Signs that indicate you are not addicted to gambling

[bitzizzix]

I only judge myself.
Because I'm busy working from Monday to Friday and I only have time to rest and time for my family after a long day of work. So I don't really have the feeling or desire to gamble excessively, and here I can judge that I can control myself.
apart from that I can only play when there is free time and only on weekends, and even then if I feel like playing and with very minimal capital and if there is no desire to play I don't do it.
and that's all I experience and feel, so gambling is only to fill free time and have fun when there is a feeling of wanting to play and using a little capital. But sometimes this method is luckier than those who often play, and stop when luck is on our side.

[bittraffic]

These signs suggest a healthy relationship with gambling and indicate that you are not addicted. What other signs do you know of?

You mean you kept betting yet were not addicted. It's a contradiction but maybe gamblers who are in denial can say they are not addicted when they are always logging in to their casino account. I think there is a need to consult a therapist or psychologist for someone to be checked whether they are addicted or not.

If you can live a single week without logging in to your casino account and bet, I guess that's one sign. Of course, you still need to be assessed by the specialist.

[YOSHIE]

These signs suggest a healthy relationship with gambling and indicate that you are not addicted. What other signs do you know of?

There is a difference between people who are addicted to gambling and people who are not addicted to gambling, even though they still carry out gambling activities, there are differences and assessments in terms of.

The difference between a gambling addiction and a non-addicted person.
1. Time:
Time is very sensitive for addicts, they spend a lot of time and behave not qualified in everyday life, if we can manage healthy time and not open gambling sites all the time, even though they are gambling, that includes people who are not addicted.
2. Lying:
Honesty when entrusting a trust in the form of money, never lying means that the person is not addicted to gambling, even though we often see gambling, it is usually very easy for people addicted to gambling to lie, especially money.
3. Actions and words:
A person's actions and behavior are quite easy to judge as addicted or not, if the person acts normally, whether it's in the social field etc., usually people are addicted. These days he always talks about betting and gambling, but where people are not addicted they don't want to talk about gambling when he gathers in his daily life, even if he is a gambler.

That's not my summary of people who are not addicted to gambling.

[Slow death]

in my case when I play I put in a small amount of money that I know I can afford to lose and I won't miss it or it won't hurt me at all, and also even though I know it's an amount I can afford to lose lose I strive to make a profit, I make sports bets, I have created my own discipline and I make bets with the same value and if I win a lot then I increase the amount of the bet and if I lose all my bankroll then I wait until the day when I have one extra money to deposit and play, but I always deposit the same amount, always a small amount of money

I also need to add the fact that I usually take vacations from gambling and only make one bet per day at most and only if there is a game that is worth placing a bet on, another point that should not be confused: spending a lot hours thinking about some game strategy or seeing the mistakes that led to the defeat in a bet as a sign that the person is addicted to gambling, this is not true. a professional bettor or a person who wants to get good results needs to be constantly analyzing the data, this includes analyzing the game in which he lost in order to see where he went wrong or as part of a study to create a good strategy

[uneng]

• Absence of Gambling Preoccupation
  Do you don't find yourself constantly thinking over recent gambling losses. You do not get lost daydreaming of past wins. Your day is not spent thinking about gambling, or constantly laying plans on your next bet. You do not schemes ways to get more money to gamble with.

I remember when I lost a big sum of money gambling I couldn't stop thinking about that. I'm sure I wasn't an addicted gambler, but I felt really anxious for some days thinking on how to recover that loss through gambling once again. I was constantly thinking with myself on an efficient strategy that I could use to recover my money: few shots and big profit or many shots and steady profit coming in... I couldn't figure out what the best alternative was, while at same time I was aware that my plan had good chances to fail, leading me to further losses.

So, after some days of internal thoughts and conflict I started decreasing the anxiety towards this matter, keeping in mind it didn't worth the risk to put more money on the table to recover the previous lost amount. Within time I just forgot about the loss, spending my time with another tasks and daily activities.

[Cling18]

• Absence of Gambling Preoccupation
  Do you don't find yourself constantly thinking over recent gambling losses. You do not get lost daydreaming of past wins. Your day is not spent thinking about gambling, or constantly laying plans on your next bet. You do not schemes ways to get more money to gamble with.

I remember when I lost a big sum of money gambling I couldn't stop thinking about that. I'm sure I wasn't an addicted gambler, but I felt really anxious for some days thinking on how to recover that loss through gambling once again. I was constantly thinking with myself on an efficient strategy that I could use to recover my money: few shots and big profit or many shots and steady profit coming in... I couldn't figure out what the best alternative was, while at same time I was aware that my plan had good chances to fail, leading me to further losses.

So, after some days of internal thoughts and conflict I started decreasing the anxiety towards this matter, keeping in mind it didn't worth the risk to put more money on the table to recover the previous lost amount. Within time I just forgot about the loss, spending my time with another tasks and daily activities.

I was also having a hard time dealing with my emotions when I experienced huge losses during the first phase of my gambling journey. It was really tough because I had lots of sleepless nights and it affected my mental health for days. I had regrets, doubts and lots of what ifs but that's also when I realized the importance of proper emotion management in gambling.
We shouldn't bet more than what we could afford to lose so we'll not feel too anxious about everything. We should also know our limits and be mindful of our expenses in gambling so we'll not feel regretful later on. It is fine to feel disappointed of our losses but we should learn how to accept the fact that losing will always be a part of our journey so we should know how to deal with it properly.

[kryptqnick]

Thinking about the question itself, don't people usually understand when they are not addicted to something? I mean, people often ask the opposite question because they aren't sure if their obsession qualifies as addiction, but I'm not sure signs of not having addiction are generally needed.
Turning to specific points, I agree with all of them, apart from non-escape mechanism, and honest behavior, I think. People often do things to escape reality, and that doesn't mean they're addicted. For instance, many people read novels to dive into a different world, but that doesn't mean they're addicted to them. As for honest behavior, a person can choose to hide the fact about gambling for a lot of reasons, especially from friends or distant relatives. It can be done because a person doesn't want to gamble together with those people, because society is often prejudiced against gambling in general, because many automatically make the connection between gambling and addiction, because they don't want to share their wins, etc. And none of those reasons involve an addiction. Trying to hide gambling can be a part of addiction, but it doesn't have to be a part of it, so it's just a feature that's not helpful to define the lack of addiction.

[panjul07]

In conclusion I would say those who have great self control of their emotion and money are not addicted.
Once a gambler can control their emotion and money management will have all the signs you wrote in the OP.
What would be the other signs, I think all other signs has been mentioned by other members before my post so I dont want to repeat it.

[Iroh]

• Demonstrates Self-Control
  You can go days without gambling because you have the will power and might to. You do not feel powerless and unable to control your desire to gamble.

These signs suggest a healthy relationship with gambling and indicate that you are not addicted. What other signs do you know of?

I think this amongst all the points you noted is what differentiates addicts from non addicts. An addiction takes away your power of self control and dependency on the bad habit sets in.
An individual having enough self control over his actions and desires would probably never get addicted. When you’re gambling for fun, hoping for win as well as knowing at the back of your mind that you could incur losses as well, then your feelings when losing won’t be that hurt and you won’t go about trying to recoup those losses.
Very few things controls the will and actions of an individual like an addiction does.

[Aikidoka]

These signs suggest a healthy relationship with gambling and indicate that you are not addicted. What other signs do you know of?

You have already mentioned most of the signs that indicate a person is not addicted to gambling. Your explanation covers almost everything I have read but in my opinion if you are not strongly drawn to gambling and only engage in it as a hobby, it is unlikely to become an addiction for you. For example, if you can go weeks without gambling and have no difficulty controlling yourself or knowing when to stop, it further indicates that you are not likely to develop an addiction.

[pawanjain]

• Lack of Loss Chasing
  When you lose, you do not attempt to bet more and more, with the mindset of winning back what you’ve lost. Rather you "leave" to bet another day.

From the whole list of points you have mentioned in OP this is the only one which I don't have my control on.
It's more like I don't chase losses many times but sometimes I do and when I do it's all in for the losses.
Either I win or I lose it all and to be honest I get a different thrill doing that but that doesn't really mean I am addicted to gambling.
I wait for some days until I am able to gamble again and I don't really feel sad about it too.

[ralle14]

These signs suggest a healthy relationship with gambling and indicate that you are not addicted. What other signs do you know of?

I would've mentioned having a full sleep because some gamblers are willing to sacrifice their sleep for more gambling time, but that could also fall under one or two of the signs you've mentioned.

You already mentioned a couple of main indicators and to me, that seems more than enough because even the other signs on the list share the same meaning like the "loss chase" and "self-control".

[Yatsan]

If you are aware of what you are doing and still having a sense of control with the amount you are betting, then you are in good path. Awareness of when to stop and when to continue is an important thing and is an indicator that you are not letting your emotions play for you. Control with the amount you bet is a good thing because it'll help you avoid frustration and greed which most of us are vulnerable of. But that's a normal thing knowing that it is money we are talking about; it has the power to change us as well as our desires and actions ofcourse. Instill in your mind that you're more likely to lose than to win in order to be preventive of what's worse to come.

[aylabadia05]

What other signs do you know of?

• Not too passionate to be able to play in various ways.
• Be relaxed when a friend tries to get back into the game.
• If on one occasion you return to playing, you will no longer add capital to play and immediately move from the place of gambling.
• Habits that look different in appearance and association.

[Jody.Drummer]

Identifying whether we are a gambling addict or not can actually be done by ourselves, as long as we can be in a calm state and are willing to self-introspect. But usually an addict will not want to say that he is an addict, because maybe they also realize that there are negative connotations in the word addiction.
We can realize that we are an addict if we are doing something that should be done, for example spending time gambling when there is work that has not been completed and so on. The points made by Op are also criteria where we are not categorized as addicts, but don't let it happen that when we feel we are not addicts we actually do things that go beyond the limit.

[Juse14]

Today, let's shift our focus and discuss something different instead of constantly addressing gambling addiction. So, I've decided to bring up a new topic: signs that indicate you are not addicted to gambling. Let's explore it.

Here are some indicators that demonstrate a lack of gambling addiction:

• Absence of Gambling Preoccupation
  Do you don't find yourself constantly thinking over recent gambling losses. You do not get lost daydreaming of past wins. Your day is not spent thinking about gambling, or constantly laying plans on your next bet. You do not schemes ways to get more money to gamble with.
• Stable Tolerance
  You do not need to gamble larger amounts to feel the same level of thrill.  You are satisfied with regular bets and low stakes.  You do not pursue bigger wins, higher stakes, high gambling risks to feel "high" or happy.
• No Withdrawal Symptoms
  When stop gambling, you do not feel restless or irritable. When you are not gambling, you are having feelings of depression or anxiety. For you gambling more like hobby, something you do for fun.
• Non-Escape Mechanism
  You are facing your problems and challenges head-on without turning to gambling forget about them. When you experience stress, or any negative emotions, gambling is not used as a mechanism for coping.
• Lack of Loss Chasing
  When you lose, you do not attempt to bet more and more, with the mindset of winning back what you’ve lost. Rather you "leave" to bet another day.
• Honest and Accountable Behavior
  You are opened about your gambling behaviour and how much you have either won or lost while gambling. You see no reason to lie about it. Your family and friends know about how you gamble because you have made accountable to it.
• Unaffected Relationships and Opportunities
  Your life, career, relationships are in order. They are not being negatively affected by your gambling habits. You met you work target and deadlines, your education is not neglected, and you haven't lost any financial opportunities as a result of gambling.
• Financial Independence
  You have not ran into debts because of your gambling. Neither do you rely on other people for financial support. You haven't engaged in any illegal activity to get money to support your gambling.
• Avoidance of Illegal Activities
  You have never considered partaking in illegal actions like theft or fraud to finance your gambling activity.
• Demonstrates Self-Control
  You can go days without gambling because you have the will power and might to. You do not feel powerless and unable to control your desire to gamble.

These signs suggest a healthy relationship with gambling and indicate that you are not addicted. What other signs do you know of?

I personally have played and seen other people gamble already from the early age of 14 years. Starting from card gambling, lottery and now online gambling such as slots and so on.
This made me accustomed to the world of gambling but did not make me a gambling addict. When other people think that hanging out with gambling addicts will make someone a gambling addict too. Maybe some people think so, but what I feel when associating with gamblers I can know how regretful it is when you experience defeat and suffering that result from the negative effects of playing gambling.

So by knowing and seeing firsthand how the negative impacts that result from gambling can make me a gambling player who can control myself to play gambling properly and play only when I have cold money / extra money to avoid the negative effects of gambling.

And some of the signs you mentioned are in me, so I can say that I am not a gambling addict.

[knowngunman]

I also need to add the fact that I usually take vacations from gambling and only make one bet per day at most and only if there is a game that is worth placing a bet on, another point that should not be confused: spending a lot hours thinking about some game strategy or seeing the mistakes that led to the defeat in a bet as a sign that the person is addicted to gambling, this is not true. a professional bettor or a person who wants to get good results needs to be constantly analyzing the data, this includes analyzing the game in which he lost in order to see where he went wrong or as part of a study to create a good strategy

Addiction is when someone is devoted to something and it's obvious from your narration that you're on your way to addiction gradually. If you can at least bet on a daily basis or four times in a week then it's a red flag already. No one become addictive in a single moment, it has to pass stage from stage until they become core gambler addicted. You are on a mini stage of addiction which if not quickly check will eventually grow into full stage of addiction.

If you can stay up to a week or two without gambling or thinking about it while you have the means to, you are fine then but if you can dedicate time for it daily despite having the signs listed in the original post, then you are secretly and unknowingly addicted. It doesn't matter either you're gambling with little or larger amount.

[klidex]

In fact, it is quite easy to see the signs that a person is not gambling addicted enough to see from the activity that rarely goes to gambling and if he occasionally goes into gambling he always bets with the smallest amount without increasing the amount of bets such as gambling responsibly.
Gamblers who don’t have signs of their addiction will value money more or always think twice every time they want to gamble.

[bangjoe]

I agree with what the OP said, even though not all of these categories are in me, but indeed some of them are like financial independence, responsibility, no withdrawal symptoms, these are complementary to what I experienced today, and the most basic according to My opinion is when we realize how to treat gambling properly, someone who has that awareness is an early symptom that he is not an addict in gambling.

Identifying whether we are a gambling addict or not can actually be done by ourselves, as long as we can be in a calm state and are willing to self-introspect. But usually an addict will not want to say that he is an addict, because maybe they also realize that there are negative connotations in the word addiction.
We can realize that we are an addict if we are doing something that should be done, for example spending time gambling when there is work that has not been completed and so on. The points made by Op are also criteria where we are not categorized as addicts, but don't let it happen that when we feel we are not addicts we actually do things that go beyond the limit.

I know that person, he is my friend, who does gambling where work or other things that he should do first are completed, instead choosing to take the time to do gambling, but he says that he does not feel like a gambling addict, and what he did what I noticed was excessive, so he used the money from selling his own motorbike, saying if I won I would buy a motorbike twice as luxurious as the one he was selling for capital in gambling.

[Coin_trader]

In fact, it is quite easy to see the signs that a person is not gambling addicted enough to see from the activity that rarely goes to gambling and if he occasionally goes into gambling he always bets with the smallest amount without increasing the amount of bets such as gambling responsibly.
Gamblers who don’t have signs of their addiction will value money more or always think twice every time they want to gamble.

Bet size is not a sign of irresponsible gambling since it’s just a way to increase your leverage  for a better profit or to recover lose. I’m sure you are familiar about the house edge that makes you lose in long term if you will play consistently without changing your bet size. Increasing bet size will only become a sign of gambling addiction if the player percentage increased is already significant percentage of his bankroll that can’t be recovered when he increase his initial bet.

I always increase my bet whenever I’m on 5 to 10 lose streak so that I can recover and earn profit at the same time when the win streak comes unlike if you continuosly bet same amount. You just need to learn proper bet size allocation to have a better experience bet increase.