How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?

[WhoYouCantKill]

The moment gambling shifts from being an entertainment and begins to affect your finances, relationship or even your day to day responsibility, and you still feel you can't do without it, then you should know it is  clearly an addiction. It is quite easy to become addicted as gambling combines chance, reward and the emotions so much in a way that the brain get hooked. Though some may be able to struggle their way away from it but only with strong discipline and will, yet some requires support system. When you can quit by yourself and yet no relapse, that can be said to be a bad habit instead of a complete addiction.

[Gozie51]

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling

Addition is an act or behaviour that you keep doing consistently against other activities or behaviour. So if you find yourself always gambling despite your loses and you pay less attention to other areas of life, not giving attention to family then you know you are addited to that thing taking your attention. So if you are gambling excessively and to the detriment of other aspect of your life, you sure know that you are addicted to gambling.

• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?

Very easy and I think if you are playing for the money (of course many gamblers do), and you are losing then you keep playing and chasing your loses. This is the fastest way to be addicted. Greed is the main reason for addiction in gambling.

• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

Yes, it is possible. If you have lost and get broke to an extent you can come back to your consciousness. This most times happens if you are not missing gambling with drugs but if you are also taking drugs while being addicted to gambling, it is difficult to help yourself out. But, if you are only a gambling addict one day you may decide to let go of it.

[Ever-young]

Gambling is a trap and I believe if newbie gamblers started with that awareness and mindset,there probably would be lesser records of addiction.No one person initiated to be addicted to Gambling but it's designed to hook the brain in ways similar to drugs or alcohol.Setting boundaries before addiction strikes should be prioritized.

Yeah, no one plans from the start to get addicted to gambling, for some who get addicted along the line, it started as a means to get away from other activities, maybe a way just while away time and have fun,  and then at some point, for one reason or another, they find themselves devoting more time and putting more resources to fuel their gambling lifestyle, and that’s how they saw they were addicted, while some may have actually saw it coming but took no actions to combat it. Either ways, it all starts from a gambler’s mindset and approach towards gambling.

[Miles2006]

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling
• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?
• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

Firstly gamblers who are addicted have zero idea about their gambling habit so it’s very difficult identifying the fact a gambler is addicted while identifying the act of addiction is different from quitting. Quitting addiction is very difficult compared to healthy gambling practice, viewing gamblers experience shared on the internet they got a good help from therapist mostly family members although even with the right help and attention if an addict fail to change obviously they’ll never quit gambling activity.

[Victorybit1]

The moment gambling shifts from being an entertainment and begins to affect your finances, relationship or even your day to day responsibility, and you still feel you can't do without it, then you should know it is  clearly an addiction. It is quite easy to become addicted as gambling combines chance, reward and the emotions so much in a way that the brain get hooked. Though some may be able to struggle their way away from it but only with strong discipline and will, yet some requires support system. When you can quit by yourself and yet no relapse, that can be said to be a bad habit instead of a complete addiction.

Becoming an addicted gambler is very easy infact I believe that's the easiest think to actually do because the moment you tie your hopes into the habit you have successfully built a seed for Becoming an addict. Then the aspect of chasing after your losses is also another means of becoming an addicted gambler. To gamble responsibly you must understand that there is a balance and that you need to focus and if it's broken you will find it hard correcting that.

[GiftedMAN]

When you can not stay without gambling this a typical example of addiction because you are deep in it that the day you don't gamble you will feel lost in your whole body and you can't concentrate unless you look for a way to satisfy yourself by gambling. There are other signs of addiction like gambling even when you are on a losing streak and lack of self control but the most common one is the gambler not being ok until he gambles.

[DaNNy001]

You don't need anyone to get rid of gambling addiction, funny enough people that seek some sort of therapy to help them stop gambling don't even get positive results from it because they have not applied that most important thing which is personal effort...if you are not disciplined and you are not determined to stop gambling others can't help much..it's very easy to get addicted to gambling but very difficult to stop

[Powerjumboo]

I have been gambling for years, maybe I have been addicted to it at some point even though I never noticed, however I'm a little in control of my gambling activities. Something still get me confused regarding gambling addiction that is a hot topic here and I want to get opinion of others on these areas:

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling
• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?
• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

A person's behavior and speech can tell whether he is addicted to gambling or not. In short, a person addicted to gambling behaves differently from a normal person. In particular, a person addicted to gambling will not want to come near people, he will always think about something, and will always feel restless and hot-tempered, he will run from door to door to collect money. All these signs are found in an addicted person and only by seeing all these signs will it be understood that he is addicted to gambling or a drug addict.

A person can easily become addicted to gambling. Gambling addiction is not complicated. If one allows oneself to participate in gambling beyond control and if gambling is done irresponsibly, a person will easily become addicted to gambling, especially spending excessive money on gambling and repeatedly participating in gambling, which plays a very important role in becoming addicted to gambling.

When a person becomes addicted to gambling, it is not easy for that person to get out of the gambling addiction. Then of course the help of very close and intimate relatives or friends is needed, besides, one must make one's own efforts to get out of the gambling addiction. Without one's own efforts, it is never possible to get out of the addiction.

[Onyeeze]

I have been gambling for years, maybe I have been addicted to it at some point even though I never noticed, however I'm a little in control of my gambling activities. Something still get me confused regarding gambling addiction that is a hot topic here and I want to get opinion of others on these areas:

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling
• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?
• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

to know that you are addicted in the gambling these are the following that will make you to know that you are addicted in gambling
1. Regular gambling
2. Always hoping that you win in the gambling
3.Thinking that without gambling you will can't do another thing
4. Seeing as major priorities
5. Borrowing money to gamble

All this I listed is early symptoms of gambling addict, that you may not notice as a gambler, but are the vital things that make people to be addicted in the gambling.

[Su-asa]

I have been gambling for years, maybe I have been addicted to it at some point even though I never noticed, however I'm a little in control of my gambling activities. Something still get me confused regarding gambling addiction that is a hot topic here and I want to get opinion of others on these areas:

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling
• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?
• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

Most cases, it is difficult to know that you are addicted to gamble but if in anyway you have noticed you are becoming addicted to gamble, it's better to do yourself a little bit of favour to control yourself.

It is very much easier to become addicted to gamble if you fail to gamble responsibly. Every addicted gamblers gamblers become addicted to gambling as a result of irresponsible gambling at some point.

Sometimes it depends on the gambler, if the gambler is made up his or her mind and is very disciplined, there's no way that he can not work himself out from addiction.

[Iroh]

You would know if you're slowly getting addicted if you find yourself spending a ridiculous amount of your time and money gambling and if that time and money spent continues to increase.
As to how easy it is to get addicted to gambling or anything else? It's quite easy to get addicted to an activity. Regular and increasingly constant indulgence in that activity would slowly bring about a form of dependency on that activity. When that begins to happen, addiction isn't far away.

I think a gambler who's addicted needs all the help and support he can get. A person going through addiction would need help and understanding from everyone around. While love and understanding from family and friends would help a lot, the addicted fellow would need to develop a strong resolve to want to beat addiction.
While love and understanding would help along the way, the addicted fellow would have to be steadfast in his resolve to sucessfully do away with addiction.

[Joy_learns_crypto]

How do you know you are addicted to gambling

When you that’s missing other appointments in your life because of gambling, when you career, family start getting shrunken by your absence.

How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?

It is easy to get addicted to gambling When you don’t consider that you can be addicted, getting addicted to gambling can be easy when you are playing irresponsibly.

Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

Yes you can work yourself out of gambling without telling anyone that you are addicted but you can work yourself out of it by keeping to yourself, you should start by being the company of people, taking your other jobs seriously, sports, new goals, family.

[nakamura12]

It's not very hard to become addicted to gambling and as others have said that getting out isn't easy. Once a person experienced gambling for the first time and doesn't have self-control then there's a chance that person will become addicted such as gambling right away when he/she has money. If that person doesn't have money will find a way to have money like borrowing money just to use it in gambling. There are other behavior that you will notice when someone wants to gamble like selling own gadgets for example.

[AYOBA]

I have been gambling for years, maybe I have been addicted to it at some point even though I never noticed, however I'm a little in control of my gambling activities. Something still get me confused regarding gambling addiction that is a hot topic here and I want to get opinion of others on these areas:

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling
• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?
• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

It’s very easy for someone to get addicted to the gambling. A moment a person is into the gambling, and he does bet every day; there’s no way that this kind of person will escape from getting addicted to the gambling. Because one thing about gambling is if a person is into gambling and always wins a lot of his bets, instead of him to have a full stop for himself since he has won a lot of money, but he will not.

This winning will be encouraging him to bets  more to the extent that he will multiply the amounts of money that he used to bet before so that it will get bigger profits, but after a while he will end up losing all the money, and then from there he will begin to chase the gambling for him to recover what he has lost back, and from there he will be addicted to the gambling.

[Orpichukwu]

You don't need anyone to get rid of gambling addiction, funny enough people that seek some sort of therapy to help them stop gambling don't even get positive results from it because they have not applied that most important thing which is personal effort...if you are not disciplined and you are not determined to stop gambling others can't help much..it's very easy to get addicted to gambling but very difficult to stop

And before anyone will go see a therapist, the first step usually starts with the gambler, which is admitting that they are addicted to gambling. This will give the therapist the chance to act, and even if the therapist gives them the guide to follow, without them also being determined, it's never going to work. It's as simple as that. I even consider a close relative staying with the gambler to monitor the gambler rather than the therapist, who will stay far away, and they see only by arrangement.

[TopT3ns]

I have been gambling for years, maybe I have been addicted to it at some point even though I never noticed, however I'm a little in control of my gambling activities. Something still get me confused regarding gambling addiction that is a hot topic here and I want to get opinion of others on these areas:

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling
• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?
• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

It’s very easy for someone to get addicted to the gambling. A moment a person is into the gambling, and he does bet every day; there’s no way that this kind of person will escape from getting addicted to the gambling. Because one thing about gambling is if a person is into gambling and always wins a lot of his bets, instead of him to have a full stop for himself since he has won a lot of money, but he will not.

This winning will be encouraging him to bets  more to the extent that he will multiply the amounts of money that he used to bet before so that it will get bigger profits, but after a while he will end up losing all the money, and then from there he will begin to chase the gambling for him to recover what he has lost back, and from there he will be addicted to the gambling.

It is impossible to deny the fact that the gambling involves the procedures that are programmed to fool emotions and rationale. I can agree partly to the idea that making a winner is not going to release one as a person is more motivated by the immediate satisfaction. Taking a closer look, individuals that enter into this trap lose not only their money but also relations and everyday lives. Nevertheless, I do not agree with the point that one cannot escape because that would mean that there is no place to change in any way. Some individuals have been effectively able to run away, relying on the mythical support of family members, knowledge of their own personality, and surroundings. We must point out that one of such things to give up is gambling and this may be coupled with the wish to change self as well.

[Floxynice]

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling

When I begin to feel restless whenever I an unable to gamble probably because I don't have money to gamble or other things are taking my time. It is never a good sign if I suddenly can't do without gambling in a day.

• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?

Very easy. The tricky part is that you don't even get to realise that you are addicted already until things begin to get affected.

• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

Yes, if he realises on time. There was a time when I was still in the university, I realised I was getting addicted to chatting on social media with random people. It affected my studies greatly, but it was never too late. I restricted myself from my device for a while until I was convinced I can handle everything now. Gamblers who realise themselves earlier will be able to call themselves to order without much stress like a chronic addict.

[coin-investor]

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling

When you're putting in money and time that you should not be doing, and sometimes gamblers deny that they are addicted, because part of being addicted to something is denying that they are hooked on it

• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?

Dopamine plays a major part when your excitement and emotion are triggered; the mind and body keep coming back for more.

• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

Some gamblers can get out of addiction without the help of anyone if they come to a complete realization that what he is doing is wrong and they have a strong conviction to get out of it.

[uneng]

I don't think it's easy to be addicted to gambling. It really depends on your personal characteristics and traits. For some people it's easy to control their impulses and desires, while for others it's hard. From what I see, if it was easy to get addicted to gambling, we would have much superior rates of addiction in our societies, while in fact what we see is a minor percentage of addicted gamblers. The rest will give up as soon as they understand gambling isn't a profitable practice, without insisting until going bankrupt and losing all their funds.

[Hispo]

I have been gambling for years, maybe I have been addicted to it at some point even though I never noticed, however I'm a little in control of my gambling activities. Something still get me confused regarding gambling addiction that is a hot topic here and I want to get opinion of others on these areas:

• How do you know you are addicted to gambling
• How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?
• Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

I am not am expert on gambling addiction whatsoever, but in my opinion and from the experience I have gotten in this ecosystem, it would seem to me it is fairly easy for anyone to become addicted to gambling of they gamble recklessly enough and dedicate enough time to gamble, beyond a regular session and beyond what it could be considered to be a normal session on casinos.

I think in such way because, in the end of the day, all human beings have the same dopamine receptors in the brain and messing which such equilibrium is not that hard if one has the resources to start to gamble.

It is easy to get into addictions and difficult to get off them, that is related with the very definition of what an addiction is.