Have you ever been a gambling addict?

[Nerdy doctor]

You know it's actually easy to gamble responsibly, but when it comes to you playing gambling yourself, you'll feel that it's not that easy to do that if you have greed in your mind, because for sure, in the end, you'll end up chasing the money you lose.

For some, they’ve been always gambling responsibly and it’s easy being responsible whenever they indulge themselves in their past time activities. For others, it’s not so easy. Apparently, those who are irresponsible are so numerous, they can’t be ignored hence the constant reminder from all over to be responsible.
I don’t think greed is a factor that could make someone continue playing despite having suffered losses in an attempt try and recoup the money lost.

[zuzie]

You know it's actually easy to gamble responsibly, but when it comes to you playing gambling yourself, you'll feel that it's not that easy to do that if you have greed in your mind, because for sure, in the end, you'll end up chasing the money you lose.

For some, they’ve been always gambling responsibly and it’s easy being responsible whenever they indulge themselves in their past time activities. For others, it’s not so easy. Apparently, those who are irresponsible are so numerous, they can’t be ignored hence the constant reminder from all over to be responsible.
I don’t think greed is a factor that could make someone continue playing despite having suffered losses in an attempt try and recoup the money lost.

Yes, because someone tries to remain responsible when gambling, but for people who are addicted this is very difficult to do, of course because they cannot control themselves and the sense of responsibility may be absent or lost, and when that happens, it is to other people or the people closest to him try to advise an addict but there is no way he can just wake up or sober up.

 If it is not greed, then what drives a person to continue gambling??? Isn't greed part of the nature of an addict who has experienced addiction and will gamble continuously without any boundaries or good awareness within himself?

[ethereumhunter]

You know it's actually easy to gamble responsibly, but when it comes to you playing gambling yourself, you'll feel that it's not that easy to do that if you have greed in your mind, because for sure, in the end, you'll end up chasing the money you lose.

For some, they’ve been always gambling responsibly and it’s easy being responsible whenever they indulge themselves in their past time activities. For others, it’s not so easy. Apparently, those who are irresponsible are so numerous, they can’t be ignored hence the constant reminder from all over to be responsible.
I don’t think greed is a factor that could make someone continue playing despite having suffered losses in an attempt try and recoup the money lost.

It is not easy to gamble responsibly because, in gambling, someone can easily be tempted by the many promotions they see so that they can get caught up in their ego and end up losing a lot of money. And over time, they will become addicted to gambling because they have lost their responsibility in gambling so they can no longer control themselves. Most gamblers become greedy after getting a few wins and instead of stopping themselves, they want to get more wins. And that is what then makes them even more addicted to gambling because they can no longer control themselves when gambling. That's why we have to practice self-control so we don't become greedy, especially when we win so we can stop ourselves from continuing to gamble.

[Baki202]

I considered myself a gambling addict way back then, in 2020-2021 back in the height of crypto and the gambling industry, my friends invited me over for a gambling session, probably because all of us are bored as balls inside the comfort of our houses cause this was way back when the pandemic is at its peak and no one's allowed to go outside except for some important stuff. Now, the thing is that we got a little overboard when we started setting up betting competitions on who's gonna win, who's gonna give out the most bet, and whatever, and eventually I found myself itching to gamble and win back my losses. Gladly a family relative snapped me back to reality and from there, I was able to get all the help I need to get right back on feet and actually discipline myself.

So your addiction started in the company of your friends, and once you are friends with addicts there is no way you can escape from not been one of them someday except if you start avoiding them. And a lot of things did actually happen during that pandemic. Gambling has a spirit if you gamble you will always want to gamble more and if you loose money you will always want to get your money back so I want to ask are you still an addict or you over it.

[junder]

I considered myself a gambling addict way back then, in 2020-2021 back in the height of crypto and the gambling industry, my friends invited me over for a gambling session, probably because all of us are bored as balls inside the comfort of our houses cause this was way back when the pandemic is at its peak and no one's allowed to go outside except for some important stuff. Now, the thing is that we got a little overboard when we started setting up betting competitions on who's gonna win, who's gonna give out the most bet, and whatever, and eventually I found myself itching to gamble and win back my losses. Gladly a family relative snapped me back to reality and from there, I was able to get all the help I need to get right back on feet and actually discipline myself.

So your addiction started in the company of your friends, and once you are friends with addicts there is no way you can escape from not been one of them someday except if you start avoiding them. And a lot of things did actually happen during that pandemic. Gambling has a spirit if you gamble you will always want to gamble more and if you loose money you will always want to get your money back so I want to ask are you still an addict or you over it.

Basically gambling addiction can come from anywhere and not just about gambling for other things too, and one that has a big influence on a person's change is environmental factors such as your association with your friends who have already become gamblers, I'm sure in that condition it's quite difficult between you having to prioritize the good for yourself by staying away from your friends or you get carried away with the gambling they do.

For teenagers basically friends are everything, even though you are unlucky enough to be in a bad environment like that but on the other hand I think there are still many ways you can do to minimize all that, you have to think about it from now on and also in my opinion one of the things you can do is reduce your association a little, don't totally stay away from them because obviously they will be suspicious, so it's better to just reduce the time you spend with them, that's a pretty good alternative and also avoid some invitations that tell you to enter or get involved in gambling, only you yourself know about what reasons you can tell them. Honestly it's better because if you're too late then I'm not sure you can get through all the bad stuff that's out there and obviously your finances will be ruined.

[Dewi Aries]

You know it's actually easy to gamble responsibly, but when it comes to you playing gambling yourself, you'll feel that it's not that easy to do that if you have greed in your mind, because for sure, in the end, you'll end up chasing the money you lose.

For some, they’ve been always gambling responsibly and it’s easy being responsible whenever they indulge themselves in their past time activities. For others, it’s not so easy. Apparently, those who are irresponsible are so numerous, they can’t be ignored hence the constant reminder from all over to be responsible.
I don’t think greed is a factor that could make someone continue playing despite having suffered losses in an attempt try and recoup the money lost.

Not many people can gamble responsibly, because it is difficult to do. Each round of gambling makes people who play it forget many things so that they only focus on gambling because of the sensation of the game that makes them comfortable with the victory they will get, even though the victory itself cannot be sure to be easy to get because the dominant thing is only the defeat they will get.

It is clear that with the defeat they will get, they should not forget other responsibilities that are more beneficial to themselves. If only they gamble responsibly maybe they will not lose a lot of things that harm themselves.

[Saisher]

I see a lot of people here talking about gambling responsibly. Yes, that is something very true, but have you ever been a gambling addict?

At one time I am, I was glad that I overcame it, you cannot talk about responsible gambling if you have not experienced how to be addicted to gambling even for a short period of time, there's a big temptation to lose yourself in gambling because our emotion is so attached to gambling that we forget how to control ourselves.

To be honest in the past I have spent a lot of money gambling. What I mean here is that I spent all my savings on gambling. Maybe the nominal amount is not that big but it makes me feel like a gambling addict. I spent 5 months of my savings on gambling. Currently I am aware and am in the stage of improving my own financial condition. Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?

It's not really only the amount of money, but also the amount of time you spend on the gambling platform that will make you a gambling addict, when what you think is only gambling that you neglect your relationship and your work then have become addicted and you need to get out of that whether from your effort or help from the outside I guess the majority of us here becomes addicted even from a short period time.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

I see a lot of people here talking about gambling responsibly. Yes, that is something very true, but have you ever been a gambling addict?

To be honest in the past I have spent a lot of money gambling. What I mean here is that I spent all my savings on gambling. Maybe the nominal amount is not that big but it makes me feel like a gambling addict. I spent 5 months of my savings on gambling. Currently I am aware and am in the stage of improving my own financial condition. Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?

I have to admit that I went through periods when I thought about gambling all the time. But then I asked myself a question. How long can I live like this? Then I did some financial planning to take control of my finances and I got back to normal. Today I have a set amount of money that I spend on gambling. And I never exceed that amount. And most importantly, I see gambling only as a means of entertainment. And I don't see it as a model of passive income or a model of regular income or a key to getting rich. And I realized that when my life became normal, I became a happier person.

[Shamm]

I see a lot of people here talking about gambling responsibly. Yes, that is something very true, but have you ever been a gambling addict?

To be honest in the past I have spent a lot of money gambling. What I mean here is that I spent all my savings on gambling. Maybe the nominal amount is not that big but it makes me feel like a gambling addict. I spent 5 months of my savings on gambling. Currently I am aware and am in the stage of improving my own financial condition. Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?

Actually I am a small time gambler and I can control myself but not all the time cause way back 2021 I'll resign for my regular job and focus on my projects cause I am an electrician before but I am in the gambling world which means if there's an extra money then I'll gamble but the times goes by almost everyday I will gamble and after a few months I'll realize that I am almost become an addict so I force my self to stop cause once I am become an addict in gambling then for sure s lot of problem will come to me.

[Mr.suevie]

I see a lot of people here talking about gambling responsibly. Yes, that is something very true, but have you ever been a gambling addict?

To be honest in the past I have spent a lot of money gambling. What I mean here is that I spent all my savings on gambling. Maybe the nominal amount is not that big but it makes me feel like a gambling addict. I spent 5 months of my savings on gambling. Currently I am aware and am in the stage of improving my own financial condition. Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?

I have to admit that I went through periods when I thought about gambling all the time. But then I asked myself a question. How long can I live like this? Then I did some financial planning to take control of my finances and I got back to normal. Today I have a set amount of money that I spend on gambling. And I never exceed that amount. And most importantly, I see gambling only as a means of entertainment. And I don't see it as a model of passive income or a model of regular income or a key to getting rich. And I realized that when my life became normal, I became a happier person.

Now that's a discipline you don't see everyday as many people would have found there self in your situation might just tend to be procrastinating about the habit and thats the beginning of a serious addiction that can't be stopped. Many people lack self control and tend to fall out and become serious addict to this act of gambling. Myself had of difficult times in gambling habit but mine was nothing too serious that I wasn't in control of.

Gambling is something that one should know his limit and when to stop, some people are just in the lost that everytime they try out their habit in gambling they are going to win a big amount which is obviously the trap that is behind someone becoming addicted to gambling.

[tjtonmoy]

Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?

Yeah, I was a gambling addict way back. Now I have quit gambling and living a normal life. I have lost a lot but I don't want to disclose the numbers. All I can say is it's a 4-digit number. When you live alone and there's no one to tell you what's wrong and what's right, you will never realize that you have become a gambling addict until it's too late. This is exactly what happened to me. I was living alone and I started gambling on online platforms and I didn't even realize that I had already become an addict.

It was a hard journey to come back to my normal life. But many people have helped me on this journey. Now I can proudly say that I am not an addict anymore. If anyone is on the verge of becoming an addict and feels like they need to stop it, go out there and talk to your loved ones. That's the best therapy. It will be hard if you try to do it on your own.

[BitcoinTurk]

There were times when I gamble too much. Maybe much more than I did now due to boredom or was trying to escape a difficult time. I was this close to being dependent on gambling. I knew I was already spending so much time gambling but didn't know it was that bad until it was pointed out my best friend. He saved me. If you are going through a tough time, it may be difficult to talk to someone about it especially it you are trying to be a man. However you must talk to someone to save yourself from self-destructive habits.

Gambling too much may of course be reason enough to claim some kind of addiction but I also think that to talk about a serious gambling addiction a person must be unable to control himself/herself and lose all his/her money gambling. For example, let's assume that there are individuals A and B;

Person A gambles regularly 5 days a week in a way that doesn't affect his budget negatively but he/she doesn't go beyond the budget he/she plans to use for gambling. Person B, on the other hand, plays one-time bets or high stakes games whenever possible with all the money he/she can find. In this case, we can say that it is a habit and fun for person A to gamble regularly by controlling himself/herself but person B is addicted because he/she gambles with all his/her money without being able to control himself/herself. We can also think like this;

Person A has a monthly income of 1.000 units and this person regularly gambles with 20% of his monthly income using the minimum bet amount. Person B also has a monthly income of 1.000 units and this person takes big risks by making one-time bets with all his/her income. In this case, while it would be a mistake to call person A as addicted, it would be correct to call person B addicted.

In other words, there will be a big difference between calling someone who gambles 100 games with each bet being 1 unit a gambling addict and calling someone who gambles 100 units in a single bet a gambling addict.

[topbitcoin]

Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?

Yeah, I was a gambling addict way back. Now I have quit gambling and living a normal life. I have lost a lot but I don't want to disclose the numbers. All I can say is it's a 4-digit number. When you live alone and there's no one to tell you what's wrong and what's right, you will never realize that you have become a gambling addict until it's too late. This is exactly what happened to me. I was living alone and I started gambling on online platforms and I didn't even realize that I had already become an addict.

It was a hard journey to come back to my normal life. But many people have helped me on this journey. Now I can proudly say that I am not an addict anymore. If anyone is on the verge of becoming an addict and feels like they need to stop it, go out there and talk to your loved ones. That's the best therapy. It will be hard if you try to do it on your own.

I don't know what 4 digits you mean, whether in what currency. If you count it in USD, that's quite a lot of money.
However, from a glance I see what you are trying to convey about a little of your experience, that it seems that at that time you were really in a quite difficult situation. And in this position, most people are not aware that they have been addicted to gambling, and they only realize it when they have run out of balance for gambling. But luckily you were able to get out of that situation, because most people are not able to get out of a situation like that.

And starting from an incident that you have experienced, this is enough to be a warning for me to be more careful when gambling.

But I doubt that if I had a gambling addiction, I would go and talk to the people I love. I think that's not the best solution, because the people we love don't necessarily love us and care about the events we experience. And more precisely, we have to come to people who clearly love us, because people who love us will definitely care about us and will not leave us alone to face quite serious problems.
However, if we don't have someone who loves us and cares enough about us, then be careful and love ourselves, don't let us continue to be in a bad condition and down.

[angrybirdy]

I see a lot of people here talking about gambling responsibly. Yes, that is something very true, but have you ever been a gambling addict?

To be honest in the past I have spent a lot of money gambling. What I mean here is that I spent all my savings on gambling. Maybe the nominal amount is not that big but it makes me feel like a gambling addict. I spent 5 months of my savings on gambling. Currently I am aware and am in the stage of improving my own financial condition. Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?

I have to admit that I went through periods when I thought about gambling all the time. But then I asked myself a question. How long can I live like this? Then I did some financial planning to take control of my finances and I got back to normal. Today I have a set amount of money that I spend on gambling. And I never exceed that amount. And most importantly, I see gambling only as a means of entertainment. And I don't see it as a model of passive income or a model of regular income or a key to getting rich. And I realized that when my life became normal, I became a happier person.

It's pretty good to hear how you recover at early stage of becoming addicted to gambling. Having a self assessment and realizations, it will definitely help you to think and to analyze what should you do in order to completely stop or setting limits to minimize gambling activity. Though it's hard at first but once you used to it, you can gambling freely without thinking of the money that you've spent because you already know what is the right thing to become a responsible gambler.

[Silberman]

Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?

Yeah, I was a gambling addict way back. Now I have quit gambling and living a normal life. I have lost a lot but I don't want to disclose the numbers. All I can say is it's a 4-digit number. When you live alone and there's no one to tell you what's wrong and what's right, you will never realize that you have become a gambling addict until it's too late. This is exactly what happened to me. I was living alone and I started gambling on online platforms and I didn't even realize that I had already become an addict.

It was a hard journey to come back to my normal life. But many people have helped me on this journey. Now I can proudly say that I am not an addict anymore. If anyone is on the verge of becoming an addict and feels like they need to stop it, go out there and talk to your loved ones. That's the best therapy. It will be hard if you try to do it on your own.

Without a doubt overcoming an addiction alone is almost impossible as it would be too difficult to know where to begin with and how to proceed forward, however while the support of your family is key, it is important as well to not forget that if a person receives professional help as well they may recover even faster from their addiction, as those are people that are used to treat others with the very same symptoms and they know very well what you may be going through.

[|MINER|]

If I were to give my personal opinion on this, I would say that most addicted gamblers would say they are not addicted or were not addicted. In this case I think self checking will not give correct answer. But I won't say anything about what I did earlier but now I limit my gambling to a certain amount.  I set aside a certain percentage of my salary just for entertainment. And gambling has been included in this entertainment, so currently my gambling is not having any effect on my family or life, and also I don't remember anything like that happening in the past.

[len01]

Without a doubt overcoming an addiction alone is almost impossible as it would be too difficult to know where to begin with and h ow to proceed forward, however while the support of your family is key, it is important as well to not forget that if a person receives professional help as well they may recover even faster from their addiction, as those are people that are used to treat others with the very same symptoms and they know very well what you may be going through.

sure, it will never be possible to cure addiction alone, while an addict needs clear advice and direction to guide him to slowly forget about gambling, just like a drug addict who will recover when he has support from family and an environment that can provide support to recover.
maybe for the environment or neighbors it is not that important but what is certain is that an important role for addicts is support from the family to continue to tell them how to forget their addiction and on the one hand they may need a psychology doctor to provide additional advice or medication to help them forget their addiction.

what is more important is that if a gambling addict has a strong desire to recover from his addiction, perhaps he only needs family to be able to recover, which is a very easy effort because after all, the family of loved ones is worthy of being an encouragement for the addict.

[maydna]

If I were to give my personal opinion on this, I would say that most addicted gamblers would say they are not addicted or were not addicted. In this case I think self checking will not give correct answer. But I won't say anything about what I did earlier but now I limit my gambling to a certain amount.  I set aside a certain percentage of my salary just for entertainment. And gambling has been included in this entertainment, so currently my gambling is not having any effect on my family or life, and also I don't remember anything like that happening in the past.

Gamblers who are addicted to gambling will not want to admit that they are addicted to gambling and will say that they still control themselves well. They will not see the fact that they are addicted to gambling, so this requires someone else's perspective to make them aware that they are addicted to gambling. What you are doing is right by allocating a certain amount of money from your salary to gambling and only considering gambling as entertainment. And that's what we should do when gambling so we can avoid gambling addiction. Sooner or later, gambling addiction will come to us, and only by controlling ourselves can we prevent ourselves from experiencing gambling addiction.

[FanEagle]

There isn't a clean line between being an addict and not being an addict, you can't possibly know if you are an addict or not around the start levels. I mean if you are an addict that sold his house to keep gambling some more, yeah then you know you are an addict, but how many people does that, whereas there are a lot of people who gamble with a small amount and have the addiction to keep doing that, and can't stop, that could be addiction too.

In the end, you can't just go "aaaaand now I am an addict after doing that", it is not clear, you can't possibly know what's going on, and this means that you can't know if you have ever been a gambling addict or not, to be fair you can't possibly know if you are one right now, because you could be an addict, but the results do not hurt you, or haven't so far and then you think to yourself I haven't been crazy so far which means I am not an addict, but you also have failure to stop for a month, if that's the case whose to say you are not an addict neither.

[tjtonmoy]

Without a doubt overcoming an addiction alone is almost impossible as it would be too difficult to know where to begin with and h ow to proceed forward, however while the support of your family is key, it is important as well to not forget that if a person receives professional help as well they may recover even faster from their addiction, as those are people that are used to treat others with the very same symptoms and they know very well what you may be going through.

That's true but when it comes to this, our first concern should be to let our loved ones know about it. They will come forward to help us out and they will be the first ones to take us to a professional. When it comes to us, personally we don't want to agree to our own terms that we are an addict. We will most likely try to reason with ourselves that the situation is not that bad yet and we can seek professional help later.

Just saying, if the situation is bad and you know it well, don't waste your time thinking. Let people around you know about the situation and they will come forward to help you. They will be the first step to seek professional help.