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I advise everyone to see this video, I'm not related to this person, but I can relate to his stories and the gambling addiction that most of us could have been suffering for years. This is the second video that I have been watching and they say the same things. Not just money they lose, but time and relationship. The other video that I saw that he was not even present with the delivery of his first and second kid, he was done gambling and trying to make money for the hospital bills but it turns out that he losses in both time.

Perhaps you have seen other videos as well and maybe share it here.

We have said it several times without number on this gambling board that gambling is not for making money. Gambling should only be for fun.

Or let me put it this way. If you want to gamble, either for fun or to make money, do not use more than 1% to 5% of your weekly income on gambling. The recommended percentage is 1% but I do not see 5% affecting me. So if you can not go more than 1% of your weekly income, do not go more than that.

If gambling is taking your money, do not gamble again.

It's strange to hear that he was placing bets on sportsbook. He even mentioned that he was winning on sportsbook and he wasn't someone who would lose but he started thinking about about a huge win and that's the main reason he got addicted to it.

Most gamblers think like that because their hope is to have a single huge win and no longer they'll have to gamble again. Same happened with this guy instead of winning that big bet he started losing more and more in hope of having that huge win.

The guy was a real addict that he was spending more than 8 hours of day on placing bets. A true addict but now he's in recovery which is a good thing, and I believe that his video can be very helpful for those people who are facing troubles due to gambling addiction.

I’m not sure I’d say this is a gambling addict but when I was younger we had a family friend that would always gamble on the weekends. He’d go up to Reno and spend thousands of dollars on the slots. One trip he hit it big. I don’t remember how much exactly, but it was enough that he said he’d gotten all his money back and he never gambled again after that…

Well, I couldn't agree more. I am not a gambling addict and yet I waste a lot of time gambling, sometimes I am late to get my son from school because of it which is the reason why I controlled my gambling when I realized that. Time and relationships will definitely be affected and what more when you are a gambling addict. I bet they cannot even stop themselves from continuing to gamble as long as there is a balance in their account. The worst-case scenario would be they deposit again after wrecking the entire wallet.
Thankfully, I don't do this. It's been a day that I have not deposited yet because I don't see myself winning anymore. I am not saying I am quitting because I still love betting for sports but I learned how to control myself whenever I don't have money left in my gambling account. That one step is all it takes to be a responsible gambler. If we can somehow decide not to gamble in a day and be successful at doing it, then I bet we won't end up like the guy in the video.

Yep, the losses caused by gambling addiction are not just money, but time, family relationships, friendships, stress, and mounting debts. This is a very bad position and I see in the news many cases of crimes that occur because of online gambling addiction, such as a young man who chose to commit suicide because he spent a lot of money on gambling, a young man who robbed a house and killed the owner of the house because he lost gambling, a young people steal cars and kill their owners because of their gambling addiction.

The impact of gambling addiction is very serious if it is too late to cure it. I think, if someone starts to feel like an addict or sees someone close to him looking like an addict then help him, because his condition is not okay and needs help. One of the best ways to cure it is to seek professional help

Though I don’t know him, what he went through with the gambling addiction is something most of us can understand. This is the second video I’ve seen on this, and they’re all saying the same thing. Money isn’t just what they lose but also time and relationships. Another video that I watched mentioned that he was not even there for the first two childbirths because he stopped gambling and attempted to win back money to pay for the hospital bills but seemingly lost both times.

And it is possible that you have watched some other videos and possibly reposted them on this very site.

Addictions are always devastating. People act insanely due to their impulses to gamble. Some neglect their families emotionally, not giving them attention, not being present, not interacting with them as they should and not creating emotional bonds, which are so important, especially for the development of their children.

Others go beyond, also bringing financial issues for their homes, what will also prejudice the development of this family, since they will live under constant uncertainities of what tomorrow will bring, due to the father being constantly involved in gambling practices without respecting his own financial limits.

Stories of addicted individuals are always heartbreaking and not everyone has structure to watch or listen to them, especially those who have suffered with a gambling addicted relative when they were younger. On the other hand, when such stories come with a happy ending, they can be truly inspiring for every other addicted individuals to find strength to overcome the same challenge.

This story is all too common.  Being addicted to anything sucks but being addicted to gambling can crush your life.  Lots of people have lost theor homes and ultimately families because you screwd everything up for them as well.  Gambling doesn't only affect a single person when you have a family that depends on you.  Sucks to hear.

The guy on the video is right in saying that if you know too much about a certain sport the possibility that you can be lured to gambling because there is money to be made from predicting the outcome or the results and from there, you start gambling and when you find yourself successful in your first ventures you made a shift from other form of gambling and you step up with your bets, but in gambling you cannot be perfect all the times you can lose it all but since you are already deep into it you find your way up until it become a cycle.
This is a vicious cycle that one big hit and you lose everything and you need to recover everything and when you recover you put in more, this is like a roller coaster ride in that you neglect what matters most for you it's all about gambling and you have to remain in the loop so you can keep up and recover all your losses.
This is what chronic gamblers are going through and it will hurt until he find the courage to get help and fight his way out of it.

Yes, I completely agree with your idea that gambling is not a place to make money but nothing more than a playground that should only be visited when you want to have fun and without bringing any seriousness in treating it. One of the reasons for this is that there is absolutely no guarantee that you will win at the end of the session which means that it is very likely that you will lose in the end. Looking at the case of the person in the video above then I think we can already conclude that he is one of the gamblers who has entered the phase of chronic addiction where he does not care about his family even when his wife is giving birth but he is thinking about gambling, of course this is a very worrying situation.

The things you mentioned here such as paying more attention to the limits by putting the budget amount no more than 5% is very good and all of them lead to preventive measures, besides being able to prevent yourself from the possibility of addiction it can also keep you at a balanced level in terms of finances, and my advice is to emphasize to yourself that gambling is nothing more than a game of probability that only provides "possibilities" and not "certainties".

I just watched the video, and it's incredibly brave for him to open up about his struggles. It serves as a reminder of the real and often overlooked consequences of gambling addiction. I can empathize with the impact on relationships and the loss of valuable time. It takes a lot of strength to confront and overcome such challenges. Sharing these experiences can be a source of support and inspiration for others going through similar struggles.
I can't say that I've become addicted to gambling, but this serves as a reminder to avoid it and not end up like him because there's really nothing good that comes out of it once you're hooked. It's not necessary to completely refrain from gambling; it's just important to know your limits. What matters is that you have time for your priorities and for the people around you. Yes, you may physically be present, but it's as if your focus is solely on your bets.

I don't think most of us are suffering from gambling addiction. Addiction is a lot worse that some of us might think. If we are gambling daily and sometimes even borrow money for gambling, that may not necessarily be addiction. It could simply be that we really like that hobby. Addiction is chronic dependence, meaning we cannot anymore stop even if we want to. Daily gambling doesn't necessarily mean we don't anymore have a life outside of it, that we need professional intervention already.

But still we need to check on our gambling hobby every so often as it could still lead to addiction. We don't want to be like those people who have so much to regret in the end.

Watching videos of other's experiences with similar issues can be relatable and eye-opening. It's a challenging journey for those with gambling addiction, to slowly recover from their losses not only of money but also of time and relationships. I recommend OP and others to also share such videos to help raise awareness about about the impacts of gambling addiction. If you ever found helpful videos, sharing them can offer valuable insights and encourage others facing similar challenges. This way, we can all provide support to those who are seeking recovery.

This is the umpteenth time that complicated problems have occurred as result of gambling addiction and they continue to do the same thing even though they have really experienced destruction and received various pressures from the problems that have occurred.
What is very unfortunate is that there is no awareness that what they are doing is mistake and they keep doing the same thing for the umpteenth time just because they still have great curiosity and ambition towards achieving in gambling.
Similar things happen very often and many gamblers feel it, the first step that should be awareness is that the real life they live is much more important than prioritizing pleasure and desire in having ambitions in gambling.
By having awareness, can be sure that gambling addict will try to recover and reduce the intensity of excessive gambling, this can also help gambling addicts to get back to normal life without problems due to the impact of gambling.

Moreover, if it is husband or father, then there is big responsibility on their shoulders and there must be responsibility for the family that he has built.
It would be very bad if husband and father had gambling addiction problem and the impact could really affect family harmony.
Will to recover must be there and do it as soon as possible because family is everything and more important than anything else, don't let self experience destruction and result in divorce just because you can't control self in gambling.

Though we think of gambling as fun, many gamblers do not recognise it as fun. When a gambler starts gambling with the hope of making money, he loses his natural knowledge and approaches addiction. If a gambler spends his child's delivery money in the hospital on gambling, imagine the level of addiction he has gone to. Two lives on one side and gambling addiction on the other. That is only possible when the gambler is out of his normal consciousness and unconscious. This is why we always discuss addiction. Sometimes being overly addicted to gambling is life-threatening.

I don't see videos like that OP. but I saw the real experience of my friend who was also addicted to gambling. The beginning was very interesting when he almost had more wins than losses. but after a while, he experienced financial ruin. he was always ambitious in pursuing victory when he was in a series of defeats and that was what trapped him in bigger losses until his finances were destroyed.
Not finished with finances, the household also experienced problems resulting in divorce. all the problems that came eventually made him lose focus at work, and he was finally dismissed from his job. he's a good friend of mine, and he's beaten down from his gambling addiction.

now he looks better, although he can't get everything back to the way it used to be. I am also a gambler, I hope I will not enter that phase. I just want to enjoy life according to my wishes.

Many still won't agreed that gambling is just to have fun and good time, since a friend of them won something good, they also want the same thing too but gambling relies on luck, what happens to a friend in gambling won't be the same with your story.

To fix your broke self, you need a business or rather, a job and you should start investing your money in assets and keep having a good life till your money brings in very good ROI, you can't get the same in gambling.

When you are known to be a gambling addict, people around you will likely leave you and you will end up losing your relatives like what the guy said in OP, some families will stay and help you fight the addiction but if there is no changes they will stay away, before you get your senses back, it could be too late already, the best thing you must do is don't get addictd to gambling.

The story is common with many gamblers that have recovered from their gamble addiction problem, they'll say they have lost time and family members and they're not lying as when you keep gambling and become addicted your family members and friends will start avoiding you. Since you're spending more time on gambling and losing you'll have lost time too as you can't get back anytime that you didn't use for something useful as watching your children grow.

Another disadvantage of being a gamble addict is that you won't have any money left on you when you recover as you have spent all your money gambling. When you then need money and you don't have any you'll be force to go back the gambling as working for money will become very challenging to you meanwhile when you were gambling you were getting free money. It's better to avoid gambling totally.

I saw the video before and there are other inspiring contents surfacing the web. Indeed, helpful however addiction is not something everyone would overcome because of inspiring videos, that is why there are professionals to help and to properly address the problem. It will also need the initiative of the gambler who is needing the help. Let us be real, it alll depends on oneself even the part of getting addicted into it. Not new to hear but we should be peventive with ourselves to avoid unwanted situations. I doubt that there's a gambler who never know it could be an addictive activity also with the risk involved. We are the ones putting ourselves in such situation and if you never wish to be one, start it with always reminding yourself of how gambling really works to all of us. And to those who are already addicted, desire to change and start the change. Have the initiative to seek professional help 'coz it would be the best solution. Assess how things are going as well in your gambling career to check if you'd be needing one. Losing is a part of gambling but not losing oneself.

every gambler who considers gambling as a place to make money will definitely continue to gamble every day and be impressed if he is an addicted gambler even though there are some gamblers who gamble every day but are not addicted_{(professional gamblers)}but that is only a small part and the rest is almost the whole become addicted.
a gambler who thinks too much about gambling to make money will definitely ignore everything and only think about money so it's no surprise that the story in the video says that he couldn't even accompany the birth of his first child and lost all time with his family because this was his encouragement the thought of making money from gambling which causes the gambler's mind to become focused on his gambling.

maybe I've never seen the same video, but I myself have experienced it when I was gambling, I was too comfortable without wanting to leave my gambling and at that time my children and wife wanted to take me out to dinner but I refused and in the end my children and wife went alone.
well, this is what we have to take from the positive side, that is, don't prioritize gambling but also look at what our family needs.

Most stories regarding addiction are similar in the sense that the losses they have suffered are enormous, not only in terms of money but also in terms of the health and the relationships those people have lost, but even if that is the case the stories are still heartbreaking, since it is difficult to imagine how can a person suffer so much, and yet they still try to actively engage on the source of all of their suffering and are unable to remain away from it.

Yes, There’s a lot of video like this coming from gambling influencers. Most of them turn back to gambling after a year or more break because they still on creating content related to gambling instead of other topic. I really doubt that they can recover their addiction problem even though they already taken a break while they keep coming back.

I remember watching a streamer posting his last stream because he lost everything on gambling including all his savings that he save all throughout his streaming career. You will definitely become addicted as long as your mind is always set for gambling even though not directly gambling will make you addicted to gambling if you keep thinking about it.

My wife doesn't like gambling. Sometimes her reaction each time she sees me gambling is something I don't like. But I have convinced her that I am a very responsible gambler and she believes me because she has access to the family account. I can tell you that gambling addiction can destroy a family. The wife a family friend took his children and moved out of the house because the man has put the family into deep debt because of his addiction. I sense that my wife might leave our home with my children if I ever become addicted to gambling and begin to misuse family funds. So I agree that gambling addicts don't just lose money but also family and priceless relationships.

Sometimes when I am playing games, especially sports bets, I might not be able to control my time. I wouldn't know when I have spent hours watching, analyzing, and predicting games. There are some occasions when people are so addicted that they gamble during work hours. Some of them fail to perform official tasks because they spend so much time gambling. If you don't control or plan your gambling time, you might end up wasting some precious time that would have been used to do something more profitable.

When it comes to stories like this then it would really be on different variations and different situations on which it would really be that not all gamblers do share up with the same fate since there would really be
those people who are just that financially capable or do came from rich families on which something that we could reflect on paying up some hospital bills on the time that his wife born his son/daugher.
Gambling addiction could really be leading up into a huge disaster into someones life if you wont really be that mindful about on the current actions you are making.

We arent that dumb that when it comes to money spending and on how much we have lost already then its impossible that we cant be able to track it out.
It would be impossible that you cant trace it out on how much you have lost because if you do tend to ignore it out then its already your mistake or problem.

When you see this kind of stories, you just can't help but feel sad about the people that was around them when they're still addicted to gambling, I don't feel any sadness towards them when they tell how they're so addicted to gambling that they do this stuff just to get their fix but I'm happy for them that they're able to overcome their problems in life and that they're now in a really good place, those that don't ever make it out, that's the one that I feel sad more, those that tried to get out but relapsed.
Well, that's one way of curing your addiction, you just win a big one and you know you're set with gambling but I don't believe that this man's an addict all throughout his life, probably somewhere along the way, he decided that he don't want to gamble but he has to win it all back and more, that's the story I like to tell myself.

The most important thing is not to go back to the addiction after you have come out of it and made such video.

This story is synonymous to gambling addiction stories and there is something he pointed out that I feel gets a newbie into the addiction and that is first time wins or early wins. Yes I think as a newbie if you begin to lose, you may be discouraged to continue but by the time you start winning then you have that pump up adrenaline to keep playing and before you know it the loses starts to come and you enter the chasing for loses stage and there the addiction builds up more.

It will be a worse addiction that your children won't matter to you but the next bet will engulf your mind, this is really absurd and the height of the addiction.

However, I have witnessed gamblers losing there relationship, wife because the gambling is losing more than he is winning but in the case that he is winning, it is rare losing your relationship. You don't give time to relationship if you are losing because you keep researching for how to better yourself on the gambling.

Well, it is a usual story of gambling addiction and meant for learning process.

This is one of the worst case scenario which I've seen. Trying to make money for his hospital bills was just a way for him to cover up for his inability to provide for his family their basic needs. Like to the extent that he wasn't present during his first and second kids. It shows how irresponsible he is and his height of addiction at this point.
A lot of persons makes the mistake of seeing gambling as a means of earning a living which in turn will lead them astray. Addiction destroys ones life completely if not controlled on time. Ruins his image, as he no longer has time for important things and his families duties as the husband.we should all be wise and reasonable about things that will affect us in real life. Gambling should be for fun and even though you can earn from it, it shouldn't be your source of income.

Often people get in over their heads with an addiction and this can have devastating consequences both financially and on all other levels. People really lose money, family, friends, and sometimes their lives because they cannot control their gambling urges. We are all addicts, but as I have said many times here, we either learn to control it and have some limits, or the addiction will eat us sooner or later.

We are all addicts... and we need to be careful with the money we spend on gambling. It's all fun & games as long as we don't spend too much, but when a person starts spending more than he can afford to lose it gets into the magical cycle and it's hard to get out from that. Playing to recover and to get out of the debts made because of gambling will just get a person deeper into the problem.

I'm glad this boy got out of a big problem, many stay trapped forever. That's why we should be careful and responsible.

From a player's perspective, saying there is no purpose is not entirely true (money, fame, joy,...)

But when we have been labeled as addicts, we have all seen many different cases in life how it causes harm. The lesson has been warned, but greed and confusion make it difficult for addicts to step out of dangerous places. I myself have also witnessed the situation of gambling addicts in my own family. Debt leads to many negative effects on the lives of people around me, so I am really aware of always playing responsibly. Anyway, we must thank the gamblers for showing those images in life so that outsiders can be aware of the results of this process.

See what addiction can be done to humans or people. Any kind of addiction is bad and can affect poorly the people who are addicted and also the people around them. For example, in this story, imagine being an irresponsible father just because of gambling. That is the worst. If this addiction keeps on going and the person or gambler keeps on feeding its addiction, then he will not notice that it can do more harm to itself or the people around them. Remember, some of the crimes are the result of people being addicted to something. Drug addiction, gambling addiction—any kind of addiction can result in crime if it is not controlled. 

Any of us has a different story about our addiction to something or addiction to gambling. I personally have done bad things to myself and to the people around me because of my gambling addiction, but it's not too late for me to change. That's why I can say that yes, I didn't stop gambling, but I controlled it, and I'm an addiction-free gambler.

Yes, seen a lot of this kind of horror stories from recovering addict. And there was one gamblers who after going into therapy with a mentor, he says that he really go deep as to why he become a addict and it goes to his early childhood as part of how he turn to be gamblers. I don't know if others have experience it, maybe the background, his families and all the people surrounded him when he was growing up. And it's true that it's either, to go to institutions, jail if you commit crimes because you can't control your addiction, or death, when you can't pay your debt from loan sharks (this is the worst). Hopefully, we find this stories, inspiring and so we can go and recover if we are addicts. Important to mention as well the support of the families as one of the stories I saw is that the wife and her kids and the parents of the addict didn't gave on him but instead he didn't know that he will be bringing him in the rehab and then that is the start for him and now he is gambling free for 13 years and become a motivational speaker and established his own recovery institution.

I've had enough stories of people that gambling ruined their lives blah, blah, blah... Is it gambling that ruined their lives or they ruined their lives? This kind of story didn't start today, it started in days immemorial, and it will continue after this age. It all depends on us and not gambling, gambling will always remain what it is, but we should be wise and smart toward it. Gambling that some people would say has ruined their lives is the same gambling some would say it blessed them, and it is still the same gambling some would be neutral about. In this light, don't you think these 3 sets of people do it differently?

That's it, the way you engage gambling is the way you get the result from it whether good or bad. In gambling, people can gain or lose, but what you do after the outcomes defines you, my friend. Some who win will play more to try their luck further, and if they continue to gain, greed might set in and anything could happen afterwards. But others could lose and attempt revenge for the loss, and before they know it, they may lose more and become addicted to it or just be devastated.

In all, no one forces you here, it is your choice. No one should blame gambling for the choice taken by any adult. If they win and the house loses, won't they be happy? But when the house wins and they lose, they will believe it is terrible, but I do not see it that way. Even if we lose, can't we control ourselves and manage our gambling portfolio? But the inability of us to do that is why we become desirable towards gambling.

Sincerely whose fault is that? Certainly, our fault and not of gambling, because it is we who can't control ourselves and correctly manage our gambling activities.

They ruined their lives.

A gambling addict will spend all of his money, wasting all of his time and energy for gambling, resulting to lose everything.

A drug addict will spend all of his money to buy drug, they will become criminal in order to earn money, resulting end up in jail.

An alcohol addict will spend all of his money to buy alcohol, they will become beggar and live on the street.

A sex addict will spend all of his money for his girl, as long as he can fuck her, he will do everything.

All of them has a same ending, it's not only caused by gambling.

It is quite unfortunate for him and should be a lession for others who are in this same gambling captive.
Until you realizes that gambling is not a place of investing and expecting profits, you would keep loosing your valuables beyond your control to the gambling places. The guy fucked himself up by himself. Even with his previous depressive losses, how the hell did he think he could just bump into the gambling Casino and think he could make an emergency or a quick fund in it just like that? What was his faith for such miracle to happen? Winning in the gambling that hasn't been easy for you in all those years you have been gambling what sudden makes you feel you could win at such a time of your needy?
Well I am happy for him to had recovered from his gambling captive and should be served a lesson to to others on the same categories of chasing after profits in the gambling.

Lucky for that guy he has the chance to get that much money in gambling but for some other gamblers around like me luck is elusive. And I think that reason for not gambling ever again is a smart move for that guy as gambling might get all the money he got from winning back out from his hands if tides go against his favor.

But with OP's story that guy involve was irresponsible as he cannot provide the needs of his family because he spend all the time and money in gambling.

The story of addiction has flooded the internet and hardly any day passes without new stories coming up. No one can have access to all the stories because all are not even shared online but one common thing about these stories is that it keeps the gambler in a state of misery thereby affecting his time and relationship as you have noted. In terms of time, the gambler keeps gambling more than necessary and he loses sight of productive ventures. Addicted gamblers spend large portions of their day and even night gambling, either in shops or online and most times neglect work, school, or personal obligations. Some of these addicts may spend a significant amount of time thinking about, planning, and strategizing their next gambling session. This can include researching games, tracking wins and losses, or trying to find new ways to win. For instance, I remember when I started gambling newly I always gambled at break time and even during work I still gambled. Every chance I got was used for gambling and nothing else.

In terms of relationships, some addicted gamblers engage in gambling secretly, hiding it from friends, family, or coworkers. This can result in lying about their whereabouts, spending large amounts of time away from home or work, or becoming isolated from others. Gambling addicts may spend large sums of money on gambling activities which can create debt, bankruptcy, or the loss of assets, causing further strain on relationships. A couple’s relationship may become strained when one partner develops a gambling addiction and begins hiding their behaviour from the other. The secrecy and lies can lead to mistrust and conflict within the relationship. Additionally, the financial strain caused by the addiction might create further tension and stress. Similarly, a parent with a severe gambling addiction might neglect their responsibilities towards their children by spending excessive amounts of time and money on gambling activities. This neglect could lead to the children experiencing emotional distress and instability in their lives. I can remember vividly times I didn`t help friends who asked for financial favour simply because I wanted to use the money to gamble.

Gambling doesn't destroy your life, relationship, career, finances, or cause the individual loss of opportunities. It is reckless, irresponsible, and unguarded gambling that does. If you train yourself or discipline yourself to not bet beyond your budget, you will see that gambling is entertaining, it is fun, it builds relationships, it strengthens human bonds, it created opportunities for networking and it could have the possibility of improving your mental well being. If people whose life has been enriched by gambling can speak up more and tell their stories, it could help. Stories of gambling addict doesn't prevent one from fall into the trap of gambling addition.

Or just stay away from gambling for good. The problem is that it is already saturated us, online or offline. And so every year, a new gambler is born and become addicted and then the cycle just repeats itself.

One gambling quit, recovered, shared his stories so that no one will replicate it or at least learn a thing or two. But then, there will be thousands of gamblers falling into it every year. So it's really on us, whether we learn from them or wanted to test it ourselves or go gambling for fun or for money.

Isn't it the same thing? Gambling is the main cause of those actions, which is why technically speaking, gambling will make someone's life miserable if they let their addiction be their main priority in their life instead of thinking of their family or anyone, they love to be affected by the actions they choose which is to be addicted in gambling. The effect of gambling on someone's life is something that they can exchange everything they have just to continue their addiction even if it means affecting the life of their loved ones.

Dreaming about huge wins became the problem for this guy, things were fine when he was a responsible gambler until he felt like he isn't making enough, you see, this is the problem that many gamblers are into right now, turning gambling into a source of their life changing story, a single one move can turn everything to worse.

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I like telling people to risk what they can afford to lose, because this is the safest practice in gambling, I've read about someone on here who only wins when he gambles with small amount of money, and once he increase the amount higher he start to lose money, the trick is either you are losing or winning, just keep using small money, no matter how small the amount you win is, it's better than losing a big amount of money when you increase your risk.

Greed begins the moment you confuse yourself that you can do better, you can't do better in gambling, you can only protect yourself from getting rekt, if you are a wise person, if you want to do better in life you should put in the effort on something better, like increase your DCA amount on bitcoin every month, this is better than increasing the money you are risking in gambling every week.

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I was an advocate of this (gambling solely for fun and nothing else) but honestly, I've changed my mind, it is wrong to believe that people will spend all of their hard earned money on gambling just for them to have fun, very wrong believe if you ask me.
There are several games people can play for free for fun's sake, there are video games that are way more interesting and fun to play than any slot or casino game, there are also some really good betting games that are far more intriguing to play than sports betting, what exactly do you think make slot games, Casino games, and even sports betting so interesting that people would want to spend their money on it just to have fun? As far as I know, non of this games are as interesting as playing a good video game on my laptop or mobile phone for free.

To believe that gambling should be done purely for fun is dilusional(sorry to say), I once posted a poll on this board where I asked gamblers on this forum that, if the possibility of making money through gambling is completely removed, and they have to keep spending their money to gamble, but will never win a dime because it's completely for fun, will they keep gambling?, the 100 percent who those who answered the pool said no, that they would stop gambling, for what is the essence of gambling if they can't win money. 😂

Addiction starts from when you have the intention to win big, you will be carried away by that goal and if you are the type that do have luck on little wins, you will no longer be contented with that anymore and you will start aiming to win big, by staking with bigger amount of money. This is where the problem lies, because you will forget that you can become addicted and greed will make you not see the consequences of gambling with big amount of money that you cannot afford to lose. From there, you will start chasing your losses.

Gambling should be a means of entertainment, but some people misunderstand this, and they want to make gamble a full-time job, as if they are the owner of the casino, or as if they were the ones that created the casino games. Imagine what this guy was doing, trying to win more money when his wife was in labor. Unknow to him that he will even lose the one that is with him. A gambler should only use the amount of money that he can afford to lose, so that he will be satisfied with the outcome of his bet, whether he wins or losses.

They can continue to gamble with money and become addicted as usual. I have been a victims of gambling addiction before and it was not because of two reasons. It was because I was looking for a way to look for money. I got no job at the time and gambling took a lot from me. People that have it in mind to use gambling to look for money will use huge amount to gamble in a way that they will lose. Gambling should just be for fun and not a way of looking for money. If they can not gamble for fun, they should stop gambling.

You aren't wrong about what you said, addictions is very hard to stop that's why you don't have to be addicted to gamble and drugs, they will end your careers. The story state we shouldn't be addicted to gambe because it doesn't make any sense, additions cause loses and gamblers want to win bets, as additions cant help matter therefore they should avoid being addicted.
Gambling is for entertainment but when you lose you shouldn't feel bad about it because bets are not winning guaranteed, misunderstanding makes more people lose money because they don't know gambling, if gambling is a full time job there won't be any loses but since to be it's doesn't have anything to do with job that's why it's not guaranteed and people are losing.

Your latter statement makes more sense to advice to more gamblers than saying just a simple, gambling should only be for fun.

Treating gambling for fun is not for everyone. That fun might result into worst since losing is not fun. While these people saying they are gamble for fun, they don't realized that later on, they are already building up the idea of chasing all those losses. At first they are gambling for fun, but they are now slowly falling on the trap of gambling which later on they won't able to control anymore. Even rich gamblers are having such emotional stress when losing big, what's more for casual gamblers who treats gambling for fun.

As much as possible, even how people put up a percentage of their income on gambling, always try to be responsible at all times.

This is what I posted initially:


I also included about not using gambling to look for ways to make money.

You people should read and understand what someone meant. Even that statement is enough for a gambler to know that it is not just fun we are talking about, but a way not to get addicted.

I have also made a topic about it which we can use to discuss about it further: Gambling for fun and not a way of making money (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5486057.0)

Some stories are really sad. Addiction comes from God and it’s unfortunate how difficult overcoming it becomes, be it gambling addiction or any kind of addiction it is not good to become an addict because you will act blindly just to engage in such acts while neglecting the effects it will have on them.

people get addicted to gambling when they gamble for the money, gambling is supposed to be for fun and not for the money. It is when you gamble for money that addiction grows gradually because after every loss you would want to recover your losses and gradually greed will step in making you lose more money and with the intention of recovering your losses you become addicted to it.

Addiction should be prevented at the earliest stage because it’s difficult to control and overcome and to do that we need to approach gambling the safest gambling practices which is to gamble an amount you can afford to lose and avoid gambling on a daily basis.

I dispute your facts because like I don't see where are normal human would deliberately stake his hard earned money just because you are seeking for fun without seeking for a possible return. Gambling for sure is a risky game that involves two things which is either to win or to lose and majority of people who plays gamble does that in other to win and make some profits from it. It's obvious that our sole reason for seeing gambling as fun it's just in other for us not to become addicted because anything one is doing in life and you focus all your attention and energy towards it, as time goes on you would find out that it would be difficult for you to stop or quit so gambling should be played with caution and that the possibility of winning is not guaranteed therefore anyone who wish to get involved in gambling should do away with emotions. Saying that gambling should be played for fun and not to make money is a kind of ironical because majority gambles for the money so if money isn't involved then i don't know the kind of fun we are talking about here.

It's even most dangerous to be around that age of 18 years old and get into gambling, because at such age, whatever you believe to be true is true in your mind and you will go through anything to bring your dream and hopes alive, I know how this person feels.

Who says fear is not good? Feat could get you prepared for something, it could remind you to be aware of yourself, and not lose your guide, I have fear for gambling as I am someone who is always attentive to what I am doing and also the decisions I am about to make, the Fear I have for gambling is why I don't do the stupid things with gambling.

If you can dream about hitting the jackpot, you should be able to dream about living on the street as well, in every good there is always a bad, you have to taste defeat to become a winner, you can't think about a way forward without you preparing to avoid going down, you need to measure the risk and reward ratio too.

How about taking your risks like you wanted and also be a responsible gambler? Take care of your family regardless of you gambling and losing, when the risks you take have no impact on your life you are doing so well with yourself, limit your risks.

We have a choice though, addiction might come from God as you said, however, as humans, we have free will and so we can either let our lives be ruined by gambling, or choices to go on the other side and control our emotions, it might be hard, but at least if we prioritize things in our life, we might not fall for being addicted gamblers but instead just play for fun.

As for many recovering addict stories, yes seen them many times and it's really very hard to hear and how they survived that another part of it in their previous lives specially a addict that almost got killed by those financers that he didn't paid.

In my opinion, gambling addiction can arise because too often we engage in uncontrolled gambling habits and this will easily become an addiction to gambling and this will continue if the person concerned does not want to get rid of this habit and there are many bad impacts that will be experienced by the gambling addict. and also the environment around them.

If someone can gamble just for fun and not looking for a win that they can't necessarily get in the bets they play, of course they will be able to control themselves so as not to continue when they have experienced a loss in the bets they played, but if they are greedy in Gambling will certainly make it very easy for them to become addicted to gambling.

If we can do things like what you have mentioned, of course we will not experience many losses in gambling and will also not become addicted to gambling.

I haven't watched the videos related to him but based on your story, it doesn't seem like he is addicted to gambling? Not sure, but it seems that the gambling he did was to earn money to be used for the birth of his wife and for the expenses of his children. It's just wrong because it's always said and reminded that gambling shouldn't be made a source of income because there's a big chance that instead of making money you might just lose all your money, and when that happens, you'll definitely have a serious problem.

I thought so. Getting hooked on the idea of a big win in gambling can lead to a risky cycle of chasing losses like spending over 8 hours a day on bets, he got deep into the addiction, hoping for that one massive win. It's a common trap because the more you lose, the more you think a big win will fix everything. It's a tough journey but recovery is possible and stories like these can be a lifeline for someone going through it

To be honest, I won't watch this video, but I can roughly understand what it's about. I never stop watching the stories of those who have been gambling for a long time and talk about their lives, it’s like reading a book. So I watch this in order to understand how much can be ruined in life if you act irresponsibly in the game. It keeps me on my toes and not allowing myself to go too far. These videos benefit others. There is no need to be blinded by the game and the winnings that are promised to us, and also not to be overconfident; luck will come to us. The main mistake of many is that they think that they are special and the rest are unlucky, but not the player.

If we are not being careful, gambling can take away everything we have and before we realized that, we might have seen that all is gone already, some people can go to the extent of taking loan to gamble, while some may sell off their own property and investment just because they wanted to gamble, the last categories are those that are making little earnings from what they do and still couldn't afford to make some savings than gambling with the whole earnings, all these are bad habits in gambling.

When gambling habits are left unchecked by taking breaks in the long run, it becomes like a cancer that takes it's root in every of an individual life. Am talking about that individual being so addicted that they sell their possession and belongings to keep up the hope of winning big the next minute.

I doubt one can truly recover fully from the addiction of gambling unless the ones family and friends are close by or there's easy ready access to companion or assistance.

To recover and get fond of new habits is good rather than to quit and not find a replacement hobby to dose the itch of abstaining from such an addiction.

Let all be done to avoid bad habits that take money away from ones pocket, because that's how to remain poor and enslaved by such addiction just like this story OP told.

There's one good support in the esports(Dota2) that we've been playing and betting and his name is Taiga. He retired already after having unsuccessful runs with his new teams just after he has expressed his gambling addiction to the public.

He's a good pro player honestly but gambling did ate him up. His entire earnings with his esports career has gone to zero because of gambling.

Taiga Opens Up About His Gambling Addiction (https://afkgaming.com/dota2/news/taiga-opens-up-about-his-gambling-addiction)

I am not yet see any video like that but I know that the gambling addiction can damage our life until we don't have money, time and ruin our relationship. This relationship can be our family or spouses or even friends. We will be alone and no one will want to visit to our home. We will not feel anything and can't think clear about what happen in around us. We only focus with our gambling and want to win much money but that is hard even if we spend all of our money, that doesn't guarantee we can win. We will only bankrupt and don't have money to fills our daily needs.

It's why we must be careful when we gamble and always stay alert and prevent the loss. The important thing is we can control ourselves while gambling so there are no bad things happen to us. We can say that gambling is part of our life but without responsibility, we will get deeper in gambling without realize what happen to us. So we must really take care ourselves when we playing gambling and not let anything can seduce ourselves to get closer from the highlight of gambling.

They are all bad habits just as you said, and as bad as all this you mentioned are, I think the worst for me is taking a loan to gamble, people can sell their property and use the money for what ever they want, or can be into business and fail to have savings all because they spend all the money on gambling, this are all their business as no one may likely hear or know about it, but when a person takes out a loan to gamble, this is the worst habit because if and when something happens and such person is not able to pay back that loan, it doesn't just cause him or her to lose his reputation, he or she is also shamed, and this also affects those around the person.

A friend of mine once borrowed money, used it for gambling and eventually lost everything, he counted on the signature campaign on this forum to earn him the money so he could pay back the loan, and one thing leading to another, he was removed from the campaign he was in at the time same week he lost the borrowed money to gambling, he had no other means of income, in the end, he had to sell off all his investment so as to raise the money and pay the loan, so he doesn't default and it affects his reputation here on the forum.
Now, bull run is coming and he has no single investment in crypto, and no means of getting money to buy back all that he sold.
People should avoid taking our loans and using it for gambling, it's a very bad habit.

The Tuesday of the last week was a nightmare day for me and I am not gambling since then.I lost a huge amount for me and I still don't get it how could I not stop before losing it all.These stories are great to watch for people who have suffered the same or are near suffering the same in their gambling session.My kid was born in full pandemic and I was gambling also back then but not because I did not wanted to wait for the kid,I simply was disallowed.

Yes and that means that it is we who must control gambling activities and not gambling that controls us, and this is what gambling addicts experience where they allow themselves to be controlled by gambling activities which ultimately make them experience many problems and downturns. Applying caution and vigilance is a preparation that everyone must have for the sake of prevention, not only that we must also be able to limit everything related to gambling such as the allocation of the amount of budget along with limiting the time to gamble, because by taking all actions that lead to prevention, you will be a little avoided from the possibility of addiction which of course can make you end up with many problems in life. So after all, we must really be able to control gambling activities and not gambling that controls us, because you have also said here that when we have entered the addiction phase, it is clear that most people will not hesitate to do things - things they are actually unable to account for and also not a few of them end up becoming criminals because they justify all means such as stealing or robbing just to get money to fund their gambling activities.

Just to add on what you said, I think it is also imperative to note that we should have a different mindset whenever we gamble.

Instead of viewing gambling as a form of making money, view it as something that gives you anxiety and hope at the same time. Whenever you gamble, allocate a specific percentage of your money and make it a point to NOT use more that you have allocated in order to avoid incurring more expenses in the future.

Like what most have mentioned in several of the boards similar to this, gambling should be kept in moderation. If you overstep your boundaries and lost your sense of control, then expect things to spiral out of control.

Gambling addiction their are many loses that are involved apart From that of money. Gambling addiction can make you lose your money,  it can put your health in danger, it can make you lose your time , it can make you lose good relationship with your family. Addiction can later make you to hate yourself after realising the money invested in gambling,  the time wasted and all the financial risk that was taking just to play gambling.

I wish gamblers can be conscious how dangerous being addicted can be for them to know the limit which they need to involve themselves in gambling.  Many gamblers fails to understand all this that is why they put all their self in gambling and at the end of it, it becomes something very difficult for them to control it.

I don't know how many times I have seen videos like this on my social media, maybe there are similar ones because they share their stories of being gambling addicts, it really makes other people aware to be more self-aware before going too far, as we know that gambling is indeed It cannot be used as a place to make money, let alone a place that can provide a steady income to everyone, basically gambling is just a business where it was created as a place to have fun for rich people.

Most poor gamblers always look for luck in gambling so no matter what they lose, how much money they spend just to chase wins that they never actually get while gambling, they spend the amount of money they want to achieve, for example, people who gamble want to winning big getting hundreds of thousands of dollars even though he knows he can't get it but consciously he has spent money while gambling there around hundreds of thousands of dollars, that's ridiculous, but this is where it all comes back to the gambler. Hopefully videos like this can make many people aware that Gambling is just for fun, not for making money.  ;)

In our country, Hospital still doesn’t allowed more than 2 person to accompany woman than giving birth. I can share the experience with you on that part because I do gambling out of boredom and panic while waiting for my wife to give birth to my baby. Luckily for me I didn’t ended up losing despite I didn’t know exactly what I’m doing that time because my mind is worrying about my wife.

I still don’t experience being addicted to the point which I need to recover due to my mental instability. This story of recovering from gambling is favorite content by influencers but it’s ironic that they still doing content regarding gambling after posting this video which makes me always doubt about the authenticity of the video since many influencers is now creating content for the views even if it’s not legit.

If he is already addicted, it will be difficult to stop and he will even give up important time for gambling games even though behind it all there is an intention to pay hospital bills but it will not reach a place where they get money after playing because we know this is luck.

I have never experienced this kind of thing because time and relationships with other people or family are far more important than gambling, in this aspect I have realized that it is not an addiction but still there must be limits to playing gambling, because this game should not be used as an income.

The man must have regrets, but now he has improved and realized that.

Gambling (and life) is all about control. It tests self-control. I've seen how gambling's lack of boundaries may lead to despair. Its about creating a mindset that values control over rapid gratification, not just setting a budget or timetable.

I regularly repeat, "Its you versus the impulse." Every time you walk away from a gamble is a win. Addiction can affect this judgment, so be aware. Here come community, support, and occasionally professional help.

From controlling to being dominated is subtle yet devastating. Vigilance should be a daily habit, not simply a precaution. We typically reveal our vulnerabilities while we think we're invincible. We shouldnt merely restrict gambling; we should control our lifestyle.

I completely agree.

That is exactly the reason why I only gamble with tiny amounts of money and I make sure to put a daily spending limit in place. Gambling is not a profitable practice and nobody should suffer under the delusion of it being some kind of amazing, secret income source that others, who lose their money gambling, do not have the skill to achieve.

The ultimate truth is that when we gamble, we seek the rush of adrenaline and dopamine. That is all. Some of us know that and others seek it without understanding what it is that they seek.

And you can get the same rush with tiny amounts of money, so why gamble large amounts?

I don't know why other gamblers can't understand what you're saying; it's actually very easy to understand. Then their excuse is that it can be a source of income, which is still wrong with their reasons in reality. If they gamble, it should be limited.

Give themselves discipline so that they can also train themselves to control gambling correctly when entering any casino here in the crypto gambling business.

In other ways what if the person involves never got back their money they lost while gambling won't they quit gambling?
To me I will say, this is very hard to because whenever a gambler spent about $1k to $10k while gambling he would look after his expenses and think about quitting, it might be hard for him reason being that he wasted such huge amount into gambling. The next thing that will come of his heart is to say " how can I lose all this sorts of money and expect me quit gambling" instead they will prefer to continue gambling until they made by back their money at this point they will keeps losing without knowing when to quit and the next thing you would see is him gradually becoming a gambling addiction at cause of trying to fight back what they have lost in gambling without knowing they are directly or indirectly losing heavily. So in your friend case he was so fortunate to have win big and he stops gambling.

First, if he starts to believe that he will never lose a bet, then it's called overconfidence and usually, the gamblers who have such thoughts would always lose in the long run. This is a totally unrealistic expectation from gambling which will never come true.  Also if a gambler starts to think that he wants to win big at once, he will start to take more risks and bet with more money. Due to this, he will lose further. If you think that you can big win, then it rarely happens. Usually, the big wins come with surprises and mostly people are not expecting it.


How is that that gambling will make your life so easy that you win a big jackpot once and then you will never gamble again?  I have seen that even after winning big amounts, the people greed never ends (in some cases people wants to win even more) and therefore they never stop gambling and loses in the end.



Gambling is not a job that you gamble for 8 hours a day. This is too much and it will make you a gambling addict. Also, we know that the longer you gamble, the more money you will spend in gambling. There is no such thing as free games in gambling. You will be spending money every second, every minute in gambling. Even if you decide to gamble with very small amount of money in each game, gambling for 8 to 10 hours will eventually make that amount huge and it will be even more sad if the gambler loses most part of that money.

It's a rare thing to happen to a gambler to have quit successfully and lost nothing but time. I also have a relative who has a gambling addiction like that in the video, he didn't just lose a lot of money but influenced his kids to do gambling as well.

Every night he invites his friends to their house and gambles in the living room where eventually his kids learn how to gamble. I saw one time his kid sneak out of school and found him in a nearby betting house. When I confronted the kid, he shhhh me asking me not to tell his dad.

I don't understand how a man can have confidence in a gambler who gambles to pay the hospital bills.  It is not possible for anyone except a serious gambling addict to do that. Those who are so deeply addicted will never be able to improve their financial condition.  They will face deep danger.  So gambling is not to be taken seriously at all.  And whether for the purpose of income or for fun, such amount of money should be used in gambling that if we lose it, it will not affect our bottom line.

For us gambling is not for making money cause we all know that gambling is like a trick if we are Lucky then we will win but if we don't have our luck then losses is everywhere. but some people around the world they will see gambling is for making money without knowing that there's a chance that gambling will take all their money and some of their things cause once a gambler become addict and there's no Money to play with then it will sell some of their things in order to play gambling.

Yeah, that's the case with most addicts, they think that they will get one win and then they'll leave gambling forever, and in search of that win they risk more and more money but they can't get that win. They chase that win so badly that they forget about other things and spend most of their time in gambling. In the end they won't get the win but get highly addicted to gambling which will cause big troubles in their life.

It won't and most gamblers don't understand that, our greed never ends even if we win multiple of such jackpots because desire to earn more money never ends and that's a bitter truth. If we look at the billionaires then they have so much money that they can do anything they want with that money but still they are working day and night to increase their net worth even more. Same is the case with those gamblers who win big jackpots, even if they win one big jackpot they will still not give up on gambling and end up losing all that money which they got from that jackpot.

Yeah, it's true even if someone starts a gambling session with low bets then again in 8 to 10 hours those bets will be a huge amount for the day. Some people follow Martingale strategy, where they multiply the bet each time they lose. That will lead to more losing and the gambler finally ends up losing a lot of money. The more money a gambler losses the higher is chance of him getting addicted to gambling.

The only main key on here for you to not to be able to make yourself that getting addicted with gambling is that you should really be wary about on what it is on the first place.

1. Socialization with other people
2. Past time or leisure
3. Easing out your boredom

But never ever consider that it would really be that a source of income or making yourself rich with it because on the time that you do come into a point
such as this then high likely you would really be getting addicted by gambling on which this is something that we should have avoided since from the start because
once things turns out to be something like this then expect that it would really be that messy later on. You cant feel it right away until you do see that you dont have anymore money into your pocket
and even with your loved ones.

Are people that good to the extent they don't know when to called a spade a spade, they don't know when to quit? I know myself and I know when it's okay for me, thank goodness bankroll exist for a reason, if I lose it there will be no funding from anywhere even I if I have the means to do deposit. If you make another deposit thinking you are going to recover the money you have lost, then that mark the beginning of your addiction to gambling and because you lose all the time, the addiction will make you lose everything until you lose everything.

These guy stories look like someone that is under a influence, more like it's not ordinary, lose home and relationships and family is something one need to be careful about. I hope that he got back on his fit again but such stories are really hard to forget even if you are not the victim. They better make him go see a therapist session with a person that can help him out, sometimes family talk is not enough to change someone, outsiders and professionals do does the magic and I also hope this will be the end of it when he recover.

I watch the video a little and I heard him said so many things on how he started gambling at a tender age and he also started with little amount untill he started betting with big amount. And he spent alot of time all day to play gambling. He also said he won frequently and developed an ego that he has know gambling more better, before he reacieve the shock of his life.

What I understand In this video is that, no matter how you think you are a professional in gambling, always play what you can afford to lose. I know we are likely to be tempted to play with big sum of money expecially when we have more frequent win than loos. No matter how frequently you win just try and maintain with little stake if not you will be tempted to stake big. And guest what? The day you eventually stage big you will lose big. And the amount you will lose will be equated to the total amount you have been winning. and all win and lost will be set to zero.

Every kind of addiction will affect us mentally, physically, and financially so don't just draw the line only under gambling. I may have seen videos of such kind but I don't remember any of it because it doesn't really relates to me and I know how hard to recovery from any addiction from my personal expereince (not gambling).

We do know that there are different types of addiction which it could be ;

Physical Addictions

Alcohol
Tobacco
Opioids
Prescription drugs
Cocaine
Marijuana
Amphetamines
Hallucinogens
Inhalants
PCP


Behavioral Addictions

Food Addiction
Sex Addiction
Internet Addiction
Pornography Addiction
Using computers and/or cell phones
Video Game Addiction
Work Addiction
Exercise Addiction
Spiritual obsession (not to be confused with religious devotion)
Seeking pain
Cutting
Shopping Addiction
Exercise
Gambling Addiction

Source: https://newchoicestc.com/blog/types-of-addiction/

Conclusion: Anything which is too much is always been bad. This is why when dealing up with these things then moderation would be
always recommended or suggested.Regrets is always on the end but doesnt mean that we cant learnt up from our mistakes.
It doesnt need for us to experience these unfortunate events or condition before you would be doing the right thing.

I am quite sure that the guy is just making excuses when he says that he is gambling to make money for the hospital to save face.  If someone needs money, he will not gamble it instead he will ask his friends for financial help to add to the money he is currently holding that time.  Only a gambling addict will gamble the money that is allocated for hospital bills and say the reason that he does it is to increase his funds.

There are lots of cases of gambling addiction on the internet.  Simply searching the youtube will give us documentaries of people who are addicted to gambling. Some videos of this search result[1] is probably worth watching since it give a proper thorough explanation of how gambling addicts is, reactions, and solution, even the cause of addiction is  also tackled in some of the video listed on the search.

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[1] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gambling+addiction

Most addicts will never quit gambling until they face very terrible experiences that'll warrant them to draw the line. This video too will still not make sense to many until they get to experience what the man went through. Quiting gambling is not easy, it takes only a determined mind to embark on the quitting process.

This video will be useful to someone out there who is not yet addicted. Gambling addiction doesn't start suddenly, it starts like fun, from there we begin to aim for higher benefits. We keep making excuses for our excesses while gambling until we realise that we are addicted already.  It is better we try as much as possible not to be addicted, addiction is expensive and it can cause lots of damages before we even begin to seek for help.  I just hope this video inspires gamblers out there to gamble in moderation.

Gambling addiction does not only make a person lose money but also most of their time because they spend so much time gambling that they don't know the time and there are even those who don't think about their condition which is increasingly worrying because they are not aware and are too focused on their gambling in order to win big, even though if he is addicted to gambling. Even though he wins big, it is like his own money that he spends on gambling, but if he doesn't win then their money can be someone else's winnings. Because most people don't realize that the more they gamble, the more they will experience big losses and the more it's hard to recover.

In fact, not only money and time, the family also feels disadvantaged because of his addictive behavior which is increasingly difficult to treat, like the story you told, he ignored his wife who gave birth to their first and second child. This is the same as making his wife struggle alone even without someone to strengthen her and if It seems like it is not impossible to make the family even more messy and the wife will ask for a divorce if her husband cannot change and only thinks about his gambling. For some people who are addicted and already have a family. They should be aware that sacrificing most of their time and family just to gamble is of no benefit, they will instead lose important things in their life and if it is like that, they will regret it and it could be that the regret is too late, therefore when it's not too late, immediately recover from your addiction.

Addictions works almost similarly, regardless of where the problem is emerging from, most gamblers who got addicted weren't just careless, some happened to be responsible, at the end of the process they became addicted. Meaning that whenever, we engage into any activity that has some form of addicting vibe, we have to be careful about it and not run short of staying responsible in the game. We always have things we love doing, until we can't control the reason why we started doing those things. Hence, addiction sets in and the trouble continues to torment the victim, mentally, financially, and many other ways. It's not simple to escape addiction, due to the fact that we tend to enjoy those activities, which kept us addicted.

Constantly gambling leads to addiction for addicted gamblers videos will not affect them. They will not believe that they are going to lose they will only be addicted to winning. He should have been warned in advance that he would feel pain when he saw the end. For those gamblers who are not addicted the video is good physically and mentally they will be prepared and alert to control themselves before becoming addicted will enjoy everything very easily.

Well, things with addicts are very different, sometimes they don't give much importance to the things that happen, the stories and everything that is told to them, they don't believe them simply because they think that those things are not going to happen and The truth is they are exposed to that type of things and events, for this reason we are not doing everything possible so that the people who are addicted try to become a little aware due to their problem, it is something serious yes, but they They themselves have to have the will to do it, we can tell them, make them warn them but they begin to believe that is when they are very bad and that is something sad, because at that moment is when they have lost the most money and when they have done the most things that they should not have done. do, sometimes it is difficult when they try to recover, because basically not only have they lost money, they have also lost friends, some families.

The majority of addicts reach a situation in which they want to die and that is something very serious, and all that pressure and all that stress comes because they owe money, they do not have friends because those friends perhaps lent money and they have not paid them back. , and their families have left it because they did not control themselves, they did not have anything to respond to, what they had in money they preferred to spend on the game and not on their basic things, so these people get into a lot of stress and sometimes they cannot resist that The idea of these issues is that the person does not reach those limits, the idea is that they can overcome these things and get ahead quickly, some advice can help, and everything that adds up is good.

It needs admitting from the addicted gamblers to cure themselves and solve the gambling addiction but if they don't tell to anyone about their addiction, it will not help them and even that can be worst and gives many problems to them. Addicted gamblers will not realize the fact that they already addicted and need help from people around them. But that's not easy as the addicted gamblers can't think clear and can't decide about what they need to do. They even don't tell to other people that they have serious problem, health and mental that needs resolve immediately.

It's a matter of time before the addicted gambler lives will ruin without anyone can help and save. When people around them realize that, it could be too late to help the addicted gambler. It's why that people around addicted gambler needs to discuss to him about his problem so there is a way to solve it.

but maybe what is said is the truth because not everyone has friends they can ask for help when they need help with money or they feel too uncomfortable when they want to borrow money from their friends, so this leaves them with no choice but to gamble their money to be able to get more money.

but whatever it is, gambling to get money is something that is not recommended because when someone gambles to get money, it means that they are set in their mind that they must be able to win. when they can't win, they will keep trying, and at that point he will get caught up in gambling and become addicted.

Self acceptance of the mistake you've done and self realizations will really be the main thing that you would really be needed for you to completely stop gambling addiction or something that this is something be enough rather than on having those professional help or advises from other people.There's no other main thing that could help you out other than yourself when we do speak about quitting gambling.
It is really just that you are really stubborn on quitting because you do really hope for some easy money and this is why people do really mess up their lives because of having those none right of thinking on things
and believing on something delusional. If you are really that loving to recover or getting away with gambling then you can, it is really just that depends on will power imho.

Everything that is done in excess is always synonymous with a bad point of view, none other than because the results are more often disappointing and  especially if you do it in gambling, and gambling without having a time limit or other restrictions is an early signal for someone to end up in an addiction situation or even they are already in an addiction situation, I think one of the reasons why it is difficult for them to ignore the time not to gamble or take a break from gambling is because they have an excessive interest in this activity and one of them maybe they misunderstand what is meant by winning opportunities.

This misunderstanding often occurs and usually the more vulnerable are those beginners who come because they previously saw the victory that was achieved by others, and from this we can already conclude that their intention is to seek victory in gambling, but unfortunately they do not know the real facts in gambling which over time you will actually suffer a lot of losses and not victory because after all in gambling the percentage of defeat is always greater. For the problem of reminding yes it is good but the problem is not everyone can care about others especially paying attention and giving  advice to novice gamblers who have just come, and also on the other hand we never know about  when the initial phase of their involvement in gambling, so I think we can only help one of them because for this problem is out of our control.

This is why more awareness of gambling is important but the governments and NGOs are doing little or nothing about it. Private people can't always have the needed resources to go around to tell and help people regarding gambling, especially the cons attached to it, which will be a warning before they start gambling at all. This is not about dissuading people from gambling altogether but letting them know the dangers of gambling if certain measures are not taken into consideration. You can imagine the person who knew the good and bad sides of gambling before he started and cautiously engaged in it with the full knowledge that this activity is dangerous if he is careless about it. Such will always be one step ahead of gambling in terms of being careful, unlike those who are just gambling without prior knowledge of it.

Such never knew the danger in it but always wanted to get that money from it. Even those who want fun from gambling should also be careful so that what they believe is their hobby will not be a trap for them where addiction through it will make their lives miserable. We should try to moderate things, and those who started gambling with prior learning and warnings could be better planners, budgeters/managers, and strategists since they know what they are in for is more dangerous than many think.

Everyone can get out of the circle of gambling addiction in various ways depending on your will and determination to get out of every circle that has the potential to influence gambling addiction factors, we can even do it ourselves without professional help and rehabilitation even though we face full of challenges but we can Applying a recovery pattern to heal from gambling addiction, if you regularly follow this pattern then my estimate will take 3-5 months to feel the effects of avoiding gambling addiction.

Everyone has a weak point to make as the main point for self-motivation to stop gambling addiction, I really feel lost when losses are high in sports betting because of greed of wanting to get high profits but those losses have motivated me to gamble responsibly and I have set limits money to gamble.

To be honest, I haven't watched it or I can say I haven't tried to watch it. because just referring to the story in your post, I can feel it, know it, and have also experienced it, although maybe in different cases. but the essence, the story is the same. in fact, the stories or people told in the screenshots that you share like this don't even mean we have to watch them for learning or self-education. because, we can reflect on ourselves, that we are people who have been in that phase. not only that, in our immediate environment there will always be addicts, whatever the type of addiction, addicts are addicts. I understand very well, and even know that you have good and sincere intentions for sharing screenshots as a reference for the content in the story.

But for me personally, it reminds me of the past. we don't need to share much about the experiences I've had, but that's part of what I've been through. maybe, for some members in the community it could be a good reference, especially if the content in the video also includes how to reduce the level of addiction. because, if you stop completely, it seems like a difficult thing to do. in this post, I can only say based on personal experience. as we often say in many posts. Play if it's just fun entertainment, because if you're chasing profit or victory it will usually end like the story you said. also, the most important thing is to know the limits of what we can afford and be self-aware.

They will believe for sure however, their actions would matter more . Same thing with other inspirational materials and contents; at that moment when it was watched, they'd be inspired but eventually, they still won't make a change. Lessons will just pass by and if it is change being desired, the gambler itself should have initiative to create those changes. As we all know, there are many ways to lessen your exposure in this activity; other things that could occupy time. The idea of going back to this industry in general, would mean that you are not that devoted of what you want to achieve. It is not easy in the first place which is why it is and should be understandable. Many addicted gamblers are hoping to make themselves better however, not all people are willing to make it happen.
Borrowing money could not be an option and it would be more valid to put an end with what you are losing and where you are in debt with. Acceptance will always set you free and that is also applicable with gambling. The only thing which pushes a gambler to bet more is personal assumption that gambling could give you the wealth you are dreaming of.

There's also that I think that we might have missed or at least majority here experienced and that it turned them into a gambling addict, and that is what we call "Beginners Luck".


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beginner%27s_luck

And from what I gathered from those who turn into gambling addicts, this is the most common things they have encountered. One story is that this person was given the reward by his company to travel to US because he is their top seller. So one night him and others go to the casinos and meet a fellow nationality that works in Vegas as a dealer and tell him to play a game. And this guy was so lucky that his $1 turn into $88,000 and then he bring this money to his country.

From then on, he frequently local casinos and he says that he win big in a year. But after that, he lost everything, put in jail and almost get killed. So that is just one of the most horrific stories I heard and that this beginners luck could be positive and encouraging start for newcomer. But they may struggle to cope with setbacks or failures after that and then chasing that feeling again will turn us into addicts.

The level of risks involved with these gamblers is scary, I wouldn't advise anyone close to me to gamble because at the end, there are repercussions that follows, most of them couldn't survived and end up in endless heavy debts. Gambling addicts are passing through he'll on earth. They can't be able to do anything right when it comes to handling money, they will always think of gambling which is really a terrible activity. They don't mind using their last money to gamble, even if it means going to bed on hungry stomach.

Well, we all just for fun and things will go smooth and fun as well but one who doesn't keep things under limits will fall into addiction of kind that we only understand how deep we are into the shit when it's become too late. In gambling people who desperate to make money also gets addicted and there are people who wanted to distract themselves from addicted and many more people but the worst of all is, this can affect us financially first then things will escalate to family/relationship and if they are not supportive then it will broke the bonding and we just do it hard to forget the emotional damage that they are going through.

Yes, gambling addicts are people who cannot manage money, if they have money they will definitely use it for gambling. In fact, they can't stop gambling if their money hasn't run out. They can only stop when there is no more money in their wallet.

I have a friend who is addicted to gambling, he always spends his salary on gambling until there is nothing left, he does this continuously so that his salary only lasts for two or three days, after that he has no money at all

Thanks for the concern shown because even if many people don't admit it openly here, it's very much noted that there are lots of persons suffering or might have suffered from this act but still yet finding it hard to quit this very deadly act and that's why it's important to advocate this important message that gambling isn't something that anyone can turn into a day job or an habit that is guaranteed to grant them successful winning constantly, although it's true that some persons do get lucky and win big but first calculate the ratio of possibilities.

People would really be never to stop on doing gambling as long they do have the money that they could make use on, people would literally be stopping on the time that they would be experiencing those
financial hardships which they should have done it earlier and not something sooner on the time that they have nothing left already. This is why it would really be best that you should be wary about on the actions that you are taking and you should really be that responsible on the actions that you are taking because if you do missed out on doing so then it would really be resulting into that huge
disaster and this is something that you do really need to mind on about.

Here in Brazil there is a series in documentary format called "Compulsion". It addresses different cases of compulsion with food, sex, alcohol, cocaine, crack, sports, electronic games and shopping. In each episode, compulsive people tell their story since their first contact with addiction.

In the fifth episode, there is the story of a compulsive Bingo player for 20 years and also a man who played for 12 years and lost a lot of money too, in addition to making his personal life a nightmare. Both have a happy ending, and share how they managed to overcome addiction.

A gambler must have self acceptance and self realizations to stop gambling and build and effort that can help him to start the process of recovery from his addiction. It's hard and not many addicted gamblers can do but we have our goals to cure ourselves from the addiction. With the supports from other people can gives us strong minds to solve the addiction because other people around us will also help us and will be besides us while we undergoing the healing process. We will not be stubborn to quit gambling because we already see what happen to us and we really want to heal ourselves from the addiction. The recovery process will not be too hard if we get support from the people we loved because they will stand besides us and will give their support to us. They will not complain about what we did because they think that we have a second chance to change our lives. We only want to recover our addiction and become a person with a better life and we can help other addicted person in gambling.

Unfortunately, if the family of the gambler neglects him, that will be terribly bad and could affect his future behavior, after recovery. Because an addict needs love and care to get cured of his problem gambling. What is most important is the need to stay away from consistent gambling. Players own the responsibility of remaining responsible in gambling, but along the line forget about the pains of addiction and go astray. As a gambler, reminding oneself of the struggle addicts are undergoing, is enough to make us stick to the plan of being responsible in gambling. Compulsive gambling has never helped to improve the profits of any gambler. Why then do players tend to play or wager more than they're able to lose. It's painful and leads to anxiety which is the reason most gamblers are not able withstand the struggle, as it starts really strong on the player. The person realizes he's addicted really late, when it has eaten deep into his memory and bank account.

The addiction thing is really bad at the beginning of something there is no addiction it depends on the control power of the person. Doing something constantly will eventually become an addiction. Many careless people can't quit gambling despite the money and odds. Despite many attempts to stay away from gambling addiction many people end up not being able to stay away from gambling. It's like drug addiction. Betting is fun to be caught occasionally and addiction is less likely if you are careful.

Like drug addiction, nobody who takes substances that's strong enough or immune to getting addicted. Gamblers who are not careful about dealing with gambling will almost get into problem gambling. It's hard to escape gambling addiction alone, they need to open up to people around them that they're facing lots of trouble in their gambling activities. However, when a person practices something all the time, they can still control themselves to an extent and avoid getting addicted. That's why gamblers are advised to take a break or vacation after a while of engaging into a nonstop gambling session. Playing for fun still counts as the best form of gambling, but nobody is ready to be happy when they go home with no money left on them, hence gambling for fun requires that the gambler doesn't wager lots of money that will get him angry if he doesn't win.

I've never seen any positive impact of addiction on gamblers than the way it affect them the bad way, we should therefore endeavor to make our gambling lifestyle a disciplined type that we don't just go into gambling in an irresponsible manner, we have to take some check on our gambling performance, how we are enjoying it and the way we could push forward in it towards having a better experience each time we are gambling.

There's a lot of bad stories already with gambling addiction, and everyday we've see gamblers suffering from such losses and yes, it's not just about the losses with their money but also suffering from depression, stress, and even losing your own family just because of gambling addiction. Money here speaks a lot, and just like doing a bad debts without having the capability to repay it, you'll ended up in the same faith. It's not too late though, once you acknowledge your addiction, you can start doing what is right by seeking professional help and staying away from any type of gambling, you might not be able to recover the time you've loss, but still you can make things right again.

Seriously? Love and caring are nice, but they don't heal addiction. Hard work and unpleasant realities are involved. Not just a lousy habit, addiction is a complex behavioral crisis. The issue is neurology, not just bad decisions. The brain craves dopamine like oxygen after rewiring

We shouldn't ignore personal accountability. While support is important, gamblers must take responsibility. They must face the beast. This is a harsh road, and sugarcoating it helps no one. Rewiring the brain, understanding triggers, and replacing toxic habits with healthier ones is more than avoiding the next bet. The true fight

Gambling for financial gains is a bad practice and one needs to know this before they get into gambling so that they don't spend all their money while trying to multiply it or earn more with it because that isn't possible. Only someone with a lot of luck might be able to earn money through gambling and even for them, it isn't something constant or permanent and eventually, they are going to lose as well if they don't stop at the right time.

I can't imagine having my wife in the hospital giving birth to our child and I'm sitting in the casino to earn money for the bills if it's about a job where you are doing overtime because you need the extra money that's still understandable, but spending what you already have on gambling isn't a wise decision while knowing that gambling is based on luck.

Yes this is what will happen when you come and gamble without a proper understanding of the actual concept that exists in gambling, losing money is a sure thing and even dominates and this makes gamblers eventually suffer from stress or depression as you mentioned, the reason is clear because they are unable to accept the fact of losing which is actually not always avoidable. Usually people like this only see or focus too much on the chances of winning and ignore the possibility of risk which of course cannot be completely avoided in gambling because gambling always involves risk because this is an activity that risks your money to win or lose.

The misunderstanding of gambling, especially about the chances of winning, will make a person end up with a lot of problems and downturns in terms of money, mental and also family relationships or relationships with partners  and this will be very likely to experience when you end up with an addicted gambler. Therefore it is always advisable to understand what gambling is really about, you are very wrong if you think that gambling can provide you with income, because the "chance of winning" in question is nothing more than a "possibility" which means there is absolutely no certainty that it can actually be realized, absorb and understand until you really feel worried about losing, and with this I think you will definitely prioritize risk management rather  than chasing something uncertain. On the other hand for an addict who wants to recover, I would also say that it is never too late to change for the better, but maybe you need a process that is not easy and long enough because addiction is a difficult problem to overcome.

A bad practice and a never recommended kind of method or ways on which we know that this thing isnt a source of income making but rather this one has been created for the sole purpose of entertainment but its sad to see that there are people who are really that making those kind of wrong assumptions and treatment towards gambling and this what makes that wrecking out their lives because of it. The best thing you should really be doing is avoiding gambling addiction at all cost because once addiction do really shackles you out then getting out would really be that too hard.
Recovery on gambling addiction isnt something that you could obtain out not unless if you do make yourself realize those mistakes and never looks back with gambling activity.

If irresponsible gambling only involves financial risk, I don't think it's so bad, because if we only lose some money then we can get it back. However, it seems that the risks in gambling do not only involve financial risks, but also involve the balance of our lives. Loss of other people's trust in us, and damaged relationships at home and with the people we love, loss of precious time and also every opportunity that comes. That is a bigger loss than just losing some money. And even when we recover from gambling addiction, the suffering will remain. Losing the trust of other people may make it quite difficult for us to find a new job or open a business. Unless these people don't know our dark past at all, but still the bad things will be discovered sooner or later, so that other people will have a bad perception of us. Likewise, when talking about relationships in the household and with the people closest to us, they feel a little traumatized about having contact with us, so they always try to avoid our presence.

There are many terrible stories and incidents about gambling addicts, but there are always new people or old players who will become victims too, whether they have never read, watched or seen the effects of gambling addicts destroying their lives, why not make it a threat? so that we don't get trapped like other people have experienced

"loss of other people's trust in you" yes... that is one of the domino effects of gambling addiction that you will feel, even when you have recovered from the addiction, this will still apply to you. because it will be quite difficult for other people to trust you after knowing the bad things you have experienced or experienced. So when someone has recovered from their addiction, their life may be a little more difficult compared to other individuals who have never experienced gambling addiction. Changing other people's perceptions of you is quite difficult because it is beyond your ability.

Based on this, it is quite important that we are able to manage the gambling activities that we often do well, so that these activities do not affect the balance of our lives and also the relationships that we are building.

Interpersonal relationship is the first effective step in psychotherapy, and without the relationship between the addict and the therapist, who could be a loved one or a professional, the brain wouldn't rewire accurately or in the first place. When an addict is not comfortable with discussing his troubles or problems with anybody, he'd hardly get help. Hence, the need to attract his attention towards, engaging into conversations with a therapist and loving the person, taking him as a friend who can safely hold addictive secret, helps the addict to go for therapy. Then the brain can then get rewired. Yes, it's a long-term journey and takes lots of effort from both parties, especially the gambler's active participation is indeed required. If not, the addict can develop a countervailing reaction, where he sees multiple reasons not to work alongside those who are willing to help him out of addiction. A lot of problem emerges from healing an addict, but with a sound interpersonal relationship, he could be convinced to take his healing process seriously.

I heard one reasoning from a gambler, it's only money that you losses in gambling and you can recover that. However, your sanity will be affected, no matter how big or small that amount you lose in gambling, you will always remember that at the back of your mind. And if you did, it will trigger all your emotions, thus you might become a addicted gambler. So that struck on my mind, that gambling is based on our emotions and that it can really affect us not just physically, but mentally as well that majority can really take it, thus falling into the trap of becoming addicted and it's hard to recover from that. And it might take years and most of the time its really too late unless there is some motivation for us to quit or seek professional help.

That is the worst impact of just losing money, that is we will lose the trust of others even from our own family, in other words, maybe that is the social impact that gambling addicts will get. This is indeed worse than just losing some money, because we may be able to find money again, although it will take a little longer to completely restore our financial situation. But if it has entered the social realm, then it will be more complicated than imagined. Previously we may have had a good relationship with the neighborhood, but if they already know our ruin because of gambling maybe slowly the good relationship will be a little tenuous. I think what makes it tenuous is that the addict becomes more ashamed of what he or she is going through.
This is what should be realized, but again when they have not felt the impact, then they will not be able to accept easily the advice that comes to them. But when everything has happened then it will make them fully realize that what they have been doing all this time is something wrong because gambling without any rules they do. The rules should always be adhered to, and not just in gambling, but in all aspects of life.

IDK if the reason is genuine. I ask because usually gamblers are prone to lying but that's one sick alibi if it is. I think that shows the addiction of the person is already in its highest form, that they can ignore even the most important moments of their life. Even if he is honest, it is still wrong to rely on gambling to get our needs, most especially if it's an emergency one because the more the chance we can only increase our problem by losing the existing money we have.

It's only nice to know that it was only the story of their past and they are now on their recovery stage. May newbie gamblers read this and can serve as a warning on what can gambling addiction do to them.

Social impact could really only happen on the time that you would really be tolerating your addiction into that extreme manner on which you are already affecting out your relationship with other people.
You would really be coming into a point that you would really be breaking their trust and this is something that should really be that avoided at all cost. Losing money in gambling is really that inevitable and this is something that you should really be wary and on the time that you are already spending up that much then this would be the solid indication or signal that you should really be stopping gambling if you dont like on messing up your life with. Once that gambling addiction would really be able to shackle you out then there's no way that you could really be able to get out so easily
not until that you would really be able to affect to those people around you.

This is why if you dont like on having that kind of life then it would be always best to stop mid-way which its not something simple but its not that impossible if you are really just that eager on doing so.
Just looking on how booming up gambling industry is, on which you could really be able to tell that there are lots of people who are really that getting addicted to it.
So on the time that you do make yourself getting some involvement then it would be always best that you should make use of your self awareness and common sense.

I don't have to watch videos like this because I decline and I am an addict. No, I am not a gambling addict and I know my situation and I have control of myself.

With these videos, they're inspirational if someone is going through with the same problem of having a gambling addiction and can't find a way out of it.

Words of encouragements are there but getting out the actuality is certainly hard. Even if you just stay on the forum and read some stories here, you'd see gamblers that have recovery stories.

When anyone loses money by gambling then the user has nothing to do if the user has no way to afford the loss. And in this case, it may cause several side effects. The user may fall into bad evil and it may turn into killing and also it may turn into suicide.

And this is something that should really be avoided in the first place. If you do find yourself not really that liking on losing money then gambling isnt for you and you are just that basically putting up
yourself on such huge risks specially if you are a type of person whose really that impulsive. Dont wait up for yourself to experience the worst before you would really be quitting up on gambling.
On the time that you had noticed that you are already losing up that big then it would be sensible that you should quit up already. Dont wait for things to become worst before you would really be doing such act and this is something that common for most people.

Recovery would really be that so hard but its not something that impossible.It is really just that a matter of self acceptance and and control towards your mind and emotion.
If you do want to quit then you should really be serious on doing so or else you would really be ending up on having that kind of disastrous condition.
This is why it would be always best that you should be wary with your actions.

Sometimes I watch documentaries and stories like that in order to remind myself of how dangerous an activity may be, this way even if I enjoy gambling I can keep myself alert on any symptoms that may indicate that I could be having some sort of problem with it, fortunately nothing like that has happened to me, but it is difficult to see how people that were living normal lives suddenly found themselves being addicted and lost everything that they had.

You are right, but the problem is that gamblers who already have an addiction will not be able to just realize the impact they will receive, they gamble because of the emotional impulses that control them, and we know that if emotions control a person, then that person will find it difficult to think rationally.
Actually they don't need to get advice or so, if they really use their common sense, it should be when they see someone who is destroyed because of gambling it can make them realize. But that is not the case, instead there are some people who justify their gambling activities that are beyond reasonable limits.
It is a simple choice, but in reality it is not that simple for some people. Indeed, one way to make them really realize is that they feel the impact directly, but that is too extreme for us to see. Therefore, those of us who have normal thoughts try to do our best for such people, because even though we are also active in gambling activities, we don't want to see someone lose everything because of this gambling.

Or we accidentally find this videos, we are curious and then we try to find it out. It's not that we are addicted or not, maybe it's just to watch it and see how it goes. Maybe we can compare our experience with gambling and compare. Nevertheless, this kind of feel good stories and just like that, to refresh us and remind us gamblers the dangers of being addicted and what could happen to us. So don't take it personally if you think that you are not a addicted gambler (although I would argue that anyone here will not admit their addiction). But in any case, just take their life experience with gambling and at the end they were able to get out of it, and it's a happy ending.

I sometimes watch videos and interviews with addicted gamblers who tell their journey in gambling and their worst and worst stories. They answer questions such as their biggest losses, how they played for the first time and how much debt they owe to friends, relatives and neighbors. These videos allow me to learn many stories and understand exactly what not to do based on the mistakes of others. Still, we must learn from the mistakes of others for our own development. Of course, some of them were able to recover from losses and never bet irresponsibly again. And others couldn’t help themselves and continue to play until all the available money runs out, I don’t even understand what they are hoping for, is it really a jackpot that will hit them one day, thanks to which they will pay off all their debts.

For what I have watched on those documentaries, it is not that those that keep gambling, even after many attempts to stop, are expecting to get a big win to recover some or all the money they lost, what happens is they cannot stop themselves to gamble, even when they know it is harmful to them, basically their priorities are so skewed that no matter what anyone may say to them, they do not want to stop, and when a person is in that state then no matter what their loved ones do to help them, it will never be enough.

Gambling addiction is a dreaded sickness, and all gamblers should find a means of staying clear from such a chronic problem. Hence, even the non-addict should take such videos serious and not think that they're safe. Anybody can become a victim, in just a loss of self control. Hence learning from the mistakes shown in the video is crucial for gamblers. It helps in identifying the problems once the player is gambling. Experience teaches gamblers not to get addicted. If a player has seen an addict undergo severe pains and suffering, he wouldn't hesitate on following some precautionary strategies able to put him away from addiction. The goal remains staying responsible.

Multiple information has been passed online about the problems addicts go through, yet we see new cases occurring. Hence, responsible gambling should be worn as a clothe against the coldness of addiction. Those who gambled on their funds away, lost control and wasn't able to hurt the session. They are chasing loss, motive, earning back lost money. That's almost impossible on a single session. They fail to understand that they've got another day to play again. It's not a one-day course. Contrary to such belief, leads to a downward course. No player made it big in just one day of gambling, it takes multiple weeks of consistency. Although, nobody knows what will happen, but, theoretically from examples, most players who won big didn't attain it on their first day of gambling.

Someone's mindset can really be the source of their punishment, it's wrong to believe that gambling can make your rich, it's like opening the door of a prison cell and locking yourself inside and tossing the key away, what you choose to believe in can take your rise to your fall.

With gambling, we all get what we wanted after all, If you want to make money through gambling you should be expecting losses as well, you can't be too greedy with gambling, and you will easily get Rekt.

Every rekt gamblers have one thing in common, they all want to win big, they even laugh at us who are used to using small amounts of money, they love saying that those who use small amounts of money can never make money when gambling, and so far they are wrong, because I've won some good amounts using small money.

Indeed, if this player understood that no one is able to influence his destiny like himself, then he would probably play less and concentrate on building and improving his life. I understand that this is very difficult, I even went through this myself when I lost all my money set aside for a vacation, but I have never borrowed from anyone. My conscience simply did not allow me to do this. If I borrowed money from someone, it would potentially lead to me not being able to repay these debts without being able to do so.

This is the main trap of self-confident people who are new to the game, they think that they are not as weak as addicted players, and this is what will punish them later.

I just watched a video where a young mother with 2 children tells her story about losses and debts, it is very difficult, but I force myself to watch it so that I know what happens if you cross the line.

Because the story of a rare but big win sounds much louder than the story of many but not big wins. I think that's why lotteries prefer to give a huge amount of money to one lucky person rather than give it to a lot of people in small amounts. It turns out to be a promotion that attracts players. Although such a distribution can hardly be called fair.

Yep, maybe this is the reason why offline lottery still popular until now because people are hoping they will become the one lucky winner among a lot participants out there. Usually gamblers who won small amount money will share their achievement through the casino's social media or their friends, but their winnings won't able to be posted in an article and become popular.

Really, it's simple. Gambling is a fast pathway to problems, not wealth. The assumption that gambling makes you rich? Wrong! A high-risk game. The idea that risk = gain is risky.

You're right - small bets, consistent wins. It's not about investing big and expecting more. Smart, methodical moves. You showed that patience and judgment can pay off in gambling. The key? Know the game, know your limits, and avoid greed. That keeps you ahead, not by chasing the impossible.

Of course on which news outlets or media would really be that focusing into those huge wins or jackpots for it to be featured rather than on going into those small wins. Actually its not really that something that significant on trying out to share with those small wins that you've been able to hit up because if we do sensibly trying out to look back on how much we've lost then for sure you wont really be that looking happy with it.
When it comes to gambling addiction stories then we could really be having tons or lots and those recovery is something that could be done on silent yet addicts wont really be that too showy when it comes
to their addictions and they would really be keeping it private as much as they could. This is why it would really be better that if you do find yourself that addicted to gambling
then you should really be stopping it immediately while you can.

Yes, that's rights because when they knows about big win from someone, their minds directly said that they can win big if they trying too. That makes them still trying to buy lottery especially when they lose some money because the sounds of the winning still louder in their ear and makes them curious about the winning. They allocates more money to buy lottery because with the cheap price of the lottery, they can buy a lot of tickets and they can hopes to be the winners. Yes, the casino still makes promotions to attracts more people because the casino knows that people will be greedy when they already wins. They will continue playing gambling although they already wins before because they wants bigger winning.

Hopefully, people who are not addicted to gambling can see those who are addicted to gambling as an example for themselves not to do excessive gambling. With the many cases of the adverse effects of gambling addiction, we can make our own lessons so that we do not do the same thing, namely excessive gambling. Bensr that you said, anyone can become addicted to gambling when gambling and losing self-control, many people or gamblers who experience huge financial losses are because they gamble with a loss of self-control, a frequent occurrence is depositing money back when the gambling done ends in defeat. sometimes it also becomes an impulsive action.

Therefore, we should be able to emphasize that gambling should be done responsibly from all aspects, including the finances allocated for gambling. Many gamblers misunderstand the true meaning of gambling, where they consider gambling as a sure means of making money, while the victory in gambling cannot be obtained with certainty according to our heart's desire. In my opinion, losing self-control when gambling can make things messy, so from that we must be able to control ourselves well as well as control our thoughts so that we can think positively.

You make an excellent point.  There is an undeniable thrill that comes with holding that physical lottery ticket, letting your imagination run wild with possibilities before revealing what lies underneath and  small wins we tend to celebrate more intimately with those closest to us, while big jackpot wins catapult people into internet fame. 

Imagine the headlines: "Local Pizza Delivery Guy Wins Enough Bitcoin to Buy His Own Island!"  That would truly be a viral story! Most of us can only daydream about such a radical life change.  But I suppose someone has to win those insane mega millions prizes we always hear about.

When you win a large sum in a lottery or casino, anonymity can be important. Some people are afraid that if they become known as winners, they may be robbed or asked for money. Therefore, many prefer to remain incognito and not reveal their identity.
But sometimes anonymity can lead to problems with the tax service, so it is important to carefully consider all the pros and cons.

True. When individuals lose money through gambling and are unable to afford the losses, it affects their mental health and overall well-being. This loss can create financial distress and emotional turmoil. Gamblers who are unable to afford the losses may find themselves in a deadly financial situation which will make the gambler struggle to meet his basic needs or pay off debts incurred from gambling. Also, feelings of shame and regret are common among gamblers who experience significant losses.

Above all, the most extreme consequence of severe gambling losses is suicide. When gamblers feel overwhelmed by their financial situation and see no way out, they may resort to drastic measures. This could include turning to criminal activities, which may escalate into violent behaviour, or contemplating suicide as a way to escape the mounting pressure and distress. Stories have surfaced online about how people lost huge amounts of money, couldn’t bear the loss and then committed suicide.

This is why it's always advised that we shouldn't make a profession out of gambling as the effects could actually be really terrible and in some cases it can ruin ones life, if you must gamble, make sure you gambling for fun especially if you are some one who's really an emotional person and addiction prone, possibly for addiction prone persons try as much as possible to avoid gambling totally as it will not do you much God and lastly but very importantly, get a job. A job will help you save you from much of the disappointment that may come with gambling especially if you not gambling with the whole of your paycheck then your reserve can cushion the effects of your losses.

If the person in this story had a job they keeps him busy most definitely he wouldn't have all the time to gamble and it will help him not quickly get to addiction because his job will keep him away from the casino most times but when he's jobless he's very likely to want to visit the casinos most often to see if he can double up that which he's got and may end up loosing it.

With all the horror stories, people should learn, right? Wrong. Like asking someone not to touch the hot stove; some can't resist finding out. That's the issue. Gambling addiction is a warning, but many are tempted by the forbidden fruit

Self-control? As mystical as a unicorn in gambling. We all like to assume we have it until the chips are down and the next wager may be the big one. Reality dawns: gambling is about the pleasure of the chase, not profit. Chasing often leads off cliffs

Gambling as a money-making plan is like expecting a rainbow with gold at the end. It's fantasy. The house always wins, and gamblers lose money and frequently their soul. You need self-awareness, not simply self-control. The best gambles are knowing your limitations, odds, and addiction symptoms

On the time that you would really be that having that kind of mindset and treating up gambling to be some sort of income source  then you are just basically making yourself that put on being addicted anytime soon. It all matters with your mindset and if you are someone whose really that easily having those kind of thoughts and belief on mind then it would be that so easy for you to get hooked up.
The thing that you should really be minding is never ever make yourself that get easily addicted because once shackled then it would really be so damn hard for you to get out.

Its always better that you should really be having that control or else then you would really be experiencing the worst of your life and this is something that you dont really like to happen.
Outcomes or results would really be basing up on the actions that you are making on.This is why its always better to make a good one.

I already had relatives who were addicted to gambling, and I confess that before they were addicted, the relationship I had with them was very trusting. So they were the type of person that I didn't need to distrust and I always believed in the things he said. because in my head he didn't need to lie, that's what I thought. until the day I found out that he was addicted and that all the money he asked for was not to do what he said he wanted to do, he took the money and was going to feed his addiction and the saddest thing about it all is that every relative who asked him what he was doing with the money, he got very angry and started to victimize himself, he used his words as if everyone else in the family was jealous of him and didn't like him

He was psychologically playing other people to distract us from the fact that he was taking the money we gave him to support his addiction. Since no one suspected he was addicted, he had a lot more room to lie and manipulate us. This is the big problem with having a seriously addicted relative, the addict will lie a lot, create a lot of stories and when one day people discover all his lies, people start to distrust and believe him no more, even when he Once you are cured of your addiction, it will become very difficult to believe him and the things he tells you. That's why most addicts who are cured, don't get back the wives and children they lost, they don't get back the friendships they had, they don't get back the good relationships with relatives they had.

That is a valid point regarding the impact of employment status on gambling behavior. Joblessness may increase susceptibility to problematic gambling behaviors due to increased free time and financial strain, and meaningful employment offers a protective factor against the negative consequences associated with excessive gambling. Employment can play a significant role in mitigating the risk of gambling addiction by providing distraction, financial stability, social engagement, a sense of achievement, and effective time management.

The demands and responsibilities associated with work can limit the opportunities for leisure activities such as gambling, thereby reducing the likelihood of excessive or compulsive gambling behavior. Steady source of income can contribute to financial stability and reduce the temptation to seek quick monetary gains through gambling. The financial security offered by regular employment may alleviate the pressure to gamble as a means of addressing financial difficulties or fulfilling unmet needs. Building supportive relationships in the workplace provides people with alternative sources of social connection and reduces the reliance on gambling as a form of escapism or socialization.

Does that mean that in your opinion, the many cases that have occurred cannot be used as a lesson for us? Do we have to feel the bad effects of gambling first so we can learn and correct ourselves? In my personal opinion, gambling addiction is not just a warning but it has become a serious problem, because with gambling addiction life is at stake, life can be messy when we are addicted to gambling, relationships, finances and health will be harmed by this one thing. It's also difficult to recover, even in the long term you usually fail to recover.

Many gamblers gamble excessively, they gamble excessively, such as chasing wins that are not recommended. They often make and think that gambling can produce definite profits, but in reality it is not like that, everything is in the opposite direction, gambling with the aim of pursuing profits actually makes us lose more money. We must be aware that the rules and regulations that the host always wins are certain, with that awareness there will probably not be excessive gambling.

There's no such thing as professional gambler, although you can see like poker player being called professional. But still not all of them become successful, only maybe 10% of them are earning money. And those non-pro who plays on some underground or even in casinos, it's no guarantee that they will make money like every 2 weeks or a month just like a regular 9-5 job. But based on the story here, it's the adrenaline and chasing losses that make the guy become a gambling addict. And he can't stop until everything is gone and hopefully this will not be the case for the majority of us here and it's good to hear this kind of horror stories, maybe some of us will snap from our gambling addiction or at least minimized it and have control.

There are really different reasons why some gamblers do it; there are some who just gamble because they are going through emotional problems, others are stressed or depressed, and mine is because they need money fast. because it is an emergency and leads to the risk of hitting the jackpot.

And there are others who rely on suddenly winning big in gambling so they can get out of the poverty they are facing in life, and others are a source of income and usually just for fun.

If such person have a good orientation about gambling, they will not allow emotions or depressed to lead them to be addicted to gambling because, you will know when to stop gambling and when to  continue gambling in the next day when you have the knowledge, but if you allow all those things to push you to get quick money from gambling, it will surely make you to be addicted.

Anyone taking gambling as their source of income, I guess such person is not far from gambling addicted because you will like to be selling anything sellable to get the money for the day just to gamble and before you will realize it, it have cause so many damages into your life.

What you say is very true, maybe there are very few people who can win their gambling and can give them an income from the bets they play. Of course there will be losses on their bets and it is very unlikely that gamblers can get wins like the income of someone who works and for them Those who cannot control their gambling habits will of course have the potential to become addicted to gambling which will have a bad impact and will lose more of their money on gambling and when they have run out of money that can be used for gambling of course they will look for ways to gamble more easily. various ways and they could borrow from those closest to them, of course this has disturbed those closest to them.

The thing is that some persons are actually bound to be addicted to gambling no matter what so it just depends on how you decide to go with your gambling habit because i believe everyone knows what and what isn't good and what is good when we gamble but still yet some person decide to go the extra miles to actually monetize their account or habit. Gambling can wreck only if you decide to go the wrong way with it and believe me it's really hard to get out from it when fully involved.

We understand the dangers of gambling addiction, that is why it is very important for all of us before getting involved in gambling to have an idea, what is the real purpose of our gambling.
* earn a living.
* Gambling to solve our economic problems.
* Is gambling a place to cover all the needs and shortcomings we have regarding money.

If that occurs to us in gambling, of course it is very wrong for us, in fact there are many other alternatives to make money to cover all the needs that we feel are lacking and burdened besides the solution of gambling, remember, no matter how addicted we feel, don't turn to the world of gambling as a solution to cover up our financial problems.

We have seen YouTube/videos that are more strange and severe towards those who are addicted to gambling, to cover up their lack of finances, as I said above, there are many roads to Rome, besides the world of gambling.

I would say that such players who earn much less from poker, because not everyone can show this result for a long time, 5-10 years for example. But online poker allows you to do this; they need to play a very large number of hands and engage in multi-tabling in order to show results in terms of earnings over a long distance. In addition, streaming increases their income because they can advertise different platforms, give referral links and receive donations. Today this is a great necessity for a professional player to stay afloat.

I sometimes allow myself to watch a few minutes of one player who has been earning this for more than 10 years; it’s not fake. To be honest, I’m afraid to think how badly his nervous system is shaken, but his family and the sports he plays regularly help him in recovery.

Almost everything you mentioned can be considered more excuses than convincing reasons, because the first and most important reason is supposed to be gambling for fun. At the same time, these excuses are actually what push users to engage in gambling by the thousands. Their pleasure in winning may be more than the pleasure of gambling above all else, and that is why they find excuses to justify it.

Gambling should not become a favorite hobby, lest it turn into a curse. All addicts begin their illness journey as part of an unnecessary entertainment activity. But with time it becomes a pathological habit.

On the time that you would really be having that kind of approach towards gambling then you are really that putting up yourself on such huge trouble later on and this is something that would really be likely to happen
in considering about recovery about gambling addiction is never been easy and its never been that simple. You would really be needing to pass up tons of challenges and those situation on which it would really be putting you up on such edge when it comes to decision making. Gambling is never been for the sake of making money but rather this is really just that for leisure. This is one of the most main reason on why gambling business
is really that profitable due to this very sole reason on which people do really get easily addicted.

We do know that they are the ones who do make out these business flourishing into this market because they do keep on feeding it out. Some could be able to realize about its
true usage or treatment but majority do really fail on doing so on which they do end up on getting wrecked.

Yes, from the reasons mentioned above, of course what is recommended is that it is better to gamble for fun or entertainment, but if you want to come to that mindset, you must have a basic and correct understanding of gambling because most gamblers usually gamble with unrealistic intentions and goals, such as to make money, one of which is usually a mindset and goals like this that lead them to many excessive actions which in the end, instead of making money, they suffer even large losses. .

On the other hand, sometimes even though you come with the suggested mindset and goals, that doesn't mean you are free from various bad possibilities such as addiction if you are a fairly active gambler, because in some cases usually during their journey they experience several unexpected things. Unconsciously, it's like experiencing an increase in interest which can change the idea of entertainment into making money, so if you really want to get involved in gambling then I think you have to re-consider it from various angles, especially preparing various formulas which might be able to prevent some changes in yourself. You are as I mentioned above, and maybe one of them is maintaining self-awareness and always being rational when you are running a session.

There are always customers for any product, even if it is harmful to them. I mentioned in a comment on another topic that gambling is treated like other sensitive sectors (cigarettes, alcohol...) so that the laws allow its activity but absolutely prohibit its advertising. This is because the government is aware of the danger of giving opportunities to companies in these sectors to attract a larger number of users, as this could cause social crises. Gambling in particular has the peculiarity of being a behavioral addiction and not like any other consumer product. The gambling addict does not take any drugs, and all the feelings of pleasure are primarily behavioral, because simply gambling gives the addict a sense of self-satisfaction even if he does not achieve profits.

The key to truly enjoying gambling as entertainment lies in having a fundamental and accurate understanding of how gambling works. Gamblers should be recognizing that the odds are typically stacked against the player in most forms of gambling. Understanding this fundamental principle helps gamblers set realistic expectations and avoid chasing unrealistic goals of financial gain. Basic understanding of the rules and strategies is also equally important. Many games are not only about putting bets to wait for luck.

Gamblers need to make informed decisions, increasing their chances of winning within the context of the game's inherent probabilities. This knowledge also helps in setting reasonable limits on spending and avoiding impulsive or excessive actions that could lead to significant losses. Having a mindset focused on enjoying the entertainment value of gambling while maintaining a clear understanding of its inherent risks can mitigate the potential negative consequences associated with unrealistic intentions and goals.

And this makes some gamblers recover so fast not in terms of their losses but with how they're accepting the ending of their losses for each day. We won't be winning everyday and so as losing but we have to keep it in our minds that gambling is a business for the casino and game providers and that's why there should be losers that are going to happen for most of us. When a gambler can't accept those losses and it's becoming tough everyday, these recovering paths are based on how their approach and what works for them to achieve it.

With understanding the risk, they've learned it on their stay and having that positive outlook on how they should check on themselves providing that they will continue to gamble but they should have an specific approach so that they will still recover mentally and financially but not through gambling. Because if that's going to be their resort of recovery then it is a cycle that's hard to break and they'll never going to make it once they're out there and wanting to gamble again.

The worst thing that can happen to a person is to develop a gambling addiction since it will ruin relationships with family and friends and cause them to lose focus on the things that really matter in life, which is their family.

I don't why some people find it difficult to comprehend that gambling doesn't bring wealth, rather it will drain your savings and cause you to lose your family. Even after being aware of this, people are still found to be hooked on gambling(what a sad world we live in)

It's like the psychology of gambling itself, it's been part of us and it's really hard to get away from it. And every day we see more gamblers started their journey because it is more accessible more than ever with internet and online gambling.

So it's vicious cycle, someone might recovered and share his stories like this, and then somewhere in the opposite side of the globe, a new individual is slowly turning into a addict and ruining his life and hopefully he can go back to his sense before everything crumbles in his face.

Getting addicted to gambling can gives that person many problems that he can't imagine because that can ruins everything he had, including his relationships with family and friends and people in their social. He can lose everything he had, including family and can't fix the problem if he doesn't realizes that his lives is ruin.

Recovering an addicted needs awareness from the addicted to see that their lives already changed and become worst. They needs to know that they can't get many things that they had before because they don't see the other things as something important to them. They only want to playing gambling and that will not stop them to take a break. It's why someone needs to learn and practice self-control to prevent the bad things that can comes.

Many people are attracted to gambling by adrenaline and the opportunity to earn big money quickly. But it is important to remember that playing for money can become a habit and lead to ludomania.

In order not to become a ludomaniac, it is important to set time and money limits for yourself, not to play under the influence of alcohol or emotions, and not to try to "recoup" after losing. It is important to play responsibly and remember that gambling is entertainment, not a way to earn money.

Yes as I said earlier above that understanding is the basic key for anyone to stay in the safe zone that you will only gamble with the intention and purpose of seeking entertainment when you are having a boring free time, you will not experience excessive interest in gambling because you understand that gambling is always about risky activities which means that it can lead you to bad possibilities at any time that sometimes without you realizing it. After all, gambling is a business for casinos which means that casinos build this activity to benefit themselves or simply they hide behind the idea of "odds" in gambling and when you take the odds too seriously then you will usually become a victim of the casino as experienced by addicts.

Making the right decision should always be based on the right understanding and also a qualified level of awareness because only this can make you always look at things rationally which in turn makes you able to make the right decision in every situation, and something that is based on awareness and a rational point of view usually tends to lead to more actions for prevention, and the point is that the right understanding along with a qualified awareness will be able to minimize all unwanted possibilities.

On the time that you have engaged with gambling then it would really be always best that you should really be that careful on making yourself not to be addicted because once you do get shackled with addiction
then there's no way that you could easily be able to get out. Self realizations on the actions you are making is the key because this is where you would really be able to have that kind of moderation on which you would really be acting out accordingly basing into the condition that you are currently experiencing. Dont let yourself comes into a point on getting that addicted because it would never be simple on trying to heal that addiction.
Recovery could neither be that done via ones control and awareness and if you do fail then you would really be needing some external help from loved ones or even professionals.

Dont make yourself put up into such condition because the only main key on here for you not to be addicted is on the time that you would really be having that kind of control
and moderation towards self on which this is something that not anyone could really be having.

That's the last condition I'll let myself into.
C'monnnn.... This is also his fault. Never try to depend on some unexpected funds for survival; didn't he develop some thoughts about it? Atleast he'd been making money from other sources before now, why didn't he pick that back up?

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if I were a man, I wouldn't dare to pick any girl for cohabitation, talkmore of getting her impregnated... Sheees, get a life first!! It's even worse when the girl doesn't have anything to do too.

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Once one Starts playing gambling, it is always difficult to quit because you may have ran into too many losses and trying to recover your lost before you quit thereby running into further losses or you might win and feel that it's a free money and with the mindset that when you try continuously you can win more money and in the quest you still lose more.

I have said it often times that gambling isn't that too bad as some people do say about it but it is through the way some gamblers do play it that makes it appear bad. You can still be playing gambling and going about your normal businesses without being affected but the worst that can happen to any body is being too addicted such that you develop most of your time playing gambling and discard other life obligations you should have been involved in.

Basically, as some people are testifying of how gambling helped them in life that's how some other people are also feeling so bad that they have lost so much to gambling but anyone who follows gambling with caution of not allowing oneself to get into addiction, then definitely you ain't gonna have any challenge while gambling.

Reason why some people is addicted in gambling is because there are not financial buoyant and they feel like it is only gambling that they will make money so that is why many people who is addicted in gambling always gamble so that they can be able to earn a living through it why the more their gambling the more they are losing and the more they are spending their money so it is good for me to calculate the total amount of money we will spend in gambling weekly or monthly so that we will not experience much logs in gambling, day today people who does not have a work take gambling as occupation and the source of revenue that is why they addicted gambling member Desire than people who is not addicted in gambling

Once we involved with gambling, we must try to learn about self-control to prevent something bad that can happens. We will not know when the tempting comes so with learning the self-control, we will aware every time we playing gambling. We will know what we needs to do related to playing gambling and we can use everything we needs to avoid big lose and losing self-control. Many people already face this experienced but only some people who can survive and can enjoy playing gambling as the entertainment because they can know what they needs to do. We must stay away from the addiction by always used anything necessary and we also limits our gambling activity so we can stop playing gambling before the money runs out.

Having self-control is a must thing that every gamblers have to prevent the addiction and not tempted to playing the other gambling games. We must used gambling as an entertainment and with moderation to avoid the sign of addiction. If we can do that, we can playing gambling in our spare time and we can enjoy gambling as it was.

Gambling's self-control emphasis might be deceiving. Responsible gaming is crucial, but the chances are against the player. Suggesting that self-control is enough to succeed in this environment oversimplifies addiction psychology and the carefully established processes

Disaster prevention shouldn't be the only priority. Remember that the industry is built on long-term house advantages. Many 'winning' cases are due to luck rather than strategy.  By definition, luck is unpredictable and transitory

Promoting gambling for fun minimises the dangers. Immersive surroundings and near-miss mechanics are designed to keep players playing. This makes it harder to be casual over time

Sometimes greed is what make them to become addicted to gamble. This is because they are not satisfied with their little win, amd they want to win big. In the process of trying to win big, they stake with big amount of money that they cannot afford to lose, and it becomes a problem for them, because they will allow their emotions to control them, and they will start chasing their loss.

You should not see gamble as a business that you want to use to double your money like the person in the story, because doubling your money becomes the opposite, if you lack self control, your gambling activities will affect your family and people around you, because you will be less concerned about what is happening in your household, but only gambling and chasing losses is what you will always think about due to addiction.

actually it's true. And also it's easy to become addicted to gamble mostly when you don't have a side hustle that will be taking much of your time, for a jobless person that thinks gamble can make him/her become rich it's fat lie. Gamble is not a means of making quick money, incase a gambler is doing it he will likely get addicted at the end.

I agree with that.
Let's keep in mind that gambling is just for entertainment, to kill time, to spice the game up if it's about sports, to make life exciting, or to boost our emotions but not on the bad part like the stress of losing a lot of money.
Because once we cross the line on those things it becomes a different story. There are gamblers who would take the bad emotions and throw them to their family. Getting angry from a simple mistake because he is on losses in gambling. Being irresponsible with the house expenses. Not giving time for the people important to him/her. And more.
I think it's better to just be an occasional gambler, it can be done with sports since there's no sport that runs the whole day. It's always per event or once or twice per day. That way we will still have lots of time for our family or we could just analyze the next game in our spare time.

Leisure and entertainment on which these are the things that you should emphasis on the time that you do consider on doing gambling and not to make money out of it. It all matters into your own perspective on what it is because if you do make yourself having those kind of delusional approach towards it on something that do talks about making huge money with it then this is where people do usually mess up their lives just because
they do set out those things which arent supposed to be on that way. Just like on what most people been saying on here is that on the time that you would be having those kind of approach on where you do gamble
for making money then instead on making yourself that enjoying on what you are doing but rather it would really be something that stressful on your part.

Tons of gambling stories that we've seen and even there are people who do end up on having suicide just because they cant be able to resolved out their gambling addiction problems
on which it did really resulted into deep debt on which this is a problem that wont really be that so simple to be resolved out.

           -   So it's really good to gamble just for fun or to pass the time. And don't let a gambling addiction develop because it's a big headache in the end. And it is worrying that because of the huge amount, for sure, that was lost to the gambler, he could no longer bear the weight that he felt that it reached to the point that he could no longer control himself, and he was probably still under a lot of pressure that can actually lead to a suicidal scenario.

So, as much as possible, we should not allow ourselves to become addicted to gambling because it is very difficult to recover from being addicted to gambling.

That is the reason you must always use common sense when gambling, gambling games are designed to trigger brain reactions that cause addiction, if you cannot control yourself when gambling, it will result in addiction which can have a bad impact on the gambler himself. One of the attractions of gambling that causes someone to become addicted is the "uncertainty" in the form of a jackpot or the probability of winning. This desire to win big is very similar to what happens to people who suffer from drug addiction which can make them hypersensitive. The effect of wanting to chase losses with the thought of being close to winning can also trigger a brain response to a win that is close to coming, this feeling can increase the gambler's desire to play more by increasing bets at a greater level.

Problem gamblers must learn from the experiences in the video in order to become responsible gamblers to achieve solutions to life's problems.

Having the right mindset about gambling will help us not to become addicted because addiction often occurs in people who are wrong in thinking about gambling, such as thinking that gambling is a way to get money quickly so that they do many ways to be able to fund their gambling so that they forget the facts about the losses experienced.

With the right mindset, gamblers can gamble according to their limits, gamble with a predetermined budget, gamble when they are free time, not when working or other important activities, and gamble with full responsibility, can accept defeat without trying to recover losses and also when they win, withdraw some money to be able to enjoy it and don't forget to stop for a vacation so that the mind is not always dominated by gambling.

I consider it to be the most sensible thing to do , I think that addiction will never be a good indication that things are going well for Anyone, this is something we can always Generate when we are on the road, if I have a lot of money I can't have all that money, but sometimes we decide we are going to post a little more to see what happens, those types of Thoughts must be eliminated, something similar has happened to all of us and that can be a very bad Indication that we are acting wrong , so we must correct that way of thinking.

The casino was made to win Money and have fun , but also to lose because the casino also needs to win, so not every time you lose and seeing it that way the probabilities of Winning for us as players are always lower and this means that we have more Awareness.

Everything is correct. but the most fatal thing is that they cannot control themselves when gambling, and do not manage their finances well because it is not only those who are unemployed and do not have a side job who become addicted, rich people can also become addicted if they do not have good control.

Because gambling will always be addictive, and makes gamblers make lots of excuses to themselves and others. Another reason gamblers become addicted is because in their minds they already imagine getting rich quickly, in other words, gambling can make money easily. So it is not surprising that people who are addicted to gambling will become lazy and have no other motivation apart from gambling.

I think you have no experience of winning or you don't have anyone whom you know personally about their winnings and that's why you can't understand the reason for gambling. Another important thing is that people gambling not only to earn money but also for mental refreshment addiction and so on.

Very bad reality indeed, and as a gambler, our concusness should always be at alert so as not to fall into some kind of situation and conditions that we will not be able to control our deeds and actions, because when we slid into such State, we likely exposed to any kind of conditions such that will be very unbearable for us some times.
This is why we have to do everything that we could to avoid gambling addictions because it better not to get addicted in the first place than trying to come out of our addictions that state is hard job and almost an impossible to attain.

Addiction knows no bounds and can affect people from all walks of life, including rich people. The allure of gambling, with its promise of quick money and excitement, can indeed lead people to rationalize their behavior and make excuses to continue gambling. This pattern of addiction can often result in financial mismanagement and a lack of motivation to pursue other meaningful activities.

The addictive nature of gambling can be insidious, because it can lead people to prioritize gambling over other responsibilities and pursuits. This can ultimately lead to a cycle of dependency and negative consequences. Fostering awareness and providing support for those struggling with gambling addiction can work towards mitigating its harmful effects and promoting healthier attitudes towards gambling.

Gambling's self-control is necessary when someone playing gambling so they don't break their rules and that's not deceive because if they understand the important of self-control, they will learn until they can playing gambling to enjoy their spare time. Playing gambling responsible is the main thing that they should do because when they wants to fills their spare time by playing gambling, they needs to emphasis that they using some money to playing gambling and just for fun.

Gamblers who doesn't knows how to do self-control can't have fun in gambling. They tends to chase the win without thinks about when they must stop playing gambling because they feel that gambling gives them more fun that they can gets. If that gambler slowly gets addicted, he needs to search for a way to cure his addiction before everything becomes worst.

This is indeed a fundamental problem for gamblers.
First, he gambled in the hope of winning, which is wrong in my opinion. When that happens, the brain will only work to win. and when you lose, the brain will continue to work to tell the gambler to continue the game until they win.

After a win is obtained, the desire usually arises in the gambler to add to the first win, and this is also supported by the brain because its orientation is only to make a profit.

When the brain and greed envelop the gambler, he will automatically lose. and there is no such thing as having fun in the game anymore.

It usually depends on the individual if they try. A gambler can certainly be cautious if he wants to but a look at professional gamblers shows how cautiously they proceed. Prepare yourself by trying to understand the various harmful aspects of gambling addiction. Gamblers can take some effort as well as some steps to control themselves. This includes setting limits on gambling these are usually difficult but possible if a gambler keeps himself under control.

There is a possibility of losing the entire amount of money used in gambling and then there is a possibility of winning several times of that amount but no one can tell what will happen to him so always be careful with the amount of bet.  What we earn we have to use in different sectors so if we spend all our income in gambling and if we lose it then how can we manage our other sectors?  So, keeping everything running, some part of the income should be used in gambling, if we lose, our other sectors will not stop, everything will continue normally.

How I wish this is easy as it looks like because I have known some addicted
gamblers that is good in advising other gamblers here but the truth is? they cannot
handle their own addictions .

the words stands as "Easy Said than Done" and indeed that realization will
come once we are already the one that in the video.

If you really love your family then you must know about to care
for their future and of course yours.

I had watched this video earlier and i thought i already answered on this, but must have forgotten.

Video had a pretty good structure and i really liked it, so well worth 11 minutes of my time. It was refreshingly honest, and if i had to guess it's a part of some confession therapy that recovery program he is using to get by. I was expecting it t be more preachy, and i guess it surprised me to the point i forgot to reply.

But reading the comments, i have to say that t was focusing on mainly mechanics of his gambling addiction (beside losing also time and relationships). And it did cover that pretty well. Covering addictions in general might be a lot of extra work for people who haven't studied them.

Which brings me to this comment pair:

Starting from: Marijuana isn't part of physical addictions (physical dependence is more accurate term) according to any scientific consensus, unless you consider every addiction physical because they are happening in physical level on your brain. With physical dependence, there are literal withdrawal symptoms for a long time and we get hooked no matter what. It has nothing to do if person has addictive personality or not. If people have an addict personality, with alcohol for example, they have only control over that first glass. After that, booze takes over the wheel and their ability to choose is thrown out from the window. This is why alcoholics tend to be drunk until they ran out of money, and why most of them need to stay absolutely sober.

In behavioural addiction (at least if you have an addictive personality) moderation is difficult, because your brain rewarding system kicks in so hard, that you can't think or act rationally anymore. So it isn't really about too much, which is a highly subjective concept anyway. People can do too much something and not being addicted. It's about inability to control even tiny amounts of it.

Addictive person can pretty much get on addicted to anything, and at some point, what ever it is, might get too destructive. Because while addictions steal time, if they steal your money or senses too and replace reality, then you might get in a lot of trouble.

Generally, if people who gamble become addicted, it is a loss to both the society and the family. I have seen such gambling addicts in my home country, they basically don't work for the family and spend all their income on gambling. And he doesn't like his own child either he just loves gambling so it's very dangerous for the family. So the gambling addict is always dangerous and the biggest threat to the family.

Gambling addiction is easy to harness if a player isn't capable of controlling his actions. Responsibility includes being able to accept the losses as we do the wins. When a player loses money and insists on winning back the exact money, he'll easily get addicted. Hence, financial status or working class could be tagged as a contributor, but that's not to be generalized. Gamblers with a good source of income, still fall prey to problem gambling, due to their inability to control themselves towards chasing losses. When a gambler is not concerned about making money he'd have a better gambling experience. Winning money helps in bringing us back to the casino, but not all. These days players have learnt their lesson and chosen to gamble for fun purposes. It feels better than ending up sad after losing out in the name of chasing money via gambling.

As you said, Su-asa, it's a big fat lie to make enough profit in gambling. The disagreement comes into play in line with jackpots. But delving deeper into the concept of a casino's jackpot will take up lots of time to explain. Marketing is one aspect of the jackpot idea. Yes, it looks like the winner has been made financially, but it's not completely favorable on the gambler's side. The casino gains bigger profits due to this, because gamblers who disagree that gambling doesn't guarantee financial freedom, will jump on the jackpot cruise and gamble away all their funds, hoping for the day they'll win it. When someone else wins it, the desire increases, thereby fetching more funds to the casino. Remember the winner doesn't get satisfied, he'd go back looking to win another jackpot. It's quite deep and shouldn't be stressed. What matters is staying responsible.

If you are really just that responsible then i dont see any problems that would really be created on a certain individual when it comes to possible addiction because things do really get messy on the time that you would really be that irresponsible with your actions because things can really be control if you wanted to but sometimes due into those unrealistic approach and wishes that you do have in mind on which it would really be causing up that kind of impression and approach on which it would really be leading into more engagement which would really be neglecting about those risks that you've been wary earlier.

Came from recovery from gambling addiction might sound simple but this is a fight that not something that you could really be able to pull that easily. Self acceptance and self discipline
would really be the key but of course not all people would really be that be able to do so.

The two elements self-acceptance and discipline are crucial in the healing process of an addict. Fighting addiction is so hard that it requires extra humans and effort to help the addict. An addict's feelings can be contrary to that of his acquittances and helpers. Thereby, building up the toughness of the fight, then take up years for the battle to be over. However, nobody is brilliant enough to know the fastest method of healing an addict. But, with a collaborative effort everyone wins. Society gets to receive funds from the addict, instead of losing it to the casino alone. When an addict stays around us, it affects everyone. We must endeavor to change them, so it won't escalate to other citizens of that locality.

When people around gamblers are against problem gambling, lots of responsible gamblers will be birthed. Lack of limitations and external help puts many into addiction. No teacher to enlighten the naive players on the risks of gambling recklessly. However, the gambling community is working hard online to level up the understanding of the problem and responsible gambling. A lot of people need to know this because many are following the addiction route every day. Hence increases the addiction rate each moment. Gambling proves that we reap whatever we sow, if a player plays recklessly, he'd continue doing the same thing for a long period, and then face lots of troubles. The same applies to playing responsibly.

A gambler can control himself because he's gambling with his money. Absolutely correct every one can be addicted to gamble, it doesn't matter your financial status, even if you don't have money or your fucking rich you can also be addicted when you don't gamble responsibily.
Someone without a job and side hustle can easily become addicted I think so, the reasons why gamblers takes gamble as a side hustle is because the ones they are doing is not giving them a good profit (good salary) and they have to find another alternative to make more money. Truth be told that gamble is not a good area to make money, and gamblers that uses gamble as a side hustle gets addict easily.

In many poor areas, many people want to get rich and move to another place or country to start a new life there. But parents cannot give money to their children, because they cannot save anything, and there is no factory or enterprise around that could do this work. That is why in such areas they find the game as something that will allow them to get rich. They believe in the best, because the desire is very great and then the mind stops even allowing for the moment that it is possible to lose, the brain simply blocks such an option. And when a loss occurs, then the realization of what happened comes, and maybe not the first time.

In gambling, people's hope turns against them, forcing them to believe in victory, but lose more. It's like a magic circle where a person thinks that next time he will succeed, but in fact the casino always wins.
People spend all their savings and even borrow money to try to fix their losses. But the more they play, the more they lose. It's like an addiction that causes people to lose control of their finances and lives.
We need to be very careful not to fall into this trap and preserve your well-being.

This is a proper example of someone that doesn't have a good plans, as a grown man/women that has a responsibility you should always remember to save for your families because that's your main priority is to prove  the family needs and you should also save money for the raining days.
Like I have said earlier, gamble is not a wise choice of making money you can work on another alternatives and you shouldn't gamble everyday because if you are gambling everyday you be addicted. Although someone that has another ways of making money can not think gambling is another way of making money.
When they lose what they can not afford to lose that's the money they realize gamble is not a child's play thing.

Agree with you most of the people gamble and at last they become addicted towards it and because of such addiction they just love to receive money and spend it in gambling. They like their families until they get money from it but once their family stop giving them money for gambling then they initiate such a bad behavior that no one one bear it.
No one treat gambler with loyal behavior but everyone think that he is such a bad person that neither his family is happy with him nor a society. If a family fails to stop their children from gambling then it will become danger for them and their financial situation will become worse day by day.

Addiction could really be that be able to controlled if you are really just that responsible with your actions because people would really be that neither be that mindful about on the things that they are dealing with or would really be just that let it go and tolerate on whatever emotions that they could really have on that particular moment. This is why it would really be that best
that whenever you do gamble then be responsible. Making yourself that self aware on the risks that involved with gambling. People do really just that missed out this one important thing
and this is why on the time that they would really be able to commit out such wrong behavior and treatment then it is usually in the end of the line they would really be that
making up those kind of realizations.

Playing gambling in the hope of winning will not gives much chances to them except have a chance to lose their money. Many people are trying doing that but they can't win from gambling. That's why they must control themselves and not thinks about trying to win the gambling games. They can win from gambling but they must realizes that will difficult as gambling is not a way to make money. If they can win, they must thinks that is a bonus for them and not thinks about to continue playing gambling because that can makes them losing their win money.

They must control their greed not to become big so they can still playing gambling in the other days. But it's not easy if they already addicted to gambling and wants to recovered their addicted to gambling because they must trying no matter if that's difficult. It needs more power to lift the problem and cure the addicted to gambling and needs more time if they don't gets more supports.

First, we have to understand what gambling is, if we understand that, then it will be easier for us to classify it. I mean whether gambling is safe if done without restrictions or not, and of course if we understand gambling we will definitely say that gambling will be safe if we do it with very strict limits. Because if not then we will lose everything.
The reason is quite clear and basic, because gambling is something that is very risky and the chance of winning will not be greater than the chance of losing and this is also very related to luck. Luck is something that cannot be predicted, and in gambling if you want to win it requires a lot of luck. Meanwhile, we know that luck only comes once in a while and that is what means that in the end we will suffer more defeats than wins.
Therefore, we must still adhere to what not to do when we gamble, this will really help us to be responsible gamblers.

The fact that you can earn money by gambling on a regular basis is a myth, and the most important thing here is that even many adults want to believe in it. Thus, they escape into the reality they created, but this is all an illusion. They begin to understand this when they reach the bottom, but no one is to blame for this except them. Of course, men must set the right priorities in their lives, and there cannot be a higher priority than family, at least for me. And gambling is something that can lead a morally weak and dependent person astray from the right path. Although I admit, sometimes I had thoughts of giving up everything and putting all my money on a bet that would change my life for the better. But here you should always remember that a worse outcome is possible, which few people think about when they enter the game.

In my opinion, we should also be able to be responsible for the actions we take ourselves, if we really dare to act then we should be able to take responsibility for the actions carried out by ourselves, not by other people, including gambling, gambling which is more domain ends in defeat because of our actions. also with the losses obtained in gambling which is done on the basis of oneself, the losses that often occur must be accepted well when the money is gambled in gambling we must be able to be responsible well, be able to think about the big risks that will occur if we gambling excessively.

What you say is correct, this is often forgotten or put aside, because when gambling, it is very likely that gambling can influence our thinking. and can make us forget about other things. If we do gamble, we must be conscious, conscious here means being aware that gambling cannot give you a definite win, being aware of the risk of losing for sure, and being aware of the bad effects that can occur if we gamble too much.

Gambling is wild, trust me. You cant just start; you need knowledge. This game hooks everyone, good and bad. Control is the key to success. Self-control. Believing in oneself.

Allow me to clarify. Gambling isnt job-related. Its like those risky stocks everyone talks about but nobody understands. You assume its a side gig for easy money? Thats a loser's mindset. Smart money realizes this game is unfair.

Im not completely against gambling. You want fun, okay. Limits are the way. You need limits. Know when to quit and never overbet. This is amusement, not pay. The casino and house have the advantage. Play wisely, play safe, and you may win.

Look, self-acceptance and discipline aren't addict self-help. That's the real labor behind fighting that struggle, which often feels like a war. Ups and downs that'll knock you over. We talk about one individual versus their demons, but that's not true. We're all in this together, like it or not. We, society, are both the problem and the answer. Consider the money poured into casinos, right? What if we used some of that to aid addicts? It's clever, not simply nice. Saving one person prevents a cascade of issues

Initially, responsible gambling seems insane. But the point is to teach people how to avoid that negative cycle. The gambling sites' warnings are tiny measures, but they acknowledge the problem. Baby steps in the right path. Get ahead of addiction by teaching individuals to recognize when it's no longer fun. Can gambling be fun without harming lives? It can, but we must change our perspective. Education, support, and helping individuals make good decisions without criticizing. Practicality and assisting others are more important than arrogance

No matter the kind of decision anyone is taking in this life, put your family into consideration because they are the most important people in your life, whatever that happens to you whether good or bad your family will be the first to get to you that is why they should be treated with higher priority before any other thing. Gambling have disorganized many peaceful homes, caused conflicts between one another and has ruined a lot of people so it should be followed with caution.

It is always difficult to quit gambling when you have started playing but if you apply wisdom while gambling, you may not face too many problems. The major reason why some people becomes addicted is when they feel that gambling will change their situation if they win and such people continuously plays gambling with everything they have and at the end of the day nothing to show for, instead of winning they even get into losses.

Absolutely mate gambling can make us happy of course we all know that thing and also we know that gambling can make our life misserible. Cause being addicted to a game we can not say that we can get out easily in short it will take years to leave in gambling world once we involve in to addiction. And also it can not happen with our own it will need some people, a family member, or a friend to get over it cause addiction can not be beaten by the asdi t himself.

Gambling can be fun, but it can also be dangerous. Some people can become addicted to gambling, which can make their lives and the lives of their loved ones really hard. Getting over an addiction is tough and usually takes a long time. People who are addicted to gambling often need help from their family, friends, or professionals to get better.
It’s important to be careful when gambling and to know the risks. People should be taught about these risks and how to gamble responsibly. This means setting limits and knowing when to stop.
Gambling can indeed be enjoyable, but one needs to do it safely and not let it take over your life.

in fact, more and more people are finding it difficult to get out of gambling addiction without losing something valuable as their finances become worse. or even a broken family.
Being a responsible gambler depends on the gambler's views and principles. if they cannot control their gambling activities, then it will be very bad in the long run.
Therefore, it is important for a gambler who has just started his activity to be informed of the risks of gambling. so they will form a principle that will limit the gambling carried out.
I don't know how many gamblers have managed to control their gambling well. but I see that more people receive the negative impacts of gambling addiction.

The point in this case still comes back to our own self-control so as not to make the situation complicated in the end.
We already know what gambling is like and its effects will be very dangerous but when we can position ourselves well, it is possible that the results that become misery can be minimised because we do not need to risk more in gambling because after all we know that defeat is a sure thing even if it is based on luck. Not that we don't believe in luck in this case but we need to be more selective about the reality of the existing gambling system.

It's just that this kind of thing is also still very difficult because however when a game in gambling has become intense in the end the rationality we have will disappear over time because we cannot control ourselves properly.

Most gambling stories are similar, and start of the same way as everyone else's

It begins with them just playing casually, with some even playing just for the hell of it and not really because they want to earn money or something. And then they lose, which makes them frustrated and hungry to take back whatever they lost and win some more in the process. It pushes them to spend more, and more, and even more until such a time happens when they find themselves revenge gambling not only their initial bankroll, but even their savings, money they owed from someone else, and even more.

By the time they realize they have been addicted to gambling, they think it's too late and the guilt and shame of losing everything over a stupid thing makes them commit to it even more, instead of stopping and quitting gambling by the instance they realize shit just got real, they play some more in hopes of getting that bag that will never come, and it never comes.

The cycle continues until they finally stand up for themselves or die, that's the gambling addiction story. That's how it goes for everyone. Now, do you want to be a cautionary tale, or do you want to discipline yourself from gambling too much? Make the choice before gambling does it for you.

No one is a kid anymore, we deal with different kind of scenario every day. A single person gambling, especially the young that's not even up to 21 years? That's the actual end of developing phase on his or her end because everything valuable will be push to gambling and we know how hard it is to gain financial freedom down here. Stigmatization comes in because there's no significant changes for gambling addicts, instead they grown to become worse than the present state.

What I can conclude here is that we should get prepared for the worst as gamblers, we should know that gambling is risky and no one can ever have it all no matter how good and lucky they are doing it. Fine, some aspects of gambling are better blesser than other aspects. Take for instance, I do have my consistent winning which is against your view about sports betting, which makes me believe that the aspects and options we opt for matter too in terms of the risks, and we can't entirely say that we can't achieve our aim in gambling. However, the sacrifice here is that since I opt for the low-risk kind of option, the money I make is also little. But it is fine because it is better to win little that is consistent than to gain high in an inconsistent manner. This inconsistency could even put the gambler in trouble if care is not taken and cause the ruin of his gambling account.

Above all, let us continue to bet smartly, and the best way to do this is to know the best aspect of gambling that has the money and also the minimal risk possible. Even with that minimal risk, we should still get set for the best managerial approach that will make it even less bitting if we ever lose through it. Doing these can make us better gamblers, but due to greed, people often shun them. I can still count many people I informed about my gambling approach but due to the low money being gained from it, they often shun it and opt for the risky ones that would deliver to them higher money. The end has always been regretful for them since the higher risks make them fail. But still, they do not change as they believe that gaining huge at once is better than the consistent winning approach. This is in fact a poor mindset towards gambling and I wonder how they can ever be successful gamblers by shunning a safer approach to it.

Addicted to gambling can ruin your life without takes too long. It's already happens to many people out there even many young people already addicted to gambling without they realize about that. Their minds will not thinks about doing another thing besides of gambling because that is not important to them. If someone already addicted to gambling, he must realize about this and have intention to solve his problems with the help from other people so they can cure their addiction. But many people can't realize about their addiction and still playing gambling without control and that makes them becomes deeper in gambling. They don't have someone that they can trust to asked helps so they still in gambling with their addiction.

You might be right but I could not agree with you as many people can't gamble with his/her own money. Instead of owning money, the person uses his/her parents as well as relatives' funds when the person has no option to use his/her money. And even fall into various abnormal activities to fulfill his/her gambling addiction.

What gamblers must do is be aware that victory is not what must be pursued when gambling, if indeed that is the main target, gamblers should be mentally prepared when they experience defeat, when playing gambling they must know that besides winning there are also losses, that is why it is important to be aware of this because not all gamblers are aware of this, most of them want to win without wanting to lose, even though everyone who gambles will definitely lose and will not always win.

If you just look at the statistics of playing in a casino, the number of losses is definitely much more than the wins, why is that because casinos were created for entertainment for rich people and most poor people try their luck to make money on gambling sites which in the end actually benefits the gambling sites when many gamblers are addicted to gambling, they are happy that there are many gambling addicts because without them casinos will be empty of players and will not have a steady income, it would be a lie if there are gambling sites that want and limit people from being addicted to gambling, they really want all gamblers to become addicted. people have to be aware of that  ;D

I think no one wishes to become addicted to gambling or anything in general because every person knows the fact that addiction is a curse and you wouldn't your personality to carry a curse with itself. However, some people lack patience and self-control which is the reason why can't control the urge once they start to get deeper into it even if they hadn't planned to do that at the time when they were starting to gamble.

A person might know that they can get addicted to gambling if they gamble a lot, and if they still do it, it is simply because they aren't able to control their emotions and their emotions are controlling them and driving them to do things that they have originally planned not to do.

At some point when someone is an addicts, it means that they are uncomfortably involved in the addictive activities and can't help themselves,  sometimes it will be due to the way they act and behave that make people to know that they are addicted,  and at that point they will be needing help externally,  the addicts vital contributions will be if he wish and have recognised his helpless state and ready to come out of it at some point, this is what gives them the motivation to be able to fight through the process of overcoming they addictions on the long run.

Sometimes also taking gambling as a side hustle is totally wrong and such mindset is what have contributes to the high rate of gambling addictions that we recorded lately.

I agree with you that winning in gambling is not to be chased, because by chasing it it will actually make us lose more money, also with losses that will occur more often at the end of the gambling we do. Apart from that, we also have to be aware that when gambling is done, there are wins and losses, and we have to be able to think about losses that will occur more often with many people experiencing big losses because of gambling, maybe they forget this, so when they gamble they only think about winning so that when they lose they still think they can win by gambling again.

I think I can say that with 10x the gambling done, it will probably only result in winning once or twice, or even not winning at all. I agree with you that's right they should be able to realize that hahaha. ;D
Of course the casino wants every player to be addicted because that way they will make a profit and they will not gamble with what happens to the person who is addicted, even if their life is ruined, because their goal is only profit.

Once you do chase up on winning on gambling then you are just basically putting up yourself on potential trouble with gambling addiction because it shouldnt really be treated up this way.
You are really that putting up yourself on such big trouble when it comes to gambling addiction. We've seen tons of those stories about addiction but only a few do able to recover
some do really have that kind of situation but majority do really mess up their lives just because of too much addiction and this is why it would really be best that you should really be
that wary on the actions that you are making if you dont want to mess up your life then you should really be that responsible on the things that you are dealing on.

That's true, indeed when someone is addicted to gambling it is the same as putting themselves in big trouble. because if they become addicted it will be difficult to recover or recover, and they themselves will not realize that they are addicted to gambling. they will not think about the loss side, because most likely they will only think about winning. If the gambling we do has led to chaos, including our emotions becoming uncontrollable, then we must be able to stop gambling to avoid major losses.

Indeed, there have been many cases of stories about gambling addiction which ultimately lead to financial losses or ruined lives, this is because they gambled too much so that it caused them big problems, it is also true what you said when someone is addicted to gambling, it is very difficult to overcome them. can recover or recover, and in my opinion, when they are in the process of recovering from addiction, it is very likely that it will not work, they will return to gambling again and maybe it will even get crazier.

As they say, it's easier said than done. We as normal gamblers can easily say that one should stay alert and stay away from gambling so that they don't get addicted to it but addiction is not a choice, a person would never want to get addicted to gambling but they just can't help it because people who get addicted to gambling lack patience and self-control and they can't stop when they need to stop gambling which leads them to addiction eventually.

So, a person who is a responsible gambler and always gambles while staying within limits would never face such situations, but those who aren't generally responsible with anything in their lives wouldn't be able to gamble responsibly and then become addicted at the end.

I am curious about what they are thinking. Gambling away money that is supposed to be for an important cause and yet they still manage to decide to risk it. I don't have the courage to do that because I am afraid of what my wife will do to me afterward. :D
Gambling is not a money making industry, it's more like a money losing industry. There's very small amount of gamblers who could tell a good story about their winning because it's very rare. So, why should we gamble our money away? We could spare some for entertainment but never go far as trying to double your whole budget. It could end up in chaos.

They are probably not thinking anything, that is the problem, they are letting their instincts to tell them what to do, and once you allow for that to happen then you are no longer in control, the fact is that in this age getting almost anything that we may want is simply too easy, and while this is a good thing most of the time, this can also become a problem when a person cannot regulate their own behavior, as in that case they will consume that which they are addicted to, until they lose everything they have.

Yes, it's true, in reality it's only easy to say but difficult to do or implement, such as self-control or limiting gambling activities. with those who experience a lot of problems, whether financial or relationship, because the gambling they do is too excessive because they cannot set definite limits to the gambling they do. also because the temptation of gambling is so strong that it can influence the thinking of everyone who gambles to the point that they are trapped in a cycle of gambling addiction.

This is clearly different from wise gamblers, they will not gamble excessively, because they know it is not a means of making money for sure, and therefore they can limit the gambling they do, it's just that wise gamblers are fewer and rarer to find, that's true. you said, in general there are more gamblers who are irresponsible with their gambling, which can lead to serious problems. It is very unfortunate if this happens, therefore we must be able to gamble well, including gambling limits and be responsible for everything that happens because of the gambling we do.

It's very hard to read those mind though, as addicts are very difficult to interpret, and most of the times they will do things that a rational person will not. I have encountered some individuals before, they will go to my house and sold everything that they can get their hands on. Of course, I don't buy such things unless I know that those are their personal belongings and I can get it back to their families.

Nevertheless, as we hear this stories, really hard to fathom what on those minds. But one thing is for sure, it's all base on their emotions and they seems to not control it and be carried away just for the sake of gambling.

Maybe it can be said that an addict is quite late to be able to think like that, because when someone has entered the addiction phase then they are already in an unreasonable mindset where the level of interest in gambling is very high and this is also the reason why gambling addiction is quite difficult to overcome, as you said and it is true that usually they treat gambling in an unreasonable way or treat gambling in a way that is different from normal people usually.

With a high level of interest and strong ambition in gambling activities, it is only natural that basically they are even willing to do anything just to gamble, like what you experienced where someone came to your house to sell something they had with the aim of being used as gambling capital and even worse it is very possible for them to try to justify all means just to gamble, or that means doing something out of control such as stealing, smoking, cheating and several other criminal acts in order to get money to gamble when they run out of personal money. Basically, someone who has entered the addiction phase is usually stubborn, they will not listen to any advice from the people around them, all because their level of interest, hope and confidence is very high which is driven by the aim of recovering the situation.

We all have that want to wager and win quickly. Gambling isn't easy. The game is rigged to exploit. The goal is to become a smart gambler. Cracking the code makes gambling easy. People like that are rare. Most of us learn the hard way that pursuing wins is dangerous

Irresponsible gambling is a big problem. It lures struggling people with a false sense of hope. So, the answer? We must educate and increase awareness. Gambling should be fun, not profitable. The risks must be clearly communicated since even the most optimistic people need a reality check

It's not just the gambler. We need a society where risks are evident and people know when to leave. Easy access, hidden costs; that's a recipe for trouble

Very well said bud, and I completely agree with you, and that part about being afraid of what your wife will do to you.. That's very funny but seriously the truth  ;D, most here won't understand, most especially those who arent married yet, and as well as those who are married to women don't care about how they spend their money, for some of us who are married to No-nonsence women when it comes to the area of finance, fear of them is actually the beginning of a plan to live a long life in peace of mind and harmony  ;D.

Anyways, the truth is, as an experienced gambler myself, sometimes, many usually don't know when they end up staking monies they werent even prepared to gamble with, not to talk of losing, this i believe is the reason why a friend of mine once told me that gambling is like a spirit, when ever is comes on you, it's hard to control, and won't leave until it has cost you some really major loses..
I actually did not agree wit this statement, but I think it is actually true most especially, for those who are addicted to gambling.

And there are no code to crack gambling or beat a casino, the more you think of that, the more you are likely to fall and become a gambling addict as you want to test your strategy. Just look at martingale system, we thought that this is a good strategy, but still chances are, you are not going to make it if you lose consecutively and then you don't have a deep bankroll.


And that is the effect of gambling, if we don't control our emotions, then you will fall to the addiction just like the person in the video. As he look back, he see how he become addicted to and share his knowledge and hope that someone will listen to him and not be another statistics of the huge numbers or individuals becoming gambling addicts.

They are ones rational but since addiction had consumed them out then you would really be definitely be able to think up not well into various conditions or situations on which someone can called you that you are out of your mind but earlier you are still on a fine state but you have chosen to deal up with gambling and getting addicted to it. Everything do really comes into someones choice on which it would really be just that typical that you would really be choosing on what makes you happen. We do make our choices in life and to those gambling addicts then they have chosen gambling and whats the cons of it? You would really be making yourself that delusional on trying to chase up on becoming rich with it, until you would really be making yourself chasing up those loses or trying out to breakeven until you do mess up your life with it.

Recovery could really be that possible but it would really be that entirely be depending into someones self acceptance and realizations. It might sound easy but its not because having these things
in mind would really be not that something too easy for it to be done when you are on actual condition or situation.

When you are gambling, not everyone is always in support of gambling, so immediately some people notice that you are already a gambler, then they will stop relating with you, and some won’t stop relating with you until they notice you can’t control yourself again, when you are addicted to gambling then they will stop relating with you.

I don’t really know the condition which the person is really in, but no matter what you are going through, don’t use the money which is suppose to be used for other important things to gamble, hoping that you will be able to increase the money, then clear whatsoever you want to do. Gambling is not a place which you should have confidence in that you are going to make money from, you can either win or lose, and there is no assurance that you will be winning. So when you are in need of money for something important, and you money isn’t complete yet, just keep money and try and get how you going to complete it, never gamble with it thinking to increase it.

Hahaha, too bad not everyone has a wife that knows everything that goes on in their private lives, especially their gambling life. Some people act without actually thinking about the possible outcomes or the consequences of their actions, it's after they've felt the impact and damage their action has resulted to, that's when they realize what they've actually done to themselves.
Actually it's not actually some people's fault, gambling can be pretty addictive that you don't even know how you got to spend so much on gambling, they might just wanna play with little amount, but after a series of sections, they find themselves going deeper and deeper and them more they play, the more they lose and the worst part of it is that, they dont even realize whats going on until the did is already done.

I am sure that all of that happens because they have entered the addiction phase which when you are already in that phase then you will absolutely not hesitate to make any decision that even has the potential to end up with regret and disappointment, but yes, those who are already addicted are too focused on responding to the chances of winning along with high hopes for victory, so that when they have money that is actually for other more important things in life at the same time they do not hesitate to allocate it to gambling which is clear that the possibility of losing can never be avoided completely.

This kind of decision is also very likely to happen when you are trapped in a situation of losing a sum of money that you can't afford to lose, where you justify all means such as using money for other purposes to be used as a tool to catch up with the loss you experienced earlier, however in the end yes everything ends up with regret and disappointment that dominates.

I also have been watching these kinds of videos recently. Curious about the stories of different gamblers on how gambling affected their life. Different gamblers, different stories. It's just sad to see how their life turned because of gambling addiction. But I'm also happy that they were able to get up from themselves and recover slowly from addiction. It makes me proud of them for how tough they have been through. It also makes me proud of those who overcome their addiction because it takes a lot of courage and support to overcome such a situation. I hope for the gamblers out there who also face these kinds of situations or addictions, I hope you'll also overcome all the challenges that you are facing. Always remember that you are not alone.

It's a good learning point. Watching others experience how bad things are when they are addicted will somehow give us the idea to not copy them or be in the same position as them.
True, I am happy for those who have the guts to go through it and then recover, because there will be times when they will be visited by those nightmares and I bet they will try their best to keep it under control which will be the hardest part when you are trying to recover from it.
Especially nowadays gambling is easy to access, just take your smartphone open your internet, and Voila! you can gamble your way as you please and there's no stopping it. For me, those who recovered in this era are the bravest of all because, despite the urges that are near them, they will still try to avoid to be succumb by their past life.

Those that reach the stage of being addicted are often in self-denial in more ways than one, so after some time has passed and they have lost a lot of money already, instead of accepting the reality and make the realization they will never recover the money they have lost, they prefer to keep gambling thinking there is a way to recover from their difficult situation as long as they keep gambling, but of course we know that they are just making their problems even bigger and more difficult to solve by refusing to accept the truth.

Yep, it's why gambling addict is hard to be cured because they will keep denying over and over that make people around him can't seek for help and the doctor can't know really know the reason why they are still become addicts.

Imagine someone brought you to a doctor, when the doctor ask you what do you feel, you answered him "I'm good", the doctor will not know which medicine that you should consume.

You're right - addiction is serious. I've seen its potential damage. Obsession with the big win trumps basic sense. Yes, watching someone go through that is hard. Honestly, gambling addiction is horrible. Intelligent, successful people know when to fold a losing hand.

Addiction disrupts your mind. Fortunately, you can escape this trap. Recognizing the issue, seeking treatment, and setting firm boundaries are crucial. People, this is simple. Despite ups and downs, I've always had discipline.

Success requires measured risks. Losing your savings at the slots isnt calculated. You should invest in yourself and something with a future. Be tough and disciplined. Dont let negative habits control you. Thats how to succeed in gambling and life.

Yeah, that's useless and addicted gamblers are mostly in denial when they're being asked if they're addicted or not so it's not really going to work when you try to help them but they don't want to help themselves. But those that have nice stories and able to overcome their addiction and have totally left gambling, they're the ones who have admitted that there's something wrong with themselves and they can't defeat gambling.

Once that you are already in the verge of addiction or in the condition on which you are already that having that situation on where you are addicted. Then stopping midway would really be that so damn hard.
If it was easy in the first place then we cant really be able to see that much about those gambling addicts or having those stories on messed up life or even seeing those suicide events because of too much gambling addiction on which it could really put you up into a certain situation or condition on which you could really be able to hardly be to recover or get away from it. Although there are realyl those people who do able to recover but the main things first is about that self acceptance into the mistakes that you've done. If you are really that willing to quit up gambling then you can do it, although its hard but its not impossible.
It all matters with someoens discipline and control.

If you do find out that if it wasnt that effective then this is the time that you would really be asking out some help from your loved ones on which they are the nearest person that you could approach on and tell
about your problems. For sure they would really be helping you out as much as they could and on the time if this wasnt enough, then this is the time that you would really be considering on taking up some
professional advise or services on which it is really that specifically for gambling addicts.

One thing about some of these gambling stories and videos is that they are not shared by those affected for others to just hear their stories about how addicted they were, but they are shared to be used as educational materials for those who have lost their ways in gambling and believe they can't get out of it again. They are just showing that if they themselves can get out of it, then anyone can also do the same. 
 
Some of the videos are also for the purpose of sharing information with those who are also entering gambling. If they aren't careful enough and don't follow the right steps, they might fall victim to gambling addiction and find it hard to get out of it. It all depends on how the viewers picture the story and what lesson they choose to learn from it.

The moment a gambler decides to meet a psychotherapist he may have concluded within him tired of addiction. He's only exhibiting countervailing attitudes due to the opposition to what he believes or accepts about gambling. He understood that gambling would get him rich and financially free. He also accepts the fact that it could take time, but missing out on a day could seem to him that it was that day he's meant to win his jackpot. Hence, the gambler would have to work daily not to miss out on any day that has been designated to be his lucky day. That's why the struggle between family members, therapists, and friends, always returns void. The addict needs to get atone to this form of lifestyle, and then walk through the route of being addiction-free. That's when the therapist resumes his job and performs fine in healing the addict.

They, the therapist, needs a strong relationship between them and the addict. Responding to one another as though they were friends, a long time ago. These confirmations that seem exactly as one is with a brother, help an addict to flash back and forth easily, to remember his lifestyle as a non-gambler and an addict. Those few minutes of old thoughts could help in pushing the addict to therapy until he's completely cured. Therapy is quite not easy; it requires lots of time and delay. But nobody gets tired of an old friend. If an addict has something else, he can't resist, he'd focus on two activities that will derail his consistency in gambling. From this moment he can get ahead of time and focus more on his other activities, which will make him cut short of his gambling activities.

Once you’re a gambling addict, your thinking may not be that logical as it is. It’s like you tend to think the highly impossible one turning into reality, than just to face the reality about gambling. I would also not gamble on funds that are intended to pay the bills, as you might lose them all in gambling in just a blink of an eye. And that’s also a putting a bigger pressure on your part if you are trying to gamble on funds that have real purpose, so as much as possible try to avoid gambling when you think the situation is not on your side.

Yes that's right. If you have become a gambling addict, healthy thinking will no longer function, you will not be able to think logically, let alone think about the impact in the future, especially in the family. Because the problem of gambling addiction is not a matter of being smart or stupid, but rather a matter of mindset when gambling from the start. Gamblers who are addicted will stop completely if one day they no longer have any assets and lose their loved ones. Because the mindset of someone who is addicted to victory is that defeat is certain, so they continue to be curious until they cannot think logically.

What makes it difficult for people to get rid of gambling addiction is that in their minds they always have thoughts of being able to recover the losses they experienced previously. This also happened to my friend who couldn't control his gambling because he lost a lot of money in gambling, so he always sold the things he had at home in the hope of recovering his previous losses. Recovering from a gambling addict takes a long time and requires support from the people closest to him.

Not really gambling specifically but I've seen tons of drug addicts recovering from their addiction. Recently saw one where the kid was forced to leave his dad (cause he was an addict) and a simple "I don't wanna" from the kid made the dad change. Find an anchor for those addicts, they help you recover.


Less of an educational thing but more of a push kind of idea. Most addicts just need that one push really, that push that's going to help them kickstart the process of recovery. Sadly said push can be hard to do and hard to find, even if you watch countless videos such as what OP posted. It all boils down to your capability of taking the first step. The rest? It just snowballs really. Each person has their own recovery method and process suitable for their current situation after all.

People who are addicted to gambling will not think logically - since their logic is clouded by their dreams of becoming rich through gambling. They will see that gambling is the right way for them to earn money, and anyone who reminds them of their addiction will take that as an attempt to hinder or ridicule them, and they will act aggressively in response. This is a fact that happens and the majority of gamblers, especially beginners, have the potential to become like that.

True, this is what I always remember which is where someone who has entered the addiction phase will have a mindset and way of thinking that is different from normal people in general, no matter how hard you tell and give good advice to him they are still stubborn, they have their own mindset and beliefs, as you said which is where they cannot think logically and far from rational, and this is the reason why curing someone who is addicted is very difficult.

Their mindset, goals and beliefs are straight forward but in an unreasonable direction where they have a different perspective on gambling, they think that gambling is a quick way or a quick medium to change their fate to become rich instantly, and all this happens because from the beginning they misunderstand what gambling is and how it works, they think that the chances of winning are a good opportunity for them to get a lot of money, without knowing that on the other hand the possibility of losing is much higher than the chances of winning, so your first perspective on gambling is something that will determine your further fate.

People who are addicted to gambling only think about gambling. They will not consider other things important or must be done. They see that they can still make money from gambling even though they realize that they still have difficulty making money.

They will not stop gambling even if someone asks them to stop gambling. That's because they don't have anything else to do or think about. If they stay like that, they will only get deeper into gambling and it will be difficult to get out of gambling.

Curing people who are addicted to gambling requires awareness on their part. He needed to look at his own condition after what he got from gambling. He also needs to check how much money he has lost and how much he can make from gambling. The most important thing is that there must be awareness within him to want to cure his gambling addiction.

It is easy to become addicted to gambling but too difficult to stay out of it. That is why I appreciate those gamblers who are able to recover and heal their addiction because many people have tried but still failed. Indeed, proper education and awareness are a big help, especially for beginners to stop thinking that gambling gives us a better life and rather accept the reality that gambling is just for fun and entertainment. But yes, it is a very common thing to happen to gamblers - they will change. If they never change their mindset and gambling approach, addiction is likely going to happen.

This is what you should have in mind is that you should really be avoiding on getting yourself that getting addicted because just like been said that getting out is never been that simple or something that you could be able to do so easily. If you do find yourself that being too impulsive and being that too easily get emotional with gambling then it would really be better that you should avoid gambling in the first place.
Recovery stories might really that look  simple or easy that had been done but actually into those people who are affected with addiction did have that tough challenge on resolving addiction.

This is why it would really be that relevant that you should really be avoiding gambling as much as you could on the time that you would really be able to deal up with gambling.
If you are someone whose really that too impulsive then it would be better that you should really be stopping or avoiding gambling at all cost.

Not me myself, but a "friend" (a friends friend really, I barely know him) had one. He used to gamble a lot all his college life, he got to a point where he was so much in deep debt that he had to quit college as well, and had to find multiple jobs here and there to keep being able to live. His father cut him too, so he had absolutely no income but that small McDonalds server type of income, which wasn't a lot and wasn't enough even for a rent. But that made him better, why? Well for two reasons, first he was so poor that he had no money to spend on gambling, so organically he quit gambling, not as a decision but because he was too poor to do it.

Secondly, he realized that he liked cooking, and wanted to try his hand at it. While he didn't finish college for a math degree, which for sure he would have failed, he learned cooking from some school, and became a chef, not some super known one, a chef in a small meat grill type place, but at least he is much happier now.

That's right, everyone can easily become addicted to gambling, but it is very difficult to recover from gambling addiction, but if someone has a strong desire themselves, of course they will be able to recover from that person's gambling addiction and Very few people can actually succeed in recovering from gambling addiction and only they can reduce their gambling activities.

Everyone who has just started gambling, of course they must understand that gambling is not a place to earn income to meet their needs because it will be very difficult to be able to win at gambling continuously and it would be better for them to consider gambling as a place of entertainment and if they Of course they will be able to enjoy this and if they experience defeat they must be able to stop so that they don't continue to experience even bigger losses, but this will really depend on the personality of someone who knows gambling, if they know gambling and have the wrong understanding of course Of course, they will experience losses and become addicted, of course this will have a bad impact on themselves.

Well, every person who has managed to recover from an addiction like gaming is worthy of admiration because not everyone has that willpower, so it is worthy of admiration, now the game has to be taken with the required importance, I think that if everyone does when it comes in The casino knows and understands that the casino has the advantage of winning, and then they are fine, if they understand that they have to allocate the money for the casino, regardless of whether they win, lose or whatever, then they have to realize that things are very determinants for the player, one as a player cannot hope to multiply money in a casino, no, before entering you have to know that the casino is very likely to win and that we as players must understand that we should not make mistakes such as searching Revenge if we lose, in that sense you have to be the very mature person to accept the casino's designes, if you win it's perfect to withdraw the money , if you lose, nothing to do, go another day.

Its really indeed on willpower/discipline/self control is something that you would really be needing to have when it comes on quitting gambling addiction on which this is really something that really too hard or
tons of people or gamblers do fail on doing so. Usually they would really be quitting on the time that they cant literally be able to play because they have lost everything. If you dont like to reach up such condition
then you should really be making yourself that wary about those probabilities in the first place.  When you do gamble then it should really be just that for fun and not for making money.
Play on the amount which you can freely let go or wont mind if it would totally lost on that gambling session. Dont make yourself that getting addicted if you dont really like
for things to get messy specially into your life because this is the hardest part on which you would really be trying out to quit.

When someone recovers from their addiction, at least that person must have a strong commitment to the efforts they make to get out of this difficult problem. Many people think that one way for someone to get out of their addiction is with encouragement from the people closest to them. However, if someone does not have a strong commitment to get out and recover from the addiction they are experiencing, then this encouragement or motivation will be in vain and not meaningful at all.

and as long as we are still in the world of gambling, even though we have good self-control, we need to remember that anyone can become addicted to gambling. And therefore it is quite important for us to always ensure that the gambling activities we carry out are safe and well controlled. And besides that, we also need to recognize the signs of gambling addiction, so that we can prevent problems that may arise and maintain our financial and emotional health.

This is mostly what lands many gamblers into deep shit, gambling with money meant for something else with intentions of multiplying the money to cover more expenses, which is a very wromg move. This misconception is so common amongst several or most gamblers, they just have this mentality that whenever you need to multiply your money, gambling is the best option to consider which is very wrong. If people consider gambling as a means to half fun then I don't think anybody would even consider using money meant for something else to gamble.

It was this situation that forced him to change and leave gambling. However, that doesn't mean someone has to be at their lowest point to be able to recover from their addiction, when we find someone who is addicted to gambling, be it a relative or close friend. Don't leave them in a slump, before things get worse, as long as they can still be saved and healed, then help them get out of that situation. Even though this will be quite difficult and may take up a little of our time, helping is an obligation. help them to find their happiness, because true happiness is not in gambling, happiness in gambling is only temporary. Gambling is nothing but an escape to get temporary pleasure.

The negative impact of gambling is worse than what we think, therefore protect ourselves and those closest to us from irresponsible gambling activities, which only cause losses and other negative impacts.

That is so true, and that is the start for most gamblers, play the money that is meant for something and then lose and then try to "revenge" play and then lose again. So they feel into the trap early. And even for those who has money to burn or spare, if their emotions can't accept that they have lost already, or wanting to get that adrenaline rush, continue to play until they don't realize that they have been gambling addicts.

And until they really recognized and accept it, they won't recover and that is only the first part of it. Then the process goes on, enter a rehabilitation, and in their you transform yourself, you understand what's wrong with you, before you can recover.

Sometimes I call gambling disease that needs to be controlled by you, you just need to understand gambling very well before going into much problem like this because the addiction of gambling can result to the loss of life, future challenges and problem ahead, gambling is something that comes with precaution I have seen someone Amblin money for medical bills in the name of increasing the money to pay a medical bill. This is not the wise thing to do. It is a very big risk to risk your last money in gambling, I will advise everyone to take proper precautions before doing anything like gambling and have a limit, don’t just gamble because you want to, gamble for a reason

Addiction is what you can called a disease on which if you are someone whose really that not good when it comes to self control and discipline then you are really that prone to possible huge problems because once that lost control will really be able to happen then this would really be basically be ending up on having that kind of impulsive approach towards it.

The main thing that you would really be needing to look out for is on how you would really be that making yourself that not getting addicted because this is usually the thing that you would really be needing out to consider
to avoid as much as you could. Gambling game is really just that for the sake of fun and entertainment and this is something that you would really be putting up into your mind.
You cant really just that make yourself having that kind of approach on where you do find yourself that too desperate into things.

The thought of making it through gambling always clouds the judgement of the gambler, people who addicted nerve see the negative effect that gambling posess like trying and trying over and over again without getting the assurance that you might hit that big win some day. Gambling is ever ready to drain you and some persons fail to understand this because there are always in the thought of other people winnings from gambling.

Sometimes it is very easy for us as human beings to get carried away by bad vibes, by negative things, by "I can't", all these things that affect our lives, and that is something harmful, harmful, in fact negativity causes diseases, I have always said something, we are people with a lot of energy and we must continue to maintain that energy at a high vibration frequency. Haven't you noticed that happy people almost never get sick? It is because they are people who throw away bad things quickly and cannot do much in their lives, and because their vibration is so high that they cannot even become addicted, when a person has an addiction not only what you say they have to have, You have to have more positive energy to improve quickly and get rid of that problem, I believe that we can overcome all our problems, including addiction and that is something that we must put in our brain, that is why willpower is something that we should never lack.

Well, a person who has overcome gambling addiction first deserves recognition and it would be good if they published their process in detail in the forum, so that this in some way raises awareness among players who are about to fall into addiction, or those who suffer from it, That would be great because it would be an encouragement that it is possible, and we as human beings can overcome anything, any adversity and any problem that comes our way, so we must be this type of people who are capable of overcoming this adversity, and especially when it comes to this type of disease that can end the life of a person and their family due to the amount of excesses that occur due to not being able to control it.

Recovering from an addiction is an ongoing struggle that may last for the rest of their lives, so without a doubt when a person has remained away from the source of their addiction for a long time that is motive of celebration, after all for a person that has never being addicted to anything, it is hard to imagine how difficult such a thing can be, but since the temptation to go back to their old ways will always be there, this is a struggle recovering addicts will have to go through in a daily fashion.

Recovering from addiction is something that cant really be easy, some saying that you would be able to quit if you are really that serious on quitting but actually its something a very challenging thing that not all could really be able to pull through. This is why on the time that they do get addicted then this is the time that they would really be finding themselves getting wrecked and messed up their lives completely.
Its true that you could really be able to quit up if you wanted into but not all would really be having that good control and discipline towards their minds and with their emotions. This is where family support and advises would really be needing as for forth with with professional seek of help which it would really be that something that will really be helpful if other things doesnt work or simply your last resort
but you could actually quit off without any of these helps if you are really that having that good control.

You are absolutely correct.

Gamblers families suffer from severe difficulties. The hardship that an addict experiences, causes hot-tempered demeanor leading to arguments inside his surroundings. Also, the financial tensions affect his family, and even affect colleagues and friends.

Kids of gambling addicts suffer from abandonment and emotional neglect when the addict parent is care only for his gambling activities.

And we have seen horror stories of kids being abandoned inside a car in a casino parking lot just for the parents to gamble. So that is not acceptable as a parent. But this individuals judgement are clouded because what they thinking is that they should be gambling regardless if they left their children. That is the worst that a parent can do to their children. If not then they are going to be a bad influence to their kids when you see them always gambling when we are growing up and we could adapt that as well when we became adults. Hopefully, that is not the case for most gamblers here. We could make a lot of mistakes in our lives because of gambling, but we should take care of our kids no matter what and don't neglect them.

You are absolutely right, personally I have always said something about a person who excludes himself from a casino or any azaí game, it is not because he does not want to experience an addiction again, that is something that will always happen, but a person who Already burned by so many more experiences thanks to an addiction, I understand that I will never want to stop again, at least, that is why when a person who has been addicted and lives all those things in his mind, well, I understand that he can no longer surrender to the world of the games, does that open up some kind of temptation? Maybe, but that's like when drug addicts go through the detox process, they can't fall back into the same thing because their life would go downhill for every single thing, so we have to learn from these people from every single thing they do. .

Every gambler has a quite story to tell whether you are an addict or not, the truth is that no amount of story that we will hear or amount of video that we will watch that will change the mindset of most gambling addicts. there is this saying 'that women die during childbirth will not make other women stop from giving birth' which invariably implies that no matter the circumstances that surrounds the stories people must be addicts. However, the story is nice because it helps some wise one to make rational decision that will better their lives, some will surely learn from it while others will see it as normalcy.

life is all about taking risk and learning from a reasonable experience, i am very happy that you shared the video here, many of us have actually lost a lot because of gambling, Addiction ordinarily is a disease and requires appropriate measures to be corrected and i  hope that this video finds solace in our hearts and also touch most of positively.

 

This has actually been the issue and biggest problem faced by so many gamblers, of only they could view gambling as more of a fun filled activity and not somewhere they should run to, to increase their wealth or multiply their bank.
When a gambler gambles for fun, you're in more control of your emotions because whatever the outcome of the game turns out to be, you'll still have your share of the fun and thrill. Whether the game ends in a win or loss, you won't care that much, and it'll never result to loss chasing because you've only lost what you could afford to lose and there's therefore no reason for you to chase after it.