Gambling addiction have a control

[TopTort777]

Just tell me how somebody plan to control addiction, if this is already a problem that was appeared from lack of control What are you talking about? Gambling addiction can not be controlled. If you can control it, it is not an addiction but hobby then. If you control addiction, then there is no addiction at all. Even definition of an addiction says: Addiction is defined as not having control over doing, taking or using something to the point where it could be harmful to you.

It is very difficult to control gambling addiction.  You can only prevent yourself from getting addicted to gambling by understanding gambling better. Once you are addicted in gambling you find yourself gambling uncomfortable and you won't mind spending all your money in gambling.  Gambling addiction is very terrible and gamblers who are addicted are always helpless and they will always be pushed to gamble just to satisfy their urge in gambling.
Most times the only way to control gambling addiction is to quit gambling and it is not easy for addicted gambler to take a decision like this .

Read my posts here again. If you can control, this is not an addiction, but a hobby or activity you do regularly. Addiction is what you cant control. You can cure with help, but cure does not mean controlling. I dont know how else to explain that, as this is so opposite by definition or understanding, like saying slow-fast as description. Controlled gambling maybe are correct words, but not gambling addiction control.

[viljy]

Just tell me how somebody plan to control addiction, if this is already a problem that was appeared from lack of control What are you talking about? Gambling addiction can not be controlled. If you can control it, it is not an addiction but hobby then. If you control addiction, then there is no addiction at all. Even definition of an addiction says: Addiction is defined as not having control over doing, taking or using something to the point where it could be harmful to you.

Then how do you explain why people quit smoking? Smoking is one of the strongest addictions. You can smoke for several decades and then quit. Similarly, alcohol abuse can be stopped after years of heavy drinking. I quit smoking twice myself, the first time I lasted for three years, then after a few years I quit smoking again.

This is addiction control. I admit that a person cannot control his addiction if he uses drugs. But gambling addiction does not cloud the brain as much as drugs, so the inability of a gambler to realize his position and control himself is simply a lack of will, or it is a conscious unwillingness to change his position.

[Smartprofit]

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.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, no self-discipline can completely eliminate the development of gambling addiction. Setting a certain limit on the amount of money that a player is willing to spend on gambling does not always help.

This is due to the fact that gambling addiction directly affects the player's emotions, forming harmful negative habits. If you actively gamble, then you automatically fall into the risk group.

This can be compared to direct contact with an infectious patient (gambling addiction is generally similar to a viral disease). Especially dangerous are long periods of winning, which form the illusion in the player that gambling is an analogue of entrepreneurial activity.

At the same time, I absolutely agree with you that the lack of a permanent job greatly increases the risk of developing gambling addiction.

[SamReomo]

Then how do you explain why people quit smoking? Smoking is one of the strongest addictions. You can smoke for several decades and then quit. Similarly, alcohol abuse can be stopped after years of heavy drinking. I quit smoking twice myself, the first time I lasted for three years, then after a few years I quit smoking again.

It's easy to quit smoking for the ones with strong will power but the question is that for how long time they'll be able to not smoke? Some people quit smoking and any other type of addiction forever while others will quit it and re do it and the cycle continues that way. I hope you'll not smoke again in your life, consider this time's quitting as a life long one not just for few years.

[Onyeeze]

Then how do you explain why people quit smoking? Smoking is one of the strongest addictions. You can smoke for several decades and then quit. Similarly, alcohol abuse can be stopped after years of heavy drinking. I quit smoking twice myself, the first time I lasted for three years, then after a few years I quit smoking again.

It's easy to quit smoking for the ones with strong will power but the question is that for how long time they'll be able to not smoke? Some people quit smoking and any other type of addiction forever while others will quit it and re do it and the cycle continues that way. I hope you'll not smoke again in your life, consider this time's quitting as a life long one not just for few years.

out of 100% of people who quit smoking almost 75% of them is still smoking, the thing is that they will let you know that they have stopped smoking in open floor but some of them do hide and continue the smoking without the awareness of other people, I want to relate it with gambling because many people who says that they will not be a gambling addict or they are going to quit in gambling most of them Gambles in a hidden way in which you will not see them so that is what I want to let some people know that anything that you are addicted to it will take a long time before you can exit from that willingly and another thing that makes people not opening up to stop gambling totally, is when they remembered their lost in gambling and they' are willing to pursue their lost until when they will recover it.

[sunsilk]

It is a serious problem and about a lack of jobs, which is true about people getting engaged more with gambling because they think that it will be a source of income quickly.

At first, that will give an optimistic approach to it because they'll see that they're winning.

But when the come times that they're losing money and lack of job isn't being solved by gambling, that's the time they will soon realize that they need to act on it accordingly for them to have a real source and so they can only gamble with spare budget they have.

[Oluwa-btc]

There are gamblers who have been gambling for years and have never been addicted to gambling. There are those who gamble for some a few months and they are struggling with its addiction. It is a matter of principle. The principle acts like the gambling addiction stopper. And you have already pointed them out in the OP. Gambling is a fun activity that everyone should enjoy just like when you go the stadium to watch your favorite team. When the game ends regardless of who wins or losses, you leave the stadium. This is how gambling is supposed to be. After all the fun, know when to leave.

Definitely gambling addictions have so much control over the individual this is why some can't control themselves whenever they gamble but regardless just as you have spotted gambling as fun and at such it should be observe as that and when you feel it's going beyond it's capabilities you put a stop. Besides one can actually control their gambling habits not to be led to addictions but it's hard to let go some levels of addiction but with time it'll be controlled.

[LUCKMCFLY]

At the same time, I absolutely agree with you that the lack of a permanent job greatly increases the risk of developing gambling addiction.

Yes, a permanent job where the person is extremely busy releases the desire to be involved in a casino, or at least they will be too tired to play and only the person will want to share with their family and rest, relax, that is a thousand times better than being in a casino, but it is a thought that at least I have, but the person who does not have such an intense job, should do sports , and not to avoid addiction, but for health, the more activities that are done will decrease the desire to be in a casino.

[Mate2237]

Setting out money for the sake of gambling could be a good one but I don't think that it's the best way in controlling your gambling activities because for the fact that you are setting out money for the purpose of gambling it self is a sign of addiction

The best way to handle gambling related addiction is that you should not take gambling seriously it should not be taken seriously, it should be something that should be done on a partial basis not giving attention to it is the best way to handling gambling addiction

[rachael9385]

Setting out money for the sake of gambling could be a good one but I don't think that it's the best way in controlling your gambling activities because for the fact that you are setting out money for the purpose of gambling it self is a sign of addiction

I don't think so mate because there are many gamblers in here and outside the forum that love gambling for fun, so they probably feels that if they don't set aside money for there gamble activities they will probably make some financial mistakes in future. So am just saying that setting aside some money for gambling is not addicted. People who gamble for fun do not except anything from gamble.

[tread93]

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.

It's so much easier said then done though for an addict. I mean we are talking about folks who literally can't help themselves from gambling and that's a touch one to deal with because literally everything you work for gets put into a losing game for the most part in their case. Do you guys know any gambling addicts who are rich?

[laijsica]

At the same time, I absolutely agree with you that the lack of a permanent job greatly increases the risk of developing gambling addiction.

Yes, a permanent job where the person is extremely busy releases the desire to be involved in a casino, or at least they will be too tired to play and only the person will want to share with their family and rest, relax, that is a thousand times better than being in a casino, but it is a thought that at least I have, but the person who does not have such an intense job, should do sports , and not to avoid addiction, but for health, the more activities that are done will decrease the desire to be in a casino.

I was addicted at one time and was looking for a way to overcome it when a senior advised me to focus on physical exercise and also enticed me to do other income-generating activities and I took his advice. My life changed and my addiction to gambling reduced to a great extent. But as you said, one should play sports. I agree with you that one should try to increase one's focus on sports so that laziness does not touch us because laziness can take you to the edge of destruction.

An example of people who have permanent jobs is that they will be busy with their jobs all day and spend time with their family in the evening and this should be the case for an ideal person. Yes, sometimes they may go to a casino for entertainment but it is with limited time allocation and they do not consider gambling as a way of earning.

[nara1892]

Setting out money for the sake of gambling could be a good one but I don't think that it's the best way in controlling your gambling activities because for the fact that you are setting out money for the purpose of gambling it self is a sign of addiction

I don't think so mate because there are many gamblers in here and outside the forum that love gambling for fun, so they probably feels that if they don't set aside money for there gamble activities they will probably make some financial mistakes in future. So am just saying that setting aside some money for gambling is not addicted. People who gamble for fun do not except anything from gamble.

You are right about this and I would add that when a gambler deposits some of his money on gambling it does not mean that they are making a financial mistake, for a gambler especially those who come for entertainment purposes the act is not much different than when you go on vacation to a place to seek pleasure by sacrificing some money, the only benefit expected is pleasure and not money, addiction is another thing, meaning depositing money in gambling does not mean that they are addicted.

[MusaPk]

Read my posts here again. If you can control, this is not an addiction, but a hobby or activity you do regularly. Addiction is what you cant control. You can cure with help, but cure does not mean controlling. I dont know how else to explain that, as this is so opposite by definition or understanding, like saying slow-fast as description. Controlled gambling maybe are correct words, but not gambling addiction control.

The only reason why people lose so much in gambling is because they don't have control over themselves. Whether winning or losing its essential that you have control over yourself and it's also very important that you know when it's the time to quit. If a gambler don't have that kind of control over himself then he will lose heavily in gambling. One can cure the gambling addiction habit, but for that he must have to make a resolve that he is going to quit that addiction else all treatments will just be a waste of money and time.

[Victorybit1]

To avoid gambling addiction, I believe we must change our relationship with it, seeing it as mere entertainment rather than a solution to problems. Beyond planning our expenses, we should focus our minds on productive activities that keep us away from excess. It's crucial to recognize that gambling doesn't guarantee income and shift our attention to stable jobs or other endeavors. Ultimately, reducing the time spent gambling and finding balance in our routines is key, as the goal is to maintain control. Addictions aren't crimes, but they must be taken seriously because they can ruin lives.

Addiction aren't crimes but there's a high chance that it might lead to it. There are people that commit crimes to fuel their gambling addiction, they end up stealing and doing other things that are morally wrong just to gamble. People get addicted to gambling because they think it's something that's capable of changing their life, as a result of this too much relevance and reliance is placed on it. Like you said it would be better if it's only done for entertainment purposes instead trying to make it a source of income.

[@nn@_pen9]

Just like any other addiction gambling can be quite difficult to deal with, even those that set aside their budget either for the year, month or week still end up diverting from the plan. most people fail to get out of this addiction because they are going about it the wrong way. What addicted gamblers need to work on is reducing their engagements in gambling instead of trying to stop rapidly. This is something that takes time, but as you put in consistent effort to reduce the time and money you spend you'd notice a change, this is an easy way to keep this addiction under control.

It depends on how severe the addiction is, but indeed when someone is addicted to gambling it will be difficult to recover, especially if the addiction is severe, it will be difficult for them to get away from gambling. People who are addicted will always prioritize gambling in any way, including as you said always setting aside money to gamble even though they are having a hard time but gambling will always be there.
Maybe they have to fight their urge to gamble by diverting it to other things.

Although addiction is hard to cure, I think there will always be a way to recover in dealing with problems like this even though their addiction is quite acute in gambling. The recovery process does require time and effort that is not short, but with the support of the right people around them, I think this can provide direction or support, encourage them to forget the defeat that has occurred and not repeat it again. And of course their closest people divert to something positive, to divert their focus from gambling.

[fruktik]

It is a serious problem and about a lack of jobs, which is true about people getting engaged more with gambling because they think that it will be a source of income quickly.

At first, that will give an optimistic approach to it because they'll see that they're winning.

But when the come times that they're losing money and lack of job isn't being solved by gambling, that's the time they will soon realize that they need to act on it accordingly for them to have a real source and so they can only gamble with spare budget they have.

What kind of free budget are you talking about when we are talking about a player who has no source of income, earnings? In such a situation, every cent counts. Therefore, it is best not to start playing, but to think about where to find earnings or get a permanent source of income.

I found myself in a situation where I was fired from work and was left owing a lot of money even by modern standards. This was a real test for me. What thoughts did not visit me. I even thought about ending my life, since I cannot pay off loans and debts, and collectors from banks pressed me daily and threatened with violence.

[TopTort777]

Read my posts here again. If you can control, this is not an addiction, but a hobby or activity you do regularly. Addiction is what you cant control. You can cure with help, but cure does not mean controlling. I dont know how else to explain that, as this is so opposite by definition or understanding, like saying slow-fast as description. Controlled gambling maybe are correct words, but not gambling addiction control.

The only reason why people lose so much in gambling is because they don't have control over themselves. Whether winning or losing its essential that you have control over yourself and it's also very important that you know when it's the time to quit. If a gambler don't have that kind of control over himself then he will lose heavily in gambling. One can cure the gambling addiction habit, but for that he must have to make a resolve that he is going to quit that addiction else all treatments will just be a waste of money and time.

So what is the idea of your post? To repeat once again that people lose or do stupid moves when they cant control themselves? Having a gambling addiction means that things have already gone out of control. That is why I dont get what people try to post here and convince others. They talk about controlling uncontrolled thing If they can control the way the gamble, that means they control how often they gamble, frequency and length of sessions. But that isnt addiction.

[dezoel]

At the same time, I absolutely agree with you that the lack of a permanent job greatly increases the risk of developing gambling addiction.

Yes, a permanent job where the person is extremely busy releases the desire to be involved in a casino, or at least they will be too tired to play and only the person will want to share with their family and rest, relax, that is a thousand times better than being in a casino, but it is a thought that at least I have, but the person who does not have such an intense job, should do sports , and not to avoid addiction, but for health, the more activities that are done will decrease the desire to be in a casino.

Jobs in most countries only take 8 hours of your time if it's a full-time job, and given that, a person will still have plenty of time to do extra things and gambling can be among them if someone has a general interest in it. So I don't think that having a job will stop someone from getting addicted to gambling if they get into it. Someone can easily take rest for a couple of hours and then have a lot of time to do it, you don't go out with the family every day or have a busy day all the time, so you will still get time for gambling.

Besides, I have also heard that some people gamble during work, which means that if someone gets addicted to gambling, they will do it even when they are at work; that's how strong the urge for gambling is. One can only stay away from gambling or don't get addicted to it if they are sensible and understands and remembers the consequences at all times.

[Nothingtodo]

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

Despite having a gambling budget, there are many who cannot control their gambling addiction, especially those who are overly greedy in nature. After the weekly or monthly budget is over, they think that maybe if they bet, they will be able to recover their previous losses. This is the only way people lose control. However, if someone has good intentions, they can certainly control themselves, but if they are excessively greedy, it is not possible for them to control themselves. However, for those who regularly budget and do not bet again when the budget is exhausted, it is only possible to participate in gambling within control.