Assess your gambling addiction level.

[fortunecrypto]

I've arrived at level 9 addiction before and that kind of experience is very hard to deal with, That's the time that I got a deep realization about myself and my environment. Changed my life slowly by reducing the gambling activities and controlling myself on every game I play by putting limits into the wager I do every game. I am proud of myself that I lower the level from level 9 to level 2 of addiction based on the criteria we based.

You should be proud of yourself and should gain admiration this is such an achievement,it's so hard to break that level 9 addiction probably the worst situation a gambler than can be in, it takes a very strong character to realized that and make a big turn around, you should create a thread and tell us how you did it.

[maydna]

I've arrived at level 9 addiction before and that kind of experience is very hard to deal with, That's the time that I got a deep realization about myself and my environment. Changed my life slowly by reducing the gambling activities and controlling myself on every game I play by putting limits into the wager I do every game. I am proud of myself that I lower the level from level 9 to level 2 of addiction based on the criteria we based.

You should be proud of yourself and should gain admiration this is such an achievement,it's so hard to break that level 9 addiction probably the worst situation a gambler than can be in, it takes a very strong character to realized that and make a big turn around, you should create a thread and tell us how you did it.

I can not imagine what I will do if I am at level 9 addiction. I don't know if my family will warn me or still care with me since, in level 9, there is a big addiction to gambling. But you are so lucky because, finally, you can realize about yourself, and you can change your life by reducing your time in gambling. That is very good for you that you can lower the level, and you have the experience to become addicted to gambling so you can tell and share your story to other people which will give them a lesson not to depend on gambling, and don't spend too much money in gambling.

[Wexnident]

Level 0.

I was wondering where was the option of just gambling for the sake of gambling and no other goal. The level 1 to 3 already seemed way too crazy for me as a person who doesn't gamble addictively, plus, I still use my brain, like, I still have a touch of common sense with me.

I'm pretty sure Levels 1 and above would only be achieved if you actually think of gambling as a sort/way to earn money, which is not really its purpose (at least, for me that is). Sure, money is involved and all, but gamblings are in a sense games right? Bets are made to add that taste that other games can't give it, and increasing it adds more intensity towards that taste. I've bet big amounts and small amounts here and there, but I never considered the idea that I must take them back. Those bets were made to add spice, or at least I got carried away by the intense feeling of playing against someone.

[TheUltraElite]

Well I'd say that a lot of those descriptors are wildly inaccurate bro.

It is just a wildly versed treatise on how we can classify gamblers in groups to see their addiction levels. Maybe in future a clinical classification will be made in similar terms. So dont shoo the OP like that.

It's quite possible to plan to be a professional gambler, and even be a professional gambler and not be in debt.

While it seems possible, in reality many professional gamblers no longer play. They stake money on newer players like Poker staking and they understand the promotions that casinos give them and thus visit the casinos for a paid visit.

Likewise, it's often possible to be warned about having a gambling issue, when actually you're a profitable player making an above-average income.

The profits wont be for long if one is playing continuously and that includes breaks in between. The more you play the more your losing chances are.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Level 0:
Gamble while gamble and may forget it for months. Gamble only with friends and gambling is not an option to kill boredom.

Currently at this level and don't think I'll be leaving there anytime soon. Hardly before you see me getting carried away by gambling most especially after my previous experience of been an addictive gambler which costed me alot in regards to be funds and socal life. It's not something someone else should go through and that can be achievable by staying on track with gambling plans like risk/money management etc.

Sometimes, I could stay years without gambling although that doesn't mean I'll be completely off about gamble related activities, like discussung about them or watch others engage in them. Many non gamblers presume the activity to be destructive although that's only possible when you act ignorantly.

[Kurokonobasuke]

My level as a gambler is Level 0 to Level 1.
Gambling is not my daily priority, it is for my entertainment only or for my leisure time, because there are so much things that we must put in priority like our family, health and or love ones. I don't wanna to be addicted on gambling because it may loses my big assets once I a being addicted to that, and it is too hard to recover again to all the assets. So that there are many ways to divert many things instead of daily gambling, just try new things everyday to avoid you on being addicted in gambling.

[jhonjhon]

Level 0:
Gamble while gamble and may forget it for months. Gamble only with friends and gambling is not an option to kill boredom.

This one is for me, I only gamble with friends which is very seldom, I don't also allocate a portion of my earnings to gambling and not really into thinking of any strategies to become successful in trading because for me regardless of what strategy you create for gambling the more you play and the closer you'll get to the house edge then it will be useless. I would rather play just for fun with friends and I also forget it for months.

[Polar91]

Level 0:
Gamble while gamble and may forget it for months. Gamble only with friends and gambling is not an option to kill boredom.

I'm currently at this level as I focus my time more often in trading instead of gambling because I'm a person who explores everything that will make me grow and I don't seem my growth development by focusing my time becoming a better gambler since it's the least option that I'm thinking of.

I most likely play with friends as gambling is one of our past time and bonding also. We used to play together in order to watch everyone thus no one would be greedy and if someone of us needs a strategy, it can be given by simply asking and choosing which is best by deciding with majority.

[Reatim]

I am for 0(zero) because i only gamble sometimes and yeah i can forget it for months and specially when i am busy and has other thing to prioritize.

For me gambling is just a extra activity and not important part of my life.

I've arrived at level 9 addiction before and that kind of experience is very hard to deal with, That's the time that I got a deep realization about myself and my environment. Changed my life slowly by reducing the gambling activities and controlling myself on every game I play by putting limits into the wager I do every game. I am proud of myself that I lower the level from level 9 to level 2 of addiction based on the criteria we based.

And that is something to be proud of mate because mostly gamblers become more and more addicted while you decreases and limited your self from your past activity,you shoult continue that mate and don’t lose good things because of gambling.

[BlackFor3st]

Gambling addiction is a mystery because you may not realize that you are getting addicted or even after severely got addicted.

Let us try to find how safely we have been into gambling so far.

Level 1 to level 3: (beginning levels)
1. New gambling ideas flashes in your mind even you are too busy with your studies or work or with friends/family.
2. Already lost in hundreds still you are strongly believing to recover them by innovating new strategy.
3. Made $50 then why not $100 or $500.

Level 4 to level 6: (intermediate levels)
4. Allocating 10% to 25% for your monthly gambling expenses from your regular income stream.
5. Forgetting your regular responsibilities and giving gambling the high priority.
6. Lost most of the friends as they are not supporting your view on gambling. You want to prove them how genius you are in gambling.

Level 7 to level 10: (severe levels)
7. Planning to be a full time gambler because your day job is not supporting you to live as you wish.
8. Facing problem of debits even you are into a highly paying day job.
9. Your spouse warn you about divorce or your family member discuss abut rehabilitation centers behind you.
10. You already became a Warren Buffet of gambling still not sure what is going on around you. You must need 50 hrs per day to fulfill your gambling needs.

Beginning level of gambling addiction do not need any treatment but taking break from gambling may cure you. If you are unable to take break then you are already into intermediate level ask help from friends to keep you busy.

Severely addicted category must need to visit doctors to change their life style. For this category gamblers, taking break from gambling temporarily solve addiction thirst but professional guidelines will help to recover completely. Rehabilitation centers will be the ultimate destination when everything else fail.

Find yourself where you are doing and get back to level zero.

Level 0:
Gamble while gamble and may forget it for months. Gamble only with friends and gambling is not an option to kill boredom.

I think I belong to beginning level as I only gamble to ease my boredom or loneliness and I always put a limitation in every time I gamble in order to make sure that I will not loss too much money.

I've been thinking of a good strategy also on how I can win and I even research about it but still I am in dead end as I am not that good in complex try and error options just to test the new strategy that I learned. And with regards to winning, I am very unlucky as I have more losses than winnings.

[carlfebz2]

I am for 0(zero) because i only gamble sometimes and yeah i can forget it for months and specially when i am busy and has other thing to prioritize.

For me gambling is just a extra activity and not important part of my life.

I've arrived at level 9 addiction before and that kind of experience is very hard to deal with, That's the time that I got a deep realization about myself and my environment. Changed my life slowly by reducing the gambling activities and controlling myself on every game I play by putting limits into the wager I do every game. I am proud of myself that I lower the level from level 9 to level 2 of addiction based on the criteria we based.

And that is something to be proud of mate because mostly gamblers become more and more addicted while you decreases and limited your self from your past activity,you shoult continue that mate and don’t lose good things because of gambling.

It should really be treated of this way because gambling is just really created for entertainment not a priority nor a source of income.
The only mistake here that people were too greedy thats why they do fall into the pit of addiction because of continuous playing because
of that certain aim or goal.

Answering on op which im on level 0 most of the time but there are instances i do climb up on level 1-3.

[KTChampions]

This is my level:

Level 0:
Gamble while gamble and may forget it for months. Gamble only with friends and gambling is not an option to kill boredom.

Moreover, even when I gamble, I don’t feel a sense of excitement because for me games are mathematics. Gambling differs from chess only in terms of the game (all information is immediately known in chess). But if we think about it, it’s clear that even in gambling all the information is known as the whole range of possible options is known.

[ChuckBuck]

Moreover, even when I gamble, I don’t feel a sense of excitement because for me games are mathematics. Gambling differs from chess only in terms of the game (all information is immediately known in chess). But if we think about it, it’s clear that even in gambling all the information is known as the whole range of possible options is known.

It proves you are not a gambler  I really don't understand why you don't get excited when gambling (I mean with your friends?) Have you ever gambled with friends, games you can play together, for example playing cards? I agree with you on math, it's quite complicated so we can know something in advance. I don't often gamble, but it was really fun when I played with my friends. Gambling is really something fascinating when we play with friends 

[iamsheikhadil]

Lol, I guess a lots of symptoms of level 1-3 can also be put into extreme levels, but according to these symptoms, I am not in need of severe treatment haha since am in the easiest levels so I feel safe while I work on to cure myself hehe

[KTChampions]

Moreover, even when I gamble, I don’t feel a sense of excitement because for me games are mathematics. Gambling differs from chess only in terms of the game (all information is immediately known in chess). But if we think about it, it’s clear that even in gambling all the information is known as the whole range of possible options is known.

It proves you are not a gambler  I really don't understand why you don't get excited when gambling (I mean with your friends?) Have you ever gambled with friends, games you can play together, for example playing cards? I agree with you on math, it's quite complicated so we can know something in advance. I don't often gamble, but it was really fun when I played with my friends. Gambling is really something fascinating when we play with friends 

Yes, I have experience in games, and now it is very regular - I play Monopoly with my family 
I experience very strong emotions during the game (thanks to my daughter, as she is very nervous and this is transmitted to me  ), but these emotions are in no way connected with a sense of passion since the mathematics of the game is simple and understandable.

[ChuckBuck]

but these emotions are in no way connected with a sense of passion since the mathematics of the game is simple and understandable.

Just in case of Monopoly   Not simple with all game   If you have ever played poker or the similar game, you will find that calculating the probability of cards appearing is very difficult, the rules are easy to understand but it is impossible to predict what will appear in the future   I often mention luck when I play this game   Do you think it's easy to calculate?

[Assface16678]

but these emotions are in no way connected with a sense of passion since the mathematics of the game is simple and understandable.

Just in case of Monopoly   Not simple with all game   If you have ever played poker or the similar game, you will find that calculating the probability of cards appearing is very difficult, the rules are easy to understand but it is impossible to predict what will appear in the future   I often mention luck when I play this game   Do you think it's easy to calculate?

Gambling is one of the most exciting game of all time for me because most of the time I'm facing the other players that is now stable and prepare in the world of gambling and some of them always made a mistake, and it is better if we grab the opportunity to beat them and take a lot of profit gambling is not just of fun it is all about how you will conquer the game and earn a lot of profit also this game is full of mind games one of the keys to success is to make a lot of knowledge and experience by this you can now get a lot of information to the possible situation you encountered and hard to make a decision. Even it is difficult still sometimes luck can give you a good idea in every situation you don't know what you need to do.

[smyslov]

Gambling addiction is a mystery because you may not realize that you are getting addicted or even after severely got addicted.

Let us try to find how safely we have been into gambling so far.

Level 1 to level 3: (beginning levels)
1. New gambling ideas flashes in your mind even you are too busy with your studies or work or with friends/family.
2. Already lost in hundreds still you are strongly believing to recover them by innovating new strategy.
3. Made $50 then why not $100 or $500.

This is the best level that describes me but I'm still in control of myself and how I gamble I just continue to innovate so I can come back and recover my losses but I am only allocating a small portion of my gambling because of my work but even when I am on my work those dice sometimes rolls in my mind, I'm not looking to go to the next level because I don't gamble to ruin my life.

[panganib999]

Level 0 and Level 1

Gambling isnt the only thing that do entertain me when im in boredom.There are lots of activities that i can choose from to enjoy myself without involving any money.
Also i do play on my vacant time and using up my excess money to play without compromising responsibilities in real life. Needs first before anything else because
i dont like to mess up life or making my own problems that will come out late on if i do prioritize gambling.

I'm also at this level so most probably this thing isn't not my main problem. The main problem that I'm facing here is that gambling is really not meant for me. I can't see that I'm getting a profit out of it because there's no improvement, although I managed those losses but I still can't win and I'm also not losing. Maybe I should focus on trading and gambling maybe should not be my priority. I will just spend my money to those valuable thing rather than this gambling games. I prefer playing true online games and it is much better.

[joshy23]

Gambling addiction is a mystery because you may not realize that you are getting addicted or even after severely got addicted.

Let us try to find how safely we have been into gambling so far.

Level 1 to level 3: (beginning levels)
1. New gambling ideas flashes in your mind even you are too busy with your studies or work or with friends/family.
2. Already lost in hundreds still you are strongly believing to recover them by innovating new strategy.
3. Made $50 then why not $100 or $500.

This is the best level that describes me but I'm still in control of myself and how I gamble I just continue to innovate so I can come back and recover my losses but I am only allocating a small portion of my gambling because of my work but even when I am on my work those dice sometimes rolls in my mind, I'm not looking to go to the next level because I don't gamble to ruin my life.

Stay with how you interpret this habit it's dangerous not only with your financial but also it can harmed you physically, the after effects of gambling inside your mind difinitely can ruined your life. Good thing that you manage to control yourself not following your desire to continuously play and then lose your money.