When betting becomes to high

[paxmao]

Have you ever had an experience betting in which you knew that you were going over the limits of you finances and still continued? I have one playing a game, it was absorbing plenty of my time and despite me knowing it, I was kind of hooked on it. It was not a financial problem, but left me wondering how easy is to actually fall into a bad habit and how difficult is to break it.

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[samcrypto]

Ended up on the same situation as well before and the worst is, I was forced to borrow money because I can't stop playing and having that bet.
Well, this is bad if left uncontrolled but it's pretty normal in gambling, that's why we have to set a limit always and commit on that. Being responsible is not easy but we should practice this all the time to avoid any financial problem and gambling addiction.

[dothebeats]

Never went beyond my set weekly limit, but always, always spent hours and hours on weekends just to exhaust my budget. I guess you can count it as "going over budget" since I only usually play 1-2 hours and call it quits. But sometimes, you enjoy so much and win so much that it's just hard to end the session, though there are instances wherein I just max bet and hope for the worst just to get done for the day. Nowadays I try to develop a hobby that will force me to not go over my 1-2 hours session of dice, and hopefully I get the grasp of it.

[Adbitco]

It's one thing common to everyone out there most especially those who was found being an addict of it, it has happened to me when I took my last Savings to bet on game I was given by some professional body's thinking I will hit a fortune out it and at last happened that it wasn't the way it was predicted to be and it was like a hell to me. Ever from then I never take any game as a professional advise from anyone else, maybe I have to go through it myself and determine if it was worth putting much resources.

Lastly everyone should learn how to predict a game by their selves instead taking any games from professional body's.

[Yogee]

I think every gambler had that experience at some point. It happened to me in my earlier gambling days when I kept on raising my bets to chase a loss. I thought martingale would save the day for me but it got worse. I ended up cutting my regular expenses for the month until the next payroll. It was a hard lesson.

[KennyR]

I know well, particularly my hands go out of control and keeps multiplying the bet value. At some point it reaches the maximum in my wallet. That is really a big mistake, but out of my previous losses I used to do it. This have given hands as well as made me loss big. Majority of the gamblers could've got this experience.

[Wexnident]

At the beginning of my gambling, yep. All the time. I originally had set limits even before since I know how scary it can be if you go past the normal sessions and just go crazy into gambling. It was rather difficult for my wallet at the time so I had no choice but to gradually adjust myself and try to limit it to a level where I can be comfortable, as well as get used to only limiting myself to proper levels. Back then it was rather normal for me to cut my living expenses to add more money to my gambling sessions. I have had some lucky months where I win big, but the losses were still bigger in comparison.

[Nrcewker]

Have you ever had an experience betting in which you knew that you were going over the limits of you finances and still continued? I have one playing a game, it was absorbing plenty of my time and despite me knowing it, I was kind of hooked on it. It was not a financial problem, but left me wondering how easy is to actually fall into a bad habit and how difficult is to break it.

Anything, that makes you addict is not a good thing IMO.
I mean be it’s gambling or porn, becoming an addict to something really hampers your health and behaviour.
Glad to know that , you didn’t get any financial problem in the last time you got into an addiction game. Generally people who are addicted to gambling, lose their all financial savings, so you should consider yourself lucky OP, that this didn’t happen to you.
To get away with this addiction, try to spend time with your loved ones, especially friends and family. This will definitely help to get over the gambling addiction.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

Not as an adult, but as a teenager me and my group of friends were allowed to gamble in a slot machine (which was illegal because we were underage). Once I won the jackpot, which at that time would have been 10,000 pesetas, and that got me hooked. In the end, luckily I didn't have much money at the time and if I spent my pocket money, I didn't have any money to go out. I ended up leaving it by force.

Then when I grew up I understood the mathematics behind gambling and the bets I have made have been quite rational, so you can never trust and think that you are not going to have problems with gambling, although I see it as extremely unlikely at this point.

The stories we see on this forum make us realise that it's not that uncommon what you are telling us.

[Dave1]

Have you ever had an experience betting in which you knew that you were going over the limits of you finances and still continued? I have one playing a game, it was absorbing plenty of my time and despite me knowing it, I was kind of hooked on it. It was not a financial problem, but left me wondering how easy is to actually fall into a bad habit and how difficult is to break it.

Almost every time when I played a long time ago, Lol, so it's really hard to break that habit or shall we say addiction.

Specially if we are in a losing streak and as gamblers, we wanted to recoup our losses very fast and so we continue to bet even if it over our budget. And the hardest part is that we continue to lost the game and now we have no money to play and then think at night on how we will get the money so that we will continue to gamble the next day.

[uneng]

I never reached to this extreme condition, but have already felt tempted into engaging myself into recovering losses, what inevitably would put me in a very dangerous risk situation where I could lose more money than I can afford to lose, potentially compromising my finances built along the years. Thankfully I was able to stop, accept my loss, understand that money was gone and that there wasn't anything to do on that moment to recover it. Actually it wasn't easy to think like that, but thinking about the situation on the present moment I feel much better about my decision, because I believe to have made the right or the less harmful one.

[Pierre 2]

It happens to everyone after certain point when they are young and new with gambling habit. Especially I think teenagers are not good with decision making. But it must be remembered that it is so easy to fall into that trap, and its not that impossible to avoid. If you set goals and barriers within your mind for your all moves that night/week/month, you will never bankrupt yourself. Everyone gambling should focus on enjoying fun.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Am guessing the game was fun-filled, hence you being glued for a long time nonstop. If you had nothing else important to do at that moment, no one around who would require your attention at same time, and you are not playing with money you don't want to lose, I would say it is okay and healthy. In a case where these principles has been abandoned or somehow forgotten, one can be sure it is tending to an addiction.

[Despairo]

Well I think it's a sign that you need to be careful with your gambling activity because it may continue and might ruined your life when you become addicted. Probably you need to take a break for few weeks or months until you can manage your emotional first, if you have wife or parents in your house, don't deny their advice if they say your gambling activity are too far than it does.

[traderethereum]

Have you ever had an experience betting in which you knew that you were going over the limits of you finances and still continued? I have one playing a game, it was absorbing plenty of my time and despite me knowing it, I was kind of hooked on it. It was not a financial problem, but left me wondering how easy is to actually fall into a bad habit and how difficult is to break it.

I found out after the game was over and spent all the money I deposited that day that I totally lost.
In the end, I knew that I had exceeded my usual financial limit because losing all the money meant that I had already lost that day.
It made me very sorry because I easily followed my emotions and couldn't stop them until my money was gone.
From there, I really learned to control myself so as not to experience it again now and in the future.

[P2PECS]

Well I think it's a sign that you need to be careful with your gambling activity because it may continue and might ruined your life when you become addicted. Probably you need to take a break for few weeks or months until you can manage your emotional first, if you have wife or parents in your house, don't deny their advice if they say your gambling activity are too far than it does.

It looks like the beginning of an addiction. It does not seem very serious at the moment and it seems that the OP has been gambling for some time now, responsibly, but it is the first time that something similar has happened to him.

The good thing is that you can get out of anything:

I am a compulsive gambler.
I did two intentional drug overdoses trying to kill myself.
I also suffered with acute psychosis along with ptsd for 10 years.  I had a bad life style age 15-28

But I quit gambling.
stopped using drugs
met a girl married her in 1986.
still with her now in 2022.

So if my life is like a vinyl record after some shitty songs the rest are much better.
So you can help yourself. And make some good music 🎼

[Darker45]

I had gone through some desperate moments in gambling. It has always been my tendency to feel intense when I'm on a losing streak. Although I am normally successful in controlling myself, there are really moments when I end up betting huge amounts desperately. Sometimes, it ends up good. But most of the time, it simply drains my account. I think it's not only me who is actually very prone to lose control once losses are happening one after another. It is really a big challenge to say 'enough' and stop.

[swogerino]

Have you ever had an experience betting in which you knew that you were going over the limits of you finances and still continued? I have one playing a game, it was absorbing plenty of my time and despite me knowing it, I was kind of hooked on it. It was not a financial problem, but left me wondering how easy is to actually fall into a bad habit and how difficult is to break it.

I have done it but only a couple of times and during those times one time only I have won big which it was last week and every other time I have lost all of my money.I think I am not addicted as 95% of the times I can control myself while playing slots but there are some times when you say just another 50 spins or just another 100 spins and without you realizing it you come to the end of your bankroll.Most of the time this bankroll is needed for me that is why I control myself but in these few times where I continue knowing the risks this last week I decided to raise the bet and won a good amount.

[YOSHIE]

but left me wondering how easy is to actually fall into a bad habit and how difficult is to break it.

I'm sure everyone who bets & engages in gambling has experienced something like you, maybe I also experienced it, it was difficult to control myself, so my bet ended in disappointment, even though I won big.

I understand that gambling makes us greedy, without thinking bad things can happen at any time, without thinking we have to stop when luck is on our side, unknowingly we have fallen into a pit of defeat, to that from that experience, i can think quitting a good move bet and continuing would be bad for me, for that now if I place a bet & luck is on my side of course I have to get rid of greed and make the right decision for myself, continue or stop, thus I do not fall into the pit of defeat.

[Boristhecat]

Have you ever had an experience betting in which you knew that you were going over the limits of you finances and still continued? I have one playing a game, it was absorbing plenty of my time and despite me knowing it, I was kind of hooked on it. It was not a financial problem, but left me wondering how easy is to actually fall into a bad habit and how difficult is to break it.

More recently, this happened to me, but I can’t say that I went beyond the limits of finance. Here's the thing: I increased my deposit over the course of several months, it was really hard because some game sessions gave plus, some minus, but in general I gradually increased it. But one day I realized that I was spending too much effort and energy on it compared to the income (I play for insignificant money), so I greatly increased the risks and completely lost my deposit. Since then, I've been on a pause in terms of betting and to be honest, I feel great since I'm free and don't have to constantly think about how which team will play and what should I do if the game doesn't go according to plan.