When did you realize you need to be a responsible gambler so you can continue ?

[qwertyup23]

We all know that we cannot play for a long time without being responsible players; we could go crazy, or we could lose all our money; at some point, you have to realize that you need to play responsibly, so I created this poll and this discussion to pick your reasons and explain it.

In my case, I have to lose a lot of money to realize I have to gamble responsibly if I don't want to break my finances and experience depression, so now I control myself and monitor my expenses, and I'm doing good with it.

I think we can all agree that experience is the best teacher especially in this type of situation.

Gambling is all about chances and odds. The result can either go two (2) directions: either you win or you lose miserably. Sure, there is always that possibility of winning huge amounts of money but remember that there is also that equal chance of you losing the same.

Whenever a person wins in a gambling game, there is this high and adrenaline that they feel. They think that they can experience this feeling and win this amount of money by betting again without discounting the fact that the house always wins due to the presence of house edge.

Personally, I learned more when I realized that I made a huge mistake of betting continuously. I lost lots of money in the process and that regret still lingers from time-to-time. The good thing, however, is that my experience is what made me the person today, which definitely made me more responsible in the process.

[Kavelj22]

We all know that we cannot play for a long time without being responsible players; we could go crazy, or we could lose all our money; at some point, you have to realize that you need to play responsibly.

Unfortunately, this is not entirely accurate because many gamblers are addicted and cannot control their desires. Most of them have bad experiences with their mental condition (addiction), but many of them also live with their illness and have not stopped gambling irresponsibly, despite all the harm they have suffered as a result.

Like most of voters, I chose "I am a responsible person" option, even though it isn't always that exact.
Explanation: From the beginning of my experience I was afraid of the idea of becoming a gambling addict, especially since I had a bad experience with alcohol addiction, which required me a great effort to get rid of. Then, by virtue of my knowledge of scientific research, I understood that behavioral addiction is one of the most dangerous types of addiction that can afflict a person.

[uneng]

In my case, I have to lose a lot of money to realize I have to gamble responsibly if I don't want to break my finances and experience depression, so now I control myself and monitor my expenses, and I'm doing good with it.

Yes, in my case I also had to lose some amount of money until I realized I was taking the wrong approach towards gambling. I had gambling as a potential source of income to make steady passive income profit, so as you can see I was really wrong about it, and it was only though losses that I understood I couldn't overcome the house edge factor, which prevents us from making profit on long run, despite the strategies we use and the size of the bets we place.

Now I know to be responsible gambler means to know we can't defeat the house the more we play. I finally got aware about my personal limits inside the game, so I don't get greedy anymore and stick to a pre-determined bankroll which can never be trespassed. People around me sometimes advised me that it was taking so much risks by gambling, but I didn't listen to them at all. I had to learn by myself, through my own mistakes...

[EluguHcman]

Honestly there fells no necessity to apply conciousness at the places were you feels there is no form of threats.
So any gambler that thinks gambling has no negative impacts would surely fall victim to irresponsibilities.

Perhaps some take chances of gambling responsibly either after tough lessions of their gambling or by others experiences.
I personally, I learnt my responsible gambling in a hard way after multiple looses that affects my emotions although I have not been such addicted that I cannot control when to stop.

[danherbias07]

After losing all my weekly salary. I think that's the worst-case scenario that I have done in my life and I won't do it again.
I was so hooked on a slot game that I had forgotten to think ahead. The plan was also wrecked and I just wanted to win more than what I had lost.
It's a moment that I regretted the most and thankfully I got it back when I got some funds and Stake.com gave me more than what I had lost. After that win, I withdrew everything and left just $5 in my account. I lost it all and had the thought that I made the best decision in my life because if I had more, I may have continued gambling and lost more than that.
Discipline is a helpful way to make profits, we should really think about what we will do after a win or a lose.

[SmartGold01]

I chosed the last option because I know that I am responsible player because I wouldn't want to experience much lose before I could apply responsibleness in my bet, what I does is that I always have some special weeks I do go into gambling this on a based that I can be sure that winning is close or nearly because when going into gambling without a proper analysis on a game you want to bet makes it so easily for you to lose. Most people that often lose is as a cause of irresponsible gambling and not thoroughly doing their analysis couple with eagerness to hit some certain amount.

[STT]

I voted the top one but I've only lost more then I would like not that I had put a large amount into one place to bet in one session to begin with.    Its true that anyone can make a mistake and lose more then they planned to with any variation of details during a bet.

  Mostly I made a mixup with live betting which gives very little time but is very convenient way to engage with sports betting during a match.   Only deposit a daily amount and most of the time you will be ok, I think crypto is ideal to segregate the amounts.

[acroman08]

when I lost my rent money for the month(it might not be a big deal for some but it was for me), though I still had money saved in my bank at the time of losing my rent money and it is what I used to pay for the rent, it still affected me financially for a while. realizing and getting scared of how risky it is to gamble money you can't afford to lose made me take a step back from gambling at the time and reevaluate what I have been doing. the change was not instant, I used to make excuses to gamble but in the end, I was able to get out of my gambling problem and be more responsible with my money when gambling.

[Frankolala]

I got addicted way back and lost a lot in gambling which almost affected me negatively, so that gave me a reason to quite gambling because I came to realize that I am chasing shadows, and need to get a real life.

I stayed away from gambling for long before, I started gambling again, but this time I caution my myself and gamble responsible. Experience is the best teacher and that is why gamblers that can manage their emotions and bankroll are the true gamblers.

[Slow death]

I realized this as soon as I started with sports betting, on my first day, I deposited money, played and lost everything, on the second day I deposited again, played and lost everything. On the third day I deposited again, played and lost everything. Then I went to sleep sad, I confess that I couldn't understand what was happening, because I didn't know anything about sports betting and yet I deluded myself into thinking that I could make a profit. When I started thinking about my losses, I made the decision to put the last little money I had left in the casino because I didn't reach the minimum withdrawal amount and I bet, I didn't even expect that I would get my bet right.

and I was lucky to get it right and recover everything I lost and left with a profit and I stopped playing for a long time and only came back when I was more mentally prepared and no longer had the same mindset and looked at gambling as a means to make a profit. I confess that it was the best decision I made, because when I started making sports bets again, I already knew how to analyze the games, I already knew how to manage my bankroll, I already had an idea of how the markets and odds worked. But the most important thing is that I started playing for fun

[Odusko]

I got addicted way back and lost a lot in gambling which almost affected me negatively, so that gave me a reason to quite gambling because I came to realize that I am chasing shadows, and need to get a real life.

I stayed away from gambling for long before, I started gambling again, but this time I caution my myself and gamble responsible. Experience is the best teacher and that is why gamblers that can manage their emotions and bankroll are the true gamblers.

Your experience with gambling addictions is not different from that of many of us here on the board who may have experienced gambling at one time or the other, gambling addictions have lead to so much loses for us but then thank Goodness we were able to escape it since we are extremely determine to get over the whole thing, because gambling addictions can only be overcome via self determinations.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

We all know that we cannot play for a long time without being responsible players; we could go crazy, or we could lose all our money; at some point, you have to realize that you need to play responsibly, so I created this poll and this discussion to pick your reasons and explain it.

In my case, I have to lose a lot of money to realize I have to gamble responsibly if I don't want to break my finances and experience depression, so now I control myself and monitor my expenses, and I'm doing good with it.

Well, for me, I've been a responsible guy right from time even before I started gambling, but i understand that being responsible in real life doesn't connote or equal to being responsible with activities like gambling, but I believe that being responsible naturally helped me to be very careful when I started gambling, because I've heard and read stories of people who were rich, but ended up becoming extremely broke simply because they lost all their fortune to gambling, even though I wasn't rich at the time, I didn't want the same thing to happen to me even with the little money I had, so, I was always very careful with how much I bet on games while gambling.

The above have helped me to teach myself how to become a responsible gambler right from the onset, and today, I am mostly happy with all my gambling decisions, because I never tend to lose more than I can afford, only ones (if I remember correctly) have I lost money I never prepared to lose, and since then, I've not made such mistake again.

[Fiatless]

We all know that we cannot play for a long time without being responsible players; we could go crazy, or we could lose all our money; at some point, you have to realize that you need to play responsibly, so I created this poll and this discussion to pick your reasons and explain it.

Before I started gambling I have been around core gamblers. I have seen responsible and irresponsible gambling and its effects. I have seen people gamble with shoes, watches, and clothing because they were addicted to gambling or chasing losses. There are times when a fight breaks out between gamblers because of irresponsible gambling.

I have also been around some of the finest and responsible gamblers whom I admired. These set of gamblers have control over how much they spend on gambling. With this experience, it was now up to me to make my choice and I decided to be responsible from the onset. Although there are times when I gamble irresponsibly in most cases I have always been a responsible gambler.

[CryptSafe]

OP I could understand that you virtually could be talking out of experience. You know sometimes things happens so that one would could learn how to control situations.
You have spoken well but however, I have never gambled out of my budget and as a matter of fact, I can categorically and boldly say it aloud that I am a responsible gambler and I do not exceed my limit while gambling. Although not every time it ends in my court but most times I smile home with a good take away package. I am not addicted to gambling so I know when to call it a day while gambling.

[boty]

I got addicted way back and lost a lot in gambling which almost affected me negatively, so that gave me a reason to quite gambling because I came to realize that I am chasing shadows, and need to get a real life.

I stayed away from gambling for long before, I started gambling again, but this time I caution my myself and gamble responsible. Experience is the best teacher and that is why gamblers that can manage their emotions and bankroll are the true gamblers.

Of course there will be bad impacts that will arise from gambling addiction and if you are aware of this, of course this is very good because if you are late in realizing this, of course there will be many problems resulting from gambling addiction.
To be able to stay away from gambling is certainly not an easy thing, we need a lot of struggle so that we can get rid of the habit of gambling and if you can learn from the experiences you have had, of course you will be able to really manage the gambling that we will do.

[Cantsay]

Right from when I started gambling I have always managed my bankroll properly and I have never had to regret depositing more than I could afford to lose. The only issue I know I had back then was staying too long in my account - there are times when I’ll keep toggling between winning and losing and that would keep my account with some balance and because of that I’d have to stay longer and gamble more - which eventually led to me not doing anything useful with my time. That was the only problem I had but fortunately I was able to manage it and even if I have balance in my account I can still log out and come back another time to continue my game.

[alastantiger]

Losing can teach one a big way to being responsible in gambling, this is because when you lose you feel the need to caught down on you gambling activeness which to some extent we need to checkmate in other to remain at a level where we can build consistently gambling experience, some times when you have a large amount in balance you may get carried away to stake more than you should if you are not being responsibly guided.

Losing consistently is one big way that makes the gambler realize that they should do something about their gambling. And this realization comes to the gambler when they are alone with themselves. That's when our minds speaks up and tells us the bitter truth that is hard to deny.

I agree with the voters, the first and last choice are judged by ourselves, while the rest are related to third parties opinion. I don't care with third parties opinion because different person has a different risk to reward ratio. For you 5% of money is fine to be gambled, but for them, they can't even accept 0.1% to be gambled, they want to save money as much as possible.

Third part opinions is not as solid as the ones we give ourselves. Nevertheless, there are some third party opinions that comes to use from a place love and care. A wife, mother, father, husband, talking to their partners or kids about being a responsible gamble and how much damage that their unguarded betting habit has become. Are all third party opinions  and they could even have a better effect on the mental health on the gambler.

[Juse14]

What other people have experienced is more than enough to remind me how important it is to control myself when gambling, and how important it is to be a responsible gambler. Because learning is not only learning from what we experience, but also from what other people experience. Where many people are trapped in the cycle of hopeless gambling, they have lost everything including wealth, the people closest to them, and the trust of other people. And do we have to experience all that first, to understand the negative impact of irresponsible gambling activities? No, right? and therefore, before something bad happens to us, control ourselves and the gambling activities we do as best as possible, so that we can always avoid all the negative impacts of gambling.

[angrybirdy]

We all know that we cannot play for a long time without being responsible players; we could go crazy, or we could lose all our money; at some point, you have to realize that you need to play responsibly, so I created this poll and this discussion to pick your reasons and explain it.

In my case, I have to lose a lot of money to realize I have to gamble responsibly if I don't want to break my finances and experience depression, so now I control myself and monitor my expenses, and I'm doing good with it.

Truth to be told, before I started gambling I actually made rules for myself, I listed there all the things I shouldn't do and shouldn't happen to me especially since I grew up in a family with relatives whose lives became miserable because of gambling, at a young age, I told myself that I didn't want to have a life like theirs until I carried that thought to adulthood and until I participated in gambling. Thankfully I can follow my rules and I can say that I am a responsible gambler.

[mirakal]

In my case, I have to lose a lot of money to realize I have to gamble responsibly if I don't want to break my finances and experience depression, so now I control myself and monitor my expenses, and I'm doing good with it.

Yes, in my case I also had to lose some amount of money until I realized I was taking the wrong approach towards gambling. I had gambling as a potential source of income to make steady passive income profit, so as you can see I was really wrong about it, and it was only though losses that I understood I couldn't overcome the house edge factor, which prevents us from making profit on long run, despite the strategies we use and the size of the bets we place.

Now I know to be responsible gambler means to know we can't defeat the house the more we play. I finally got aware about my personal limits inside the game, so I don't get greedy anymore and stick to a pre-determined bankroll which can never be trespassed. People around me sometimes advised me that it was taking so much risks by gambling, but I didn't listen to them at all. I had to learn by myself, through my own mistakes...

Losses are inevitable in gambling but if you take some caution while gambling, you will definitely manage and lessen your losses. Good thing I learned from the experiences of other gamblers earlier that made me realized that I should chose to gamble more responsibly so I will never experience huge loss from gambling.

However, staying responsible while gambling is never that easy as greed will always comes out. But if you have emotional control, you will chose not to be greedy and stay within your limits in gambling. That’s the safest way so you won’t lose a lot and regret in the end.