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We all know that we cannot play for a long time without being responsible players; we could go crazy, or we could lose all our money; at some point, you have to realize that you need to play responsibly, so I created this poll and this discussion to pick your reasons and explain it.

In my case, I have to lose a lot of money to realize I have to gamble responsibly if I don't want to break my finances and experience depression, so now I control myself and monitor my expenses, and I'm doing good with it.

I would have chose the "I am a responsible person" option, but that may not be entirely true. Almost everyone has a vice they get hooked on, could be soda drinks, junk food, gambling and so on. I never got hooked to the concept of gambling, I find it appealing cause of my love for sports and desire to get predictions correct, but I have never imagined getting rich from gambling.

- Jay -

Losing a lot of money is a wake up call for me to stop playing like a retard. I gain most of my crypto holdings from bounty campaigns and early investment that’s why I’m reckless on gambling when I’m still new on exploring it.

I just realized that I need to become more careful when I sum up all my losses and think what I can possibly have now if I didn’t spend my crypto holdings from gambling back then. I believe most of us here decided to become responsible gambler after experiencing tons of losses because this is the only time you will think about controlling gambling expenses, when you are losing enough.

The thing that did it for me was family and friends calling my attention to the fact that I am always on my phone gambling or on a sports betting website. They noticed that it began to affect the other areas of my life such as punctuality to the place of work, fixing some basic things around the apartment, certain family gathering and other family responsibilities. It was at this point I knew I had to do something about this quickly, if not, I was going to lose my family.

I choose I’m a responsible person because I’m financial manager and deal with my finances properly before I start learning gambling here in the forum. I only gamble for experience purposes since I’m working with casino signature campaign that requires gambling post.

But I’m only using funds I earned on crypto without involvement of my personal earnings from my job. This makes me confident enough that I will not be greedy on wasting my hard earned money from work on gambling addiction.

There’s only one time which I become irresponsible gambler but luckily it turns out in my favor.  ;)

Regret always comes at the end, not at the beginning. So, the most common answer must be "when I lost a lot of money".
Most of gamblers are stubborn and have a high ego. Only personal experience can make someone become a responsible gambler.
My golden principle when gambling now is, "gamble with the money you can afford to lose, do not gamble with your life"

For most gamblers, gambling is usually easy to win at the beginning but it gets harder with time. If you don't watch it at the beginning you might end up building wrong impression that will become carelessness which is not needed in gambling before it leads to a devastating loss. I had my fair share of the good old days where we don't have to worry about losses because winning was easy and regular. I started getting sense and being smart when gambling hit me so bad. It was from this point I began to understand that protecting the capital is the most important job of a gambler because losing the entire portfolio over few rounds is a huge pain in the ass. Most gamblers following this normal route until they gain experience and maturity.

I am also choosing the last  option I am a responsible person that is why I also being a responsible gambler from the starting of my gambling. Even then I have do a little exploring before made some investment of any where like trading to gambling. And I think there is one of the main reason is I am a little bit low risk taker minded person.
And the most important thing is I never cross my limits of afford to lose in any case like trading investment and gambling. I always try to dedicate a certain percentage of fund from my salary like <5% so that can't made any affect in my life.

Losing can teach one a big way to being responsible in gambling, this is because when you lose you feel the need to caught down on your gambling activeness which to some extent we need to checkmate in other to remain at a level where we can build consistently gambling experience, some times when you have a large amount in balance you may get carried away to stake more than you should if you are not being responsibly guided.
But guidance can be developed all Ng the way while gambling and only loses can teach us such a great lessons.

Result of the poll till now.


I agree with the voters, the first and last choice are judged by ourselves, while the rest are related to third parties opinion. I don't care with third parties opinion because different person has a different risk to reward ratio. For you 5% of money is fine to be gambled, but for them, they can't even accept 0.1% to be gambled, they want to save money as much as possible.

Maybe I could be called a responsible gambler because at that time I lost a lot of money, but at that time I immediately realized it and it didn't last long and I immediately took action to limit my gambling activities.
And now I just gamble on the weekends with the few dollars I set aside for gambling on the weekends, and just for fun after five busy days at work. But that's also when I feel like it, otherwise I wouldn't gamble and it depends on my mood.
But sometimes with what I'm experiencing now, sometimes I'm lucky, even if it's a small amount, but I can use it to bet the following weekend.

I realized this before I gambled any money at all, at the time like many newbie gamblers I thought there could be a way to beat the casinos and earn money doing something that at the end is nothing more but a simple game, however the attempts I did with play money all failed, this led me to inform myself about gambling and what I read, forced me to give up on those fantasies and understand that gambling can only be a hobby for me, and that I needed to be very careful with my money so I did not went through the same experiences some gamblers encountered.

When I lost an amount equivalent to my monthly salary an I had to adjust my expenses to extend my savings by that time. It's been 3 years since such thing happened to me and it became my eye opener up until now. It taught me to always manage the risk and to control oneself on whatever gambling outcome there is. Reponsibility is a must to have in almost everything. With gambling, if you'll have no control of yourself in particular with emotions, then expect nothing less than the worse or specifically, huge loss. Forcing your chances by betting more times or higher amounts, won't assure or guarantee you winning the game. If you're unlucky then you will lose, that's the idea basically. Many of us for sure experienced failure in gambling but be sure to learn on those instances to avoid
atleast, its occurence.

In my case I didn't have to lose anything to realize that I have to gamble responsibly. There were already a lot of examples around me. I saw students use their school fees for gambling and lost. I saw young men used their house rent for gambling and lost. I also saw people who borrowed money used it for gambling lost it and fell into depression because the couldn't repay the money.

These were all social examples around me that made me to make up my mind that I was going to become a responsible Gambler because I didn't want the shame, the disgrace, and the regret that comes with being and irresponsible gambler

I was a chronic gambler. I lost interest in gambling addiction because I have been losing over the five years I was actively gambling. I lost huge amount that my family knew about that made me finally think of quitting and I quit gambling addiction at the time. I first quit gambling for a year. Later I gamble and I lost and I quit for like 3 months again. I knew I have stopped the addiction and I started to gamble again but not often again and I use considerably small amount of money while gambling.

When I am not yet playing and I see people going nuts, I realise that I have to gamble responsibly yes, there were times that I lost control of myself and lost money that I couldn't afford to lose and chased losses but memories of people that are closing to me and how they behave like nuts always makes me realize I have to get back my sanity and play responsible.
The other people and your own experience are the best teachers and it's very much true in gambling.

I can confidently say that I'm a responsible gambler from the get-go. I know my limits, and I worked with what I have and never really exceeded from my allotted budget for the week. It has been like that for years and until now, I am still doing the same thing. My finances are always in check, never got into unwanted debt due to gambling, and I'm still living comfortably with my salary and some of the extras I receive in my other gigs. Gambling is just a hobby for me--a costly one at that--though I am still hoping to somehow hit a jackpot for once just like a lot of people do here.

I remember that when I decided to become a responsible gambler it was when I lost a lot of money on slots in a day. I gambled to the point where I lost count of how much money I had spent, and when I didn't get any winnings from it and looked at my gambling history, I felt like the stupidest person in the world because the money I had spent on gambling that day was so much and I didn't get anything out of it. Since that day, I started to feel that I needed to be more restrained and not gamble more than I could afford.

There's a saying experience is the best teacher, and you have to lose something to realize how important it is, so when I lose a lot of money, I realize this cannot go on.

I realize I have to take control of my greed if I want to continue to gamble because there are a lot of risks in gambling. You're out if you give in, so I prefer to control and just enjoy the experience rather than trying to make money.

I sort of feel the opposite.  I've always been an extremely responsible gambler and have never lost a bet that I got emotional about because I needed the money.  At this point, it feels like I may need some irresponsibility with my gambling to bring some fun.  Lately I've tossed some bucks at slot machines knowing I was setting money on fire, but it was nice to get a feeling of excitement with the possibility of hitting a major jackpot.  Sure, so far I've just lost any winnings on the slots, but it was fun trying something new as opposed to low stakes sports betting.  Just make sure if you're going to set your money on fire that you have enough to where losing it doesn't effect you.

I think we can all agree that experience is the best teacher especially in this type of situation.

Gambling is all about chances and odds. The result can either go two (2) directions: either you win or you lose miserably. Sure, there is always that possibility of winning huge amounts of money but remember that there is also that equal chance of you losing the same.

Whenever a person wins in a gambling game, there is this high and adrenaline that they feel. They think that they can experience this feeling and win this amount of money by betting again without discounting the fact that the house always wins due to the presence of house edge.

Personally, I learned more when I realized that I made a huge mistake of betting continuously. I lost lots of money in the process and that regret still lingers from time-to-time. The good thing, however, is that my experience is what made me the person today, which definitely made me more responsible in the process.

Unfortunately, this is not entirely accurate because many gamblers are addicted and cannot control their desires. Most of them have bad experiences with their mental condition (addiction), but many of them also live with their illness and have not stopped gambling irresponsibly, despite all the harm they have suffered as a result.

Like most of voters, I chose "I am a responsible person" option, even though it isn't always that exact.
Explanation: From the beginning of my experience I was afraid of the idea of becoming a gambling addict, especially since I had a bad experience with alcohol addiction, which required me a great effort to get rid of. Then, by virtue of my knowledge of scientific research, I understood that behavioral addiction is one of the most dangerous types of addiction that can afflict a person.

Yes, in my case I also had to lose some amount of money until I realized I was taking the wrong approach towards gambling. I had gambling as a potential source of income to make steady passive income profit, so as you can see I was really wrong about it, and it was only though losses that I understood I couldn't overcome the house edge factor, which prevents us from making profit on long run, despite the strategies we use and the size of the bets we place.

Now I know to be responsible gambler means to know we can't defeat the house the more we play. I finally got aware about my personal limits inside the game, so I don't get greedy anymore and stick to a pre-determined bankroll which can never be trespassed. People around me sometimes advised me that it was taking so much risks by gambling, but I didn't listen to them at all. I had to learn by myself, through my own mistakes...

Honestly there fells no necessity to apply conciousness at the places were you feels there is no form of threats.
So any gambler that thinks gambling has no negative impacts would surely fall victim to irresponsibilities.

Perhaps some take chances of gambling responsibly either after tough lessions of their gambling or by others experiences.
I personally, I learnt my responsible gambling in a hard way after multiple looses that affects my emotions although I have not been such addicted that I cannot control when to stop.

After losing all my weekly salary. I think that's the worst-case scenario that I have done in my life and I won't do it again.
I was so hooked on a slot game that I had forgotten to think ahead. The plan was also wrecked and I just wanted to win more than what I had lost.
It's a moment that I regretted the most and thankfully I got it back when I got some funds and Stake.com gave me more than what I had lost. After that win, I withdrew everything and left just $5 in my account. I lost it all and had the thought that I made the best decision in my life because if I had more, I may have continued gambling and lost more than that.
Discipline is a helpful way to make profits, we should really think about what we will do after a win or a lose.

I chosed the last option because I know that I am responsible player because I wouldn't want to experience much lose before I could apply responsibleness in my bet, what I does is that I always have some special weeks I do go into gambling this on a based that I can be sure that winning is close or nearly because when going into gambling without a proper analysis on a game you want to bet makes it so easily for you to lose. Most people that often lose is as a cause of irresponsible gambling and not thoroughly doing their analysis couple with eagerness to hit some certain amount.

I voted the top one but I've only lost more then I would like not that I had put a large amount into one place to bet in one session to begin with.    Its true that anyone can make a mistake and lose more then they planned to with any variation of details during a bet.

  Mostly I made a mixup with live betting which gives very little time but is very convenient way to engage with sports betting during a match.   Only deposit a daily amount and most of the time you will be ok, I think crypto is ideal to segregate the amounts.

when I lost my rent money for the month(it might not be a big deal for some but it was for me), though I still had money saved in my bank at the time of losing my rent money and it is what I used to pay for the rent, it still affected me financially for a while. realizing and getting scared of how risky it is to gamble money you can't afford to lose made me take a step back from gambling at the time and reevaluate what I have been doing. the change was not instant, I used to make excuses to gamble but in the end, I was able to get out of my gambling problem and be more responsible with my money when gambling.

I got addicted way back and lost a lot in gambling which almost affected me negatively, so that gave me a reason to quite gambling because I came to realize that I am chasing shadows, and need to get a real life.

I stayed away from gambling for long before, I started gambling again, but this time I caution my myself and gamble responsible. Experience is the best teacher and that is why gamblers that can manage their emotions and bankroll are the true gamblers.

I realized this as soon as I started with sports betting, on my first day, I deposited money, played and lost everything, on the second day I deposited again, played and lost everything. On the third day I deposited again, played and lost everything. Then I went to sleep sad, I confess that I couldn't understand what was happening, because I didn't know anything about sports betting and yet I deluded myself into thinking that I could make a profit. When I started thinking about my losses, I made the decision to put the last little money I had left in the casino because I didn't reach the minimum withdrawal amount and I bet, I didn't even expect that I would get my bet right.

and I was lucky to get it right and recover everything I lost and left with a profit and I stopped playing for a long time and only came back when I was more mentally prepared and no longer had the same mindset and looked at gambling as a means to make a profit. I confess that it was the best decision I made, because when I started making sports bets again, I already knew how to analyze the games, I already knew how to manage my bankroll, I already had an idea of how the markets and odds worked. But the most important thing is that I started playing for fun

Your experience with gambling addictions is not different from that of many of us here on the board who may have experienced gambling at one time or the other, gambling addictions have lead to so much loses for us but then thank Goodness we were able to escape it since we are extremely determine to get over the whole thing, because gambling addictions can only be overcome via self determinations.

Well, for me, I've been a responsible guy right from time even before I started gambling, but i understand that being responsible in real life doesn't connote or equal to being responsible with activities like gambling, but I believe that being responsible naturally helped me to be very careful when I started gambling, because I've heard and read stories of people who were rich, but ended up becoming extremely broke simply because they lost all their fortune to gambling, even though I wasn't rich at the time, I didn't want the same thing to happen to me even with the little money I had, so, I was always very careful with how much I bet on games while gambling.

The above have helped me to teach myself how to become a responsible gambler right from the onset, and today, I am mostly happy with all my gambling decisions, because I never tend to lose more than I can afford, only ones (if I remember correctly) have I lost money I never prepared to lose, and since then, I've not made such mistake again.

Before I started gambling I have been around core gamblers. I have seen responsible and irresponsible gambling and its effects. I have seen people gamble with shoes, watches, and clothing because they were addicted to gambling or chasing losses. There are times when a fight breaks out between gamblers because of irresponsible gambling.

I have also been around some of the finest and responsible gamblers whom I admired. These set of gamblers have control over how much they spend on gambling. With this experience, it was now up to me to make my choice and I decided to be responsible from the onset. Although there are times when I gamble irresponsibly in most cases I have always been a responsible gambler.

OP I could understand that you virtually could be talking out of experience. You know sometimes things happens so that one would could learn how to control situations.
You have spoken well but however, I have never gambled out of my budget and as a matter of fact, I can categorically and boldly say it aloud that I am a responsible gambler and I do not exceed my limit while gambling. Although not every time it ends in my court but most times I smile home with a good take away package. I am not addicted to gambling so I know when to call it a day while gambling.

Of course there will be bad impacts that will arise from gambling addiction and if you are aware of this, of course this is very good because if you are late in realizing this, of course there will be many problems resulting from gambling addiction.
To be able to stay away from gambling is certainly not an easy thing, we need a lot of struggle so that we can get rid of the habit of gambling and if you can learn from the experiences you have had, of course you will be able to really manage the gambling that we will do.

Right from when I started gambling I have always managed my bankroll properly and I have never had to regret depositing more than I could afford to lose. The only issue I know I had back then was staying too long in my account - there are times when I’ll keep toggling between winning and losing and that would keep my account with some balance and because of that I’d have to stay longer and gamble more - which eventually led to me not doing anything useful with my time. That was the only problem I had but fortunately I was able to manage it and even if I have balance in my account I can still log out and come back another time to continue my game.

Losing consistently is one big way that makes the gambler realize that they should do something about their gambling. And this realization comes to the gambler when they are alone with themselves. That's when our minds speaks up and tells us the bitter truth that is hard to deny.

Third part opinions is not as solid as the ones we give ourselves. Nevertheless, there are some third party opinions that comes to use from a place love and care. A wife, mother, father, husband, talking to their partners or kids about being a responsible gamble and how much damage that their unguarded betting habit has become. Are all third party opinions  and they could even have a better effect on the mental health on the gambler.

What other people have experienced is more than enough to remind me how important it is to control myself when gambling, and how important it is to be a responsible gambler. Because learning is not only learning from what we experience, but also from what other people experience. Where many people are trapped in the cycle of hopeless gambling, they have lost everything including wealth, the people closest to them, and the trust of other people. And do we have to experience all that first, to understand the negative impact of irresponsible gambling activities? No, right? and therefore, before something bad happens to us, control ourselves and the gambling activities we do as best as possible, so that we can always avoid all the negative impacts of gambling.

Truth to be told, before I started gambling I actually made rules for myself, I listed there all the things I shouldn't do and shouldn't happen to me especially since I grew up in a family with relatives whose lives became miserable because of gambling, at a young age, I told myself that I didn't want to have a life like theirs until I carried that thought to adulthood and until I participated in gambling. Thankfully I can follow my rules and I can say that I am a responsible gambler.

Losses are inevitable in gambling but if you take some caution while gambling, you will definitely manage and lessen your losses. Good thing I learned from the experiences of other gamblers earlier that made me realized that I should chose to gamble more responsibly so I will never experience huge loss from gambling.

However, staying responsible while gambling is never that easy as greed will always comes out. But if you have emotional control, you will chose not to be greedy and stay within your limits in gambling. That’s the safest way so you won’t lose a lot and regret in the end.

it's totally up to you to decide whether or not you wanna keep gambling ... As a matter of fact, I've meet with so many degenerate gamblers; they don't give a fuck whatever they've lost. They've been really clingy to their faith and hope that whatever happens, they'll secure 2% outta 100 loses.
On the other hand, you don't have to lose money to gamble responsibly... There's also nothing you can do to make accurate predictions. It's either you're being too careful or too careless!
That's exactly what they should know.

After losing money multiple times, you’ll slowly realize what went wrong and what you are doing.
Every gamblers have to experience this first before they commit to be more responsible next time and most of them learns the lesson in the hardest way. Losing is inevitable in gamble, and it you will not be responsible you can be addicted to it and you might so unnecessary things just to gamble and meet your greediness in gambling.

I don't have to lose too much before realizing that I should choose the part of being a responsible gambler. As a matter of fact, I love to listen to the experiences of other gamblers, and I learn from their mistakes. Gambling addiction is not really a good thing that anybody should purposefully allow themselves to become a victim of. I am a responsible person, and I know that the sustainable source of income I am looking for and the financial freedom I seek will not come from gambling, so I am very careful not to be a compulsive gambler. But sometimes in the past, I did make little mistakes, but not to compare to a real addicted gambler. 

Great to see that based from the poll so far, a lot of users are responsible with their gambling habits. I believe, at one point, they also lost a lot, hence, the realization of being responsible in this activity. I don't think most gamblers are already responsible even at the start. They may have their own experiences owed to gambling, and from that point, they make sure to be responsible in order not to ruin their finances or their relationship with loved ones.

Never ever make yourself that delusional on making having that kind of mindset that you would really be making yourself that thinks about getting rich with gambling because on the time that you would really be having that kind of mindset then you are just basically putting up yourself on such great risk on losing even more because gambling is supposed to be for fun and not for income.Your earier plans would definitely be altered or be changed just because you had put up yourself on such delusional thinking.Make yourself responsible because if not then you are just putting up that kind of probability on addiction pit and this is something that you should avoid in the first place.

I pick my own lesson and reason to play responsibly from the stories of other gambling addicts. What could be of my finances if I don't take full responsibility for how I gamble and learn how to be on track and keep to my set gambling limit? 
 
Even before I started gambling, I read about many failed careers and destroyed lives due to how the person gave so much into gambling without control, which is not the kind of lifestyle I will ever want to experience, which is a perfect reason for me to advise myself about responsible gambling.

I realized the importance of gambling responsibly, that's when I discovered the many disadvantages of the gambling activities that I did. I have lost a lot of money, and some of my personal items such as laptops and personal vehicles, I lost a lot of money and sold my personal items to satisfy my desire to continue gambling and pursuing things that were uncertain. Apart from that, I saw people around experiencing losses that were greater than what I experienced, apart from them losing financially, but as a result of their bad behavior in gambling, they had lost the trust of other people, so they were fired from his office and lost the people around him. As a result of his bad behavior in gambling, he has harmed many people, so that the people around him slowly start to distance themselves from him. and I don't want something like this to happen in my life, therefore I immediately try to control the gambling activities that I do better, so that I become a more responsible gambler. Because if I don't fix everything as soon as possible, maybe I will suffer the same fate as them.

Well, I think we all know how to become responsible or wake up after we lose s lot of money and you see the effect of your gambling activities, and yes I also experience being an addict in gambling and I dont want to remember how much money I have wasted just because I want to have fun and I hope that I can hit a big jackpot so that I could have a good life or what but that's not the case, so in order to play gambling and at the same time minimize the losses I learn how to become responsible and control my gambling activity, simple putting a limit or boundary in terms of my gambling budget, when I lose all that I will stop playing or if I doubled it then its the end of my gambling session, so I learned how to set limit and let go of the losses if needed and not chase the losses.

Actually, I'm not a big gambler who can spend a lot of money or time, so from the start I only played with limited things such as the money used and the time spent gambling, but there was a period where I spent quite a lot of time gambling and that was when Christmas holiday because I was catching up on something from one of the casinos that had a very interesting Christmas promotion, I was lucky enough to be able to make good money, but it was very time-consuming and I felt like I was getting tired in my mind and since then I have been trying to play for no more than an hour while playing casino games but sports betting is of course even shorter, except when analyzing it takes time.

I am a responsible person now but it wasn't till a couple of years of gambling lightly did I realized that I was turning heavily into it so I needed to manage how I do so properly. It was kind of a gradual process, the more I started to gamble and the more I started to increase the wagers I did, the more I realized that I had to set some rules that I need to follow 100%. It was hard at first, I often skipped or ignored it but it gradually improved over time and since then, I luckily haven't had any big issues with it.

Some people are often very self-confident, thinking that nothing bad can happen to them, as if they are always in control of the situation. But how wrong they are when they encounter the fact that everything they invested in the game suddenly stops. This is where an even greater level of conceit begins: people take a pledge, sell something valuable, and decide that the next chance will be lucky for them. Further, we all know what often happens.
If it talks about at what moment it is worth being wise, I think at the moment when you start to sweat losing and stop perceiving the world in reality. Telling a drug addict that he is a drug addict is useless, just like telling a gambler who is very gambling. When the game is not going well, accept the signs of fate that it is time for you to leave. It is not for nothing that some successful people believe in omens.

It just became my habit that being responsible when it comes to money, happened due to hard lessons in life and the consequences made me to be a person who I am at the moment. That I brought with me in the gambling too (not gamble too often though) so that I am trying to get the experience while spending less money as much. I also may be out of control but still it's in the manageable level due to the precautions like not having huge bankroll in the casino accounts.

I believe no one will bothered you on gambling if you are already a responsible gambler. The only time you will come up with this realization if you are already sacrificing a lot of your time and money to fuel your gambling activity.

In my case, I dedicated a lot of time already on gambling that makes me out of the loop with friends. I’m doing good in terms of gambling because I win most of the time but I sacrifice a lot of time and effort for the money which I realized not worthy in the long run because it’s already draining me both physically and mentally.

We have all lost from time to time and it is wiser to take the decision of emotional control to avoid running into different issues like that depression. When you are losing without check on the cause of it or having control, your bankroll is only put at risk of exhaustion because you keep playing and after that you now go into regret which can lead into heartache. So it is always good to be in control and be responsible when you have been on straight loses, however, it is not all that can control bankroll until they have emptied their account.

When I observe something is not good especially within myself and others I will surely take a pause and assess what possible consequences I might fell into when I continue to do the same thing. But it is not that easy when greed sometimes entice our poor mind to do it again instead. 😅

I already lose much money in the past but I learned from my mistakes and trying to reduced my gambling activities, including reduces my budgets to playing gambling. That's difficult for the first time but with keep trying and practice to manage the budgets, I realizes that I have more money to save and don't have to use gambling to have fun. From that moment, I realizes that I needs to control myself and always use limitations when playing gambling so I don't have to lose more money like before. I can also enjoy the gambling games as a fun thing although I don't have much money to playing gambling but that's enough for me because I don't use gambling to make money. I don't remember when I realizes my mistakes and becomes a responsible gambler because I feels that's a good process for me. Until now, I still keeps manage my gambling activity properly and not trying to playing gambling excessively.

Some responsible gamblers have had their share of irresponsible gambling until something or someone brought them to the realization that there is a need to gamble more responsibly. For me it is that I am getting old and I need to be able to invest more to secure my future than what I use in gambling. Because of this awareness, I have been able to call myself to order to know that I need to gamble responsibly. Most people still do not know this.

The truth is that in any case you have to first experience some bitter things that you don't want in order to learn from them and become better, I don't wish for anyone to first experience losing a significant amount of money in order to realize that they have the wrong approach to gambling which in turn makes them a responsible gambler, but in most cases, it is very difficult to really advise someone who is very tempted by gambling winnings, they always have excessive expectations and always think that they can win big.

Although we have good intentions by advising them to treat gambling as suggested so that they don't have to experience losing large amounts of money to realize their mistakes and become a responsible gambler, sometimes that scenario can cause problems they think that we are too interfering with their affairs, so there is no other way to make them realize that is by first experiencing the bad effects of gambling. And honestly I also have the same story as you OP where I had to experience losing first to be able to become a responsible gambler, and after that I tried to tell and advise gamblers, especially beginners, to only make gambling an entertainment activity without putting excessive expectations on winning.

With the way lots of gamblers are getting into trouble on a daily basis, any reasonable gambler will learn from these bad experiences of other people and gamble responsibly. I do not have to wait till it happens to me before I get some sense. Gambling related issues are are real, very dangerous and should be avoided by all means. It is easy for me to stay responsible despite all the temptations and this is because I am usually not an idle person. This has been working for me and I advise other gamblers out there to ensure they have something else that is keeping them busy and fetching them money too, so they don't have to gamble all the time with the sole aim of making money.

Self control is needed for any gambler to know they’re over gambling and they need to stop, I heard several emotional stories online about gamble addict, people taking their life just because they gambled owing debt, marriage conflict etc so I had to restructure my gambling habit, restructuring an addictive habit is so difficult that’s why I hardly blame an addict who want to change badly as all this requires gradual process. Regardless our choice being a responsible gambler, gambling is actually fun but, sometimes I feel like quitting for a while cause of the excess loss.

Don't know if it's due to denial, or what, but most people voted for the "I am responsible" option and so did I.
I'm talking from experience here. I've never lost a lot of money, I've never chased losses. I'm a bit afraid of doing that which is why I mostly bet on sports and the events I bet on are often days away, so I can't really chase a loss, or lose a lot of money trying to stay in the game. I feel no pressure. I either win or lose, regardless of what happens I will bet again in a few days or weeks and I won't feel compelled to do so. When I'm on vacation I don't gamble, just as I don't check the price of bitcoin.

I am a responsible person

And im sure of this one.. Doesnt really need for other people to tell me on what should i do or whatever the decisions i do make.Somehow its not bad to hear out some advises but actually you wont really be needing it as long you do find yourself that being responsible on whatever the things that you are really that dealing with. Common sense and awareness on the things you've been doing should be enough.
Its impossible that you dont know about on how risky gambling is and it would be normal that you would be needing to have that control on spending up your money so that you wont really be ending up
on sleeping on the streets because this is how gambling do works but actually it is really just that for the sake of fun but if you wont be that careful then you would surely be messing up your life with.

I will say the truth,most likely I am not that much of a responsible person,I am relatively responsible and when I am playing with money I can afford to lose I keep going to either hit the max win or lose it all and when I am playing with money I cannot afford to lose I am somehwat more pragmatic which in overall makes me a responsible person.So this is me and I am in the middle,sometimes being responsible and sometimes being not.

Pretty much the same that happened to so many people within this community, as a newbie within the world of gambling I initially thought It was possible for me to profit in a consistent way off my gambling sessions. I started to try to get money out of dices, my strategy (which was very stupid of me) was to use a very low multiplier and a high enough wager for me so slowly accumulate come cents and (by the end of the session) to withdraw several dollars, I thought it was possible for me to have reliable profits with this technique in the long term. It was very foolish of me, of course.
In the end, the inevitable happened and I ended up losing the wager I intended to multiple through that strategy, It was not much, but still it was a high enough amount for me to consider to chase that loss, I almost did... but then I recalled the stories I had read here in the gambling session of the forum and quit my session.

That was the night I realized one is never supposed to gamble or try to profit of casinos in a reckless way or allow greed to take the best off yourselves, it is literally to jeopardize our current livelihood. Fortunately, I am doing good and control my wager, I do not longer deposit anywhere with the expectations of profit, perhaps unless when it comes to sport-betting.

Well thats the hard way to actually learn but I know you are not alone because just like you I believe the are lots of person under this same category but many would claim to be the latter and that's because it's the web and there is absolutely freedom to what you can say. If there is a percentage check on this, I believe the larger margin would fall on the part where people often turn crazy with their habits .

I believe for someone or most of us to realize and learn a lesson is only when we lose a big money or continue losing for long to realize that it is time either to stop for good or reduce the amount of gambling and the time spent on screen chasing your losses.
Personally, When I started gambling with smaller budget I was doing good, sometimes winning and sometimes losing, but when I lose, it never effected me at first. However, with time, I didn’t realize that in every session I was putting more money and kept losing strike, one time, I had some money that I supposed to spend in a very important matter , but my hunger for gambling or maybe it was addiction that time, I deposited that amount on a casino, started gambling, fortunately I realized what I was doing is so wrong and after losing almost 50% of it. I decided to withdraw it and behave myself, took a long brake from gambling that time and I became so careful and whenever I feel my gambling activity increased, I take a small brake.
Everyone should experience gambling in a bad way to learn and become responsible and moderate in the way of gambling.

I wouldn't make a choice from the Poll you made due to various reasons:

1. From the get-go I quitted gambling once I realized I'm falling into gambling addiction, and when I say I quitted, I had all the intents and wants to quit for good, never to look back on gambling ever again, the trauma and the mental torture isn't just for me, and the shit I went through while I was trying to recover while I'm doing my hardest not to go on a gambling site and place bets was something that I didn't ever want to experience again. I just so happened to gamble right now because I felt like it, good thing I knew my lesson too.

2. I don't have any inspirations to take my realizations from. It all came from me and I am the man to credit for it. whilst friends and family definitely helped with my recovery phase, the thing is that the choice to even make the first step came from me first and foremost. And had it not been for that snap of a finger smart judgement moment, I would've remained stuck in gambling addiction hell till now, probably poor as a dog too.

I don't bet much so my chances of losing money are very low. I don't want to lose more risk if I don't have much money. I prefer saving to gambling where there is no risk. But responsible gamblers can control themselves so they don't become greedy. Responsible gambling occurs in balance with other activities in their lives and can manage everything easily without causing problems or harm to themselves or others. Do not gamble under the influence of drugs or alcohol to control yourself. Take regular breaks from gambling and engage in other enjoyable forms of entertainment create balance in your life.

Yes and maybe I would say that you have a good mindset in terms of addressing gambling, you understand that gambling is always risky so with that awareness you prefer to gamble with a small budget amount so that the possibility of risk is also small, that's good friend and I hope you keep that approach because after all only that approach can make you avoid various bad possibilities that are not wanted.

On the other hand, responsible gambling is always recommended but only a few gamblers are really able to apply good responsibility in their gambling activities, one of the reasons is because they are too focused on the chances of winning in gambling, they think that victory is easy to get, even though they have to sacrifice a lot of loss and pressure to get that victory, But it is also still uncertain because after all the victory can never be predicted and will only come by chance when luck comes, and this is the reason why a gambler who has the intention of earning instead suffers a lot of losses, so it is clear that the best approach to gambling is to limit your expectations of victory, the absence of certainty and guarantee in victory will only make you feel more disappointed and regretful at the end of the session.

Two conditions can happen and be the reason why some gamblers will be responsible on the way they are gambling, when they make huge losses and the whole thing affects them badly, secondly is when they are gambling from the money or profits they are earning and thinks of how they could be able to afford a living despite their passion for gambling while none is being affected, they will then come into the realization of giving it a second thought on why they need to be a responsible gambler.

Losing a lot of money is the main reason most gamblers quit their gambling habits or minimize the way they gamble. In my case, I minimize the way I gamble when I lose the amount I wasn't expecting to lose within a short time, that experience alone made me learn how to gamble less so that I won't lose hugely in betting in a single day. Nothing more painful than knowing fully well that the money you have with you for an important thing is no more in your custody

I don't think there is anything to fear if you know your spending limit. If you know that a dollar is what you can use to gamble, don't go out of that limit and bet with $2, if you know $100 is what you can spend in gambling without feeling any remorse of any loss, then don't go and bet with your savings thinking you can double that because if you do, there is going to be a consequence, it's either you regret betting in the first place or become irresponsible gambler with addiction.


I don't think this your gambling lifestyle is a healthy one, as I said above if you want to gamble, use amount you can afford to lose. In your own case, instead of repeatedly losing you can make initial bankroll of total amount of money you know you can afford to lose and then you can be betting from there, you will see that even though you don't win much for that cycle, you wouldn't bother about anything.

I don't want to experience the same thing. It is enough for me to know it from other people's experience. I've read many stories of gamblers who lost a lot of money because they play in a careless way. Even, there are gamblers who experience addictions and trapped in huge loans because of gambling excessively. This surely motivated me to be a responsible gambler, this is the only way to avoid the worse scenario.

It is good if you already become a responsible gambler. You need to always limit your funds and time in gambling. You don't try to play excessively and chase the wins. Always remember that mostly gambling games are about the luck, we can't chase the luck! What we do is just playing gambling normally, most of the point of gambling is for fun only. So why we must spend too much money if our purpose is mainly for fun. If we can commit with this way, I think we can always be a responsible gambler.  ;)

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This is what I'm saying in my head when I see the last choice in the poll. I don't think there is a responsible person when they start something but we can only attained it, once we lose our way and managed to get back on the right track again, so OP should not include it there. I was glad that you are doing well now buddy. Rest only assure that it will continue all the way.

The same message I was going to say to my self because that's how exactly what I've been through. The 3 reasons/choices in the poll can seem to be ignored easily by us but it was the first, is the one that can make us realize to slow down in gambling for good because quitting it permanently is heavy.

True, I quite agree with you that it is likely that someone can become a responsible gambler if they have experienced very bad things or downturns that traumatize them so that with this incident there is a possibility for them to feel discouraged and do not want to do the same way to avoid the same events that make them experience such bad effects.

But on the other hand it may depend on the person too, because not everyone has the same capacity in terms of feeling traumatized by something, which means that there may be some people who continue their way of gambling even though they have experienced a lot of adversity by applying such an approach where maybe they have to experience a truly significant impact to be able to make them realize their mistakes.

Yea, gamblers desist from excessive gambling when they notice that it ain't beneficial to them instead they lose more than the profit but this happens when a gambler is in control of his/her gambling habits, gambling has to be done with caution, gambling ordinarily need carefulness so everyone that wants to be be responsible in gambling have to do it ina safest way which is gambling with what you can afford to lose, most addiction today was as a result of gamblers inability to control there emotion when loses occur, if you lose funds in gambling though it is not an easy thing to bear but your ability to control yourself is what I call responsible gambling.  

Voted responsible gambler... When it's about gambling I do had this fear of losing away my money in the early times when I started gambling, this fear to lose my money instilled a wholesome attitude of a responsible gambler in me right from beginning. As time went on and reading about others negative stories about the effect of irresponsible gambling on them I just told myself that the only way for me to stay longer and enjoy my time as a gambler is to stay responsible at it by all means necessary.

I want to be as responsible as possible when it comes to gamble but I wont deny the fact that sometime I did it late.
Late means that I realized it after lose some money or once my wife warn me about my gambling habits.
I always try to learn from my own experiences so I can reduce the chance to repeat the same mistakes I did before.
The most imortpant thing is that we should not realize it TOO LATE, I'm sure you know what I mean with too late.

i'm not being overly confident or anything, but i can say that i am a responsible person so since the beginning of gambling i have never been involved in serious gambling problems. although at some times i have gambled excessively, i use money that i think that when it is lost it doesn't mean anything to me, so it prevents me from getting involved further in gambling and losing my money on it.

because i think that when you are a responsible person in real life, then it is not difficult for you to be responsible in gambling too.

I won't deny losing money in gambling same as you have experienced in life being a gambler, but once you see your family started suffering from financial struggles because of it I believed that as a responsible person who value money more than personal desires; gambling shouldn't be prioritized. Expenses was too hard to manage, always make sure everything is set according to your budgeting preferences. Not most of the time our earning job will accommodate those beyond our expenses, like gambling and other stuff like non sense shopping.
Always put things first before negative consequences might happen, that's how my mindset goes on this as a responsible gambler. Doing such thing isn't bad, we just need discipline and knowing our limitations.

Exactly.
When you are a responsible person/gambler you don't need anyone to tell you what to do and you don't need them to give you advice because you already know you are a responsible person. Ones you are a responsible person you should be able to know what to do and what not to do. Gamble is game of luck and a gambler must be responsible so he can be very careful with the kind of choice he makes when ever he wants to wager on bets.

You're are right, an individual who is responsible in gambling always know the right decisions to make at the right time, they don't need much advice from anyone cause they already know what to do avoid things that would get them addicted to gambling or spend reckly on gambling, the individual is already aware the gambling is a game of luck and won't want to overspend on it.

 Alot of individuals have been victim to reckless gambling before they realise their mistakes and retraced their steps, some are lucky to realise at the early stages when they've not lost much to gambling and there are others that took long before they realise  and maybe it's due to complains from family and loved ones, that helped them change. Back then in college when i started gambling I used to chase lose and lost more most times but then I changed when i discovered  i lose more when I chase loses.

I learned a lot from my friends, that made me a responsible gambler over some years now because they used to budgeted amount of money on their gambling either winning or loosing at the moment.

It has been inside of me, over some years now not to gamble above my daily budget because I use to gamble base on fun , and if I don't gamble a day, I will not be comfortable with anything am going to eat through out the day which is the reason I use to gamble daily to satisfy my feelings.

When you are well responsible, it will be difficult for you to use all your money to gamble a day which is not available to gamblers to involve themselves in gambling.

Different type of persons
Different views on various things
Different decisions to be made
Different risks management

But there would really be that only two possible things that could happen on a certain person which for those who do able to experience up first unfortunate conditions before they would be making
those realizations or to those people who had already that come prepared or being wary about those potential problems that might happen just because they had already been able to
see it on other people on which they tend to apply it on their own possible situation that might happen into them.

It wouldn't really be just that too hard for you to make up some application towards yourself and if you are someone whose really that responsible and wary then
of course you would really be tending to avoid as much as you could.

Concerning gambling every gambler should have it at the back of his or her mind that you are bound to loosing inorder to get something in return but if you're aim is to just enjoy the fun you get while gambling then you have nothing to loose.
So with this you need to know that something must kill a man and when you know that,you have to limits every thing that will promotes that which is learning to be responsible without expecting anything in return.

Having the mindset that you will lose in gambling is a pretty good mindset, it's like you mentally prepare yourself to accept about the fact of defeat that will certainly occur when you are involved in gambling, and besides that having the point of view and belief that gambling is a place that is only for entertainment is also a good mindset, but I don't agree with your opinion about having intentions and goals for entertainment will not make us experience any losses.

Actually in gambling whatever your goal and no matter how good your goal is still the possibility of defeat will always be able to occur, even if for example you gamble with the intention of seeking entertainment, we must understand that the intention for entertainment and the intention to earn it has a different impact, which is where when you intend to earn then most likely you will gamble excessively because you are always chasing the win, But when you gamble with the intention of entertainment then surely you will easily stop when you already feel entertained, meaning that having the intention and purpose for entertainment does not mean that you will be free from the possibility of losing, but the amount of your defeat will not be too significant, and another thing yes I agree with you that is gambling without expecting anything in return.

But not all would really be having that kind of thinking. Some might be that responsible and mindful but there are those people who dont really care about on the future events that could happen into them or to the situation that they might be able to experience once they do go out with those limits or having no moderation. Gamble for fun and not for money then you would be finding yourself having no problem if you will really be just that be sensible on the things that you are dealing or involved with. You cant just that make yourself thinking that gambling could make your rich overnight;Whereas, you would really be that trying to play like a madman
because you are trying out to achieve that kind of goal that you had set into your mind. Be responsible on early phase and not make yourself that being that careless or too wishful about getting rich because of it
because having those intents are usually the case on why people do mess up their lives.

Same thing implies here. I have to lose lots of money not minding my level of finance. When i decided to stop was when i couldn't pay my tuition fees for a year which was given to me by my parent. I have used that money in gambling and lost all of it. It took me to work while schooling to be able to realize that money back. Ever since that day i have pay attention to instruction and gambling advice both from professionals and intermediate who have had lots of experiences.

Most times, the pull result is not as accurate as it's supposed to be. Most people vote for a particular option not based on how they gamble or what they feel, but based on what they believe is best for the public to read or hear. 
 
A lot of people are not bold enough to come out in the open and share how irresponsible and reckless decision-makers they can be, so they just share what's best for the reading of others. After all, no one wants others to emulate their bad habits; rather, they will want their good stories to serve as motivation.

One of the most important things is to gamble wisely and have a good experience and knowledge for the gambling , that is why gambling wisely is one of the must important things,it is always good to be a responsible gambler and doing the right things in the gambling world, sometimes I get fused in my gambling decisions base of what is to happen that you may not know, being responsible in gambling is what is very necessary

I guess that most of us have lost a lot first before we realize that we have to gamble responsibly. Those that are not yet on that stage and keeps on gambling, soon they're going to realize the importance of gambling moderately. You have to be responsible at all times so that you can continue with whatever situation you are dealing with. If you happen not to be a responsible gambler, the tendency of you going downhill is high and you're not going to stay any longer when you gamble.

So, if there have been times that you're able to win and you didn't take some profits, you know that it is going back to the casinos and you've just wasted your money and time for it. Being responsible is not just all about when to stop but also when you secure your profits, that's included and in all aspects as you gamble, you have to be very careful for every decisions that you make like with when to YOLO and when not. There can be moments that you are there to gamble just for you to enjoy and don't be too selfish with that as well.

I vote I am a responsible person just to know how many people pick this option but there are actually a lot more than 20 people. So I believe there are a lot of people here who are responsible in gamble I might notice it that a lot of thread discussed about their friend addiction. Being responsible gambling is good and we need to do that or more better than that. When did you realize you need to be a responsible gambler so you can continue ? The key is one when you have gambling budget to be honest a BUDGET really help in almost anything that involves money not just gamble IMO

           -   From the very beginning of my gambling, I knew that I should be a responsible gambler and not have an addiction to gambling. And this is something that I can do properly and correctly. Which is that every time I play, I only have an amount limit for playing in a casino that I enter.

Second, I also have discipline and proper control of my emotions, and when I see that I'm playing a little too salty and that I've used up my gambling game, I stop immediately and just come back like some said the other day.

You are lucky that you must be a responsible gamblers when playing gambling. Many people can't follows what you did but they playing gambling without learning about how to prevents them from the addiction. That makes them slowly becomes addicted to gambling and will not realizes what happens to them if other people doesn't tells them.

Discipline is something that we must have in our lives, not just for playing gambling because that can holds ourselves from doing something excessively. When playing gambling with moderation, we will enjoy our times to gambling while we knows that we must stops playing gambling immediately before we lose much money. We can use gambling as part of entertainment and will not use it for makes money because we knows that will be difficult.

When it comes to gambling, every gambler should be responsible and then gamble because unless a gambler gambles responsibly, he will not be able to make the right decision or make a mistake in his decision. When I gamble as well as when I am a responsible person, before making a decision, we must think several times whether the decision we are making in gambling is correct or how it can affect our life if this decision goes against us. Responsible gamblers are those who decide to gamble by considering everything from past, present and future. Some gamblers become addicted to gambling and some gamblers go the wrong way, but later they come back and try to gamble responsibly.

To start with I am a responsible gambling and I work with instructolion of gambling firms that said gamble responsibly, I don't gamble with huge funds, though many gamblers has made one or two mistakes in terms of gambling, when I was new into gambling, I thought that gambling is something that is profitable but unknowingly to me that gambling is not something we should hope on, although I didn't make this mistake for a very long time but during this time, i have sat many times to ask myself whats really weong with me, natuarally am this kind of person thats always careful with the things i do and it has been helping me out, though i realized this early, I advised myself and that was it.

When you are losing a lot, you have to understand that you need to play with smartness and questions and you have to be a responsible company understand the strategies and not just to gamble but gamble for a reason and gamble to win and gamble to lose  sometimes because you must lose the only solution is let your lost. She don’t be higher than your winning your winning should be higher so it’s a normal thing and gambling.

Looking at the current result of the poll, many people claim that they are responsible but my question to them is "did you guys vote it with honesty"  ;D Kidding guys, it is good to see that you are responsible person. I was not responsible person when I was still newbie in gambling world and I started to realize it when I lost some money but I keep on repeating it until I got married. Since that time I have someone who is keep advising me anytime I do something which can lead me and family into something bad.

Funny! I bet some of them didn't vote the real answer, joke! It's really good to see that majority of votes are stating that they are responsible, truly enough that some advices and threads here in forum is reliable and helpful. it seems that everyone goes through being irresponsible in the beginning but when we think about the possible effects of what we continue to do, only then will we realize and change.

In my opinion, a responsible person after an addiction, they should not taste this gambling space even once or a little because even though that feeling may have faded, soul and body were once separated and could not be integrated, there is no optimal solution other than keeping distance, returning is just an answer about responsibility that is too fake. It is difficult to determine the time when we are most responsible in gambling, it is almost a huge story and ups and downs to identify many meaningful things other than gambling, it's pretty obscure, but everyone has that moment of reaching that point of responsibility and grasping it

In most cases that I know of, specifically in my immediate environment. for example, friends, or even work colleagues, most of whom experience the same case. namely, when we experience a loss of a lot of money. Based on my gambling experience, I experienced many losses due to a lack of awareness about gambling itself. the experience I got, when I lost a lot of money in one day at the gambling table. After that, experience taught me many things related to gambling. Understandably, at that time I still didn't have much understanding other than how to win more money from the bets I made. Regardless of the type of game, when we win, dissatisfaction is always the main motive that ultimately results in many losses. especially if we lose, the urge to bet more makes it even more challenging to recover the money we have lost. That's why I was devastated by the gambling I did. In the past, the motive was to gamble to win, now gambling is for entertainment, even though in the end winning is something that cannot be separated from the gambling we do. But if you don't realize it, someone might become even more devastated by their inability to control themselves. the importance of awareness, understanding, then a sense of responsibility is born. responsibility for the gambling we do, and what we gamble for. These things started to regulate what I did with my gambling. Moreover, nowadays it is easier for us with sophisticated technology. without having to leave the house, we can access it. but the danger is, if we don't have rules that we apply. The main point for me, gambling nowadays is nothing more than entertainment and having fun, especially football. responsibility for what we do, and how much I can afford to lose. plus, knowing the limits as best we can. Well, involve all the variables that we apply, nothing but as a reminder so that we have the awareness to control ourselves.

To be honest, I don't think we can really know the real facts about their approach to gambling. Maybe there are those who always say that they are a responsible gambler, but in fact they are aggressive gamblers and usually lie to protect themselves from various things. negative criticism from people, and there are always people who may always be honest with what they say. But yes, as I said, we really can't know for sure what the truth is.

But yes, however, the best advice is to gamble responsibly, because this is the only best approach that can make us a little bit spared from various bad possibilities when we cannot deal with the emotions caused by loss. In the end, it is a fact that the majority of people have to experience adversity or pressure first to In the end you did the right thing, and from your case I don't know whether you lost a significant amount of money or not, but fortunately there was someone, namely your partner, who indirectly helped you before you fell further.

So sad that you have to make sure you gamble everyday. IMO I don't think you have to satisfy that urge everyday because that's what can make you become so much of addicted to gamble. Gamble is a  nice game when played with care but sometimes you don't have to gamble, mostly when it's something that if you don't gamble you can't eat. A gambler who's not gambling responsible needs to realize his mistakes and make amends so that he don't get carried away by it.

Getting money wasn't as easy as it is today so I kind of got the idea at a younger age that it's more valuable than most kids thinks. I believe that's what guided me into thinking more of my decisions when spending them on vices such as drinking and gambling. I wouldn't exactly claim that I'm "responsible" but I can also say that I didn't become an addict because I'm afraid of losing a lot of money.

Gambling is not really a funny game especially if one is an addict but for me I am responsible gambler when I see people go nuts, it's quite funny but I do say to myself, that I can't be like this people and I will avoid getting to this extent so that i won't see myself doing or going nuts like them because some people run mad, while some go bankrupt etc and it's very hurtful and shameful to see people going through all because of gambling. So with all the things my eyes has seen in gambling, I take it upon myself to be responsible gambler.

I was once a gambling addict who almost every day never missed playing slots. I lost a lot of money but I think it is a consequence that I have to accept responsibly. There were times when I blamed myself for my gambling addiction which made me fail to save more money every month, but in the end my gambling intensity decreased as time went by although sometimes I could still entertain myself with some games.

I don't really gamble for money, but money is one of the goals of most gamblers. Responsibly I am aware of what the risks of addiction are and how I can overcome them, but so far my efforts have been successful, at least.

At least with discipline and responsibility you continue what you want,, when you feel there is responsibility then everything you do in that action will be rethought including in gambling because it is clear in this game will lose more so the only one to continue is with pleasure never chase defeat.

I have been a gambler for a long time but always apply this principle if NOT then this will get worse because it does not do good management of our finances, so always determine the bankroll that will be spent on gambling if it exceeds the limit will stop there is no other way.

So being a responsible gambler is something that must be thought of in advance, not when you realize when you have lost a lot.

On the moment or time that you do have that kind of responsible approach on which its not really just that limited to gambling but also in other aspects in life then there would really be no problems ahead on which you could be able to control yourself or simply having that moderation and since you are wary about on the actions you are making then it would be unlikely that you would be putting up yourself on such hard situation. This is something which is really that recommended for it to be done because if you do find yourself having that impulsive or lose of control on these kind of things then you are really that putting up yourself on such great harm and this is something that should really be stopped right away if you dont really like on messing up your life with.
There are really those individuals who cant mind off that well about on whats wrong and whats right which is really that absurd.

What made me realize that I need to be a responsible gambler is when I probably watch those shows and movies about degenerate gamblers that don't have any kind of control over themselves and that they almost always end up losing everything, I knew for a fact that I can't be like them, I can never afford to, that's what's going on in my head when it was my first time gambling too, never forgot that feeling and that I can never afford to do this kind of thing if I succumb to it's allure. It's also my daily reminder whenever I gamble, not to get too deep with what I'm doing or I'm going to lose it.

Most people will realize that they have lost a lot of money or spent it on gambling and lost it. Fear of anxiety about being in a position of not having everything, makes people bounce back to the beginning even though they are not 100%. at least it is an important lesson and takes risks because of your own actions in gambling. Haunted by regrets from the past, he became an addict and lost his ambition to gamble

For me, it just happen when the time I have won a lot for the first time in physical casino and then I end up losing all of it. I realized that if I gamble responsibly I would have had enough money that I won to take home. Instead, I chose to think that i can still win more money, I became greedy looking to satisfy myself with more winnings. Unfortunately, I lost all the money that night.

After that, it made me realize the mistakes I did and keep on thinking what if I decided to go home after winning. What would have happen. Then that is when I start to make myself responsible that everytime I won a decent amount in gambling, I'll start to withdraw all my winnings, no more becoming greedy.

In my case I don't need any body to advice me to be responsible in gambling whether my wife family and friends or relatives. I have always know gambling to be a thing of addiction if not properly handled or properly controlled. It has always been a thing I usually bear in mind and follow such part and it has been working well for me. Naturally I don't gamble alot just once in a while because I have seen several people with many characters when it comes  to gambling, so I totally disassociate myself from anything that will cause me to be addicted.

There are people who were raised in a very disciplined family. That's to say that they are expected to give an account of every penny they spend due to how they have been trained, either because the family is not that financially stable or just because of how they like to manage things.
 
If you happen to come out of such a family, it's very easy to remember what you spend your money on and the amount you risk on each of your bets. 

In recent times, I have developed a strategy that has worked well for me until it didn't and everything just went haywire. It was not until I had cumulative losses that wiped out a large portion of my winnings in the past weeks that I took the cue to take a pause and take a much more responsible and reasonable approach. If I was disciplined and responsible, I wouldn't have taken reckless bets in a bid to recoup some of my losses which resulted in even more losses. A lot of people including myself underrate how much of a big deal it is to be a responsible and disciplined gambler and I had to learn it the hard way.

Lol in mine , I have to empty my wallet (trust wallet) back then , before I realised that are need to be responsible, when it comes to gambling. That even went to the point of stopping gambling for a while , and even now I hardly gamble , I do most time when am free and I don't usually put huge amount money. And anytime I experience any form of losses I just stop than to continue, because of my past experience so don't wanna experience same shit , so I got to be responsible.


Lol yeah , most people such as myself had to learn through experience . Before seeing the beauty of gambling responsibly, though it may not lead to one winning always, but it can help to minimise losses, just as gambling irresponsibly maximise losses . So we have to learn how to be responsible when it comes to gambling.

Not many gamblers can contain their gambling activities because once you are in front of your games, hard to quit especially if you are having losses. Because your instincts says that you need to at least recover such losses. This is nothing new to most gamblers. This is why a lot are digging their grave of debt after debt, up until they can't see the light anymore as they are already too deep with their loaned amount.

I believe, in my case, I came to realization when I lost a lot in a land-based casino. That was years and years back. Because when it comes to my online gambling, I only spend spare money.

I was very excited by my very first experience in gambling when I went out with friends, I was very excited to gamble for the first time, but I had to really warn myself after by telling myself that if I could be that excited the very first time and if I let this excitement into my head, I could end up being an irresponsible gambler. 

I think if you stopped gambling because you did not have money to gamble, it will not stop you from gambling when you suddenly now have money.

A gambler should permanently abstain from gambling if he is addicted to gambling for a long period of time and is likely to face a large loss. Before a gambler goes into depression, he must stop himself from all kinds of worries. From this point of view, I would suggest that gambler to control himself from gambling permanently after being involved in long time gambling and give time to family. Moreover, if a gambler is involved in gambling for a long time, there is no mental attachment to gambling and if there is no attachment to gambling, the gambler is more likely to experience losses rather than profit from gambling. Then if he realizes that it is not reasonable for him to spend time on gambling then he should stop gambling and devote time to family permanently and discuss this matter openly with family members.

Something must make someone become responsible in gambling or at least try to become responsible, but mine is far different from yours. I didn't let the remark of learning by experience affect me, so I have been cautious of the losses in my thoughts, for this, I guarded against it from the beginning till date.

As for the voting on this poll, I voted for the "I am a responsible person" because ever in my life, I am the kind of person who likes to be very careful, abhor what is not good and always move toward what is good. This prevented me from gambling when I was younger and even when I became an adult. I also got to the university before I started gambling and it was at the time that my course was about 85% completed before I started gambling. I can't remember the age again, but I was so mature them and smarter. This has helped further in making me a responsible gambler and I make sure that I take my gambling portfolio very seriously no matter what.

Above all, gambling has been so positive on my path because I focus on the money-making on sports betting, if not, I would only have been gambling for fun and using a very low amount of money for it. With this, there is no way I will lose so much in it not to mention of being irresponsible about it because my intention will never be for the money anymore.

Well I actually did make those money back but not through gambling and stuff. So now I actually have the funds to gamble, but am not taking it the way I once did, like when I newly started gambling on some online casino, I made some nice profit, without knowing was just beginners luck . Which actually got  to my head due to the wins I made at first, then I started gambling irresponsibly inorder to make such profits again, but instead of making those profits I endup with losses. So I have to learn from that experience, to prevent such from happening again.

I am responsible but it pushes me more when I see situations when someone can't be reached with how they're responsive with their addiction or just simple bets that have been made. I have to be responsible not for anyone but for myself.

And with that, I can continue whatever I want to do be it in gambling or any other activities that I want to do alone. Because if I can't be responsible on this matter, I probably can't do the same thing to other things that I do.

So, it's a good measure on how to become responsible so that I won't end up badly and to keep things balance for myself.

Responsibleness doesn't only applicable the gambling but when you applies it in all things you do especially in your daily routine then you would get accustomed to it even though you are gambling at least you would know how to go with it even without becoming addicted to know someone isn't responsible gambler.
One must not go get bad in their gambling exercise before they could know they aren't responsible, even as that when you began to see yourself in an usual ways then that person should know that they literally just going on the wrong way which they need draw back their attention to something more better or to recall how they started before getting to the situation they are currently with this it's very easier for someone to know they are actually going the wrong ways.

Reality check - we often realize that our gambling habits are not right anymore when we already suffer big losses.
In this case, we should have to pause for a while and see things that we are doing, and cut it out. Honestly, being a responsible gambler is not difficult but yes, this usually happens after having some bad experience.

Therefore, I would say that falling into addiction is an option because we can correct it if we want. Unfortunately, some just let it happen and continue doing it wrong.

This line summarize it all. It isn't bad to spice up things a little bit to get a real new feeling about something, its perfectly okay so far you can deal with the damages that comes with it. It shows you're still gambling in moderation and with amounts you can afford to loose, so its still responsible gambling on your end.

You're not alone in this, doing old things repeatedly could sometimes prove very boring at some point, and what is man without adventures?. It doesn't happen in gambling alone, both in our daily activities we see the need to do things differently  in order to taste the other side of the waters, its only pertinent that the activity should be a calculated one so we don't have to regret it at a later time or worse still, it affects other people.

It is true, responsibility is something that is needed in life or in everything we do that is related to decisions, and one of the reasons why a gambler is always advised to have good responsibility is because gambling is an activity that requires a gambler to make decisions regarding the risks they will take, This means that decisions in gambling are always related to risk and because of this why gamblers are always advised to have good responsibility, namely so that they can be responsible for whatever the results of the decisions they have made, and maybe you have often heard about someone who always advises to only bet small amounts, the reason is because it will help us to make it easier in terms of applying responsibility.

On the other hand I think it's difficult to really be aware of whether they're doing the right thing or not, or whether they're being responsible or not, because gambling is very tempting and there are a lot of things that look tempting that can sometimes make a responsible gambler fall into impulsive decisions, and I think for this problem it comes back to how they understand gambling, if they understand that gambling is nothing more than a game of "chance" that involves risk then I believe they will be able to become a responsible gambler without us having to tell them.

Precisely, humans are not an AI which can do the same thing over and over again and not get bored with it, in fact humans have an innate desire for excitement on their lives, but in many cases our lives are so safe that we do not have the chance to feel that excitement during our regular activities, so we need to do what we can to find that excitement by ourselves, and gambling can be a good way to do this as long as we can keep it under control.

What you say is very true, because we are people who when we play there are emotions that come out, that is why it is always the case that every time we play in a casino, we must Always Establish the rule of only spending the money that we are willing to lose, You cannot go Further , because emotions are something that can make us lose, and in this order of ideas, things in casinos always have to be clear about something, if we let ourselves be carried away by emotions it is very likely that we will lose, That is why it is not advisable to follow emotions in a game and with full pockets , Because it may mean that we say goodbye to that money.

For me there is no someone who is into gambling that we say that is a responsible gambler and responsible Gambler is a person who gambled with a strategies and also not or involve a borrowing money into gambling so responsible Gambler so a responsible Gambler is also a person who does not chase it loss in gambling it a gamble based on its own idea

This is exactly what makes gamblers begin to stake responsibly after series of losses but it is also same for gambling addiction because some gamblers when they have lost a lot to gambling they try every means to recover and keeps losing till they become irresponsible and not able to control their gambling life anymore. Normally, even in a business when the business is not experiencing growth the business owner either shut down the business or plan to open a new business so it is in gambling because on a norm no body wants to continue losing money so a situation where you are able to realize when you are going out of the box you should know that is the time to start being more disciplined and responsible. Knowing when to become responsible in gambling is good because it also help you to know you are taking your gambling to a bad direction so it will make you to also restrategize on how to win or to move to other games you can be familiar with, possibly you may prefer the game better than the initial one that causes you too many losses.

Having a strategy in gambling is really necessary, but there are some gamblers who can carry out their strategy well and there are also those who ignore the strategy they already have well, so I think it is important for every gambler not to violate the rules they have made before gambling because if they can't carry out their strategy well of course it will be difficult for them to get good results from the gambling they play, continuing to chase losses in the hope of winning the bet they are making is of course this is not very good because it is very rare for those who have experienced defeat on their bets when chasing losses they have experienced can get back the winnings they want, so it would be better when we have experienced a loss we can stop gambling and try another opportunity and I think this will make us less prone to addiction.

That's right, we should just stick to the plan or strategy that we are doing so that we don't get confused or lose focus because when we try a new strategy, we are not sure if it will be effective to lessen the possible losses. When gambling losses are consecutive, it is better to take a break or put aside the gambling session first and rest your mind, you can also try another game but to avoid losses, it is better to have a break.

I think gamblers who can do all that are those who have had lot of experience and can also start to think well so that they are able to control themselves over every decision they make.
For beginner gamblers or those who are still new to gambling, I doubt they will be able to apply all of these attitudes because they are still obsessed with winning and also the satisfaction of achieving success.
There are many gamblers who always make mistakes and suffer from some serious problems in gambling, most of them are new people who have not been around gambling long enough and have not had many bitter experiences with gambling.

And basically an attitude of responsibility will emerge based on self-awareness regarding the understanding related to the risks and impacts of gambling, if all of this is not there then sense of responsibility will never be able to be implemented.

Indeed, being a responsible gambler is very important for gamblers who do not want to experience big losses and do not want to become gambling addicts, because they must also be aware of what they can do to become responsible gamblers and can manage their expenses well and definitely not excessively. When you want to gamble, it is important to look at other people when gambling and ask other people how they gamble and how they deal with it, but everyone usually has different habits. Even if they are addicts usually an addict never admits that he is an addict so we have to be able to judge for ourselves how that person gambles, even though their addiction does not change that fact.

I myself realized that I had to be responsible when I saw my relatives and friends destroyed due to gambling. They borrowed large amounts of money to gamble and had to lose valuables and seeing that made me think that I shouldn't be like that by limiting my spending in gamble and promise myself not to take out loans to gamble and promise not to do anything that is more detrimental to myself. If I always remember that then I will never go beyond the limit for fear of bad things happening to me.

That's why no one is there to help us control our emotions and ourselves but only ourselves. There's no one gonna save us from the addiction that might develop because of our gambling activities.

That's why we have to be aware at most times if we're still on the path of being far from addiction or we're already walking on its path and it's only a matter of time until we become one.

What's hard is when we continue and then we know that there's not enough money anymore for us to gamble. It is a sign that you need to budget everything.

Every gambler has their own strategy in gambling which helps them to increase the chances of winning, but it is not a problem to try some new strategies if you have them as long as you use a small amount of money in the gambling stage, but I would remind you or anyone here that in gambling do not get too hung up or believe too much in strategies because after all a strategy is nothing more than something that only increases the chances but does not mean that it can guarantee that you will be able to win at the end of the session.

I do not prohibit anyone from gambling using strategies but believe that the main point in gambling is luck which means that only luck can lead you to victory, or it can also be said that if luck does not come then no matter how good the strategy is then there is little chance for you to win. So it's better to keep a balanced approach to gambling where simply put strategy is a great way to increase the chances of winning (if you bet on sports betting) but we also have to recognize that luck will always be the most important aspect of gambling, and with this understanding it will at least be able to minimize the possibility of regret when you lose because you will think that you lost because you were unlucky.

You had to lose a lot of money to understand that you need to play responsibly. I congratulate you, you are one of those few people who learn from their mistakes. There are a lot of people who have lost a lot of money gambling and still continue to spend a lot of money on it and play carelessly.
I often repeat the most important rule of a person who is fond of gambling. DO NOT gamble with money that you cannot afford to lose (naturally, do not borrow, do not take out a loan, do not take money from the family budget, etc.). Then the person can be called a responsible player. just always remember that you need to play with money that you wouldn’t mind losing.

It is important to mention that it is not really needed to lose a lot of money to learn to become a responsible gambler, you can do this by reading the experiences of those which have lost a lot of money and by curbing the expectations you have out of gambling, by accomplishing this, it will be easy for you to always keep in mind that gambling should be just another one of your hobbies and that you should not expect to profit from it, becoming a responsible gambler in the process and in the easiest way possible.

Using another strategy is just like you practicing your kata which means you need to practice it again and again in order to make it perfect and win the when you play. Adjustment is the best thing to do. But using our own strategy or using our old strategy then it will make us comfortable in doing something good. Once our old strategy are still effective then we should stick on it in order to stay focused and have a chance to win cause we are comfortable von what we doing.
Just my opinion but still it will matters on what are our last decision.

Yes and maybe I will ask something here which is whether practicing strategy will guarantee victory? Or does it mean that if your strategy is perfect or has been practiced, that means you will always be able to win every time you make a betting session? I do not think so. We must re-understand that any strategy in gambling only helps increase your chances but does not mean that you will win in every betting session you make.

I don't forbid anyone from using strategy in gambling, but we also have to understand that no matter how good the strategy is, there will always be times for you to lose, because actually the only thing that can ensure victory is luck and nothing more than that, meaning we shouldn't focus too much on it. strategy and also don't put too much faith in the strategy that we have because the worry is that you will most likely feel very disappointed when it turns out that the results at the end of the session are not what you expected even though you have implemented a strategy that you think is good. This means that I think it is better to have a neutral point of view that gambling is a combination of strategy and luck.

Right before I started gambling, I knew the implementation of being an addicted gambler, so I am always very cautious whenever I am gambling. From the day one that I started gambling, I always gambled with just a small amount of money and always have a budget for gambling every month. No matter how I gamble, I didn’t exceed my gambling budget. The time that I cautioned myself that I have to gamble responsibly was before I started gambling.

What I use to control my gambling is my gambling budget. If I immediately use up the money I allocate for gambling for that month, I will never deposit more money in my gambling account for that month. I will have to stop gambling until I enter another month.