How can we avoid addictions in gambling?

[LUCKMCFLY]

I completely agree with you. Anyone should be able to gamble or bet intelligently, as you mentioned, by knowing the initial, and final steps before placing a bet, and I think that is what setting goals means. I am sure a gambler can avoid addiction this way, compared to gambling without considering limits. However, betting with money we can afford to lose is crucial when betting. Some of these tips may have been mentioned many times, but I believe they are still relevant and necessary for everyone, especially for gamblers, to be a reminder..

Yes, it's true, we as players can give that advice , but we know very well that many players don't follow the advice because they Prefer to live their Own Experiences, so it's better to advise and when some players listen, we'll prevent them from losing a lot of money.

[o48o]

Gambling is an addiction, which means that if you gamble, you are an addict. However, the severity of your addiction to gambling is the problem. The more you gamble, the more severe your addiction will be.
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Sorry, but this is just false information.

Gambling can be addictive, it's not addictive for everyone. And only addiction is addiction. Gambling is just gambling.

Gambling is not addiction more then candy, running, tv, sex, shopping, work, games, social media or actually any of the countless of activities you can get addicted to.
Like you said "severity of your addiction to gambling is the problem". If just plain gambling itself was an addiction, then you wouldn't use phrases like "addiction to gambling".

[Yorubek]

Gambling should be primarily for entertainment purposes, and the risk of losing money can be multiplied by expecting more than this. It is very important to manage gambling in a disciplined manner and allocate time and money to survive in the field, and not to bet repeatedly to recover lost money, and not to make any decisions based on greed or emotion, and it is very important to gamble with money that we can afford to lose. This does not put additional financial pressure on ourselves, so we have self-control and can protect ourselves from major losses.

[rachael9385]

Gambling should be primarily for entertainment purposes, and the risk of losing money can be multiplied by expecting more than this. It is very important to manage gambling in a disciplined manner and allocate time and money to survive in the field, and not to bet repeatedly to recover lost money, and not to make any decisions based on greed or emotion, and it is very important to gamble with money that we can afford to lose. This does not put additional financial pressure on ourselves, so we have self-control and can protect ourselves from major losses.

Every point you made is accurate, one of the quickest way people get addicted to gambling the most is when they bet repeatedly eto.recover what they have lost. When a gambler cannot accept their losses it only leads to them losing more. A lot of gamblers say it's difficult to avoid the pressure that comes with losing, but it's simple, always make sure you gamble with an amount you can afford to lose

[icebar]

Easiest way to avoid gambling addiction is not gambling in the first place  

But for arguments sake if you are already into gambling, I believe you need to set some ground rules for yourself like playing with a budget, when you lose your money just avoid chasing those loses because you will be hooked and feel the house owes you money and keep playing and this will be a repeat activity for you... Lastly let's teach ourselves to walk away, win or lose  walkaway and try another day.

It is not true that gambling will make you addicted. There are many gamblers who gamble regularly but are not addicted to gambling. Because they have developed a systematic rule in this. You have highlighted some important points to stay away from addiction. However, there are some other aspects that should be taken in mind. It is not right to bet during excessive emotions because at this time there is a high possibility of making wrong decisions. Another thing is that there are many people who are very happy after winning in gambling and take a bigger risk the second time due to excessive excitement and if they lose then they suffer financial losses. For this, self-control is very necessary. Applying these in real life can help you get rid of gambling addiction.

[DYOR+BTC]

Gambling should be primarily for entertainment purposes, and the risk of losing money can be multiplied by expecting more than this. It is very important to manage gambling in a disciplined manner and allocate time and money to survive in the field, and not to bet repeatedly to recover lost money, and not to make any decisions based on greed or emotion, and it is very important to gamble with money that we can afford to lose. This does not put additional financial pressure on ourselves, so we have self-control and can protect ourselves from major losses.

If gambling is straightly for entertainment, how them can the rewards for our passion in sports be gained. Gambling is done at times to receive rewards for or passion in sports and not only for entertainment.  If pointing at never exceeding the idea of gambling beyond entertainment is a key of overcoming addiction, does that means one can not get addicted if we only gamble for entertainment.

Know matter the purpose of gambling, if it is not done with principles there must be addition because there won't be any alarm to state when to stop or continue gambling

[Johnlomape]

Gambling should be primarily for entertainment purposes, and the risk of losing money can be multiplied by expecting more than this. It is very important to manage gambling in a disciplined manner and allocate time and money to survive in the field, and not to bet repeatedly to recover lost money, and not to make any decisions based on greed or emotion, and it is very important to gamble with money that we can afford to lose. This does not put additional financial pressure on ourselves, so we have self-control and can protect ourselves from major losses.

Having you tried gambling for entertainment before and lose all your bankroll? That is when you will understand that gambling has different phases and we don't have to joke about it. You can make money today and claiming to be an entertainment gambler but if you lose some other days for like 3 days straight, that will when you are going to know that gambling is not just for entertainment, it is for those struggling to earn more than their deposits. When you make a deposit on a casino, your plan is to make quick profit so that you can withdraw it and use it for what you like but this might be different when you could not make any profit and lose everything.

[Sir_Garry55]

Gambling should be primarily for entertainment purposes, and the risk of losing money can be multiplied by expecting more than this. It is very important to manage gambling in a disciplined manner and allocate time and money to survive in the field, and not to bet repeatedly to recover lost money, and not to make any decisions based on greed or emotion, and it is very important to gamble with money that we can afford to lose. This does not put additional financial pressure on ourselves, so we have self-control and can protect ourselves from major losses.

Having you tried gambling for entertainment before and lose all your bankroll? That is when you will understand that gambling has different phases and we don't have to joke about it. You can make money today and claiming to be an entertainment gambler but if you lose some other days for like 3 days straight, that will when you are going to know that gambling is not just for entertainment, it is for those struggling to earn more than their deposits. When you make a deposit on a casino, your plan is to make quick profit so that you can withdraw it and use it for what you like but this might be different when you could not make any profit and lose everything.

Most persons uses the word "entertainment" to be precise this is what it is to most persons and trust me, there are some gamblers that don't feel if they lose or not, because they are not prone to the game. But in precise, there is no gambler that will gamble with the mindset of no rewards, indeed there is a reward to be look out for, whether you are addict or a mere gambler.

To explain what entertainment gamblers aim are, firstly they are not the ones that can not do without gambling, secondly they don't depend on gambling for any source of income to them. What they only aim for is the reward at the end. It is entertainment because they are responsible towards gambling, not only to them to also their fiances. But a gambler whose aim is the expectations he can make it big, then you will likely identify those as the chronic or addicted ones.

[alegotardo]

Gambling has been in an existence long time ago and it has always been fun all the way. Many people got involved in gambling just to have fun while some other people see it as there own way of expressing passion for games, sporting bet etc. however gambling that was initially made for fun and excitement later became a major problem to humanity due to addiction that has lead to the down fall of many young people that got involved in gambling.

These has kept me worried and restless so I decided to ask this questions :

- how can we avoid or control our gambling activities so that's it wouldn't lead to addictions ?

-how often should we gamble?

To prevent gambling from become an addiction, the best thing you can do is accept that the moment you start betting, the risk of addiction is already there, waiting to catch you and the only thing that can protect you is the limit you impose on the amount of money and time you spend on this activity. That is why you need to set limits before you start gambling... have a fixed budget and never exceed it, have a maximum time limit to gambling and stick to that requirement as well, even if you are having a lucky day.

The most important thing not is how many times you gamble per week, but how well you can say no to your own impulses, whether you can stop when you reach your money and time limits, whether you don't chase your losses and do not trade gambling for work, friends or family.

If you realize you've already exceeded any of these limits, then it's time to stop urgently... the sooner you do, the greater the chances of reversing this addiction.

[Bitcoin.com97]

Gambling has been in an existence long time ago and it has always been fun all the way. Many people got involved in gambling just to have fun while some other people see it as there own way of expressing passion for games, sporting bet etc. however gambling that was initially made for fun and excitement later became a major problem to humanity due to addiction that has lead to the down fall of many young people that got involved in gambling.

These has kept me worried and restless so I decided to ask this questions :

- how can we avoid or control our gambling activities so that's it wouldn't lead to addictions ?

-how often should we gamble?

The best is self discipline, when you discipline yourself it will help you not get addicted to it , like if it’s twice a week make sure you only play twice , if it’s 10$ weekly you wish to play it , make sure that is what you will only play with , it’s not actually easy ooo but you need to discipline yourself so you don’t get addicted , because addiction is not really easy to deal with .

[nullama]

Gambling should be primarily for entertainment purposes, and the risk of losing money can be multiplied by expecting more than this. It is very important to manage gambling in a disciplined manner and allocate time and money to survive in the field, and not to bet repeatedly to recover lost money, and not to make any decisions based on greed or emotion, and it is very important to gamble with money that we can afford to lose. This does not put additional financial pressure on ourselves, so we have self-control and can protect ourselves from major losses.

At the end of the day gambling addiction is no different to any other addiction.

This means that to get out of that you need to replaced e the behavior with something else so that your mind doesn't make you gamble again.

Its just how it works.

[speeder]

Gambling has been in an existence long time ago and it has always been fun all the way. Many people got involved in gambling just to have fun while some other people see it as there own way of expressing passion for games, sporting bet etc. however gambling that was initially made for fun and excitement later became a major problem to humanity due to addiction that has lead to the down fall of many young people that got involved in gambling.

These has kept me worried and restless so I decided to ask this questions :

- how can we avoid or control our gambling activities so that's it wouldn't lead to addictions ?

-how often should we gamble?

To prevent gambling from become an addiction, the best thing you can do is accept that the moment you start betting, the risk of addiction is already there, waiting to catch you and the only thing that can protect you is the limit you impose on the amount of money and time you spend on this activity. That is why you need to set limits before you start gambling... have a fixed budget and never exceed it, have a maximum time limit to gambling and stick to that requirement as well, even if you are having a lucky day.

The most important thing not is how many times you gamble per week, but how well you can say no to your own impulses, whether you can stop when you reach your money and time limits, whether you don't chase your losses and do not trade gambling for work, friends or family.

If you realize you've already exceeded any of these limits, then it's time to stop urgently... the sooner you do, the greater the chances of reversing this addiction.

Some very important points you made. The greatest safeguard any person can have is to set limits before gambling. After things began to mishape, the majority of the people begin to think about the boundaries, and at this point, it is extremely difficult to restrain the impulses.

I would also note that money and time management are not the only factors to avoid addiction, but also self-understanding. And the first red flag is when a person notices that he or she gambles when he is stressed, bored, or wants to forget problems. Then the ideal limit is to have the whole break until everything is under control.

In addition, individuals are not supposed to consider gambling as a means of earning. The moment you think that gambling is going to resolve financial issues, it turns to be a trap. You can only enjoy it as entertainment and once it loses its entertainment value then it is time to move on.

This is because the most important thing that you can do after you realize you have been crossing your borders is to own it as soon as possible.

[fruktik]

Easiest way to avoid gambling addiction is not gambling in the first place  

But for arguments sake if you are already into gambling, I believe you need to set some ground rules for yourself like playing with a budget, when you lose your money just avoid chasing those loses because you will be hooked and feel the house owes you money and keep playing and this will be a repeat activity for you... Lastly let's teach ourselves to walk away, win or lose  walkaway and try another day.

Learning when to quit is the wisest advice. I only learned this many years later. But it was already too late. I lost all my borrowed money and the bank loan. This was most likely the trigger for me to quit gambling. I had to focus my attention on other activities to distract myself from thinking about winning back my losses. Was it easy? No, it wasn't. It was a very difficult period for me, one that felt almost interminable.

[ruykeri]

Gambling should be primarily for entertainment purposes, and the risk of losing money can be multiplied by expecting more than this. It is very important to manage gambling in a disciplined manner and allocate time and money to survive in the field, and not to bet repeatedly to recover lost money, and not to make any decisions based on greed or emotion, and it is very important to gamble with money that we can afford to lose. This does not put additional financial pressure on ourselves, so we have self-control and can protect ourselves from major losses.

You have raised some very important points. However, I want to say something realistic. Gambling addiction can be removed by winning. There are many people who first start gambling and if they win a lot of money, they decide not to gamble again. But the people around them start praising them a lot for winning, and then they decide to gamble again because of that feeling. That is why anyone should not be influenced by the people around them. Because of this, many people gradually become addicted to gambling.

[Betwrong]

- how can we avoid or control our gambling activities so that's it wouldn't lead to addictions ?

As someone who has been involved in gambling for over 10 years, I can advise one and one thing only: never gamble with more than you can afford to lose in one day and if you lose it - stop for the day. And don't get desperate, don’t panic once you lost 10 times more in 10 minutes than you can afford to lose in one day. That's not the end of the world. Just stop and don't play 10 days after that.

-how often should we gamble?

I gamble almost every day, but sometimes it's less than 20 minutes.

[Judith87403]

At the end of the day gambling addiction is no different to any other addiction.

This means that to get out of that you need to replaced e the behavior with something else so that your mind doesn't make you gamble again.

Its just how it works.

I’d rather get addicted to reading books than gambling. Although I do believe there are other ways that one could actually break free from addiction without necessarily having to replace it with another thing (addiction).

Addiction is like sickness or an ailment, and with the right medication, you’ll be able to break free from it. But the most important thing in fighting addiction is that the affected person needs to acknowledge the fact that they’re addicted and be intentional about getting help.

[bakasabo]

The more a person is afraid of addiction, the more likely he will get addicted. If a person is so much focused on addiction and how not to get it, the less he pays attention to gambling, self-control and discipline. If addiction is on the mind, then there is no place for other thoughts. To completely avoid addiction, I believe that a person much first change what is money for him. If it is something he desire, cant live without, they are on his mind all the time, then nothing good from gambling that person wont get.

[@nn@_pen9]

Asking how addition can be avoided in gambling, here is the number one thing you would have to do. As someone who is making plans or attempting to go into gambling you really need to learn about gambling addiction even though surely you may not know how it works you can use the experience you have gotten from other addicted gamblers you don't necessarily need to learn it by yourself but you should learn from a victim as this is the perfect way of learning.

I don't think we need to learn from other people's experiences in this matter; we can actually detect this from our own experiences with gambling. Gambling addiction isn't just about losing money, but also changes in behavior, such as gambling longer than planned or what was initially set in the budget we set before starting gambling. If we can control this overall, I think we can overcome addiction effectively. Gamble responsibly, within a planned budget, and don't exceed your initial budget.

[Webutxo]

Gambling should be primarily for entertainment purposes, and the risk of losing money can be multiplied by expecting more than this. It is very important to manage gambling in a disciplined manner and allocate time and money to survive in the field, and not to bet repeatedly to recover lost money, and not to make any decisions based on greed or emotion, and it is very important to gamble with money that we can afford to lose. This does not put additional financial pressure on ourselves, so we have self-control and can protect ourselves from major losses.

People view gambling differently, some people see it as fun but the general idea is money. People gamble because they want to survive, some gamble because they see it as a way to make change to their pocket, some are for passion of watching sports like football, like basketball or if there is any active sport they are watching, the general concept is how to make money whether it's small money or big money or the fun like you said, no gambler enjoys gambling and losing money.

The consequences of gambling addiction is when you over depend on it, there is no coming out of it. It's either the gambling makes you or it breaks you, you either be winning money from gambling or be losing money. If you are making, you are safe but if you are losing and refused to stop, you will become addicted.

[fredericktaylor]

Many people start gambling for entertainment purposes but it gradually turns into an addiction. There are several reasons behind this, such as even if the intention is right at the beginning, it gradually turns into greed or emotion. Therefore, one should never be greedy while gambling, one should not bet repeatedly to get back the lost money, and one should always gamble within one's means and take time after losing or winning so that gambling does not turn into an addiction. One should always be aware and play for entertainment purposes. The risk of losing money can increase many times by expecting more than this.