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I was talking to a friend who used to be a compulsive gambler and is now a responsible gambler and I asked him what made him decide to be rehabilitated is it because of the money, he said its not.

It was because of the situation that he was in and that a friend asked him to keep his money it was his saving and he was about to buy a new cell and he only needed a week to complete the money and he didn't keep it in the house he might use it so he decided to entrust the money to him because his friend had complete trust on him.

Unfortunately because of his addiction, he was tempted to use the money to gamble thinking that he could double the money and give his friend a share so he could buy a more expensive cellphone, unfortunately, he lost the money and surprisingly his friend showed up and asked for the money the day after he loss the money.

He has no choice but to tell the truth, his friend does not know that he is a gambler so to forgive him for what he did his friend asks him to undergo rehabilitation, he was so embarrassed that he regrets learning about gambling, and thankful that because of his friend he was rehabilitated.

What's a similar case that you're in that made you regret that you learned gambling?

Your contribution is appreciated.

Fortunately, I have never found myself in a situation where I am risking someone else's money or risking money which was supposed to be used for basic things like food or medicine in gambling. So I do not believe to ever have had something as dramatic as the story of your friend. Though, I believe there was someone in my extended maternal family who indeed had problems with gambling and because of it he got in very serious trouble with the rest of the people from that extended family.
That person was (as far as I know) a person with a regular gambling habit and also took part in the consumption of drugs based in cocaine, because of it, it was suspected he started to steal from the family home when nobody was paying attention, even to the point of using his own children to pick up stuff for him to sell and get some quick buck to continue to either gamble or consume drugs.

Your story has a happy ending, which is good, we need more of those happy endings in the gambling ecosystem. In the case of the story I just shared, I believe there was no happy ending for the person involved.

Also, I am curious, does the person you talk about got help from a rehabilitation facility of he managed to get out of gambling by his own and with the support of his family? What kind of mechanisms he used to defeat addiction?

I didn't regret learning how to gamble but I was in the worse situation where I lost a bet on the basketball game and because I hate the prick I didn't pay him. He was looking for me all around the basketball court. When I got home before dinner, he was there talking to my mum so my mum knew I bet and I ran to not pay him lol

She was disappointed and my brothers told me to keep doing this and I'm gonna get in trouble someday. That prick apparently has lots of creepy friends.
Still not rehabilitated and me and my brothers laughing.

I personally saw on how it destroyed my father during his younger years.

My grandfather and father were notorious gamblers. They used to own a farm full of cockfighters and they raised/bred chickens. Inside our farm, they created this miniature ring wherein they can simulate fights between chickens without the blade equipped on the foot of the chickens. They participated tons of tournaments and they were even showcased in our national television.

When my grandfather passed away, we needed some funds so my father sold our farm in the province, though he kept a small portion of the farm in which it was to be designated for chickens for cockfighting. Unfortunately, my father prioritized gambling consistently to the point that he was struggling to put foods in our table daily. What made him turn and recover from this addiction was when my youngest brother was hospitalized due to an auto-immune disease that we badly need funds for.

Due to this incident, my father quitted gambling and he never touched that cockfighting once again. I just hope that people would not experience what I experienced growing up as a kid especially to have a father struggling to meet ends.

That's what is called gambling addiction. A person who had a gambling addiction and now he returned to a regular life means it's a lot. Most of them go through a tough time. I guess a lot of us lost some big amount of money by gambling. I know people who have lost their entire salary in just a couple of minutes and they instantly regret placing max bets. I did the same thing. I remember I received my salary and wanted to gamble $20 and then I lost. I tried to recover it with low odds and placed big bets and I lost it too. I have lost a couple of bets in a row and then i had to suffer for the whole month. If someone is responsible for their family, they cannot lose their entire salary. Or else, they would be in a big trouble.

I got my parents to pay my rent because of my gambling, i was really ashamed of it, but almost got kicked out from my apartment, because bills were late. so i didn't have any other choice but to ask help. I would like to say it was only that that scared me straight, but i needed to mess up few times before i realized that i need to do something about this.

Now i have become over sensetive for any kind of addictive feelings or even small lapses. I still wanted to keep on gambling and only way i could have done that is set my self a new set of rules that i won't ever, in any situation break. Because if i do, i might relapse.

In your case, even if my friend returned the money with interested because of the profits he got from gambling, i would be angry and would most likely not not trust him again. Because i didn't give my consent for the money, and it's not an issue if he wins or loses, it's the matter of trust.

This happened over 10 years ago and it happened in our fiesta and the culprit was the color game, I lost my 2month salary because I kept believing and kept chasing my losses, I ended up taking a loan from our social security service, and my company so I can pay our bills and bring something to our table it took me 5 to a year to pay my loan, while paying my loans I kept blaming myself and regretted that I learn to gamble.
This is one of the considerations why I have to control my gambling activity, we gamblers have something to regret because we are tempted to lose control on how we play.

An irresponsible gambler can never be trusted with funds because nomatter how in control such a chronic gambler would be, he would definitely lost out of control and tempers with the entrusted fund.

The consequences of untruthful (addicted) gamblers is that they are liable with whatever funds that are reachable to them and gambles with it. They would always have the urge to gamble as long there is hope to reach out to funds.
They are basically possesed betting unconditionally without a damn thought of negative outcomes and so as they can't stand stably to maintain reputable entrusting integrity once it has to do with finances.

Not really much similar case because it doesn’t involve someone money but I manage to lose my hard earned salary that was supposed to be for my quarterly insurance payment that is about to due.

This is equivalent to a month of salary which I wasted on gambling. I borrow money to my girlfriend to cover my due bills and promise to become more responsible when it comes to gambling. This experience teach me a lot to never play the money that you will use for important matters especially it’s nearly due.

he cares for what his friend would think and that's enough for him to go to rehab as suggested by that friend.  he is lucky to have a friend who didn't get mad for what he did because not many people will think that way. spending someone else money on gambling is already a clear sign that a person needs help. if it gets worse, robbing someone at gunpoint is not unusual for a gambling addict. i have not been to such a situation thank godness.

I sold my laptop that was damaged to gamble, instead for me to repair it. I sold my home theater to gamble and I lost the money. I used my finally year school fees to gamble but my dad gave me another money for school fee. I gambled with the money my dad kept with me because he trusted me, I lost it and I felt like killing myself, but I was coward to do it. I was addicted for five years since 2014 to 2019.

Rhetorically; betting and losing money that I borrowed. It did not happen to me and will assure that I won't be in such situation but it will only be the only instance I will regret my involvement in this industry. I've been into huge loss before but here i am still, simply because the amount I am using is just a portion of my salary. However, nothing's regretful in gambling. We just tend to be in despair and regrets because we suffered the negative outcome or consequence but will celebrate if it is the other way around. That's just how gambling works; you bet on your luck and check if it will be in favor or in accordance to your will. Best thing to do is to engage an amount you can endure losing so at least if it is a losing bet, you'd still function normally and will not be affected that much.
Indeed a serious condition especially if it did not only happen once, and must be checked by professional if that's the case. It just showed that he would risk anything given that it is not his property in the first place, so what more if he owns it? Self discipline has a simple concept but it is something crucial. The thing which makes it complicated is the involvement of money which generates enough drive for an individual to increase his risk tolerance and to gambling continuously without thinking of the worse possible outcome.

He could not decline his friend's request so he got into rehabilitation through his family's help and expenses, his addiction was so bad that whenever he got hold of the money he was tempted to use it to bet because the guy claimed that he won a lot of times so every money he could hold is his ticket for another round of winning and not only because of the money, it's more on the joy of being alive whenever he plays, so he decides to rehabilitated to save himself on many humiliation that could come if he cannot overcome his addiction.

Sometimes a person needs to be taught a lesson so that he understands that he must change for his own good. Because if he doesn't change for himself, who else can change him, he cannot expect that other people will be able to change him if not himself. Luckily he has a good friend who can understand what his friend is doing, because if it were me I probably wouldn't care about his addiction and would put him in prison for taking my money.

In fact, it was not a personal experience, but rather I was a witness to an incident that made me review my assessment of gambling and become aware of its dangers without falling prey to addiction myself. The incident was that one of my relatives became pathologically addicted to gambling, and his behavior became strange, with the characteristics of a person we did not know beforehand.

The problem began after he lost all his savings, and after that he lost his only source of income because he was staying up all night gambling and could not wake up in the morning, which forced his landlord to abandon his services and replace him with another worker. Then his crisis worsened and he expelled his wife and children from the house and began selling the house’s furniture and appliances.
His wife was then forced to file for divorce due to harm, and he found himself literally alone with no one able to help him. Of course, he stole other people's property to sell them, then the authorities caught him and he went to prison on charges of committing thefts.

I mean, a person's life changed 180 degrees just because he fell prey to addiction. This example made me set limits on gambling and not become a slave to it as if it were a habit.

Man, that is truly heartbreaking. I am glad you somehow managed to defeat those demons which were ruining your life, I do not wish such situation to anyone out there... Would you care to further elaborate how you managed to defeat gambling addiction when you were in your lowest point? In the case you do not want to openly talk about it, then I understand it. Though, if you are willing to briefly discuss it through private message, I would like to read about it.

I am just curious how people in real life have managed to defeat problem gambling, I could give better advice about it in the future, when I encounter someone in my family of friend circle who is struggling with problem gambling; even though each case is very different from each other.

I hope in the end your family understood you had a problem, and forgave you.
You did well recovering.

So far, i didn't know someone who has worst situation in gambling here in my area, i only heard such things on adults^{(someone they knew)}, online, news, and in this forum.

This, even such person was rehabilitated, i guess you will have trust issue to lend some funds to this person again, in a way that maybe this person will get addictive again,

It sounds like that the "addicted" friend is not yet worst in terms being addict, because if someone has compulsive gambling disorder heard such suggestion, it will probably get insulted and will do things you can't imagine.

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(Off-topic) What's the best thing to get in insurance? Coz i know there's an insurance with one payment that has a year cover (which i currently have), and a quarterly payment. Both have almost the same benefits, annual payment is sure cheaper than the quarterly.

I just saw your story. Sadly, some parents remember their family when their children get into trouble. But I respect your father; in any case, he was able to stop, although many argue that it is very difficult to free yourself from gambling.
If we talk about personal things, my brother, because of his love for games, was excluded from the football team, although he had very great prospects. Now, as an adult, he regrets his mistakes because what he could have achieved in football, playing it professionally, is difficult to compare with the fact that people rarely win in games.

That's is very bad mate but I am admire you that  within 5 years you actually leave the addiction right now but how will you do that? Actually a friend of mine have the same situation he is very addicted ok gambling even borrowing some money to his friends in order to gamble.  but when he saw a beautiful girl in his life then all of a sudden his addiction set aside and then now totally leave the gambling world.  Everyone of us had weakness so to defeat that weakness we must be strong and if we can't do it alone then we need some partner or any person that can help us to defeat it like in gambling.

I feel for you having problems with gambling.  It seems like you've had some tough times.  But maybe you were too young to get started gambling? You said your dad gave money for school, so I'm guessing you were under 18.   

Anyway, no judgment here.  Addiction sucks no matter how it starts and  the important thing is getting back on the right path.  Have you looked into support groups or counseling? That helped some folks I know.  Wishing you the best in getting free of this.

Not a personal experience, but an experience from someone close who I know, He almost ended in jail because he used the money his boss gave to him to gamble and ended up not being able to purchase an important material for work. He was too embarrassed to tell his boss and ended up going into hiding not taking or answering phone calls from the boss. When he was caught, and I later confronted him on why he took such actions, he blamed and cursed the day he learnt to gamble because he understood that because of his gambling addiction, his relationship with his boss has been destroyed.

Gambling has taught me how to keep myself calm in the face of loss and how to be patient and deal with situations. Moreover, gambling is a good way to spend free time in a lonely life where one can have a bad time even without a companion. Moreover, through gambling, we want to assume a positive thing, such as if we face a loss in a business, we get an important comfort or education from gambling to be patient and continue the business by recovering the loss from the business without being disappointed.

Honestly, I have experienced a situation like this when I could still be said to be quite new to the world of gambling and didn't really understand what gambling actually was, especially about the chances of winning and possible risks. At that time I worked at a goods delivery place and I had the task of being someone who was responsible for delivering goods to consumers. Every day I sent ordered goods to the people who ordered them and in short there were several people who paid by making transfers via account because they do not have fiat money. Long story short, some money went into my personal account which was basically company money that I received from people who ordered goods, after that one of my friends bragged about the big win he got from gambling on a type of slot machine and in the end I was really tempted and gambled with that money with the same belief expressed by the OP that I could win from a large multiplier.

But in the end, maybe you already know what happened to me, all the company's money disappeared in an instant and that really made me unable to say anything and just contemplating in the corner. This is one of the incidents that traumatized me in my gambling involvement which also ultimately made me not dare to use other people's money to gamble just based on beliefs that may not necessarily be in accordance with reality, however this is a good lesson and I hope we can be more careful - Be careful in every decision you make.

I’ve heard and seen people around me use money that was meant for something else to gamble but never in my life have I gambled with money that’s meant for something else or money someone gave me to keep for them.

The only thing I did which was a bit risky was when I deposited my last money into my gambling account (at the time i made the deposit the money was not in my budget to do anything) I gave everything into an accumulated 3 odds football bets and I lost it in a single go. That is the only time I have regretted depositing money into my account cos as soon as it was gone I started realizing that I could have used that money for something else but during the time I was making the deposit nothing came to my mind.

I actually don’t pray that anyone experience such things or even get to the point where they’ll have start looking for means to generate funds for gambling. This has led to so many people making decisions that almost ruined their lives.

Your Dad really did help you alot, Thank God you are out of it now.

I'm thankful that I have never been addicted to gambling and will never be. I started gambling 2022 and then stopped that same year because around September 2022, I literally use the last money my account for betting and I lost it and then literally became broke throughout the whole month to the point of not having money for Internet subscription and the fact was that I couldn't tell anyone about it. Though in 2023 I came back, through influence of some peers but this time I don't put high hopes on gambling and now stick with this motto: small stake with high odds while I also not betting often

I don't think there is any situation that has ever made me regret gambling, the reason is because i have always been a reponsible gambler, you only regret in things like this when you are irresponsible in gambling. However, i have heard stories of crazy gambling addictions and and i have also had friends who suffered from it, and i can tell you that it isn't easy to get free from it, sometimes even needing psychological help.

A compulsive gambler took the rehabilitation just because the friend found he is gambling and lost the money, sounds too good to beleive. :)

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People generally change their track if they met with life-altering event like they used the money needed for the medical expenses so they led their loved one to suffer just to satisfy a temporary uge is the basic core which I witnessed why most people get rid of their addiction but once they are became completely out of their addiction, their decision will be never ever do that in their life again.

Good thing for you if you do end up on having a friend on which they could really be that easily forgive you on what you have done. Yes, money isnt everything but for most people if once this thing
is really that being compromised or being the main issue then even how close friend you are, you would really be able to have that kind of arguments or having those long winding discussions on what happened
and you would really be that obliged on paying up on what you had damaged or you've spent but it would really be that depending on what type of friend you do have.lol

Going back into the situation about spending up the money which isnt yours, then it is really that basically showing that you are really that totally that get addicted with gambling.
You are someone whose really that being that able not to control that urge which is a solid indication of addiction and this is why it would be always best that you should really
know on how to control that kind of urge because you cant really be so sure that everyone could understand you most of the time.

Well, that story, if at all it was not made up, that is, if it really happened, then, I can only imagine how embarrassing that must have been for the guy who spent his friends money on gambling.
The story looks very similar to that which I shared here some time ago, of a soon to be couple who were preparing for their wedding, the wife to be saving money with the husband to be, and the money was supposed to cater for the wedding expenses, but unfortunately, the husband to be ended up gambling the whole over five thousand dollars away, his reason was that, he thought he could double the money so that the burden of the wedding expenses could be lesser on the wife to be.

Many people have made grievous mistakes when it comes to gambling, unfortunate enough, I myself have only made such mistake ones in my life, and mine isn't as bad and embarrassing since it's my money I actually gambled with, but I played with an amount which obviously I could not afford losing, but I lost it, and the shock landed me in the hospital, that period, I regretted for sure, what brought me into gambling.

But just as it is commonly said that "as time passes, healing happens", I completely gotten over that loss, and I've always been careful not to make same mistake ever again.

If you only regret it then there will be no change at all in your life. A person regrets having suffered a huge loss, a loss he cannot afford to lose. However, the next day he returned to gambling with even more money than before, with the aim of avenging the losses he had suffered previously, as a result of which he did not achieve a big win and he lost again.

Feeling regret alone is not enough and we cannot repeat what has happened to our gambling, including replacing losses that we have experienced in gambling. So let bygones be bygones, henceforth and in the future we have to improve everything, gamble responsibly and with full control, so that at least even if we are not able to achieve a big enough win, we are able to minimize the losses that occur.

Totally embarrassing or shameful on which you did spend out his money without his permission. For sure your friend cant trust you up anymore on leaving up some funds because they have seen on what you have done.

He/She cant trust you up anymore with those funds, he/she might be having that not much reaction on what happened but deep inside he had really changed up that views towards your or impression basing up on what you have done. Using up someones money just to feed up your addiction is never been that a good image. No matter how close you are with your friend but those things changed right now.
Just like been said above that you are lucky if ever your friend didnt changed up those views and have that concern on what condition you are right now.

We cant really be able to judged up people so easily on what are the reactions that they would be making but most likely people would really be
having that kind of the same reaction once they do know on what you have done.

Personally, it has never happened to me, neither involving people I know. I just have heared about stories of other people who I didn't meet personally, but that had end very tragically, due to them not repaying the money they borrowed from loan sharks. That is why we don't recommend anyone borrowing money to gamble, because the outcomes can be devastating for gamblers, making them unable to repay the debt later. The sole decision of holding money which isn't yours is already risky enough and should be disconsidered if you are suffering from compulsive tendencies.

Unfortunatelly in the story you shared, the friend didn't know his fellow was a gambler, therefore he trusted money to him. If it were me, I don't know if I would forgive the gambler fellow, because he should have warned he wasn't comfortable to hold the funds, due to his gambling addiction. Someone who knows to be an addicted has a moral obligation of warning others about their addiction, when they identify they can harm those people somehow.

Being a gambling addict can effect your life totally and ruin many good things you use to have suvh as relationships with your friends or relatives, it may also effect your personality and treatment with people just as a drug addict so when you have a winning day, your treatment will be good with people and the opposite when you lose.
I have many bad situations and I learned a lot from gambling addiction, with experience I discovered one good thing which changed the way of gambling for me and when should I gamble, it’s very easy to enjoy gambling even when you lose in situations where the money you are using is not important and is just that amount of money you keep for fun, for instance chosing between going to a trip and spending on food or other expenses or just staying at home with your cup of coffee, computer and have a good session in slots or Live casino.

Even though, I had some situations where I thought that gambling is bad and it is the main problem not me, my first days in online casinos where profitable until one day when I had my first big loss, the money I should keep for university expenses I used it in BlackJack and lost it all due to chasing losses, with time I have learned that you only regret the important money you lose while you wouldn’t care losing that extra money considerd or reserved for fun, but the opposite when you win big from that money it’s more enjoyable.

I have not had any case where I used funds entrusted to me for gambling. I have never gambled with loans, credits or used funds, not mine to gamble. But I have had an incident where I regretted my gambling activities. There was a day when I got my weekly wage and a friend told me that a man informed him that he got some numbers from an insider. He convinced me that these games were sure they would bring a big win. I used the entire week's wage to stake in the game. I had already calculated what I would do with the wins but when the results came out, I lost the game. The consequence was that I had to suffer throughout the week to survive. I was depending on my co-workers to feed and they were mocking me that I used my funds for gambling. This was how I learned my lessons to gamble responsibly and to bet only what I can afford to lose.        

Something that I have learned about addictions is general is that the person may live in self-denial all they want but you know that moment when you all alone and you have this conversation in your head with yourself about how you could quickly gamble with your savings, tuition fee, house rent, vacation money or anything other with the mindset of multiplying it, that is the very moment you should know that your addicted to gambling and it shouldn't be ignored.


I am reading so many comments here with my mouth opened. I can say that gambling addicting should not be trivialized or looked down neither should be person which is addicted be mocked for speaking up or seeking help. If you have a friend and you notice the slightest symptom of addiction, help that person. Do not wait until they have done something stupid as a result of the addiction before you help them.

And to those who are reading this and are still struggling with gambling addiction or any other addiction, my advice to you is that do not lose hope and faith. If others can overcome it, then you too can.

I have a close friend that spends around 20/30% of his salary despite he needs that money maybe for an holiday or just some health issue. Of course he is not earning one euro from this activity.
I don't like that he is wasting so much money on this activity but it seems kind impossible he can change his aptitude... "I will get a xxxx euro win" .... I think this is just a mental justification likewise "I continue to bet because I like it...and I can't stop it"
Gambling led people to lie. Not only to other people but also to ourselves.

Fortunately, I didn’t regret anything that much because I’m a responsible gambler the moment I start my gambling journey, though sometimes I play with too much emotions and that result into losses but I didn’t regret it. Gambling is too risky, if you are going to spend the money that is not yours that could be your riskiest decision especially if you don’t have the capacity to repay it instantly.

Neither you have used it on gambling or other means, using up someones money is never been that good or simply its considered stealing i should say on which making use of something
which you arent that permitted on doing so would always be that not a good thing to be done. Just like you on which i dont have any regrets on knowing gambling yet
im really that doing gambling for leisure and entertainment. The money spent is the only amount on which i can afford to lose or simply the amount that had been allocated.

The only wrong things on why people do end up miserable is that they do really let or make themselves that being excessive on the things that they are dealing on with.
Regrets do always come at the end and this is why you should really be that mindful on the actions that you are making and not really just that
simply letting it slip right aware on the moment that you do make out such act. There's always an accompanied consequences on every act to be made on.

I have never felt regretful just because I got to know the world of gambling and studied it and played there. I regret not because of the gambling that I did, but I regret the bad behavior that I did when gambling and that happened repeatedly, making me a person who was quite careless in making decisions when placing bets that only resulted in losses. . And starting from these problems and the feelings of regret that I experienced, I was determined to become a better gambler, but not in the sense of a gambler who was able to win every time he placed a bet. But a gambler who is wiser in terms of self-control and good finances. And by gambling wisely and controlling my finances consistently well, this has proven to be able to help me overcome the losses I experience in the gambling I do. Which is not only able to enable me to manage risk well, but by doing this my gambling becomes even better, where this gambling activity does not interfere with other activities.

Really you have found a good side in the gambling that you play and I think you have been able to gamble well and also really enjoy every game you play, if you can gamble like that, of course you are very good at managing your emotions when gambling and also You will not experience addiction from the gambling you play.

In my opinion, it is very rare for people to enjoy gambling as you say, because mostly I see everyone who gambles greedily so that they experience a lot of losses from the gambling they play and will have financial difficulties and what is worse is that they are more concerned with the money they have. they have on gambling rather than using it for the needs they need.

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not many people can handle themselves in front of their games. usually, they will follow their own desires and so they most certainly spend money beyond their budget. but if you can handle yourself, and still know your limits then, that's good for you, right? you don't have to worry about the possible repercussions because you are staying within your means. and if you keep on such track, you will indeed enjoy the fun side of gambling. and that you will appreciate its existence because you can see the good side of it in terms of entertainment.


it is his life and his money, so he can do what he wants to do. but the consequences of course, it is him that can suffer. so let him be. he will learn his lessons in his own time. denial is common among gamblers. but we all know the truth deep inside. if you fail to address such imminent problem, you will be at a terrible situation not only for you but most probably for your immediate family.

When I gamble all my income at a goal thinking that the game is a sure game for me, but with in some seconds everything changed and the bet lost, Which result in me losing a huge amount of money, at that point, I regret ever getting moved in gambling in the first place.

By that time I now recall the warning that is always given for gambling here in the forum which always state that we should be careful about gambling since it can ruined one life or mess you up real bad, this made us obvious to note that you will record alot of such situations and at some point you end up in regretting your actions.

Personally, I haven't experience having worst situation when it comes to gambling but I just want to share the experience of one of my closest person. One of the things I remember is the time when all the money he saved was used up as well as the money for his business because his friends asked him to go to a casino. He admitted to his family that he knows how to gamble but he never thought that he would become addicted to it and lose his hard earned money in just one snap.
He came to the point where he almost committed suicide due to depression and he didn't know where to get money because he had used up all of it in gambling. His debt also increased so he decided to apply for a job in another country. That was his escape. that served as his rehabilitation and until now he has really stopped gambling. His life has improved and he has recovered from the bad situation he experienced. He regretted gambling but he was also thankful because if he hadn't experienced that, he might not have learned from his mistakes.

I have not really been in any situation like that where I regret learning how to gamble. I have seen people regretting and casting blame for knowing how to gamble. I have heard stories like that and have read about situations like that, but I have not been in such a state and will not be in such a state.

A friend (gambler) made a statement one day, and he said, "If you have not been addicted to gambling or you have not actually gambled off what you are not supposed to lose, then you are not a real gambler." To me, that kind of mentality about gambling is unwise because real a gambler is not even supposed to allow himself gamble with money that was not meant to be used for gambling. If someone practices a compulsive gambling lifestyle, that's when they can be in the kind of situation you described.

One guy that I know is a shoe dealer and has a big shop, but sincerely speaking, his shop has shot down. He was a compulsive gambler, and he was gradually using his business money to gamble, and every good in his shop was just depreciating until there were only a few shoes remaining and he didn't have any money to order more. His life is just reckless, and he is there, sitting at home all day long or being invited by his friends to go and drink.

I've never been in that situation. But I have several close friends who experienced something similar to what your friend experienced. In my opinion, the frustration he experienced was quite severe because he used money from several of his friends to gamble without their permission. In the end, this case had to be handled by the local police. They reported him on charges of theft. This is very frustrating for the perpetrator because he did not expect that it would end like this. Moreover, the person who reported it was his own friend. From this incident, everyone can finally learn that gambling addiction is indeed very dangerous for social life when we don't have other positive things to do as an outlet.

I think that we are people who need to learn many things and that we need to live many experiences , therefore we are people who always try to do things and try to be careful to learn, if we do our things and due to bad luck we have lost a lot of money , no It is correct to say or say that having visited the casino because the casino is Just a place of entertainment, where we have all gone at some time and had fun, it is not correct to say that it is the worst thing that has happened to us, in this order of days. We must see the things in the good sense of all this, first, they are experiences that help us grow, if we are in a casino we must know what we are Getting into , it is obvious that the casino will always have the house advantage and they will everything to win, we also have to be clear that the casinos will always be the largest gaming sites in the World.

If we regret losing in the casino, that's fine , I accept it, maybe , when we lose Money it's a difficult thing, in fact, who likes losing money ? I think that Nobody , once the prize will always be ours, we are the ones who make the decisions, if we are in a casino and we start betting in an unstructured, disorderly way without respecting our money it will go away , it is something obvious, it is something that we cannot Avoid , but it is always our fault, because at no time does the casino tell us that we must bet this or that, or that the casino forces us to bet, no, we are the only ones who decide to bet, like bet, When to do it, how much money we should do it and we ourselves know and decide how we are going to play, no one forces us, it is up to us to look for excuses for a loss of bets or something, even so it is not the right thing to do, it is the least thing to do , Blaming the caisno, blaming someone else is not the right thing to do, the fault is entirely ours.

Like I always said I am not a chronic gambler and have not been in such situations, but I have a story related to this where a guy was given money for his school fees for the semester and he didn't comply with it and later he used the money to invest in gambling and he lost the money and he was so ashamed of going back to his dad to request for another one so his dad decided that he should sort himself out and that made him had issues with his academic session that year.

Betting all your income is decision that is too brave and of course this is not recommended to be done, we have reminded and given advice to each other that you must bet according to you abilities so that you can accept whatever outcome will happen.
You have to understand that in gambling nothing is certain and everything can change in an instant in just very short time, from here you must always be careful and not make the same mistakes or carelessness.
Everything has happened and regretting it will not be able to return your money so what you need to do is forget about regrets and learn from mistakes like this so that in the future it never happens again.
Remember, you must be able to have limits on betting and must be able to accept whatever will happen from the bet.

Hahaha, that normal, you lose control and make carelessness because of the opportunity and belief that what you are betting on will win.
Similar things often happen and are experienced by most gamblers, so what you have to keep thinking about is maintaining financial stability and also maintaining limits so that you can keep them under control.
Sometimes advice is also often forgotten when faced with very interesting opportunity.

Many heads of families in my household say this, Be careful and stay away from gambling, because gambling can damage your mind and create negative behavior. There are several people in my environment who act negatively such as stealing, robbing to get money which they use for gambling and drinking alcohol, drugs and hiring prostitutes. This negative effect often occurs when it comes to the lower classes or the poor, because addiction and the idea that gambling can increase their money encourages them to do anything to get money and then gamble. Maybe it would be different if this happened to someone who had a lot of money and control over themselves.

Every game has its good and bad, unfortunately there is still little control over this so that bad things don't happen and we often concede, that's because gambling is a personal decision whether you want to get involved or not. And all the negative effects also depend on who decides it.

Gambling addiction is something a lot of people fall into unknowingly to them. Most of the time , they fail to notice Their mistakes and addiction until when it has gotten to the point where so much damage has already been done. As the head of a family gambling is what a majority of responsible bread winners stay clear from because of its effects on the family indirectly.

Most of the time, when parents drift into gambling addiction the kids also end up with a similar fate of addiction or even worse. Sometimes parents cut off gambling in bad situations. Some parents who can't help but gamble try to hide it from their family but unfortunately when the family finds out, it may break them emotionaly.

Indeed gambling addiction is a serious sickness, a problem that will be difficult to control. Even your friends will surely backstab you if you try to fool them and run with the money.
I have had this one experience before where a gambler is giving prizes to those who can answer his trivia after he won a big multi once. But because he is too lazy or maybe doesn't have the time to do the trivias, he passed it to another gambler to do the job. He will pay him, that's their contract and all of it was written in the chatbox so we are all witnesses of their contract.
Now that "should be" trusted member who will do the trivia did it. But the contract was 10 rounds of of $5 each win and yet all he did was one round and run with the rest of the money.
Gamblers will be gamblers, some of them are untrustworthy because they want to gamble more. And I don't doubt that he spent all that money trying to double it. We all tried to contact him, he is definitely online but won't answer anyone. We tried to be optimistic at first that he was just away from his keyboard but 2 days came and no answer.
IMO, I won't trust another gambler with my money, I think that's the best lesson behind that.

Interesting story, there is wisdom and meaning that we can learn from what you wrote from this post. Very lucky, the gambler dared to say what really happened. his reaction was unexpected, his friend asked him to undergo rehabilitation. and as you said, the gambler did what he should have done for his mistake. So, this is the implied meaning of what you said in this thread. besides involving money, trust and friendship.

Well, now we focus on the title of this thread and your question. If I have to remember, there were many situations where I made many mistakes, especially those related to gambling. but believe it or not, I don't regret having learned about gambling so far or as you said makes me regret having learned about gambling. Before I talk in essence, we can first trace the roots of how we got involved and learned about gambling. environmental factors are one of the strong parts that make us gamblers. apart from that, DNA and genes also contribute to making us gamblers.

Well, the opposite question is, what should we regret about the situation that has occurred, as in the case you described. After all, what we or someone does is purely a wrong action and is a mistake. just apologizing is not enough, but what needs to be done is to act and fix it. If someone is aware of this, he will learn a very important lesson in his life, especially when it comes to gambling. there is a lot that can be learned and understood from this case, that actions like this not only harm yourself but also harm those closest to you. at this stage, even though someone is suspected of being addicted, they do not always have to be rehabilitated if they have and gain full awareness of the incident that occurred. learning to be responsible is the main point, which will ultimately form self-control and broader awareness. well, if I had to answer your question. I have nothing to regret about getting to know gambling, because a mistake made me learn a lot about being more responsible.

I learnt something good from my father, he always told us about how someone else money never worked for him, either in business or in running something, the end result will be bad for him, and while growing up I came to understand that I have the same thing in me.

If I use money that belongs to someone else to invest or do business or runs other thing it always end badly, so someone like me always stay away from borrowing money from anyone or the bank, not even the loan sharks, imagine using such money to gamble? I will definitely lose it all.

I have never found myself in such situation before, I don't even like having someone's money on me, I don't keep such money to avoid spending it and I don't borrow either.

This is more reason why you should only gamble with what you can afford to loss. Gambling sometimes can be overwhelming and if one isn't able to control his habit, it suddenly leads to some irresponsible acts. A gambler that is already addicted will do what so ever to make sure that he is able to to fund his gambling for that period of time he doesn't own a penny. From your story, he should be happy to have a friend who took his reckless act slightly. Some persons wouldn't mind friendship and ask for a refund or report to the authorities. The only thing that might make me want to regret my gambling activities is when I make losses in hopes of winning more. But the urge keeps pushing that you will have a chance. As long as you are able to control this urge, you will have less problems to worry about.

I'm still lucky I didn't use my friend's money to gamble. That would be very embarrassing because I had violated his trust in me. He was very lucky because his friend forgave him and asked him to undergo rehabilitation. That is what a friend who cares about another friend's problems should do. This reflects that he sincerely wants to accept his friend's apology and asks him to undergo rehabilitation so he won't get into trouble again. He was very embarrassed by the incident, which made him want to undergo rehabilitation. Maybe it made him realize he might get into an even worse situation if his friend didn't want to forgive him. It's hard to find a friend who cares about his friend's problems and even helps him to heal from his gambling addiction problem.

In the gambling journey everyone has faces worst situation because. At the starting emotion work. You can't countrol it as a beginner. That's the reason when you are making profit in some time you play all winning in one bet for profit. Or one thing happened when you are continuously making losses then you are not stopping you continuously bet and end of time your capital is zero.

selling valuables such as gold, motorbikes and even family vehicles that I once sold when I experienced dark gambling in my past which made me realize that I had become a bad gambler and think about how to heal myself from all of this.
but I am grateful that from the bad things that I experienced, there is a woman who is now my wife, she is a helper and is like an angel destined by God to help me get out of the dark zone and I am very grateful, even though I have lived through a very bad past, there is someone who is very well lead me towards a better path.

if I remember the past, maybe I will really regret it, but after everything gets better, I can return everything I lost in the past and like the story you said, this is almost similar to what I experienced, getting benefits even though I had experienced very bad gambling.

I'v not been Ina situations that called for so much regrets coming from my gambling habit because I try to make sure I don't allow it get to the point nof addiction such that I will not be disciplined enough to not touch funds kept for a project and hope to double it by using it to gamble so basically I just restrict my gambling to my monthly budget.

There have been a time I was in a little mess resulting from gambling but it was such that I have to put up so much regrets ever knowing how to gamble because a few times I've also benefited so well from my gambling profits except for a few losses which is common amongst gamblers, there was a time I had a spare cash and of course that's what I use to gamble, I don't use my funds for something else to gamble, so I placed a bet with the spare cash and it wasn't long a need came up and I taught of it that I would have met that need immediately only if I had not used my spare cash to gamble.

How do you blindly trust your money to a friend, but don't know that he is a gambler? It feels a bit like he didn't know his friend well enough and should have never given his to him. In my opinion friendship and money is not a good mix and I would just avoid such a situation in the first place. Better to just keep our own money and make the purchases we want to do. When it comes to gambling and lending money I only give 50 euros to a friend as a one time loan. This is mostly for him to enjoy a night together at a casino and let him at least play a few rounds. More money than that seems unnecessary and will only lead to problems when trying to get money back the next day. 50 euros never hurt and everybody has it his wallet, so when I see my friend the next time there is no excuse to pay me back. This also goes the other way round, after going broke I will only ask for 50 bucks. That's totally enough for a rebuy and leaves enough rounds to play with the minimum buyin.

Well to be honest I don’t disclose me of gambler to my friend or even to my family because the culture in my country is harsh in regards with gambling. You will receive too many criticism that even makes you feel like a trash so we have no choice than to make it a secret instead of disclosing it now that gambling can be do online.

It’s not necessary for a friend to know everything because there are things that needs to be kept privately or else your life will be an open book to anyone. I will understand how easy to trust a friend especially if you are with them for a long time.

The friend in the story has humane conscience, else , for some, the gambler would have been well detained instead of paying with rehabilitation.
I have only seen similar cases but have never had a personal experience because I hardly play with people's money let alone agree to hold it, because if I don't use it to buy something I like, some form of issues might turn up from the friend like collecting smaller amounts without knowing and claiming that more is still with me. Money has led to the end of many friendships and I try to be careful about it.

The closest I regret is not having the knowledge of how to play lotto bet, because when we hear a winning number we got to play according to the strategy we know and on more than one occasion I have had to listen to people win or not win and lament about unlucky they had been.

Just like many gamblers, I've actually had moments in gambling that I totally regret about getting the knowledge in gambling and I'm going to share my little experience now.

Some years back, there was a time I was very broke and don't even know where my next meal is coming from but fortunately for me in one of the evenings, I was called by someone who was indebted to me. He said I should come take my money which I went and took all of the money he was owing me. On my way home I decided to enter inside a gambling hall and and gamble in other to double the money and to my greatest shock I lost all the money that I could feed from for over three months in a space of 30 mins. Till date, it's been my worst moment in gambling and that particular day I wished I never knew about gambling

I think I also had my own ugly experience that made me to stop gambling entirely, though at that time I really don't know if I was actually a gambling addict but I gambles a lot.
During that time I was working, and I was earning like 60000 box monthly. It all started with 5000 box on a single bet, since I usually select few games in the sport betting I gambles on. I gradually grow into betting from 5000 box to 20000 box till their was a time my salary was paid early, so I saw like 2 football matches I was sure both home teams can win, since I was having my full salary with me, so I stake all my salary which was 60000 box, I was convinced that I could double up my money, but it was not meant to be so, the game failed, I nearly got heart attack from that encounter. I confirm my loosing a few minutes past four in the evening, but that ugly experience that almost gave me high blood pressure, made me  to go home and sleep, which I slept from past four till the next day, after that experience, I vow never to do anything with gambling again.

That's good and I hope that you can maintain your good approach in gambling, never allow yourself to try to do some things that are beyond your ability in gambling such as putting a large amount of budget and don't care even if your intention is just to experiment, you should really stay on a good approach with a record of not going out of your ability and maintaining it. On the other hand for the person you told, it seems that he has become one of the gamblers who is quite addicted because it can be seen from his actions in allocating money that is actually very important for other needs but he is very brave to use it in gambling, here we can conclude that his curiosity is so high that he dares to use money for school needs just for something that basically there is no certainty and any guarantee for victory, and also on the other hand I hope he really feels traumatized by the incident himself and also hopefully his father gives him a hard direction so that he realizes and can start to get out slowly from his bad habits.

Well I think  his case is one of the many cases of addiction at its early stages and it's good that he was willing to give up the habit because not everyone would do what he did and by that I mean giving up his gambling habits because some addicted person I have come in contact with will just feel regret for that particular time and then before you would process the whole thing they are back at it again.

No one should ever find their self in such situation because the after effects of addiction is too bad and you can't possibly live like a normal human beings again despite the fact you would be trying to stop the habit, little things can just trigger your gambling habit back although their might be limitation but I know we can't say the same for everyone.

Mine was taking a loan from a shark loan and not paying promptly, out of desperation because my salary was delayed and I was very itching to play in a dice game in our fiesta, I took a $100 loan from a shark loan with 20% interest every month, but I always delay in paying because I always prefer to gamble the money that is meant for paying the loan thinking that I could win and pay all my delayed and the interest, unfortunately winning is so illusive that I have not paid the amount that it ballooned to $250.
It's good that my brother helped me out I was so embarrassed and so ashamed that I regret learning gambling, this is why I never take a loan to gamble and I'll also advise every gambler not to, it's the worst experience.

I have never been in a compelling situation where I have to over used what is kept under my custody to gamble in fact I have never had that thought and thinking to start using money kept under my power and my watch to gamble let say since most times we do have our savings carved out for the week/month and is under my custody for that would go touched it for gambling is that normal?
No, because this has turned someone becoming a chronic gambler and has been thinking of increasing his income through gambling that was what made him go temper with his friends money and he has no fear and respect for human, this has automatically ruined his friendship.

Learning anything has nothing to do with using it in a wrong way so I'd not say that I regret learning gambling but there were times where I was in a nervous breakdown when I lost 5 digit sum in gambling due to rage betting.
In a certain day, I was gambling causally and lost everything I had on a site, I moved to next, loss again. Started going all in on all sites I had balance, total loss. Took out the bankroll investment, lost it all, Emptied my crypto wallet, lost them all, deposited my bank savings on an exchange to get coins and gambled it all.
The experience of loosing it all was devastating, I could do anything, felt like it was all a dream, tried sleeping and waking up to see if its not real. I had a nervous breakdown, anxiety for weeks. I could have died of the depression if there were not this one person who knew what I was going with and forced me to tell what was bothering me. And when I was forced to talk about it, the person helped me to get back to reality. Those were really dark days.

It's incredibly brave and valuable to openly discuss past mistakes, especially when they involve sensitive topics like gambling and financial hardship. Your experience serves as a powerful reminder of the dangers of gambling, particularly with borrowed money or under the influence of peer pressure.

It's easy to get caught up in the allure of potential winnings, especially when presented with the illusion of easy success through "large multipliers." The thrill of the chase and the seductive promises of quick gains can cloud our judgment, leading to impulsive decisions that have far-reaching consequences.

However, your story also speaks to the importance of learning from experience and using setbacks as opportunities for growth. You've clearly learned a valuable lesson about the risks of gambling with borrowed funds and the dangers of basing decisions on fleeting beliefs rather than careful reasoning.

The worst experience in gambling was spending my entire salary and planning to double the money, as usual I only played as much as I could, but I thought about using my entire salary to gamble, and I suffered a lot within a month looking for loans from friends and relatives to get it. there is money to buy food every day and it is very embarrassing for me, I will not repeat the same mistake

I have never been anywhere near a similar situation like you described here... I have always gambled with my own money, so even when I lose it's just that, I don't owe anyone and I don't depend on anyone. I believe this story is the reason why we should always talk about responsible gambling. It's not smart to gamble with money you can't afford to lose, it's even crazier to gamble with someone else's/borrowed money. It's gambling, things can go wrong way in seconds... and it can be pretty hard (maybe impossible in some cases) to recover after losing a lot of money.


Here is the problem, all of us would like to double/triple/or make even more from the deposit, but that's the wrong way of thinking... gambling is too risky, so we should play for enjoyment and fun, and if we manage to make a profit, so much the better. But anyway we need to be ready to lose the deposit, I don't wish to sound negative here but that's always a possibility, depending on the choice of games possibility for that to happen can be pretty high. Players should be aware of this.

Yes it is a ridiculous thing that most gamblers do when they are new to gambling in the sense that they are still very ambitious to get the big win that they always hope and dream about, but for myself honestly I never if I spend  the entire salary that I get for working a month at the expense of full sweat just to get the money, it feels too much and  like risking my own  life because by doing so it is the same as telling myself not to eat for a whole month. :D

But yes I understand that all  gamblers have different experiences as a result of the approach they take to their gambling activities and maybe you are one of those gamblers who are very excessive and aggressive in pursuit of a big win at the end of the session, but it doesn't matter because every incident will always have a lesson if you are willing to learn it and you have really felt the regret. For one thing, I hope you've felt the regret and agreed with yourself that you won't make the same mistake, after all gambling is nothing more than a playground that involves risk and there is an object in the end result that acts as a prize.

I have experience some heart breaking experience in gambling, but the one I can still remember is the one I won a bet after so many tries, and I was so excited about it, so the next day I plan on using that money to get some clothes which I really know that I needed it back then,

But the disastrous decision was that, as I set out the next day to go to the market, I have already took a cab to the market, besides the entrance of the market their was a betting shop, so I just had that thought like let me just try again if I can win more, so I went inside the betting shop and start gambling, throughout the course of the betting I was just chasing, try to recover my losses, when all my money was gone, that was when I realized how I have messed up, since then, I am very cautious when it comes to gambling. And that's why I always advise people again chasing more money after a win has been made for the day just go home and relax

In my case, I always look at my budget before playing, I'm always careful about playing with money that I can afford to lose, but it wasn't always like that. In my early days when I started playing I had high expectations even before placing my bets and as a consequence I bet using money that I could do other things in the real world. It wasn't a sum of money that would harm me. but it was an amount of money that I could do sports betting and more things in the real world. So I made my bet thinking that when I won I would take the money and use it for other things I intended to do in the real world

but unfortunately I lost and when I lost I felt very bad throughout the day, but even so I continued placing sports bets and losing, this cycle of placing sports bets and having high expectations and at the end of the day losing, it was a cycle which continued to hurt me very badly for many weeks until I decided to give up on sports betting and made my last bet, which I won and managed to get all my money back and with that I stopped playing for many years. Looking back, that was the best decision I made at that time because I was placing sports bets even without knowing anything about the teams, which was not recommended. But today I can play with just a little money and without any regrets when I lose because that's part of the game

Today I know that playing is not about hoping that the person will be able to win constantly, whoever plays is traveling a path in which they will have many defeats and that is what we should expect. when people mentally prepare themselves to play just for fun and know that in this path of games they will only have more defeats than victories, they will only have more losses than profits. so people play without having headaches. Games are not investments, people must always be very clear about this, games are not investments.

It would really be just that a suicide if you do really have those kind of considerations on taking up some loan just to fulfill out that your gambling urge on which i have experienced it as well.  ;D
This time, i havent borrowed money on a loan shark but rather into my close friends on which it did really  turns out that i have missed on repaying them back just because
my salary wasnt really that enough on paying them considering i would really be prioritizing  the bills and other important things.

This is where it did end up on messing up your relationship with other people just because you have done the wrong thing on which you should
really be that supposedly on trying out to avoid it as much as possible. Gambling couldnt really be ending up positively if you have done things like  taking up some
loan just for you to gamble, it would be always ending up miserable.

Well, at least he was embarrassed about it. Glad that he's not that too deep into addiction.

For my case, it's with a relationship with my gf back then? She was fine with me playing card games and the like with my friends at first but when she discovered money was involved she got pissed at me and made me stop playing. I was fine with doing so but a couple of days after I was tempted to play and well, she caught me red-handed at some point a few weeks later and the rest is history. Personally, now I wouldn't say it's an embarrassing situation since it's my decision about what I do, not hers but I guess the realization that a relationship runs on both sides made me think I should've explained my perspective to her instead of doing it one-sidedly on my part.

Idk if there's anything worse than that but that's the most memorable one for me.

I never borrow money from friends just to gamble because I have allocated funds for gambling because I realize that borrowing money from friends will only complicate my position. But for the situation above, it is very rare for someone to feel ashamed of what they have done so that they want to undergo rehabilitation because most people do not want to admit their mistakes and will comply with other people's requests to atone for their mistakes. He deserves appreciation because he is willing to admit his mistake and go to rehabilitation at the request of his friend. And he should be grateful because now he is free from his gambling addiction and has also become a gambler who is responsible for his gambling activities. He learned a valuable lesson from his friend not to use other people's money.

Everyone approaches gambling differently because gambling experiences can vary widely. Learning from mistakes and understanding the consequences is crucial, and it's positive that you emphasize the importance of reflection and avoiding repeated errors. It's essential to treat gambling as a form of entertainment rather than relying on it as a means of financial gain, as the element of risk is inherent in such activities.

If you continue to approach gambling with a measured mindset and learn from your experiences, it's likely that you'll maintain a healthier relationship with this form of entertainment. Remember, responsible gambling is about enjoying the activity in moderation without compromising essential aspects of your life.

I could remember when I was in the university, I gambled a lot because I was thinking that I can use it to survive in school. There was a time that I had to use my tuition fee to gamble, and I couldn't get help from anyone, because they have advised me times without number.

I had an extra year for no paying my tuition fee and I had to go on a break for two years, without thinking of gambling. I later understood that it is impossible for one to make profit with gamble, and I only gamble for fun now.

Yes that's right, I also understand that everyone has different experiences in their gambling activities and all the impact they feel comes from the approach they take which is based on the understanding of each individual, of course it's true that understanding the risks in gambling is very important and should be the first point to pay attention to, as I said earlier that gambling is nothing more than a playground that involves money as capital and there is a prize object at the end of the session if you are lucky enough.

And this means that there is absolutely no certainty for the final result because after all this is gambling which means nothing more than a game of chance and this is also the reason why gambling should absolutely not be used as a place to earn. On the other hand, it is the mindset that really must be correct in this matter, understanding that gambling is a playground that does not have any element to produce because everything there is random, and this must be a concern and emphasized in consciousness so that we can become healthy and safe gamblers in the approach we take.

There are actually not anything about the "money" side that I regret, but I do regret the amount of time that I wasted to "wager" and to mindlessly push a button to play the slots.

Games are developed to keep you gambling... you will continously win small amounts and then you continue gambling.. until you run out of money.

So you are wasting something that are more important than money, namely quality time with your family and friends.

Responsible and wise gamblers will divide their time with their families and only leave a little time on gambling and it is true that those who are busy looking for winnings unconsciously spend their money and time gambling so they will never realize it when everything is gone and gone leaving himself, that's why it's important to limit your time and money budget when gambling so you don't really lose what you have now.

Most people regret when their family leaves them because of their gambling addiction which makes them forget themselves. Regret always comes at the end of time, therefore don't regret it when everything is really gone, gambling should only be a place of entertainment and a place to have fun, not just for fun. looking for money and luck, any gambler who hopes for money and luck will usually be very susceptible to gambling addiction and lose a lot of time with family and friends.

I'm lucky that I only gamble on weekends so I still have quality time for family and friends. The point is, don't ever be so obsessed with getting big wins at gambling that you forget to leave your family and friends behind. that is the wrong way.

What a story! As dramatic as it is, it is happening and I am a living witness to it. You know what, people could do a lot of unspeakable things if they are addicted, while some are not just addicted per se but are only stupid. They often think that they are smart and because of greed, they continue to risk what they shouldn't have risked. About the case of your friend, my mind tells me that he was only too self-believing and greedy to outsmart his friend with the capital and use it to make more money, that's what caused it. Regardless, I am happy that he is now a responsible gambler, which is the best as gambling is never the best option when we are desperate for money, only a tiny few had the opportunity to gamble in such a situation and were able to make money from the betting.

The first thing we should learn and always do in gambling is to ensure that we do not use more than 5% of our total available money in gambling, nonetheless, I believe that rich people will be gambling with far lower amounts, so it is not a yardstick, I am just given an example for those who have a certain amount as the only money with them and would still want to be pushed to gamble with all, which is foolishness. If it is passing that percentage, then trouble is lurking for the gambler, it mustn't be that way. Besides, gambling is risky, and if you need money, why not go for one work or another, it might not be the best job at that time, but you can make it your temporary work until you can fix yourself. Not betting due to desperation, you will lose the money almost certainly.

As for me, I have never been in that situation in gambling, I have always behaved myself towards it. But for trading, ohhh, I have too much bad history with it. 8) But in the end, I become happy with it. Is it the money I had wasted? The money they entrusted in my care? My school fees? Project money? The money I was supposed to use to buy lands and properties? And many more, I have so much bad history with trading no matter the angle you can think of.

Saying that he was so embarrassed that he regretted learning gambling is a lie, I don't believe this person has a regret, he was in pain because he lost his friend's money which he thought it would become double so that he can also buy himself a brand new smartphone.

He felt pain to have disappoint his friend, not because he is a gambler, and someone like him will still gamble the next day if he come around some new amount of money, this is an addiction, because he is now used to using money that he is not ready to lose.

Even if he is the owner of the money, it's obvious that he is risking too much on gambling, he needs to learn about how to become a responsible gambler, and get rid of greed inside of him, which is a part why he had the confidence to risk his friends money.

If this person is ready to change his way with gambling he will start using percentage from his income, if he is jobless, because most times jobless gamblers are the ones that use money that belongs to someone else to gamble, he need to get a job and use small percentage on gambling.

Well it seems that "time" is also one of the things that we can really regret, if we use that time for other more positive things maybe now we can achieve something pretty good and also useful, but yes after all we have to agree that regret is something that will always come at the end of the journey, sometimes this is also not the end of everything because the name of a human being does not mean it is impossible even though they already regret it but there are several opportunities at other times for them to finally get stuck in the same hole, maybe. :D

I'm sure you're the same as me in that so far I've been more involved in slot games than some others, just by pressing a button we can start the game and wait for the final result which is usually more often than not disappointing :D, this type of game is indeed more popular lately even though everything there is really just about luck but the population of people involved is growing and maybe I am one of them. That's right, on the other hand this type of slot game is developed to draw a person quickly into the trap of hoping for victory so that it is very easy to get addicted, you have a good point and point of view here which is for you "money can be found but time cannot be returned", we don't need to regret too much because after all this has happened and maybe we just need to fix everything.

It's amazing how life can surprise us like this, isn't it? Your friend's gambling story and human battle between trust and temptation resonate deeply. It turns out personal money is more about discipline than numbers. Your friend's journey from compulsive to responsible gambling is about life control, not money. It's the actual jackpot, right?

A comparable test was given to me. Not gambling, but a dangerous investment that promises the moon but rarely delivers. The promise of rapid gains and defying the odds is siren song. When you dance with danger, you're gambling with relationships and trust, not just money. When I recognized this, the magic broke. They say money comes and goes. But trust? Rebuilding after damage is difficult

I'm sure everyone of us or every gambler has different experiences that make them regret that they have learned gambling. Most of them realise it too late. I mean, they realise that they should not enter gambling when they are in a situation where they can't recover anymore or everything has gone to them because of their excessive and unresponsible gambling.

I'm not clean. I admit that I once regretted knowing about gambling, as at some point I became too engrossed in gambling and used every dollar that I had and the money I saved up, thinking that gambling would give me enough profit. All I wanted was to earn money so that I could help my family and be independent for my parents, but I regret that I reliant my dreams on the use of gambling. Now, even though I still gamble, I'm more responsible and careful with my money. I treat gambling as entertainment once in a blue moon so that I can control my gambling expenses. Luckily, it's still not too late for me to recover and change the way I gamble.

I agree with you, a wise person will certainly be more concerned with time to be with his family or other things that are more beneficial to himself, not by spending money and time only on gambling, because obviously it's not a good thing, and a wise person can realize and see on that side so that they are unlikely to do excessive gambling. You're right that it's important to limit the time and money you spend on gambling because it's important.

People who are addicted to gambling will certainly have problems with their families because with them addicted to gambling, of course, problems with the family are vulnerable, and most of them in my opinion will not realize or even regret it if they have not felt the loss of everything including family. Indeed, gambling should be done only for fun, not for a source of income. I myself do gambling like you, with only on weekends and also with time limits and budgets that I set, because I don't want to regret the huge losses for the stupid actions I did, so I myself do it reasonably.  ;)

Thank goodness, I was not tempted to bet with someone else's money. That is to say, I am aware of the potential repercussions if I carry out that illegal act. In my opinion, it is a betrayal of trust to use another person's funds without their explicit permission. In other words, it's critical to respect other people's autonomy and refrain from acting in their place, particularly when it comes to financial issues.
 
Gambling carries danger, and your friend lost all the money that he later regretted because he didn't stop to consider if what he was doing was good or wrong. Putting people's financial well-being first and avoiding putting them in danger without their consent or knowledge is essential, don't you think?
 
It's common knowledge that gambling may be compulsive and alluring, especially when you win big, so it's morally right for us to stay away from engaging others in potentially harmful behaviors. Furthermore, just like what your friend did, using someone else's money for gambling without that person's knowledge can potentially be harmful and strain their relationship, and maybe your friend's friend will develop a trust issue.

Right. Taking control of your impulses and keeping your finances in check is helping you turn the tide on losses. It's about more than just managing risks, it's creating a gambling setup that adds fun without messing up the rest of your life. Kudos to us for taking charge and making gambling a controlled and enjoyable experience rather than a headache!

Those gamblers who have been in that situation have one thing to do and that's to change for the better, it may not be for the money but it should be for themselves. Especially when you have affected and spent the money of others, you're not going to like the consequence of it because the person to whom you owe that money will lose your trust and that's more than gambling. Losing someone's trust is hard to get back.

And for you to return it is going to take the time or might not be returned anymore. I don't have a similar experience but we can see from OP's story that there's always a change for the better and all you have to do is make amendments and change for yourself and you're going to see the better part of it. No one is going to change you but only you alone and there might be some help but they're not going to be consistent so your only hope is to be willing and embrace the change.

You can still gamble but it will be a different matter right now because what you'll be doing is you'll be aware on how you're going to do it unlike before, you're reckless and even it's not your money, you'll be spend. You'll become more responsible from now on.

And I'm also quite surprised, how come there are people who gamble for the reason of getting rid of stress, but after gambling and the end result is a loss, they actually seem even more stressed. especially if they experience consecutive defeats, this can make them even more frustrated and almost crazy. So, when gambling, we must be able to accept defeat, because this is a quite important aspect of healthy gambling. By being able to accept defeat, this shows that we already have emotional maturity and apart from that, this can also help us prevent impulsive actions that can cause us to experience significant losses.

Losing is an inevitable part of gambling and it could be said that losing is something we will definitely experience, while winning is only a possibility. And awareness of the risks involved in gambling is quite important to avoid deep feelings of disappointment.
Players who are able to accept defeat calmly tend to be able to make wiser betting decisions.

Yes, you mentioned some very important points that are indeed recommended for every gambler to apply to his gambling involvement, such as controlling the heart, lust and also following by applying financial management is really needed if you are involved in gambling. Don't let an activity that is just for entertainment and fun turn into a path to ruin because of the wrong approach due to a misunderstanding of gambling.

I don't think it will be too difficult to manage possible risks if we basically have the right and correct understanding of gambling, because most people end up with addiction or their downturn comes from a wrong understanding of gambling, such as assuming and assuming that gambling is a place to make money, and this is a mindset and perspective that is completely wrong and not recommended, after all gambling is just a game of probability which means there is absolutely no certainty about what the outcome will be at the end of the session between winning and losing, but the fact about the percentage of wins being much lower than losses is a truth and the proof is that most people who come with the intention of making money instead suffer a significant amount of losses, so the right understanding along with risk management is highly recommended for safety.

I don't face situations like that and also don't want to be in a position like that, that's why I keep trying to gamble according to my limits. I once gambled using money that wasn't mine because it was the result of debt, but I was quite careful in calculating my ability to pay the debt so it was still based on my limits.
Be grateful if he can overcome his addiction even though he has to go through difficult times, but that is the way so he can return to being a responsible player because if there is no change then he could become more seriously addicted because he not only uses other people's money to gamble but also uses up assets which he has because he cannot overcome his desire to always gamble because it is caused by addiction.

Reading about your friend's experience with game addiction shows how it can hurt relationships and money. When you feel like you have to risk something bad can happen. Good things may have happened to many people, including your friend, because they bet, like losing money or having problems in their relationships. In order to beat addiction, this shows how important it is to get help and go to rehab. More people will know about the problems that can happen when people gamble too much if they hear about these kinds of events.

Getting help when you are addicted to gambling is very necessary so you can immediately start the healing process. But the problem is that a gambling addict cannot easily admit his gambling addiction or admit that he often gambles. That's because there is a feeling of discomfort when admitting this to other people. After all, they want to hide it from other people, but it turns out someone knows about it, which makes them admit it. And if he really admits and is willing to try to heal himself, that means he gets a chance to fight for his recovery from gambling addiction. And help from other people in the form of moral support is really needed by people who are addicted to gambling so that they don't feel alone in undergoing the process of healing their gambling addiction.

If it's the first time we lost huge in gambling, we can say those words. But the longer we are involved with it, we won't blame gambling anymore, rather we will now blame our selves for getting tempted to bet and maybe we got greedy, resulting for us to lose, instead of winning or ended up with a break-even capital. My worse situation would be, is when I use the money that is intended for the utility bill.

We all know how hard it is when we don't have an electricity, water, internet, and so on... . That taught me an expensive lesson and never gambled again above my limits. And in order to be sure, I can even pay my utility bills in advance.   

That's very true mate. The first loss we make in gambling, tends to be a very painful experience. And no one will be happy and they will regret placing the wrong games. We keep blaming our selfs that if we had played something else we might have won instead which might not be true. There may be so many reasons why I might be regretful about knowing gambling but that should be in my first experiences as I tend to loss often but kept playing.

As a responsible gambler, we should be able to minimize our spending when placing bets to avoid spending past our limits. Gambling can be amazing sometimes and you may not even notice when you have spent money that was meant for something else.

On my end, I think it would be my last bet which will make me regret gambling. First bet won't be first if no attempt followed unlike with your last bet which means you are already tired of things already or with your gambling journey. We may engage to any gambling game that we would want 'coz there's plenty to choose from however, if it is not your day then expect nothing less than losing. When it comes to regrets; those who almost or have lost their "all" already in gambling are the ones who are more familiar with that feeling which most likely decided for themselves to quit 'coz they both have no enough eagerness and resources to continue; what's left with them are their regrets. Unfortunately, there's no undo option once things are placed and no matter how you beg for things to be in favor of your desires.

If you are one of the new ones and you fear of such instance in your career that you will regret everything, quit already and never wait for it to happen. Have the initiative to save yourself from such feelings. Everyone is free to gamble but not everyone would be glad of what they have in this industry. Most of the people are losing; thus, gambling success is not for everyone. Emotions are a tough opponent from this activity. You'd only know you did wrong once you are already on the 'ground' wishing for things to just be a dream.

The gambler should able to handle the temptation in the gambling,because whenever the gamblers suppose to get the money from their earnings.Most of them get into the gambling by the temptation towards the gambling.The gamblers should learn to control their temptation when the money comes is needed for the essential things.

The trust should be keep in the mind till the end of the game,because anytime the game of the gambler will change to the positive way.The gambler should play the game with the positive attitude,because the money used in the gambling site was the real money.If the gambler had loss of some money because of the over confidence,the same will affect the gambler financial expenses.

I can relate very well with what you are saying because my case was actually quite different from yours but it's same old thing gambling is something that was design to keep you playing till all is gone and that's why am always scared of involving myself that much because anytime I remember the money I lost, it just triggers me to go and try again which if you eventually go back because of greed then you can actually come to the decision that gambling isn't something anyone can rely on.

Never regret it as I have never done something dumb or irresponsible while gambling, and about your story the friend that got their trust betrayed is probably the best friend the addicted gambler could have hoped for, because if I am honest that is the kind of thing I would never forgive, not that I would give my money away to someone else to keep it in store, after all the ability of being your own bank is one of the most attractive characteristics of bitcoin to me, however you also mention that your friend is now a responsible gambler, but I doubt it, once a person experiences an addiction, trying to somehow just moderate it will never work, he needs to quit for good if he does not want to go through that hell again.

I don't have regrets about learning gambling in my life. That's my own choice. That's my own decision. No one forced me to do it.

Being responsible in gambling is hard to learn as the main ingredient for that to achieve is to experience all the possible worst situations we can encounter in gambling. I haven't experienced yet the considered too worst situation in gambling but I know that if that happens, I will still not regret learning gambling in my life.

Gambling is everywhere. It's up to us if we will turn into shit gamblers or not. Don't blame gambling for that.

That was actually a bad experience -- too bad to have been overlooked... I'll make him pay every single dime, maybe it'll serve as a deterrent to avoid any form of repetition next time. I've never seen a time where any form of addiction makes a positive impact on anyone... It's usually from cases like this to something even worse... Seen similar cases and the brief question that pops up in me is - what if the money was meant for the person's utility bill, rent etc??

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This should teach people to not have full Trust on a human... Always try to understand that anything can happen and people can decide to change - either for good or for bad.

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I, too, have never once in my life regretted learning about gambling. I played poker, bet, for me this is the most attractive type of gambling because I like to use my brain in games. I once played roulette, which requires absolutely no mental decisions and this is what almost led me to completely lose my small deposit during my student years. I wanted to play a little, but then I started using the old Martin Gale strategy (almost all players know about it), and I lost half of my deposit. I started to sweat and was ready to curse this damn game because I realized that I had the last bet. And I did it, if I had lost, my balance would have been 0. But I was lucky and I won back. This was the last time in my life when I went to roulette, and everything started out frivolously. It scares me. Now I continue to bet on sports and play poker, but very rarely.

To sum this up, if we say we do regret learning gambling in life, it means we are in a situation where there's no escape. A big problem causing us to become irresponsible and mess up our lives. Regret is a big word. To consider a thing regrettable means it brings emotional stress to the person to the highest level.

Fortunately, I'm not in a situation right now where I can consider gambling as a regrettable thing I did in my life.

Even if I'm losing much doing gambling, it doesn't mean I will forget who I am, and what should I do.

And that is what bitcoin is trying to point out but people refuse to listen, the burden of being our own bank is huge since we have to take care of our coins by ourselves, however it is preferable to carry that burden than to rely on a third party that can steal your money and do whatever they want with it afterwards while you have no recourse to get that money back, as in the case of banks everything they do is legal, and if not they can always change the law so it is.

People would really be just that making out those realizations on the time that gambling did make out that huge impact into their lives in terms of loss of financial but they should have avoid it earlier
if they are really just that sensible towards their actions but they're not. Well, regret is always at the end and not on the front on which people would be starting on making those realizations when they've been fucked up. Dont put up yourself comes into a point that you would really be that making yourself ends up on regretting just because you have made yourself that blind about into those risks involved with gambling Dont wait up for your life to be ending up miserable just because of the wrong decisions you had made out. In my case, theres comes a time that i do bang up my monitor
because of having those consecutive losses. Regrets is there but i do have that controlled losses which i do know that im still that fine on such situation.