My urge to go to land base casino in this lock down and how I fight it.

[Assface16678]

To us people who love to play gambling but the problem is the coronavirus and we cannot do anything even our desires wants us to push our selves to come into the gambling casino just to play but we all know that the most of the gambling casino land base are close because they don't want to get infected too and also one of the crowded places into the earth is the casino so there is more higher risk if you will come into those casino it is better to wait that the virus will gone also the casino must need to disinfect their places. If you want to play gambling we have now online gambling which you can play your desired games also you are in your home, sit back and relax does not have too much pressure came from the audiences but if you want to control your self and does not want to play gambling for a while

You can do this list

• Do household chores.
• Make gardening.
• Bonding with your family.
• Explore more and learn more. Do online class
• Makes some art

[aioc]

Yesterday, for unknown reason, suddenly I feel the urge to gamble again. When the lock down was implemented here, land based casinos are close. I'm more of a physical casino player, however, I was not affected by the closure because I thought that this will just last for a week or two.

But yesterday was a different feeling though, their was like a feeling that I need to go to casino and play. Maybe it was just the effect of the boredom during this lock down. There are some mental stimulus, like my sister-in-law inadvertently says that he doesn't have any identification with her but his casino ids. LOL. Anyways, here is what I did to fight this inner demon within me.

1. Do some exercise, good thing about this lock down is that me and my kid age, 14 are doing some calisthenics and body weight exercises. So we did some reps and sets to keep my mind busy.

2. Netflix is your friend during this lock down.  . Watch movies that interest me.

3. I visualize myself totally stopping my gambling even after the lockdown. Yes, this is very tough on me, but I spend hours in my room doing some sort of mental visualization.

4. Talk to families, anything under the sun, bond with them, it is very relaxing.

5. Youtube. Search for inspirational video on how to quit gambling.

I don't know if you felt this feeling in this lock down. But for me it is real and I have to fight it back.

Do you guys have the same experience? How did you overcome it? Share your experience so that other gamblers will know how to respond.

Of course there are a lot of crypto based online game, yes I play online as well, but the land base casino is very different at least in my case.

All these 5 are good to take away yourself in gambling in this pandemic, it's something you did not impose but circumstances force you to get away from gambling, there is still a lot to be added just to get you away from gambling, I can add reading a lot and chatting to friends that you've lost contact over the years, the challenge is finding them on social media.

[Kemarit]

Thank you to those who have replied, at least I know that I'm not the only one who have this gambling problem. My urge has died down a bit, but I still have this sort of anxiety induced gambling emotions and I'm still fighting it back. I recently found out that I still have some extra paint in my garage so probably I will take that as I challenge and do some paintings for the meantime. Again, thanks to those who gave advise, I think I can overcome this feeling in the next 48 hours.

[Ziskinberg]

Thank you to those who have replied, at least I know that I'm not the only one who have this gambling problem. My urge has died down a bit, but I still have this sort of anxiety induced gambling emotions and I'm still fighting it back. I recently found out that I still have some extra paint in my garage so probably I will take that as I challenge and do some paintings for the meantime. Again, thanks to those who gave advise, I think I can overcome this feeling in the next 48 hours.

Good luck, hopefully you will not think of something that is almost impossible to achieve at the moment, instead, continue to make some productive things so you can enjoy your time while you are still staying at home.

[peter0425]

Right now, I just focused on different kinds of things that I can do inside my house.
I just make sure that I always do something because every time that I have nothing to do, that is only when I have the feeling of wanting to go to a casino.

Exactly, there are things that you can do inside the house as others have suggested. Maybe the OP is fond of reading books, if he gets tired of watching movies. Most gamblers are really also struggling in this pandemic. I mean we all do love to go out from time to time and enjoy ourselves not just gambling per se. We missed a lot of things, but if we learn to prioritised things and not think about our gambling habits, then it would help us to cope if ever this kind of feeling of 'cravings' suddenly appear. Our priority is our families safety now and how to bring food in the table 24x7.

But the best thing i can find in OP is the way that he Got more time bonding with Family ,since it is obvious that before this Pandemic happens he missed more time with them and with this?both parties a winner as the family won His time and attention and OP for finding what he is missing.
Sometimes Bad things need to happen before we realized that better moment are passing without us paying attention.

And i admire OP for this one,as for sure after this Quarantine Life will change for betterment forever.

[Kasabus]

And i admire OP for this one,as for sure after this Quarantine Life will change for betterment forever.

Quarantine might not be over soon, so we still cannot go to a casino, what every gambler has to learn is just to know how to control themselves, doing the right thing at the right situation, and this situation, the right thing to do is just to stay at home, let us take our urge away for now, when the world will recover, we will be able to gamble again and life will be back to normal but at least OP were able to learn something from the current situation.

[smyslov]

The hardest is the first two weeks but if you are busy doing things to fight boredom like all the ones listed in your list, you can get over it and you will find out yourself that it's not really hard, but only the first two weeks is the real struggle to fight the urge to gamble in the casinos, yours is not the only case casino gamblers are also battling the same symptoms.

[Janation]

That is just amazing.

To be honest, I am feeling the same way but because I am working from home right now, I don't have this rough like the OP. I am busy so I am a bit preoccupied with it that I don't really think of it. I think people should do the same as the OP, to be honest it is really hard to avoid thinking about gambling if you are not so busy this ECQ.

[Naida_BR]

Yesterday, for unknown reason, suddenly I feel the urge to gamble again. When the lock down was implemented here, land based casinos are close. I'm more of a physical casino player, however, I was not affected by the closure because I thought that this will just last for a week or two.

But yesterday was a different feeling though, their was like a feeling that I need to go to casino and play. Maybe it was just the effect of the boredom during this lock down. There are some mental stimulus, like my sister-in-law inadvertently says that he doesn't have any identification with her but his casino ids. LOL. Anyways, here is what I did to fight this inner demon within me.

1. Do some exercise, good thing about this lock down is that me and my kid age, 14 are doing some calisthenics and body weight exercises. So we did some reps and sets to keep my mind busy.

2. Netflix is your friend during this lock down.  . Watch movies that interest me.

3. I visualize myself totally stopping my gambling even after the lockdown. Yes, this is very tough on me, but I spend hours in my room doing some sort of mental visualization.

4. Talk to families, anything under the sun, bond with them, it is very relaxing.

5. Youtube. Search for inspirational video on how to quit gambling.

I don't know if you felt this feeling in this lock down. But for me it is real and I have to fight it back.

Do you guys have the same experience? How did you overcome it? Share your experience so that other gamblers will know how to respond.

Of course there are a lot of crypto based online game, yes I play online as well, but the land base casino is very different at least in my case.

It easier to fight gambling online during quarantine.
The biggest threat is that you have a lot of time to gamble. But you have only one gateway to gambling ope and this is online gambling. If you keep yourself away of keyboard then you can fight this passion easily.

[seleme]

Doing alternative activity can prevent any kind of urge, there is no need to lose control because of sudden feeling. Mastering yourself and knowing your own mind will make you a wise gambler and the lockdown period is the best time to work on your weakness.

[Questat]

to be honest it is really hard to avoid thinking about gambling if you are not so busy this ECQ.

Not in my case, I am a gambler but I know how to control things, I learned it from being a gambler for many years.

I understand that we are in a delicate situation, we can't impose our wants over our needs, so gambling is my last priority now, and maybe the suspension of sports helps me a lot not to think of gambling anymore as most of the time I just do sports betting. 

[onrise]

To us people who love to play gambling but the problem is the coronavirus and we cannot do anything even our desires wants us to push our selves to come into the gambling casino just to play but we all know that the most of the gambling casino land base are close because they don't want to get infected too and also one of the crowded places into the earth is the casino so there is more higher risk if you will come into those casino it is better to wait that the virus will gone also the casino must need to disinfect their places. If you want to play gambling we have now online gambling which you can play your desired games also you are in your home, sit back and relax does not have too much pressure came from the audiences but if you want to control your self and does not want to play gambling for a while

You can do this list

• Do household chores.
• Make gardening.
• Bonding with your family.
• Explore more and learn more. Do online class
• Makes some art

Along with the above some more suggestion which include is like: -

Learn cooking if do not know and if already known try to make new dishes.
Do calls to people from whom you had hardly spoken in the past year or more than that.
Exercise it regularly at home.
Meditation is also important in this phase of life.
Play some board games or involve family in some fun filled activities.
Try to be innovative if somebody Birthday/Anniversary comes, and some surprise could be done online.

[btc_angela]

The hardest is the first two weeks but if you are busy doing things to fight boredom like all the ones listed in your list, you can get over it and you will find out yourself that it's not really hard, but only the first two weeks is the real struggle to fight the urge to gamble in the casinos, yours is not the only case casino gamblers are also battling the same symptoms.

Right, first two weeks are easy, because at the back of our minds, we thought that this will be over soon. But it's quiet the opposite, many countries extended their quarantine and pushes most gamblers to their limit, like what the OP is feeling right now. It is a real struggle for us, specially if you are used to travel and go out with friends and have some fun time in a casino's. Our world has change and reset. So we have to look at the bright side of it, (no going out, no money spend on gambling) and make the best out of the situation - making ourselves busy so that you will not think of gambling and take control.

[Saisher]

There are a lot of ways to do inside your house, but the most important thing to do is to develop your relationship with your love ones at this time of uncertainty, doing things and playing together to build a relationship, if you are doing things with your family you can overcome the urge to gamble.

[DoublerHunter]

There are a lot of ways to do inside your house, but the most important thing to do is to develop your relationship with your love ones at this time of uncertainty, doing things and playing together to build a relationship, if you are doing things with your family you can overcome the urge to gamble.

^ As a gambler, you cant simply forget or divert other things that make you busy easily, probably it will take time before you will overcome the urge in gambling. Many land-based gamblers are experiencing the same as you do for the lockdown is still implemented and for about a couple of months. You actually do the right thing occupying yourself to divert your mind and remove the urge in gambling that is the best way to stop gambling habit. However, gamblers who wish to stop their gambling habit may take advantage of this lockdown since physical casinos are all closed try diverting your mind into something different but not into online casinos. Nevertheless, all these things depended on how you control your emotion over your addiction.

[virasog]

There are a lot of ways to do inside your house, but the most important thing to do is to develop your relationship with your love ones at this time of uncertainty, doing things and playing together to build a relationship, if you are doing things with your family you can overcome the urge to gamble.

I tried this but believe me it is not possible to forget the gambling or casino. The fun which you can get at the casino is not comparable to the fun at home or even in online gambling. I eagerly wait for the lockdown to finish so that we can return to casinos.

[jademaxsuy]

You don't have to fight it. You just need to make yourself busy in something else so that your attention will divert to other things. There is nothing you can do about land base casino as casinos out there are being closed due to lockdown so going there is a comete waste of time or you can gamble online if you want.

[Yamifoud]

At this time, I'd have to set aside my gambling life...it was sometimes to take a look back, the old days which we bond together to our family, playing our kids and it is happening again.
This pandemic might have something to give us in the renewal of what we did before that we've missed for many years.
The "new norm" makes things out of our comfort but we have nothing to do than to accept it. Maybe it was the time to minimize our leisure time out from our family especially gambling but rather to give ample time with them.

[FontSeli]

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Do you guys have the same experience? How did you overcome it? Share your experience so that other gamblers will know how to respond.

Of course there are a lot of crypto based online game, yes I play online as well, but the land base casino is very different at least in my case.

Fortunately, I have never had an addiction to gambling and have no experience of overcoming it. However, I have a good friend who at one time acquired an attraction to slot machines. He managed to overcome his addiction only thanks to his family. They showed him how much they needed him and how much time and money he spent on slot machines. And when he realized this, he was able to overcome his addiction.

All of the above is a good attempt to distract yourself but, unfortunately, it only allows you to overcome your addiction for a while.

[FlightyPouch]

I think it is really the time to practice ourselves, it is the time to stop our addiction into gambling. Since most of the casinos are closed, people are actually busy doing other things but there are still those that push themselves to gamble. I think it is time to be busy with other things like exercise, having bonded with your family or maybe focussing on your work.