Taking a break from gambling

[hicies]

yes you should take a break from gambling if you feel not to play consistently anymore or just temporarily.

It is necessary because if you play continuously you will lose all your money and you will be mentally disturbed. It is better to quit gambling for some time. if you can quit gambling forever that will be much better but if not then you should avoid gambling for some time. by this way you will be fresh and will save some of your money. Try to engage yourself in some social welfare activities

Right but I think, if a person can taking a break from gambling, he/she could be able to quit forever too, because if you can do it for 1 or 2 months you can continue to do it for whole life if you want.

If the main point is to stop forever then we should not use the words "taking a break", better to use "STOP" only. Taking a break means we need to stay away from it for a while for a refreshment purpose then we can come back with fresh mind/condition. Taking a break in gambling is obviously needed no matter we are real gamblers or just vacational gamblers, no matter we have just got bad lose or big win. It help us to manage our emotion, and it is also a way for us to avoid what we call as "addiction".

It's possible that these people are actually just rephrasing "stop" so it would become a little easier to do. Taking a break is so much easier than to say that you're going to stop gambling FOREVER. People like taking baby steps because it's more achievable. It's like, when you tell yourself, "I'm not going to gamble today." It's a lot more achievable and a lot less overwhelming when you tell yourself, "I'm not going to gamble forever." It would be like you're saying farewell to gambling and you tell yourself that you have to commit to that decision every single day of your life. That would make you think about gambling even more.

Taking a break is a million times better than not stopping gambling at all. Take it as your first step to a better life. While you're still in the middle of a break and you're not reminded of gambling, take advantage of that and find a new hobby to replace gambling. And it's the only way you can quit because you have to fill the time that you used to spend on gambling.

Yeah it is good because I think that continue gambling will take you in debts. You can lose everything, your money, property and in my place gamblers lose even their homes. Therefore it is necessary to take some rest from gambling. It will not only save your money but also your time and health. You must spend some time with your family in some pleasant atmosphere.

[supermine]

Lately I felt that I've been gambling a bit too much, it evolved into a weekly event where I would spend a little bit more money than I had originally planned for.
I've decided to take a break from gambling for a while, it's been 3 weeks since my last bet.

Just wanted to make this post in case someone else has any problems with this, spending more than intended, I mean.
You just kinda get into the habit without noticing at first, but you should really take immediate action when you do.

For me it was just a couple of hundred euros overspending, maybe for a month or so.
Taking a break was pretty easy, just replaced the gambling with a bit more gaming and writing articles.

Having a bit of extra cash now as well, always comes in handy

Definitely share your experiences with this, if you have any.

If you need help to quit gambling:
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/addictions/gambling-addiction-and-problem-gambling.htm

As of now I am not yet stopped gambling even for a day. But I see to it that I will never spend too much of what I intend to bet. what we need to do in order to avoid bug losses is to control our betting and don't get too hooked up in gambling.

If someone keeps doing a thing for a while then it will become a habit and that is what we call it as addiction when your mind has control over that habit you will be safe but if that begins to misbalance then it will be a problem for us.But you are doing good for now but better to keep break levels for gambling too to avoid addiction.

[onebtcforlife]

Yes, we have to break while gambling because I have seen if we continuously gambling means the chances of losing might be very high. So always we have to take a break in order to be in safe hands.

[hulla]

Lately I felt that I've been gambling a bit too much, it evolved into a weekly event where I would spend a little bit more money than I had originally planned for.
I've decided to take a break from gambling for a while, it's been 3 weeks since my last bet.

Just wanted to make this post in case someone else has any problems with this, spending more than intended, I mean.
You just kinda get into the habit without noticing at first, but you should really take immediate action when you do.

For me it was just a couple of hundred euros overspending, maybe for a month or so.
Taking a break was pretty easy, just replaced the gambling with a bit more gaming and writing articles.

Having a bit of extra cash now as well, always comes in handy

Definitely share your experiences with this, if you have any.

If you need help to quit gambling:
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/addictions/gambling-addiction-and-problem-gambling.htm

As of now I am not yet stopped gambling even for a day. But I see to it that I will never spend too much of what I intend to bet. what we need to do in order to avoid bug losses is to control our betting and don't get too hooked up in gambling.

If someone keeps doing a thing for a while then it will become a habit and that is what we call it as addiction when your mind has control over that habit you will be safe but if that begins to misbalance then it will be a problem for us.But you are doing good for now but better to keep break levels for gambling too to avoid addiction.

With what the OP said I believed he's already addicted to gambling cause the moment a gambler dont know when to stop, don't have strategy and gamble for loses. However, the best thing to do is taking a break and stay away from something which could attract him to gamble.

[mostkey]

Also important that you detach yourself from all unwanted stuff and especially where money is involved you better be staying away because it can take away your money as you lose the bets rather  than wining the amount from it.

You could detach yourself from gambling and out your money into other stuff.
Those who are risk takers just can stop themselves from doing such things. For them a good investment would also be good but they will fail because they have not patience. In gambling though patience is less important for games like dice,slots etc. So its what attracts them to it. Trading is also not their cup of tea because they are not willing to do any analysis or study.

maybe you have had a bitter experience at gambling, so you can learn from your experience. so that you can master the self-control that every gambler must have

Some people do end up with a bitter experience but they still dont learn their lesson. Say they promise to give up gambling but after 2weeks they are back. Self-control is important and determination to stick to the rule is also important.

You are right that in gambling, gamblers always lose their money and win seldom. It is good to keep aside for some time and if possible quit forever. When you leave gambling for some time, you may be able to give less time to gambling and finally you may able to quit gambling completely. If you give more time to your family friends and relatives, you will feel relaxed.

but that is a very difficult thing for gambling addicts, because to be able to do this, gambling addicts should not be allowed the opportunity to hold large amounts of money. because no matter how strong they refrain from gambling, if they still hold money, they will still be trapped in gambling

[serjent05]

Better shift focus on something else. Something interesting yet beneficial and not too risky. Well, we all know gambling addiction is like a cancer eating us slowly slowly until we are left dead. Dead in terms of finances, focus and right point of view. This feeling that we get whenever we are losing drives us to be more crazy. Good for you then for making that decision.

[Symphonized]

Better shift focus on something else. Something interesting yet beneficial and not too risky. Well, we all know gambling addiction is like a cancer eating us slowly slowly until we are left dead. Dead in terms of finances, focus and right point of view. This feeling that we get whenever we are losing drives us to be more crazy. Good for you then for making that decision.

Your only options on the "interesting yet beneficial and not too risky" is only real life work jobs you know...

[ethereumhunter]

Yes, we have to break while gambling because I have seen if we continuously gambling means the chances of losing might be very high. So always we have to take a break in order to be in safe hands.

I've always reminded my friends to break for a while especially if they can win much money because some of my friends have a bad experience in gambling after they are playing the game for a long time. I say to them that it is not good to stay at the gambling game because we cannot do another thing on that day and only spend the time playing gambling. Fortunately, my friend wants to listen to me, and I always ask him to go out to one places, so we can spend our time together.

[btcmegastar]

yes you should take a break from gambling if you feel not to play consistently anymore or just temporarily.

It is necessary because if you play continuously you will lose all your money and you will be mentally disturbed. It is better to quit gambling for some time. if you can quit gambling forever that will be much better but if not then you should avoid gambling for some time. by this way you will be fresh and will save some of your money. Try to engage yourself in some social welfare activities

Right but I think, if a person can taking a break from gambling, he/she could be able to quit forever too, because if you can do it for 1 or 2 months you can continue to do it for whole life if you want.

If the main point is to stop forever then we should not use the words "taking a break", better to use "STOP" only. Taking a break means we need to stay away from it for a while for a refreshment purpose then we can come back with fresh mind/condition. Taking a break in gambling is obviously needed no matter we are real gamblers or just vacational gamblers, no matter we have just got bad lose or big win. It help us to manage our emotion, and it is also a way for us to avoid what we call as "addiction".

It's possible that these people are actually just rephrasing "stop" so it would become a little easier to do. Taking a break is so much easier than to say that you're going to stop gambling FOREVER. People like taking baby steps because it's more achievable. It's like, when you tell yourself, "I'm not going to gamble today." It's a lot more achievable and a lot less overwhelming when you tell yourself, "I'm not going to gamble forever." It would be like you're saying farewell to gambling and you tell yourself that you have to commit to that decision every single day of your life. That would make you think about gambling even more.

Taking a break is a million times better than not stopping gambling at all. Take it as your first step to a better life. While you're still in the middle of a break and you're not reminded of gambling, take advantage of that and find a new hobby to replace gambling. And it's the only way you can quit because you have to fill the time that you used to spend on gambling.

Yeah it is good because I think that continue gambling will take you in debts. You can lose everything, your money, property and in my place gamblers lose even their homes. Therefore it is necessary to take some rest from gambling. It will not only save your money but also your time and health. You must spend some time with your family in some pleasant atmosphere.

Taking rest is always good for continuous gambling because there might be chances of losing more money. So it is always good to wait and start gambling again instead of taking risks, i have experienced losing the money many times while continously gambling.

[crwth]

Yes, we have to break while gambling because I have seen if we continuously gambling means the chances of losing might be very high. So always we have to take a break in order to be in safe hands.

I've always reminded my friends to break for a while especially if they can win much money because some of my friends have a bad experience in gambling after they are playing the game for a long time. I say to them that it is not good to stay at the gambling game because we cannot do another thing on that day and only spend the time playing gambling. Fortunately, my friend wants to listen to me, and I always ask him to go out to one places, so we can spend our time together.

On one note, continuously gambling would result in losses, especially in the long run. If you manage to take a few days and weeks without gambling, then in my opininion, you are good. Except if you plan on gambling a lot more than what you cannot afford in the first place. That's going to be a challenge for everyone to control and it's up to the person if you believe you want to be a winner or a loser.

I think spending time with your friend, together, would easily make you stop gambling and encourage each other to be responsible. In my experience, it's not always being good when you are with a friend, sometimes there are bad influences that could start up bad things, like gambling together. It's fun when you have people by your side.

[deppil]

Better shift focus on something else. Something interesting yet beneficial and not too risky. Well, we all know gambling addiction is like a cancer eating us slowly slowly until we are left dead. Dead in terms of finances, focus and right point of view. This feeling that we get whenever we are losing drives us to be more crazy. Good for you then for making that decision.

Right. so frightening is the influence of gambling if you have become an acute addict. if you already have the intention to quit or break it's a good thing. you're right you can try focusing on other things that can take up more of your time. when you think of returning to gambling. just imagine the losses that you have gotten

[Thanasis]

From my experience I realized that we need to take a break from gambling after made a big loss or big win this will be very helpful for us to save ourselves from huge loss or to enjoy the winning amount from the gambling if we continue to gamble we may end up losing the money we made from the gambling as well.If anyone make gambling as their regular habits then they need to make some other activities to get diverted from gambling.

[tabas]

Yes, we have to break while gambling because I have seen if we continuously gambling means the chances of losing might be very high. So always we have to take a break in order to be in safe hands.

OP's going to take a break and that's what he have to do. Looking for other activities which you can focus with will make your attention draw far away from gambling. A gambler should take a break if he sees himself going far from the usual activity that he does and its no longer helping him.

[emberbekas]

Yes, we have to break while gambling because I have seen if we continuously gambling means the chances of losing might be very high. So always we have to take a break in order to be in safe hands.

OP's going to take a break and that's what he have to do. Looking for other activities which you can focus with will make your attention draw far away from gambling. A gambler should take a break if he sees himself going far from the usual activity that he does and its no longer helping him.

If someone has realized that by gambling he will only get bad things, then leaving gambling activities is the only way to take. He must force himself to stop completely, no matter how heavy the effort is.

[BlackPanda]

Yes, we have to break while gambling because I have seen if we continuously gambling means the chances of losing might be very high. So always we have to take a break in order to be in safe hands.

OP's going to take a break and that's what he have to do. Looking for other activities which you can focus with will make your attention draw far away from gambling. A gambler should take a break if he sees himself going far from the usual activity that he does and its no longer helping him.

It's better to avoid ourselves from gambling because as we all know that gambling games have more bad effects than positivity. Never try gambling games because it can make us experience destruction. Our future will be ruined if we play gambling, never risk our future because the family we love will want us to experience success. Stop from now and we will start making a much brighter future.

[onrise]

Better shift focus on something else. Something interesting yet beneficial and not too risky. Well, we all know gambling addiction is like a cancer eating us slowly slowly until we are left dead. Dead in terms of finances, focus and right point of view. This feeling that we get whenever we are losing drives us to be more crazy. Good for you then for making that decision.

It is too dangerous when you get addicted and then coming out of it is a big challenge. Not everyone can quit the gambling once they are addicted and it literally wastes the life of people when they cannot come out of it. People lose money, health, family , friend etc.

[maydna]

Yes, we have to break while gambling because I have seen if we continuously gambling means the chances of losing might be very high. So always we have to take a break in order to be in safe hands.

OP's going to take a break and that's what he have to do. Looking for other activities which you can focus with will make your attention draw far away from gambling. A gambler should take a break if he sees himself going far from the usual activity that he does and its no longer helping him.

If someone has realized that by gambling he will only get bad things, then leaving gambling activities is the only way to take. He must force himself to stop completely, no matter how heavy the effort is.

You are right, no matter how hard, we need to do this, and it is worth to break for a while from gambling so we can continue our lives without thinking about gambling. We have a life which we need to use for another thing and socialize with other people so we can feel that life is worth and we meet the new people that might good for our life. Leaving in gambling is a must so we can feel that our life is not just for playing gambling and we need to understand that life is important.

[fasdorcas]

I dont see why instead of quitting the solution cant be to just reduce the amount gambled, to whatever is a reasonable budget.   So that could be as little as what you spend on snacks for a week, so really small amounts but if the gamble pays off then you get the larger amount to roll forward.

If people can stick to keeping a sensible budget then I see no reason to quit however if its beyond self control at this point and the idea of a budget is laughable then I'd agree that just an absolute stop may be the best thing after all.  I recognise thats the correct strategy for some but also I dont believe any person can avoid the concept of risk in their lives, its just a naturally occurring thing that has to be dealt with every day to some extent hence why I mention money budgeting as maybe the real dilemma to resolve long term

That still depends though, because sometimes, sensible budget would determine how much you are losing over time when all is accumulated and at some point you may actually make the decision to want to cut that down seriously by backing off for a while.

Actually, the ability to see gambling as a game and a game of luck, without attaching so much to it when it comes to winning, while limiting yourself will always help to achieve things like this, but like I said, it always depend on each individual and how they are really going about their thing as long as they keep being in control.

[TheUltraElite]

OP's going to take a break and that's what he have to do. Looking for other activities which you can focus with will make your attention draw far away from gambling.

Getting involved in other activities that a person of their age should take of will help them get over their addiction to gambling. It helps people to forget about the impulse that drives them to gamble and is a part of the rehab of addicted gambling as well. They may realize some old hobbies that they had forgotten they used to perform at one time as well.

A gambler should take a break if he sees himself going far from the usual activity that he does and its no longer helping him.

Gambling itself no longer helps the addicted gambler but the casino itself for being a regular source of money.

[gamalzour]

Taking a break from gambling is good. Maybe you won't even feel the impulse to gamble and then who knows perhaps you won't be a gambler? Its worth a try

Taking some rest from gambling is very important and necessary because your mind will refresh and when you back to gambling your mind will be clear for gambling. Just as the doctors say that atleast one day rest in a week is mandatory for physical and mental relaxation. When you back to work on Monday, you will be fresh and will work enthusiastically.

I'm confused, you advising to rest from gambling so that you can go back again play after you reset? Doesn't make any sense at all. I know people are gambling to have some fun, so they reset then what's gonna happen to them?

Anyways, there's nothing wrong with taking a break specially if you are losing big money in gambling. And the next time you go back, you will be mindful of your spending habits and most probably gamble just small amounts because you don't want to go wasting your time and at the same time losing more money.

Well, he said he is taking a break does not mean he is quitting. What he is basically just advising is that at least, once in a while you should be able to control your activities by retracing your footsteps and accessing yourself to see how you are not doing things appropriately.

Obviously for someone who was able to do this, he actually was never expecting anything much from gambling and probably saw it as fun, but even at that, there are some times that fun can end up getting too much that you would need to take a break from it, most especially when you know it is having some negative impact, and that my friend, is a great act of control.