Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years?

[Suzume]

Those who professional gambler they are fully addicted with gamble. This addection not creat in one day practice strategy and thisis creat addection slowly. Once you learn gamble it's not easy to quit from it. Because it's a way of entanglement and way to earn extra money. It's hard to live become a full time gambler earn a lot form gambling that's the reason they don't want to leave it..

[Gozie51]

I already know that gambling is a luck base stuff and anything based on luck is not in your control, so I play with care when I play and I'm not always playing so I don't have a problem with it. It is difficult to stop gambling addiction and it is worse when you are having it as the source of income then you will find it difficult to quit.

For someone to quit gambling by themselves, it means they are not so much involved in it and so they can still control themselves. This is the reason to gamble with what money you can afford to lose and not to heavily involve yourself with the hope that it will favour you at the end. We know numbers of posts here on people who have taken away their lives because they lost hugely and probably money that they borrowed. But if you are gambling responsibly, you won't have gambling problems and to stop will be easy for you to only discourage yourself that you have not been winning is enough.

[lombok]

I don't have any problem with gambling. And I don't prioritize gambling. Remember not to prioritize! Gambling is a game, a game that costs money to have fun. If you think that gambling is a source of income, that's a big mistake, I guarantee that from here you will experience a lot of problems if you become addicted to it.

[noormcs5]

I already know that gambling is a luck base stuff and anything based on luck is not in your control, so I play with care when I play and I'm not always playing so I don't have a problem with it. It is difficult to stop gambling addiction and it is worse when you are having it as the source of income then you will find it difficult to quit.

For someone to quit gambling by themselves, it means they are not so much involved in it and so they can still control themselves. This is the reason to gamble with what money you can afford to lose and not to heavily involve yourself with the hope that it will favour you at the end. We know numbers of posts here on people who have taken away their lives because they lost hugely and probably money that they borrowed. But if you are gambling responsibly, you won't have gambling problems and to stop will be easy for you to only discourage yourself that you have not been winning is enough.

Gambling addiction is not so easy to get rid of as some people think that individual can himself get rid of his gambling addiction problem. He is gambling addict because he is unable to control over his emotions , he is unable to stop himself from gambling so he need some cure , some external help which can help him to recover back to the normal situation.

Gambling is only profitable and entertaining for those who are moderate to gambling and who knows how to control their finances in gambling. If we are unable to save our money in gambling then I am afraid gambling is not for us.

[Z390]

(First question was above)
(Second question) Either way, when it's time to stop, how exactly do you do it? (For example) Change other habits, go new places, exercise more, stop drinking, simply "swear off" gambling... How exactly do you stop? Thank you.

 

Discipline, and the act of understanding what gambling is all about, everyone knows but they pretend as if they don't because they want to make money, gambling can't always be defeated, it defeats gamblers more than gamblers defeat the game. Its not hard to accept that gambling can likely take away all your money and give back a tip of your whole bank roll, every possibility of losing money is highly possible in gambling.

The solution is to accept that you get lucky when you win in a game and take your prize, do not let greed lead you because the more the time you keep on gambling the more money you likely will lose, when you win its time to quit and if you don't win make sure you are spending what you can afford to lose.

If you gamble with ten dollars and you lose it all, be brave enough to walk away until another day when you have money you can afford to lose again, and if you come back with another ten dollars and you use a dollar to win some money, take your leave, its the act of disciplinary.

[|MINER|]

My answer to your first question is no currently I haven't face any kind of problem with this. I think that if gambling can be limited within your afford then I don't think trouble can make your life. This is actually how I manage my life, I set aside a fixed amount every month or week for gambling and from there my entertainment is taken.

[coin-investor]

Let's start with the simple choice: Do you consider yourself to have a gambling problem affecting your happiness, security, relationships, finances, etc? (Yes or No)
Now, here is something a bit different: Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years? Either you make enough income to call it "adult play", so you do not have real problems, and/or you simply stop for a long time. Then - months or years later - it gets worse again and you are in trouble.

If it's hurting your relationship and your finances it is something that you have to deal with right away when you're gambling activity is hurting these two areas it's not good that you keep it rolling for years even though you are managing it well, there will be a time that the problem will become unmanageable or both your relationship and finances will deteriorate, I experienced having issues with addiction in a short period and I fixed by stopping my addiction, that's the best way to deal with it, stop and focus on your finances and relationships, these two are more important than anything gambling, so gambling should be on the backstage

(First question was above)
(Second question) Either way, when it's time to stop, how exactly do you do it? (For example) Change other habits, go new places, exercise more, stop drinking, simply "swear off" gambling... How exactly do you stop? Thank you.

I just focus on my relationship and my work and stop gambling for some time, I do come playing but I make sure that it will not harm things that are important to me, in life, you should know your priorities, and those priorities are the things that will make you stronger.
 

[Wexnident]

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No, pretty sure I have gambling controlled under my belt. As for being impulsive, which I assume is what you wanted to say, then yea sometimes. It comes rather randomly but I've tried to force it to never affect me negatively THAT much, which has so far worked due to how I balance my life.

As for how, I just do. It's probably a matter of how you've lived your life really, how much of an activity can affect you or not. For me, I've always gone on and off among a LOT of activities, from sports to games to gambling, and stuff like that. So it's not really hard for me to transition to something new if I really wanted to. Well, the important part in wanting to stop is wanting to stop and knowing how to. I reckon most people have the "wanting" part down, the how is kind fo specific from person to person imo.

[TheUltraElite]

I dont have the gambling problem but I tried gambling a long time back and understood that the casino will win in the long run and the only way to beat the casino is by being the casino or by exploiting it. I would not recommend the second option because that is illegal but the first one is doable.

I have seen problem gamblers have difficulty in managing finances, relationships and goals. Its because their addiction is turning their lives inside out but this can be controlled by professional help and discipline. Thankfully today it is a recognized disease and help exists for those who need it.

For that the first step is always accepting that they are having a problem which they cannot control on their own.

[Outhue]

I don't have a gambling problem, this way of making money is a red flag in my country and we are always warned to be careful with gambling, I took this warning too fat serious from my father and this makes me to not expect to make money from gambling, I do it for entertainment purposes and I am now into sports which I found more interesting to waste some free time on.

You can ruin your life in gambling if you expect to make money from gambling, you don't want to be too hooked into gambling, you can start to believe that gambling is the real solution to your financial problems, don't do it, find time to come up with a strategy, not in game but on your bankroll, do not put in too much money since its not free to gamble on online casino.

Be selfaware always, but you should be fine if you understand the risk and choose to make money from investments and also your life skills, there is no strategy that can stop you from losing money in gambling, be a responsible gambler always.

[aioc]

It's hard to go on with your life with gambling problems in your back even if you don't want to admit it will affect your family even if you can control it will eventually escalate, so it's better to address the issues right away so it will not harm anything in your life, I have not experienced issues like this but I have a lot of friends that have issues on controlling their addiction and my advice always is to prioritize what matters to your life.
You cannot be happy totally if you do not prioritize your happiness, relationships, and finances, you cannot control your gambling addiction all your life it will come down to the point that you need to fix it or it will eventually harm you.

[shivansps]

Let's start with the simple choice: Do you consider yourself to have a gambling problem affecting your happiness, security, relationships, finances, etc? (Yes or No)
Now, here is something a bit different: Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years? Either you make enough income to call it "adult play", so you do not have real problems, and/or you simply stop for a long time. Then - months or years later - it gets worse again and you are in trouble.

(First question was above)
(Second question) Either way, when it's time to stop, how exactly do you do it? (For example) Change other habits, go new places, exercise more, stop drinking, simply "swear off" gambling... How exactly do you stop? Thank you.

If a person can control this, then most likely it is no longer a problem. Problems come when a person uses money to gamble that he cannot afford to spend or is not his own money or borrows money to recoup or takes money from family. I think such a person needs the help of a specialist. The best specialist is God. Perhaps what I am writing now will be important to someone. I was addicted to hard drugs for many years and no treatment helped, but then the Lord gave me freedom. If you are reading this now and you have problems with something, be it gambling or drugs or something else that you yourself cannot get rid of, then know that there is  Someone who can help you

[junder]

the number of voices I read "there is no problem with gambling", this makes it an answer to this title, and it is probably that way.
I myself also don't have a problem with the gambling that I do, because I only gamble for fun and I only do it on weekends or once a week with a limited budget.
People who are addicted to gambling may be people who have problems with gambling, because in my opinion a gambler who is addicted to gambling will gamble and perhaps make gambling the first source of income in his life, this is wrong.

Never make gambling a priority in life, because basically gambling is a type of game that pays, even if the winnings are only a bonus from this game. and what's wrong in my opinion is that many people use gambling as a source of income and this is not good, because people like this tend to have problems with gambling, in other words they experience financial problems because of gambling. where the percentage of losses is greater than the percentage of wins, and the large number of gamblers who always lose makes them addicted to gambling, they will try to keep gambling even if they don't have money, they can take out loans to gamble again or commit crimes that harm other people . So in my opinion it is people like this who have problems with gambling.

also in my opinion someone who is addicted to gambling will experience difficulties in his life whether financially, economically or in relationships. because someone who is addicted to gambling can be sure they will experience changes in their behavior, and these changes certainly lead to the negative where they will easily become emotional and tend to become stubborn. because I have a neighbor who experienced this where he experienced drastic changes when he was familiar with gambling, also his relationship with his family became untidy.

[swogerino]

Let's start with the simple choice: Do you consider yourself to have a gambling problem affecting your happiness, security, relationships, finances, etc? (Yes or No)
Now, here is something a bit different: Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years? Either you make enough income to call it "adult play", so you do not have real problems, and/or you simply stop for a long time. Then - months or years later - it gets worse again and you are in trouble.

(First question was above)
(Second question) Either way, when it's time to stop, how exactly do you do it? (For example) Change other habits, go new places, exercise more, stop drinking, simply "swear off" gambling... How exactly do you stop? Thank you.

 

Luckily for me in this context and I am answering about the something different here which I am a part of,I keep playing for a long time and luckily I have control,I just play for entertaining myself and if I win something on top of that I consider it extra.I never withdraw it though as I keep playing more as I don't consider the gambling a type of income rather a type of entertainment I pay for it.I love the emotion that it gives you when you are playing slots and you just get the bonus round before starting the free spins,in that exact moment I feel the happiest as I am waiting and hoping for a huge win.So overall I don't think I have a problem with gambling.

[Jody.Drummer]

(Second question) Either way, when it's time to stop, how exactly do you do it? (For example) Change other habits, go new places, exercise more, stop drinking, simply "swear off" gambling... How exactly do you stop? Thank you.

If you know your gambling addiction has started again, the best is to just quit gambling. Do not gamble again. Fill your life with other things that you can think of and do not gamble again at all.

It is good to quit before it is too late.

That's what should be done, but all of that is not as easy as turning the palm of the hand to refuse ourselves to return to the right path and stop for good things, although basically it is very good advice but unfortunately most of the gamblers are difficult to do so, they have a weak mentality and defense to ignore some of the temptations that come and enter their minds.

In my opinion, what they should do first is to re-imagine past events where the activity really only worsened their situation and living conditions, especially in financial matters which made them maybe barely able to make ends meet, sometimes I think awareness has a very important role in terms of considering and choosing something better, and with a fairly good level of awareness then I think it will not be too difficult to reject and ignore all the temptations that seem to tell them to return to gambling. True, the sooner the better and prevention is better than cure.

[Solosanz]

1. No, I don't have any gambling problem, to be more specify gambling never make a problem in my life.

2. That depends on each person, if you're interested to play video games, why I or anyone else need to force you to climb a mountain when you feel climb a mountain isn't fun at all? regardless the answer is, it won't going to affect or change you.

[Litzki1990]

For some people gambling can cause problems and for others gambling can be just a pastime. Gambling is a very bad aspect for those who initially started gambling with the expectation of good profits but only lost after starting and are still losing. When a person gets addicted to gambling, he cannot get out of that addiction even if he wants to. I understand that gambling is affecting my life badly and I should get out of this bad situation but still we can't do it. People with this problem should try to take up gambling as a pastime rather than giving up gambling altogether. Gambling every day with some amount of money and if you win stop gambling for that day and if you lose, stop gambling for that day and plan for the next day. If a gambler can gamble in this way, he will not be addicted to gambling but will accept gambling as a form of entertainment.

[robelneo]

Let's start with the simple choice: Do you consider yourself to have a gambling problem affecting your happiness, security, relationships, finances, etc? (Yes or No)
Now, here is something a bit different: Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years? Either you make enough income to call it "adult play", so you do not have real problems, and/or you simply stop for a long time. Then - months or years later - it gets worse again and you are in trouble.

You can't have your cake and eat it too, you simply have to stop the cycle before it hurts your finances, security, relationships and finances you have to choose to stop the cycle even though it benefits you, just take gambling to its truest nature and that is entertainment and don't let it get in the way to the most important things in life.

(First question was above)
(Second question) Either way, when it's time to stop, how exactly do you do it? (For example) Change other habits, go new places, exercise more, stop drinking, simply "swear off" gambling... How exactly do you stop? Thank you.

I have to stop it's not easy but you have to you cannot go on having an addiction and expect to live a normal life, I have to change my habits and turn in more work so I can forget gambling for a while and when I think that I'm ok I get back to gambling with new perspective.

[YOSHIE]

Let's start with the simple choice: Do you consider yourself to have a gambling problem affecting your happiness, security, relationships, finances, etc? (Yes or No)

No, I gamble regardless of any problems be it family, finances, happiness and so on, which make me miserable, I have reasons for all of that.

1. My family never knows about gambling.
2. I placed a bet not with my salary.
3. I gamble just to look for challenges and experience.
4. I gamble for myself, I also use the money I win from gambling for myself, my family doesn't take part.

So, for the reasons above, of course you understand how I gamble, of course it doesn't hinder any action I take, including happiness.

[madnessteat]

~snip~

Currently I believe I have no problem with gambling as I am in control of my spending in most gambling sessions. Of course, there are times when I am so caught up in the excitement that I make an additional deposit, but it happens very rarely.

To reduce the attraction to gambling I do sports. Sport allows me only to spend time with the benefit of my health, but also has a positive effect on the psyche.