Been addicted is chaos to one's state entirely

[Strongkored]

Gambling is an activity to fills their spare time but not for make money. Many people don't realize but still trying to make money. If they lose, that will not makes them realize but will still gambling and hopes that they will win next rounds.

That makes many people getting addicted to gambling but they still thinking that they are fine. They should realize playing gambling over can making them addicted and will be a chaos for their lives.

Gamblers who play hoping to make money usually play with money they cannot afford to lose, which is why they will try to recover what has already been lost, gradually becoming addicted.
Gambling is just entertainment, so do it when you have free time as you said, and also when there are funds that we are truly prepared to lose.

[Shinpako09]

Just when you’re struggling to stop yourself from playing, a friend of yours starts pushing you to play, the struggle is real. You don’t need to avoid your friend, you just need to decline or make an excuse and say you’ll try later, but the truth is you won’t. It’s either you fight that urge now, or you’ll repeat the same cycle every time you try to take a break and that friend suggests playing again. It’s not bad to gamble, but you need to learn how to control yourself and have some discipline.

[Mandoy]

Gambling is an activity to fills their spare time but not for make money. Many people don't realize but still trying to make money. If they lose, that will not makes them realize but will still gambling and hopes that they will win next rounds.

That makes many people getting addicted to gambling but they still thinking that they are fine. They should realize playing gambling over can making them addicted and will be a chaos for their lives.

Gamblers who play hoping to make money usually play with money they cannot afford to lose, which is why they will try to recover what has already been lost, gradually becoming addicted.
Gambling is just entertainment, so do it when you have free time as you said, and also when there are funds that we are truly prepared to lose.

Still do concur with your ideas. Gambling usually begins as fun but as they consider it as a means of getting money, it leads to a fast uncontrolled stage. The biggest trap is to seek losses and most people do not think much about this issue, until it comes to a stage of hugely affecting their lives. Discipline is the trick: you should gamble with the money, which you really can afford to lose and should consider it as leisure activity rather than a source of income. With that in mind, you will be able to avoid the havoc and pressure caused by addiction and maintain your money and sanity.

[iBaba]

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Gamblers who play hoping to make money usually play with money they cannot afford to lose, which is why they will try to recover what has already been lost, gradually becoming addicted.
Gambling is just entertainment, so do it when you have free time as you said, and also when there are funds that we are truly prepared to lose.

There is little that can be avoided when it comes to gambling addiction as far as this money factor is concerned. There is also a huge gap i think when it comes to gambling addiction and gambling education that is causing problems amongst gamblers. Because of the need to make money from any slight opportunity people come across, they tend to gamble with the mindset of making money more than that of entertainment which should even be the core of their intention. Gambling is supposed to be simple and less addictive if well practiced. If gsmbmig was practiced responsibly, most people complaining about addiction won’t have to do that and we will all live a healthy lifestyle gambling.

[impulse709]

Gambling is an activity to fills their spare time but not for make money. Many people don't realize but still trying to make money. If they lose, that will not makes them realize but will still gambling and hopes that they will win next rounds.

That makes many people getting addicted to gambling but they still thinking that they are fine. They should realize playing gambling over can making them addicted and will be a chaos for their lives.

Gamblers who play hoping to make money usually play with money they cannot afford to lose, which is why they will try to recover what has already been lost, gradually becoming addicted.
Gambling is just entertainment, so do it when you have free time as you said, and also when there are funds that we are truly prepared to lose.

You have brought to the fore a very crucial point in regards to gambling and addiction. Most individuals only get into gambling to use up the free time they have but when they start to view it as a means of earning money, things differ. In case they lose, they do not accept that and keep playing hoping to make up their losses. It is this tendency of trying to recover the losses that gradually becomes an addiction. The worst thing about it is that most gamblers are of the belief that they are in control even when they use the money that they cannot afford to lose. What we need is a game of pure entertainment, which is played with additional money and contains definite boundaries in order to prevent some serious consequences in life.

[Yorubek]

I have been gambling for the past ten years now and seriously I must say I have lost more than I have profited thou it feels as if I should keep on trying so I can recover back my losses but that's the more money I keep on losing sometimes I will delete the app to free myself from it then during the week ends my friends will show me some nice games asking if I have interest in it then the spirit comes and I will download back the app and I will go back to what has been eating me up is so addicting that I called the app my daily food.
Some persons out there might be facing the same situation and it is affecting there state of mind and how they live there life's the fact is to just let go you can't recover those losses is gone just accept defeat and move on though is hard but you have to that's what I did

I think gambling with money you can afford to lose can reduce financial risk and keep your mind calm, allowing you to maintain self-control. Gambling is not an easy way to make money for entertainment or get rich quick. If you lose while gambling, you keep betting to get back the money you lost and the chances of losing money increase even more and you can't stay within your limits, which gradually increases the chances of addiction. There is no doubt that addiction can slowly destroy your well-organized life.

[Shadiq]

First of all, you have to believe that gambling is not a means of making money, but rather a means of finding entertainment in exchange for some money. If you are lucky, you may gain something, but the amount of loss will be less than that.

Chasing losses or chasing wins in gambling is always a harmful step, in which you will lose many times more than you earn and push yourself towards gambling addiction. Do not consider gambling as anything other than a means of entertainment and use what you can afford to lose.

[xenomorfo]

Just when you?re struggling to stop yourself from playing, a friend of yours starts pushing you to play, the struggle is real. You don?t need to avoid your friend, you just need to decline or make an excuse and say you?ll try later, but the truth is you won?t. It?s either you fight that urge now, or you?ll repeat the same cycle every time you try to take a break and that friend suggests playing again. It?s not bad to gamble, but you need to learn how to control yourself and have some discipline.

I really don't see any reason to stop playing. For example, I play with my friends once a week. We play with very little money, the aim is to be together and have fun. So I don't see why take away this pleasure. More than anything you have to ask yourself questions if your only fixed thought is gaming. And in that case we are in dependence and you have to avoid that. But it's not that if you don't play you don't have addictions.

[Hispo]

.... It’s not bad to gamble, but you need to learn how to control yourself and have some discipline.

There are people who simply lack discipline and self control in general (not only related to gambling and betting), those kind of people are supposed to stay as far as possible from gambling or betting, because they will be obviously trapped by an addiction created by themselves.

People who do not have any resemblance of discipline or control over their own urges will forever be slave of the suggestions and peer pressure from friends and family.

It would be healthier just to cut all contact with those inciting gambling and spend time on other productive things. It is a better alternative than becoming a gambling addict.

[Somto9Light]

Gamblers who play hoping to make money usually play with money they cannot afford to lose, which is why they will try to recover what has already been lost, gradually becoming addicted.
Gambling is just entertainment, so do it when you have free time as you said, and also when there are funds that we are truly prepared to lose.

Well, In as much as I would like to agree with you on that I also want to let you know that most of the profit gamblers usually play with what they can afford don't judge from the experience you had from someone because everybody is not the same, it is true that majority of the gamblers who play hoping to make money usually play with what they cannot afford to lose and that is because they want to win a bigger amount that's if the outcome turns out to be in thier favour. Naturally some gamblers are not risk takers but greed has made them start taking unnecessary risk.

[Sticky Bomb]

Firstly, you need to stop gambling entirely and avoid seeing your friend during the weekends because he's like a temptation to you which triggers your gambling spirit. Learn to say NO to him whenever, he tells you about the weekend games. Tell him about your losses and your plan to stop gambling.

Ten years of gambling is enough to go on a break. Gambling is done for fun which is why you should only gamble with the amount of money that you can afford to lose and stop the game after you have exhausted your gambling budget for the day.

I don't think learning how to say NO would really help him, he needs some level of abstinence both from gambling and those his friends that lures him back into gambling. From his writeup it is obvious he cannot control how he gambles and he just needs to stop.

OP some results needs some personal sacrifices to be made for it and from my perspective, these friends are the sacrifice you would make to boost your recovery speed from addiction, avoid them for now if you can. It is better having no friends than keeping those that lead you astray.

surely you have spoken well because I think leaving this my fellow gambling friends will really help me if I really want to stop this torment

Yeah man, was trapped in a similar predicament back then in college but it was a drinking habit. My friends always lured me to the bar and I drank to stupor on Sunday nights and  on Mondays I'm always having hangover and don't go to lectures on time, that's if at all. It got to the extent that it started affecting my studies seriously and I saw the need for a change.

The church I attended has evening service on Sundays and I used it as an excuse not to honor their invitations citing that I am always busy in the mornings recently and only have chance to attend Sunday service in the evenings. That was how I regained myself.
I shared my story so you can tap some wisdom on how you can chase the away without looking rude.

[Nwada001]

hopefully your words actually mean something and not just temporary words you tell yourself because you have already lost. you have got to back up your claim with actions. but at least you already have realized what is to be done.

The OP has figured out where his problem is coming from, and it will cost only discipline for him to be able to overcome that problem he is having, and if his friends are also not helping, the best is to cut off from such friends for the meantime until he considers himself mentally ready to face anything that has to do with gambling without losing control.

[I_Anime]

I have been gambling for the past ten years now and seriously I must say I have lost more than I have profited thou it feels as if I should keep on trying so I can recover back my losses but that's the more money I keep on losing sometimes I will delete the app to free myself from it then during the week ends my friends will show me some nice games asking if I have interest in it then the spirit comes and I will download back the app and I will go back to what has been eating me up is so addicting that I called the app my daily food.
Some persons out there might be facing the same situation and it is affecting there state of mind and how they live there life's the fact is to just let go you can't recover those losses is gone just accept defeat and move on though is hard but you have to that's what I did

First try cutting off things that fuel the addiction . You can tell your friends that they shouldn’t show you anymore games for now , and stop the mindset that gambling is a source of income , because is not at all . It will only keep eating you up with such mindset, find something else to channel that energy to .

Trying to recover losses back with gambling is one of the biggest mistakes most gamblers do , revenge gambling will literally cause you more harm than good .

[rachael9385]

Some persons out there might be facing the same situation and it is affecting there state of mind and how they live there life's the fact is to just let go you can't recover those losses is gone just accept defeat and move on though is hard but you have to that's what I did

You have the desire to stop gambling, which is a good start. But I don’t know which gambling app you use, because I gamble on websites. Some casinos don’t develop app versions for smartphones. 
But in your case, what keeps influencing you to gamble is the influence of friends, and the first thing you need to change is that. Don’t be afraid of being called arrogant; they probably won’t help you when you’re in trouble. Focusing on yourself will be better.

That's the same opinion I have about that too, life is all about doing what you need to protect your peace and keep your mind right. Most people find it hard to take a break from friendships like this due to the bonds that have been created over the years but this is something that must be done in thsi case so that there would be an improvement. like you said, it is better for him to start focusing on himself.

[dunfida]

I have been gambling for the past ten years now and seriously I must say I have lost more than I have profited thou it feels as if I should keep on trying so I can recover back my losses but that's the more money I keep on losing sometimes I will delete the app to free myself from it then during the week ends my friends will show me some nice games asking if I have interest in it then the spirit comes and I will download back the app and I will go back to what has been eating me up is so addicting that I called the app my daily food.
Some persons out there might be facing the same situation and it is affecting there state of mind and how they live there life's the fact is to just let go you can't recover those losses is gone just accept defeat and move on though is hard but you have to that's what I did

First try cutting off things that fuel the addiction . You can tell your friends that they shouldn’t show you anymore games for now , and stop the mindset that gambling is a source of income , because is not at all . It will only keep eating you up with such mindset, find something else to channel that energy to .

Trying to recover losses back with gambling is one of the biggest mistakes most gamblers do , revenge gambling will literally cause you more harm than good .

Or in short, you should know on when to say no and dont grant on any request on which your friends would be that saying when they are trying out to make you play or whatever things that they do ask into. Addiction isnt only just that limited on gambling alone but also come to think that there would be that other things on which it would be causing up that addiction but of course its not something that all people would be that getting hooked into. It all matters about self awareness and on the decisions that you are making because at the time that you would be that wanting to have stopped or doesnt want to deal up with it then you do always have the control and decision in the end of the day. If you are that wanting to quit for good then you can do it and avoid yourself into the possible things that you might be able to wake up that urge to play more and this is something that you should be needing up to consider into.

[Miles2006]

I have been gambling for the past ten years now and seriously I must say I have lost more than I have profited thou it feels as if I should keep on trying so I can recover back my losses but that's the more money I keep on losing sometimes I will delete the app to free myself from it then during the week ends my friends will show me some nice games asking if I have interest in it then the spirit comes and I will download back the app and I will go back to what has been eating me up is so addicting that I called the app my daily food.
Some persons out there might be facing the same situation and it is affecting there state of mind and how they live there life's the fact is to just let go you can't recover those losses is gone just accept defeat and move on though is hard but you have to that's what I did

I will advice you warn your friends not to send any odds, not minding how beneficial the game might be don’t pay attention to such odds, I doubt if your friends are aware of the struggle else they would definitely support your idea of deleting the app as usual a good friend will do same.
The best solution is getting distracted with other activity mostly work, engage in other activity I mean fun and educative programs that will not drain your funds basically the idea is to avoid loss not minding if it’s gambling related or not, gambling addiction is difficult to handle especially when a person mindset is trapped to being successful by gambling consistent.

[ejikeme24]

First of all, you have to believe that gambling is not a means of making money, but rather a means of finding entertainment in exchange for some money. If you are lucky, you may gain something, but the amount of loss will be less than that.

Chasing losses or chasing wins in gambling is always a harmful step, in which you will lose many times more than you earn and push yourself towards gambling addiction. Do not consider gambling as anything other than a means of entertainment and use what you can afford to lose.

You don't even need to beg anyone to believe that gambling is not a place to make money because begging them to know is as if you're depriving them from pursing something they feel they can easily achieve, for me those gamblers who refused to admit that gambling is not a place to make money will be forced to agree when the time comes maybe in the future or within a short term since most of them are just joining the game recently so they believe they can easily outsmart the casinos but with time they will see for themselves the stuff that the casino is made up of.

[Asiska02]

Some persons out there might be facing the same situation and it is affecting there state of mind and how they live there life's the fact is to just let go you can't recover those losses is gone just accept defeat and move on though is hard but you have to that's what I did

If you want to actually succeed in gambling or not feel emotionally attached to your loss then you should not have the mindset that you’re going to be chasing after your loss. This is one big mistake many gamblers make and it has really cost them a lot of money, they keep losing and not even have a calculating approach towards the market anymore since they just want to recover what they’ve lost in the gambling space. It is tiring and exhausting seeing yourself losing more than you have won, but that shouldn't stop you from making yourself feel indebted to the market.

The odds may not always favour you, but just stick to only risking what you can afford to lose while having a proper risk management strategy to guide you and checking on the market frequently, it’ll reduce the emotional attachment to the market as you’re not losing what you can’t afford to lose. The market is all based on luck but it rewards those that are always checking up on the market more than any other person.

[ShowOff]

First of all, you have to believe that gambling is not a means of making money, but rather a means of finding entertainment in exchange for some money. If you are lucky, you may gain something, but the amount of loss will be less than that.

Chasing losses or chasing wins in gambling is always a harmful step, in which you will lose many times more than you earn and push yourself towards gambling addiction. Do not consider gambling as anything other than a means of entertainment and use what you can afford to lose.

I think all gamblers are well aware of gambling advice, as well as the limits they are supposed to strictly adhere to when placing bets. However, not all gamblers are able to apply these principles properly, and many of them continue to repeat the same mistakes. There is always an urge to keep betting, regardless of whether they are winning or losing, some even end up become addictions and losing everything. Basically, gambling is meant for entertainment, but along the way, most gamblers turn it into a means of making a profit. It must be acknowledged that the peak pleasure in gambling lies in winning, not merely in passing the time or enjoying the thrill itself.

[Lida93]

hopefully your words actually mean something and not just temporary words you tell yourself because you have already lost. you have got to back up your claim with actions. but at least you already have realized what is to be done.

The OP has figured out where his problem is coming from, and it will cost only discipline for him to be able to overcome that problem he is having, and if his friends are also not helping, the best is to cut off from such friends for the meantime until he considers himself mentally ready to face anything that has to do with gambling without losing control.

As acknowledged, the OP is his own enemy towards why he has being able to stop gambling, because you can't claim to be ready to stop gambling to the length that you deleted your gambling app but you're still mingling with friends that gambles and talks about gambling. Like what exactly does he expects?! He would definitely just by a matter of time return back to the games. Op needs discipline himself to avoid association with things and people that choke him with gambling related stuffs.