Did Your New Year’s Resolution to Stop Gambling Actually Work?

[coin-investor]

Be honest. How many of us said this New Year that we’d stop gambling, then ended up doing the same thing anyway? Hehe.

I can talk about my friends who are bragging that they will stop gambling before the year's end, and they cannot because they cannot walk their talk; talk is cheap, having a resolution to do something should have no time or day, and should do it as soon as you realize that gambling is becoming harmful to you.
People should stop making New Year's resolutions if they cannot follow them; they will shame themselves because it's not a genuine reform.

[Slow death]

Be honest. How many of us said this New Year that we’d stop gambling, then ended up doing the same thing anyway? Hehe.

Most of the time, when we make promises like this, they don’t really last. Motivation is high at first, but after a while, old habits come back.

So I’ll ask directly. If you made it your New Year’s resolution to stop gambling, how is it going now?
Did you really stop, cut down, or are you still playing like before?

Real answers only.

In my case, I didn't make any promise to stop sports betting because I don't bet excessively. I see sports betting as entertainment, nothing more than that. I place small amounts of money on each bet, so even when I lose, the amount I lose is very low, insignificant. I believe that only people who are betting on sports or playing casino games and have placed amounts they can't afford to lose think about stopping gambling altogether when they lose a lot. Now, when someone can't stop gambling altogether, then that person should seek medical help urgently.

[Agbe]

Not gambling but something else. Someone was also saying in this new year, he would stopped want he was normally doing but, it seems that he is doing it again and again. Addiction is something that you can't just let go but it should be a full determination to stop. But I have seen someone (another person) who was fully addicted in gamble. He has borrowed money to gamble and sell off all his properties but with the help of God, today he is no longer gambling again. He stopped gambling last year. He was coming to my play for advice.

[Rikafip]

Belive it or not, never in my life I made a New Year's resolution and certainly won;t start with gambling.

I understand people doing it, but fortunately I gamble purely for fun and therefore I am no under pressure to make money out of it, which more often than nit leads to a serious addiction, and then to these new year's resolution kind of things that usually don't work. Or at least not in the long run.

[Bitcoin Smith]

I don't have the intention to make such resolution and for the fact i didn't take any resolution at all because we all know the resolution doesn't even last for a month so I took the goals that I have to reach at the end of this year and it was about 12 in total so I got 1 month to complete one, and some of them were big and some of them were smaller ones so at least I will try to complete half of them until this 2026 ends.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Be honest. How many of us said this New Year that we’d stop gambling, then ended up doing the same thing anyway? Hehe.

I'm a gambler and a responsible one, and I will always be a gambler irrespective of the loses I may have due to my choice of games and risk tolerance. So when it comes to stopping it, I literally don't think I may ever wish to do such, since I'm not an addicted to it or neither risking far more than I can afford to lose while gambling. Because if there was any New Year resolution I would have made, is to try as much to minimize loses and maximize profit by placing bets on smaller odds that has a higher percentage success rate, rather than high odds with a low percentage success rate. While secondly, another resolution should have been to take it upon myself to make sure I educate newbies about the importance of responsible gambling, the right way to approach it and likewise the wrong way to approach it (e.g borrowing money to gamble).

[lionheart78]

Be honest. How many of us said this New Year that we’d stop gambling, then ended up doing the same thing anyway? Hehe.

Most of the time, when we make promises like this, they don’t really last. Motivation is high at first, but after a while, old habits come back.

So I’ll ask directly. If you made it your New Year’s resolution to stop gambling, how is it going now?
Did you really stop, cut down, or are you still playing like before?

Real answers only.

I used to make one until I realized that I just keep breaking them, so from that point I stopped making new year resolutions. You are correct, the motivation is good until it lasts, then I comes back again to gamble.

What I do now is just to make sure that I won't be gambling way past my gambling fund, and it is very effective since it is an on the spot self-discipline.

[Samlucky O]

Be honest. How many of us said this New Year that we’d stop gambling, then ended up doing the same thing anyway? Hehe.

Most of the time, when we make promises like this, they don’t really last. Motivation is high at first, but after a while, old habits come back.

So I’ll ask directly. If you made it your New Year’s resolution to stop gambling, how is it going now?
Did you really stop, cut down, or are you still playing like before?

Real answers only.

Common mate this is just bearly 3 days of new year and you expect to start getting response now? Well I think some people are still contaminating if they will gamble or not. Some don't even know where they fall, this thread would have been better of created at the Q1 of this year that's is April ending or by February ending. But However you where too fast on it. Well I didn't promise myself anything about gambling resolution because I am not an addict. I hardly gamble so I guess this thread is not for people like us. Probably for gambling addict who make empty promise they can't keep. Promises are easy to make but hard to keep.

[Sammye3]

I actually think people who make new year resolution are deceiving themselves to some extent and not taking actions. Yo don't necessarily need to wait for the new year to quit gamble, that's if it's something you intend to quit. If gambling has caused you more harm than good andafter much evaluation the damages are more than the benefits or profits, you can work on detaching yourself from gambling slowly without a need of waiting for a stipulated time interval.

For me, gambling has not always being the solution but I still enjoy my gambling experience as it has not affected my finances and private lifestyle. There are bad experience as well but I've got good wins too, managing my bankroll and keeping my greed in check to avoid gambling beyond what I can afford to lose while having a clear mind , expecting disappointments and building my mental strength. So I'm general, I don't need a new year resolution to stop gambling if I actually want to.

[Zigabel]

Be honest. How many of us said this New Year that we’d stop gambling, then ended up doing the same thing anyway? Hehe.

Most of the time, when we make promises like this, they don’t really last. Motivation is high at first, but after a while, old habits come back.

So I’ll ask directly. If you made it your New Year’s resolution to stop gambling, how is it going now?
Did you really stop, cut down, or are you still playing like before?

Real answers only.

Sudden stop to a habit most often fail, many do not want to hear this truth, a habit you try to stop all of a sudden will eventually fail and you will find yourself gradually going back to the same habit. But if you had taken your time to gradually quit the habit, you would have identified the possible chances of you going back and trying to find ways around not going back on such habit.

[BitMaxz]

Sudden stop to a habit moat often fail, many do not want to hear this truth, a habit you try to stop all of a sudden will eventually fail and you will find yourself gradually going back to the same habit. But if you had taken your time to gradually quit the habit, you would have identified the possible chances of you going back and trying to find ways around not going back on such habit.

It's just the same as quitting smoking, which actually you can't suddenly stop. That is true; there is no habit that you can stop immediately and easily.
I think the only way to stop it is if you slowly decrease your gambling activity until you are no longer interested in gambling and have a new habit that doesn't involve money.

Look how my cousin stopped gambling because she changed her habits from gambling to becoming addicted to cooking; she made some money selling her creations compared to her habits before, making money instead of staying gambling in the casino.

So, changing habits also helps you stop gambling the thing that you want in your life and be happy.

[yhiaali3]

Happy New Year to all!🎉
Man, it's only been three days! Three days isn't even enough time to make a decision, let alone stick to it.

Even if someone decided on New Year's Day to quit gambling, the third day of the new year is never enough to know if they'll actually stick to it. It takes months for a gambler to be sure they've truly quit.

[Fiatless]

Sudden stop to a habit most often fail, many do not want to hear this truth, a habit you try to stop all of a sudden will eventually fail and you will find yourself gradually going back to the same habit. But if you had taken your time to gradually quit the habit, you would have identified the possible chances of you going back and trying to find ways around not going back on such habit.

This might not be the total truth. Someone can make an instant decision and stand by it. You are on point that we need time to change an abnormal behaviour. Nevertheless, this should not be the basis to conclude that a sudden stop of a habit will not last. New Year's resolutions could have a good effect on some people.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

As for me, a new year resolution should not be to stop gambling, if we don't really want to start the new year with anger and frustrations, we needed to plan how we could made a better version of ourself at the cause of gambling by improving on the past for a better experience in the future, stopping is never a good idea, because we can choose to stop gambling and then later engaged in addiction on other aspects.

[Floxynice]

Every year, I  just laugh at those who make new year resolutions towards the end of the year or at the beginning of the year.  Those decisions are made out of emotions. Many who make those resolutions are not honest with themselves. Once the excitement from the new year celebration dies down,  many forget all the promises they made to themselves.

I bet you all, check out of 10 gamblers that promised to quit gambling this year, only one or two out of that ten are honest with their resolutions.  Quitting gambling is a hard decision to make, not something you do because others claim they are doing it. I didn't make any of such decisions this year because I and gambling are cool. If I want to quit gambling, I will not wait till new year.

[Doan9269]

I cant count a number of times most of us have already made a decision to doing something or not and still found going back to what we planned going against, this shows the kind of human nature in us, that we are bound to change in most cases, we are only being triggered by our emotions and not by the reality in what can happened.

New year comes with a new resolution, but when you often asked many of us, we may not have something tangible to point as in making difference from how we have being gambling in the past, except we tried harder to ensure that the changes needed were being effected and they could be pointed at as part of our achievements.

[salad daging]

So I’ll ask directly. If you made it your New Year’s resolution to stop gambling, how is it going now?
Did you really stop, cut down, or are you still playing like before?

For those who often play gambling, can they immediately stop at once? People more often reduce the game slowly because it is indeed difficult to stop gambling at once, but I'm sure there are some people who can do it, it's just that most can't, especially if they are addicted.

I did not make any resolutions this year about gambling, bankroll management has been strictly regulated as well as the discipline of gambling, I will not stop while reducing is a good thing let alone stop gambling.

[AmoreJaz]

As for me, a new year resolution should not be to stop gambling, if we don't really want to start the new year with anger and frustrations, we needed to plan how we could made a better version of ourself at the cause of gambling by improving on the past for a better experience in the future, stopping is never a good idea, because we can choose to stop gambling and then later engaged in addiction on other aspects.

On my end, I haven't made this as my new year's resolution as I already know my limits when it comes to gambling. So for me, there's no need to swear to myself when it comes to gambling. As long as I can keep up with my promises to myself, that's more than enough. But of course, there are people who really did make a resolution for this year not to gamble. In my opinion, that's not addressing your problem. Maybe, it will be more sustainable if you promise to yourself to stop once you busted your allocated budget for that session. But stopping gambling - I don't think you can just stop suddenly.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Be honest. How many of us said this New Year that we’d stop gambling, then ended up doing the same thing anyway? Hehe.

Most of the time, when we make promises like this, they don’t really last. Motivation is high at first, but after a while, old habits come back.

So I’ll ask directly. If you made it your New Year’s resolution to stop gambling, how is it going now?
Did you really stop, cut down, or are you still playing like before?

Real answers only.

I think most New Year promises fail because they’re built on guilt, not the real change and once the guilt fades, the habit quietly returns. We don’t really stop gambling when the year changes, we stop only when the habit stops giving us what we think it gives us. That's why I don't want to make another resolution haha to fail again this year.

[Stepstowealth]

I think most New Year promises fail because they’re built on guilt, not the real change and once the guilt fades, the habit quietly returns. We don’t really stop gambling when the year changes, we stop only when the habit stops giving us what we think it gives us. That's why I don't want to make another resolution haha to fail again this year.

There are other people who have the wrong orientation about resolutions, they wait until the new year to actually want to start acting on the new year resolutions that they have made. The new year resolutions that actually work are the resolutions that you start acting on from late last year.

If you plan to stop gambling this year and you have not been able to do so, don't think you have failed yet, just have a chat with yourself why you need to stop gambling and then try to act.