Signs that indicate you are not addicted to gambling

[Zlantann]

• 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.

This point is associated with people that see gambling as a full-time job. So they are always preoccupied with their past gambling activities and they are also planning on their next gambling move. But when one sees gambling as a form of entertainment, there is no room for spending time reasoning about gambling.

• 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.

Any bettor that has a gambling plan and fully follows it will not be addicted to gambling. But any gambler that is driven by emotion or an uncontrollable influence is under addiction. Higher stakes don't give a stable gambler satisfaction because he is guided by a plan. He is satisfied when he has to his gambling limits.

• 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.

This is similar to drug addiction. Depending on gambling to escape current realities will lead to core addiction. Every mature gambler should learn how to face his problems or difficulties without relying on something else. This is one of the major reasons why some gamblers suffer from financial problems.

• 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.

I will disagree with you on this point. In some homes or families gambling is seen as an immoral behavior. So becomes important for you to keep your gambling life secret. My family and friends don't know much about my betting life because it can be misinterpreted. I am accountable to myself and nobody else. But it is important to be truthful to yourself. [/list]

[DaNNy001]

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.

This two reasons covers all the other signs if you look at it with in a general sense because if the gambler has control of their money and emotions he would not be a victim of wanting to chase his loss while gambling because this habit is caused when your emotions is really up and you are not thinking straight again. Then again if the gambler can control his funds it will still relate to the issue of self tolerance because he will be satisfied with betting with low income.

[swogerino]

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?

If I did a check list of these options,I have all of them and this makes me think that I am not addicted.I think that these are a lot though,the best of all the signs is when you do not need the play when you have losing sessions,be it in slot machines be it in sport betting,you don't feel the need to come back and recover all of the lost funds.

Of course people who play with funds that they can afford to lose and do not overdo it those are the ones who have the highest identifying sign that they are not addicted,they are playing just for fun and they are not dependent on gambling even if they lose the money,they don't come chasing it,they wait until they have new funds that they can afford to lose to play again.

[mindrust]

If you don't think about gambling in your daily life, you simply aren't addicted to it. Same goes to smoking. I don't think about either of these habits but if someone offers me a cig, sometimes I take it and smoke it. That doesn't mean I am addicted to smoking because I don't buy packs unless I am really excited with something. - if you know what I mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) -

I don't think about gambling but sometimes I just feel lucky and I want to see if I feel it right... That's about it.

[GiftedMAN]

That's too much, the simple way to indicate someone isn't a gambling addict is gamble only for fun and afford to lose.

When a gambler think gambling is for fun, he know how much he need to gamble and not looking for making money, the gambling activity will not harm his life. Different people have different amount that he can afford to lose, even someone can't save his money and use it for gambling, it's not a problem as long as he follow that two rules.

I agree with you because I see myself in this case, apart from gambling for fun, I don't take gambling seriously so the money I used in gambling isn't something I consider as an expensive rather I see it as something I have used to enjoy myself so when I don't win, Iove on even when I win I don't get too happy because my mind won't really be there.

To be honest saving money and using it to gamble is crazy to me because how can you save to gamble when you aren't sure of winning how? It is only an addicted gambler that won't be mindful of the money he or she uses for gambling because they don't care they just want to gamble that's all.

[alastantiger]

I like to think that another sign of not being addicted to gambling in addition to what the OP has written is that the individual doesn't go bonus hunting. These bonus hunting may be sign up bonus, referral bonus and so on. Reading through the comments, I do not expect anyone to say they are lacking in any aspect because we tend to portray ourselves in a favourable light in public. However, what I can say is that not everyone will be a hundred percent in all of those signs and that is ok. We may have a moment of weakness here and there but that doesn't mean we are addicted. The most important we stay consistent.

[Casdinyard]

That's too much, the simple way to indicate someone isn't a gambling addict is gamble only for fun and afford to lose.

When a gambler think gambling is for fun, he know how much he need to gamble and not looking for making money, the gambling activity will not harm his life. Different people have different amount that he can afford to lose, even someone can't save his money and use it for gambling, it's not a problem as long as he follow that two rules.

That's a little on the nose but at the same time vague as well. When you gamble for fun it doesn't necessarily mean that you're not tanking losses at the same time even though your mental stability is relatively sound. Losing a significant amount of your bankroll or poorly managing your funds is the surefire way of knowing whether you're addicted or not. You could be "having fun while gambling" and yet you're playing everyday of the week and losing a year's worth of bankroll in a month, and you're considered an addicted gambler.

It's not about the motive or what because we can all have fun and still be deeply stuck in our vices. That's why there's Alcoholics. As I said it's not about the motive, it's about the behavior and how you carry your gambling.

[ryzaadit]

Why to complicated? too long for the list.

One prove-point you're not addicted are: You're not deposit again, again and again until your money is empty (worst-case selling all of your stuff and going to debt) and don't have money for gambling again.

That's one points (really proven) you're not addicted to gamblin.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Yes, all these signs are accurate for someone who is not a gambling addict. What really affects some compulsive gamblers is the fact that most of them cannot manage their relationships very well; they are always having misunderstandings, probably because of their gambling habits. Someone told me a story one day about a man who took his wife's business money to gamble; his hope was to win the odds and replace the money without the wife knowing, but the game got busted, and he couldn't replace the money and did not even tell his wife that he was the person who took the money. These became very big issues between the two spouses.

I think you said almost everything about signs that indicate that one is not an addicted gambler. Anyone who doesn't see gambling as an occupation is likely a sign too.



Cheers 🥂, Dr.Bitcoin_Strange 👺👺

[BitcoinPanther]

• 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.

I think even with this just sole sign or behavior, it is clear that the gambler is not addicted at all.  Compare to the definition of gambling addiction which is describe as uncontrollable urge to gamble, having self-control automatically nullify that uncontrollable urge thus the gambler can safely state as not addicted.

A gambler maybe preoccupied with gambling strategy he newly thought off but that is just the gambler being curious on his thought strategy but does not constitute that he is addicted in gambling.  Besides professional gambler which we all know is highly resistant to gambling addiction often plans their gambling activity before hand.

[rahmad2nd]

To be honest, i don't know if this thread will help us to recognize if we are addicts or not. however, I really appreciate what you did by creating this thread. from a long list that you compiled with a good and organized vocabulary, it might help people in the community to know if they are addicts based on the references in your long list.
by the way some of what you said in your long list, corresponds to what I do. only a few have differences. it's just that, I'm more inclined to do gambling sessions, maybe even 3 times a week according to the soccer sports schedule. some others say, that I am an addict. and I never cared what anyone else said. The thing is, I know what I'm doing in my gambling.

Well, simply put, I'm not going to have a gambling session until my job is done. even if I don't have free time. I will not steal time to gamble. Basically, I have principles. if everything that I do has been completed, especially those related to work matters, then I can do gambling sessions on the sidelines of the free time I have. Betting on sports, is what I enjoy the most. if I lose the day, I'll rest and maybe do it another day. the point is, I'm not going to force anything until my business is done before I've had fun with gambling.

[Oasisman]

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

What a long list! And yeah I agree to most of these list that you have right here, but it is too complex to identify someone who is a gambling addict. However, there is only one major sign that's obviously noticeable for a gambling addict. If a person excessively spends too much in gambling beyond his financial capacity and of course the frequency of the time he's present in the casino or in front of the computer betting in the online casino.
Some times you can't be stable, you can bet lesser today and you can bet more than usual on the other day.
Sometimes you need to chase for your losses, especially when you had an early momentum.
Sometimes you have to lie to your wife that you've lost some bucks in gambling (no wife will get happy when you spend and lost your money in gambling actually LOL).
But all these doesn't necessarily mean your addicted.

[qwertyup23]

Don't self diagnose, it's bad.

When you're not an addict, you will search about signs of gambling addict and there are few signs that same like your habit, you will diagnose if you're an addict and vice versa. It's better for someone visit a doctor and ask them if you're an addict or not, so you will get a proper answer since they more know about your problem.

I think that a person who is more aware of his/her condition about gambling is less likely to be addicted on the said venture. Even if a person self-diagnoses, the fact that he/she thinks that he needs to do it is healthy for them.

I do think that a person who overthinks about their actions is less likely to fall into this addiction. While this somehow ruins the entertainment, this is the safer route given that lots of people fall and get addicted without them even knowing that they are addicted to gambling.

[goaldigger]

Why to complicated? too long for the list.

One prove-point you're not addicted are: You're not deposit again, again and again until your money is empty (worst-case selling all of your stuff and going to debt) and don't have money for gambling again.

That's one points (really proven) you're not addicted to gamblin.

Probably if you want to be more specific, then go to OP’s list.
It you want a shorter explanation then this one can work, if you’re not into gambling and there’s no emotional connection and you can easily stop playing, then I don’t see any sign of addiction there. The usual scenario is that, you will gamble within your budget and after spending it, you can still go home happy and contented.

[DoublerHunter]

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

^ Your list was definitely right and true.
In addition to your list, here is mine. (Gambling as entertainment)
You should know this in the first place, you view gambling as a form of entertainment rather than a primary source of income. You approach gambling with a mindset of enjoyment and any losses incurred are considered an acceptable cost for the entertainment value.
The second is (Ability to take breaks), you can take breaks from gambling without feeling restless, irritable, or experiencing intense cravings. You have the capacity to step away from gambling for extended periods without experiencing withdrawal-like symptoms.

[AmoreJaz]

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

^ Your list was definitely right and true.
In addition to your list, here is mine. (Gambling as entertainment)
You should know this in the first place, you view gambling as a form of entertainment rather than a primary source of income. You approach gambling with a mindset of enjoyment and any losses incurred are considered an acceptable cost for the entertainment value.
The second is (Ability to take breaks), you can take breaks from gambling without feeling restless, irritable, or experiencing intense cravings. You have the capacity to step away from gambling for extended periods without experiencing withdrawal-like symptoms.

well, those additional items are actually true. it is quite easy to take breaks and pause your games if you are not too deep in your games.
we have been seeing a lot of discussions related about to gambling addiction. at least this thread is talking about people who are not yet addicted to gambling. and maybe, some gamblers who are addicted can identify their behaviours as compared to non addicted ones and accept the reality of what they are in right now.

[Mr.suevie]

Why to complicated? too long for the list.

One prove-point you're not addicted are: You're not deposit again, again and again until your money is empty (worst-case selling all of your stuff and going to debt) and don't have money for gambling again.

That's one points (really proven) you're not addicted to gamblin.

Thats the height of an addiction actually trying to win back those looses you have incurred from.your previous try when gambling its almost as if there is an external force telling you to keep trying and maybe in your next try you will get it right.

Having to sell your stuffs to gamble, I would like to think this action is probably related to addict that are both drugs and gamble addict because its one thing to be addicted to game but a really crazy thing to be addicted to both drugs and gambling.

[alegotardo]

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.

Very good topic!

Today there is a lot of prejudice against people who frequent physical or online casinos... "everyone is considered addicted" just because they place their bets regularly.

I think this is unfair as the casino, when played responsibly, becomes entertainment like any other and therefore its players should not be discriminated against for that.

This is the kind of discussion we should see more often around here, as we constantly talk bad about addicted people, but we never praise or positively recognize those who gamble responsibly.

Congratulations to all players who manage to have fun without being addicted to the games!

[Wexnident]

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

Man, I must say this was rather confusing since it tackles what a gambling addict doesn't have, instead of what they have. And to be fair if we were to simply separate what an addict from a non addict has, it's simple. You don't overspend, you have a plan and you most certainly don't have loans due to gambling. Anything else? It's just a methods of trying to repress or change what you're feeling. Being depressed and turning into gambling isn't bad imo, it's just a way for you to change your mood, just like playing any other game. An excess of it is bad, and that's what makes an addict, well, an addict, simple as that.

[o48o]

While i agree with every other point you made this i disagree with:

• 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.

And i tell you why. Because without getting too deep with concept of reality, people are escaping reality all the time. Art museums can be seen as form of escapism as well as netflix, partying, listening or composing music, jamming, day dreaming and painting. If you try to write a book you need to escape a reality to dream yourself in another one.

What i am saying that this isn't necessarily a symptom. There's only so much you can do dwelling in problems if you can't solve them. Sometimes we just need a vacation from our lives to relax. Gambling can be one of such escaping fun activities. It doesn't automatically check out as a problem.