Do you regret also for ever knowing about gambling?

[GxSTxV]

Something like this can only be a sobering yet enlightening journey for gamblers who reached a very aggressive and heavy gambling activity. I have been part of similar discussions where a friend of mine personally blamed me for asking him if he set a bet on our national football team, later it appeared that he set a bet because of me and it was a lost. Even though he wasn’t much serious about it.
For me, this was a good lesson I have learned to approach even the discussion of gambling which should be with caution and moderation, especially beside fragile and the people who are more exposed to addiction of any shape.

In the end, it's not about harboring grudges or assigning blame but rather about learning from our experiences and supporting each other through our individual struggles. So, while the discussion of your friends may have sparked heated arguments it's still also a valuable opportunity for you to learn.

[wheelz1200]

Yeah I've lost money gambling but it has served as a source of entertainment so I don't regret ever knowing about gambling.  I think once somebody loses the enjoyment of gambling than that's the time you need to ask yourself if ypu should be gambling anymore.  I know people who have a pretty bad addiction they are dealing with and I'm sure those folks would tell you yeah they wished they never found gambling.  Probably going to get a lot of those split answers depending on each person's enjoyment factor or the success of gambling factor.

[Promocodeudo]

Though I won't say that gambling has been profitable to me but what I know for sure is that I have never regretted ever taking part in gambling, it will very childish for me to say that unless am am addiction, it is very obvious that addiction is been caused by excessive gambling and it can be regrettable hence am am not an addict I cant regret.

losing is part gambling, the earlier you understand this as a gambler the better for you, from the onset I understand the concept of gambling and I know that as a gambler chasing your loss may lead into gambling without break so I choose when to gamble and take a take a break when is necessary, there is nothing to regret for me because am in control of my game.

[l3pox]

Though I won't say that gambling has been profitable to me but what I know for sure is that I have never regretted ever taking part in gambling, it will very childish for me to say that unless am am addiction, it is very obvious that addiction is been caused by excessive gambling and it can be regrettable hence am am not an addict I cant regret.

losing is part gambling, the earlier you understand this as a gambler the better for you, from the onset I understand the concept of gambling and I know that as a gambler chasing your loss may lead into gambling without break so I choose when to gamble and take a take a break when is necessary, there is nothing to regret for me because am in control of my game.

do you keep track? in my opinion is a bit hard to know for sure if your gambling is profitable or not if you don't keep track closely
but as we mentioned sometimes too it's not only about the money but about the fun too... I don't think regretting of past decisions helps with anything anyways...

way better to live with no regrets.

[TopTort777]

I look on gambling like it is a new knowledge, new experience, new entertainment, something to discover, something to test myself. With all that, how can I regret knowing or discovering something new. It is always good to know more than others or experience that. I hardly ever remember anything negative that I have experienced with gambling. If cautious and with cold head, gambling is harmless.

[shivansps]

Yeah you read the question correctly.

I got this taught while involved in discussion with some of my friend today, it was round of friends and we were practically catching up after some old memories in high school so discussion led to discussion and the issue of regretting to ever knowing how to gamble came up and believe me it was a very serious issue as one of my friend was practically blaming the other for the whole problem is currently going through right now as he constantly gambles his money away and at what avail? was the question being asked to the friend who actually inviting him to a gambling house during highschool. The matter looks childish  at first because the whole table of friends there were all gamblers including myself but we all never reached the height of complaining or blaming someone for our gambling ethics.

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

We tend to blame someone for our failures, this is our human nature. We always want to think that it is not us who are to blame for defeats, but someone else. The secret lies in the fact that as soon as we begin to understand that we ourselves are to blame for almost all the problems that arise in our lives, then life immediately becomes easier, and progress immediately occurs. Sometimes there may be very bad people around us, sometimes these are work colleagues, friends or even relatives. If we are unable to distinguish the good things from the bad that these people have to offer us, then problems may arise. People don't create weaknesses in us, they only discover them.

The decision to enter the world of gambling is purely your own decision, we cannot blame other people for this. If we have a strong stance, I'm sure we can resist gambling. When I stay in Philippines, my two friends and I got into a casino and played slots and other gambling games, even though we lost money there, we also made a profit from playing slot machines. The point is that gambling is just for fun, don't make it your main choice to make money, if you want to make a lot of money, work at a job that can make a lot of money. If you continue like that then your friendship will be damaged.

Always use money that is actually ready to be spent or loss.

I agree. Friendships that involve gambling can be lost very quickly. This is a very bad foundation. The same applies to spouses. Where there is a place for gambling addiction or any other addiction, there will be no freedom, trust and reliability.
As for the fact that you need to use only money that you can afford to lose and forget about, there is probably no need to write about it. If a person uses money that is critical to him or borrows money, then this is a separate type of perversion on himself and probably on his loved ones

[dunfida]

Yeah you read the question correctly.

I got this taught while involved in discussion with some of my friend today, it was round of friends and we were practically catching up after some old memories in high school so discussion led to discussion and the issue of regretting to ever knowing how to gamble came up and believe me it was a very serious issue as one of my friend was practically blaming the other for the whole problem is currently going through right now as he constantly gambles his money away and at what avail? was the question being asked to the friend who actually inviting him to a gambling house during highschool. The matter looks childish  at first because the whole table of friends there were all gamblers including myself but we all never reached the height of complaining or blaming someone for our gambling ethics.

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

We tend to blame someone for our failures, this is our human nature. We always want to think that it is not us who are to blame for defeats, but someone else. The secret lies in the fact that as soon as we begin to understand that we ourselves are to blame for almost all the problems that arise in our lives, then life immediately becomes easier, and progress immediately occurs. Sometimes there may be very bad people around us, sometimes these are work colleagues, friends or even relatives. If we are unable to distinguish the good things from the bad that these people have to offer us, then problems may arise. People don't create weaknesses in us, they only discover them.

Totally a normal behavior of a human being on which we do really love on blaming out someone with the things that happen into ours on which we know that there's no other that should be blamed on but only yourself.
We are the ones who do make out such decision then it would really be just that normal that you would really be the ones who should really be blamed on whatever outcome do things that do happen.
For me then i dont really have any regrets about knowing gambling, it is really  for leisure and it would really be just that normal that loses is there since you are staking up your money to make money
on which its a common approach that you would be having. Regrets do usually happen on the time that you are having that a huge problem towards gambling.

People do make out realizations when they are facing up tough situations or conditions on which you would really be having that kind of realizations when you are on trouble.
Regrets is there but if you dont really mean it and having that not good when it comes to self control then you would really be just that still coming back to gambling no matter what.

[swogerino]

The decision to enter the world of gambling is purely your own decision, we cannot blame other people for this. If we have a strong stance, I'm sure we can resist gambling. When I stay in Philippines, my two friends and I got into a casino and played slots and other gambling games, even though we lost money there, we also made a profit from playing slot machines. The point is that gambling is just for fun, don't make it your main choice to make money, if you want to make a lot of money, work at a job that can make a lot of money. If you continue like that then your friendship will be damaged.

Always use money that is actually ready to be spent or loss.

I agree. Friendships that involve gambling can be lost very quickly. This is a very bad foundation. The same applies to spouses. Where there is a place for gambling addiction or any other addiction, there will be no freedom, trust and reliability.
As for the fact that you need to use only money that you can afford to lose and forget about, there is probably no need to write about it. If a person uses money that is critical to him or borrows money, then this is a separate type of perversion on himself and probably on his loved ones

I have been in all those situations above,from playing for fun with friends,from losing them and from going all in and getting hugely into addiction.After suffering from all these symptoms I finally managed to leave them somewhat behind and put up family and I am very happy since then.I continued gambling,not with that level of spending,in fact way less since I have my own family as that keeps me going and motivated.What has helped me is the way someone thinks before gambling,personally every time I feel the urge to gamble I say to myself imagine if I had saved all that money where I would be now and so I have started to use patience and motivation as the number one tool to forget gambling completely.

[Accardo]

The decision to enter the world of gambling is purely your own decision, we cannot blame other people for this. If we have a strong stance, I'm sure we can resist gambling. When I stay in Philippines, my two friends and I got into a casino and played slots and other gambling games, even though we lost money there, we also made a profit from playing slot machines. The point is that gambling is just for fun, don't make it your main choice to make money, if you want to make a lot of money, work at a job that can make a lot of money. If you continue like that then your friendship will be damaged.

Always use money that is actually ready to be spent or loss.

I agree. Friendships that involve gambling can be lost very quickly. This is a very bad foundation. The same applies to spouses. Where there is a place for gambling addiction or any other addiction, there will be no freedom, trust and reliability.
As for the fact that you need to use only money that you can afford to lose and forget about, there is probably no need to write about it. If a person uses money that is critical to him or borrows money, then this is a separate type of perversion on himself and probably on his loved ones

Gambling with friends isn't wrong or bad, but initiating a friend into the game without sharing valuable information to them on the critical aspect of gambling is a questionable behavior. Looking at the story, the addict is wrong for blaming his friend for introducing him to gambling, but his friend should help him or apologize for not opening up to him regarding the ill impact of addiction on gamblers, the moment he discovered he now gambles. However, the fault is on the addict, he should have focused more on becoming a good player, not just hoping on making money like his friends convinced that they did, in gambling.

However, the said addict is undergoing some serious trouble, and his stage of addiction is in a level where he blames people, whoever got him to gambling. That's the reason why most players tend to keep their gambling habit a secret, because they may get a person to think this way on the long run. Because, when discussing gambling in the midst of friends, one could be a non-gambler, and at the end of the conversation, he'd go home trying to gamble. Not knowing that he's not capable of being a gambler, if he's not prepared mentally, financially, and physically. Nobody or his friend whom he's blaming, wasn't there to tell him that gambling is fun. It's the addict's fault, completely, since he's an adult.

[betswift]

Yeah you read the question correctly.

I got this taught while involved in discussion with some of my friend today, it was round of friends and we were practically catching up after some old memories in high school so discussion led to discussion and the issue of regretting to ever knowing how to gamble came up and believe me it was a very serious issue as one of my friend was practically blaming the other for the whole problem is currently going through right now as he constantly gambles his money away and at what avail? was the question being asked to the friend who actually inviting him to a gambling house during highschool. The matter looks childish  at first because the whole table of friends there were all gamblers including myself but we all never reached the height of complaining or blaming someone for our gambling ethics.

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

Acknowledging our own part in our life’s outcomes is the first step towards genuine growth and self-improvement.
So I see it’s essential to recognize that projecting blame onto others for one’s own failures or shortcomings is often an indication of an unwillingness to take personal responsibility.
Mistakes are a natural part of the our experience.The key is not to dwell on them but to learn and adapt.

[OceanBit]

It's important to note that everyone has different experiences, what causes regret for one person may not necessarily be the same for another. For some, they view gambling as a form of entertainment or recreation and while maybe your friend's gambling experience led to negative consequences in his life that's why he is experiencing regret. If your friend continues to experience regret and causing him distress and harm, maybe you should recommend him to seek support or professional help.

[nullama]

Yeah you read the question correctly.

I got this taught while involved in discussion with some of my friend today, it was round of friends and we were practically catching up after some old memories in high school so discussion led to discussion and the issue of regretting to ever knowing how to gamble came up and believe me it was a very serious issue as one of my friend was practically blaming the other for the whole problem is currently going through right now as he constantly gambles his money away and at what avail? was the question being asked to the friend who actually inviting him to a gambling house during highschool. The matter looks childish  at first because the whole table of friends there were all gamblers including myself but we all never reached the height of complaining or blaming someone for our gambling ethics.

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

In my personal case, I have no one to blame.

It doesn't matter who introduced you to gambling, or if you saw an ad, or if you just walked into a casino.

The only responsible is me.

That means that I have the full power to decide how much to gamble, or if I should gamble at all.

I still enjoy going to casinos from time to time as they usually have nice pubs and restaurants, but gambling is a different story.

Every person is responsible of their own actions, and actions have consequences. There's no point blaming others.

[bakasabo]

Since gambling does not hurt me, my family and I dont do anything harmful to others, I dont feel like I should regret something. I have got familiar with gambling since childhood. Used to play cards when traveling or being bored. I would regret if I did not know about gambling, because it is popular, so spread around. I would feel uncomfortable if everyone was talking about it and gambling, and I am being in ages already, would not understand what it is.

[irhact]

Yeah I've lost money gambling but it has served as a source of entertainment so I don't regret ever knowing about gambling.  I think once somebody loses the enjoyment of gambling than that's the time you need to ask yourself if ypu should be gambling anymore.  I know people who have a pretty bad addiction they are dealing with and I'm sure those folks would tell you yeah they wished they never found gambling.  Probably going to get a lot of those split answers depending on each person's enjoyment factor or the success of gambling factor.

Every individual that's gambling has lost money while gambling therefore it shouldn't be a reason why we regret gambling. If you're gambling responsibly you'll lose and too make money as that's how gambling works. Gambling has mostly being a source of entertainment to me therefore I don't regret gambling or knowing about gambling. If you gamble in the right way and follow all guidelines correctly you won't get addicted to gambling and you'll not be losing money always.

I agree with you that if we're not enjoying ourselves when we gamble we should stop gambling as it isn't giving us happiness but gambling is meant to be entertaining us and the money we make from gambling should be seen as bonuses. Many gamblers are depending totally on gambling to make money that is the reason they're regretting that they got introduced to gambling as they're losing money always.

[Hewlet]

The thing is that when things suddenly starts going wrong, it's just normal that we will normally want to shift blames on others just so we can feel alright but what we forget to know is that if it was going well, we would normally not member that someone introduce it to us and that he deserve some accolades. Gambling involves being matured and disciplined enough to manage how much you put into gambling and how regular you go about it. Most of the people that regret ever gambling are those that in search of quick money making scheme and so any small money they have directly goes into gambling hoping to double it and when it doesn't happen they shift blames to others even when they know that they are the primary course of their wrong and addictive gambling.

For me, I don't regret ever doing or making any decision in the past, it's good or bad enough that I have made such decision and that I'm currently facing the reward of .y actions and what I just do is to find a way of the situation and make plans on how to iether go out of it or moderate how I involve myself in the said act and this is not just related to gambling but also cuts across any other addictive lifestyle I find myself indulging in.

[Rampagoe004]

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

I also know about gambling from my friends. He invited me to play poker and because I liked playing poker I became interested in gambling. It was very exciting when I managed to win my first bet. But in the end I also experienced a lot of losses from gambling. That's not something good you can get from your friends. But I think it is my responsibility. My friend only introduced it but I like it myself. So it is my choice and my responsibility. So I won't have any grudges at all.

[junder]

Every individual that's gambling has lost money while gambling therefore it shouldn't be a reason why we regret gambling. If you're gambling responsibly you'll lose and too make money as that's how gambling works. Gambling has mostly being a source of entertainment to me therefore I don't regret gambling or knowing about gambling. If you gamble in the right way and follow all guidelines correctly you won't get addicted to gambling and you'll not be losing money always.

I agree with you that if we're not enjoying ourselves when we gamble we should stop gambling as it isn't giving us happiness but gambling is meant to be entertaining us and the money we make from gambling should be seen as bonuses. Many gamblers are depending totally on gambling to make money that is the reason they're regretting that they got introduced to gambling as they're losing money always.

Gambling has a bad impact if people who do it excessively like really wanting to win, so they believe completely in gambling and only think about winning, by only thinking about winning, it will only put them in trouble, and at that time they can become addicted to gambling. and gambling continuously without looking at the losses that have occurred repeatedly because it is still lost with thoughts that only think about winning.,

Of course, when they become addicted to gambling, they will gamble excessively, and excessive gambling can make them lose a lot of money and when they have lost a lot they still can't realize it, they will get a lot of problems that can destroy their life, and maybe After all that happens, they are at their lowest point, that is, they have lost all the money they had and have lost some of the property they sold because they used the money for gambling, and maybe they are in debt here and there, only then will they regret their actions, which were too excessive.

[Nazmul012]

Yeah. Sometime when I loss in gambling then the thought come in my mind that it will be good if don't know about gambling.  Cause it is very easy to talk about responsible gambling but everytime situation won't be in your flavor and you many time you'll add extra money without you wanted. But for that blaming anyone isn't the solution at all cause you have to take responsibility for yourself otherwise nobody won't care whatever you are lossing or winning. But its better to realize that, gambling isn't for earn money. When you thought about it, you'll be in trap. So shouldn't add more money in gambling ever

[Mahanton]

Every individual that's gambling has lost money while gambling therefore it shouldn't be a reason why we regret gambling. If you're gambling responsibly you'll lose and too make money as that's how gambling works. Gambling has mostly being a source of entertainment to me therefore I don't regret gambling or knowing about gambling. If you gamble in the right way and follow all guidelines correctly you won't get addicted to gambling and you'll not be losing money always.

I agree with you that if we're not enjoying ourselves when we gamble we should stop gambling as it isn't giving us happiness but gambling is meant to be entertaining us and the money we make from gambling should be seen as bonuses. Many gamblers are depending totally on gambling to make money that is the reason they're regretting that they got introduced to gambling as they're losing money always.

Gambling has a bad impact if people who do it excessively like really wanting to win, so they believe completely in gambling and only think about winning, by only thinking about winning, it will only put them in trouble, and at that time they can become addicted to gambling. and gambling continuously without looking at the losses that have occurred repeatedly because it is still lost with thoughts that only think about winning.,

Of course, when they become addicted to gambling, they will gamble excessively, and excessive gambling can make them lose a lot of money and when they have lost a lot they still can't realize it, they will get a lot of problems that can destroy their life, and maybe After all that happens, they are at their lowest point, that is, they have lost all the money they had and have lost some of the property they sold because they used the money for gambling, and maybe they are in debt here and there, only then will they regret their actions, which were too excessive.

You would really be only having these kind of regrets on the time that you have seen yourself messed up your life with it, but if you are really just that still sitting well or having that fine situation when it comes to financial status and other aspects then it wouldnt be creating that kind of impressions or thoughts into your mind that you are regretting on knowing gambling. Gambling is really just that for the sake of fun but majority of people do really treat up the different and this is why they do really messed up their lives just because on having this kind of treatment or impressions towards it. You would really be ending up on having that kind of regret
on the time that you do mess up yourself with it. Knowing gambling isnt something that bad if you are really just that responsible towards into your actions. People are really just that delusional.

The main reason on why they do mess up because theyve been expecting too much or positively that they could really be able to have that kind of luck factor and able to make money with it easily,
without even trying out to make themselves aware about those probabilities on instead losing up that huge and comes into a point that they do messed up their finances.

[Dewi Aries]

Yeah. Sometime when I loss in gambling then the thought come in my mind that it will be good if don't know about gambling.  Cause it is very easy to talk about responsible gambling but everytime situation won't be in your flavor and you many time you'll add extra money without you wanted. But for that blaming anyone isn't the solution at all cause you have to take responsibility for yourself otherwise nobody won't care whatever you are lossing or winning. But its better to realize that, gambling isn't for earn money. When you thought about it, you'll be in trap. So shouldn't add more money in gambling ever

This confirms that regret always comes at the end, and yes as you said which is easier said than done when we talk about responsible gambling because after all it is always difficult to completely ignore all the temptations that are in gambling, most of them always fall into the wrong approach to gambling which makes them experience a lot of problems due to the impact of gambling itself.

Regretting and eventually blaming others because you came to gambling at the invitation of others such as your friends is indeed not a solution, everything has already happened and no matter how much you regret it, it's too late, and I think you should have considered the invitation of others from the beginning by looking at various sides of what gambling really is, I am sure that your friend promoted gambling with the lure of the chance of getting a big win and you were too serious and focused in terms of addressing the chances of winning but did not put any suspicion regarding what consequences are behind gambling and with this means that you should not fully blame others, but blame yourself for coming without any consideration, because I am sure that if only you came with a rational attitude then you should not regret it now.