Have you been addicted to gambling in the past.

[swogerino]

This question is for those gamblers that were once addicted to gambling and was able to come out from addiction.

How did you go about it?

Was someone there to help you out or you took the bold step all alone?

How long did your addiction last?


What's your best advice to gamblers fighting with addiction?

Sure there are a lot of people who became addicted to gamble after series of loses or maybe they feel that if they should continue with this thier gambling habit that they might probably put thier self in a very  big mess then they start looking for a possible means to stop before it will bring serous problem to them. However, I can't Deny the fact that I'm a gambler and I have been gambling for some years now but I don't see myself as someone who is addicted and even My love ones Also noticed that I'm a responsible gambler.

Well I was low on money and I never suggest this to anyone but decided to gamble in my mobile phone as my main machine is limited with firewall rules and cannot access my favorite gambling sites. Again never do what I just did yesterday and today but I happen to in twice in a row with 150 dollars each session. I withdrew 300 dollars in total and had about 80 left which I lost in an old love of mine Rabbit Garden. The same pattern in this shitty game from Pragmatic, several brutal lost buy bonuses in a row. Now I won because I played Gates of Olympus Super Scatter and that game when it hits it makes you feel good, though only hits rarely.

[SOKO-DEKE]

What's your best advice to gamblers fighting with addiction?

To fight gambling addiction is not something easy. But my advice to those who want to stay away from gambling addiction is that they need to find something to doing that will always keep them busy and so busy that they wouldn't even give them time to check their phones that they will be able to visit bet sites. But also what the person should be busy with should also be something that will be brings in money. With that, it's possible that they may not get addicted again, but they have to keep doing it continuously over a long period of time.

The reason I’m saying this is because I have someone close to me who was seriously addicted to gambling but when he got involved in something that kept him busy all the time, that’s how he was able to control himself from gamble gambling addicted. Once he got to his workplace, he would be there until night. And when he finished and got back home, he was always too tired to do anything else. He would just go to bed so he could wake up early the next day for work.Many people find it hard to control their gambling addiction because they always have too much free time to gamble.

[Juse14]

I myself have never experienced a gambling addiction, as I haven't been involved in the gambling world for long. My first time gambling was in early 2025, and so far, my gambling has been smooth sailing without any negative impact on my life.

I've never experienced a gambling addiction, but from my understanding, "You don't have to fall to feel the pain of falling." Similarly, with gambling addiction, we don't need to experience addiction to understand its harmful effects. Gambling addiction is a significant problem and quite difficult to find a solution to, because once someone is addicted, the problem becomes more complex. We have witnessed the negative impacts of irresponsible gambling. Gambling addiction is more than just financial loss; it's more than that; many people have lost everything due to their gambling addiction, including careers, businesses, and even loved ones. Worse still, there have been several incidents where, after succumbing to their gambling addiction, people have even committed suicide.

These incidents serve as a reminder of the importance of gambling responsibly. Gambling is indeed about having fun, but if we seek anything other than pleasure, it will only end in regret and misery.

People addicted to gambling always feel like no one cares about them. Foolishly, instead of recognizing their addiction and working to overcome it, they seek validation that what they're doing is right. They continually chase big wins that they never achieve. They keep chasing those wins because if they succeed, they can prove that their gambling is truly profitable.
It's important to understand that when you're addicted to gambling, many people actually care about you, but you never pay attention to them. You constantly ignore those who try to raise your awareness, and you even turn against them. Therefore, when you're experiencing a gambling addiction, never close your ears and your heart. Wake up from this empty dream and start speaking up.

[silpersurfer]

I did not completely fall into addiction, but I was close to it. I realize that I wasn't on the right track, making me more aggressive in gambling and spending more time with it than with my family. It's a good thing I was still in control of myself. I stopped gambling for several weeks just to relax my mind and refresh my thoughts. It is about remembering events and decisions and why it brings me there (close to addiction).

We don't have to lose our minds - that is very important in gambling.

Everything was going well before we learned about gambling, but after we learned about it, everything changed. However, it's not gambling that's wrong; it's our own inability to recognize ourselves properly when we gamble, resulting in negative impacts, which extend beyond financial ones. I agree with your point: when gambling negatively impacts our lives, the best thing to do is to withdraw from it and refrain from revisiting it for a period of time, at least until we regain full control and can think clearly about it.

A person experiencing addiction is essentially losing their sense of self, and when gambling without full awareness, it will only end in loss and regret. Therefore, in gambling, not only must we play responsibly, but we must also always ensure that we gamble consciously.

[madnessteat]

~OP~

I still can't figure out if I had a gambling addiction or not, but there was a time in my life when I spent every night at a land-based casino near my house. I couldn't imagine life without gambling. I spent almost all my money on booze and gambling. I could only go home when my pockets were empty and I couldn't find any more money to continue gambling. I am more inclined to believe that it was a gambling addiction, but I was able to get rid of it on my own, gradually replacing gambling with other forms of entertainment. Currently, I exercise strict control over myself in the area of gambling, as I do not want to and cannot afford to repeat this experience.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Nearly I would have been overwhelmed by gambling addiction but self motivation and awareness made me not to drawn in the addiction. When you become curious to know the dangers of becoming a gambling addict, you will be aware and likely advice yourself against it and even if you are already addicted, you can still come out of it through the self awareness of how disastrous the addiction can be to you.

 How to come out of it is to start researching about the more effective way of combating the addiction, try every methods you get and definitely one of those methods will work for you. If you don't take the decision of embracing change, no body can help you. The first step is to acknowledge that you are addicted and the second step is to abide by the rules of responsible gambling habits.

[Hanadawa]

The reason I’m saying this is because I have someone close to me who was seriously addicted to gambling but when he got involved in something that kept him busy all the time, that’s how he was able to control himself from gamble gambling addicted. Once he got to his workplace, he would be there until night. And when he finished and got back home, he was always too tired to do anything else. He would just go to bed so he could wake up early the next day for work.Many people find it hard to control their gambling addiction because they always have too much free time to gamble.

A person can overcome a gambling addiction by engaging in other activities that shift their focus. That's what I learned from a friend, and he said it's common knowledge that you should redirect your energy from negative activities to positive ones. However, those who are already addicted to gambling will often even spend their time gambling. I also have a friend who, despite working, gambles during every break. When he gets home, he stops for a drink of soju and gambles. It seems that what makes someone addicted to gambling is their mindset. Your friend may realize the responsibility he has for his and his family's future, and he wants to stop gambling, which leads him to shift his focus to work.

[DaNNy001]

I have never been addicted but I have seen people who were addicted to gambling and i can say it is really a bad experience for them and something one should not wish for or try to be a victim of. I have a friend that was addicted to gambling for over years and anytime he has money instead of him to take care of pressing needs he will use the money to go and gamble and after losing the money he will start regretting and once money entered his hand again he will rush to casino and lavish the money and even when he is on profit he will  not stop he will continue untill he lost everything. He has not stopped finally but he has reduce and I believe he made a decision and God helped him.

Gambling addiction has a grip on a lot of young people in our society today... Even those that manage to recover end up relapsing at some point and some lie about making a change, this is because of the effect that it has on them..in most cases it turns into a psychological issue that only them cannot solve, help from a therapist might be required... people that have been addicted in the past can tell you how terrible this addiction is

[Oasisman]

I think we all have some experience where we gamble more frequently at some point in our lives. I guess it's safe to say, that is the point where we can consider we got addicted to gambling. Luckily, we were able to overcome it as we are able to minimize our gambling urges now as we grow old having a lot of financial responsibilities.
That is the kind of gambling addiction that are within our control.

[Mahanton]

This question is for those gamblers that were once addicted to gambling and was able to come out from addiction.

How did you go about it?

Was someone there to help you out or you took the bold step all alone?

How long did your addiction last?


What's your best advice to gamblers fighting with addiction?

Sure there are a lot of people who became addicted to gamble after series of loses or maybe they feel that if they should continue with this thier gambling habit that they might probably put thier self in a very  big mess then they start looking for a possible means to stop before it will bring serous problem to them. However, I can't Deny the fact that I'm a gambler and I have been gambling for some years now but I don't see myself as someone who is addicted and even My love ones Also noticed that I'm a responsible gambler.

Well I was low on money and I never suggest this to anyone but decided to gamble in my mobile phone as my main machine is limited with firewall rules and cannot access my favorite gambling sites. Again never do what I just did yesterday and today but I happen to in twice in a row with 150 dollars each session. I withdrew 300 dollars in total and had about 80 left which I lost in an old love of mine Rabbit Garden. The same pattern in this shitty game from Pragmatic, several brutal lost buy bonuses in a row. Now I won because I played Gates of Olympus Super Scatter and that game when it hits it makes you feel good, though only hits rarely.

When you are still that a noob and seen someone who do play something then you do find out that they are making or racking up some big wins, then you would definitely be having that kind of impression that you can actually do it on which this mentality of yours would be that telling you that you should be that playing it also because you've been that believing that you can be able to make up some wins too. Getting addicted some sort of is definitely been experienced by those people who do test out on playing gambling and its just that a normal thing because once you do have those kind of experience on winning up some game then it would be giving out that kind of boost up when it comes into your emotions on which if you arent that good when it comes to control and moderation then this is where shit things do happen. There are those times that you do become that desperate basing up into the mindset that you do have towards gambling. You might be able to recover from addiction or you would be able to easily move on and just that simply forget on what you've been dealing on with.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

This question is for those gamblers that were once addicted to gambling and was able to come out from addiction.

How did you go about it?

Was someone there to help you out or you took the bold step all alone?

How long did your addiction last?


What's your best advice to gamblers fighting with addiction?

I've never been addicted to gambling and will never be addicted, and as someone who has never been addicted before to gambling, I really don't have any idea how it feels, but I've been addicted to other stuff outside gambling and know very well that addiction is a very bad sickness which when it grips you, leaving and getting free is major challenge.

My advice to gamblers would be to always be very careful and avoid addiction at all cost, you may not know when it's coming but the best way to be on guide is to be self conscious, monitor yourself well to know when you are already spending more time on gambling than normal, when you notice such, take break from gambling for a while so your brain lose that grip and focus on something else, excessive gambling for a long while is what often leads to addiction.

[skarais]

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I still can't figure out if I had a gambling addiction or not, but there was a time in my life when I spent every night at a land-based casino near my house. I couldn't imagine life without gambling. I spent almost all my money on booze and gambling. I could only go home when my pockets were empty and I couldn't find any more money to continue gambling. I am more inclined to believe that it was a gambling addiction, but I was able to get rid of it on my own, gradually replacing gambling with other forms of entertainment. Currently, I exercise strict control over myself in the area of gambling, as I do not want to and cannot afford to repeat this experience.

You were clearly a gambling addict in the past, but then gradually recovered. I'm in the same position as you, except there are no legal land-based casinos here. My gambling addiction wasn't long-lasting, and I'd say it wasn't too bad financially. I only lost a lot of money for five to ten months without being able to save any, but at that time my gambling intensity was so high that I couldn't even miss it a day without it.

My gambling intensity decreased over time as I began to discover more important things. This was certainly a major turning point in my life, changing many things. I managed to save money and then focused more on investing, but I still occasionally wanted to spend a few dollars on a particular game. Now that everything is going well, I don't expect to go back to the way it was.

[Raflesia]

I think we all have some experience where we gamble more frequently at some point in our lives. I guess it's safe to say, that is the point where we can consider we got addicted to gambling. Luckily, we were able to overcome it as we are able to minimize our gambling urges now as we grow old having a lot of financial responsibilities.
That is the kind of gambling addiction that are within our control.

There are moments when we sometimes become fixated on gambling, and our games become much more intense than before. However, I don't think this is a form of addiction, but rather a case of FOMO or hype, because situations like this always come and go.

Perhaps if we’re too strict, we might label this as addiction, but I feel it’s simply a situation where we’re overly focused and the hype around gambling is so high that we engage in intense gambling without even realizing it.

This is indeed not good behavior, but it’s also not appropriate to label it as addiction, considering that we don’t always do the same thing continuously but only at certain moments like that. However, this can also have more severe consequences if we normalize it too much, as addiction can become a domino effect when we normalize it and don’t want to change the bad habits we’ve developed.

[Stalker22]

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You said you "couldn’t imagine life without gambling" and basically lived at the casino every night. I mean, come on, if that isnt addiction, what is? Sounds like your whole world started to spin around the roulette wheel. 

[Makus]

I think we all have some experience where we gamble more frequently at some point in our lives. I guess it's safe to say, that is the point where we can consider we got addicted to gambling. Luckily, we were able to overcome it as we are able to minimize our gambling urges now as we grow old having a lot of financial responsibilities.
That is the kind of gambling addiction that are within our control.

Not everyone was able to overcome that stage in one piece, some gamblers didn't quit or minimize their rate of gambling probably because they think they've gone too far to give up now, but in reality not giving up will only make you end up in more loses than you already have acquired but not everyone is wise enough to understand this. The system was programmed to favour us and the better we learn this the best for us, because I see so many people putting their hopes in gamble to change their lives,  well from my perspective any win we make it's by mistake or let's just call it luck, the casino might claim their system is probably  fair but that's  never true because their true intention is to reap us off those bank roll.

[DYOR+BTC]

Yes I have been addicted to gambling when I neglected the basic principle responsible for effective gambling all because of greed. To avoid addiction, one must eliminate greed and set some gambling principles that will govern your gambling activities at all times.
It is clearly stated we should stake what we can lose but because of greed we go beyond our financial strength and in course to recover the lost we get addicted and begin to lose more in gambling.

[rachael9385]

It is best to quit when you start to see signs that it is becoming an addiction. You can notice if gambling causes anxiety, stress, or discomfort. Generally, you tend to have excessive losses, so I recommend you escape from that situation and focus on other things to change your behavior. Generally, if you stop in time, you will avoid falling into addiction and be able to play again in a controlled manner.

The problem is that it's difficult to stop on time when you are making Profit, a lot of addicted gamblers I know got hooked because they made a lot of Profit when they started gambling. Addiction doesn't start in a day, it can take days, weeks and months. When it becomes a repetitive pattern it means that your brain have gotten used to it. When you feel anxiety when you are gambling because you are scared to lose then there's a problem

[Mr Reporter]

It is best to quit when you start to see signs that it is becoming an addiction. You can notice if gambling causes anxiety, stress, or discomfort. Generally, you tend to have excessive losses, so I recommend you escape from that situation and focus on other things to change your behavior. Generally, if you stop in time, you will avoid falling into addiction and be able to play again in a controlled manner.

The problem is that it's difficult to stop on time when you are making Profit, a lot of addicted gamblers I know got hooked because they made a lot of Profit when they started gambling. Addiction doesn't start in a day, it can take days, weeks and months. When it becomes a repetitive pattern it means that your brain have gotten used to it. When you feel anxiety when you are gambling because you are scared to lose then there's a problem

Honestly speaking i think i was in such position in gambling there is much challenges of controlling ones behaviour when experiencing success particularly in the context of gambling, to be honest i was really not that easy to see yourself making that much profit which is know to be a powerful motivator and this already has make it more difficult for any individual in that position to stop totally or slow down for a bit, to around it up i think as addicted gambler who is suffering to quit once that is really not possible but it a bit of time and the process beings  infact trying to back at onec can sometimes lead to mental illness which could be as well as harmful to the body of the gambler.

[Hispo]

Yes I have been addicted to gambling when I neglected the basic principle responsible for effective gambling all because of greed. To avoid addiction, one must eliminate greed and set some gambling principles that will govern your gambling activities at all times.
It is clearly stated we should stake what we can lose but because of greed we go beyond our financial strength and in course to recover the lost we get addicted and begin to lose more in gambling.

I have seen several people here in this thread confessing to have been addicted to gambling in the past, but nobody seem to be willing to specifically elaborate on how they overcame their addiction and recovered from it. The only one I have asked personally for now just pointed out his family was involved in his recovery, so I would like to ask you as well. How did you manage to get over it? Is there some specific method or source of help you got which ultimately gave you the will power you needed to stop gambling away your money?  Or did you just decided to go cold turkey by your own and the urges disappeared gradually?
I am very curious on the experiences of former gambling addicts, because to me it seems so difficult to recover from, but not impossible.

[kawetsriyanto]

Not admitting a gambling addition challenge only helps makes the gambler addict situation worse. However, getting to lose much more than one wins isn't really a thing of addiction though, because you can be gambling responsibly and still be making so much losses with predictions.

We must understand that there are gambler who aren't aware of addiction. So I'm not surprised if some gamblers don't admit that they are addicted. That's why the role of family members are needed here. They are the people who can remind the addicts!

Yep, losing more isn't a sign of addiction. If we aren't lucky, we must experience losing more. This is also the reason that many gamblers prefer to gamble for fun. It is the way to deal with experiencing losses. Set the limits is also the way to avoid severe losses.

What really matters in a win or losing streaks situations is staying disciplined and gambling responsibly.

The point is to stick with our plans and never think to break our limits (funds, time). If we are disciplined to do these, we can avoid gambling in an excessive way.