you were able to go through a whole day or perhaps weeks without even gambling if you don’t have the money to gamble, but it will be like a torment for those that are addicted to it.

Although I don’t think I have been addicted to it but I have seen those that have.

I've spent a couple thousands on gambling, but I do not consider myself an addict. I know my limitations and the implications of me tossing away my money into gambling. I know that if I overdo it, nothing good will come out of it. I just saw it as something that takes off 1 or 2 hours off my weekend and I'm fine with it because I had nothing better to do during those times. I didn't miss it one bit, and I ultimately found it as boring and eventually got off my weekly casino routine. Now, I only bet on sports if there's something interesting going around, and if there isn't, that's also fine by me.

If up to five people are living close to your home and they are all into gambling, you growing up you start seeing how lower their standards get shrinking in time due to their gambling activities until one day the polce force came and pick up a dead body due to suicide and the other start drinking heavily and start beating his wife up, and other others went broke, what more lessons do you need to gain from gambling that you haven't already seen?

If I ended up becoming a gambling addict after seeing all these shouldn't you pick up a strong cane and start beating me up? I don't have to be a gambling addict to see what an addict can feel like, I sincerely don't want anything big from gambling because that's what brings you unrealistic dreams and mind twisting dreams, I am good with few dollars here and there from gambling and having my fun.

If I have to go all in into anything, it will be real estate investments and others, they aren't risk free, I mean no investment is risk free but not gambling, everything about gambling is more risky than taking risks with your money in investments, if you are capable of taking risks you should put all your might into investment than gambling.

Gambling responsibly is where gambler is able to accept every risk and must also accept whatever losses they experience so that they must remain in control of themselves without any emotional feelings that can control every gambling activity they do.
Regarding gambling addicts, I think here anyone who has been gambling for long time has experienced a phase that is really difficult to leave gambling for a long time and also the attitude of pursuing victory because phase like this can be said to be gambling addict.

So, from what you have experienced you can already be classified as an addict because you are willing to lose quite lot of money to play and bet in relatively consistent time.
I have also experienced incidents like that and when I experienced it I felt sense of regret and disappointment so deep.
If you are trying to fix everything then the small step you have to take is to try as hard as you can to set financial limits on the money you use for gambling.
That way can slowly learn that control over yourself is starting to be in your hands.

As a gambler there must be a time that one will be an addict, it is when you have lost so much and learnt a hard lesson from your addiction that will make you discipline yourself. What I mean is that there was a time that I was so addicted to gambling because I misunderstood that gambling should be for fun, but I was seeing it as a means to make profit. I lost so big that it affected my financial life. I have to quit gambling for two years before I started gambling again, but this time I only gamble for fun with the little amount that I cam afford to lose.

I only gamble once in a while back days when I just started gambling. It was my friends that introduced me to gambling and it was only when we are together that I gamble. This made me not to gamble without them and we meet during the weekend to have fun. I guess this was one of the reason that made me not to get addicted that much.

 I could only remember some years back when I wanted to get addicted to gambling but when I saw how much of my income do go into gambling, I decided to limit the way I gambled, and that really helped me a lot. So what I did was that,I created my own gambling time that makes me not to gamble when it is not that time, and I quit the moment the time elapses, either I am winning or losing.

I am a gambler, I am able to manage my fund and I am able to know when to stop gambling and I will stop. This is what who is not an addict to gambling will do. But if someone is spending money on gambling too much and got to the level of spending all his savings. There is nothing that is much more qualifies for that than becoming addicted. Once you are spending more than the amount you plan to spend on gambling, that is becoming addiction, but not just addiction yet. If he stops, he is not addicted. But if he continues, that is addiction.

Well, I can't say that I have ever been addicted to gambling, and neither have I ever gambled in a way that it made me feel like I am addicted to gambling.
My gambling most of the time have always been occasional, though there are times when I have made the mistake of being so over confident in a game that I stake far more than I should have staked on that game, and I end up losing the money, this made me feel very bad like every normal gambler would feel when they lose money they didn't plan losing, but then, this experiences have never made me feel like I am a gambling addict, and I believe that I will never gamble to the stage I begin to feel like this, for if I ever do, then there is every chance that I am already addicted to gambling.

i've been in a position where i spent quite a lot of money on slots and didn't account for my expenses. luckily at that time i could say that i was not yet at the addiction stage because in the end i realized my mistake and started to regulate the rhythm of my game and calculate my spending on gambling.

i understand how people can become addicted because they chase their losses and don't control their desire to play so that in the end they become addicted and can't control their game. but whatever it is, when they are in the addiction stage, the person must be helped to get out of their addiction and if necessary, psychiatric help is needed to provide the best help. because addiction not only destroys him, but also the people around him and it is quite dangerous.

Yes, I myself have experienced a phase like this, where I have lost all my money, it's not so big but it's annoying when the money I have runs out just like that, in the end I borrowed money from my friend to go back to gambling in the hope that I can make up for the losses I have felt. Good luck was on my side so I got a big win that multiplied my money that had been lost due to gambling. At times like this, greed got the better of me and I couldn't control myself. So it all comes down to luck.

But now I only play on weekends and even that is rarely done because I have experienced the bad things from gambling. And my experience above is not to be used as advice, I just share my experience when I was crazy gambling. I think it's normal for players to feel frustrated when they lose and want back the losses that have occurred, but I say that expecting back losses is wrong. because it is very unlikely to happen. What happened to me maybe it was also because I was lucky so I could return all the capital that had been lost. So my advice is to gamble wisely, because it will limit us when gambling, because all gambling cannot be separated from luck.

Yeah, same here. Just as I've mentioned in some of my other posts, I'm not really much of a gambler, so I don't know what it's like to become addicted. People who can control and manage their gambling don't seem like they'd become addicts. As you mentioned, when we bet on games and lose, sometimes we lose interest in playing at that moment. But for a gambler who's already addicted, they'll find themselves playing more and more, hoping or thinking that the next bet will be better than the previous ones.

People that are addicted in gambling thinks beyond next bet to be better. What they think more is that they can use gamble to earn often. That is why they will have a failed strategies and go for another one and fail and move to another one until they have several losses. One thing about people that are addicted to gambling is not only losses that makes them keep playing, if they are winnings they also keep playing until the day may not favour them.

A couple of years ago I gamble every single day but that was fair and I think it cannot be called as an addiction as I have limits on how much I am willing to donate or lose a week since it is is a lottery. You can be an addict if you cannot control yourself with gambling.

Aside from that, people addicted to gambling can't control the urge to gamble even if they are losing a lot of money. Chasing their losses without tracking, using up their savings, and creating debt, as long as they think they can still win, they won't stop anytime. Some people even turn to theft/fraud to support a gambling addiction. All they think about is gambling, doing everything to provide for their gambling addiction, and feeling like they can't live without gambling. Like they are willing to risk everything and do everything as they expect a greater return.

I almost became a heavy gambling addict in the past. Fortunately, there were people close to me who knew this and immediately pulled me out of gambling and invited me to do other things that were not related to gambling so that I could divert my attention from gambling. It was a really difficult day for me, where I had to divert my attention from gambling completely. But I still did it because of help from close people so I didn't find it difficult after doing it for a while.

You have to really learn to control yourself because you have spent 5 months of your savings on gambling. After all, it seems you have started to become a gambling addict. If you don't stop immediately, you could become a worse gambling addict and I'm afraid you could even use up or spend all your savings. In gambling, there will be a desire to win more often. But unfortunately, we can't always get that, so we have to be aware of it because gambling is not a place to make money.

There will be only few that will accept being addicted because this will make them feel a failure specially if they are successful in gambling (meaning winning)
we are all gambler here(well at least only few are not) so we know what losing and winning means but being addicted is something harder to admit or people are too afraid admitting they are addicted.
so lets face it that either pretending to be addicted because this is just posting , or yes the one who admits it is now a sober in gambling world.
good for you mate, but engaging in gambling each day ? do you really think that this isn't addiction?

Yes, when I first started gambling I started gambling a lot because I could make very good predictions of football results. Especially during this period because I was making very successful predictions, many of the bets I placed were successful and I was making quite good profits. Of course, since this was the case I started gambling constantly and became a gambling addict. As time progressed, I started to increase my bet amounts so as I started to lose I started gambling more to win again. Later, this situation reached the level of addiction and unfortunately my gambling addiction continued for a while.

Nowadays, I have learned to control myself while gambling and I gamble only for fun. When I think about my current experience and the past, I understand what a mistake I made and how bad gambling addiction is so I don't think I will encounter gambling addiction again.

Yes, I have thought of that. The hint was when I could not take my eyes off the game although it was moving on its own. (auto bet feature)
I've asked myself if I am becoming a gambling addict but answered it also with a "No!".
I think when you have that kind of perspective and you can still think and question yourself then you are not a gambling addict. You are still in your right mind and you can still control because you know what is happening to you.
Anyway, I have not been playing casino games for the past week so I guess I am still okay. Although, I am still betting for sports betting it's not really that much since I only make bets per event. Ever since I find myself losing every day, that's when I have the thought to just stop the casino games for now. It's not healthy anymore if I don't even feel happy and not winning even a single dollar. I mean the excitement is gone because I don't see any green in my bets, always the reds.

It's really hard to be lost in gambling because it is an addicting industry. Hence, it's better to establish and lay down all your goals and your main reason why do you want to enter the gambling industry in the first place. If there is something that you should really possess the moment you start gambling, it should be discipline and having a strong core values. This way, you won't be astray from your initial aim and reason. Gambling addiction do not happen overnight. It develops gradually when you have a strong sense of dependency to it. So the more you feed your urge to gamble more frequently than your set boundaries, the higher the chances of you developing addiction. Which makes it more important for gamblers to set and follow their limitations.

Now, when it comes to being addicted, no, I haven't experienced it yet and hopefully I won't in the future. But despite this, I lost an amount enough to make me regret the decisions I made. It was a learning experience to me, and a costly one. So I made sure to not repeat the same impulsiveness in the future with my risk assessment skills. Hopefully, you recover from your bad spending habits in gambling. Rooting for you.

Yes, at some point, I'm sure almost everyone who does gambling also experienced being addicted to gambling. Well, being addicted to gambling is a common problem for those who gamble. There are many reasons for that: getting immersed in the game, having too much enjoyment in the gambling, or, the most common, chasing the losses, which could lead to a much worse situation. I became addicted to gambling mainly because I frequently won and my hope kept growing to earn a huge amount of money, which didn't go well. I experienced a great loss, but instead I got awake and started to distance myself from gambling, and later on I started to gamble again, but with discipline because I didn't want to experience what I had experienced in the past. I still overspend my capital, but not too much. After that, I will rest for a certain period of time before doing gambling again.

Not that at all that I remember.

I was more than active than I was today but not that addicted at all. Maybe I am in denial? But that's actually my status before when I was too active but I know that I am not severely addicted to gambling.

Unlike you Op, I have never done such thing that I have spent all of my savings or equal to five months or more of it into gambling.

I can be a spender but not into that point just as you.

I totally agree. I don't think that we can consider it as gambling addiction if we only did it once or at least a few times. As far as I know, it is something that is consistently done in order to be classified as an addiction. In fact, we all experienced gambling compulsively at some point in our life, or spending funds that are not necessarily set for our gambling activities. But I think these are the things that contribute to addiction. Because if we are going to look at this, these are one of the symptoms of having a gambling addiction. And if we're going to do such things always, it is likely to happen that we might develop gambling addiction. That's why if you notice yourself doing such things, it is better to control yourself while at the early stage, because if these are done oftentimes, it will certainly develop as your habit and later on will become an addiction.

No I can't because I've been warned by my parents and they have told me stories about lives of people that got ruined because they are gambling addicts, it's easier to become a gambling addict, said my father, always have trust in your hand work than magical ways of making money, you will lose more money that you will ever make from such ways, said my father.

And I took these words very important, the only thing that is assured and ascertain in this life is trusting what you build with your two hands, you can't reap from where you don't plant anything, it's a fake dream if you believe that gambling will set your ass free from hardship, don't even think about it, time is a valuable thing, so spend it on something more valuable that will do you good in future.

Gambling is only good if you are getting fun out of it, and the only way you will get fun from gambling is by limiting your expectations and using few dollars you can spare and ready to lose, panic and fear should not come close to you when gambling, if you are getting fear and panic in you then you are risking too much, your mind is on the money more than the game because you aren't ready to lose the money.

I've been into many other things that are gambling related, like HYIP and Cloud mining, even Ponzi Schemes, these are the fields where I learned my lessons about wanting to make money the easier way, and I truly learnt that I was doing everything wrong, I lost a lot of money too.

I remember also gambling away some good amount of coins on freebitco which is also a gambling like platform, so I saw a lot of things when I was starting out my journey of making money online, the only thing that gave me peace of mind is investing, it took away the unnecessary worries and stress, especially me just holding my Bitcoin.

I have learnt that gambling and high yield investment is just a way to make you give up more money for less good results, and gambling even draw you closer than every other, you can easily get hooked for life with gambling either you are losing or winning.

Gambling isn't necessary in my life because of all things that have happened to me in the past and I was smart to break free from all these things and start caring more about investing my money rather than hoping for a miraculous event to unfold.

Just recently, I gambled away all of my winnings from contests, raffles, Bitcoin price predictions and even my earnings from signature campaigns. The reason I became addicted to gambling is that one of the casinos where I gambled showed me how it feels to experience being a winner. And then end up all my winnings .You know the dopamine rush you get from winning in gambling.

A bit I guess? I was able to hit a somewhat big cashout one time (relatively big compared to my usual bets/wins) and like a week or two after that I was like a zombie that had its mind corroded by the possibility of me winning. I lost that entire winning of mine in like 3 days, but my mind set was like "Eh, I'll just hit it again". I went and proceeded to lose like 3x or 4x of said amount later on. It was a gradual loss though so I lost more early on and as I lose, I kept reducing the bets and slowly had the realization that I was doing dumb decisions.

is that the beginners luck mate? or just one day they made you a lucky person that is why you have addicted for a chance
of experiencing same feeling once again,I believe that almost everyone of us have tasted that but others knows that it is just a trick and trap
of gambling site so they did not fall on that.
that is a best to say , even you gamble each day at least you know how much you are risking and to be able losing per
gamble , attitude that will never bring you to addiction instead will keep you enjoying the game.

I have never spent much money on gambling a person who cannot control himself in gambling becomes addicted. But you have lost all your savings but if you are able to control yourself you are far away from gambling addiction. Many families today are plagued with social problems such as broken relationships due to gambling economic crisis like sitting on the road due to bankruptcy falling into debt selling property, selling decorative furniture is also happening due to gambling addiction. You are in a much better position to understand your mistakes and prepare yourself by analyzing the harmful effects-symptoms or reasons behind this habit.

Actually one of the things I make sure to prevent at all times is letting anything I do to take better part of me or allowing myself to get so much attached to something that I cannot longer have control of myself over it, so for someone becoming a gambling adict is totally depends on the individual on how they become so attached that all they think of is just gambling.

Perhaps in as much as there are responsible gamblers, there are also gambling adict, so for me I can never be a gambling adict because I only gamble when I feel I have a spare money that's of no much use to me at the moment so I will use it to gamble and even if I lose it, it doesn't affect me because the money is very small, but sometimes what I normally do is to draw out strategy of mapping out a little money I will only be using ones in a week and never to gamble beyond that amount if I lose the money, so with this method I can never become an adict on gambling.

I can't say whether I am addicted to gambling or not but I like to gamble but when I lose gambling I think I will never gamble again. But later I went to gamble again. Although I don't gamble the next day, but after a long break, I am excited to gamble again. But I always gamble for fun but never know when it becomes addiction. I am not a deep gambling addict but it is true that I have lost a lot of money through gambling

For now, no, I haven't reached the level of addiction in any of my gambling activities, even though I often gamble, but that doesn't make me have to do things that are considered crazy or beyond the common sense of the human mind, for now I can still control myself as far as the money I use in gambling.

I always think, if I have entered the world of gambling, I don't want to be controlled by gambling, I have to be able to control gambling, that way I won't be controlled by addiction, the same as smoking, If you want to do anything addicted, if you don't have the money to buy it, you have to have cigarettes, but if you can control all of that, automatically gambling is OK and not gambling is also OK, no problem, let alone acting stupid.

Those who are addicted to gambling sometimes don't realize this because they have spent a lot of their money gambling, but if you see that gambling is just for fun, I don't think you will ever experience a gambling addiction because you can control yourself not to. gambling and if you lose in the bet you play, of course you will be able to easily not take your other money to continue the gambling you are playing so that you experience defeat in the game you are playing.

Yes, a gambling addict never realizes that he is addicted.  I've been addicted to playing blackjack for quite some time now I feel like maybe I can make a profit when I go there and make a profit but sometimes I lose but I can't quit the game.  This is called addiction.  I can guess myself that I am slowly getting into a deep addiction there so now I am trying to control myself and quit playing blackjack. Gambling gives us pleasure but also causes a lot of financial loss and hinders our normal life. So it is very difficult to always avoid such a terrible habit as gambling, but we should avoid it as much as possible.

I have never been a gambling addict or had an addiction to anything so I don't have a clue how the experience might be but from the narratives of those that have falling victim of addiction particularly gambling I can say it's not a beautiful but a scary experience probably something I'll never wish my enemy.

However, it is a condition that can ruin the life of a man if not checked and given urgent attention by those close like friends and family members, and on the part of the addict he/she has to recognition his addictive tendencies and accept the reality of your condition which is the first step to finding solution to overcome the addiction.

No, I've never been hooked on gambling. I learned how to control myself when I was young (thanks to Dad). Your moving story shows how hard it is to go from gambling without limits to desperately needing to get your finances back on track. The picture you painted is painfully familiar—savings gone and the question of addiction always hanging over head.

You are changing from someone who is almost addicted to someone who is consciously trying to get ahead financially. This is both a brave and important change. It brings up an old question: How deep does one have to go into loss before they can come up for air? Your determination to fix your financial position is not only a personal victory, but also a light for many others who are going through the same thing.

I tried to gamble a couple of times through online casino site and it's kinda addicting especially if you have a solo budget in playing and you really want to hit the jackpot prize. Hence, I don't call myself an addict because i know what i am supposed to do and I know my self limitations. Also, as a someone who has a genetic blood of a gambler, I wan't to make an action so i can prevent myself to become just like some of my relatives who are still addictively playing a casino gambling and card game. So, much better to know how to control yourself in all aspects in gambling.

I think you chose gambling as a pastime because when you lose your money gambling you stop gambling for a few days. If you were totally addicted to gambling you would immediately gamble to get back your lost money.  But I will tell you that the way you gamble now is fine for you. But the less you gamble the better it will be for us. I too have lost a lot of money gambling and now I am thinking of gambling very little for a few months.

In my case, I have never experienced being addicted to gambling, yes, I enjoy gambling, but I have never reached the point where I run out of money or go into debt just because of gambling. The only thing I do is that I don't gamble every day, if I do gamble I will only allocate a little money for it. I also don't think about winning a lot of money in gambling. If you win, it's luck. If you lose, it's okay as long as you enjoy it.

No, not everyone that can be a gambling addicts for any reason except when we are unable to manage ourselves the appropriate way expected of an average gambler, but also we can assumed that some of us would have been indirectly into gambling addiction by the way we gamble when we are not applying warning to the extent of how we gamble responsibly, or when we got easily moved by our emotions while gambling, but this may not actually be our regular actions, but what we do occasionally that we don't count as being under the influence of addiction.

The question should be have u feel you are gambling addicted? I don't think it's that easy to know that you are gambling addicted except if you are in that stage that you begin to feel remorseful of your loss and guilt of the bad decisions you made when playing. The only solution to even know that is to check your records if you have been doing well or you have only been greasing the casino with your money.


Sorry, it does happen because everyday in gambling isn't father Christmas days. You should have taken some break or don't you think it's really bad practice of you to waste 5 month savings into gambling. As you said, the amount could be small in others eyes but if you could use 5 month to save up such an amount, then only you know how important it is to you but then you wasted everything on gambling.

Unlike trading that you need to look at indicators and other technical analysis before making trade, you need skills to survive gambling and luck but since both are risk, the next thing you should always put on guide is risk management, you might not like it but trust me, it helpful in gambling addiction.

Addiction has negative impacts that are not good if we experience it. Big and small, my friends and I who are involved in gambling games have experienced it.
Spending 5 months of savings on gambling for gamblers who are still actively playing until now is not much because we have to admit that they have already spent some of their assets on gambling.
I'm the type of gambler who doesn't spend a lot of savings on gambling, but I can't count how much money I've spent.

You should have created a poll for this so we'll know how many of us here will vote that they are, I was an addict for the early part or days of my gambling days I was so excited back then especially since I always have a fair chance sometimes winning but most of the time losing, you know that you're addicted when you only count your winning and disregard the losses.

And you're always excited to go back to the platform even after you call it a day or log out your mind wants to go back again and think of the best strategy to employ next you're on the platform.

I'm just glad that I overcame this phase of my gambling days, it was a struggle back then to fight the addiction.

Anyone who spends a relatively long period of time gambling and has lost money that he was afraid of losing will feel the same as a gambling addict, with the difference that he has a greater possibility of succeeding in stopping the loss and restoring his life as an amateur gambler and not on the verge of addiction.
It is not the succession of losses that makes a person feel like a gambling addict. There is a complete psychological state that a person goes through that affects all aspects of his life, including relationships and work engagements, and this is the worst of it.

Yes and when you try to gamble longer like what has happened to addicts then I think it's the same as making your own chances to enter the addiction zone, that's the first symptom that other gamblers always do before entering the addiction, and it's true that maybe their chances of entering the addiction are not too great, but I'm not saying that it's impossible, because obviously if they always play for a long time then of course over time they will definitely become one of the addicted people and join the others.

Yes, maybe it's nothing more than just their feelings due to the number of defeats that always dominate, but I also can't say that those who experience a large number of defeats are not gambling addicts, because obviously the addicts are also like that. What makes them end up losing a lot? Well, it's because their expectations about winning are very high and it's exactly the same as experienced by gambling addicts who are always busy chasing victory, even though there is no guarantee so the number of defeats cannot be controlled.

I gamble but I made a decision never to gamble above a particular amount at a time. No matter how certain I am of the outcome I try to guide myself about the maximum amount of money I will put into it.

I had a friend in college that got seriously adicted that he spent all his school fees on a game that did not play out as planned. He went through a whole bunch of problem trying to come out of that situation and now he has learnt his lesson and doesn't put much money into gambling.

If we are wise enough to gamble the right way, we won't be talking about addiction that much.

Luckily, from the start of my gambling until now I am not addicted to gambling and can still control my emotions when playing. I don't know why there are people who become addicted to gambling, because I don't feel that gambling activities can make me addicted. Yes, there were times when I felt like I wanted to continue playing and tended to be aggressive, but a few moments later I realized this and didn't continue playing anymore.

I am not addicted to gambling, because I can spend several days in a row without gambling. Though, I have personally felt the craving for gambling further when I am having a good session.
I have also noticed there is a lot of discussion about gambling addiction around here, and I have no doubt there are many people addicted to gambling here in the Bitcointalk forum, at least, most of them are pretty much aware of their situation and are looking to improve their situation and control their impulses.

I sincerely hope anyone who is going through such hard situation can overcome it and get back to wagering money they can afford to lose, with conplete responsability and not become one of the many tragic cases we read around here.

Perceptions of gambling addiction always vary according to each user. There are those who think they are addicted because it is difficult to give up their gambling habit and there are also those who think they are addicted to doing anything beyond normal, such as spending all their savings or selling other valuables to carry out gambling activities.
I never considered myself addicted because I have always been able to control myself even though I often lost. The money I spent at the gambling place had been prepared beforehand, there was no regret afterwards because the money was considered as buying pleasure that could entertain myself after being bored at work.

It is believed that the people who have had a first hand experience of something are in a better position to talk about it, for gambling this is something true. I have been very close to becoming addicted to gambling and I have also had a first hand experience associating with a very addicted gambler as a friend and seen the terrible conditions it puts them sometimes and the other time the wins that are celebrated. There are good times and bad times to being an addict in gambling, but the general bad position that it can put you surpasses the chances of it putting you in a good position.

It is obvious from what you have said here, it seems you once was addicted to gambling because if you did not have had the experience, you would not have made this thread. It is nice you posted it here and I will encourage you to make us know the steps you took to stop your addiction because other addicted gamblers could see, read and learn from your strategies implored to curtail your gambling addiction. It could be of help OP.

I am beginning to realise that people get addicted to gambling and not realising it. They feel it is for fun but do not bother to do self analysis to know if truly they are being addicted they only cover it up with the fact that they feel like increasing their gambling budget and unknown to them they are addicted to gambling. I believe this was the same experience with OP before OP realised his savings are all gone for gambling which dawned on him that he was addicted to gambling. I believe OP realised this on time and is working towards it.

I have not been a gambling addict before, so I don't really know what that feels like, and this has been as a result of me knowing when to call it a stop when I'm gambling, I mean out an end to the games every day when I have gambled up to my limit.
 
People who have gambled for years and are obsessed with game results and their desire to win all the time are most likely the people who fall into becoming addicted to gambling.

I know it's easier to say with our mouths that we have all our plans to gamble responsibly set out, but deep down, my own set-up goal has been working for me, and I don't think I can ever break that. Become a gambling addict is easy, but coming out of it is what you really have to do unless you have some kind of external support to push you out of it.

Depends on what exactly your definition of a gambling addict even is. For some people, a gambling addict is someone who cannot stay still for a few hours without having to gamble. Or someone who spends his entire life in the casino, trying to catch that special high he felt the last time he had an amazing win. There are people who think think gambling once a month is a sign of addiction. Really, the addiction illness is different for everyone. Not everyone gets as easily addicted and not everyone gets as easily cured of their addiction.

All in all I think addiction is more of a spectrum. You need to know yourself in order to assess the risk of getting addicted. Or listen to a loved one that knows you.

all gamblers have experienced losing control of their emotions and finances. This often happens to those who are new to gambling. I think your experience can be an example that the risks of irresponsible gambling are very dangerous. But I appreciate the effort you put in. I'm sure that if you borrow from the bank and continue the gambling habit then your current condition will get worse because you will most likely also spend the money.

You have had valuable experience in gambling, hopefully you can always control yourself and not get trapped or fall into the same hole. Gambling is indeed a fun thing, but gambling can also be a very scary thing. It all depends on our self-control when gambling

For me?, I have never examined it medically, psychiatrist, psychologist, or diagnosis related to science in this field. however, symptomatically, according to the references I read, and also based on my friend's experiences at that time, I experienced a gambling addiction disorder. even without the results of medical research that says, or claims, diagonase and all kinds of things. in fact, we can recognize it with our rational mind. It's simple, if something we do has become a very excessive activity. you can recognize these symptoms. It's just how much of an impact and effect it has on yourself. or, it has an impact on the social environment, family, if the behavior is irrational. Thus, you can assume that you have been indicated as falling into the addiction category.

However, it is important to understand that the symptoms of addiction have different levels. there are moderate, medium and worst disorders, namely gambling disorder. Well, I want to ask again, what is the essence of what you are asking about in this thread. Maybe, you can answer it in more detail. Referring to the contents of your thread, I can't comment much. because, it's not that easy to conclude that you are an addict. despite the fact that you have used up the contents of your savings in the gambling session you carried out.There are some more specific points to follow up in your case. It could be that, at that time, you were fond of gambling. then, return to your normal lifestyle. or, what you are doing is getting worse. Well, in this phase detailed information is needed and if you want to be sure. You can ask, consult, the experts.

Then, have I ever been an addict. I answered, yep. in fact, I might still be an addict. why do I say it like that, in fact, until now I still gamble. although in my previous case, I had a break for several years without gambling. Now, I'm back to gambling. however, with a broader understanding and definition of gambling itself. Well, this is important to understand, the idea of ​​being responsible and having fun is not as easy as we say. because, in my experience, it will require an understanding of gambling itself, a definition of gambling for ourselves. Also, it involves awareness.  what I say, will be different from other members. however, with what I say and do, I now enjoy gambling more. without having to always force it, without having to harm other people, let alone us, and without any pressure between losing or winning.

Yes. I've been a normal gambler until I realized that I've been addicted to it because of how I see gambling and how I act toward my gambling activities that is daily at that time. It seems before that gambling is part of my daily routine as a human and I can't live without it. There are so many negatives outcomes on the time that I got addicted and I decided that I need to change before gambling can flip my life to the point that there's no recovery. Tips for those gamblers who noticed that they are getting addicted to gambling, try to slow down your gambling activity and reduce your deposit amount slowly. I did try to stop doing gambling back then as an attempt to stop being an addict but it didn't work, I craved more on doing gambling just like having a withdrawal. Steady and slow until you can control yourself again.

Indeed, I have also became a gambling addicted in the past two years. That was a difficult year for me; I gambled with every penny I made while working a part-time job that paid me a monthly salary at the time. I always thought that gambling will increase my money, to the point where it got so serious for me that I even touched the money i was asked to keep and gambled with it before eventually having to pay them back, but it took a while. Since then, I've been pleading with God to help me stop gambling because it's not the greatest method for me to concentrate and instead leads to destruction. If someone gets addicted to gambling, there's no upside; all you gain is loss. Since I stopped gambling, I've never lost a dime. I will simply smile if I see any of my friends who have continued to gamble after I asked them to quit, since it wasn't easy for me to give up.

A gambling addict would tend to be one of two kinds of people: a) someone that is thinking they can take a short cut to wealth, by spending a little bit (often repeating the same mistake) and hoping to earn a lot back. or b) somebody that has been conditioned through habit forming behavior to return to gambling, often chasing a high that they got when first encountering it. I've been lucky to avoid that and type A is often characterized by people who have very little money which makes it even harder, as they may not understand the basic math that is working against them. I've tried to play poker and make profit from it in the past, but burned out because of the sheer patience, variance and scale required to make it.

I don't think I have become a gambling addict even though I still often gamble, but I have used a lot of money to gamble many times. I have not said that I am a gambling addict because I can still stop myself from gambling for a few days or weeks. A gambling addict will not be able to leave gambling for long because his desire to return to gambling is too strong, and if he is away from home and not gambling, he feels he has to go home to continue gambling immediately. I don't remember how much I lost because I never recorded it and just gambled with the money I deposited. And now, I think I have changed a lot because I can limit the amount of money I use for gambling and don't gamble as often. You should also reduce your gambling activities because you have to improve the financial position that you have spent on gambling. And before it's too late, do it now or you will regret it.

Gambling addiction generally doesn't put any body in a good position it's usually a disastrous end. I know what am talking about, I have witnessed how soem individuals that once had properties living what I can describe as a moderate comfortable standard of living turned out to become nothing only having ownership to the clothes on them by reason of gambling addiction they sold whatever value they had to feed the addiction drive. And it is from their experience that am cautiously taking gambling as a leisure activity to kill time and stress never as a means to earn money as that's where gambling addiction susceptibility emerges from.

Sometimes most persons don't understand the concept of addiction, they wait until they are begining to do crazy things due to gambling before they realize they are addicted but on the contrary that happens to be the extreme case of addiction as they have already been addicted unknowingly.

I have tried my best to.make sure I don't get addicted by regulating how often I gamble, honestly it's not easy to resist the urge at times but I try to discipline myself, there was a time I gambled too often I felt I was becoming addicted so I had to take a break for awhile, during this period I deleted all the apps and bookmarks until I was ready to get back to gambling cautiously.

Luckily I have never been a gambling addict, I can be said to be a new person in gambling, I got to know gambling when I got to know crypto because I used to like depositing dogecoin which I got on the faucet to play on crypto casino site (The first crypto gambling site I tried was Bitvest)

There is a neighbor of mine who became a gambling addict, he even divorced his partner, he also lost his job, becoming a gambling addict is a nightmare that is difficult for everyone to imagine (don't let that happen to me).

Gambling addiction is when you totally lose control of yourself and begin to chase losses, when you begin to have the urge to gamble every day and every time, whether you have the money to do so or borrow from friends. I have not really been in that state, and currently, I don't even usually gamble like I did in the past. Some years back, when I did some side hustle work, there was this colleague who was always gambling all the time, even on duty. Sometimes,  he could even ask someone going to the betting house to stake a game on his behalf. If you are such a person, then you just have to look for possible ways to control your gambling addiction and help yourself.

I've gambled once - that was when I was actually working as a receptionist in a casino house... Lol, I'm not gambling anymore and that doesn't make me an addict..
Alot have been struggling with addiction and that's reall!!... Therapeutic measures have been discovered in so many perspectives and, that's actually gonna die of when it has to... I'd say, there are people that can control and stop gambling without this aids though.

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I have never been a gambling addict and this is the behavior I most avoid. I have never been a gambling addict because I always try to continue to control the gambling activities that I do and the steps I take are to continue to control my emotions and remain consistent in continuing to apply limits on making deposits, as well as limits on gambling time. And as a result, these three steps can make me someone who can continue to control the gambling activities that I do and to some extent this can also prevent me from bad behavior in gambling, thus making me a responsible gambler.

It should be understood that gambling is a place to seek pleasure, not a place to seek profits or a paradise for a steady income. So it would be bad if we thought that gambling could make us rich and it would be bad if we didn't pay attention to playing time limits and deposit limits when gambling.

On my younger days, I was near to it but goodness that it didn't. When I say that I was close to it was when I was thinking on what I should do to sustain my gambling activities, not related to online and crypto casinos but the typical betting houses and casinos that we go. It was such a good experience for me when I have realized that feeling is intense and hype and hard to get out of it. Well, I guess that having not that much at all was also a blessing by that time because I don't know how to do gamble without having any money and that's why my thinking during that time is to find some way to at least get or earn a money that I'll mainly use for gambling. Is that part addicted already when I was thinking of it but then it didn't come into fruition because I was able to fulfill that plan of mine.

Those that probably have the sign of being an addicted gambler, it's now time for you guys to understand what you are going through and what measures you need to do for you avoid it happening and from being worst because it could be your worst nightmare if you won't stop it. No one is going to help you but only yourselves.

Thank you for all the replies, especially those who share your experiences with gambling. I read all the comments but it is impossible for me to respond to every comment.

It seems like everyone has their own experience in gambling. Some comments also mention that you have been a gambling addict. I think it doesn't matter if we have been addicts, as long as we can get out of that circle. I'm so excited that I hope my financial condition will improve soon because it turns out I'm not the only one who has had an experience like that

There are times that we will get hooked to gambling, but the ability to pull out ourselves and control the urges simply means that we are not addicted at all.  I have this kind of experience but at the end of the day if we can control ourselves and can easily stop and take a break in gambling simply means we are not a gambling addict.


Not much since I always have controlled budget for gambling and after some series of losses, I made a decision that I will gamble at most once a month.  I have some couple of good wins before that series of losses so I can say that I am still in the green zone.  The most I can lose in one sitting is only around $30.

you are lucky to have a friend who can remind you before you go too far to chase your losses, sometimes someone feels out of control when they have spent so much money gambling but don't get the profits they expected, maybe many people have a fate like yours who have lost all their savings and possessions to satisfy their lust for gambling.

You already know that you may be addicted to gambling and and lucky you it immediately realize this, even though you have spent all your savings on gambling, at least you didn't take out the loan to continue chasing your losses even though you are actually down because you have used up your savings. But at least you can prevent borrowing money and not experience more losses over and over against.

I never felt that. I were not thinking to use gambling as a way to get money easily nor doubled my money. I know that those who addicted to the gambling will always consider gambling as a way to get easy money as their regular income.
Im not going try to put myself in a hard situation like that. I will be trying to take my reward when my bet was winning but i don't care so much when im losing. Keep in your mind that never try to think when you lose in the gambling and you need to recover your lose. You need to accept the reality if you were losing when you are gambling to avoid the addiction. Many people can't accept that and that's why they were betting more instead if stop then waiting for the best time to gamble again.
Im not following that habit. That's why i never be a gambling addict. I consider gambling as a way to get fun only by playing the game with real money.

I think that others may have different opinion than me but this is the fact.

Yes, when I run out of money of course I can stop and not continue my gambling activities. So that's a common thing, I had that experience when I was new to gambling. I thought I could get maxwin if I kept playing but apparently that didn't happen.


Yes, I think if at that time I borrowed money from the bank and spent that money again on gambling, maybe my life would be ruined and worse. Even though my savings had run out, at that time I still felt lucky because my friend insisted on reminding me not to borrow money from the bank. We argued all night about this, until finally I did what my friend said

When you first play it is hard not to get hooked, the feeling of excitement the first time we gamble is very different from all the enjoyment we do, and once we taste winning we begin to feel that there is money to be made in gambling and it's an easy money only if we can create a pattern that can beat the house, but unfortunately our initial expectation is very much from reality.
The gamblers who are lured to addiction miss the part that gambling is for entertainment only and thinking differently will lead you to addiction, and it's a very costly addiction that will lead you to big financial losses.

Gambling addiction is one of the menaces of society and it's not easy to get out here, the government is setting up various institutions and restricting access to gambling to curb addiction.
I experienced all of this It's good that I overcame it all early, if not for an early interference I would have lost a lot, and its a learning experience and we have something to tell and teach and share experiences with people who starting to get addicted to gambling. 

Good. Most of the gambling addicts are actually not playing in small amounts so getting wrecked will be faster and they may end up getting loans and buried with it. It's better to stick with the rule that you provide, keep having fun, and as much as possible do it with small bets that won't hurt you even in the long run.
For me, I just like covering the wager amount that I set every day. A $100 wager will only need $1 in casino games or sometimes $2. That way you will still receive some bonuses like the weekly and monthly from your favorite gambling site if they have those perks in their features. It's not like I am aiming to be a millionaire in gambling, just having fun is enough, and then getting back the losses from the VIP bonuses.
I don't think one person could be a gambling addict in this method. As long as they don't regret the amount they gamble then it's all okay.

The experienced gambler can judge the result almost sane to the original result of the game.The fresher should enjoy their game,So they was in the honey moon period of the gambling,if they get into the real game.They will force to loss some money and win some money in the gambling.So the gambler should accept the both win and loss of the game.It’s essential one for the gambler to play the responsible game at the crucial time of the game.If the gambler was in the position of loss all the money of their holding,he should take some rest and play is the better option.So he try to regain all their deposited money to the original value to play further.

You really have a good friend because you are still trying to remind yourself not to borrow money from the bank. If you meet other friends, perhaps they won't want to remind you but will encourage you to borrow money from the bank, and they will also ask for a small share because they "helped" you decide. You have to listen to your friends who have tried hard to convince you not to borrow money from the bank, and following what your friends say can also make you aware to start reducing your gambling activities. This is a valuable lesson for you, especially if you spend money in savings. Now is the time to really reduce your gambling, and if possible, you need to leave gambling forever.

There are times that I acted like an addict gambler, like chasing your losses and borrowing some money just to win it back but the result was still the same.
I see this action as an early sign of addiction, and I think most of us here already experienced this especially on the early part of our gambling experience.
Addiction is not ok but most of the time its a wake up call to many and made them realized that gambling is not for them and they should stop doing it before it's too late.

In my case, I manage my time and money strictly. I only bet on a few games and during the weekend, with some excesses in the case of European Champions League and European League and European Conference games, which are games that take place during the week and not on weekends, so when there are games European champions league or European league games or conference league games, so I bet on these games and place bets on La Liga, Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and Portuguese league games when they happen on the weekends, but I prepare a budget accordingly. Separate for weekend games and European competition games.

This means I'm not placing bets every day, I'm not playing games of chance every day, I'm not spending money that I can't afford to lose. With this strict method that I follow, it prevents me from thinking about gambling all the time. I just analyze the games for a few hours and after I place my bets I stop going into the casino, only on game days and I watch the games and see more news about the games. I believe that it is important not to constantly play games, instead one should have other things to do in life. like going for a walk, watching TV and other things to avoid becoming addicted to gambling.

loneliness, the self-exclusion that a person makes from society. creates all the conditions to be addicted to anything that the person is doing very often. This doesn't just happen to adults, it also happens to children when they are constantly isolated at home and playing, within a few years they become children addicted to games.

Well, as someone who is promoting a gambling casino on a public forum like this one, if you advice everyone to leave gambling forever and they all leave gambling, how do you think the casino you are promoting through your signature ad campaign will make the money so that they can keep paying you ;D? A food for thought for you.

Anyways, I did never advice any one to leave gambling for ever since I do not understand or know their financial situation, and maybe it's through gambling that he or she may receive his or her breakthrough, what I did advice is to never borrow money for the sake of gambling, and also never gamble above your limits, read all the rules associated with responsible gambling and adhere/obey them all, never chase loses as well as never take gambling as a business or a job.

In the end, those who gamble responsibly will always find happiness, regardless of whether they win or not.

It's good to be able to manage not only your money but also your desires. I also try to limit my entertainment and I'll tell you honestly that this is the best decision of my life. Up to a certain point I did whatever I wanted and I often violated the prohibitions that I set myself. This led not only to loss of money but also to other problems. Restraint is very important, and not only in gambling.

When you said that your friend always told you not to borrow money, it made me wonder how many of us really have such vigilant guards in our lives. A lot of "friends" dance to the tune of other people's plans. Even if it hurts you, they would try to get you to make decisions that help them. Its even more admirable that your real friend took this stand in this friendship situation.

Once you're sucked in gambling, getting out is like pulling a Herculean weight. But isnt the thrill and instability of gambling a bit like the unknowns we face in real life? Still, theres a thin line between fun things that wont hurt you and an addiction that will ruin your life. As you correctly pointed out, its a huge red flag if your savings are going down. Is it time for a stop? Or maybe you should turn this habit into something more... useful?

Well, I was addicted to gambling when I first started gambling. I remember there was a website, I think it was a PTC website which had a unique layout and a different approach than normal PTC websites where you watch an ad and get a small amount in your account. On that website, users used to collect RP points which then used to be converted to paid ads and then you would get paid based on the ads you are watching as every ad used to have a different worth, and you would get ads based on much RP points you have in your account.

The website also had gambling games. What I used to do was to accumulate RP points and then gamble with them. I was so into that thing, I used to win sometimes and then use the martingale strategy if I was losing and eventually lost all the points and didn't receive paid ads but I would still not stop. It was later that I decided to stop doing that and focus on what I was there to do.

Also, to get more RP points, we used to buy ad packs that would provide about 2k points for every $2.

Management will always be the best thing in whatever happens to our lives, especially in finance, we must have a strong reason about why we have to allocate money to something, and it must go through several considerations to make the right and convincing decision. Managing desires is also almost the same, try to always not overdo it in putting desires, especially if we don't have the ability to do it then don't force it, it will only make you depressed.

I think what you experienced there is natural, breaking the rules that we have previously made I have also experienced it several times, in my opinion it is not too much of a problem as long as we do not overdo it, I always try in a better way and return to my original rules by promising not to make the same mistake. Yes that's right, self-control and management are very important in any case, whether it's in gambling or even real life, because it will be very useful to always be able to balance things.

Oh you have made me to remember of my days in school when my bones were eaten up with gamble. I gamble a lot then and I lost very big, because I was controlled by my emotion and decided to chase my loss. I used my tuition fee to gamble and I learnt a head lesson from that mistake that I made.

I am happy now that I have overcome my addiction and still enjoy the fun in gambling. I no longer allow my emotions to control me as I do have a gamble budget and once I empty it, I stop gambling, so that I don't get addicted again because it is the more that you gamble that you the chances of getting addicted increases.

In fact, what you experienced during those 5 months can be categorized as a mild gambling addiction and i also had that happen, at that time i spent my salary for 2 months just playing slots for a while, luckily i didn't think recklessly about taking out loans, selling my valuables or committing a robbery when i ran out of capital, i realized and stopped when i ran out of capital at that time.  Now i am increasingly able to control myself in gambling, i only play with money that i can afford to lose and will stop when i win or run out of capital.

Management and control would really be that crucial because if you do miss out this thing then for sure you would really be that prone into lots of errors and mistakes specially when dealing up with gambling.Most likely you would really be that finding yourself that get easily be addicted considering that self control isnt there or moderation with your funds which we know that it would really be that so crucial.
Dont let or make yourself deal up with things which does shows that you are already getting that engaging that so easily or spending up your money with gambling or something that it isnt necessary
on which this would really be molding up that kind of intent on which it would really be that making you desperate.

Gambling isnt bad as long you are really that in moderation specially when it comes to spending or finances that had been used up or else then for sure you would really be having that huge
impact when it comes to your finances if you do find yourself that wont really be that responsible for the actions you are making.

Not medically diagnosed but I believe I has the symptoms; always had the urge to gamble, not being able to function with my daily routines ‘coz I was thinking of getting back with my losses or either earn more after a win. I wasn’t tracking my losses and wins which surprises me weekly. Fortunately I managed to limit myself theu the help of my friends who encouraged me to engage with other things such as sports. I gradually lessen the time and amount of money I was spending on my bets and so far I am doing better than my past as a casual gambler.For sure many of the gamblers would also understand tbe feelin of being in such unwanted state/stage.

First of all I wanna ask you that which purpose do you gamble? Do you play gambling with any other intention rather than fun i.e. entertainment? If the purpose of your gambling is any other purpose than fun, it is more likely for you and all of us to turn towards addiction. Or when you find that you are gambling beyond your ability to lose or you are spending so much money on gambling that it is affecting your daily life, then you must assume that you are addicted to gambling.
I see you blew your last six months of savings to gamble. I myself actually don't do this. I gamble a percentage of my total income every month according to my ability. If I lose that amount, I won't gamble anymore in that month. Moreover, if I do sports betting, it is convenient to follow my strategy. So still I do not consider myself addicted to gambling. However, no addicted gambler will identify himself as an addict. >:D

To be a little more precise, it is necessary to clarify the idea that not only those who have successive losses are addicted or more susceptible to addiction. Also those who are lucky enough to win many times in a row. Quite the contrary, it can be said that they are the ones most likely to fall prey to addiction out of the belief that they are the luckiest. While those who always lose are obsessed with addiction, which is to compensate for their losses in the hope that they will stop gambling as soon as they compensate for those losses, which never happens.

What a subtle reminder.  Back then in school,  I was so into gambling though not too extreme as in your case. I can't  
Say i was addicted then but i gambled almost every day. Gambling to me then was just for fun, even though it cost me money.  Predicting matches was more of an entertainment  to me.  Funny enough,  I never recorded any win  while I was into gambling.  

One thing that helped me then was that I wasn't relying on gamble wins and I had other things doing that were taking my  attention.  No emotional attachments and no thoughts of going extra miles to get funds to gamble with.  Seeing gambling as a recreational active will save us lots of emotional stress.

Reading your contribution was hilarious, gambling with your school fees was actually a lot of risk, I would have love for you to give me the remaining gist how you ended up paying your school fees, that's some serious mind, at least it will be lesson learn. I don't think I have made any reckless decision in term of gambling. The only thing I remember doing is placing different bet in one day just because I want to win but not longer driving by that vibe. Most times we allow our emotions take advantage of us while gambling, the best you can do is while gambling you really need to be smart. Gambling have its own benefits and also can be dangerous.

Thankfully not, and I hope it never will be. Indeed, from the first time I entered the world of gambling, I was determined not to dive too deeply into gambling. Only to the extent and within reason. Because I really understand my abilities and my limits, as well as the risks I will experience if I get too involved with gambling. .Moreover, being in gambling is not the main reason to continue staying here. Because this is just fun entertainment and you don't really think about making a lot of money. The focus is not on gambling so it will not be easy to be attracted to always staying in gambling. So, as long as we can control our emotions and also control our desires, we can actually control ourselves in gambling. And don't ever think about getting rich by gambling, rather dream of getting the jackpot in the next round.

The problem is when someone becomes addicted, he/she can't figure it out and will be in denial. I wouldn't say that it's okay to be a gambling addict because many struggle to get out of it and they just can't. If you're alone and you're trying to get out of it, you'll have a hard time and that's the task that you can't do on your own. That is the reason, I wouldn't say that it is okay or it won't matter at all when you become addicted because you can get out of it, it's just all words, and being in actuality is different.

Yes, other people also experience what you experienced. Learn from that experience of yours, be determined and encouraged that you want to improve your financial status and with all the suggestions given to you, you have an idea of how it should go and all you need to do is to follow what you think fits and best for you.

I am going to admit that I'd fall into gambling badly but not to the point that I become addicted and maybe because I was able to stop such kind of temptation and are able to control my emotion. I could really say that most of the time we commit mistakes first before we realize that we are wrong and then become responsible gamblers. Because if we let our emotions dictate our actions, the more possibility that we fall into addiction. That is why I would say newcomers must think about the reason why they are gambling because if they think about making money here, the more chances of failure.

It's hard to say no when you're a gambler. Maybe it's just the level of addiction that varies between gamblers, even though they are addicts. I admit that I am an addict, but I don't think I'm so addicted that it ruins many things, including finances and so on. Self-control and finances are ways that allow gamblers to become less addicted, then not chasing wins to recover losses is another thing that needs to be considered.

Maybe this thread is not a way to avoid addiction, but based on the title alone; I am also a gambling addict, especially certain games like slots. The intensity has lessened as I focus on investing, but there is always a good time to indulge in some fun on a particular game in gambling.

Is there any possibility of gambling with limits ?? That even after everything, you ain't cut up with addiction..?? That's not just possible...
In as much as you're a regular gambler, the possibilities of involving in gambling addiction is far possible, but the resistance is slim .. "if you accept it, you can't retract it"..
The more you lose, the more you'd realize what it means to keep wagering...

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Your friend long and angry debate succeeded in getting you not to do things that were more detrimental to you again and again, and fortunately your friend continued to remind you tirelessly.
that's why we gamble at least openly whether it's to our family or to our friends because at least one friend will always remind us when we find it difficult to control ourselves when gambling, if only your friends don't know about your behavior when gambling at that time and have used up all saving you may be experiencing difficulties at this time and the risk of gambling addiction could occur because you are really trying to chase your losses to the point of almost taking out a loan.

That sounds more reasonable. I also thought that at that time I was a gambling addict, maybe still at a low level so that when I ran out of money I could immediately stop gambling without causing any side effects on my physical and mental health.

Yes… I think slot games have the biggest addictive effect. Apart from that, the feature of buying free spins and the possibility of winning up to 5000x, 10000x, even 100000x the bet is like a challenge that we want to overcome.

This is a good point. And this made me wonder, that what if we were all addicted but we were not just aware? or is it because our addiction is not as the same degree as what gambling addicts have? But I have not yet experienced any negative implications of gambling as what other have experienced. Like experiencing financial troubles caused by excessive gambling or having mood swings because of the losses. But I have experienced chasing losses before, but I don't think that's a clear sign of gambling addiction. I have also experienced before where I don't want to stop gambling even though it's already past the time that I have set for my gambling activity as I have other things to do. I don't know also if that's a sign of gambling addiction. But I was able to control that and that never happened again.

I think thats because people in here try to prevent being a gambling addict than to find a solution when they become one. Well its easier said than done but when you started gambling responsibly, it unconsciously becomes part of your system that when you start feeling like you are betting too much, you stop yourself from being addicted to it. For me, addiction is when you can no longer control yourself from gambling. So as long as you are still in control of your games and finances, its okay.

Are you sure that it wasn't big enough? Then why you are annoyed? Or maybe you think it is small but you gamble too frequently or you are re-depositing right after a loss because you feel like you want a revenge. No it doesn't comes down to luck. You see because even if you are lucky to recover and win more, you still don't feel like quitting. Much more for those who experience to continue a bad luck continuously.

Expecting back losses isn't wrong. It was a good thing in fact so that we won't feel disappointed and most of the times the less we expect a win, the more the wins can come. The last thing that you said is true because even though there are skill-based games, luck still plays a role even just a little.

Addiction in my opinion is almost the same as what you said, but here it could also be a matter of time. Someone who is addicted always wants to be in the casino all day or in front of the slot machine all the time to play it. If he is not at the casino for even one day, he will feel restless and like a depressed person. That's the easiest level of addiction to get into, even if it doesn't cost a lot of money.

So when people start to feel addicted to gambling, they not only waste money, but also their time and all their attention. Is this good for his health? of course not. Everyone must be able to focus on productive things so they can continue to make money properly and live comfortably.

You may be successful in controlling your money in a gambling place, but if you waste too much time, that's not a good thing.

In the context of testing a web gambling for example I choose from board games and rounds there are many games as well as campaigns that are running, I am interested in testing features, speed and whether it competes with competing games, that is my goal and not to settle for 1 game meaning I don't expect much in 1 game for example gambling.

Experience is a valuable thing yes gan, and I agree. It is very true that you realize your financial condition that must be recovered and if you play when your financial condition is stable it will far make you enjoy more from every result that comes out, of course?

I deposit a few $ or crypto under $10 usually, I consider it worth renting a certain website and I randomly enjoy its features and benefits at will, it's better to enjoy exploring a game by understanding it without having to force yourself and hope for huge profits beyond expectations let alone hope for instant profits and become a routine, if the intention is right I just enjoy it.

I haven't felt like a gambling addict.maybe because I consider myself a low income earner and meticulous keep track of everything I spend money on. I know that this is not so with some people but having low income means minimal amount is allocated to gambling and therefore, your risk of addicted to gambling is low because after you have considered the amount you'll spend on feeding for a month, house rent, health, transportation, internet fee, and other things, you can't even imagine being addicted. As it would be being hungry, being thrown out of your apartment, and not being able to care for yourself when your sick. You may have a counter argument but this is my own opinion. Thanks

That's true because by preventing gambling addiction, we have eliminated the biggest problem of gambling that many people may have experienced so far, especially since we can easily be tempted to continue gambling. We must be able to learn to be responsible when gambling and also have good self-control so that we don't experience a lot of losses, which can trigger us to continue gambling. By continuing to gamble, we can become addicted to gambling and we often don't realize it and we only realize it when we have a serious gambling addiction. But we still feel that we are not addicted to gambling and consider ourselves to be fine even though if other people saw it, they would say that we are seriously addicted to gambling.

It is true that if we do not pay attention at all and also do not apply management and control in any field in our real life then obviously as a result there will definitely be some problems that come, it often happens in real human life and I'm sure everyone must also have experienced it and I call it carelessness maybe. Yes, especially in gambling that really involves your money, if you don't care about the name of management and self-control then I can make sure that soon you will experience a lot of problems with your own finances, it's because you don't have good management in terms of money allocation and you don't have limits when gambling so you always put your funds on gambling even though the final results often lose. Do not let you go too far even though maybe the purpose of gambling is to seek pleasure but still you should not overdo it and must put limits, how can you exchange money for a pleasure, it's okay but it must be with good management too, or the point is to set limits and not too often because it will cause problems with your finances.

Yes, that's the point, go ahead if you want to gamble, no one forbids it, but on the condition that you must keep your finances in order to stay fine, do not let because of this activity you even experience a lot of financial problems.

I don't even have the most certain answer of how a person would be considered as gambling addict. Now, let's put it on your perspective. What if you're in control of the games you played in a certain casino and you were able to afford all the money you spend in gambling because you're rich and you regularly gamble with huge amount of money but still in control with all your finances. Does that mean you have the indication of being a gambling addict?
I am starting to realize that gambling addicts are not only the ones who became broke, but there are also rich people who are able to balance his money generating business and gambling urges.

Well if you have bare minimum salary, for sure you would be conscious on every money you stake at gambling. Every money is important to you as you earned it for the whole month so wastign it all into gambling would be so regretful. Whenever you are at loss, some people would say they would try to recover their losses which will lead to addiction cause it will just worsen your situation, if you have low income, losing some few funds you will already realize how that money can cover some of your essential needs like from what you have mentioned. Using gambling as source of your income and escaped to your life, would never be an option to person that are earning money bare minimum. I actaully understand your point and it's quite relateable since I live in a country where most of the people earn money just to survive.

I only played once a week and at that time I lost my self-control so when I lost, instead of quitting, I played again and even borrowed money from friends. A person who loses is naturally upset because it's common, who says they don't want to quit? Can you read someone's mind? Are you sure everyone who gambles wants to keep playing? Can you be sure everyone has no gambling limits? Are you sure that all players are like that? Why would you say that? Are you one of those who gamble with no limits and want to keep playing?

Basically everyone doesn't want a loss, no one wants themselves to experience a loss, but in all things there must be a risk that will bring a loss. It all depends on ourselves whether we can run it properly or not. I myself can limit gambling by playing only on weekends, even if I have other events I don't play at all. But it's not up to me to make you believe, I'm just sharing my experience in gambling.

You did the right thing to include gambling in a certain routine. One shouldn't gamble with emotions. He should know when to play and when to stop. When it comes to gambling, if you can't get a hold on your emotions you might loss everything.

Another thing is that, gambling should be played for fun not money making process. Yes, gambling will bring you a lot of money. But that doesn't mean, it'll be your main source of income. Gambling should be something to relieve stress not create stress.

Lastly money management is the most crucial part in gambling. If you don't take account of your earnings and loosings, you might loss everything before you realize you have nothing left. So always maintain a limit when gambling. Gamble the amount that you can efford to loss not what you could win.

Every person earns money to meet the basic needs of life the addiction thing is really bad if you can't control yourself it makes things worse. He is very much aware about gambling even though his income is low he is not ready to take risk in spending his money on gambling. Spending on necessities is more important than gambling in fact if there is no harmony between means and achievement the world can be terrible. He realized his problem after a while and controlled himself by thinking that he should hold himself somewhere.

Isnt the person who gets few wins in a row or wins frequently, or even got some easy money, automatically turns into addicted gambler? I will speak for my self. I have made a 1 BNB deposit and rather easy turned it into 1.3 BNB, withdrew it and in few days that easily gained profit basically forced me to make deposit again and repeat everything. Easy 0.6 BNB in less than a week, and I start to think that I am gonna make a deposit again after a pause. Probably 0.6 BNB. Because even if I lose them, my total balance would be still that 1 BNB. And that starts to make me crazy...

6 years ago, I was very addicted to gambling to extend that I literally wake up very early everyday and go out to work in other to raise money to finance my gambling addiction. Sometimes, I do win but most of the time I do lose my stakes. It was so bad that I felt it will be a huge embarrassment if I open up to anyone around me about my gambling habit but after I lost a very huge sum of money one night in a gambling house, I made the decision not to gamble again and that decision has always stood since then.

That must be a very tough decision for you to make because you have been in the world of gambling for too long and have spent a lot of money. But the best news is that you really made a brave decision not to gamble anymore and have kept that decision until now. And because you have experienced gambling addiction and now you can recover, it proves that we can cure gambling addiction. We need encouragement to realize that we have lost a lot of money and must immediately stop the gambling addiction. That's where we will try to get up and fight gambling addiction so that we can be free from gambling addiction and not experience it.

I have never been a gambling addict, but I have a cousin brother who is a gambling addict, this guy spends almost everything to satisfy his urge for gambling, there was a time we were paid a reasonable amount of money by our state Government, this guy planned to double his money through gambling, he used this money go to his usual place of gamble, to my greatest surprise, a dime didn't come back with him, the worst thing is he was looking for more money to go back to gamble.
As for being a gambling addict, there has never been a time such happen, but I have lost some amount of money in gambling not that much, the facts is I don't allow things that I do to control me, am always in charge of my game.

I think the people here on average have experienced addicted to gambling, about the level of badness in gambling is relatively according to their views, I have also experienced the same thing as you did, working to fulfill my gambling desire, but fortunately not For a long time, because I quickly realized that I would never be a better person if I was impulsive in gambling.
Sometimes a large loss will make us aware if we cannot be aware of themselves before losing, it becomes the best lesson, there are some people who borrow money to fulfill their gambling desires so that he can no longer pay debts that ultimately choose to commit suicide because of too much debt due to poor gambling activities.

Shame will be present if our environment considers bad people who like to gamble and it also makes us positive to change ourselves from gambling sactivity that is too impulsive.

I also gamble, but I won't fully admit that I'm an addict. Gambling for me is just a game and it is not a place to double money and is also not a suitable place as a source of income. Winnings and losses are an inseparable part of gambling, so considering it a place that makes money consistently is completely wrong.

I'm not an addict, but I've gambled many times. Whether it's an addiction or not, a habit that is repeated over and over again will be considered an addiction even though it never becomes a problem when I finally lose. There is no reason why I should become an addict, gambling is just a fun game and nothing more.

I have not ever been a gambling addict but at some point in my life when I was going through a lot, I began to notice that I was fantasizing so much about gambling. Not sports betting. It was my escape from reality. I would play both free mode and life month slots on casino websites. The days were long and the night was longer. Looking back I don't know if to say I was addicted or not. All I know is that I gambled a lot but as soon as that dark period of my life was over, the frequency of gambling reduced. Not a conscious decision though, I just noticed after some weeks.

Don't you feel tempted, especially since you had to own an account at Stake to be a part of their signature, so you write in the gambling section, you have a gambling signature, but you don't gamble at all? I'm having a hard time believing this, but I've seen some strange things both here and in real life, so maybe that's true.
I haven't been an addict at any point. I'm a casual gambler. I never go over the limit and I never spend too much time gambling, but it helps to bet on sports. Table games are much more addictive.

Their was myth in the gambling community,the gambler who get addicted to the gambling will made the biggest win in their entire life.So many gamblers was adding to the gambling sites day to day.Their was the huge difference between the good and bad gambling addicted person to the gambling site.Because the good gambling addicted person know their addiction to the gambling sites and they never except any return from the gambling sites.They totally do the gambling for the entertainment purpose.The bad gambler will target their past loss in the gambling and loss their entire holding dollars.If they don’t have any luck in the gambling.

I believe in myself, yes. I came to the point that I even do gambling all day long for several weeks or months. It's something that I always want to do and always make it to the point that I spend lots of money just to do gambling to satisfy my addiction. I can't control myself to minimize that addiction.

But I will say that I'm responsible in terms of attitude and behavior.

Even though I gambled a lot and admitted to being really addicted, I never came to the point where I was at my worst and a bullshit person. I'm still in myself outside of my gambling activity and do my real-life responsibilities without a problem.

Not really that a gambling addict but there comes into a point that i've been wasting too much money in the sense that it is really that more than on the amount that im earning or simply it doesnt
able to compensate in regarding income and spending in gambling. Good thing that i did able to make up some breaks and totally realize on the things ive been doing. On the time that there's no
money that you could be able to pull through into your pocket then it would really be that so impossible that you wont really be that able to notice on whats wrong and whats right.
I can say that there are really indeed moments or situations that you are already spending up tons or more than on what you can afford to lose, it is really just that impossible
for you not to be wary on the things thats happening around on which means that you would really be needing to make adjustments if needed.

Gambling, even without addiction, can quickly deplete finances, especially when spending exceeds earnings. Taking breaks and realizing your spending patterns is admirable. Being self-aware is vital. Understand that online gambling is meant to profit from players. Chances are against you. Spending more than you earn is a red flag and a warning siren that requires immediate attention. Seeing this is a good sign

Setting and following strict budgets is the next step. Use spending limits or gambling site blocks if needed. Consult a financial advisor to mitigate losses and prevent future ones. Remember, it's not enough to make changes—you must enforce them. You must use all resources to protect your financial health

Well you are been addicted but you just didn't notice it since some signs of being addicted on gambling if you can't control yourself to gamble and spend more what you earn, you are just been denial and think that you are fine but choosing to spend a lot of money which you can't afford is really in bad situation. But gladly you are there still fine maybe you realize that you are taking it on wrong way and realize that you need to slow down. For sure discussion here especially on gambling section helps people like us even if you didn't notice it since we became around how awful to be a addicted gambler and we find ways to correct all the wrong actions we did then make sure that we are still in total control.

Certain adjustment is needed since if you can't help ourselves to do this and let the negative action we do for sure we would provably not go any far then result to more complicated matters to us that we might regret in future.

maybe its a little contradictory but I will tell you a little about this deviation that I used to be a very crazy gambler who spent all my valuables and my parents and several friends knew about my daily activities because I gambled since I was underage on slot machines which unconsciously made me I was addicted because I felt cool and challenged and in essence I admitted that I was addicted after losing a lot of valuable things and I decided to promise to quit gambling and while I was healing there was a woman who is now my wife who tried to help me get up not to gamble anymore and long story short I am married and have a small business and a small income but always safe in everyday life and I told my wife I wanted to gamble again because even though I had stopped gambling the thought of wanting to have fun gambling was still in my brain and my wife gave me permission to gamble but I am always reminded not to exceed the limits set by my wife.

In conclusion, maybe I not oppose @Docnaster opinion, but even though he has promised not to gamble anymore, I am sure he will definitely keep his commitment, but I am even more sure that he will want to gamble occasionally in sports gambling or casino games and I am sure that one day he will experience the same thing as me.

At least you are willing to be honest with yourself through this post that you have experienced a gambling addiction that made you continue to gamble and finance your addiction, but if you look at your story the level of your addiction is not too serious and you can still stop gambling in a short time, It is not easy for gambling addicts who have a high level of gambling addiction because it is complicated to get rid of the gambling habit and addiction quickly.

It takes time to cure gambling addiction, the decision you make is also very right at that time where it can build a strong urge within yourself to quit and stop gambling, that is the reason why it is easy for you to stop gambling because of the strong desire to try to stop it, I was like that too, but now I still gamble, I just reduce my gambling time and that's why I gamble on weekends and even then by limiting my budget so I don't get addicted anymore.  ;)

Spending all your savings on gambling doesn’t mean you are addicted to gambling. We classify someone as an addicted gambler when he can’t do without placing a bet every day. This kind of person must gamble even if they don’t have money. They will go and take a loan just to gamblers because that is where they derive their pleasure from. So you spend your savings on gambling, maybe not in one week, a day, or even a month, and since you realise that what you did was a mistake, you can see that you yourself know that you are not addicted. Someone who has already been addicted won't think of that; he always thinks that he is doing well since that is what he does to make him happy.

Spending all your savings on gambling even if it's not every day can still be a sign of a gambling problem. Addiction to gambling doesn't always look the same for everyone. It can show up as financial troubles even if you eventually realize it's a mistake. If you find yourself in this situation it's important to seek help and support to address the gambling issue.

When savings are up for gambling, then what will be born by the mind when you are alone. Never mind, it is a bad sign and the person who has spent all the savings for gambling is called the initial door of addiction. What you mean is not like a addict to nicotine but gambling addiction can exceed addiction to nicotine.
Very few people will adjust that it is not the behavior of addicts.

Savings are up, the only way is to search to return to save. For those who are able to hold back and not regret his actions, then I admit that person is not a gambling addict.

That will happen if you know how to control yourself because addictions just happen if we let our emotions/feelings control us.
I was thankful that I'd never been into that situation but honestly, it was very close during my early days in gambling where I was about to chase my losses. I'd realize the impact of such thinking because I found out that the more I gamble, double or triple my bets, I'd never have the chance to get lucky but instead, I lose more.

Good thing that some of my friends give some advice otherwise, it is a huge possibility that I fall into addiction.

Yes, that's right, the beginning of gambling was the phase where I made that mistake. I didn't know how gambling worked so I tried to keep chasing my losses until finally all my savings were gone. At that time I was curious about Maxwin from slot machines, but I thought there was no point in chasing Maxwin, it's better to just enjoy the game with small capital, because when we spend a lot of money to gamble we won't find pleasure when gambling, there are only emotions and stress . It's bad for mental health

It is very wonderful that your friends keep you from this dangerous edge. But many friends, on the contrary, are, so to speak, “dangerous advertisements” for gambling. I'm, of course, talking about those guys who always brag about how much they earned from betting and how easy it was for them. For example, a friend of mine constantly brags about how much money he made from Dota 2 International. After such stories, any person will think - couldn’t I earn more than him? But the fact is that for some reason such friends “betting experts” never want to tell how much they played on their predictions.

When we are still on noob phase or something that do talks about first time, then those kind of intents and mindset would really be normal on which our approach would really be mainly be focusing on
making easy money with gambling yet this would really be the main thing that you do have in mind on the time that you have seen about gambling. Yes, money making is easy but on the other hand
you arent really that aware on how risky it is and this is where mistakes do really start. On the time that you would really be experiencing unfortunate events then this is the time you would be making
those realizations on which it is really just that normal to make out some adjustments.

Most of us would really be that wary and able to learn but there are some who would really be sticking into their initial plans despite on hearing or experiencing those things along the way.
There are really just indeed those type of people who do really keep pushing their luck or trying out to do the things that they do have in mind despite of the risks involved.
They would really be only trying to lay low on the time that they experiencing hardship.

Don't gamble when you are not in good condition, obviously it will be very bad. You can't control a lot of things when you're angry and you'll also have a hard time deciding things well when your mind is in a mess, so it will only lead to losing more quickly than winning something worthy. Gambling is about fun rather than just winning, in fact you should feel okay if you end up losing.

Addiction can happen to anyone regardless of whether they gamble for fun or want to win money. To be honest, there are many addicts who do not admit that they are addicted, but as long as they can still gamble responsibly then they will not have any negative effects from their addiction.

The truth is that you can not be perfect in anything right from the very beginning; you must commit to learning on the process. Most of the things we attribute to gambling addiction are natural processes almost every gambler passes through in other to be matured and be called experienced. Even though it is seen as addiction, I feel it is not entirely right to address it by that name, rather a more decent name would have sufficed. Well, nomenclature is not the focus of the discussion rather characters that define a good gambler.

Personally, I have done most of the things being regarded as gambling addiction, things like playing without planning, chasing losses, playing and loosing it all after a major win including playing with funds not mine. I must admit that those characters are not things I'm proud of but they actually shape my disposition to gambling and made me better at it. In all, gambling addiction is something everyone should strive to overcome.

Panic is one of the causes of big gambling losses.  When someone loses 30-40% of his budget in gambling he panics and later bets a higher amount to recover that loss.  And if he ever loses, he loses almost all of his crap.  And he becomes addicted and deposits more and thus a gambler becomes more attracted to gambling and panics and continues gambling.  So certainly one should not gamble when one is not well.  And one should not panic while gambling.  And always try to keep yourself under control

Being a beginner gambler is risky, it is better not to even make an attempt to be a gambler than becoming a beginner gambler, why? Because at that stage, the gambler might only be chasing loses and nothing more and it will also make him/her lose more in gambling, just like how it happens to you at your early age in gambling, it have happened to others and it's not the first or the last.
For some gamblers to enjoy only the fun in gambling will be a bit difficult for them because some of them thinks that losing money in gambling is meaningless to them, so they prefer to chase winnings and nothing else.

Yes, that's right, panic leads to their minds not being alert and clear, and they keep wanting to add more money to get back their lost assets. Gambling when your mind is not sound will lead to gambling out of control.
Even people who win easily are too subjective when betting more than they have. With greed, they will make a lot of money. They will also have the same outcome as those who panic when they lose. Therefore, self-control in gambling is always a top priority whether you win or lose.

As long as a beginner gambler is willing to learn what he needs to have when gambling and continues to practice it, he can reduce his risks because without having good self-control and being irresponsible, the beginner gambler will face big risks such as gambling addiction. They should know that gambling addiction has become a serious problem for many gamblers and there are already many gamblers who experience it to the point where they cannot give up gambling easily. Maybe they think that they have tried to control themselves but because they are careless and don't notice any changes in themselves, that makes them irresponsible gamblers. They have lost a lot of money and cannot leave gambling even for a moment, which makes them addicted to gambling and that has become a big problem for them. There must be help from other parties who can help them get out of their gambling addiction and also with the desire to cure their gambling addiction, they can start to cure their gambling addiction.

I did in the past and I got over it. It's just mind over matter. I found myself spending way too much money in gambling that I got stressed out in the process. It's not the same feeling as the first time you gambled where there is so much fun playing different games and you get excited just thinking about playing them again the next day.
It became a bad routine that is not easy to let go. Chasing my money back is what urged me to do it continuously and it made things worst.

Its a learning curve to enter the ring thinking you'll outsmart the system but finding it much more crazy. Most of the time, people wake up after losing money, when the veil of "easy money" lifts and the harsh light of danger shines through. Gambling is fascinating because people keep taking risks despite bad results. Some people adjust their strategy after setbacks, while others keep going. The world of gambling is very ironically funny because people are torn between being careful and being brave. Many struggle to decide when to push or fold. Its about managing financial and mental health. Knowing when hope becomes delusion is crucial.

Gambling is such an addiction that if played constantly for fun it becomes an addiction at some point. Then you forget everything and are busy gambling so you have to play with control level from the beginning. Limits are also good as a means of self-control it would be great if you set a monthly time and money limit for gambling don't try to recover wins or losses. Playing in a bad mood or playing drunk can lead to poor play decisions and therefore loss of money don't do this.

I wouldn't say "addict" because it didn't take that long, in order for me to consider someone an addict I need to see that person gambling for a very long period of time without being able to stop, so I wasn't an addict because it didn't take that long.

However, I did acted like an addict and couldn't stop for a short period of time, it was like just 3 months of my life, and I did lost some money there too, wish I didn't had that period but at least it was a smaller amount compared to past and it wasn't something that changed my life, and I was capable of stopping quite easily at the end, took me only 3 months to have something like that and I would say when you gamble for 3 months, unless you bet your house and lose, that doesn't feel like a big deal at all. I think it's clear that we are not going to end up with a huge loss that quickly neither. I learned my lesson from those days and I have not done the same thing ever again, which was really helpful.

I think it's very possible that someone is gambling addicted and yet not knowing about what they are into, since they can only see the way they behave as being normal in their own sight despite others are seing it as an addiction, in this kind of manners, we are expected to to listen to people's advise and opinions suggested to us from the way we gamble, because we might be doing something wrong and it's appearing as right in our own eyes, we can choose to listen to advise and take heed to being corrected.

Yes I agree with that, even though with the aim of just having fun but if you play it often or even every day it will make us addicted later. Because when gambling we will forget everything and I have even experienced it, my friend who is gambling does not care about the things or people around him, he only focuses on his gambling even though I have called him repeatedly but he is still focused on his gambling. I myself think to gamble in a place that is comfortable and not gambling in public places such as parks which of course there are often many people there. Because if people see one person gambling in the park they will think what is wrong, why is that? because people think differently. So no one knows what other people think.

With self-control it can make them determine when to play and where is a comfortable place to gamble, because in my opinion gambling will be comfortable if it is done at the right time and place that also makes us comfortable to enjoy the game.

I agree with you that most people do not understand that their gambling hobby is beginning to cross the boundaries of reason. At the same time, they can be understood that gambling affects them so much, let's look at teenagers as an example. Where do they get the money from? They don't have salaries, scholarships. And gambling gives such an excellent opportunity to earn, while no technical or legal knowledge is needed, you just need to guess!

That is, this earnings is also fun! That's why I think it's necessary to keep an eye on and monitor teenagers, and for formed personalities. After all, gambling is fun, but the line from fun to addiction is very hard to feel.

But in fact, to see if someone is addicted or not, it's very easy to see, just give him advice, but if he doesn't hear it, it means he's a gambling addict, because gambling addicts don't really want to listen to advice from experienced gamblers before they go bankrupt and look for what's wrong with them, that's what why do they behave more indifferently and are not very happy with anyone around them?

I once felt like that, how I felt at the beginning of my addiction symptoms where I didn't want to listen to other people's advice and continued to gamble, but after I experienced a losing streak and lost money, I started to realize that there was something wrong with my behavior, since then I started listen to advice and control myself better by gambling on weekends. I no longer gamble every day which will only make me behave badly.,  ;D

For every new gambler there comes a time when he becomes addicted to gambling. I was first introduced to online gambling when I was in college and since then I gambled little by little to save semester money or pocket money. At one point I felt like I was addicted to gambling because at that time I felt I should be gambling. When I didn't have any money, I used to borrow money from my mother for gambling and so on, but later when I finished college I realized that maybe I was going in the wrong direction, maybe I shouldn't be so addicted to gambling. Since then I tried to recover myself although it took me a long time to recover myself from that place but still I managed to recover myself. Now I gamble but not addicted to the tide but on my own accord. When I want to gamble I gamble, when I don't I don't gamble.

Can you finance your studies with gambling money? sounds good guys. I lost more than I won, that's what made it worse. If I get a lot of wins in gambling it might have a good impact and there is no need to stop gambling. May I know what game you play?

Yes, the most important thing in gambling is self-control. If we can do this then we will not get the negative impact of gambling

You mentioned the time in college that reminded me of the time when most of my friends participated in online gambling, and we also had groups that were often online to play together, but not to win money but simply entertainment when the games only rank points without depositing money. And at that time, my very close friend was also a gambling addict when he often borrowed money from me, even though we were both students. Perhaps the pitfalls of gambling made many people uncomfortable, including my friend, who had to pay the price, and he dropped out of school when he first started his second year. But actually, I don't feel too sorry for that friend it was only because he had to pay the wrong price. Only then can he be better aware of his own behavior.

Not to encourage that behavior, but I was lucky enough to bet my tuition money on gambling games. But that only happened once when I was in a situation where I didn't have many options to have money to pay for living expenses and couldn't ask for more from my family. Either I would go into more debt, or I would get out of the jam, and that luck happened to me. Ironically, I was quite lucky with offline games, as I had also won before with lottery games, but really, I don't want to become an addict, simply the experience of the people around my family makes me aware of the mistakes and risks that I encounter.

He had to win a lot of money to be able to finance his studies because it was not cheap. I also experience more losses than wins from gambling. And if anyone can win a lot of money, it will probably be rare among most gamblers because most of them will experience a lot of losses.

Yes, self-control is the most important thing for all gamblers to avoid gambling addiction problems. Gambling addiction is something that many people have experienced so we should not experience it and with self-control, we can avoid it. If we have recovered from gambling addiction, we must be able to prevent it from coming back to us because we have experienced it before and must try hard to protect ourselves from gambling addiction.

Actually lose more than win is really normal and every gamblers must able to accept that, if not there's no way for them to think gambling has a positive impact. Even you've learn self control, strategy or anything about gambling, you will lose in the long run.

So, can you accept to lose in gambling?

Yes! I have been in that situation but it was a long time ago when I was in high school, I saved all my money just to play when I got home back in the day and sometimes we gambled inside the campus in our own way. It's the people who are with you who will make you do things that you aren't familiar with like gambling. As soon as I realized I was with the wrong people, I left and chose another company to enjoy life and I found the right friends which I still have right now even though we have our own families, we still hang out sometimes and make some resourceful activities that helps us grow.

Yes, I think most gamblers will experience more losses than wins. When I was new to the world of gambling, I couldn't take it so I chased losses and eventually ran out of savings. But now I am ready to lose when I gamble and can start to forget about the money I lost because of gambling

Gambling is sometimes funny too, when we look for wins, we end up losing a lot and when we play relaxed and enjoy it, we can often get big wins. Have you ever felt like that?

Yes! I've been a gambling addict but that was a long time ago and I must say it was one of the worst things that's ever happened to me as an individual. But luckily for me I was able to save myself from gambling addiction after I gambled with every remaining money in my possession and had to go hungry for over 24 hours before I was saved by a relative who helped me financially to get food for myself. After that very day, I made the decision to reduce my gambling activities to the barest minimum and gamble responsibly whenever I want to.

Luckily you still have a friend who really understands your situation so you can still be saved, thank God you managed to realize it before it was too late and you became even more addicted, sometimes not everyone can manage to get out and recover from their addiction before they really feel bankrupt. and having debt everywhere, I think it will be a bad experience that you will remember and use as a lesson that gambling is actually just for entertainment.

I have also been in your position and I am sure that almost all experienced gamblers have experienced something called addiction, whether at a low or high level, addiction is something that is scary for gamblers because if you have become an addict it will be difficult to get out of it. To get rid of this addiction, the only way is to stress yourself, namely by reducing it gradually, whatever happens, you have to do it until the feeling of wanting to gamble really decreases.  ;)

In my opinion, it is impossible to reduce stress by continuing to gamble, because gambling is like a swing - we lose and then win again. At the same time, the state of the gambler changes from stress, which occurs when we see how our deposit evaporates, to euphoria during the release of dopamine. In my opinion, to get rid of gambling addiction you need to completely withdraw from gambling for a while and replace them with some other activity that can act on the brain in the same way to release dopamine.

You did the right thing by getting away from the "friends" who encouraged you to gamble when you didn't have enough maturity to understand the risks and how the games worked. We have to get close to people who have similar goals and lifestyle compared to us, so we can share the same interests and help each other growing together as individuals inside a healthy social circle of friends who understand each other and will always do their best to put others on the right track aiming a peaceful, solid and rewarding future. Toxic companies must be put aside as soon as you spot they are harmful to your physical and mental integrity.

I've experienced worst incidents in the system, we just have to be cautious and extremely careful when dealing with the system. We're all in the system to generate reasonable amount of profits and then leave, but they doesn't go quite planned as we intend because most of us easily developed desperate mindset to acquire gain, and we allow the system to take control of our minds and abilities, we moved straightforward to the volatility of games. Been a gambling addict means a whole lot of things. An addict tends to lose hugh figures to the system due to gambling without course, not discipline and he also do not anticipate disciplinary measures.

Being so addicted to gambling is a situation that anyone wouldn't want to be involved in, me too I have been an addicted gambler before. Like to be honest it affected both my physical and psychological health.

 I gamble with almost everything I have, I gamble with my laptop, phones, shoes like every damn fucking thing I have until a day I met a friend and told him to borrow me money while I use my certificate as collateral, he was so amazed and was incusitive to know the reason why I wanted to use my certificate as collateral in other to borrow money, so i now told him that there is a sure game I wanted to play. He became so angry and began to remind me of the stress and huddles we passed through during tertiary institution, that I should value my certificate and let nothing should lead me to gamble with my certificate. I started crying and told him how I have been so addicted to gambling to the extent that I sell almost anything at sight just to play gamble. He advised me and gave me some money so after thinking about the things he told me I began to reduce my urge for gambling so on no account should anyone gamble to the extent of being too addicted.

I never.

Of course there will be losses. But the loss was responsible, meaning I gambled with money that I was ready to lose, and there was a nominal limit every week on how much I had to spend on gambling. It's important for me to make money every week to spend on gambling. If I win I will withdraw, even if I lose I won't stress.

To be honest I have been most successful gambling on cricket and football. I am very fond of sports since childhood and I have watched cricket and club level football matches since childhood due to which I have a good understanding of sports. I bet with a rough idea of which team will play well against which team and which team is stronger at home, which is why I tend to win more on these bets. Gambling I have to play never works like that in my mind when I want to and I bet when I think that I will win if I bet on this match. In football and cricket matches, which opponent is stronger than which opponent and which opponent has the potential to do well in which match, these are some of the things that can be assumed in advance, I bet from that idea.

Your story is very dramatic and moved me, I have also experienced addiction but not like you to such an extent, I feel that my addiction suffering is heavier and there are still far more than me.
But fortunately you have changed and understand what responsible gambling is.

But it is true that when we have an impulsive and compulsive nature it is easy to get carried away which makes us continue to play gambling endlessly, until what we have is all gone and feel desperate for this life, fortunately you have relatives who help you, sometimes there are some people who do not have help will end their lives at that time.

Everyone will never admit that they are addicted to gambling.
When you gamble and finish few sessions, don't you have the desire to play again? because gambling always has an addictive effect on everyone without exception.
Have you ever experienced phase where when you have nothing to do or you think about gambling and start doing several gaming or betting sessions?
Because gambling addiction is not about someone who always gambles, I think you can understand what the true definition of gambling addiction is.

I applaud those of you who can think about financial limits every time you gamble and you can control yourself to make the right decisions in gambling.

At some time though you will be faced with a decision as it is inevitable that a time will come when you will only lose and lose again,forgetting the wins for good.It is exactly here that even heavily addicted persons are before a choice in their life and they need to act sooner rather than later,personally when I was a heavily addicted gambler in 2019-2020 it was exactly this moment that made me stop and think for the moment,what the heck I am doing losing money in a continuous way and there I decided to set a budget and stick to it,this remains to date the best advice to any addicted gambler as withdrawing completely is super difficult.

Addiction to gambling is a real issue that can have a negative impact on our lives but It can be really difficult to admit that we have had a problem with gambling talk more of thinking about how to improve our situation. Even if the amount of money you spent was not huge, it's clear that it had an impact on you emotionally and financially. But when talking about addiction, I think it's in double direction because for some people, it's when they lose a large sum of money and for some, it's when they see the impact that gambling is having on their relationships or their work life. A lot of us focus on the potential rewards of gambling without really considering the risks. It's widely believed that even when people win money from gambling, they often end up losing it all again. In fact, studies have found that the more someone wins, the more likely they are to continue gambling and the more likely they are to lose money in the long run.

The bottom line here is that it's not advisable to rely on gambling to finance anything important as education even if the odds is in your favor. The surprise of gambling always arrives when you least expect it.

Having proper guide in anything reduces failure, not only in gambling alone, it's a philosophy of life. The problem is many people that gamble today, majority are money driven, while few of them are gambling because they love to but still, the motivation behind it is money and few have experience in games, sport bettors are fair in losing compare to casino men, even uneducated people win big in sport betting because they can go to a physical shop and select their choice and then bet but in casino, you need to understand how some games works, even I as a gambler don't understand some of the casino games I see on these platforms.

I think gambling platforms in general should have guide and FAQ for players to read up before they even attempt to bet on any game, doing this will save lots of gambler but if you check the casinos today, the faq you will see around is how to deposit and how to withdraw, that's the only thing they know because that's what will improve their profits, more people more profits and less people less profits, betting platforms need to consider somethings.

That's why we need to understand and know more about gambling cause once we have little knowledge in gambling then there's a chance of being addicted we cannot control ourselves. Once we got addicted then there's a bad or negative impact in our daily lives cause if an addict don't have money they he/she will make a way to get money and some of them are stealing other's money in order to sustain thier greed which is very bad in the first place.

Money will be their reason for gambling so they will continue gambling even if it means they have to spend more money. They forget that gambling more often can lead to a potential gambling addiction faster than they imagine, while they don't think about what would happen if they become addicted to gambling. They are not ready to realize that they are starting to become addicted to gambling so when it happens, they cannot even realize it. Indeed, some of them can win big because of their luck, but other people will not be able to get it because that is the difference between lucky people and unlucky people. It is difficult to understand gambling games because we can only play them. After all, gambling is entertainment.

Gambling platforms already have FAQs or regulations that players can read, but the problem is that those who are too lazy to read them and understand them will end up experiencing problems. They may focus their reading on one or a few things but apart from that, there is still more they need to understand so they won't get into trouble. This is why, before we register at a casino, we have to make sure that we completely understand the rules so that we don't break any rules that could get us into trouble.

Understanding and knowing many things about gambling is the same as experience that must be gained from previous mistakes, provided that you have good enough control.
Maybe usually gamblers often dont understand what happens in gambling and what the risks are in the long term, but when gambling, they experience a mistake that causes them to lose, that will be good enough understanding and knowledge.
So from several mistakes that often occur, gamblers should have started to understand the risks of gambling and what to do if they already know these risks, but unfortunately many gamblers are selfish and follow their emotions and ignore these risks and choose to continue betting for money.

Well this is a question that is very clear and simple to ask, firstly as far as I am concerned my answer is no, and it is very easy to determine that it was not like that because basically when I decided to play dice, well I believed that I was addicted, I was addicted and no, it stands out that when I lost what I had, because if I no longer wanted to bet like I was doing everything, because I was using the martingale a lot, you know this is something that should never be done because basically it is done harm oneself for this reason I think I did not become addicted, because unlike many when I lost my money, it was very difficult for me to collect it again, because I think that is true for anyone, so in this order of ideas One must be very careful with this, there are people who do not care that they have lost their money, because what they do is start lending money and that is an indication that they are addicted, so that is what should be avoided. .

Now, in this order of things we have always seen that the best thing for these cases is to make it clear that we can make a difference, there are many people who can be very addicted and we can give them some advice, but in my case it was not So, I thought I was an addict, but my handbrake was money, after that I learned to play more intelligently, I knew that the value that has to be given to money is very big, if there is 1 usd You have to take great care of yourself, it's our money, it's hard to earn and you have to appreciate it, otherwise you can't do anything else but be at best like the gasoline that moves us anywhere, not only in the casino but in anywhere, with money you can do many things, without money everything is more difficult, I personally always see that playing in a casino you must do whatever it takes to save our money, to not fall into temptations and to be able to manage our money. budget to avoid falling into addictions.

Yes, money is earned and should be valued. Your experience with money loss as a 'handbrake' to addiction is instructive. It emphasizes responsible gambling, where one must always walk the line between fun and compulsiveness. Your statement about people easily borrowing money to gamble is spot-on. Addiction is clearly evident, a danger that needs more awareness. Your experience of learning to play smarter and value each dollar shows the necessity of financial caution in gambling.

Gambling as entertainment that demands fiscal management is a new perspective. Gambling should be fun, not a way to make money and risk addiction. Many can learn from this balanced perspective, notably how to value money and spend it properly in gaming and life.

A gambler has to learn a lot about gambling. Gambling is not that easy, maybe gambling depends a lot on luck but before luck we need enough understanding of gambling to gamble. But we have to see if we are choosing a right site for gambling.  
If we don't have an idea of which team is stronger and which team is weaker when it comes to betting, will we ever be successful in gambling? I feel like I can never achieve any success. And whether we understand something or not, we have to have an idea of which party is strong and which party is weak. The word addict actually brings a bad thought to our mind because being addicted to something is not a good sign at all. Most of the new gamblers may be very addicted to gambling in the beginning and those who can come out of this addiction can find gambling as fun but those who cannot come out are always very mentally ill from this gambling addiction.

I have never been addicted to gambling before. I do gamble just whenever I want, and I do gamble with a small amount, knowing that even if I lose, it won’t affect me in any way. That’s the reasons why I don’t win large amounts of money whenever I am gambling. Actually, some people are addicted to gambling, and they don’t believe they are addicted to gambling. Whenever you tell them about gambling addiction, they do end up getting angry, and they do claim they just gamble for fun and are not addicted, but from their behaviour, it’s obvious that they are addicted to gambling.

Gambling addiction is not something to wish for at some point this is because the result is sometimes unbearable and unsatisfying results to some level,  and more also gambling addiction is better avoided and not to be any attempt to ever get addicted because quitting also is almost an impossible thing.

But then also,  we have to check the level of our gambling involvement because that week alone,  I have gambled more than I can afford to lose and it caused me a lot of pain since this week is not my lucky week,  but that can not make me call myself a gambling addicts

Being addicted to gambling will surely lead to a lot of waste, that is, depending on how long the gambler was or is addicted before he or she became free, let say that he or she was addicted for one year, then, it means that the money he or she would waste on gambling in those months of addiction, would be an amount of money that could have been used to do something very meaningful like set a small business or something, and this is not including the time the individual spent on gambling, time that he or she would have used for something much more profitable.

All i am saying is that, being addicted to gambling, even if it's for six months, is very bad, especially because, even if as an addict you end up winning a huge amount of money, it will be very difficult to do anything meaningful with that money, you will still end up spending everything on gambling again, that is, return the money back to where it came from, something that would have serves a means to a better and more fulfilling life.

That's one of the effects that will be suffered by someone who has entered the addiction phase, you said something that is very much in line with the facts although I'm sure some of the gamblers are not concerned or even aware of the financial or economic decline in their lives. If the amount of loss is calculated over a period of one year then yes it makes sense as you said, maybe they will be able to make something meaningful, such as for example opening a small business if the money they have used for gambling is basically collected in one year, or for something else that is quite profitable and can put certainty.  It's not just about money, because yes it's true that if we talk about how much time  they have spent gambling I'm sure it must be very long and if they allocate that time for positive things such as adding a part-time job then obviously they will get enough money for additional living, instead of spending it just gambling.

In the case of addiction I honestly wouldn't say how much time is not too bad for someone who is addicted, of course no matter how long they are addicted it is still a bad thing that they should avoid. Although yes you have got a big enough win according to you but I'm sure all gamblers will feel that no matter how big the money is it will definitely run out quickly.

As long as you accept it as a real thing that can to happen to you, it's a possible avoid it. Because accepting that as a real thread makes you take serious countermeasures against it.

But most people with addictions deny their addiction and often can't see gambling or anything else affecting to them. Addicts don't often know they are addicts, because it might not be affecting to them as much it's affecting to their closest circle of family/friends. Of course there are cases where everyone else sees something as a problem even if you are handling it, but if you know that you have trouble keeping it in check, i am advising making strict rules for yourself and following them. Because bending the rules slightly leads to no rules what so ever. As lying to oneself is easier that anything else.

All that is within self-control; you need to manage your ego. Simply allocate a budget for gambling and strive not to exceed it If you win, consider continuing for a short while and then stop If you lose it's essential to stop  as it might not be your day. Avoid becoming overly attentive to losses let it go , I've gambled on weekends but with a modest budget, emphasizing the importance of approaching it as a form of entertainment Ultimately, it depends on luck. I can say I have never been addicted.

Gambler who do gambling will get addicted with the range of 70-80 percentage of the participants in the gambling.The fact was the gambling was the more attractive game and addiction will not affect the gambler at the controlled approached to the gambling.If the gambler had loss the money again and again in the gambling site.So he may get affected mentally in the gambling and start to bet by selling the holding property to the gambling sites.The gambler who had free money can engage to the gambling site and play the responsible game to avoid of getting addicted to the gambling sites.The certain steps can be followed to get away from the gambling addiction.

Self-control and financial management are the most important because with these two things we can ensure that we do not spend a lot of money on gambling. We must be aware that we cannot possibly win every day, there are times when we win and there are times when we lose, that is a normal thing in gambling, we must be aware of this and not force ourselves to chase losses.

but unfortunately not many people will care about this. especially if they have entered the category of addicted gamblers, they just want to gamble and gamble again, with high hopes of winning in the next round. Some people even imagine that they will get the jackpot in the next round of gambling. This is bad because often addicted gamblers don't understand that they really have a lack of knowledge about gambling, and also of course a lack of luck. but sometimes, unfortunately, they are not aware that they have entered the category of addicted gamblers, and are always confident to continue gambling.

When you are addicted even your savings will also be used for it. Good thing that I have never done that, although I've got a few savings in the bank but I have never used any of them for gambling.

Most of the time, when I have cash in the past, I just use amount that's spare to me for any recreational actvity like gambling.

Never got to that point but I became active gambler before.

One of the things that we can be calm about is that we are people who have a personality already defined, if we decide to buy the things that we can do in particular, they can be many and very good, therefore by having a way of reaction we can influence In the type of person that we are, some do not react the same, me because above all I know that I must not fail my children, my family is and will always be first, starting from that instance is that at least I manage myself, some others People have the purpose and priorities of other people or other goals, other people to take care of or other objectives that will be very important, if we lose that focus, it is a little easier for addiction to enter us, then based on This can be said because everything necessary could be given so that we can have many beautiful things and put them as a priority to have something to look forward to and not let them fall in any type of circumstance, is what I can say about this.

I know about the Dollar because I make a Comparison of how I was in University , sometimes 1 point could pass a subject, and it was very difficult if you didn't have it, in fact if there isn't that point around you could hardly pass a matter, then it is analogous to what can happen now with a casino, you always have to take into consideration everything that can be achieved with 1 dollar, sometimes 1 dollar can save from any event that Arises in the game , it can save any door winner, otherwise everything could go Overboard due to lack of 1 dollar, this is sometimes so decisive, we will always have to accept that , with money we have no life in a casino ,  for that Reason we must take care of it and try not to spend it in a crazy way because if not we are condemning Ourselves and that is not the idea ,  the idea is that we have our money there, or to be able to enjoy, there is no other way, Perhaps my perspective is Different from that of many but I Consider that it is one of the best.

I would not call myself a gambling addict but there were times I lost more than I could afford to. In past I spent hours in gambling sites. made 10+ sports bet a day for some months. And played dices and crash till I emptied my balance.
I was highly interested in horse racing as they were fast and stats readily available. I also loved using martingle and its mods on dice and crash. Sports bet were easier to plan but dice and crashes were emotionally motivated. A day, few years ago, after some spectacular loss, I rage bet all of my crypto holdings at lost it all. I was sick and depressed for a week. After that I have highly restricted my gambling desires and lost no more than in 3 digits.

Many people are reluctant to call themselves gambling addicts, when in reality we play one or two games almost every day. Background, financial conditions and environmental conditions greatly influence a person ability to gamble, the supporting and main factors are money. I think it's fine as a small form of entertainment, but don't drain all your savings so that it will cause you problems in the future.

If you have promised yourself never to be involved in gambling again, then I think that falls into the category of gambling addiction. Because if it hasn't reached that point, I don't consider it a form of gambling addiction. This means that we still have control over various invitations and interests in all things related to gambling.

When something is done repeatedly, especially in games, it can be said that they are addicted. Some of them just don't dare admit that they have an addiction because maybe they just don't want to be considered bad because of their behavior, but there is a certain threshold that needs to be understood and that not all addictions are bad.

Responsible gamblers are less likely to admit that they have a serious addiction to gambling. They can lose thousands of dollars in one day and then lose thousands more the next day. As long as they can still be responsible, they will not realize that their behavior is a gambling addiction, only that they will not feel the impact because of financial power.

The thing you mentioned is likely to be done by gamblers who have experienced severe addiction, because when the heavy addict has run out of his remaining money or the money they usually use for gambling, they will do anything to get back to gambling. first, maybe they will do what you said, by using the savings they have. And it could be that they use up all their savings because of the pursuit of victory that is difficult to get. Secondly, they may borrow from their family, friends, and even the bank, with the risk of not playing. But if they borrow to the bank maybe it can still be said to be uncertain, because it will involve many parties. Third, they can commit crimes. and this is what I am most afraid of,  maybe not only me but their own families will also feel what I feel, because of the addiction that will have a dangerous bad impact on themselves or even others, because by committing this crime it must involve other people who do not know anything. with its high risk it can even involve the authorities but they tend to do it because of the high desire to gamble so they can't help it.

Gambling is done for fun but no one can understand when this fun gradually turns into addiction.  When one wins a lot from gambling he cannot stop gambling.  And even when a gambling addict loses, he cannot quit gambling.  Because it is very difficult to control yourself in these two cases.  But when someone's winnings and losses in gambling are almost equal, he feels boring towards gambling and can control himself and quit gambling immediately.  Extra wins make gamblers greedier and extra losses panic.  So both of these take away control from ourselves

We have gamble addicts and we have irresponsible gamblers, you may be an irresponsible gambler but not yet an addict, you become an addict when you let your irresponsible behavior towards gambling become part of you, so stuck inside of you that you don't even know when to call it a quit anymore, even when you're loosing so badly, you still wanna go on gambling until you're totally exhausted, left with nothing more but regret and pain. That's when you become an addict, although the line between an irresponsible gambler and an addictive gambler is very thin. The moment you find yourself spending more than you're supposed to, then you've gotta stop there and turn back else if that persists then you'll end up becoming a chronic addictive gambler.

Addiction to gambling isn't something anyone will want to experience as it's actually like giving all your life to gambling and you can't do anything in life without involving gambling related activities because even some ordinary arguments with a friend you can equally involve yourself in a bet with them. Though I've lost huge amount of money is gambling and I must say that keeping gambling records sometimes also helps in reducing the rate at which one gambles. I was deeply involved in gambling that sometimes I sell important things just to get money to play gamble so a day came I now check my gambling records and I discovered the huge amount I've lost so far so I got provoked and started reducing my gambling rate gradually though I still play gamble but it's not like an addiction because sometimes I spend weeks without gambling unlike before that I don't spend a day without gambling. So keeping these records helped me out of being addicted to gambling.

Gambling is a very serious addiction who gets completely addicted to this addiction will lose all happiness and peace in his life he will always be in depression. An uncle I know is completely addicted to gambling now he likes to spend quiet time for gambling. He is now like  At one point he lost all his money and property. Now he is neglected by his family. His family does not look at him as well as before. So we must always be careful of gambling. So that we can live together with our family.

Family shoudn't abandon one of their own, didn't they know he was an addict to look for ways to help him. If family are observant, they can notice when one of their own is going through a rough time in life. Addiction isn't something you fight alone because you can't defeat it alone. You need professional assistance from people that have dealt with similar problem before and also need the encouragement of your family members or love one so you have a reason to keep going.

I haven't been an addicted gambler but I know people who have been addicted and they're doing better now. One way to help an addict is to understand why he's addicted. People get addicted for just loving bets while other individual get addicted because they're looking for money and depends on gambling. For this type of individuals, as you help them also provide them with opportunity to earn without having to gamble and they'll stop been addicted.

That is the result of gambling addiction, which can use up all the things we have and we won't even realize that we don't have anything anymore. A person who gambles too often can experience gambling addiction, especially if he cannot control himself while gambling and does not have the awareness to reduce his gambling activities. We have probably seen the impact experienced by someone who gambles frequently, so we should not experience it and must be able to prevent this. If someone is addicted to gambling, it can disrupt their relationships with other family members so we must be able to prevent gambling addiction.

There was a time when I just bet for the sake of betting. So I guess it's addiction already.  In the past, I also felt the urge to play games and there were times when I forced it even if I had priorities to do. And then I felt bad when luck was not on my side so it's better if I just gave a pass and did my other priorities. But they are not something serious because I always bet according to my financial status. And it is very important for us to continue learning lessons in life to become a better person. I still bet regularly with minimal amounts and I am having fun with it.

The fact that you have lost a huge amount of money in gambling and still gamble means that you are addicted to gambling. A gambler himself does not realize when he has become addicted to gambling. By gambling we are losing money and even after losing money we are gambling again by any means managing money but when we are not able to manage money or temporarily unable to gamble then instability is created in our mind for gambling that is gambling addiction. As easily as a gambler becomes addicted to gambling, he cannot get himself out of that addiction as quickly. When a gambler thinks deeply about how he is losing money, he will continue to gamble until he loses money if he does not quit gambling. Every gambler may get addicted to gambling in the first instance and he may not realize when he is getting addicted to gambling.

Being addicted isnt just a personal battle; its caused by a lot of different psychological, social, and sometimes genetic factors working together. Obviously, paying attention is helpful, but its not the only thing that matters. Regarding skilled help, you're exactly right! It is important. Lets not forget the fun side of gambling, though. Its supposed to be exciting and fun, right? That rush of energy and the tension!

Now, the most important thing is to understand "why" addiction happens. Sure, people bet for fun or to make money. But when you look more closely, its usually about the thrill and the escape. So, lets not make fun of the fun part while we're helping. Its possible that the answer is not to quit all at once, but to find a better balance, right? Give them options that are just as exciting but dont involve as many risks. That energy needs to be redirected, not just pushed down!

There are several purposes that make someone come or get involved in gambling, including gambling to find entertainment when they are bored or to fill their empty time and there are also those who deliberately come with the aim of earning income, for these two choices honestly it is completely out of the control of others and only they know about what their purpose is in coming to this gambling activity. But sometimes even if you come just for entertainment it will not always rule out the possibility that you will feel addicted, why? logically everyone needs money and when they get a win then their common sense about the real understanding of gambling will be easily disturbed, which initially they understand that this is an activity that is nothing more than fun but as time goes by and is accompanied by getting a win then slowly their mindset will change and become serious in terms of putting hope.

The feeling of fun and excitement generated from gambling especially because of the winnings will make them forget about everything including limits, which is why they always force something that is basically difficult to achieve, they start to depend on this activity. You have a great way of engaging in your gambling by only putting an amount that you can always account for, that's the best.

The information is incomplete so I don't think that you are an addict based on your description, if you were addicted, you would've made sure that your gambling habit becomes a priority and you are finding ways to make sure you have money to satisfy your gambling habits but it seems to me that you have the discipline to be able to stop whenever you want to and you even control yourself to the point that you are only betting according to your financial status so I think that you're doing just fine and you're not an addict, at least in my book. You're just a fully aware casual gambler that's concerned that you're going towards addiction, that's the best that I can explain what's happening to you.

As for me, never been a gambling addict because I am too poor and stingy with my money that I don't spend it too much on pleasures of life and instead just use most of it to pay the bills and save the remaining money by accumulating bitcoin, that's about what I do so I don't get addicted, maybe when a friend comes over and we want to have some fun then betting or poker is played together while cracking a cold one.

I have never been a gambling addict partly because I had so much financial obligations that needed to be settled with my savings thus I only funded my gambling account with little fund once that account is exhausted through losses incurred on bettings that means I will have to wait till the end of the month before refunding that account again with that I can't be addicted to gambling, even if I have extra funds in my savings I don't think I can easily lure or influenced into becoming addiction because I had disciplined myself in term of finance by having a monthly budget where I account every penny spent.

From what you just narrated, let me quickly clarify some things. Addiction is a word and there are both good and bad addictions, only that people often don't care about calling it an addiction when it's good/positive and they are making money from it. It's the negative one where they are losing money and continue to waste the money in the name of gambling they often label addiction. If such a person cannot stop, this is an addiction, but they actually care because it's not positive. Personally, I see no reason why I would be making money consistently in gambling and I would want to quit, please for what? In this sense, the term addiction dies untraceable, and instead of calling it an addiction, you would hear gambling is my hobby or Oh I have a serious passion for gambling. And since this doesn't affect you in any way, it's all good and there is no reason to worry yourself.

But wasting money is so bad, that it might start a little before it graduates fully, this is why it's good that we observe ourselves carefully. It might start from a funfilled affair, and of course, most addictions are people's hobbies, it all depends on how we do not let them control us. The moment we see the iota of addiction, especially when that thing is no longer positive for us again, it's better we quit it immediately. In case quitting is difficult, that is when we need to fight harder or call for external help after trying everything possible without success.

Gambling addiction come in phases and classes,  while some are more pronounced,  the other may be hardly noticed at some point and so the one whois exhibiting that habit or character may not even know he or she is already addicted,  but still is addict,  but if you want to be free from that is to be totally in control of whatever goes on around the whole process of gambling and that is when you are able to decide to either continue or take a break,  this is a very important point for all to be able to clarify where and when to put a stop to whatever tendency of being addicted.

So I have experienced that level at which I want to hold on,  but the quest to continue to play even though I may be at lose or even losing but can stop,  but when I realize that it was taking hold of me and I was able to hold myself back and freeing fro that hold also.

You've got a nice method of controlling your money, as a gambler. Do you think of depositing more funds, if your financial obligations reduces? Because, I was thinking the financial responsibility facing you, influenced this mean self control of yours. However, it's indeed a useful gambling advise for addicts. Every gambler is meant to have other activities that should influence their financial economy. It's challenging, tough and difficult to break free from addiction. Even when we do, the underlying piece of troubles associated to neglected financial obligations, bounces back on the person like a rubber ball. But, this time harder than before. Where would he begin to solve his problems. Imagine losing five months of earnestly deserved riches in gambling, alone. It's more like, living a life of gambling. Having no other utility that entices the addicted person, until it does. Maybe after being healed. Endlessly thinking of the cheerless, conflicting and confusing repercussion of any addiction, leaves me with one choice, gamble responsibly. I don't foresee a future, where a glimpse of opportunity would be made available for gambling addiction, in my years of gambling. Though it's not easy to predict the future, but such a rock of trouble is crushable. The damages of gambling addiction, should be avoided like a plague.

Self control and discipline id what can help a gambler to control himself, by having a gambling budget and he should stop gambling when he has exhausted his gambling budget. He should also set a time limit for his gambling activities that will enable him stop gambling the moment the time elapse.

Too much of everything is bad and when get carried away with your emotions and the fun, you might end up being an addict which will have a negative effect on you. Gambling is dun when you know when to quit playing because you can still come back tomorrow to enjoy the fun.

Probably. The question is what is considered an addiction. Some consider it an addiction when the negative consequences of this addiction have already manifested themselves and things are very bad. My assessment is more severe and when I notice that my brain is very absorbed in thinking about gambling, then I understand that the addiction is manifesting itself (even if I do not place bets). If I place bets and notice this, then I take a break from gambling until I begin to be almost indifferent to it again. Thanks to such caution, I never found myself in unpleasant situations that addicted people often find themselves in.

I'm sure there are many gamblers who have experienced gambling that is too excessive, which makes them feel like they have exceeded their time limit. I have also felt that way, when I won several rounds, I was very confident and gambled too much, I even got into debt to my friend just to return my capital which was previously lost while gambling, pressure after pressure in gambling is actually very difficult to fight, it takes a strong drive from within yourself to be able to fight it all.

At one point in my life that was true, I did felt like an addict, to be fair if I was a true addict I wouldn2t be so easily able to stop, but the period itself was risky. People should realize that when it is getting out of hand financially and starting to hurt you, that's when you know that it is doing terrible and you should stop. I was incapable of stopping before anything bad happens, I ruined my finances for nearly 6 months with a terrible loss, and then I stopped, at least I was capable of stopping there, some people continue even after that, but I have never gambled like that ever again.

I do gamble even to this day, but never gamble that way so it doesn't hurt me. Knowing when to stop and to limit yourself and not hurting your finances is the key, there is nothing wrong with gambling at all, you can definitely keep gambling and you can definitely keep doing better, as long as you are doing fine, there is nothing wrong with this at all.

There were times when I gamble too much. Maybe much more than I did now due to boredom or was trying to escape a difficult time. I was this close to being dependent on gambling. I knew I was already spending so much time gambling but didn't know it was that bad until it was pointed out my best friend. He saved me. If you are going through a tough time, it may be difficult to talk to someone about it especially it you are trying to be a man. However you must talk to someone to save yourself from self-destructive habits.

Gambling too much, but you can still have good self-control, which will not harm you because you can still restrain yourself from gambling addiction. However, not many will be able to do it because most people will experience a gambling addiction that they are not aware of, so without self-control, a person will be at risk of becoming addicted to gambling. You are lucky to have friends who have saved you from excessive gambling, and those who help you from difficulties will see and help you to get out of these difficulties before you get into worse difficulties. And we have to be able to tell someone about the problems we are facing so that they can know and help immediately.

As long you are really that having a good control with your finances then it should really be just that fine. There are really just those people who are really that getting derailed with their
gambling activity on the time that they would really be making themselves impulsive on the time that they would be playing. In my time or moment on dealing with gambling then i had never ever
made myself being a gambling addict.Why? I do only spend on the amount on which i do or can afford to lose and never ever go into going into beyond limits.
People do usually mess up on the time that they would really be that going past into those limitations on which it is something that you shouldnt really be doing in the first place.
Gambling could wreck up your life if you arent that thinking carefully or making actions that well.

You have control over gambling that's why you can take a break from gambling and then gamble with a right decision but those who are addicted to gambling cannot take a break and gamble even if they want to. A gambling addict's brain may regulate gambling. Drug Addict When a person becomes crazy because he can't take drugs and his brain doesn't work like a gambler when he is addicted to gambling his brain doesn't work like a normal person because of what he decided or did at that time. He himself does not know. Just like you take breaks from gambling, I also decide to gamble only when my brain is fresh and when my brain is cold. When I feel that a bet or decision to gamble now may go against me, I take a break and decide to gamble again with a better mind set-up.

The bet amount used in gambling is not a factor but rather the amount of time you spend gambling is what really matters. Many are acutely addicted to gambling but spend little time on gambling while on the other hand many are not addicted to gambling despite spending a lot of time throughout the day. I gamble at least two days a week but I also spend a lot of time on my studies. In this regard, I do not compare gambling to anything other than entertainment. But I am not worried about how addicted I will be in future but I always consider gambling as a part of my education as well as entertainment.

I appreciate your honesty and courage in sharing your personal experience with gambling. Also, I want to give you my heartest congratulations for improving your financial conditions.

Gambling addiction is a serious issue that can affect anyone, and your willingness to discuss it openly might inspire others to reflect on their own behaviors. It's essential for people to understand the potential consequences of excessive gambling and the impact it can have on one's life.

I haven't personally experienced gambling addiction, but I empathize with those who have. Your decision to work on improving your financial condition is commendable. It's never easy to confront and address such issues, but taking those steps toward recovery is a testament to your strength and resilience.

Remember, you're not alone, and seeking professional assistance can be a valuable resource in overcoming gambling addiction. Wishing you strength and success on your path to financial recovery.

You still have to gain control so you don't get addicted. Maybe you limit your gambling activities because you are still busy with other activities. Those who are very addicted, make gambling their main thing and everything else becomes less important.
The more often you play and are at the casino, it can take you one step deeper into addiction. Hopefully, you can still control your gambling activities. it will be fine, no matter how much you spend. as long as you get pleasure and satisfaction.

I have never been addicted to gambling or even considered to be close to it, however as it has happened to a lot of people there have been instances in which I may have lost more money than what I wanted and I decided to take a break for some time after that happened, however you should be glad that you realized early you had a problem and you were able to improve quickly after that, and this is because the longer you take to realize this is the case the harder it will be to leave that addiction behind.

But it is addiction that will make someone spend his time to something. It is not only when you have the courage to put out money in gambling that makes someone an addict. Some people don't have the courage to gamble but they are glued to things concerning gambling. I know of someone who does this and his reason is that he doesn't like losing money on gambling but he would never leave out predicting and analysing. So it is not only about how much that have been used to gamble, yes but the time put in it.

If someone is gambling and believes it's too much and still has the self-control in it, that is not an addiction to me, it's a mere hobby for the person. You can engage in your hobby for as long as you like, but when it's getting to the level that you can't easily say No to it when you want to, and perhaps taking more of your time and attention thereby causing the lack of focus in better things of life, then this is the time you can call it an addiction and start fighting it. It's a very good thing for the person when he realises it all by himself, the next step is to start making efforts to restrain himself from it. It would always be easy if the person has a strong mind, this helps easily to pull out of addiction simply by letting go by taking a temporary break from it.

It is probably when the personal effort is not working that the person should proceed for external help where friends and family could be involved. And my advice to those who can't overcome their addiction by themselves is that they should not wait for too long for people to notice. When they can't control it over time, they should immediately call the attention of their friends or family or both to it before it gets too ugly.

Probably people do not immediately become completely addicted, so to speak, “on the first try,” so even if a gambler has reached such a state that his brain does not work, then “winding back time” you can come to the moment when signs of addiction were already there and the brain was working, but the gambler did not take any measures to prevent the habit from developing into a pathological form, right?
Therefore, I think that even if a gambler is already in a state where he cannot control himself and take a break, this is still his fault and area of responsibility.

Even an active gambler doesn't have to be an addicted gambler all the time. Many gamblers gamble actively but have their budgets and limits and know when to start and when to stop you can't call someone like that a gambling addict because they are not excessive and reckless gamblers who have no sense of the money they are spending or the time that they are wasting on gambling without having any realization about other things in their lives.

An addicted gambler is someone who can't stop when they have exhausted their budget for the day, they can't stop when they are already ahead of the house, or they can't stop when they are constantly losing because the urge doesn't let them and they are not capable enough to control that urge.

Yeah, as long as you have control of your gambling habits, and make the right decision to quit even if you are winning, in short you have control, then that is good gambling on your part. But if you become reckless and betting huge amount like you want to chase a lost, then that is bad and you could be going on the side of being an addicted gambling.


And after that, they will have to look for ways to make money, be it borrowing from a person or going to the backs to make huge loan just to continue with their addiction. So that is very hard to stop once you got on that phase of a gambler.

What is the definition of gambling addicted? Where is that line where you gamble frequently, its your hobby, its the way you spend free time and when you are addicted? A person who make posts in gambling section, is he addicted? Or the one who hunts bonuses only, is he addicted? Or the person who spend money but wins frequently, is he addicted? For me, being addicted means thinking about where to get money to repay debt and when gambling is the first thing that came to persons mind to do it.

Once I kept in my mind sticky idea how easy it was to get extra money after my bet won and I should repeat that. But does it makes me addicted?

Actually, the definition of gambling addiction can be interpreted in quite lot of ways, but most people define gambling addiction as just someone who gambles all the time and spends money just to play or bet.
If I personally define addiction as those who forget what is called priority, it is like husband and lover who forgets his family and is more concerned with gambling, in fact he does not support his family and uses money only for gambling.
And I also think that gambling addicts are gamblers who don't want to work and spend their days gambling betting money and hoping to get daily income from gambling, even though the capital is borrowed or selling valuables.
Maybe there are many more definitions of gambling addiction, but of course we have different understandings of gambling addiction.

I don't know if you are addicted after getting money from winning bets, but if you look out there, some gamblers are indeed addicted when they win and they try to bet again in the hope of winning again.
In the end they lose and experience feeling of curiosity about being able to get the same win and this feeling of curiosity also makes someone willing to continue spending money for every bet placed.
Winning and losing are two of the same factors that give an addictive effect or an addiction attitude.

Your point is the part that I fear in gambling, I've always have my mind on why people get adducted to gambling and this makes me be on alert about myself, I believe my way is never going to be like yours or others, when I gamble everyday I think I am giving gambling too much attention, which could lead to something that I don't want, this is why I prefer to gamble two times in a week, also my income is part of why I choose this strategy, if I can lose $20 two times in a week that makes it $40, that's something I can still handle, if I am to gamble every day I will definitely spend more money on gambling and I can't even afford to lose that much.

I think the more we practice same thing every day we get used to it, and now that money is involved with gambling I think it can boost your desire for gambling, which is something that I don't want, you need to take time off gambling most times and focus on your life, unless an exciting sport match is coming, give a boundary between you and gambling and pick days in a week that you will be gambling.

Remember that losers in gambling do it all the time, I have a feeling that's even why they are losing, a little time spent on gambling is valuable, the best if you ask me, but when you over stay or over do then you are turning into a foolish gambler.

In my opinion that is one of the keys to gambling, with good self-control it will avoid addiction. because many people cannot control themselves when gambling and unconsciously they have become an addict because they continue to gamble without thinking about the losses they have felt, and when they get a win if they have good control they will cash it in without thinking about anything else or chasing back a bigger victory.

Because most of those who do not have good self-control, when they get a win they choose to continue the game by pursuing a bigger win which of course may be impossible to get, because not always luck will always be on their side. Even if they have friends who always remember not to gamble again, in my opinion it will not work to resist the feeling of wanting to gamble again because of the absence of good control so that they can ignore the words suggested by their friends. So really the key is good self-control to be able to limit gambling by not overdoing it.

Well base on your own criteria of what gambling addiction is when whatever attractions you have in gambling has turned positive to you in winning, I also find it difficult to think one is addicted if you have been winning but then when you do something often and never allow yourself to rest, you are addicted to that thing. However, if I will be addicted to gambling yet winning regularly should it also be called an addition? That is your curiosity likewise mine  ;D

       -  I have never experienced anything like what you experienced, and I don't want to experience anything like that. Because when I gamble, I make sure that I only control and limit what I gamble.

Because this is what I have started and made a habit of as a gambler, and this is also what a responsible gambler should say. Just play and enjoy the games. As long as you win and lose, you both enjoy them, and you don't take them seriously.

This means that when gambling, we really have to have good self-control so as not to slip into gambling activities until we become addicted to gambling. Gambling addiction is a very big and serious problem that the gambler must treat before his gambling addiction turns worse. We can actually still control ourselves well when gambling so that we don't exceed the limits we have set. Only with self-control can we avoid all the problems that gambling will cause. Yes, gambling can ruin your life if you are not careful in gambling and managing the money you use for gambling.

Everything depends on the self-control that each gambler has so that if he can still control himself, he can still gamble well and enjoy gambling. But don't make gambling a hobby because it can make you forgetful and unable to control yourself. Having a gambling hobby can make you addicted to gambling, so it will only ruin your life until you are unable to get up again. But most people will lose control of themselves when they gamble too often and can't control themselves because the temptation of gambling is so great that it keeps making them gamble again. He had become addicted to gambling to the point where he couldn't think about himself and even lost track of time and everything. This is what every gambler must be aware of so that they do not turn into gamblers who are addicted to gambling, and it will only give them more problems.

People who are addicted to gambling can look for someone in their family or friends to talk about their problem so that there is help that can help them get out of their gambling addiction problem. Hopefully, the person who is addicted to gambling can find someone who can really help him get out of his gambling addiction problem so that he can have a normal life again. It is indeed difficult. It is not easy to tell other people about the problem because it is related to gambling addiction, but he really has to tell it so that his gambling addiction problem can be resolved.

Self-control is the most important thing that gamblers who want to gamble responsibly must possess. Unfortunately, many have lost their responsibility in gambling, so they actually become addicted to gambling and, even worse, gambling addiction. Many of them have lost money from gambling, and even their lives have been ruined because of irresponsible gambling. That's why we really have to take care of ourselves by gambling responsibly, but actually, if we can't be responsible when gambling, we don't need to take that risk because it could endanger our lives and those of our families.

Many gamblers who win choose to continue gambling even though they know and realize that continuing to gamble will not provide a greater chance of winning the gambling game. They are willing to accept the risk and actually continue gambling so that, in the end, they end up having a losing streak that wastes all their money without any money remaining. This is what we must avoid, especially if we want to be responsible gamblers, because by continuing to gamble, the risks we face will be greater, and perhaps we will not be able to accept it.

If you always get affected by your loses then reaching this mood won't be any hassle for you because you won't be knowing what you are doing and for everytime you gamble you can let go of the loses and before you know you have started chasing your loses which is the most easiest signs to know that you heading towards being a gambling habit.

I used to be a gambling addict, I used the salary I earned every day for gambling. I have to admit that it is very difficult to get rid of the habit of gambling, let alone winning frequently, but after a long time, I felt like I was losing because I didn't have any savings due to my habit. Now I'm still an active gambler, but a little more responsible than I once was.
Only we ourselves can control the habit or addiction of gambling, you have to realize that every money you earn must be allocated in part for family needs and have a little savings. Every activity you do must be balanced with the responsibilities you have on your shoulders. Being a responsible gambler can free you from problems you never realized.

I think we all have the same past where we have definitely been addicted to gambling, it's just that we realize it more quickly when the money runs out and lose a lot of money, unlike other addicts they will continue to try to catch up on previous losses and try to recover all the money they have lost. that's why you are very lucky to realize before it's too late and become a serious addict.

If you become a serious addict, of course it will be difficult to cure that's why it's important to realize it before it gets too deep. What you said is also true. It's also important to play more responsibly to avoid gambling addiction because whatever money you bet must be used really wisely, don't be eager to beat the dealer. let alone winning games at the casino. Enjoying gambling is even better.

It is true that a gambler does not suddenly become addicted to gambling rather every gambler realizes that they are becoming addicted to gambling. Knowing that they are getting addicted to gambling, they cannot bring themselves out of it because then it works in their minds that they must make a profit by gambling. A gambler can recover from a gambling addiction through many challenging situations, but when a gambler realizes that he is addicted to gambling, the gambler cannot recover from that situation. A new gambler will not become addicted to gambling when he is very weak with money and when he does not have much courage to gamble again after losing money. However, those who are a little more stubborn and who are not very weak towards money usually get addicted to gambling.

When you can't help or control yourself in gambling, that's when the real problem starts. I've been there earlier and I regret it terribly. There was a time from 2016 to 2018 when I took betting as an occupation. I literally was never off prediction sites and betting platforms. Always expecting sure games to drop with my account already funded to stake it upon sight. I was so distracted in my schooling and mostly heartbroken when I loose good money cos I bet big for my level. It was a disaster when I even had to use my feeding and textbooks  funds to stake with the  hope of cashing out big time.  Most of  which failed me. I  healed by myself and promise myself not to ever bet again, but that didn't  last for long cos I still  bet up till now, although very much moderately.

If you have not experienced an addiction then you are lucky so far because you can still control your self-control well and you can refrain from being tempted or attracted by what you see in gambling places, because this kind of behavior is very difficult to do. and only a few people do it. who can escape the temptation of gambling.

With a good start, the future will also be good for yourself of course, and behaving responsibly will show the person to minimize losses or risks in gambling so as not to expect profits that are too big, if one day he loses then he thinks that's it. commonplace in gambling and he was not a burden because he only lost a little money.

Many have become victims of the harmful effects of gambling if they are addicted to it, of course their lives will become messy if they are addicted to gambling, in my opinion gambling addiction can change a person's life to be more dominant to miserable, because his mind only thinks about gambling and only that, not thinking about anything else, they tend to do everything to be able to return to gambling if they have run out of money and their savings, What they don't want is their savings that they take to use for gambling, borrowing here and there for gambling too, if they have the courage to borrow here and there for gambling, you can be sure that their lives will not be calm because they are in debt, and if they still like to gamble it will be difficult to be able to replace the debt, even if they have money it is unlikely that they will pay the debt, but are more concerned with their gambling activities which have become a habit that is difficult and they cannot leave. So this addiction is difficult to break even some people almost fail when they try to leave this habit.

If they make gambling a hobby they will accept very dangerous risks as they gamble will also make their lives ruined like you said that, also they can forget other things because they only focus on gambling, it's bad if they can't control themselves with gambling because they will lose and it's not from money alone many things will also be affected by gambling.

I think it will just be a waste of their time. it is difficult to make those who are already addicted and however difficult it is for them to be aware of what they are doing, they don't have to look for friends or family, if they realize what they are doing is losing them, then they can stop again, it's useless if they look for friends or family to be friends to talk about solving their addiction solutions but they themselves still want to gamble. If they want to stop they should be able to avoid high-risk things such as borrowing money, avoid places or people related to gambling, do not socialize with friends who gamble. Instead of spending hours playing gambling, they can call a family member or friend to meet for coffee but do not let what is discussed lead to gambling. Or they can distract themselves from wanting to gamble with activities like watching movies, doing mindfulness exercises like deep breathing, or going to the gym. Maybe this will help them to leave their addiction behind that is already attached to them. So in my opinion, before anyone else then they themselves must do it consistently. The key is that they themselves will determine the future because after all they will run it themselves.

I read what you said from the top, you talked about self-control only, do you think that is the main key in gambling?
They must have a self-control commitment that can limit them when playing gambling, with that they will not become severely addicted to gambling. Most of those who can't limit their gambling so that they can spend a lot of money and it's detrimental to themselves, it has nothing to do with me,  but if I have a family member who is like that, I will leave them alone without helping them in any way, until they realize by themselves that what they are doing is something that is detrimental to themselves. Gambling addiction can also cause problems in family relationships because the mentality that will change because of the defeat they always get will make them more aggressive and become more easily emotional. Here it is also seen that they have lost self-control.

I disagree with what you said, I think that those who gamble cannot accept the risks that they should accept  only a few people have thought about what will happen to them if they gamble excessively, most of them do not think about the risks from the beginning, because they only think about the victory they will get so they don't think about the risk, And if they have lost a lot of money and always experience defeat, sometimes they still think about gambling again to restore the losses they have felt, there is no end to that, they will continue to play and lose and then think of ways to be able to restore the situation and continue like that until they run out of all their money and property until they have nothing left except the clothes they wear. Only then will they realize what they've lost. If they are already addicted to gambling it is difficult to cure them, because what is damaged is their thinking so they may have to go to a psychological expert. Because what they have to do first is change their thinking, how to get rid of their thoughts that always want to gamble.

Good for you brother. That's the right way. Others could not get away from it so a big congratulations to you.

Gambling addiction is such a big problem today because of the ease of access to gambling sites. I wish they could be strict about the registration of their customers because there's a big chance that kids are with us gambling their way too and are now prone to what you have experienced.
I have kids, that's why I want this to happen so much. We will never know when they will bump into one gambling site from the advertisements that are coming out on both social media and other applications that they are installing especially games.
There's one android application that I have seen doing that and I know they have no control over their advertisement but at least it should be blocked by an ad blocker so that kids won't see it. That's not the case though, worse, they are offering premium items by watching advertisements and I don't think that's a good thing.
Anyway, I already uninstalled that app and told my kid to never install it again. I don't want them to end up as gambling degenerates.

I agree it is very easy to be installed and played even you are just browsing in different platform the pop- up ads can show in your feed and sometimes at the end of each video you will see some of them being advertise by people most commonly by streamers, we should learn to manage our emotion coz in hard time like this people get easily swayed by these , most of them are not legal and will not pay players.

Someone who is addicted to gambling will not think about other more important things because they already consider gambling to be more important than everything. We don't know whether he has spent all the money in his savings, but he may have spent it on gambling and fulfilling his gambling desires. They might also borrow money from people to gamble without thinking about how they can return the money. We also won't know how much debt they already have, so they have to avoid people who collect them. Those who are addicted to gambling can experience depression because they cannot pay their debts and the various life problems they encounter. If no one knows, maybe they will end up ending their life because that is their last choice.

Gambling is not a hobby but just entertainment, and we should not make it a hobby. If we make gambling a hobby, it will be dangerous because we will definitely spend more money and can also lose self-control if we experience more and more losses. It's better for us to look for other hobbies that are safer and will use less money because we remember that many people have lost large amounts of money because they gamble too often.

In fact, the only thing that can make them aware is themselves by seeing what is happening around them and seeing themselves. But it seems they will not be able to realize what changes they have experienced as a result of playing gambling continuously and without even taking a break. We also don't know what other consequences there are from gambling because we probably won't monitor it continuously or throughout the day. His family probably couldn't watch him all day because each of them was busy and only paid attention to him occasionally. But if the family can take turns watching him and trying to find out what he is doing, the family will probably find out that the person is gambling frequently, and they will start warning him to reduce his gambling activities. When family members want to try to help, they may look for ways to approach the person and be able to provide an understanding that the person has gambled beyond his limits. Family members will also help him to reduce his gambling activities in ways that are acceptable to the person so that the person can reduce his gambling activities.

Self-control is not the main key in gambling, but at least if someone has self-control, they can prevent themselves from continuing to gamble and can also reduce the possibility of losing when gambling. Now you can imagine if you are gambling and you can win. Then you realize that you can't win like before and decide just to stop gambling. That means you have succeeded in controlling yourself so you don't continue gambling, and that means you have reduced the risk of losing money. That's what it means to have self-control. If you let a family member be like that, how long will it take you to decide to help him? Is it until he falls and becomes very frustrated that you help him? If so, it will be too late because you should be able to help him before he falls. But I think you must have had calculations and considerations for you to say that. But gambling addiction can cause problems in the family, so we must be very careful in supervising our family members.

What you said actually matches what I meant. It's just that the sentence is different. But that's okay because the essence is the same. Those who are already gambling cannot accept the risks and make them continue gambling, but they know that it can cause them to lose money from the gambling game. And if they really can't stop gambling even for a moment, even just to drink mineral water, they can really become addicted to gambling that they won't even realize. This really poses a big risk for them because if it has been happening for some time, they could lose everything they have. They really need help from other people to help cure their gambling addiction. But if they also cannot accept their current situation of being addicted to gambling, it will not be easy for their family members to take them to a psychologist. There will be resistance from him because he still thinks everything is fine, and he can still control himself when gambling.

I would call it common sense and not lack of courage  ;D If you are doing something that brings you a loss, it is better to stop it as soon as possible, and not hope that “suddenly everything will change in the opposite direction.”
As for the relationship between wealth and how easily a person succumbs to addiction, I don’t think it’s direct here, it’s the same as arguing that the children of rich people become drug addicts because they have everything. I think complex factors matter.

Good for you that you're likely healed now from being an addicted gambler. Because when you go to that point in your life and you can't control it anymore, what you need to do is to take some rest and realize that you can't be against yourself but you have to control it by doing it slowly but surely.

You may not be able to do it instantly but what you must do is to take the necessary steps just like what you did. Because if it's already affecting your personal life then gambling is going to ruin your usual things even schooling and that's going to give more bad impression not just to gambling but also on you because you can't control yourself anymore.

But if you are the person that don't want to dwell into the swamp of failures and rejects and frustrations, you want to get up and prove yourself that you can do better. Even if you don't have to prove it to the other people but just prove it to yourself that you can be someone else and better than your last version is already more than enough.

A gambler doesn't know when it's addicted in gambling, you can be addicted in gambling but you will not know that you are addicted in a gambling due to nobody have informed you that you are a gambling addictive, so gambling is something I know very well that have to do with precautions and predictions but when your predictions has failed you like uncomfortable times that will make you to be addicted because you will continue trying to make sure you have win and recover everything you have missed out for the previous predictions and gambling you have played before, so this is one of the things that makes people to be addicted unknowingly, their's no one who is addicted in gambling that knows or do it knowingly, something else will lead the person to do so, and another thing that make people to be interested in gambling that much is poverty, when you are poor you will think that wining gambling will be only source of survival

I’ve lost some good money back then in gambling but I don’t think that’s enough reason to call myself an addict because I think I have a the ability to decide when to and when not to gamble and one major reason why people gamble a lot now is the presence of gambling sites in mobile devices and this has been of more advantage to the casino and to the players and I think the highest I’ve lost in gambling at a time is about $10 a day but the $10 wasn’t lost at a time but in bits.

Well I think this very one is dependent on the gambler and most times most gamblers already know they’re addicted but the truth is that addiction is one thing that is very difficult to fight and most times an addict needs people around them to help them fight the addiction, hence you wouldn’t blame them.

I took up gambling as a pastime and did not become addicted to gambling. But here I have something to say that I have bet on few matches in ICC Cricket World Cup and won every bet. Every time I bet, especially on sports, I win. After the ICC Cricket World Cup ended, I withdrew my original balance along with the winning balance of bets from all casino platforms. I felt very bad about not participating in the betting for a few days. I feel like I'm going to be a gambling addict here. But currently I am away from gambling platforms as I have taken a break from betting as sports are very rare at the moment. But the most interesting thing is that I have never lost a bet. I am very lucky here and can claim to be a successful gambler.

You’re not alone my friend. I used to gamble much long long time ago. But now, I’m barely doing that. I got too focused in trying to win big and it weighed me down so I generally don’t play because I’ll start looking for new strategies and wanting to try them out. Now, I rather prefer giving people gambling tips, especially the ones on this forum. And I really hope that they take heed because gambling can really be addictive.

We have to of none gamblers who are sure game lovers and fans of teams and clubs, but such a level of commitment and attachment is only available to sports alone and not other bets such as in-house games and other forms of casino games.

And if you check well @Gozie51 you will discover that your friend is only committed to flowing up with sports games mostly footballs for leisure,  but to me also that is another level of addiction.

You know it's actually easy to gamble responsibly, but when it comes to you playing gambling yourself, you'll feel that it's not that easy to do that if you have greed in your mind, because for sure, in the end, you'll end up chasing the money you lose.

The only ones who can gamble responsibly are gamblers who can control themselves and limit their amount of money to gamble in the casino. Never bring a large amount of money to gamble or use a credit card online just to gamble.

I considered myself a gambling addict way back then, in 2020-2021 back in the height of crypto and the gambling industry, my friends invited me over for a gambling session, probably because all of us are bored as balls inside the comfort of our houses cause this was way back when the pandemic is at its peak and no one's allowed to go outside except for some important stuff. Now, the thing is that we got a little overboard when we started setting up betting competitions on who's gonna win, who's gonna give out the most bet, and whatever, and eventually I found myself itching to gamble and win back my losses. Gladly a family relative snapped me back to reality and from there, I was able to get all the help I need to get right back on feet and actually discipline myself.

I am not a gambling person therefore thankfully I have not been gambling addict but that does not mean I do not hope this thread does not get flooded with members that are addicted. All those that are mentioning (and advising others) on responsible gambling are doing the right thing. Anybody that feels their gambling is becoming addictive should speak to their family and friends to find solutions before it spirals.

I am unsure about how many members here are gambling using crypto-only amassed from either trading or signature campaigns. I think those figures if they ever became available would be important to study how gambling is affecting forum members.

During those days I was an addict. Even now I wasn't completely out of it. I wager with what is available now, back then I used to borrow to gamble. This means my addiction have decreased. Another thing, I was into commited life which is also a reason why I wasn't able to think beyond limits. If I were the same as the year 2020-21, even now I might be in the same situation. Somehow things were going on the right track without disturbing my financial life. I've planned to quit when it steps into my financial life as a problem.

For some, they’ve been always gambling responsibly and it’s easy being responsible whenever they indulge themselves in their past time activities. For others, it’s not so easy. Apparently, those who are irresponsible are so numerous, they can’t be ignored hence the constant reminder from all over to be responsible.
I don’t think greed is a factor that could make someone continue playing despite having suffered losses in an attempt try and recoup the money lost.

Yes, because someone tries to remain responsible when gambling, but for people who are addicted this is very difficult to do, of course because they cannot control themselves and the sense of responsibility may be absent or lost, and when that happens, it is to other people or the people closest to him try to advise an addict but there is no way he can just wake up or sober up.

 If it is not greed, then what drives a person to continue gambling??? Isn't greed part of the nature of an addict who has experienced addiction and will gamble continuously without any boundaries or good awareness within himself?

It is not easy to gamble responsibly because, in gambling, someone can easily be tempted by the many promotions they see so that they can get caught up in their ego and end up losing a lot of money. And over time, they will become addicted to gambling because they have lost their responsibility in gambling so they can no longer control themselves. Most gamblers become greedy after getting a few wins and instead of stopping themselves, they want to get more wins. And that is what then makes them even more addicted to gambling because they can no longer control themselves when gambling. That's why we have to practice self-control so we don't become greedy, especially when we win so we can stop ourselves from continuing to gamble.

So your addiction started in the company of your friends, and once you are friends with addicts there is no way you can escape from not been one of them someday except if you start avoiding them. And a lot of things did actually happen during that pandemic. Gambling has a spirit if you gamble you will always want to gamble more and if you loose money you will always want to get your money back so I want to ask are you still an addict or you over it.

Basically gambling addiction can come from anywhere and not just about gambling for other things too, and one that has a big influence on a person's change is environmental factors such as your association with your friends who have already become gamblers, I'm sure in that condition it's quite difficult between you having to prioritize the good for yourself by staying away from your friends or you get carried away with the gambling they do.

For teenagers basically friends are everything, even though you are unlucky enough to be in a bad environment like that but on the other hand I think there are still many ways you can do to minimize all that, you have to think about it from now on and also in my opinion one of the things you can do is reduce your association a little, don't totally stay away from them because obviously they will be suspicious, so it's better to just reduce the time you spend with them, that's a pretty good alternative and also avoid some invitations that tell you to enter or get involved in gambling, only you yourself know about what reasons you can tell them. Honestly it's better because if you're too late then I'm not sure you can get through all the bad stuff that's out there and obviously your finances will be ruined.

Not many people can gamble responsibly, because it is difficult to do. Each round of gambling makes people who play it forget many things so that they only focus on gambling because of the sensation of the game that makes them comfortable with the victory they will get, even though the victory itself cannot be sure to be easy to get because the dominant thing is only the defeat they will get.

It is clear that with the defeat they will get, they should not forget other responsibilities that are more beneficial to themselves. If only they gamble responsibly maybe they will not lose a lot of things that harm themselves.

At one time I am, I was glad that I overcame it, you cannot talk about responsible gambling if you have not experienced how to be addicted to gambling even for a short period of time, there's a big temptation to lose yourself in gambling because our emotion is so attached to gambling that we forget how to control ourselves.

It's not really only the amount of money, but also the amount of time you spend on the gambling platform that will make you a gambling addict, when what you think is only gambling that you neglect your relationship and your work then have become addicted and you need to get out of that whether from your effort or help from the outside I guess the majority of us here becomes addicted even from a short period time.

I have to admit that I went through periods when I thought about gambling all the time. But then I asked myself a question. How long can I live like this? Then I did some financial planning to take control of my finances and I got back to normal. Today I have a set amount of money that I spend on gambling. And I never exceed that amount. And most importantly, I see gambling only as a means of entertainment. And I don't see it as a model of passive income or a model of regular income or a key to getting rich. And I realized that when my life became normal, I became a happier person.

Actually I am a small time gambler and I can control myself but not all the time cause way back 2021 I'll resign for my regular job and focus on my projects cause I am an electrician before but I am in the gambling world which means if there's an extra money then I'll gamble but the times goes by almost everyday I will gamble and after a few months I'll realize that I am almost become an addict so I force my self to stop cause once I am become an addict in gambling then for sure s lot of problem will come to me.

Now that's a discipline you don't see everyday as many people would have found there self in your situation might just tend to be procrastinating about the habit and thats the beginning of a serious addiction that can't be stopped. Many people lack self control and tend to fall out and become serious addict to this act of gambling. Myself had of difficult times in gambling habit but mine was nothing too serious that I wasn't in control of.

Gambling is something that one should know his limit and when to stop, some people are just in the lost that everytime they try out their habit in gambling they are going to win a big amount which is obviously the trap that is behind someone becoming addicted to gambling.

Yeah, I was a gambling addict way back. Now I have quit gambling and living a normal life. I have lost a lot but I don't want to disclose the numbers. All I can say is it's a 4-digit number. When you live alone and there's no one to tell you what's wrong and what's right, you will never realize that you have become a gambling addict until it's too late. This is exactly what happened to me. I was living alone and I started gambling on online platforms and I didn't even realize that I had already become an addict.

It was a hard journey to come back to my normal life. But many people have helped me on this journey. Now I can proudly say that I am not an addict anymore. If anyone is on the verge of becoming an addict and feels like they need to stop it, go out there and talk to your loved ones. That's the best therapy. It will be hard if you try to do it on your own.

Gambling too much may of course be reason enough to claim some kind of addiction but I also think that to talk about a serious gambling addiction a person must be unable to control himself/herself and lose all his/her money gambling. For example, let's assume that there are individuals A and B;

Person A gambles regularly 5 days a week in a way that doesn't affect his budget negatively but he/she doesn't go beyond the budget he/she plans to use for gambling. Person B, on the other hand, plays one-time bets or high stakes games whenever possible with all the money he/she can find. In this case, we can say that it is a habit and fun for person A to gamble regularly by controlling himself/herself but person B is addicted because he/she gambles with all his/her money without being able to control himself/herself. We can also think like this;

Person A has a monthly income of 1.000 units and this person regularly gambles with 20% of his monthly income using the minimum bet amount. Person B also has a monthly income of 1.000 units and this person takes big risks by making one-time bets with all his/her income. In this case, while it would be a mistake to call person A as addicted, it would be correct to call person B addicted.

In other words, there will be a big difference between calling someone who gambles 100 games with each bet being 1 unit a gambling addict and calling someone who gambles 100 units in a single bet a gambling addict.

I don't know what 4 digits you mean, whether in what currency. If you count it in USD, that's quite a lot of money.
However, from a glance I see what you are trying to convey about a little of your experience, that it seems that at that time you were really in a quite difficult situation. And in this position, most people are not aware that they have been addicted to gambling, and they only realize it when they have run out of balance for gambling. But luckily you were able to get out of that situation, because most people are not able to get out of a situation like that.

And starting from an incident that you have experienced, this is enough to be a warning for me to be more careful when gambling.

But I doubt that if I had a gambling addiction, I would go and talk to the people I love. I think that's not the best solution, because the people we love don't necessarily love us and care about the events we experience. And more precisely, we have to come to people who clearly love us, because people who love us will definitely care about us and will not leave us alone to face quite serious problems.
However, if we don't have someone who loves us and cares enough about us, then be careful and love ourselves, don't let us continue to be in a bad condition and down.

It's pretty good to hear how you recover at early stage of becoming addicted to gambling. Having a self assessment and realizations, it will definitely help you to think and to analyze what should you do in order to completely stop or setting limits to minimize gambling activity. Though it's hard at first but once you used to it, you can gambling freely without thinking of the money that you've spent because you already know what is the right thing to become a responsible gambler.

Without a doubt overcoming an addiction alone is almost impossible as it would be too difficult to know where to begin with and how to proceed forward, however while the support of your family is key, it is important as well to not forget that if a person receives professional help as well they may recover even faster from their addiction, as those are people that are used to treat others with the very same symptoms and they know very well what you may be going through.

If I were to give my personal opinion on this, I would say that most addicted gamblers would say they are not addicted or were not addicted. In this case I think self checking will not give correct answer. But I won't say anything about what I did earlier but now I limit my gambling to a certain amount.  I set aside a certain percentage of my salary just for entertainment. And gambling has been included in this entertainment, so currently my gambling is not having any effect on my family or life, and also I don't remember anything like that happening in the past.

sure, it will never be possible to cure addiction alone, while an addict needs clear advice and direction to guide him to slowly forget about gambling, just like a drug addict who will recover when he has support from family and an environment that can provide support to recover.
maybe for the environment or neighbors it is not that important but what is certain is that an important role for addicts is support from the family to continue to tell them how to forget their addiction and on the one hand they may need a psychology doctor to provide additional advice or medication to help them forget their addiction.

what is more important is that if a gambling addict has a strong desire to recover from his addiction, perhaps he only needs family to be able to recover, which is a very easy effort because after all, the family of loved ones is worthy of being an encouragement for the addict.

Gamblers who are addicted to gambling will not want to admit that they are addicted to gambling and will say that they still control themselves well. They will not see the fact that they are addicted to gambling, so this requires someone else's perspective to make them aware that they are addicted to gambling. What you are doing is right by allocating a certain amount of money from your salary to gambling and only considering gambling as entertainment. And that's what we should do when gambling so we can avoid gambling addiction. Sooner or later, gambling addiction will come to us, and only by controlling ourselves can we prevent ourselves from experiencing gambling addiction.

There isn't a clean line between being an addict and not being an addict, you can't possibly know if you are an addict or not around the start levels. I mean if you are an addict that sold his house to keep gambling some more, yeah then you know you are an addict, but how many people does that, whereas there are a lot of people who gamble with a small amount and have the addiction to keep doing that, and can't stop, that could be addiction too.

In the end, you can't just go "aaaaand now I am an addict after doing that", it is not clear, you can't possibly know what's going on, and this means that you can't know if you have ever been a gambling addict or not, to be fair you can't possibly know if you are one right now, because you could be an addict, but the results do not hurt you, or haven't so far and then you think to yourself I haven't been crazy so far which means I am not an addict, but you also have failure to stop for a month, if that's the case whose to say you are not an addict neither.

That's true but when it comes to this, our first concern should be to let our loved ones know about it. They will come forward to help us out and they will be the first ones to take us to a professional. When it comes to us, personally we don't want to agree to our own terms that we are an addict. We will most likely try to reason with ourselves that the situation is not that bad yet and we can seek professional help later.

Just saying, if the situation is bad and you know it well, don't waste your time thinking. Let people around you know about the situation and they will come forward to help you. They will be the first step to seek professional help.

Risk, reward, and the brain's response make it more than a game of chance. The excitement of winning and the anticipation of the next chance can slowly become a need. So, isn't it important to evaluate whether self-regulation is enough? We may feel in control by devoting part of our paycheck to gambling just for fun. But may this lead to rationalizing more frequent or riskier bets? Human thought becomes slippery here. Our brains recall wins better than defeats, which may cause us to overestimate our control and underestimate hazards.

Also consider unrecognized addiction. Addiction will sooner or later come to us seems fatalistic, no? It implies an inevitability that hinders self-awareness and change. Why not be proactive? Understanding gambling's physics and psychological effects helps us stay cautious. Constant self-reflection and seeking outside opinions are key. Do we not owe it to ourselves to be mindful of when fun becomes dependency? Setting financial limitations and constantly examining our emotional and psychological relationship with gambling may be the most obstacle.

Exactly, this is one of the biggest challenge of most gamblers, knowing their limit is something most of them don't know, they just gamble until they have exhausted all they have got in their wallet before they will eventually stop and sometimes they turn out broke.

This has a lot to do with self discipline because they are not discipline enough so they can't definitely control themselves especially when they have turn out to becoming addicts resulting from their continuous gambling without restrains. This is why it's always important these casinos always emphasis on responsible gambling because they know how well reckless gambling could impact on their customers.

Yeah, I believe so because almost every gamblers have lost hug amount of money when gambling but there are only few gamblers that have won more than the amount they lost and some have won just half of what they have spent on gamble.
Just as I always say, that is is easy to become an addicted gambler but as same time, it is very hard to quit gamble because one that have ones a stain touches the white, then it will he so hard for the stain to remove, I am just trying to say that as it is hard for a stain go get aways from a white, it is also hard for one to quit gamble when he or she has become and addict.

Many people have a story to tell about betting, mostly gamblers, I have lost when gamble but what I always believe is that as I am not at the top leading losers, then I am not losing (it might be hard to understand, but it's true).

Every gambler will be gambling addicted person in some period,So if the gambler can't control the emotions in the gambling site.If the gambler can't control the emotion at certain period of time in gambling,at that time he can uses all their holding assets and generated assets to revalue to dollars to get the recovery of the loss in the gambling sites.But later only he understand that he need to understand the real tactics to achieve such situation.When he understand this things,he get away from the gambling addiction.But he should later use the free money for the gambling to avoid of get into the gambling addiction again.

Agreed, and very few realise that they were much addicted and take the necessary measures to quit gambling and be on the safer side. Majority don't have the mind to accept and when they think after years, they'll realise how bad they've addicted. These days gambling addiction have turned to be very common as we've got more platforms to spend. More the time taken to realise more will be the loss which is why we need to keep on self evaluating when we're regular gambler.

Realization would really be always in the end of the line and this is really that something very normal for most gamblers because on the time that you are winning then you wont really be bothered
on how to control yourself in gambling because you will be continuing on playing as long you do have the funds that you could be able to make use on gambling.
In my case then i havent made myself to be that addicted because i have controlled my urge and financial spending because i do have priorities and it is really just
that right that you will be putting up importance into those things before anything else. Gambling is just for fun and you shouldn't really be thinking
about making it as a source of income.

The joy of winning will become an addiction for those who have succeeded in winning it, while those who have not succeeded in winning or are still losing are still trying to win it even though they will use more money. That's what slowly makes them addicted to gambling, and eventually, they will gamble more often and forget about other activities they should be doing. It really has bad consequences for them because before they got to know gambling, their lives were fine, and there were no problems with everything, including their finances. But after they get to know gambling, their lives start to change, and their finances also start to change because, finally, they start to use more of their money to gamble.

The addiction will come without them realizing it because of the pleasure they get from playing unlimited gambling, and they also don't understand that something has changed in their life. This is dangerous for them because they should be able to limit their gambling well, but in the end, they only get deeper into gambling without being able to stop it. This makes them a serious gambling addiction, and if no one warns them, they will not be able to quit gambling. And if they can't realize it themselves, it may be difficult to cure it.

We often talk about this addiction but this addiction is not decreasing among the gamblers rather it has started increasing. A landmark study found that 1.4 million gamblers have already suffered from gambling and 1.5 million gamblers are at great risk. Without proper guidance, these gamblers may also suffer. An online survey of 18,000 adult gamblers in 2021 found 2.8 percent of gamblers exceeded their severity index. Gambling addiction plays a significant role in this situation. Of course a gambler needs to have a limit to avoid addiction. It is very easy for those who gamble excessively or devote time to gambling to become addicted in gambling.

I got the last bit you were trying to explain. It's all about our mentality and ability to lose. If we can afford to lose the amount we put into gambling then it will never have an impact on our life. Thus, our emotions won't come between us and it will never become an addiction.
That being said, never look for wins while gambling. I know that winning gives us the adrenaline rush we are looking for while gambling, but as it is totally based on luck, we can never depend on it. Never look for wins as gambling is only for entertainment purposes. Enjoy the process not the outcome. It is based on luck and either win or lose could be the final outcome. Just accept what is happening as you can't change it. Gamble responsibly and don't become an addict. It's hard to take out once the stain is there. Nice explanation rachael9385. I like it. But remember, with proper guidance, you can come out of it.

They know that there's something has changed already and when they become addicted it is noticeable. But what they are trying to do is they're not accepting and admitting the fact that something has already changed because everyone who is in in denial stage will do every justification for what they do to believe what they want to believe.

But it's true that it is dangerous, whether they are aware of it or not. When it's come to that point that they don't want to change what they have noticed is going to impact their lives. We know a lot of stories from gamblers that have changed their lives and way of living due to the fact that they are already addicted and even they are going through that phase, they don't want to set back themselves and change what they have used to do for it.

They have to deal with more serious problems when the time that there's no one is on their side to help. Because if these addicted gamblers have already asked for others help and they don't do something about it, they're just wasting people's time for it and they will eventually get tired to help them get out of addiction.

I started gambling online by seeing those big bonuses on ads and after that I knew that these require wagering to be able to claim those bonuses.
it was hard to complete those requirements so I lost of first deposit and I deposited second time i lost that too, I was playing irresponsibly and without knowing anything about online casinos.
I learned the lesson hard way that player cannot win in gambling long term if he doesn't able to control his emotions.

Maybe what really makes people to easily become an addicted gambler is when they start winning, how? Because I have seen some addicted gamblers, although, I have not listened to their stories but I seriously believed that what attracts them to gamble more even when they are losing is how they might have won before or presently.
The only way of an addicted gambler to stop gamble or reduce the way he or she is gambling is by not given much attentions or any attention to anything that has to do with bets.

Once the gambler get into the gambling,it's not easy to get away from the gambling.Because the win and loss will manipulate the gambler to stay in the gambling site,if the loss is the last result.The gambler will start to target the win on the next gambling game to manage their loss in the previous game.Incase the profit is the otcome,the gambler will look for the next win and loss the entire money by retry of the gambling.So the gambler should need to quit after the win or loss.So the emotion of the gambler will not manipulate him.

Not only his emotion, a gambler must also learn how to control his cash flows, and the time he will spend in gambling.  One must set a limit on his gambling activity, because if a gambler failed to set a limit specifically time and bankroll, he will end up losing everything.

Imagine engaging in gambling for more than 10 hours everyday?  What will happen to our work?  Of course it will greatly affected and our performance will surely hit the bottom and might cause us to get fired due to productivity problem.  Aside from that,  spending to much time in gambling will also affect our social life.  We might end up missing important event of our family due to being hooked in gambling and that will affect our relation with the family.

For that same reason there must be a lot of awareness of things when you are in casinos, there must be many things that you know before playing the games, guides or advice that can be given to avoid falling into addiction, all addiction is harmful and poor. bad person or his family group bad, a person who becomes addicted is because he does not control his money well or control what he feels, and he has a high degree of responsibility if he decides to put all his money in a game of chance knowing that it is given by luck and having moments where you can win and get some money.

Games of chance are not made so that people become crazy or addicted, games of chance are made so that people can have fun and not to win money, the money you earn is because you have good luck there is no Another explanation, according to my experience in casinos it is like that, there may be moments and that is when you win, but that does not happen frequently.

Loosing once money on the course of gambling is not an addiction, every one wants to taking winning in the gambling that whether loosing or winning there is always other days to get back to the gambling and still after loosed you still report back other times.
That was just such a scenero that exhausted your money.
Gambling addictions is measured by the gamblers level of gambling specifically his consistencies where he has fallen in love on the gamble and doesn't feel complete if he doesn't get on the gambling board.

So I would say that you are an irresponsible gambler and can't take control of your emotions  whereas you fails to undermine making savings in other to accumulate in solving your financial problems and the lost of goal of planning for your future.
You were an irresponsible gambler to had not considered how hard you works to earn the money spent of and your flexibilities to unconsciously loosing and your continues staking without realizing that you are running back to zero level.

Tell us how you did it so others could learn but however, it is always nice at when one realizes himself, picks the point of errors and take drastic measures to tackle the issues. I am happy for you because addiction is a diesease that could have negative mental state of being.

Yes of course I have not only felt being a gambling addict but I feels like I am possesed with gambling because I don't imagine investing my money on a system that I have about 99% percentage to loose yet I keep striving and striking to survive along the line but though I am a responsible gambler who is not addicted

I don't care to know how much I have lost. I am a responsible gambler and somedays wishes I could release all that of my lost back nomatter how little it could be.

Such a rethinking and difficult path has occurred for many, but what is important is what conclusions the person made after all this. Unfortunately, very often there are none. I'm glad that you've reached the level where you can bet for fun, even though you had to pay quite a price for it. There are also those who will not be able to understand this in their entire lives; they will constantly bet and lose and will never bet for fun. Something similar happened to me, so I understand you well.
There will also be those who, having reached your level, will reach a bet that will infuriate them and they will again go to another circle that they went through earlier and learned nothing.

There's no gambler that'll proudly day that he's never been addicted to gambling ever in his life and that's because of how addictive gambling can be. That been said, it's one thing to become addicted to gambling and totally a different thing to fight the addiction before it gets out on hand because living with the addiction is very detrimental and can easily ruin a a person's future.
I was once deeply addicted to gambling before and it was so bad that I was totally unable to save a dime rather I was constantly using every cent that I get to gamble and it was a very sad experience. I had to fight against it and luckily enough, I got over it

This is not true, it's only when you are trying to solve your family problems with gambling profits you can become addicted on a mere playing. I don't understand why an ordinary person would feel addicted when you are not meant to be reliant on something that will give you high blood pressure. Gambling should be done witb discretion and not rush into because you will get the opposite of what you are looking for and you will not be happy and when you want to force it, you will lose even more it.

There is one way to Runa way from gambling, don't gamble with the money you know will hurt you, it should be from the money you don't need and by that, I mean you should gamble with the money that even when you lose it, you wouldn't feel anything at all, your risj should always be smaller than your profits, that way you will easily make your capitals from a any win if you are the type that gamble everytime.

That's because they weren't, or won't admit it, so they talk about something else, avoiding the answer.
Saying that you've spent all your savings on gambling doesn't tell us much. You could be a teenager and all your income is the pocket money your mother gives you every week so you can buy yourself a meal at school. Sure, losing that every single week means you're an addict, but it doesn't describe the severity of your situation.

I've never been an addicted to anything. The closest I could get to that was maybe to PC gaming, but I stopped doing that long ago by myself, so maybe I wasn't as addicted as I thought. Some of us are just not prone to addiction. Maybe it's strong will or something?

For the most part, bonus systems in casinos are designed to make a gambler in the casino as much money as possible to his account. If you consider the fact that the casino has an advantage over the gambler, it is easy to understand that the more you gamble, the more you will lose money. This is a very simple marketing move, which many do not understand and continue to chase bonuses.  

Yes, that's true because they are covered by their desire to gamble, so they can't see the reality that they are addicted to gambling. If they stay like that, maybe their gambling addiction will get worse so that no one will be able to help them unless they can wake up and ask other people for help. The denial will always be there because they think they are okay and still gamble within their limits, but their limits have changed drastically when they become addicted to gambling. This is what all gamblers must be aware of because if our limits have started to change, we must immediately check ourselves and make adjustments. If necessary, we must immediately stop gambling for a while.

When someone starts to feel comfortable with what he is doing, he will not want to change and move into the discomfort zone because that will cause him to experience disturbance. Whether it is a mental or physical disorder, what is clear is that they feel that it is uncomfortable for them, and they want to return to their comfort zone again. It requires a strong effort to be able to move from a comfort zone to an uncomfortable zone, even though that is what is needed to be able to reduce gambling activities.

They will only develop a worse gambling addiction, and no one will know because they don't tell anyone else. But when the frustration and stress have reached its peak, and there are people around him who are aware of it, then the person who is addicted to gambling will open up little by little and start telling him what happened to him.

When they start winning, greed will come to them and whisper attractive words, which will ultimately make them tempted to continue gambling even though they have already told themselves not to continue gambling. But because they didn't immediately leave the casino after the win and instead visited another page of the casino, they finally chose to gamble on another game. They said it was just one more time, and they were done gambling. But the reality is that they are drawn deeper into the gambling game and choose to continue gambling while greed laughs when they finally fall for the temptation. That is what makes gamblers who have won lose control of themselves in gambling, and instead of withdrawing their winnings, they use it to gamble and say they will really stop gambling after getting another big win. But what happens is that they experience loss until they end up having to lose their winnings.

I'm glad to see you here and that you pulled it off. Now we are sharing our experience, this can motivate other BTT users, but at the same time, not everyone succeeds. My experience is stored in my head, and even though they say that you can break down at any moment, this will not happen to me. I have seen enough broken lives because of this, even if it was online and not offline. I regularly look at sad stories of people, they make me feel that one step is enough to be on this side, this line is very thin. Ultimately, either you overcome the addiction or it defeats you. I think you and I definitely won it.

When seeing those kind of offers we need to always think about why the other party is going through the trouble of doing what is the equivalent of giving money away, and once we do so we will realize that casinos do this for several reasons, the first reason that comes to my mind is that they know that the conditions they have set forward as wagering requirements will make it very hard for the majority of the gamblers to be able to withdraw that money, also since the odds are on their favor the more you bet the more they win, and finally this is a great marketing tool for them, allowing them to bring even more gamblers to their casino especially if their bonuses are better than what most casinos are offering at the time.

I can only blame @cafter for this who knew nothing about gambling but just got attracted to it by the bonus offers to play. The bonus is, of course, good, once you read and understand the terms and conditions and have patience in fulfilling them, then you are good to go. However, it's bad not to understand what you want to use the bonus for even as your wagering amount is also included. The first thing that he should have done is to abandon that account after the deposit (to claim the bonus if it's time-limited) and seek knowledge. Then after gaining the right knowledge, use the money patiently until the condition to withdraw the bonus is fulfilled.

Besides, for you @madnessteat, I believe that it's more false that "since the house has the advantage over the player they can't make them win." I think this assumption is overrated, especially these days when we have provably fair systems in gambling. Mind you, it's not all aspects of casinos and sports betting that the house has that power over or can wire in their favour, some games are so real/fair and can't just be manipulated.

It is very difficult to define or to have an understanding of what gambling responsibly actually means because it related to the personal circumstances of the individual that is gambling and that might include their mental/physical health situation, their family/domestic situation as well as their financial situation.

Keeping that aside, what steps have you taken to improve your financial condition?

But to get a bonus they have to top up their gambling account first, and my experience is sometimes when I put a not too large amount then the bonus I get is meaningless, or I mean maybe it can only be used for a few spins, I only get 5% of the amount of 100% of the money I bet and that's very small. Some gamblers may have been fooled by the bonuses they can get, even though you managed to get a bonus but look at the actual facts as you said that the amount you lose is far greater than the bonus you get and it is far from equal. If you come in looking for maximum winnings along with bonuses then I think it's all going to be reversed, or I mean a lot of money you're going to have to lose.

Casinos are so clever they can do anything that looks good to gamblers, it's like indirect brainwashing.

This means that the gambling sites uses the bonus as a marketing strategy where they give bonus to the gamblers (usually on the deposits) so that people deposit more in the site. They already know that more they deposit, the more they will gamble and hence chances of the gamblers losing the money and eventually it is a win for the gambling site.

To counter the little advantage, whereby some gamblers may be able to win with the bonus money, they put a high wagering requirement so in the end its only a win sin situation for the gambling casinos only.

These promotions should be disconsidered by gamblers, in my opinion, for the reasons you mentioned. It's like that saying: when something is too good to be true, you should be careful with that. Unfortunatelly many gamblers are greedy and don't think carefully on what they are doing. They project an image on their minds where they are making easy profit through sudden promotions spotten on the internet, but they don't stop to calm down a little in order to think about the process of reaching to that goal, which is in fact, the most important part.

It should be really obvious to identify that nobody gives money for free on the internet, so why would casinos do? I think it's a mix of greed, naivety and lack of experience from gamblers to think like that. But at least I don't see many gamblers going for such promotions more than once, what means they learn it's bad idea after the first attempt.

Additions are always bad, it is never a good thing, for now the things that can be presented are diverse, because we will always seek to have fun and money, but in games of chance it is that, simply having good luck so that things go well for us That is why in order not to fall into addictions we have to show and have many rules, because that is a very hard case, it is normal that when a person has an addiction things become very bad, we have to control what we can do , for For example , one of the things we can do before entering a casino to play is to look for the money that we are willing to lose, so that it does not affect our life or our expenses in any way, because in that case it would not be good to commit money that we cannot lose, that is the first Sign that shows that things are going to go wrong, an addiction is the worst thing that can Happen, so it must be avoided with rules , with our own Rules.

For those who are Addicted , it is difficult to leave that World, it is like doing a Detox that costs a lot , and that detox costs you from not going to the hospital for at least 3 months and enduring all that anxiety that occurs, but it is not like that. detoxification that can occur in a drug addicted person, but I believe that the level of stress and anxiety is the same or even worse, but all those who are in that world of addiction can Achieve it, after that, they can get out of that World , it is when they see that if they can play in a casino that they will not lose control or anything like that, that is why a person who comes out of addiction, whether it is drugs or a casino, must be congratulated, given a lot of encouragement , because in reality they are heroes, it is not easy to fight against oneself, knowing that the weaknesses are there on the surface, that anything can make us Fall , you have to Have a lot of willpower, it is something impressive.

They are being self-centered, basically those persons never stop to think if the offers they are receiving are legitimate or not, and this happens because they simply assume the world owes them and they are worthy of receiving a bunch of free money for no reason at all, and this is very common on this market, as this is the kind of attitude that I see very often among the investors that like to put their money in shitcoins and they simply assume they will make a fortune even if they made no effort at all to figure out if the coin was good or not.

You know, honestly, that it's very easy to gamble responsibly, but when we're in the actual casino online, the scenario is no longer like that. A lot changes, especially if you've experienced winning here, because the feeling of winning is different.

Everything changes; often, winning in gambling is what makes you go back to gambling because most people think that they might get lucky again. There is the curiosity to continue without realizing that they are leading to addiction without them noticing.

No one addected with it once. Giving time in gambling creats slowly addiction . Im not gamble addected person but spending  time with gambling addecting me with gambling slowly. I'm taking it as a entanglement purpus and i am not serious with it that's the reason im playing this for entertainment. But I thik that entertainment can create addection.

An individual's gambling often starts with playing for fun and playing socially with friends. Then it becomes a habit with more frequency of playing. If you are addicted to gambling, you may continuously gamble, leading to losses, hide your behavior, use up all your savings, accumulate debt, or even steal or cheat to support your gambling addiction. Gambling addiction is currently a dangerous condition that can ruin your life.
I was also addicted to gambling and lost a fair amount of money. I realized that I was addicted to gambling. I took a long break from playing, and now that I go to the casino with a responsible player, I am controlling my mood well. I don't know if I'll get addicted again or not. But my mood is still comfortable whether I win or lose in gambling.

It all starts gradually and with time you will see yourself doing it more often by your own especially if you start having some little winnings then you start to get attracted and deep into it if you can't control your emotions. Nobody plans to be addicted to certain things or it is not always intentional but lack of control of your excesses lead you deeper. So it depends on what you want, keep getting the entertainment and don't risk more than what you have and enjoy your game.

someone who experiences the first signs of addiction will never be able to feel it because it happens accidentally with something done carelessly starting from ignoring very important small things such as gambling responsibly or gambling just for fun and those who ignore this is sometimes often chasing defeat or experiencing greed and that when the first signs will appear but are not realized and usually the first signs of addiction are as follows:
*always curious about certain games.
*always thinking about that game.
*have feelings of wanting to gamble again.
*all desires to gamble until carried away by dreams.

that what I felt before and that is an early sign that a gambler is addicted and immediately stop or leave gambling for a few weeks and switch to other fun things before becoming more addicted.

Wow, you've already list down the possible reasons why a person became addicted in gambling and the reasons that you've mentioned is all true. Gamblers curiosity tends them to continously playing even if they are losing multiple times because they are looking for something especially winning that's why they didn't know their actions towards playing because they are focusing in their goal which is winning the prize. Having a goal of winning is okay as long as you are aware in your actions and you are able to control your decision making.

Yes, everyone gets emotional when they lose gambling and want to re-deposit and recovar their previous losses. So until a gambler is able to control his emotions, he will keep on depositing and losing and thus gradually he becomes very addicted to gambling.  This is why the first task should be to control emotions.

I don't see a reason why a sensible and wise person will have an exception when it comes to casinos, irrespective of where you are and gambling it, try to have a plan and follow your plan. This entails the amount you want to gamble with and divide it in the best possible way that will not affect you and for you to have fun even if you lose the money, fun is part of it, let your money give you that entertainment. If one plans this way, there is no reason why emotion will set in not to talk of the person being addicted. Addiction is actually for the weak, especially those who are weak in their minds and can't control their urge when they realise that money is being wasted. I do not realise this as I believe that it is better to take a break when things are not first working, especially when there are no plans at all.

What I had ever gotten addicted to was the lotto, but the case is not even about playing and playing again at a spot. As you know, the lotto's results are not immediate, so I went and came back multiple times for months until I couldn't control it. Guess what? The moment I realised that this was becoming worse was when I got healed. Everyone must know their right from their words and fight for them right all the time, or else, they pay dearly for it.

Curiosity is sometimes the biggest factor in someone becoming an addict, especially for gamblers who are still beginners and don't have much experience in gambling, they tend to always be curious about new things and want them to try.
And everything is also influenced by the mind, if gambler only thinks about gambling every day then they will have difficulty controlling themselves to be able to resist the urge to gamble which always appears all the time.
In fact, all of us including beginners, understand correctly what the risks and bad effects of gambling addiction are, but we forget that we cannot think about the risks when we start playing or betting.

Controlling emotions is very difficult, moreover, person emotions can be linked to attitudes or behavior. If someone is easily angry and cannot be more patient, then you can be sure that people like this when gambling are just greedy, don't accept defeat and are careless.
Most of the problems that occur for every gambler are losses that cannot be accepted.
There has been lot of advice regarding the limits and of responsible behavior, but not all gamblers can learn from every suggestion or advice.

It's normal for people to get emotional when they lose gambling because they feel like the casino has taken their money and they need to get it back. If they are unable to control their emotions, they will deposit more money to try to recover their losses. But that will not guarantee that they can actually get their money back because there is a possibility that they will experience even more losses. This is something that must be avoided rather than experience more losses, so it is better for us to stop gambling and rest first to lower our emotions immediately.

In my case I have never had any episode of gambling in an addictive way. Although I have some interest in the mechanisms of gambling, the act of gambling itself doesn't excite me as much as to get into trouble.

When I was a very little child, a friend of mine gave me as a present a lot of cards of which I had just a few and, a few days later, I played with two boys and lost almost all. It was a very bitter sensation and I recall it somehow when I gamble. I heard sometime that it is not necessarily good to be lucky the first time you play, because it can lead to look for this sensation over and over. In my case, it seems that it happened all the contrary.

I say this because of the experience in the past that I had when I entered the zone of the bad effects of gambling and I once told you in another thread about my experience and here I say this maybe it can give other people a chance to see whether they are starting to have early signs of addiction. then immediately improve your own situation so you dont get too deep into the addiction zone.

regarding expecting to win, just like when you play video games, you expect to win but dont expect excessive profits, even though you dont always win, of course you can control yourself not to always play video games and think about more important things. maybe you can apply this method to our gambling.

Emotions when allowed to take over a greater part of our thinking we some times end up having problems because at they point we lack good logic and rationality enough to think appropriately, so it's good to have some one around or better still take a walk when you are getting too emotional about your stakes or the outcome.

This remedy will help you calm down awhile and regain control over the situation and take rational decisions which may include stop playing at the moment to avoid further losses in the bid to recover that which has been lost because if you continue and it turns out you are so unlucky then definitely the pain will be greater than it was with your initial losses. In essence I'm saying chasing losses is an act of irresponsible gambling and should be avoided at all cost because the aftermath is always not pleasant enough.

The gambler is the human being,So it’s easy for them to emotional at the loss in the gambling.The emotional decision will not be the better option in the gambling,the gamblers will surely do the additional deposits to recover the loss in the gambling.But the fact is not easy as you think,the bet which you made at the emotional game will not be the better one.The most of the gambler will not control the emotions after the loss in the gambling,because it was the nature of the human.Only if the gambler is multi-millionaire,he can control their emotions by the money independence behaviour of the rich person.

It would be very fortunate if people could control themselves in gambling so that they could achieve happiness, namely not losing too much money there. as you experience when you are in a casino, even though you are attracted by the tricks you see, you still maintain good control and you have the right thoughts, namely gambling will only cause problems in your life when you lose.

It is true that when gambling, not everyone will experience the same luck as other people, because everyone will have different experiences when gambling, some will feel happy if they win and some will be sad if they lose. Therefore, it can be concluded that luck in gambling cannot be predicted and only a few people will be lucky and many will lose.

Emotions may cloud judgment, causing irrational decisions like pursuing losses. This conduct, frequently driven by irritation and the mistaken hope of recovering losses, is dangerous. However, why do gamblers keep going despite the risks? Understanding gambling psychology is the answer. Not only walking or finding momentary distractions, but developing a safe gaming mindset is crucial. Set time and money limitations, understand the odds, and recognize compulsive gambling. Online gambling platforms should encourage healthy gambling and give self-regulation tools. Knowing the dangers and staying disciplined are key. Gambling should be fun, not a way to recoup.

At such sceneros you are not a gambling addict rather you have lost more than you could tolerate to loose. Gambling addicts don't feel remorse of their losts instead at the venue of loosing it all, they strives on how can could get money and bet more without realizing the rate of their looses.

Asking how much I have lost @ Op, it is something I can't remember but I know I have lost.
It is absolutely not about celebrating my winning but also checking out to figure how much I have lost in total and how much won in total.
This has got me frowning because I am believed that of I don't hot a big winning but the minimal winnings then I am still loosing.
I don't have a statistical analysis of how many times I have visited the gambling table so it would be impossible knowing the figures lost. But believe me, I have lost a lot on the gambling space.

It is a normal feeling that all humans have and in terms of emotions there will be two impacts that you can feel, if you can manage the emotions that are in yourself well then of course you remain fine even though you are experiencing problems, and if you cannot control the emotions in yourself then obviously bad impacts must come, so this really depends on themselves whether they can or not manage / control emotions in themselves.

Honestly, I'm not going to say too much about this but the main point is that if you go overboard in any way and put sky-high expectations on something that basically has no guarantee, certainty or even just an indication then obviously everything will end up worse than what you imagine. So you shouldn't get your hopes up on this activity, it's not a real opportunity but nothing but a trap for you, you must understand that casinos are very good at brainwashing you.

That's what makes some gamblers come back to the casino and gamble even crazier after they've lost a significant amount of money in the past. They expect that their money can be returned immediately through a gambling game that they do. But unfortunately in reality, the more he is ambitious to get back the amount of money, the more he loses because his gambling activities become uncontrolled and the same goes for his money, which becomes uncontrollable. Stupid

It should be a significant defeat that makes us a little upset, it should be able to make us realize that without good self-control, gambling activities will only be a very detrimental activity.  And I invite, let's improve our behavior in playing gambling, which even though we cannot get a big profit / win from this activity, but we can always get a pleasure in every time we play gambling, and can always minimize the level of loss in doing this activity. so that there is no regret afterwards.

Yes, that's true, humans should be able to deal with themselves and not be driven too deeply into gambling. We should be able to prioritize self control and not experience too much emotion if we face defeat. This is indeed normal, but before we faced defeat, we should think about the risks that will occur from gambling itself which does not always provide profits and of course always results in greater losses or defeats.
So we have to be able to deal with gambling well with the money we can afford so that we don't experience excessive emotions when we lose.

What is too much is not good, sometimes we have too high hopes, but when we can't achieve them we will feel worse. Indeed, we shouldn't have too high hope especially in gambling that doesn't provide definite benefits. We should Be smart about it so you don't get too fooled by gambling which causes you to experience big losses.

When emotions control a person, he will not be able to think clearly because emotions only want quick results in a short time. When someone is in a state of heightened emotion, he needs to rest first to lower his emotions so he can think clearly. But often, someone is triggered by their emotions because they get results they don't want in gambling so they are triggered to try to get what they want.

But if someone takes certain medication to calm themselves down, it is feared that they will become dependent on that medication, which will not be good for their health. It would be better if he took a break by leaving the casino and getting some fresh air and drinking water while looking around him. It can make him calm his emotions so he can think clearly again. And by stopping the gambling game, at least he has prevented losing more money and can also think clearly about what he should do. Rather than becoming addicted to gambling, which is difficult to cure, we should remain careful when playing gambling and try to avoid the temptations that will arise from gambling.

Yes, we are human but we are given reason to be able to think clearly about the decisions we should take and not give in to momentary emotions. This emotional decision will not be a good choice, especially if it is in gambling because it can trigger us to use more money just because we want to follow our emotions. And gamblers can deposit more money to gamble because they still hope to get big wins from gambling. But in reality, it won't be as easy as they imagine because defeat after defeat will always come and they will only lose more money. And that is what can make someone addicted to gambling because they cannot control themselves when gambling so they lose control of themselves.

It is true that gamblers may return to the casino after losing some money because they want to recover their losses and also still want to chase winnings. Even though they know that it is a difficult thing to achieve because we are in a gambling game where anything can happen, including losing even more. The more ambitious a person is to recover his losses or chase his winnings, the deeper he will fall into gambling and will not be able to get out of gambling easily.

After losing, a person should think about stopping his gambling activities and leaving the casino so that his increasing emotions do not provoke him. He needed to get some fresh air to lower his emotional level and prevent the urge to recover from his defeat. We must be responsible in our gambling activities so that we can avoid problems that can occur, including gambling addiction, which many gamblers have experienced. At least we need to apply it to ourselves and the people around us who still frequently gamble so that they don't experience any problems. Don't let us become addicted to gambling, especially to a serious level and find it difficult to get out of gambling.

Every individual that's gambling or that have gambled before would have lost money as it's something we can't escape from. Losing helps you to become a better gambler therefore we shouldn't run away from it but use the experience to improve our gambling skills and win more higher games. Gambling addicts are always losing but they don't know because they're addicted and only care about gambling and not monitoring their process to know if they're winning or losing.

I celebrate my wins as I know it's not an easy thing to do as many individual lose than they win. Celebrating your win isn't wrong but we shouldn't get carried away by our victories. For the gambling addicts, it's not the end of the world as you can cure yourself of your addition. I'll suggest you seek the help of a professional and not try to do it yourself ad when you get defeated, you might lose hope and fall into depression that would make you to hate life.

I totally disagree with you on this. Anyone can be addicted; it has nothing to do with emotions instead it has to do with discipline. When you lack discipline and the inability to control the urge to make more money (greed). This is the only way you can get addicted. When it comes to weakness, a person may be weak in mind, weak in emotions or weak in taking actions. But when it comes to gambling both the weak and strong can get addicted. If you gamble for entertainment, you can as well get addicted because that is where you derive fun and happiness. Also, if you're in gambling for making quick money then you can as well be addicted, when you develop the habit of not quitting whenever you're in loss and when you still continue to gamble when you have taken some profit, but greed does not let you stop at that point in time. 

I agree with you if a person can control himself then these methods are helpful otherwise no matter how experienced a complete person is if he can't control himself if he always expects to win in his mind it will turn into an addiction over time. And once a person becomes addicted nothing will affect him and he will turn to gambling just to win which will make life worse. A gambler is always drunk like a drunkard. Because of this the child's wife and relatives cannot keep track of anyone the gambler cannot raise his family well it is easy to cure if everything can be controlled properly.

Self-control can save you from gambling and a gambling addict can save you from gambling but a person can control himself for a long time but suddenly lose control of himself because of long-term gambling like I did. I have shared a story of mine here on how I became addicted to gambling and gambled with loans with the intention of winning big. Because of this, a potential means of maintaining self-control is to keep a small and fixed budget for gambling and to gamble 2-3 days a week at most.  In this case, your losses will be less and it will be possible to maintain control over yourself without panicking.  And this is how you can save yourself from gambling addiction

That's true because, with self-control, we can avoid excessive losses and also save the money we have. We cannot continue gambling if we have experienced consecutive losses because we risk even greater losses. Most gamblers are not ready for this risk, but they don't seem to care about it and want to recover their losses or chase their winnings. Perhaps many of us have experienced gambling addiction without realizing it, so this is the time for us to correct ourselves and see how far we have come in gambling. If we see that we are returning to gambling more often, we may already have a gambling addiction, and we should try to reduce our gambling activities before we fall deeper into gambling.

Speaking of obstacles in carrying out gambling activities, of course we often encounter it, where the desire to play gambling continues to increase while finances continue to run low, want to gamble but don't have money, want to gamble but don't have time for it because there are many tasks and jobs that must be completed. These are all obstacles or problems when we want to do gambling. But it all comes back to ourselves personally in managing these obstacles / problems. We will prefer to gamble and leave our obligations and responsibilities, or we will prefer to postpone gambling activities and prioritize what has become our duties and obligations. Someone who is wise enough will definitely prioritize completing their obligations and responsibilities first rather than having to play gambling. But when it comes to someone who is careless, then he will be more concerned with his gambling activities, because when it comes to work later he can also find it again. That's the word of a brave person who expects that he will get rich from his gambling activities.

Right! people first play or deposit very small amount when they are just starting to gamble thinking that I am not going to lose it all, they think like they already know what gambling is and they are going to lose everything deposited, but our mind just think that in a that way that I will control myself when losing, but in last when we lose consecutively our mind goes blank and we didn't even know consciously that we are betting higher then we can afford to lose in one bet. after losing it all they deposit 2x of the initial amount lost this cycle repeats and the losing amount become so huge. and people become gambling addict because of this.

I am so happy to see someone at least disagreeing with me, it's been a while and it seems I am so tired of all agreement these days...lol.

But it's sad that you actually refuted something I never wrote in the first place, and I don't know how your reply has to counter my initial reply since mine are accurate enough. When I also checked again, I realised you actually directed it to me, but with a different context meaning, perhaps this was a mistake of disarrangement from your path, I don't know. I never saw where I mentioned emotion at all among others which you claimed was supposed to be disciplined. Maybe you should be kind enough to point those concerns out.

Mind you, see my post directly below so that you it compare yourself;

Addiction is actually for the weak, especially those who are weak in their minds and can't control their urge when they realise that money is being wasted. I do not realise this as I believe that it is better to take a break when things are not first working, especially when there are no plans at all.


Wasn't it as above?

Truth be told, I don't believe it's only addicts that are prone to losing huge sums in gambling, the fact the gambled wild a few times doesn't really make you an addict. What you should say is, there's always time in a gambler's life that he'll be pushed to gamble wild. Gambling wild a few time is different from addiction. Addiction is when you're already used to wild gambling and you don't think about nothing else other than to gamble. That's addiction.

It is good for us to understand why we are betting so that we can really defined what we are doing. Gambling is a bit more of understand which is the reason why many people gambler not just for the fun but for the profits they're going to make in a long run. Whatsoever we are doing, it is good for us to have understand I'm and bet according to our Capital and what we can afford to earn. Cryptocurrency casino had made it easy for us to bet without dropping out data for the world or the casino to really know who we are and what we are doing.  Once we can define what we are doing, it will help us to stay anonymous and concentrate more on the game we are betting on.

And most gamblers, follow ego more than understanding why we bet. moreover, who really understands how to determine what we do. However, not all gamblers understand or realize that we can conclude that gambling is more about understanding. As for the other point, that's actually what gambling is like in the modern era like today. This type of entertainment is not just for fun but also can't be denied to get profits that we can win. In the long term, it seems that deeper knowledge, insight and understanding is needed. not just knowing how to gamble, or just analyzing it, especially sports betting.

And overall, I agree with what you said. Simply put, we can choose and sort before carrying out a gambling session.
For me, there are some games that we should separate and differentiate. for slot games, live casino, it's more synonymous with having fun and don't be too focused on getting rewards every session. except, when luck is on our side. if you lose, just end it because the original goal was just to have fun.
in other gambling, especially sports. the importance of understanding as you say. If possible, we need and be aware of knowing when it's time to bet and when it's time to just sit back and observe. that is why understanding is important. But in fact, there are many variables involved in it so that we are more aware of our bets. nothing else, the aim is to maximize and minimize losses. although in reality, the luck factor will always be involved. Armed with the addiction that I experienced before, I have gained a lot of experience and understanding. In the end, I am wiser in every betting session I do. useful, as you say. Apart from getting pleasure, we can also make a profit.

If you use gambling as entertainment and you also have other activities that you do regularly, you will not think about gambling too often because your focus at that time is on other activities. You can manage everything well because it is not an obstacle or problem for you, especially if you don't gamble too often. But if someone gambles too often and has no other activities, he can think about gambling more often and there will definitely be a desire to return to the casino to gamble. It depends on a person's will to be able to prevent himself from returning to the casino too often and trying to have more activities will help him to think less about gambling. That is why we have to be wise in gambling and don't gamble too often if we don't want to experience the problem of losing money in gambling. Someone who has obligations or other activities must indeed complete everything first and then carry out other activities so that everything can run smoothly.

This makes me remember one of my friends. I also know a guy that is not my friend like that but he said the same thing. They said that they gamble ones with huge amount of money and they regretted that they lost and that has been the last time they gamble. The other guy was my friends neighbor while we were in school. I also have a guy which was my departmental mate, he used his school fee to gamble and he lost it, he was lucky that his father gave him another school fees. He said he will never gamble again. These examples are not gambling addiction, you are right.

Yes, there could be some gamblers who are losing huge amount of money and might not be a gambling addict. However, as a human nature, you wanted to get back with the money that you lost, so you want to play again and again and that could mean that you are turning into addicts.

But I do believed that there are addicts that can turn their life around. Maybe there could be addicts, but sooner or later they could be events in their life that they might realized that gambling is not for them and they are losing every grip of their live. So they could go into rehab, seek medical or professional help, or just shutdown gambling for good.

Chasing losses has always been the problem of many gamblers, and it's likely to lead them  to addiction, but in rare cases though, some just chase until they realize that it's impossible to recover the losses and then they give up and maybe take a break from gambling for a while, while they reflect on their action and the losses they've made. Some people even decide to eventually quite on the process due to the huge amount they've lost trying to gain, they realize at that instant that if the continue with that gambling pattern, they'll only ruin their lives on the process so the best option is to call it a quit.

Going by the conventional definition of addiction, yes, I have been a gambling addict. Gambling addiction can make a person irrational. My story will portray better my level of addiction in the past. I'm hungry I have money to feed and no money to gamble, I always prefer to starve to gamble. I want to buy something, I have the money to buy it but if I do I will have nothing left with me to gamble, I will use the money to gamble and in the end, lose everything. I'm proud of myself that I was able to overcome my gambling addiction and I hope gambling addicts out there can come out from that ugly scourge.

This is difficult to avoid by every gambler and most likely many gamblers do this especially with gamblers who cannot control themselves. They will chase defeat with no awareness that makes them go deeper in gambling and makes them stuck in the cycle and it is also difficult to get out of the trap that is detrimental to themselves.
By following greed it will not make things better or better, because the greed that is in them can destroy their lives. Sooner or later if they still follow their greed, I think they will feel the impact and that is certain, there are also many things that must be avoided in gambling to avoid addiction to gambling, it's just that many people are not aware of the things that must be avoided in gambling so it is not strange that many people are addicted to gambling.

If they could control their minds to keep betting small amounts and also deposit very small amounts, maybe they could still enjoy their gambling games well and would not lose control of themselves in gambling. They will also not experience a change in their mindset when playing gambling and will always stay within their limits so as not to experience more losses. They will also always limit the deposit amount to the same amount every time they deposit money. They just don't want to lose when gambling because that means they will lose their money while they will also lose control of themselves. They will try their best to keep themselves under control so they don't experience problems losing money in gambling.

Maybe only a small percentage have succeeded in changing their lives and quitting gambling addiction, as we know that gambling addiction is very difficult to cure, even with professional help, you won't be able to stop it completely because it all has to come from your own heart to stop gambling. and cure their own addiction, some of my friends are successful and some are not from their addiction.

Most people quit their gambling addiction because the circumstances really mean they have no other way but to stop, for example they run out of money and go bankrupt, but there are also those who can't stop when they still have other assets, usually they borrow money with collateral to finance their gambling. Until now, not all gamblers have managed to recover, they must realize that when they start to feel addicted, at least reduce their gambling habits so that it doesn't get worse.

Yes, this all depends on who is doing the gambling. Is he someone who is careless or someone who is quite wise.

And when someone experiences a loss while playing gambling, they often think that gambling is wrong and can harm many people. They continued to ridicule gambling and the gambling platforms he visited, while the next day they returned to make deposits to gamble... hahaha Very funny.

And if we think again, it is actually not gambling that is wrong, but we are the ones who are wrong in understanding gambling, because we think that by gambling we can multiply our wealth and make a profit. In fact, if you look at the beginning of the emergence of gambling, which has been around for centuries, from the past until now, gambling has been a means of entertainment to get pleasure, through a sensation and challenge when playing it.

When a person used an important money to do a probability, I see it as stupidity and lack of home training or financial training. I see know reason why anyone will use school fees to gamble because you know for sure that it's a 50:50 situation, sometimes it's even 30:70 situation depending on the risk but still people will put important money into it and then later start to regret their actions for doing that in the first place. If I am closed to you and you use school fees for gambling and I found out, I will not give you another one because I have done my responsibility as a guardian and parent, it's yours as a child to be sensible to use it for the right thing.


That's how one of my hostel mate used his industrial training money for gambling and he lost it. Been only the remaining students on campus, we just had to help him with food stuffs but he became the face of the semester for that time and since then, if you mention gambling to him or anything that has to do with sportbet, he will run away and never come back again.

If the gambler had the full confidence in their betting and their tactics,he would risk the money.But the gambler was the full responsibility for the money,because gambling had the two types of results.If the gambler at the hard times,the result in the gambling will be negative one.So the gambler should not involve the important money in the gambling,because it may leads to the gambler as the loan guy.So people will get into the problem by using the school fee to the gambling,if the result is positive you can be happy.But if the gambler loss the funds,it may leads to the fight with their wife.It also leads to the divorce for the gambler,So it was essential one to use the free money in the gambling site.The gambler may not worry if the money used was the free money in gambling.

Everyone who gambles has a likelihood of losing small as well as huge sums of money during their time gambling. It’s not only addicts that has been known to lose huge amounts. And yes, gambling wildly or irresponsibly for a short period of time doesn’t make one an addict as addiction doesn’t just happen overnight. It takes a constant amount of irresponsible gambling for one to develop the habit and slowly build up an addiction.
It takes someone with a strong will to quit such habit.

Everyone must allocate a certain amount for themselves for gambling, but it must be adequate and not make the player very nervous, otherwise it will knock him out and he will start doing all sorts of nonsense, which in the end we all know where it will lead him.

If a player begins to borrow for games, then this is a clear trait of a dependent person who begins to sacrifice relationships with other people. It turns out that the game becomes more important to him than some very important things. At this moment, it is important that one of the friends tried to bring this crazy player to reason. Of course, this may not work, but you should always try.

What I often find is that when people talk about success, they are more likely to talk about the hard times, that they went hungry for a while and other hardships. They keep talking about that, while what we need is not your dark story, but what we need is a way and solution to get out of the zone of suffering and achieve success.

Likewise, you only tell us about your hard times and your suffering when you fell into the problem of addiction to gambling. While what we need is not your story of suffering, but a solution and the way you deal with the problem, so that at this time you can escape the addiction to gambling.

People would really be having always that denial on which it is really that common having this way because we cant really just that accept that we are addicted to it until we would be able to find out
that we are already wasting up money or spending up huge in gambling. In terms of addiction to gambling then i havent put up myself on such condition on which i have always that kind of self control when it comes to gambling and also in other means of spending. Budget and moderation would really be that crucial from time to time. Making yourself getting addicted with gambling
will really put you into so much trouble on which it would really be just that common sense that you should be avoid this thing in the first place if you dont like on getting wrecked up.

Everyone loses in gambling both the addicts and those that are in control of their gambling lifestyle, losing too much doesn't make you an addict but chasing those losses constantly can gradually make you an addict. Moreso, constant wild gambling can be a symptom of addictive gambling lifestyle when it turn to be a regular pattern of going wild for you and not until you go wild you don't get satisfactory with your gambling for the day, mate that's addiction taking a center stage.

The ones that cannot control themselves while they gamble should probably stop doing it as the risk they lose way more money than what they can afford is too high, because for those that are impulsive they do not even need to become addicted or chase their losses, just a few minutes in which they lose control of their emotions can be enough for them to accumulate massive losses, and in that case they should just leave gambling behind as it is clear that only bigger losses are awaiting for them.

If someone has experienced a lot of losses in gambling, he should be able to realize that what he is doing is wrong and he should start changing what he does to avoid those big losses. They cannot hope to win from gambling because winning depends on luck and skill. And someone must be wise in gambling so as not to lose more. If he doesn't do it, he will only experience loss after loss, which could result in losses and could even cause him to lose all his money.

Gambling is not wrong, but we are wrong because we use it beyond our limits and many of us even hope too much to win from gambling. We can indeed win from gambling, but we can't get our hopes up because we are just ordinary gamblers who also have other needs that we have to fulfill, so we have to allocate a certain amount of money to meet our daily needs. And that is why we should not become a gambler who is addicted to gambling because it can have a bad impact on our lives.

Yeah, most gamblers doesn't like to accept defeat and know that they are going too extreme like if someone is recording losses conspicuously why not give it a break at that material time instead of continuously playing and losing more money in the process and these has really been a big problem to many gamblers, for example someone will walk up to a gambling hall with like $200 and loses like $100 instead of him to leave with the remaining balance in his hand he will want to get back that $100 that he has lost already and by so doing they end up spending all the money in their hand.

Gambling isn't that too bad it's just the nature with which some persons play gamble that makes it look bad and as an irresponsible game. Like if you're playing and losing why not quite it like maybe for that day and continue some other time but some gamblers will keep on playing till their pocket becomes empty which is a very bad habit.

Gambling has a way of trying to change us totally from who we are to something else. There was a time in my life when I was gambling more than expected. I was gambling with every single penny that gets to my hand. I will rather use the money to gamble than buy food or clothes. There got to a point I started borrowing to gamble and I will lose the money. People around started making jocks with my new gambling habit. My family began to complain about it. It was then I know I was going beyond the lines so I had to make adjustments immediately as there were clear sighs that I was getting addicted. I was spending more time in the gambling place than at home or anywhere else.

This means that you have experienced being a gambling addict, but fortunately, you immediately realized it thanks to people who may have warned you and your family started to worry about the activities you were doing. Indeed, gambling can change someone's real self into another person when they know what gambling is, but basically we have control over ourselves so as not to experience addiction, we must learn what gambling is and what its effects are, we must not be influenced by excessive gambling because this will lead to potential gambling addiction, especially if you are trying to earn income from gambling and you happen to be unemployed and not having a job or any activity, gambling will become the main activity to be used as a source of income, this is what will cause big mistake and lead to gambling addiction.

Yes I will agree with you that I once an addict. But my happiness is that I had people around me to keep me on the balance. At that time I had a job but the pay wasn't that much for me and I was looking for way to earn more from gambling. It was really a bad situation to be addicted into gambling, I was luck that it didn't take me much time to adjust. I know many people who are still struggling with gambling addictions. Sometimes I look at them and wonder if this was what I would have turned out if not for the help I got.

Realizing that you have crossed your limits in gambling is not easy because usually people who are addicted will find it very difficult to let go unless they get special treatment from experts so they can recover, and the people around you have an important role in making you realize this mistake.
So far I am still able to control myself well, only gambling when I have free time and also have funds that can be used for gambling, if those two are not available then I never force myself by borrowing or using money that is not for gambling, so I could say I.m not yet and do not want to experience addiction.

I am not a gambling addict, and I am wide open to accepting all opinions, as long as they lead me in a better direction.

I am not a gambling addict, but as long as we are still gambling, the possibility of us becoming a gambling addict is always there. Because on several occasions we can behave stupidly and become uncontrollable when gambling. So we behave carelessly which ultimately causes significant losses.

Gambling addiction is a complex and difficult problem, but it is not difficult for someone to become addicted to gambling. someone can easily fall into a gloomy valley in gambling just because of a small mistake.

Someone can be addicted to gambling without knowing,yes.There are so many persons who dont know that gambling addiction is when you cannot do without gambling,it is when no matter how you try to quit gambling,you still find yourself doing that same thing you never wanted to do again.There are a lot of people who if they should ask them whether they are addicted to gambling or not,they would respond by saying they aren't,Yet,they cannot stay a day without going to the Cassino hall to book a game,yet they cannot stay a day without login into the gambling site on their phone.
The only people who are free from this are the people who do not gamble at all,they are the people who can say they aren't addicted.

I was once kind and tried to help someone who was addicted to gambling and warned him that it was very dangerous and harmful. But I don't know if it's because my delivery was not good or what, but the person I tried to warn really didn't realize his bad activities, and really couldn't accept the input I gave him, which was for his own good. And in the end it made me surrender and choose to let it go. 

There is an assumption that when a person has lost many times in his gambling activities, it shows that he is getting closer to a big win. Maybe that assumption is what makes someone return to gambling after getting a defeat. which if you think with common sense, it is a significant loss which if it continues will be a fatal mistake.

I think that is true but also the fact that a gambler can also play on impulse. If they say they are getting a feeling it is going to be their lucky day, they can also face significant losses. Apart from the obvious loss when it comes to money, what would be the effect it has on the state of mind when a gambler believes they are going to eventually win but continue racking up losses?

Thankfully, I am not addicted to gambling but I have heard stories of people who have been deeply affected by gambling, I wish that upon nobody.

Of course it's nothing but more bigger losses that awaits gamblers with such gambling culture of lack of control. But reasoning it, it's not that simple to leave gambling after recounting your losses how much you must have lost and at same time having the feeling that you can recover if you can just give it more time. People that are able to leave when they perceive that they are making more losses than they ought to have won are those who still have some coal of self discipline still burning in them, such people can manage to walk away and save themself from bigger loss.

The only time I can say that I was a gambling addict would be during my Jr/Sr year of college. This is when Texas Hold’em absolutely exploded and everyone was playing. I had a game I could join nightly in my own apt complex and I was hooked for months. I was a bit addictive, but the good thing is our buy ins were like $20..and we never did buy back ins.  I did waste a decent amount of $ when I’d go all in just because I’d get a text from my gf “you should come over” lol.  But thankfully, again, never a serious issue,

In this case of this thread the addiction mentioned is gambling but addiction to drugs and alcohol are also devastating. Unfortunately, there are so many real stories from real people that have suffered immensely because of addiction, it is heartbreaking.

It seems you got out of the habit before the habit really had a chance to manifest itself and turn in to an addiction. I am glad you managed to follow a different path when you were in your teenage years.

Gambling is not trying to change anyone, only if you try to change yourself. Before you start gambling, you should understand what gambling is all about, and you shouldn’t have the wrong mindset before starting to gamble. If you have the wrong mindset before you start gambling, then gambling will want to change you. You were addicted to gambling, that's why things were like that for you. Maybe you were trying to make money from gambling, that’s why you ended up being addicted to gambling. Anyone who has gone to the length of selling properties and taking loans to gamble really needs special attention because that’s purely addiction, if you gamble just to have fun, then you won’t have been selling your properties or even value gambling more than yourself.

At least you have friends or family who remind you and you immediately realize that you have crossed the line and are almost addicted. Usually people who are addicted will find it difficult to tell, even advice will not work because people like this only think about gambling. and luckily you have a job that takes up your time and you can focus on that job so you don't gamble all day long, maybe if you are unemployed you will become a gambling addict because you don't do any activities.
If you really want to gamble, that's fine as long as you can control yourself do it occasionally just to relieve fatigue after you have worked all day, don't have hopes that you will get additional income from gambling, because that is something that is difficult to achieve.

Well, it's normal if he doesn't want to accept input from you because when someone has become addicted to gambling, he will feel that he is the most right while other people who give advice are just suggestions. He will not take the suggestion seriously and will go back to doing what he wants to do. Well, maybe it's better for him first to feel the consequences of what he does in gambling so that he can know and realize that what he did was wrong and must be corrected immediately.

If he thinks that experiencing repeated losses in his gambling activities makes him closer to a big win, that is an inaccurate assumption because he can still experience even bigger losses. We cannot make someone change his opinion, especially when he is already addicted to gambling. He would only regret it later after he realized that he had a serious gambling addiction and that it was a fatal mistake he had made.

And the fact is that anyone can be a gambling addict, as long as he or she is still doing his or her gambling activities. So this is where it is important to continue to ensure that our gambling activities are well controlled, do not cause significant losses and do not interfere with other activities. Know when to start the game and know when to stop the game. And if you really want to avoid gambling addiction, then immediately stop the activity and never return to gambling. because the biggest risk and the closest risk of a gambler, is to become a gambling addict.


That's why I choose to no longer try to remind gambling addicts of their bad activities. Because it only causes a long debate and also a dispute. When trying to remind gambling addicts. we are really required to be extra patient. Because they are gambling addicts often reverse the facts, which makes us a little emotional.

In fact, gambling addiction changes the way people see things and makes those who have it think they cant make mistakes. We see this happen a lot: the more they lose, the more sure they are that they will win soon. Its a trick for the mind, right? You cant think straight when you think about sunk costs! Losses are being seen as steps toward success, and they're stuck in a loop. What kind of victory? Going bankrupt? Emotional chaos?

It seems harsh that you're making him deal with the results, but it might be just what he needs to break the cycle. Having problems in your life can teach you some of the most important lessons. Still, isnt there a risk? The more people want to get their money back, the bigger the loss. Its a paradox: we cant make them realize it, but its painful to watch them spiral. Is there a way to go in the middle? Helping in a quiet way, maybe by sharing stories of healing and planting seeds of self-awareness. Change does come from within, after all.

It is not good to use our hard-earned savings for gambling. You are tired and worked hard, and then we will just throw away the money from gambling. This is a big mistake that we will make in life, honestly.

Even if we think that when we win, it's a big deal, it will still be wrong because the basis of winning at the casino is just luck, and we know that. I hope that we give value to the effort and time that we have given to the savings that we have made. We should dedicate them to a good and meaningful reason to use them.

Yes, you have acted appropriately. Let them choose what they want in gambling and if that means they will lose more, it is their fault. They may have to experience loss first before they can realize what they have done and want to improve themselves and change their gambling activities. But hopefully, they won't have to suffer many losses before they realize their mistake. Yes, we don't need to argue with them because it will just waste our time. We can only watch them while they are still gambling and be on guard if they need our help later.

Those who are addicted to gambling will not think that they have made a mistake and that the mistake was even fatal. But they wouldn't be able to realize it before they experienced a fatal loss that made them deeply regret it. And by experiencing losses from gambling and even going bankrupt, maybe it just opens their eyes that they no longer have anything and everything is lost because of gambling. They are required to immediately stop gambling because they no longer have anything and must immediately cure their gambling addiction.

They have to experience these problems before finally realizing what their mistake is so that they are willing to start changing and learn from what happened to them. But the more they gamble longer and more often, it will only make the problem bigger and they will not be able to get through it. And the longer they try to recover their losses, the further they will be from recovering their losses and that will increase their losses even more. In fact, they can see that they have experienced a lot of losses, but they don't want to admit it. Instead, they gamble more often on the grounds that they are very close to winning. They don't want to stop gambling when they are close to winning, even though it is just their imagination.

It is not good to use any money that isn't extra for gambling, and by extra, I mean money that isn't needed for anything and is left after everything is done. Let's suppose I earn $1,000 a month, $500 out of it goes to my household expenditures which includes grocery, bills, necessary shopping, and stuff, $200 of it goes to my savings that I do every month, $100 for personal expenditures for things that I buy, consume, or maybe gas for the vehicle, etc. Now, the remaining $200 is extra, now it's up to me about what I would want to use that money for, I can gamble with it or add it to my savings.

So, every gambler, big or small, needs to understand that the money they are using should only be extra and not from their savings or the money that they need for their monthly expenditures or it's money that they've borrowed from somewhere because if that money is lost, there is no way they can get it back.

It's true that gambling can change a person if you don't have control and limits on yourself, you can get addicted to it. It's good that your family was there and woke you up and made you realize that what you're doing is wrong. You're lucky you weren't too addicted and you got out right away.
It's not bad to gamble, it's really fun to play gambling it's entertaining, you just really need full control of yourself before you enter here.

I think that every human being always has many things they must do, some tastes, and also priorities, sometimes responsibilities, I can say that on some occasions adolescents, or perhaps an 18-year-old adult who does not have any type of responsibility can It could be because he doesn't care about many things and can spend money and money in casinos, either because his parents keep giving him money and they are studying, or maybe he spends the money they have for his job, and well, it's his money and not They have responsiveness, however this is not good, because when people play and spend their money in a casino, they partly do not love each other, because money is essential for everything, and these are the things that we must always put a good focus on. where we are going to have certain legal or entertainment privileges, it is never too late to realize the things that are good or bad, and if something like the game is harming us, we must be aware and control it, not play so much, because It is an addiction without a doubt, and every addiction causes the money that reaches our hands to go away quickly.

In this order of things, the person who leaves or puts his money there, because what he should do is have other activities, I don't know, I always recommend playing sports, going to play soccer all day, the idea is to tire out his body and your mind can rest, as long as people are tired it is difficult for them to use their brain, and even less to play, because their body asks for rest, so things when they are like this do not make them feel like it, also not to completely stop the game but Let him play but in shorter time intervals, if he is a person who has a family, he should stop immediately, because how are he going to leave his family unprotected? Those things when there is family, children, people who depend on you, the person who must have at least 4 fingers of the brain, because they have to respond well to them, I consider that immature and irresponsible.

I've never been a gambling addicts before and don't think i will one day turn to be that nasty on addiction no matter how am craving for the satisfaction in gambling, same also, i dislike seing other people getting addicted for no reason, addiction has no better benefits than to make one useless at the end after being a successful gambler for years, the target is about the end of a gambler and not how he has began, that's why we should always think about the future consequences of every actions we are taking today, they must have a future plan for our own sake.

The gambler who doesn’t know how to control their emotions in the gambling will get addicted to the gambling to regain their loss money.The gambling addicted person will loss their money in huge quantities because he keep deposit of the funds to recover the loss again and again.The gambler who get addicted to the gambling with the reason of regain their loss money in gambling.Some gamblers will get addicted by the many dollars winnings from the gambling site.So both the win and loss will made the gambler to get addicted to the gambling site.The gambler who move on with the loss may win big money one day.

You got the right idea, but do not underestimate the power of addictions, specially gambling addiction. In the beginning, no one expects or wants to be a gambling addicted person. If people could manage their situation as easily by saying those things, then there would not be gambling addicts on this planet.
No one needs a reason to be addicted,.as you imply when you say you do not like others getting into it for "no reason", it is just about the instinctive seek for thrill or money, one does not need a back story or justification in order to fall for abuse of gaming games, alcohol or substances. Otherwise, we would not seen successful people and super starts also suffering from those situations.

I think I have a different experience in gambling compared to yours because I for a fact was addicted to gambling years ago and suffered gambling addiction for long while before I finally took the decision not continue with my addiction and that has been one of my best decisions as an adult. Gambling addiction isn't good but easily becomes part of gamblers who failed to control their activities in gambling. Also one thing I'll want to clarify here is that most of gambling addicts of today never wanted to be addicts from the onset but were forced to become addicts by their greed and desire to win big in gambling

When addiction hits you then there's no way that you could really be able to get out until you would really be having that devastated finances and this is why we should really be that careful
when it comes on dealing up with things. You wont really be that making yourself that get addicted if you are really just that sensible on the actions that you are making because if you dont
then expect that you would really that get addicted with it. So far im able to quit up and able to control my addiction back in the past on which i do really have a hard time on doing so.
You wont really be that making yourself that easily to get rid of it because once greed would be controlling you then it would really be that hard to have that control and it does
really need that kind of extreme discipline and control.

Thankfully you took the decision of stoping till the end until overcoming your addiction. I think that is the most important aspect in every stories of overcoming addictions: decision. If you don't have this, then you can have all the external support you can imagine, but it will be worthless, because the main and essential element has to come from yourself, from your free will and desire to achieve a better life. On the other hand, when the person has decision, but doesn't have any external encouragement, it can be also hard to make it till the end, but not impossible like it would be on the opposite scenario. The lesson is: be strong, fortify your mind and keep focused on your aimed goals!

It’s nice to see someone with a strong conviction against gambling addiction. But a lot of people who eventually ended up being gambling addicts probably taught they couldn’t become addicts themselves until they did.
An addiction has never done anyone good and it doesn’t plan on starting soon. It would always leave one in ruins and shambles leaving the person to pick up the pieces and start all over again. It is nice to have a plan laid out for the future and also to remember we’re the cause of the consequences that follows every action taken knowingly.

I was addicted and slowly I've come out of it. I've shared my story of losing big in gambling Be a Responsible Gambler (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5329777.msg56754600#msg56754600). During those days I know I was losing, but I don't have control and lost big. Even today I was running hard for what I've lost, only then I can able to settle the debts and come out of financial issues.

If we don't control ourselves when gambling, of course this will have a very bad impact on our lives in any case. Other people who make someone aware of a gambling addiction will not have any impact if the person who has a gambling addiction doesn't want to stop gambling. , they need to make efforts from themselves and support from other people, of course they will be able to stop so they can slowly reduce and even eliminate these bad habits.

I see a lot of people here talking about gambling responsibly. Yes, that is something very true, but have you ever been a gambling addict? and Have you ever been a gambling addict?

Totally yes that is the reason why there is a bunch of thread that talk about gambling responsibly or how to get rid of gambling addiction. I think one of the reasons why I am addicted to it is that I don't want to lose; I just want to win and when Im win big greed is coming and I want more and more but when Im losing the fear kick in and I want my money back.

You can never say that because people that have tried alcohol, cigarettes and drugs said that same thing too and now they're a part of their habit and they can't shake it off and whenever they're not doing it, the addicted ones are itching to get them again and again until they don't have the money anymore. Don't blame them for being addicted though, it's not like they really have control over their addiction, if they did then they would've stopped a long time ago, by disliking or being distant to them will only lead to nothing but continuous usage and the proliferation of addiction, in a way it's the responsibility of other to at least give the helping whenever someone asks for it.

a strong urge to want to get out of addiction all of this requires self awareness and he may have a strong desire to quit his addiction so he can try and get support from anyone to help him quit the addiction.

excessive things have bad effects such as addiction and I have also experienced the black world of gambling and it all started with excessive things when I gambled using a budget that I couldn't afford just to chase the money I had to get to the point of ignoring the bad effects of addiction. this and self awareness and strong commitment can help anyone who wants to leave their addiction and from this, hopefully many gamblers will realize that they dont have to overdo it in gambling to avoid addiction.

We must acknowledge that anyone can become addicted to anything under the wrong circumstances, it is because of this that we need to always be very careful with any activity in which we engage that has a long story of producing those kind of behaviors, and even if I consider gambling addiction to be way more rare than an addiction to a substance, we still need to reevaluate our behavior from time to time and change it as soon as we notice that we may be heading towards that path.

What I think to be the most interesting part of your personal experience with gambling addiction was the moment your goals completely changed from chasing losses to realizing you should stop playing with a budget you can't afford to lose.

As we can see it's mainly about a personal strong decision the individual makes, at least at the beginning of the process of getting rid of addiction. Gambling addicted are lead by noxious goals, and can't see widely outside the bubble they created for themselves. A bubble made of irrational, senseless and short term goals which feed the addiction and make it dominant on their lives.

But once they burst the bubble, they can start seeing the world outside again, its possibilities, especially regards long term goals, which demand them to rupture with the addiction in order to become true. That is the perfect moment to take the decision and work towards freedom of mind and spirit, once again.

It's good that you think that way, because being addicted to gambling shouldn't be nice. At first I was very attached to the game, I don't deny it, I would do anything and go into the casino to see if I could win, I thought a lot about the things. strategies that I was going to apply, little by little I brought my balance to something very respectable, but one of those things in life that one does not control oneself and starts to play and bet hard thinking that it could make me a lot of money and no, it I lost everything, I had a job for about 3 months and from one moment to the next everything went away, that was something that I suffered very sadly, but since I am a person who does not like to feel bad or sad, well, I learned many things, which I do not I could go crazy betting, I had to have intelligence to do things, not just the things I could have and do in a casino, but what I could achieve, that's when you realize that in a casino you can't invent a lot, that whatever the system reminds you that you are a simple player who can leave it at zero.

I have seen cases of people who suffer from gambling addiction and it is something that is very difficult for them to get out of, it is something that I cannot believe how they can be so involved there, but simply when things are on track for a bad truck, those are the consequences, there is no other way, that is why in the game we must apply intelligence, be reasonable with what we play, how much we play and how long we can play, if each game session is profitable and if each game session we can get something positive, like money in a positive balance and because we are doing good things, and we are not playing without control, that is something beneficial, we are not playing and we are not falling into an imminent addiction like the others, So we must make a difference so that people do not fall into an addiction because living addiction is something that I do not wish on anyone, I have never experienced it, but it is something strong.

Your story teaches everyone how tempting gambling can be for them so that they can lose control and gamble a lot of money. Perhaps it wasn't a lot of money for a while, but after they lost, they started depositing money, and this time, they deposited more money than before. Unfortunately, good luck was not with them, so they lost all their money. And that doesn't stop them from gambling but from continuing to deposit more and more money. At that time, they had started to lose their responsibility in gambling because they had deposited more money than they could afford.

Even if they win, they don't immediately stop gambling because they still want a bigger win. They become greedy and want to get more money, which makes them chase their winnings. This is what makes many people end up losing a lot of money and being irresponsible with their gambling.

Basically, gambling addiction can come at any time and with any indication, whether it is what you think is right or not, addiction cannot always be guessed about where it started but certainly if you already know that an action must be avoided then obviously that means that the action can greatly trigger addiction. That is why we need to remain careful and apply full firmness to the boundaries we have, it is not impossible because as I have said above that gambling addiction can come from anywhere including without you realizing it, I think for all the bad effects that exist in gambling is no longer strange, or that means most people who are not even gamblers themselves know about the bad effects.

I think awareness has a very important role in this, especially to prevent everything that is not wanted from happening, by having awareness then obviously you will be able to make the right considerations as a result of thinking using common sense, and another thing is that awareness can also prevent something that turns out to be an indication or trigger for worse things to happen.

Probably one of the most common questions that comes to the mind of someone that has never being in that situation is how is it possible they cannot stop? How can a person keep gambling when they know they are damaging themselves in the process? And the answer is incredibly simple, people simply cannot stop, once a person has walked into that path they are unable to stop themselves from destroying their lives, this is probably the most scary aspect of an addiction and why they are so hard to leave behind.

Drug addicts don't understand the rich and the poor, those who live in the slums next to the railway line or those who live on the streets or those who live in poor families have many drug addicts. Maybe those who have a lot of money drink lavishly but those who don't have money drink as much as they can but the two are the same. Children of many rich families are in very good condition and they do not even smoke cigarettes, let alone drugs. How you raise your child or what you teach your child will depend on whether your child will be addicted to drugs or good. Children are not addicted to drugs regardless of whether they are rich or poor, but because of the environment and the environment in the area, most of the children are addicted to drugs.

sometimes I think that actually a gambling addict who finds it difficult to stop his addiction is a person who is frustrated after entering the black path he is on and he thinks that if he has gone too deep he has lost too many possessions and valuables then he thinks that he is very broken why stop, it would be better to continue gambling until you really find great luck to return everything you have lost and if not just let life get too complicated and lose everything.
this is the thought of a gambling addict who finds it very difficult to stop betting because I have previously experienced the black world of gambling when I was an addict who found it difficult to stop and with the mindset I said, he definitely has a mental disorder or is frustrated with his life which is no longer clear his future.

I once had a friend who was an addicted gambler but I haven't seen him for a long time and his life is very sad and he even chose to leave his wife instead of leaving gambling and he only lives alone because after the divorce his wife and children left and I was surprised he only lived in a rented house very small didn't have any items because they had been sold to gamble and I asked why he didn't stop gambling and he answered "I just can't think about anything anymore my life is ruined and I'd rather gamble until I die because I chose gambling over my family. "
from this story I concluded that the danger of addiction is very deep and if it is difficult to stop it means he is experiencing a phase of frustration because he has lost too much.

The story of the gambling addict is, in fact, a very familiar and heartbreaking one. They often get stuck in a loop where losses make them want to win big, which leads to more losses. In this never-ending quest, the mind tricks itself into thinking that the next chance could fix all of life's problems. Even though this way of thinking makes sense, it is a dangerous illusion.

Think about it: gambling is, at its core, a fun activity; its a game of chance meant to be fun. But when it turns into an addiction, the fun goes away and people start to feel desperate. This sad change is shown very clearly in the story of your friend. Having fun should always be a top concern when gambling. If thats taken away, the whole point of the game is lost. If you want to gamble properly, you need to know when it stops being fun and becomes a burden. Balance, knowing yourself, and knowing when to leave are important.

well, what's very sad is that his own mindset destroys his life, whereas previously everything was fine, just because the mindset of wanting to win and getting money, a gambler becomes addicted and can't control himself and this often happens lately and even though the thought of wanting to win is normal, its normal. sometimes someone has the wrong mindset or even has very low control of their passions because they are unable to control their emotions or greed when they win or lose and gambling actually a fun place with various experiences in it but has a bad impact if you can't avoid the small things that happen. can push our minds to act beyond the limits of our abilities.

logically, all gamblers should have a strong idea that gambling is just a place to have fun, but the fact is that we gamble using money, whereas money is the most valuable thing in the world and money can make people better or even money can kill someone future because money can change everything. that why many gamblers become addicted because they can not appreciate the money that should be spent in small amounts to pay for the pleasure of gambling but turns into greed and emotionalism that takes away the pleasure.
a gambling addict, they dont feel happy about gambling anymore and they just like doing what their mind wants to do and this is the bad thing about a gambler who can not control his bad thoughts.

Like the proverb that says your heart and mind will make things difficult for you, in the sense that person destruction depends on how his heart evaluates and his thoughts determine every step he takes.
We must be able to assess and make truly measurable decisions in gambling so that bad things such as addiction or losing large amounts of money can be avoided.
Moreover, the use and positive side of gambling depends on each gambler himself, there are positive and negative impacts so we have to decide which steps to take for good development for ourselves.

This kind of understanding is only for those who can think logically and for those who only indulge in excessive lust or desires from gambling, they cannot have that kind of understanding.
It would be very difficult for gambler who is filled with ambition to have control and think clearly, they know that making money is not easy and money is very valuable, but they think that gambling will earn them more.
This is why many gamblers seem to have no respect for money and they are willing to lose large amounts to fulfill their impossible ambitions from gambling, and worse things usually happen to gambling addict.