Gambling addiction have a control

[Mrbluntzy]

If we have statistics of what we wish to gamble weekly/monthly, we can't be addicted in the gambling, secondly, to reduce gambling addiction, we need to know that we have to reduce our expectations on gambling, and also gamble with what we can afford to lose

What about health issues and genetic traits that also plays a role in addiction? We have some addicted gamblers that their problems is genetically related to their family history and some person too is because they have some health issues with their brains. There are many factors that cause addiction for some people and because the causes of their addiction is different, the resolution of their problems can be on different approach and precautions too. If you give them wrong precautions or treatment, they will not change from being addicted unless they receive the right treatment.

[alegotardo]

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In addition to the control measures you mentioned, it is important to consider the influence of technology on gambling addiction, as the internet and easy access to mobile devices have made access to gambling easier and more convenient than ever before. This may be a contributing factor to gambling addiction, as people may feel more comfortable playing at home or on the go, without having to travel to a casino or betting shop. A solution to this? Installing control/blocking tools on mobile phones would already be a great step forward in preventing people from giving in to temptation when they are idle.

Another important aspect to consider is the relationship between gambling addiction and mental health, as it has been shown that people who suffer from gambling addiction can also have problems such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. This suggests that gambling addiction may be a symptom of a deeper problem, and that treatment should address not only the addiction itself, but also the underlying mental health issues.

Additionally, it is important to consider the role of society and culture in gambling addiction. In some countries, gambling is seen as an acceptable social activity, and people may feel pressured to participate in gambling as a way to have fun or socialize. However, this can create an environment that encourages gambling addiction, especially among people who are already prone to this type of behavior.

[Wexnident]

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It's not technically a crime but it has lead to a lot of crimes so yea, can't help but associate it for the most part really. And no, knowing how much you want to gamble doesn't automatically mean you're exempted from being a possible addict. You need to be able to gamble an amount that your monthly income could stomach. Afaik that should be around 5-10% ish? spent on entertainment and stuff, gambling is also included there. As long as those conditions are met, imo then it doesn't really matter if you gamble every month. I reckon for the most part anyway, society accepts certain types of addiction as long as it doesn't harm/hurt anyone.

[uneng]

Afaik that should be around 5-10% ish? spent on entertainment and stuff, gambling is also included there.

A gambler who is spending 5-10% of his monthly budget on bets must be aware that it means he won't be able to pay for any other entertainment activity besides gambling, since the entire budget is already destined to that hobby. If he is fine with this guideline, go ahead and be happy gambling. On the other hand, if it's an issue to not be able to spend with anything else inside the entertainment category, then he has to decrease the amount to be spent with gambling.

And I really advise doing so, because someone can't restrict all his leisure time to gambling practice. It's important to integrate family members and friends in such moments, so money is needed to go out with them, for an example. The costs involved also belong to entertainment's budget.

[btc_angela]

Most people in the forum, takes gambling addiction serious, and they seems gambling addiction as a crime, but I want some people to know that gambling addiction has a control measure, if you want to understand gambling really without be indicted in gambling, you have to make a budget neither weekly/ monthly

I'm not sure what you mean by taking gambling seriously, because if they did then that is a wrong mindset.

If we have statistics of what we wish to gamble weekly/monthly, we can't be addicted in the gambling, secondly, to reduce gambling addiction, we need to know that we have to reduce our expectations on gambling, and also gamble with what we can afford to lose

Having serious engagement on activities, it will also help us to reduce the level of our commitment in the gambling, lacks of jobs make people to be addicted in gambling, because they will one side of generating money, and all their efforts will be on gambling and it's obvious that if you engage on gambling that much you will definitely be a gambling addict.

Not defending anyone, but this advise is really good in paper, but in actually when we are gambling we forget about that budget or the money that we step aside for gambling. It's very different when we are into gambling. Sometimes as much as we want to get out, it's very difficult until you lose all the money. And then you promise yourself that it is enough.

Then the next couple of days you are again into gambling and then another big lose.

[cryptoaddictchie]

If we have statistics of what we wish to gamble weekly/monthly, we can't be addicted in the gambling, secondly, to reduce gambling addiction, we need to know that we have to reduce our expectations on gambling, and also gamble with what we can afford to lose

I didnt monitor my weekly or monthly gambling session. Not a typical gambler but a season guy I think. Just playing when I feel it. The problem with most users are they making it a routine. But of course its their choice right? Some people earn a lot of money from this and some also loses too. So being able to control it is definitely a must to users who are actively gambling.

[Ever-young]

It's not technically a crime but it has lead to a lot of crimes so yea, can't help but associate it for the most part really. And no, knowing how much you want to gamble doesn't automatically mean you're exempted from being a possible addict. You need to be able to gamble an amount that your monthly income could stomach. Afaik that should be around 5-10% ish? spent on entertainment and stuff, gambling is also included there. As long as those conditions are met, imo then it doesn't really matter if you gamble every month. I reckon for the most part anyway, society accepts certain types of addiction as long as it doesn't harm/hurt anyone.

Is there even any kind of addiction that doesn’t hurt people, even if a gambler’s addiction doesn’t directly hurt or harm people (including the addict) it’ll surely indirectly have a way it’s causing them harm. Setting a gambling budget, according to you, 5-10% ish, and then manages to stick to that budget, then such a gambler wouldn’t be classified as being addicted, regardless of how often he gambles or how much time he spends on gambling.

[Samlucky O]

Most people in the forum, takes gambling addiction serious, and they seems gambling addiction as a crime, but I want some people to know that gambling addiction has a control measure, if you want to understand gambling really without be indicted in gambling, you have to make a budget neither weekly/ monthly

If we have statistics of what we wish to gamble weekly/monthly, we can't be addicted in the gambling, secondly, to reduce gambling addiction, we need to know that we have to reduce our expectations on gambling, and also gamble with what we can afford to lose

Surely you may be right but keeping or setting aside some amount for weekly or monthly gambling and or betting does not guarantee not being addicted. Some people may still bet above their budget meaning that immediately their gambling budget get exhausted, they still fund some more amount and still continue gambling, provided they still have reserved fund. But however a serious minded person would control his emotion not to bet above his discretion. The inability to control emotion is the reason behind addiction, except a person makes a serious change otherwise addiction is a very strong attitude that control our emotion.

[viljy]

Most people in the forum, takes gambling addiction serious, and they seems gambling addiction as a crime, but I want some people to know that gambling addiction has a control measure, if you want to understand gambling really without be indicted in gambling, you have to make a budget neither weekly/ monthly

If we have statistics of what we wish to gamble weekly/monthly, we can't be addicted in the gambling, secondly, to reduce gambling addiction, we need to know that we have to reduce our expectations on gambling, and also gamble with what we can afford to lose

Having serious engagement on activities, it will also help us to reduce the level of our commitment in the gambling, lacks of jobs make people to be addicted in gambling, because they will one side of generating money, and all their efforts will be on gambling and it's obvious that if you engage on gambling that much you will definitely be a gambling addict.

In fact, this is not a control of gambling addiction, it is a prevention against the occurrence of such addiction. If an addiction has already occurred, then it cannot be controlled, because it is an addiction. If addiction could be controlled, then it would not be an addiction.

The most important thing in prevention is discipline. Discipline, which in this case includes such principles as the termination of the gaming session according to the original plan, regardless of winnings or losses, as well as the mandatory availability of a limited bankroll, which is not a pity to lose. Every violation of discipline is a step towards gambling addiction.

[Kelward]

To avoid being addicted in gambling you have to be a responsible gambler and to achieve this you need to have a budget and control. Without the two that I mentioned it is easy to become addicted to gambling which will cause financial mismanagement and also cause mental health issues. I've always been an advocate of gambling only with your budgeted bankroll, don't exceed it while gambling whether you're winning or losing. This strategy is not easy to abide with, that is where control comes in, if you can subdue the urge to continue when it's time to call it a day, you won't become addicted.

[Peanutswar]

I believe that lot of people do not really implement things we do here discussed over here so serious to implement them to their lives. There have been several talks about gambling addiction but if with the way peoples talks about addiction then no one person from this forum should suffer for addiction because the forum here and especially the gambling discussion sections covers a wider range of discussions that talks about addiction, but for sure one thing making people easily fall so flat is as the cause of having no addition means of income and they are solely relying on gambling to make and earns meet. Any person like this doesn't waste time becoming that addictive to whatever they are doing that is why it's always advisable to distance whatever you are doing sometimes to give you space and also distract your attention from focusing on a particular thing.

In reality yes because once a gambler get addicted and their emotions getting carried away with their decision making so most of the time they make a wrong move towards ended up losses more of their capital, they make another deposit and try to urge earn back their losses at least and sometimes getting greedy. Today it seems people really serious in playing gambling because others doing this as their job like they want to hit at least a good number of quota per day before stop playing gambling well I consider them as a gamblers who has still self control to themselves unlike others who make deposit like there's no tomorrow just to satisfied themselves.

[Darker45]

I have known people who have been gambling all their lives, but they aren’t necessarily addicts. It doesn’t automatically follow that since you gamble all the time, you will be addicted. It doesn’t necessarily work that way.

Some of my uncles, for example, have been gambling since I can remember. Until now, they’re still gambling, but they aren’t gambling addicts. Gambling remains a moderate hobby to them.

If they have extra money, they gamble. If they don’t have, they don’t gamble. It’s as simple as that. Instead of gambling controlling them, it’s them who control it.

[jcojci]

Gambling addiction is something dangerous that can come to any person. When they are playing gambling too often without control, they can get addicted without they realize and will spend too much money. That is why you need limitations in gambling so you know your limit and will not break the limit just to chase the win.

Doing many activities can distract your mind from the want to playing gambling. You know that you are playing gambling in your free time but you can stop yourself from spending more money on gambling. You don't want to get addicted to gambling like others so you really strict yourself and can stop gambling anytime.

[Hewlet]

Having serious engagement on activities, it will also help us to reduce the level of our commitment in the gambling, lacks of jobs make people to be addicted in gambling, because they will one side of generating money, and all their efforts will be on gambling and it's obvious that if you engage on gambling that much you will definitely be a gambling addict.

Of all the solutions that have been outlined as a way of coming out of gambling addiction, getting yourself busy with work and other activities is one sure way that works wonders more than we can ever imagine. When you have a busy schedule at the office and still have family obligations to meet up with, you rarely have spare time for gambling on most days of the week. You can literally get yourself engaged from Monday to friday, which most times dont have serious games if you are a sports gambler and on weekends, you can then shuffle between family time and maybe occasionally gamble when you want to ease yourself up. Doing that will reduce the extent of being exposed to gambling addiction, and even though you might gamble with a somewhat huge amount, because you dont do it that often, it might not affect you that much.

Unemployed gamblers are more prone to gambling addiction because, for the majority of them, it is a means of survival. Another issue comes when you get addicted as an unemployed person and finally get a job. If care is not taken and you are not able to manage things well, it can affect your productivity at work. This is why every gambler must ensure he goes about it responsibly to avert any form of regrets in the long run.

[Koadharber]

Most people in the forum, takes gambling addiction serious, and they seems gambling addiction as a crime, but I want some people to know that gambling addiction has a control measure, if you want to understand gambling really without be indicted in gambling, you have to make a budget neither weekly/ monthly

If we have statistics of what we wish to gamble weekly/monthly, we can't be addicted in the gambling, secondly, to reduce gambling addiction, we need to know that we have to reduce our expectations on gambling, and also gamble with what we can afford to lose

Surely you may be right but keeping or setting aside some amount for weekly or monthly gambling and or betting does not guarantee not being addicted. Some people may still bet above their budget meaning that immediately their gambling budget get exhausted, they still fund some more amount and still continue gambling, provided they still have reserved fund. But however a serious minded person would control his emotion not to bet above his discretion. The inability to control emotion is the reason behind addiction, except a person makes a serious change otherwise addiction is a very strong attitude that control our emotion.

There are those people who are really that not be able to make themselves getting addicted despite of the long time engagement or making up bets or gambling on casinos. We cant be able to conclude nor be able to tell that someone is really that addicted to gambling just because they are really that engaging with it. We do know that there are still who are really that good when it comes to self moderation.

Gambling do have that really make out that kind of possibility to get addicted and if you arent that good when it comes into handling your emotion and mentality then its most likely you would really be that get addicted into it. This is why it will really be better that you do have that needing up the control at the moment that you do gamble. You cant really just that make yourself that being too excessively be doing or dealing up with gambling because if you arent that mindful or sensible towards acts then it will really be that a huge problem on this case.

[Lida93]

I think this had been discussed many times in this section although I believe it's not wrong to keep reminding people about how to make it under control. I agree that we need a certain amount of money to budget for the day or the week. That way we can keep it under control and we will stop once its depleted. But we also have to add a winning point. Some will be happy just to double their momey and others go pass that number. There should be a point on when we are satisfied with the winnings and withdraw then not coming back for a day or two.

Surely the discourse on gambling addiction can never be overstated as the menace has really messed up with the minds of many responsible fellows ruining their finance and social status before they could even  realise it. Addition to having a controlled gambling budget for either weekly or monthly for the activity, it is without fail that as gamblers we ensure to have other reliable and secure source(s) of income which we help us to be able to tame our impulse towards making money from gambling and give much of their impulse on entertaining ourself with the games while hoping that our luck might cross path with some wins.

[Charles-Tim]

Setting a gambling budget, according to you, 5-10% ish, and then manages to stick to that budget, then such a gambler wouldn’t be classified as being addicted, regardless of how often he gambles or how much time he spends on gambling.

Sometimes I go for 5% which is my maximum that I can go. Sometimes I only go for less than 2%. I go for 1% most times. The recommended amount that should be used for gambling is 1%. Provided if you are receiving enough money as salary because some people's salaries are not enough for their basic needs.

Example is someone receiving a salary of $500 weekly.
10% on gambling is 50%.
1% on gambling is $5.

$5 will be easy to lose unlike $50 which I see as a waste of money on gambling.

[Ruttoshi]

Majority of gamblers knows these things that you mentioned above, but they get carried away when gambling because some of them cannot let go of their losses. However, some gamblers put profits as their priority whenever they want to gamble.

Everything that you said is true, if only one has self control and discipline over his gambling activities. Let's learn to see gambling as something we put money in without expecting any return.

[Beparanf]

Most people in the forum, takes gambling addiction serious, and they seems gambling addiction as a crime, but I want some people to know that gambling addiction has a control measure, if you want to understand gambling really without be indicted in gambling, you have to make a budget neither weekly/ monthly

Gambling addiction is brutal and we know some user here that experienced it first hand by sharing their gambling addiction story here that’s why forum user consider it as a serious matter.

It’s less serious if you don’t gamble at all because don’t experience the intensity of the feeling of being addicted to gambling.

I sometimes feel the urge that I was to become addicted despite I have proper bankroll management whenever I encounter an gambling experience that makes me triggered.

[KiaKia]

Most people in the forum, takes gambling addiction serious, and they seems gambling addiction as a crime, but I want some people to know that gambling addiction has a control measure, if you want to understand gambling really without be indicted in gambling, you have to make a budget neither weekly/ monthly

If we have statistics of what we wish to gamble weekly/monthly, we can't be addicted in the gambling, secondly, to reduce gambling addiction, we need to know that we have to reduce our expectations on gambling, and also gamble with what we can afford to lose

Having serious engagement on activities, it will also help us to reduce the level of our commitment in the gambling, lacks of jobs make people to be addicted in gambling, because they will one side of generating money, and all their efforts will be on gambling and it's obvious that if you engage on gambling that much you will definitely be a gambling addict.

As a gambler if you live by the rules and nothing else you will never become an addict, if there is anything that I can be addicted to it will be something worth dying over, like me trying all I can to become financially free by investing in BTC and other layer 1 projects I can find, yes many will fail, some won't just survive but I don't care, I still feel better doing this than risking a lot of money on gambling.

At times gambling do have its good days, where some unexpected profits coming knocking but it is not something to depend on like your source of income or something that can retire your bloodline.

Do it like a responsible fella, be disciplined and risk small money, this is what gambling deserves, the only place where you can keep trying all the days of your life and you not hitting the nail on the head is gambling, one has to be very careful.