When should you consider yourself an addict

[SOKO-DEKE]

From my own view, gambling addiction should be considered when someone gambles with money they cannot afford to lose whether it is 10 % even less than 10% of their salary or any other part of their income. As long as a person cannot afford to lose the money he or she is gambling with, I consider that person to be addicted.So, your friend can be right with the percentage he gave you, but he can also be wrong, because that 30% or less than 50% may sometimes be more than what the person can afford to lose.

But in most cases, anyone who always gambles with more than 50% of their earnings is gambling recklessly, and that is a sign of addiction. If someone is not addicted, how would he or she always gamble with 50% of their income? It is a very wrong idea.

[Japinat]

I guess no gambling addict will easily admit that he's into it. For us, he's already an addict, but for him, he is just playing the games well and is still gambling responsibly because he is not gambling more than 50% of his income, and he still wins despite of some losses endured.

Realistically speaking, a gambling addict is someone who barely manage his funds and almost all of his income will only go to gambling since he is gambling most of the time. But who dares to admit? Of course, no one will think that he, himself is already living with addiction, until he ended up homeless, that's the time he'll realized that addiction has gone so far, and he can no longer control his gambling problems anymore.

[Accardo]

I guess no gambling addict will easily admit that he's into it. For us, he's already an addict, but for him, he is just playing the games well and is still gambling responsibly because he is not gambling more than 50% of his income, and he still wins despite of some losses endured.

Realistically speaking, a gambling addict is someone who barely manage his funds and almost all of his income will only go to gambling since he is gambling most of the time. But who dares to admit? Of course, no one will think that he, himself is already living with addiction, until he ended up homeless, that's the time he'll realized that addiction has gone so far, and he can no longer control his gambling problems anymore.

Too bad for gamers who had to go homeless for gambling recklessly. The journey down the pathway of financial mistakes, had it been known to the gambler, wouldn't have gotten to the end. Players have a factor that leaves no trail to contend with, some gamblers find out about the symptoms earlier but keep it to themselves to avoid blames, instead of speaking up.

[centrum]

From my own view, gambling addiction should be considered when someone gambles with money they cannot afford to lose whether it is 10 % even less than 10% of their salary or any other part of their income. As long as a person cannot afford to lose the money he or she is gambling with, I consider that person to be addicted.So, your friend can be right with the percentage he gave you, but he can also be wrong, because that 30% or less than 50% may sometimes be more than what the person can afford to lose.

But in most cases, anyone who always gambles with more than 50% of their earnings is gambling recklessly, and that is a sign of addiction. If someone is not addicted, how would he or she always gamble with 50% of their income? It is a very wrong idea.

i agree with what you said. but first we need to understand what addiction really is and what we call addiction. a person becomes addicted to something when he can not leave it easily. it can be gambling or drugs. what opi said i don’t think that is addiction. because if someone spends 10% or even 50% of his salry that means he still has a thought of saving money. he can stop if he wants and he can play if he wants. so how can that be addiction. a person becomes addicted to gambling when he puts all his money into gambling. after that he doesnt care what will happen next. i have seen many people who became completely broke because of gambling. so i do not agree with op but i agree with you.

[summonerrk]

A friend of mine was in an argument with me about when someone should consider himself as an addict, I said if anyone is losing 30 percent or more of his monthly income on gambling, that he is an addict but my friend said no.

He is not affected by gambling but I do not like the way he is losing money on gambling but he said he is not using more than 50% of his monthly salary to gamble and my mouth was wide opened when I heard it.

A whole 30 percent?
Wow...
I realized I had a gambling problem and addiction when I started spending 10 percent of my total monthly income on it. Yes, only 10 percent, but wait, I'll explain why that's so unacceptable. I can't save money because I'm paying for rent, food, and everything else I need to live comfortably, so I can't spend much on entertainment. Gambling is just that—entertainment. And spending every $50 I need now means $50 in debt next month. And when I started really driving myself into debt month after month, I realized it was time to stop.

[Karl_3000]

A whole 30 percent?
Wow...
I realized I had a gambling problem and addiction when I started spending 10 percent of my total monthly income on it. Yes, only 10 percent, but wait, I'll explain why that's so unacceptable. I can't save money because I'm paying for rent, food, and everything else I need to live comfortably, so I can't spend much on entertainment. Gambling is just that—entertainment. And spending every $50 I need now means $50 in debt next month. And when I started really driving myself into debt month after month, I realized it was time to stop.

If anyone can not save money from his weekly or monthly income, such person should not just gamble. Although I still see some people that will take less than 1% of their income to gamble. They can be earning $100 monthly but use just $1 to gamble and it will be just once in a week. I have someone that does that. I do not think that is not good but if someone is spending 10% and not able to save but still using all the money monthly, it is better to stop, you make a very good decision.

[Dave1]

A whole 30 percent?
Wow...
I realized I had a gambling problem and addiction when I started spending 10 percent of my total monthly income on it. Yes, only 10 percent, but wait, I'll explain why that's so unacceptable. I can't save money because I'm paying for rent, food, and everything else I need to live comfortably, so I can't spend much on entertainment. Gambling is just that—entertainment. And spending every $50 I need now means $50 in debt next month. And when I started really driving myself into debt month after month, I realized it was time to stop.

If anyone can not save money from his weekly or monthly income, such person should not just gamble. Although I still see some people that will take less than 1% of their income to gamble. They can be earning $100 monthly but use just $1 to gamble and it will be just once in a week. I have someone that does that. I do not think that is not good but if someone is spending 10% and not able to save but still using all the money monthly, it is better to stop, you make a very good decision.

Yes, saving should be the priority of anyone, specially if you have family to feed already. Although $100 per month might be quite small earning, but in terms of the amount that you need to have in order to survived, like bills and again bringing food in the table it might not be enough.

And so with that, I don't think that you should gamble at all. The best approach is to save or look for a better paying job. Gambling comes with a big consequences, that is if you can't control yourself and so even if it is $100 or $10000 a month, it might not be enough for you if you are constantly gambling, priority is the key.

[Pmalek]

You are an addict when gambling takes center stage in your life. If all you can think about is playing casino games and betting on sports, then you are at a point from where it's difficult to return. If the money you have isn't spent for the benefit of yourself and your loved ones, but instead you use it for gambling and waste it like there is no tomorrow, you are addicted. The problem is that people won't and can't admit to themselves that they have a problem.

[Yablee0]

You should consider yourself an addict, the moment you cannot do without gambling. If you haven't gamble in  the day you wouldn't be satisfied. However, if you start gambling for profit, you can also be considered an addict because it must lead to addiction since most of the addicted gamblers were playing for profit and continue to chase their losses.

When you start borrowing money to gamble, you are already addicted. Don't gamble when you don't have money and stop gambling after you have reached your limit. You are to only use your part of your discretionary money to gamble. Addicts don't accept that they're addicted. That's the trick.

The highlighted phrase is the worst of all and also the most baddest and highest level of gambling addiction, at this point I will say any folks find quity of such act is gone because it's so shameful and also not something worth spilling out that anyone should borrow for the purpose of gambling, that's bullshit.

Am sure many people  see gambling activities as a bad kind of stuff  which of a rare sense it is how some of we gamblers choose to go about it that has given them that bad impression about gamble. If we were going through the rightful approach by seeing it as a medium of having fun I don't think their will be any problem of addiction today but due to our greed and constant chasing of lost that has later results addiction, today gamble has now been labeled bad names of which i am certain our greed is what lead us to the problem will are having today. Furthermore, until we let go of our lost and seize to see it as a source of income we will keeping having or suffering the negative side of gambling.

[ruykeri]

You are an addict when gambling takes center stage in your life. If all you can think about is playing casino games and betting on sports, then you are at a point from where it's difficult to return. If the money you have isn't spent for the benefit of yourself and your loved ones, but instead you use it for gambling and waste it like there is no tomorrow, you are addicted. The problem is that people won't and can't admit to themselves that they have a problem.

The examples you gave are when people go to the extreme stage of addiction. From where it becomes very difficult to come back from this . However, if someone keeps betting regularly as a means of entertainment, then there is no problem. He has control over his gambling and if he bets with that money, if he loses, he and his family will not have any bad financial situation. But the moment a person becomes aggressive, cannot control his emotions and from the moment he starts gambling with his required money, he is in the first stage of addiction. It is relatively easy to come back from this state. So when someone realizes that he is not able to control his emotions and is starting to bet more aggressively, then he should stop gambling, even for a few days.

[EarnOnVictor]

A friend of mine was in an argument with me about when someone should consider himself as an addict, I said if anyone is losing 30 percent or more of his monthly income on gambling, that he is an addict but my friend said no.
He is not affected by gambling but I do not like the way he is losing money on gambling but he said he is not using more than 50% of his monthly salary to gamble and my mouth was wide opened when I heard it.

Your friend was right to disagree with your definition of gambling addition, but at the same time, your friend is also wrong and he's becoming reckless in gambling. He should be careful. You don't have to be losing a certain percentage of your monthly earnings before you consider yourself a gambling addict, you should know through your behaviour towards gambling. Is he able to avoid gambling if he wants to? Or gambling is controlling him one way or another? If he answers No to the first and Yes to the second, then your friend is addicted to it. Gambling addiction is a measure of your obsession to gambling and not really about the amount you lose to it.

[XOOMBOX]

I guess no gambling addict will easily admit that he's into it. For us, he's already an addict, but for him, he is just playing the games well and is still gambling responsibly because he is not gambling more than 50% of his income, and he still wins despite of some losses endured.

Realistically speaking, a gambling addict is someone who barely manage his funds and almost all of his income will only go to gambling since he is gambling most of the time. But who dares to admit? Of course, no one will think that he, himself is already living with addiction, until he ended up homeless, that's the time he'll realized that addiction has gone so far, and he can no longer control his gambling problems anymore.

Gambling addicts also admit that they are addicted but once they admit it then there is no way for them to come back from it, like an older brother I know who gradually recovered from his addiction after losing $12k. But it is also true that people usually do not want to face their problems, so they do not want to admit that they are addicted. That's why in my opinion, when gambling starts to take over the necessary responsibilities of life that is a warning sign and we should stop there.

[imthegreat]

You are an addict when gambling takes center stage in your life. If all you can think about is playing casino games and betting on sports, then you are at a point from where it's difficult to return. If the money you have isn't spent for the benefit of yourself and your loved ones, but instead you use it for gambling and waste it like there is no tomorrow, you are addicted. The problem is that people won't and can't admit to themselves that they have a problem.

Absolutely right. Everyone has many important things to do in life, such as spending time with family and providing for them. Or simply building a career or a comfortable life by buying cars and apartments. But if a person develops a gambling addiction, they become preoccupied only with the balance on their smartphone screen in an online casino, and they begin to look like a homeless person, becoming dishonest, because they begin to live with a life-deferred syndrome.

[masulum]

addictions isn't depend on how much money used for gambling, As far as a man/girl want to gamble again and again, it considered as addicted. All of us become addicted for gambling after playing for few times but become our need. Let say you have to think if you "must" to use "10%" from salary, every weeks or month, for gamble, it already become an addiction. Maybe not too hard for now, but it can be stronger without control. don't be wrong, just because gamble once a week, you are claimed not getting addicted. IMO

[fruktik]

Your friend is not just an addict he is also a reckless gambler as well the fact that 50% of his monthly salary goes to gambling is enough proof that he can not stay with out gambling,
And that is literally the definition of gambling doing something you can not stay without as a result causing harm to the individual.
And the loss that he is facing is the harm that follows his actions. A gambling addict finds it hard to accept the fact that he or she is addicted to gambling, so that is the reason why he will argue with you

What's that? I had a time when I'd gamble away my entire salary in just a few hours. I'd spend a whole month borrowing money just to eat. My gambling addiction took up all my time. It was hard to control myself. Those were terrible years and a huge amount of money wasted. It brought me nothing but great disappointment and a mountain of debt that took me years to pay off. I wouldn't want your friend to go down that path. It's a dead end. Without self-control, it's a recipe for disaster.

[Olatundespo]

You are an addict when gambling takes center stage in your life. If all you can think about is playing casino games and betting on sports, then you are at a point from where it's difficult to return. If the money you have isn't spent for the benefit of yourself and your loved ones, but instead you use it for gambling and waste it like there is no tomorrow, you are addicted. The problem is that people won't and can't admit to themselves that they have a problem.

Absolutely right. Everyone has many important things to do in life, such as spending time with family and providing for them. Or simply building a career or a comfortable life by buying cars and apartments. But if a person develops a gambling addiction, they become preoccupied only with the balance on their smartphone screen in an online casino, and they begin to look like a homeless person, becoming dishonest, because they begin to live with a life-deferred syndrome.

If you lose the main purpose of life, then it can be considered as a meaningless cycle. If your purpose is not towards the protection of your family, then that life can be very worthless. And if someone is responsible for their family so they will make every effort to avoid becoming addicted to gambling. Suppose you are gambling for entertainment and you are mentally prepared not to spend all the available money on gambling. Therefore, a certain amount of money should be set aside for gambling.

The example you gave about addicted gamblers is those addicted gamblers who neglect their family responsibilities. In any type of gambling, whether online casino or physical casino you need to be aware of your financial boundaries because the chances of winning on this platform are very low. So it is responsible to allocate money for gambling in accordance with your family and personal needs.

[Pmalek]

The examples you gave are when people go to the extreme stage of addiction. From where it becomes very difficult to come back from this . However, if someone keeps betting regularly as a means of entertainment, then there is no problem. He has control over his gambling and if he bets with that money, if he loses, he and his family will not have any bad financial situation. But the moment a person becomes aggressive, cannot control his emotions and from the moment he starts gambling with his required money, he is in the first stage of addiction. It is relatively easy to come back from this state. So when someone realizes that he is not able to control his emotions and is starting to bet more aggressively, then he should stop gambling, even for a few days.

The question was about addiction and when it's time to consider someone an addict. Someone who bets occasionally and just for fun, doesn't fall into this category. But if it's a daily occurrence and wasteful money spending, then it's a problem. It's the same as with any other addiction. You wouldn't call someone an alcoholic if he has a glass of whine after dinner. But if you drink 2-3 liters of wine or a bottle of vodka every day, that's a different story.   

[Juicyhome]

Op when one started following all the gambling influencers on social media handles, and living his job just to buy bet to play then just know you're an addict. In fact any day you pay money to buy game that's unpredictable then you have finished as a gambler, you are about to ruin your life. Being in every gambling Whatsapp group is also a sign that one is an addict.

Borrowing money to stake is the worst sign of addiction, once you notice you have started lying for friends just to collect money form then to bet, you have to stop , that's a sign of an addiction. A good gamblers don't borrow to gamble because you will never pay back the money you borrowed. At time when you  borrow that's when you will lose more. Whenever you see these sign just quit gambling so it won't get into you.

[Youngrebel]

Spending 30 or even 50% of the earnings can be considered as reckless, but when the person realizes that he is spending more money than he should and he tries stopping it but he just can't break his habit that is why we can consider him as an addict.

For me that 30% too is too high. If you are spending upto 30% you are then lost in gambling and not just addicted.  Because just imagine I'm earning 100k and im spending 30k for betting that's already way too much.  Imagine the high cost of living what's now left for me to take care of myself to the end of the month. ?
If any individual should spend more than 5% of his income to gamble that person is sure an addicted gambler already. And aside the monetary aspect if your mind is mostly flooded with playing games. What match is next, how much you need to keep or even how you get more money to gamble you are certainly an addict already.  

[Shinpako09]

Nah, even if he is spending lower than that, he can still be called an addict. Sometimes it’s not about how much you gamble based on your income, but how you manage your activity and your attitude toward gambling. If he can skip a week or a month without any problem, and can stop himself anytime he wants whether he is winning or losing, then maybe we can’t call him an addict but a responsible gambler, because he is still in control.