Why is it so hard to stop?

[Baki202]

It is always so difficult for beginners to stop because they have a particular way which they understand bitcoi, one must keep on playing to hit a win. Normally this is how beginners reasons,  that is why it is always advisable for beginners to understand gambling better before going into it. Understanding in gambling helps one to be a responsible and brings a new mindset not to think winning in gambling is guaranteed,  it makes one to have the idea that gambling is a game of luck.

This is not about beginners alone, no matter who you are, it is very difficult to actually able to stop gambling easily. The only thing you can do is to regulate how you gamble but stopping it is something that is very difficult to do so the most important thing you can do is to have days that you are going to gamble because when you dont make plans on when and how to gamble, people always think that its is only beginners that have this issue of gambling and not stopping but this something that everyone is suffering from and i dont even know what the problem is because of the economy situation. Everyone is looking for a place to get extra cash, i won't even lie. One of the main reasons people gamble is not more than because of money. If not for money, I don't see any other reason why anyone would want to risk their money. Control matters because when you lose control, it won't end well.

[bitbollo]

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How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

There is "my" rule number 1.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1234109.0

1° You Can't become rich with betting!

If you don't understand this as first argument you will continue to lose and playing without any common sense.
The best way to recover a gambling lose is = earn money in another way, get a job, offer services, selling old stuffs...just to say some easy tasks.
Otherwise you will continue to pursue the same mistake: lose? you will lose more trying to recover.
Even you need to count hours dedicated to gambling... if you're trying to "earn" it's like you're paying for making a job

[nara1892]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

You are essentially describing the symptoms of the onset of gambling addiction. So there is nothing mysterious about this feeling. It is important to realize what is happening to you and take immediate countermeasures. In your situation, it would be effective to act contrary to what you are attracted to, namely, to take a break and not play, probably for two weeks or even a month.

From your statement, it seems that I can conclude that the main key to avoiding addiction is to maintain "awareness", because with awareness we will be able to identify various indications that occur that can lead us to addiction and of course with awareness we will know what we should do in that situation to avoid addiction such as stopping when the situation starts to heat up because of defeat and coming back when the atmosphere is calm. But it is a fact that unfortunately most gamblers always find it difficult to control themselves in that situation, most of them actually fall and get carried away until they are finally trapped in the addiction phase, and this is the importance of maintaining awareness.

[mammusu]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

This is why I always say although we have limits in gambling, but often these limits are destroyed when we play, the urge to keep winning and chasing defeat has become a trap that makes us have to be trapped in losses, not only you, I think many of us here have experienced what you have experienced and in the end the rest of the money we have is also used up in gambling, curiosity and also the emotional urge to keep trying to recover what we have lost often blurs and destroys every limit we make, so in the end when all the money we have is used up and the game is over of course at that time we will regret and say to ourselves: If I had stopped earlier of course I would still have some money now .

[Ricardo11]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

You are essentially describing the symptoms of the onset of gambling addiction. So there is nothing mysterious about this feeling. It is important to realize what is happening to you and take immediate countermeasures. In your situation, it would be effective to act contrary to what you are attracted to, namely, to take a break and not play, probably for two weeks or even a month.

From your statement, it seems that I can conclude that the main key to avoiding addiction is to maintain "awareness", because with awareness we will be able to identify various indications that occur that can lead us to addiction and of course with awareness we will know what we should do in that situation to avoid addiction such as stopping when the situation starts to heat up because of defeat and coming back when the atmosphere is calm. But it is a fact that unfortunately most gamblers always find it difficult to control themselves in that situation, most of them actually fall and get carried away until they are finally trapped in the addiction phase, and this is the importance of maintaining awareness.

I agree with you, gamblers can easily lose their self-control in gambling. It is not easy to maintain the right mindset in gambling, because its temptations force you to be greedy. The possibility of losing in gambling is very high, but even after knowing this, gamblers cannot stay away from gambling, even after they lose, they take more risks to recover the loss, which eventually goes out of control, and this is why they face additional losses in gambling.

Now although maintaining self-control is difficult, but it is not impossible. Along with awareness, it is very important to maintain discipline, specific financial limits, and specific time for gambling. Because if you have a tendency to gamble randomly at any time, it can easily turn into addiction. So if you can follow all the things and limits well, it is definitely possible to protect yourself from gambling addiction.

[madnessteat]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

This is why I always say although we have limits in gambling, but often these limits are destroyed when we play, the urge to keep winning and chasing defeat has become a trap that makes us have to be trapped in losses, not only you, I think many of us here have experienced what you have experienced and in the end the rest of the money we have is also used up in gambling, curiosity and also the emotional urge to keep trying to recover what we have lost often blurs and destroys every limit we make, so in the end when all the money we have is used up and the game is over of course at that time we will regret and say to ourselves: If I had stopped earlier of course I would still have some money now .

Absolutely agree with you and it doesn't just apply to gambling abuse. Someone abuses sweets, someone abuses alcohol, someone abuses promiscuous sexual relations. All these people are weak in front of their desires so they cannot stop. In order for a person to stop, he must first realize that he is experiencing problems because of his desires. Someone does not realize it because he really does not have any problems, and someone runs away from problems, not admitting even to himself in their existence.

[348Judah]

Controlling addiction does not comes that easy, that is why we could find out that so many people are being addicted for long and couldn't help with the situation because they are not finding it easy to do, but only a few could manage to pause and check on how they have been gambling, place a review and make an overall assessment on their gambling lifestyle before knowing what is missing and where they needed adjustment to, unlike those who couldn't afford to detect such and apply the necessary intervention needed for their own benefits as a gambler.

[Su-asa]

Controlling addiction does not comes that easy, that is why we could find out that so many people are being addicted for long and couldn't help with the situation because they are not finding it easy to do, but only a few could manage to pause and check on how they have been gambling, place a review and make an overall assessment on their gambling lifestyle before knowing what is missing and where they needed adjustment to, unlike those who couldn't afford to detect such and apply the necessary intervention needed for their own benefits as a gambler.

You are right, it's not easy to stop gambling or control the urge of gambling when you are in the mood to gamble. Although an addict gambler is always in the mood to gamble and can not hold money without gambling with it. However they might try to control themselves but it will be kind of difficult for them to stop it. IMO, the easy way to control gamble addiction is when one doesn't have money to gamble because without money one can not gamble. Although there are gamblers that normally use their properties to stake when they are low on funds.

[Akbarkoe]

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From your statement, it seems that I can conclude that the main key to avoiding addiction is to maintain "awareness", because with awareness we will be able to identify various indications that occur that can lead us to addiction and of course with awareness we will know what we should do in that situation to avoid addiction such as stopping when the situation starts to heat up because of defeat and coming back when the atmosphere is calm. But it is a fact that unfortunately most gamblers always find it difficult to control themselves in that situation, most of them actually fall and get carried away until they are finally trapped in the addiction phase, and this is the importance of maintaining awareness.

What kind of awareness is meant? Because not a few gamblers realize that they are in a losing situation due to the many defeats they experience, but choose to continue the game in the hope of being able to return what has been lost.

The thing that must be emphasized when you are involved in the world of gambling is awareness of the limitations of gambling itself. What we need to understand carefully is that gambling is about a loss, not a profit. And the awareness meant here is not just realizing that someone is experiencing a defeat, but rather a deep understanding that gambling is basically not a way to get stable profits.

and it is undeniable that many of those who plunge into the world of gambling are trapped in the wrong mindset, namely the mindset of "revenge" for the defeats they experience, which can make them fall into an endless gambling cycle. which therefore avoids unwanted things from happening, then we need to really understand the limitations of gambling from the start, including the fact that the possibility of winning is always smaller than losing, and the victory definitely belongs to the house or the gambling organizer itself.

[GIF-JOBS]

Controlling addiction does not comes that easy, that is why we could find out that so many people are being addicted for long and couldn't help with the situation because they are not finding it easy to do, but only a few could manage to pause and check on how they have been gambling, place a review and make an overall assessment on their gambling lifestyle before knowing what is missing and where they needed adjustment to, unlike those who couldn't afford to detect such and apply the necessary intervention needed for their own benefits as a gambler.

You are right, it's not easy to stop gambling or control the urge of gambling when you are in the mood to gamble. Although an addict gambler is always in the mood to gamble and can not hold money without gambling with it. However they might try to control themselves but it will be kind of difficult for them to stop it. IMO, the easy way to control gamble addiction is when one doesn't have money to gamble because without money one can not gamble. Although there are gamblers that normally use their properties to stake when they are low on funds.

Their addiction is so deep that when they do not have money, they borrow money from others, or sell something valuable and start gambling with that money.

In fact, those who have the habit of selling such assets or borrowing money to gamble do not easily get rid of gambling, they will not be able to quit gambling until they lose all their assets and become completely destitute.

Because at the moment they are not thinking about the fact that they are only losing money, and gradually the amount of their losses is becoming huge. Now they do not pay any attention to their losses, when they lose and become completely destitute at one stage, then they will be able to return to the right path, and understand the right thing. But he already lost all his all wealth.

[Findingnemo]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

There is nothing much we can do, we can either accept that loss (that's what I do) or think we can beat the house. Unfortunately many thinks the later who ends up chasing the loss and then losing more in the process of doing it. It is true that we can't be peaceful when we lose on something especially after coming pretty close to a win but we also need to understand the fact that gambling is all about our luck, when we starts losing then I just take it as a sign.

[mak013]

Controlling addiction does not comes that easy, that is why we could find out that so many people are being addicted for long and couldn't help with the situation because they are not finding it easy to do, but only a few could manage to pause and check on how they have been gambling, place a review and make an overall assessment on their gambling lifestyle before knowing what is missing and where they needed adjustment to, unlike those who couldn't afford to detect such and apply the necessary intervention needed for their own benefits as a gambler.

Cmon, if you want - u can do it. I was smoking more than 20 years. When i felt discomfort from smoking - i stopped. I drink about 30 years, but still i can drink 2-3 beers on weekend and don`t cares about it. May be i need some signal to stop.
It is same for the gambling. Until u wanna stop - u wilnt.

[Makus]

It is really hard to stop after starting. This is an even bigger problem especially for those who are new gamblers. When we do something new, we have enough interest in that work that we enjoy it as long as we stay in it. So when a newbie gambler starts gambling, he gradually likes to gamble and thinks about gambling till he is not gambling. Because of thinking about gambling in this way, gambling always works in his brain and he always wants to gamble, so when there is a need to take a break from gambling, they do not take a break but they continue to gamble continuously. When he loses a lot of money he may realize his mistake but many people realize this mistake too late and many become seriously addicted to gambling.

It is always so difficult for beginners to stop because they have a particular way which they understand bitcoi, one must keep on playing to hit a win. Normally this is how beginners reasons,  that is why it is always advisable for beginners to understand gambling better before going into it. Understanding in gambling helps one to be a responsible and brings a new mindset not to think winning in gambling is guaranteed,  it makes one to have the idea that gambling is a game of luck.

Actually, not all newbies get addicted or finds it difficult to quit gambling addiction. Some persons were already smart before they started gambling, so they under that they cannot get rich overnight from gamble. It's possible they must have seen how addicted destroyed the life of someone they knew dearly and from that they picked up their own initiative about it without anyone advising them. Though it's possible for a newbie to have all these experiences of people who are addicted and still fall into addiction. Most people easily get blinded by the tricks played by gamble, and at first they think they've discovered a new easy source of income and by the time they start losing too much, they think its too late to quit now after all the loses, and focus their minds on playing to get lucky and hit one massive jackpot.

[Dailyscript]

Controlling addiction does not comes that easy, that is why we could find out that so many people are being addicted for long and couldn't help with the situation because they are not finding it easy to do, but only a few could manage to pause and check on how they have been gambling, place a review and make an overall assessment on their gambling lifestyle before knowing what is missing and where they needed adjustment to, unlike those who couldn't afford to detect such and apply the necessary intervention needed for their own benefits as a gambler.

Cmon, if you want - u can do it. I was smoking more than 20 years. When i felt discomfort from smoking - i stopped. I drink about 30 years, but still i can drink 2-3 beers on weekend and don`t cares about it. May be i need some signal to stop.
It is same for the gambling. Until u wanna stop - u wilnt.

This is exactly what i tell people. When you make up your mind to stop gambling it is very possible. Only someone who is not yet ready to quit gambling will still find himself going back to gambling. It is not all about saying you will quit with mouth, its about taking the necessary actions to eliminate gambling for good. Humans are naturally born in a way that once something becomes a discomfort to them they immediately try to remove that thing from their everyday life. Until gradually they have overcome it.

[Bushdark]

Controlling addiction does not comes that easy, that is why we could find out that so many people are being addicted for long and couldn't help with the situation because they are not finding it easy to do, but only a few could manage to pause and check on how they have been gambling, place a review and make an overall assessment on their gambling lifestyle before knowing what is missing and where they needed adjustment to, unlike those who couldn't afford to detect such and apply the necessary intervention needed for their own benefits as a gambler.

Cmon, if you want - u can do it. I was smoking more than 20 years. When i felt discomfort from smoking - i stopped. I drink about 30 years, but still i can drink 2-3 beers on weekend and don`t cares about it. May be i need some signal to stop.
It is same for the gambling. Until u wanna stop - u wilnt.

This is exactly what i tell people. When you make up your mind to stop gambling it is very possible. Only someone who is not yet ready to quit gambling will still find himself going back to gambling. It is not all about saying you will quit with mouth, its about taking the necessary actions to eliminate gambling for good. Humans are naturally born in a way that once something becomes a discomfort to them they immediately try to remove that thing from their everyday life. Until gradually they have overcome it.

You are very correct and addiction is something that can be stopped but sometimes our ignorance is what do make it looks like we are not able to stop it. When the mind is prepared to do something, we should buy underestimate it because all executions started from the mind which is why when a gambler is determined to stop something, he would surely stop it but when the mind is divided, to execute such plans will not be possible at all. This why we need to know what we are doing and what we really need but trying to please the body when the mind is not ready.

[Huppercase]

From your statement, it seems that I can conclude that the main key to avoiding addiction is to maintain "awareness", because with awareness we will be able to identify various indications that occur that can lead us to addiction and of course with awareness we will know what we should do in that situation to avoid addiction such as stopping when the situation starts to heat up because of defeat and coming back when the atmosphere is calm. But it is a fact that unfortunately most gamblers always find it difficult to control themselves in that situation, most of them actually fall and get carried away until they are finally trapped in the addiction phase, and this is the importance of maintaining awareness.

Your financial level can also have a detrimental effect on hard you go on addiction. There are people that are gambling addicts today that you never knew they were gambling at first, it's true they are not doing that in the beginning but along the line, something came up that made them start gambling, some of time become broke an when they look for other way out and there is none, they quickly grab gambling as thier second chancd and it became a story.

If you don't have work, you are likely to be a gambling addict than a regular person. Some people that earn money from their their place of work don't gamble often, they only do after they see that their account balance has shrink and the next thing they think is gambling where they can double or triple their money but immediately they make another another or collect another payment, they leave gambling for that moment and focus on their life until they are broke again.

[stomachgrowls]

Controlling addiction does not comes that easy, that is why we could find out that so many people are being addicted for long and couldn't help with the situation because they are not finding it easy to do, but only a few could manage to pause and check on how they have been gambling, place a review and make an overall assessment on their gambling lifestyle before knowing what is missing and where they needed adjustment to, unlike those who couldn't afford to detect such and apply the necessary intervention needed for their own benefits as a gambler.

Cmon, if you want - u can do it. I was smoking more than 20 years. When i felt discomfort from smoking - i stopped. I drink about 30 years, but still i can drink 2-3 beers on weekend and don`t cares about it. May be i need some signal to stop.
It is same for the gambling. Until u wanna stop - u wilnt.

This is exactly what i tell people. When you make up your mind to stop gambling it is very possible. Only someone who is not yet ready to quit gambling will still find himself going back to gambling. It is not all about saying you will quit with mouth, its about taking the necessary actions to eliminate gambling for good. Humans are naturally born in a way that once something becomes a discomfort to them they immediately try to remove that thing from their everyday life. Until gradually they have overcome it.

You are very correct and addiction is something that can be stopped but sometimes our ignorance is what do make it looks like we are not able to stop it. When the mind is prepared to do something, we should buy underestimate it because all executions started from the mind which is why when a gambler is determined to stop something, he would surely stop it but when the mind is divided, to execute such plans will not be possible at all. This why we need to know what we are doing and what we really need but trying to please the body when the mind is not ready.

Everything is really that inside into our mind and on the moment or time that you do able to realize that gambling isnt something that you can make it as a main living, then you would definitely be having that an issue but at the moment that you do find yourself having that kind of realizations that it was meant for having fun and not for money then you will really be able to live up on that normal way of living. When you do put up into your mind that gambling could really give out that kind of easy money then you will be continuing on doing it no matter what on which you have already put up your mind on what on the things that you do wanted to do. Its really that sensible that when dealing up with gambling then make it sure that you wont be going past into your limits because once it does then stopping will really be that a very big issue or problem.

Usually people do only stop at the moment that they dont have anymore money into their pocket and on the moment that they've been that experiencing hardship then this is where they will really be that become mindful into the things that they are currently doing. Its the usual stuff but you can actually be able to stop it midway and be able to make things that be able to avoid it out to happen if you are really just that sensible into the current happening into the condition that you are dealing into. So it will really be that situational because not all people do share up with the same mindset and actions.

[Bushdark]

Controlling addiction does not comes that easy, that is why we could find out that so many people are being addicted for long and couldn't help with the situation because they are not finding it easy to do, but only a few could manage to pause and check on how they have been gambling, place a review and make an overall assessment on their gambling lifestyle before knowing what is missing and where they needed adjustment to, unlike those who couldn't afford to detect such and apply the necessary intervention needed for their own benefits as a gambler.

Cmon, if you want - u can do it. I was smoking more than 20 years. When i felt discomfort from smoking - i stopped. I drink about 30 years, but still i can drink 2-3 beers on weekend and don`t cares about it. May be i need some signal to stop.
It is same for the gambling. Until u wanna stop - u wilnt.

This is exactly what i tell people. When you make up your mind to stop gambling it is very possible. Only someone who is not yet ready to quit gambling will still find himself going back to gambling. It is not all about saying you will quit with mouth, its about taking the necessary actions to eliminate gambling for good. Humans are naturally born in a way that once something becomes a discomfort to them they immediately try to remove that thing from their everyday life. Until gradually they have overcome it.

You are very correct and addiction is something that can be stopped but sometimes our ignorance is what do make it looks like we are not able to stop it. When the mind is prepared to do something, we should buy underestimate it because all executions started from the mind which is why when a gambler is determined to stop something, he would surely stop it but when the mind is divided, to execute such plans will not be possible at all. This why we need to know what we are doing and what we really need but trying to please the body when the mind is not ready.

Everything is really that inside into our mind and on the moment or time that you do able to realize that gambling isnt something that you can make it as a main living, then you would definitely be having that an issue but at the moment that you do find yourself having that kind of realizations that it was meant for having fun and not for money then you will really be able to live up on that normal way of living. When you do put up into your mind that gambling could really give out that kind of easy money then you will be continuing on doing it no matter what on which you have already put up your mind on what on the things that you do wanted to do. Its really that sensible that when dealing up with gambling then make it sure that you wont be going past into your limits because once it does then stopping will really be that a very big issue or problem.

One of the reasons why many people keep getting addiction in gambling is because they want to make money  by all means.
Greed has been a major reason why we keep seeing gamblers become easily addicted to gambling which should not be.
Stopping gambling is what some gamblers would never do because they always have that mindset that they will surely win one day and if they decided to stop, that means their dream may not come to past. This is where the addiction to gamble more will start developing and those that are not so strong and under what they are doing will lose hope of getting their problems solved.

[stadus]

If you don't have work, you are likely to be a gambling addict than a regular person. Some people that earn money from their their place of work don't gamble often, they only do after they see that their account balance has shrink and the next thing they think is gambling where they can double or triple their money but immediately they make another another or collect another payment, they leave gambling for that moment and focus on their life until they are broke again.

That’s still not a valid reason because there are people who work hard at their jobs or businesses, yet they still use their earnings for gambling. The reality is, gambling addiction doesn’t pick a specific financial status, it can affect anyone, whether rich or poor.

[Jody.Drummer]

This leads to impulsive actions that are indeed likely to make gamblers repeat actions such as re-depositing money to get a big win or with another intention is to want to recover the previous losses. This is certainly not true and is not even profitable at all in any way, I believe and am sure that those who have a mindset of wanting to recover losses tend to become acute addicts who find it difficult to stop gambling or betting.
I agree that defeat is something that is certain and cannot be avoided but can still be minimized, because the size of the defeat we experience depends on our own attitude and behavior in gambling, now if we gamble with the aim of pursuing victory then maybe what can happen is a loss on a fairly large scale, but if our goal is not like that then maybe the scale of defeat is lower.

All this is inevitable in gambling, every player will be in a situation when he will need to replenish his deposit again, or when he wants to win back after several losses. And I think that the main question here is how often this happens, the more often a player faces such situations, the more we can assume that he is dependent on gambling and perhaps makes irrational decisions when he makes a new deposit and rushes to lose it again. Until the player lets go of this situation and accepts that he will not be able to return what he lost, he will only worsen his situation and will not be able to stop.

when they lose money in gambling but have the intention to want to recover their losses then there will be no considerations made properly, in a hurry and in a hurry the choice that will be made is to deposit their money back into gambling to get a win that can cover the previous loss that has occurred. In fact, as you said that there is no sure way to be able to return what has been lost in gambling.
I agree with you who said that those who can't stop will only make things worse, maybe some people can be lucky to get a win after experiencing a loss, but unfortunately more people suffer more when they can't stop betting.