Peer pressure as a substantial gambling catalyst.

[AicecreaME]

If a person can realize his mistakes, he can try to correct his mistakes as soon as possible so as not to repeat the mistakes of others. But usually, gamblers repeat the same mistakes because gambling can continue to tempt them to keep gambling where mistake after mistake will occur again. And if we find peer pressure, we shouldn't need to approach them, especially if it's gambling, because they can pressure us even more to follow their wishes even though we don't want to. That is the importance of having self-control and others so that nothing can pressure us in various situations and conditions.

This is where the discipline and self-restraint play an important part. One won't fall for the cycle of mistakes if he's behaved enough and know his lessons in life. It's not always needed to learn from your own mistakes, rather it's much better if you learn from others mistake so you won't have to go through the same hardship and troubles they've overcome. You can always know better once you learned from other processes.

Additionally, sometimes temptations aren't meant to be run away from, rather should be eliminated so you can have a good course in life. If you can't resist it, remove yourself from it. Go for hiatus for a while or totally quit if you really think you'll just end up being drawn to it. Although it's pretty much difficult to totally quit as well. It take courage and determination.

[CODE200]

I don't think gambling is a peer pressure type of thing personally.  Gambling is very singular in that as an individual you either win or you don't and your friends being in or out have no effect.  I mean I guess to a certain point everything is but overall I don't see this as a huge issue.

You made a good point and I would like to support this one. Sometimes pressure in gambling is something that we just build within ourselves and that is something that we should try to work on. Seeing our peers succeed or generate money in gambling does not really mean that we should do the same. Another thing is what we call conformity, we have this thinking that if our friend is doing this or that, we felt the need to follow them in attempt to fit in that particular group. Lastly, the catalyst that I really consider in gambling is the fear of missing out and sometimes we are consumed by it that's why we engaged into something that we don't really know that much about.

[fullhdpixel]

I don't think gambling is a peer pressure type of thing personally.  Gambling is very singular in that as an individual you either win or you don't and your friends being in or out have no effect.  I mean I guess to a certain point everything is but overall I don't see this as a huge issue.

You made a good point and I would like to support this one. Sometimes pressure in gambling is something that we just build within ourselves and that is something that we should try to work on. Seeing our peers succeed or generate money in gambling does not really mean that we should do the same. Another thing is what we call conformity, we have this thinking that if our friend is doing this or that, we felt the need to follow them in attempt to fit in that particular group. Lastly, the catalyst that I really consider in gambling is the fear of missing out and sometimes we are consumed by it that's why we engaged into something that we don't really know that much about.

Even though the pressure is from within ourselves, it is found in almost every single human being. Whenever we see our friends doing something and succeeding in that, we tend to think that we should give it a try as well and we discuss this with our friends and ask them to help us in that venture as well. Now, if that thing is gambling, maybe we should set some limits for ourselves by only trying our luck and seeing if it works the same way for us as it is doing for our friends.

This way, we wouldn't get addicted to gambling and we can easily stop doing it if we see that it is not working out for us, and if we are sensible enough, we won't force it on ourselves but think that it is not important the exact same thing works for different people the same way, that's not how things work in life.

[Dave1]

I don't think gambling is a peer pressure type of thing personally.  Gambling is very singular in that as an individual you either win or you don't and your friends being in or out have no effect.  I mean I guess to a certain point everything is but overall I don't see this as a huge issue.

Could be true in some cases, but for sure if you haven't gamble at all, there could be at least someone who is going to show you how to do it. Whether when you are still as young as in high school when someone is bringing some cards to play. Or some friends that you will ask you come along when he goes to casino and play or even online.

So there is somewhat a catalyst for us and teach us how to do it the first time. And that could be enough for us to get go and play alone the next time we wanted to have that experienced.

[livingfree]

It happened to me when online gambling wasn't popular back then. A cousin of mine gave me a tip as I'm with him on a local and not the typical casino setup that we've been.

Just watching him play some variety of gambling games and when he's won quite well, he has tipped me quite some of money. I gambled some and lost it entirely.

But good thing that I was able to save a bit on it for my food, LOL. Missed him nowadays, we're both busy with our personal lives now.

[maydna]

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This is where the discipline and self-restraint play an important part. One won't fall for the cycle of mistakes if he's behaved enough and know his lessons in life. It's not always needed to learn from your own mistakes, rather it's much better if you learn from others mistake so you won't have to go through the same hardship and troubles they've overcome. You can always know better once you learned from other processes.

Additionally, sometimes temptations aren't meant to be run away from, rather should be eliminated so you can have a good course in life. If you can't resist it, remove yourself from it. Go for hiatus for a while or totally quit if you really think you'll just end up being drawn to it. Although it's pretty much difficult to totally quit as well. It take courage and determination.

As long as he could learn to control himself, he could prevent those mistakes from happening and could avoid them well. It's probably fine if he's still in the learning stage since everyone needs to learn more to master good self-control. Continuing to learn, it is what can improve his ability to control himself so that he does not repeat previous mistakes and can overcome difficulties in the middle of his journey well.

I agree with taking a short break from gambling because it is proven to give peace and not think about gambling continuously. Maybe it's still difficult to stop completely, so it's better to rest for a few days is highly recommended. So after taking a break from everything, including gambling, can provide peace for us so that if we return to gambling with friends, we won't feel pressure from them and can respond relaxedly.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I wont lie or deny it, my first gambling experience was sure influenced by a friend of mine, that was way back 2011 or 12 if i still remember correctly, but then, i never considered myself a gambler, since i was not frequent with it, that is, after trying the first, second and third time, maybe a fourth and fifth one as well, i lost my money in all, , after playing for the fifth time, I didn't just lose my money, but i also completely lost interest in gambling, but then, my friend wont stop pushing me to play, and at a point, i stopped listening to him completely, after about a year or more, after quitting my job in that company of loosing connection with my friend, on my own i decided to try playing some games..

long story short is that, i never considered my self a gambler until i got on this forum and start promoting gambling casinos and participating in gambling discussions, nowadays, i  gamble like 2 or 3 times in a week, some weeks i even gamble more, so this forum actually influenced my gambling desire more than any of my friends did.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

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When I was in school, my friends would just talk about gambling and football matches all the time. Sometimes I didn't even know what to contribute to the conversation; I was just giving my time mostly to my academic work, but like they said, "All work without play makes Dr. Strange a doll guy." They blended me in, and I started gambling. A friend of mine became an addict, and to this day he is still battling with it. His parents can't do anything about it because they tried all they could to get him to stop, but all attempts were futile. It's just true that peer pressure can stimulate one to become a gambler and can even lead one to gambling addiction, like when some peers back then would use their school fees to gamble with the hope of winning big.

[blockman]

I agree with taking a short break from gambling because it is proven to give peace and not think about gambling continuously.

When you've got enough and you can't take it anymore, it's best to take a short break and even if it takes to be a longer one that's fine. As long as you get the essence of taking a break and your purpose from doing it is to be away for the moment and think of the things that you have to.

Maybe it's still difficult to stop completely, so it's better to rest for a few days is highly recommended. So after taking a break from everything, including gambling, can provide peace for us so that if we return to gambling with friends, we won't feel pressure from them and can respond relaxedly.

The time will have to come that you'll be forced to stop completely and not just because you've realized that it's not doing good for you and it you did too much. But also because that the pressure from your friends is no longer doing you good.

[Obari]

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When I was in school, my friends would just talk about gambling and football matches all the time. Sometimes I didn't even know what to contribute to the conversation; I was just giving my time mostly to my academic work, but like they said, "All work without play makes Dr. Strange a doll guy." They blended me in, and I started gambling. A friend of mine became an addict, and to this day he is still battling with it. His parents can't do anything about it because they tried all they could to get him to stop, but all attempts were futile. It's just true that peer pressure can stimulate one to become a gambler and can even lead one to gambling addiction, like when some peers back then would use their school fees to gamble with the hope of winning big.

All those people who are addicted to gambling will really have problem in their families because I don't think their parents or wife will be able to take it softly with them,everybody knows what gambling is,that is why the moment someone wants to start it,everybody will be out begging and making sure that the person stops because the implications that follows gambling addiction is something that one cannot take.It is cool to gamble,but when you become an addict is when it all goes wrong.Iike they say,that evil communication corrupts good manners,a friend to a thief must always be a thief,the moment one starts associating with group of friends who are gamblers,he cannot escape it,he must end up gambling,and if care is not taken,he will be addicted to it.However,I still believe that some person's can also associate with those kind of people and end up not being a gambler, self discipline and individual decision is a catalyst to achieving that.

[BitcoinPanther]

I don't think gambling is a peer pressure type of thing personally.  Gambling is very singular in that as an individual you either win or you don't and your friends being in or out have no effect.  I mean I guess to a certain point everything is but overall I don't see this as a huge issue.

That can be a personal thing if the person does not often go out with his friends on a casino.  Although I agree it is a matter of personal choice but there is an instances where peers becomes the catalyst of a person into his gambling journey.  Once the person give in on the peer's pressure of gambling, then that will be the start of a persons gambling activity.  Once the person finds the entertainment and pleasure of gambling with friends, it will surely their activity whenever they go out together.

I also agree that this isn't a huge issue but it will become one when the person failed to control himself and got hooked with gambling.

[Westinhome]

It happened to me when online gambling wasn't popular back then. A cousin of mine gave me a tip as I'm with him on a local and not the typical casino setup that we've been.

Just watching him play some variety of gambling games and when he's won quite well, he has tipped me quite some of money. I gambled some and lost it entirely.

But good thing that I was able to save a bit on it for my food, LOL. Missed him nowadays, we're both busy with our personal lives now.

Many gamblers will have face this phenomenon when their is no existence of the online gambling As like the free drinks of the first cup in drinking,most gamblers will play their first game for free.The most gamblers also loss their first bet due the random bet without any knowledge about that game.The good habit of new gamblers must watch most of the games before start to play in real.This help that gamblers to get atleast minimum amount of profit instead of complete loss.After that the gamblers will start with minimum amount as the initial bet to get some initial winnings.

[Weawant]

You made a good point and I would like to support this one. Sometimes pressure in gambling is something that we just build within ourselves and that is something that we should try to work on. Seeing our peers succeed or generate money in gambling does not really mean that we should do the same. Another thing is what we call conformity, we have this thinking that if our friend is doing this or that, we felt the need to follow them in attempt to fit in that particular group. Lastly, the catalyst that I really consider in gambling is the fear of missing out and sometimes we are consumed by it that's why we engaged into something that we don't really know that much about.

Peer pressure is something we can't really avoid because we will come in contact with it in every part of our lifes. If we're not getting pressure from our classmates or course mate that are doing better, we will get peer pressure by our colleagues in our work place doing better than us.

We can't avoid peer pressure but we can work on how we handle it when it comes. We have to develop a habit of not getting worried about what others are doing to be successful or trying to copy them because their road to success mightn't be our and we'll be wasting our time.

Gambling isn't for everyone and you'll know when you start doing it if it's for you or not, if you're not enjoying what you're doing then you need to quit and look for something you'll enjoy doing it then it becomes a hobby that you won't get disappointed when you lose.

[Quidat]

It happened to me when online gambling wasn't popular back then. A cousin of mine gave me a tip as I'm with him on a local and not the typical casino setup that we've been.

Just watching him play some variety of gambling games and when he's won quite well, he has tipped me quite some of money. I gambled some and lost it entirely.

But good thing that I was able to save a bit on it for my food, LOL. Missed him nowadays, we're both busy with our personal lives now.

Many gamblers will have face this phenomenon when their is no existence of the online gambling As like the free drinks of the first cup in drinking,most gamblers will play their first game for free.The most gamblers also loss their first bet due the random bet without any knowledge about that game.The good habit of new gamblers must watch most of the games before start to play in real.This help that gamblers to get atleast minimum amount of profit instead of complete loss.After that the gamblers will start with minimum amount as the initial bet to get some initial winnings.

Getting aware at first on the time that you do tend to engage into something which you would really be looking in others experience would really be giving out that kind of benefit on which you would be wary about those potential problems and risks on which on the time that you are engaging then you do already have the idea that you should be starting on less or having that control which it is really always been that recommendable specially when you are just starting up. Basing up on the situation which you would be playing out just because of peer or other peoples influence or recommendation
then its not really that necessary that you would be needing to do so or follow. It is really just that there are people who cant really just able to resist others offer or they are really that being that influenced on what they are currently seeing and since its their friends then its likely that they will be trying or following out.

[Johnyz]

The Influence by friends or relatives to gamble are the common reason why gamblers are into gambling today and personally I’m also a product of this one. I remember when my friends go to the casino for the first time and I can say that he influenced me to gamble more and that is the start of my gambling journey. I believe if you are into gambling as well there’s a chance for you to adopt easily and if you are going to encourage someone into gambling, please make sure to tell everything especially the risk of losing the money.

[dothebeats]

The Influence by friends or relatives to gamble are the common reason why gamblers are into gambling today and personally I’m also a product of this one. I remember when my friends go to the casino for the first time and I can say that he influenced me to gamble more and that is the start of my gambling journey. I believe if you are into gambling as well there’s a chance for you to adopt easily and if you are going to encourage someone into gambling, please make sure to tell everything especially the risk of losing the money.

The best thing is to not encourage other people gambling. That can possibly be a root of rift between friends, especially if the one you recruited in gambling lost a huge amount of money and they are looking for someone to blame for their mistakes. I don't let my friends or peers know that I'm gambling, and if they manage to know that I am gambling, I would steer clear from the conversation and try to talk about something else.

[Silberman]

It happened to me when online gambling wasn't popular back then. A cousin of mine gave me a tip as I'm with him on a local and not the typical casino setup that we've been.

Just watching him play some variety of gambling games and when he's won quite well, he has tipped me quite some of money. I gambled some and lost it entirely.

But good thing that I was able to save a bit on it for my food, LOL. Missed him nowadays, we're both busy with our personal lives now.

Many gamblers will have face this phenomenon when their is no existence of the online gambling As like the free drinks of the first cup in drinking,most gamblers will play their first game for free.The most gamblers also loss their first bet due the random bet without any knowledge about that game.The good habit of new gamblers must watch most of the games before start to play in real.This help that gamblers to get atleast minimum amount of profit instead of complete loss.After that the gamblers will start with minimum amount as the initial bet to get some initial winnings.

I think that even today the majority of the people that gamble do it because at some point they were exposed to it by a family member or a friend, and once they experimented the fun they can get with it, the risk taking and the possibility of making some money with something that is nothing more but a game then they became hooked by it, and while in the majority of the cases this is not a problem as they can gamble responsibly, there are a number of people that lack self-control which should have avoided to be exposed to gambling, but they were and now they are suffering negative consequences because of it.

[maydna]

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When you've got enough and you can't take it anymore, it's best to take a short break and even if it takes to be a longer one that's fine. As long as you get the essence of taking a break and your purpose from doing it is to be away for the moment and think of the things that you have to.

Resting means we are trying to calm ourselves from the tension during gambling, and it's good if we can feel we've had enough gambling. And it's also good for evaluating what we get from playing gambling to assess what could happen if we gamble more often. If we can still be aware of the risks of losing money in gambling, we can think about not playing gambling too often.

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The time will have to come that you'll be forced to stop completely and not just because you've realized that it's not doing good for you and it you did too much. But also because that the pressure from your friends is no longer doing you good.

We will be forced to stop when we run out of money in gambling, which is the last choice that will come to us. And we also can't go back to gambling if we don't deposit another amount of money. But most of us will deposit more money to return to gambling because we are still curious.

[Blitzboy]

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Getting aware at first on the time that you do tend to engage into something which you would really be looking in others experience would really be giving out that kind of benefit on which you would be wary about those potential problems and risks on which on the time that you are engaging then you do already have the idea that you should be starting on less or having that control which it is really always been that recommendable specially when you are just starting up. Basing up on the situation which you would be playing out just because of peer or other peoples influence or recommendation
then its not really that necessary that you would be needing to do so or follow. It is really just that there are people who cant really just able to resist others offer or they are really that being that influenced on what they are currently seeing and since its their friends then its likely that they will be trying or following out.

Simply being "aware" does not equate to being ready. The beginning, not the finish, of the process is awareness; it is the top of the iceberg. and depending on the wisdom of others? That reminds me of gambling. Many people have relied on stories from the past throughout history, but were they always protected from disasters? No

And its true that following advice or being influenced by others is a common mistake made by people. We are such herd-following, gregarious beings that we never stop to think about our actions. You shouldnt enter the cryptocurrency market because your friend has done so. If you dont properly educate yourselves, you'll all suffer the same end

[Kemarit]

The Influence by friends or relatives to gamble are the common reason why gamblers are into gambling today and personally I’m also a product of this one. I remember when my friends go to the casino for the first time and I can say that he influenced me to gamble more and that is the start of my gambling journey. I believe if you are into gambling as well there’s a chance for you to adopt easily and if you are going to encourage someone into gambling, please make sure to tell everything especially the risk of losing the money.

The best thing is to not encourage other people gambling. That can possibly be a root of rift between friends, especially if the one you recruited in gambling lost a huge amount of money and they are looking for someone to blame for their mistakes. I don't let my friends or peers know that I'm gambling, and if they manage to know that I am gambling, I would steer clear from the conversation and try to talk about something else.

Yeah, in a perfect world, for sure no one in their right frame of mind are going to encourage or help people to gamble and or have their first taste of playing like in a casino whether online or offline. But in the world that we move in, there are ways to get addicted even without any peer pressure as online gaming is prevalent specially during the pandemic and now it's hard stop this gambling addiction once it sets in. And so whether we let our friends know or not, and maybe they are also thinking the same, not to let you know as well. But this is gambling, it can destroy relationship and so it's better not to teach anyone or influence them to gamble.