Have you ever felt quitting gambling, but could not?

[Dogedegen]

Many gamblers do think about quitting gambling, but remembering the amount loss in gambling makes it hard for them to come to agreement to stop gambling completely.

It is funny because that does not make sense when taken together with what else people write here about gambling. Many repeat that it should be played under limits and for entertainment, but then you have people who also write this kind of thing. These two things are not compatible with each other. Do you remember the money lost each time you watch a movie? Go to a sports game? Go anywhere? The money is spent, not lost, unless you are playing for profit. If you are playing for profit, then you are doing it wrong. There is nothing to discuss in that regard. People who see the amount lost as an obstacle to quit gambling are already deeply addicted to it.

Someone who is not addicted in gambling will quit from gambling at any moments, because is not interested to regain what it has lost from gambling...but someone who is addicted and a dependent of gambling to survive can not easily quit from gambling because what it ought to benefit from gambling..

The factors that makes people to find it difficult to quit from gambling, it's because if you have spend much from gambling and you are interested to benefit whatever you have lost, it will be more difficult to leave gambling early...it's a wise decision to quit from gambling if you're not benefiting from gambling...

Exactly, only addicts would think about money lost and things like that. As I said when considering other entertainment forms, people usually do not think about how much money they spent before on it before deciding to engage more in it or abstain from it. There is a difference between money spent and money lost, and if gambling is done for entertainment purposes and the person is not addicted to it then the money is spent and not lost.

[Findingnemo]

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Share your own opinions here.

I would like to start with, there is no profit or loss in the gambling, either you win money or lose the bet which is different though.

Long term losers or one time losers that doesn't change anything because the outcome of each bet is completelty irrelevant to past and future outcomes so you may win a million dollar in the only bet you made in a life or you didn't even win anything at all even after you bet for million times.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

There are patient loosers who are lucky to hit it big after many seasons of losses, but still not every long term looser will be lucky enough to hit big win someday.
Sometimes, as gamblers we fill discouraged in the market, because long term losses. Therefore we should maintain carefulness as we remain in the gambling market, and gamble responsibly if at all you cannot quit as a result of losses.

Share your own opinions here.

When you gamble responsibly, and most especially with an amount you can afford to lose, quitting is never an option, but yet that doesn't mean you can't take a break off gambling for over a certain period of time due to how much you might have lost gambling during that period. Because one thing about gambling is the fact that it's not always easy to win a bet, as a result of the random nature of casino games and likewise the unpredictability of Sport games of recent times, whereby the outcome of previous performance don't always portray the possible outcome of a future games, due to several factors. Hence, when you find yourself in a situation whereby you feel like quitting, you should rather just take a break off gambling for a certain period of time.

[lionheart78]

Many gamblers do think about quitting gambling, but remembering the amount loss in gambling makes it hard for them to come to agreement to stop gambling completely.

It is funny because that does not make sense when taken together with what else people write here about gambling. Many repeat that it should be played under limits and for entertainment, but then you have people who also write this kind of thing. These two things are not compatible with each other. Do you remember the money lost each time you watch a movie? Go to a sports game? Go anywhere? The money is spent, not lost, unless you are playing for profit. If you are playing for profit, then you are doing it wrong. There is nothing to discuss in that regard. People who see the amount lost as an obstacle to quit gambling are already deeply addicted to it.

Nicely said, those who remember their losses are gamblers who gamble for profit.  Although I do not find it wrong if gamblers gamble for profit, what wrong is, gambling what they can afford to lose.  Because if they do that they will undergo their financial destruction.

Someone who is not addicted in gambling will quit from gambling at any moments, because is not interested to regain what it has lost from gambling...but someone who is addicted and a dependent of gambling to survive can not easily quit from gambling because what it ought to benefit from gambling..

The factors that makes people to find it difficult to quit from gambling, it's because if you have spend much from gambling and you are interested to benefit whatever you have lost, it will be more difficult to leave gambling early...it's a wise decision to quit from gambling if you're not benefiting from gambling...

Exactly, only addicts would think about money lost and things like that.

Not entirely true, even non-addicted gamblers often think of their losses, and those who gamble more than what they can afford to lose do not necessarily fall under gambling addicts. They may have a problem with self-control during those time but it does not make them automatically addicted to gambling because they can still quit gambling anytime they want.  They have no control over how much they will spend, but it does not say they have an uncontrollable urge to gamble.

[Z_MBFM]

I have thought about quitting gambling and I have been able to do so but it was too late for me which led to huge losses. Although I still enjoy gambling but not on a large scale. I sometimes enjoy gambling for entertainment. But at one time I was addicted to gambling and when I was losing I thought about quitting gambling but I couldn't quit because I had a lot of emotions towards gambling and I expected a lot from gambling which made me think of gambling as a positive thing even after making huge losses. This happens to every addicted gambler but those who can control themselves and stay away from emotions can quit gambling immediately when they want to.

[Issa56]

I was just pondering within myself why most gamblers keep complaining of the losses they incure in gambling but are unable to quit.

If you are gambling and you discover that your loss is just so much, and you can’t stop gambling, am going to say that the person is already addicted to gamble, if you are not addicted, I don’t think you will find it so difficult to stop gambling whenever you want to stop gambling. Most of the people that you will see that finds it difficult to stop gambling are the set of people that just feel if they don’t give up, they still going to win back their losses, if you are trying to chase your loss, you going to be losing more, and you will find it difficult to stop gambling.

Every gambler is full of optimism, even though we loose our bet, we still believe subsequent bet will favour us, and it may or may not also work that way.

That’s where the problem do start from, if you are a gambler, and you always think the next bet will favour you, then you are beginning to cause problem for yourself, because you going to find it difficult to stop gambling.

There are patient loosers who are lucky to hit it big after many seasons of losses, but still not every long term looser will be lucky enough to hit big win someday.

Some patient loser’s are lucky to hit a big win after a season of losses, that doesn’t mean you should be a patient loser also, because you might not be lucky to win big at the end, just because something works for someone doesn’t mean it’s going to work for you.

[leonair]

I have thought about quitting gambling and I have been able to do so but it was too late for me which led to huge losses. Although I still enjoy gambling but not on a large scale. I sometimes enjoy gambling for entertainment. But at one time I was addicted to gambling and when I was losing I thought about quitting gambling but I couldn't quit because I had a lot of emotions towards gambling and I expected a lot from gambling which made me think of gambling as a positive thing even after making huge losses. This happens to every addicted gambler but those who can control themselves and stay away from emotions can quit gambling immediately when they want to.

Even if you are late, you have been able to get out of gambling addiction and live a normal life, this is a great thing. Because those who are addicted to gambling cannot get out of it easily. Gambling is a kind of emotional thing and a tempting thing because various advertisements are seen that very easily go to big jackpots and in every gambling bet you can feel that your winning was very close but you could not win which will encourage you to place the next bet and this is how a gambler becomes addicted. This does not only happen to you, this happens to maximum gamblers and they cannot give up gambling even if they think about it.

[Youngrebel]

Every gambler has done such promise one way to the other. "After" this game, I will stop gambling but we see ourselves cominback again. It is hard for a gambler who has won money  to stop gambling.  The o ly thing  they can do effectively is to reduce gambling habit and not to terminate gambling automatic. And foe  gambler to stop gambling if it is possible,they have to discipline themselves and sideline gambling for his or her life.

[terrific]

More gamblers are going to realize that it's not worth it anymore if they've lost so much already.
But they will only accept that fact of their situation when gambling is not healthy on them anymore.
It seems that it forces them to quit and it won't be good to them to stay anymore because they could lose more than what they have lost already.

Its only the wise ones that will quit from gambling when they notice they are not getting what they are expecting and this is what makes them to stay out of problems that careless gambling offers but to those  that want to see the end of gambling even when the evidence has shown that its not no longer a game again but a battle and yet, they won't give up until they are totally drained. But whatever may be their reason, they should just try to choose peace and calmness over gambling.

So much, it's totally draining and they don't to stop as soon as they see it. That's because they want to take back their reasons.
I would choose my own peace and settle with it. It's hard to have it these days when the world is so hyper active.
Everyone has their own chases and they can't stop from doing so. So, the best thing for someone who's looking to be wise is to stop when they can.

[Franctoshi]

You're not very far away from addiction for you to want to quit gambling but find it difficult to do so then it means you're either close to being addicted to gambling or you're already addicted. And you need to check or re-evaluate your gambling habits. Because it's gradually out of control and which will not be good for your mental health.

[Anayochukwu]

As long as there is hope of winning in front, it will be hard to give up gambling because of this long time of losing, and as long as you are not spending the money big at once, you will not also feel the pain that much.

As for those who take and consider gambling as a full-time investment or business, only they can give a reason why they have not quit doing something they have been into for long without accounting for at least a 10% ROI on a yearly basis.

Yes, I think this hope of winning in the future is the main reason why we can't quit gambling. To be honest quitting gambling when you have already lost a lot is not easy because you will likely want to win some money back. Spending all the money at a time without winning any money can make you feel pain, but when you are just spending little money you will not feel any pain, in fact when you won't even think about quiting gambling because you believe that you can win money someday.

[I_Anime]

I have thought about quitting gambling and I have been able to do so but it was too late for me which led to huge losses. Although I still enjoy gambling but not on a large scale. I sometimes enjoy gambling for entertainment. But at one time I was addicted to gambling and when I was losing I thought about quitting gambling but I couldn't quit because I had a lot of emotions towards gambling and I expected a lot from gambling which made me think of gambling as a positive thing even after making huge losses. This happens to every addicted gambler but those who can control themselves and stay away from emotions can quit gambling immediately when they want to.

Gambling addiction can never end well if it's not well handled on time . Many don't usually realise it on time because gambling addiction is not something that happens once it build up with time , due to the how one approach gambling . Like many came into gambling with the wrong mindset.

That's why I usually urge gamblers to play it safe because they can't beat the system. Playing it safe will actually give one the edge to minimise their losses .

[tech30338]

I have thought about quitting gambling and I have been able to do so but it was too late for me which led to huge losses. Although I still enjoy gambling but not on a large scale. I sometimes enjoy gambling for entertainment. But at one time I was addicted to gambling and when I was losing I thought about quitting gambling but I couldn't quit because I had a lot of emotions towards gambling and I expected a lot from gambling which made me think of gambling as a positive thing even after making huge losses. This happens to every addicted gambler but those who can control themselves and stay away from emotions can quit gambling immediately when they want to.

Gambling addiction can never end well if it's not well handled on time . Many don't usually realise it on time because gambling addiction is not something that happens once it build up with time , due to the how one approach gambling . Like many came into gambling with the wrong mindset.

That's why I usually urge gamblers to play it safe because they can't beat the system. Playing it safe will actually give one the edge to minimise their losses .

I think its the persons willingness to stop gambling, if he is addicted to gambling but can control his emotions toward gambling there is a chance that he will stop, a matter of priorities if he has a family to feed gambling should stop because sometimes gamblers were unable to provide because of gambling, many people has been in that situation and failed but a person who has a goal in life could get out in that situation, but it really depends on the person, i have seen people who get in get out of gambling, they really keep coming back, but once they have a family they already know the script or what to do.

[Maslate]

When you're gambling for the sake of winning big, you'll have every reason to continue chasing your losses because you feel it's possible to win them back. One thing with those gamblers that won big, some of them have lost more than that amount why some of them will definitely lose it back to the casino.

Only gamble for fun because no matter how long that you have been in the gambling world, winning big isn't guaranteed. Staying healthy as a gambler is what really matters because that's when you cab enjoy the fun and if possible, win big.

Gamblers will always have that ''illusion of control'' thinking that after some losing streak, we're due for a win. Its like we're motivated to chase losses because we believe that a big win is waiting on our way, we just have to stay betting and never quit from it.

But the thing is, if you lose track from your emotions, you will definitely feel this way. That's why gambling should be made for fun, not to chase your luck and make a living. A lot of gamblers end up deeply addicted because they are gambling to win, not to get the entertainment they long for.

[Achalugo BTC]

When you gamble responsibly, and most especially with an amount you can afford to lose, quitting is never an option, but yet that doesn't mean you can't take a break off gambling for over a certain period of time due to how much you might have lost gambling during that period. Because one thing about gambling is the fact that it's not always easy to win a bet, as a result of the random nature of casino games and likewise the unpredictability of Sport games of recent times, whereby the outcome of previous performance don't always portray the possible outcome of a future games, due to several factors. Hence, when you find yourself in a situation whereby you feel like quitting, you should rather just take a break off gambling for a certain period of time.

Quitting is an option if one got the chance to do it, let them do it even though they're gambling responsibly or not, as far as they have the ability to do it, then, they should go ahead because I see no reason why one will have to wait until they fall out control before they can quit. In gambling, the only one can beat it, its by quitting when one don't have the reason of quitting, which you are not only preventing yourself from gambling problems, but you are saving yourself from the future because its unknown which one can't determine what will take place and for one to be on safer side, they got to do what they need to do and not to wait until they ask them to do it.

[Lida93]

When you're gambling for the sake of winning big, you'll have every reason to continue chasing your losses because you feel it's possible to win them back. One thing with those gamblers that won big, some of them have lost more than that amount why some of them will definitely lose it back to the casino.

You are very much right about this, but those gamblers don't really care about it that way as long as the winning comes big; it's like they have been throwing in money somewhere for it to be saved, and the platform where they are saving it takes their own commission, and the worst are the set who don't even see that big winning at all, but they always hope the next game might be it, and that usually pushes them to be betting with a high amount because they expect the profit to be based on how much they staked.

It's crazy how gamblers try to survival fates they ain't in control of or even could imagine what could be next from their next bet but just keep pounding on the games hoping that someday luck could hit on them. It's not bad to be hopeful while still sticking to the game but having to be increasing your stake because you expect that a win could come and it should be of a high profit when it does, that's just chaos waiting to bump on you in ways you can't escape.

[Wakate]

When you gamble responsibly, and most especially with an amount you can afford to lose, quitting is never an option, but yet that doesn't mean you can't take a break off gambling for over a certain period of time due to how much you might have lost gambling during that period. Because one thing about gambling is the fact that it's not always easy to win a bet, as a result of the random nature of casino games and likewise the unpredictability of Sport games of recent times, whereby the outcome of previous performance don't always portray the possible outcome of a future games, due to several factors. Hence, when you find yourself in a situation whereby you feel like quitting, you should rather just take a break off gambling for a certain period of time.

Quitting is an option if one got the chance to do it, let them do it even though they're gambling responsibly or not, as far as they have the ability to do it, then, they should go ahead because I see no reason why one will have to wait until they fall out control before they can quit. In gambling, the only one can beat it, its by quitting when one don't have the reason of quitting, which you are not only preventing yourself from gambling problems, but you are saving yourself from the future because its unknown which one can't determine what will take place and for one to be on safer side, they got to do what they need to do and not to wait until they ask them to do it.

It is rather better to abstain from gambling than try to force yourself to make money from betting when you are not getting it right.
Instead of trying to make money from betting by getting access to more games increasing your stakes so you can be profitable, this alone can be a challenge that add more influence to a gambler that cannot control himself how to completely stop gambling.

[GiftedMAN]

Gambling addiction can never end well if it's not well handled on time . Many don't usually realise it on time because gambling addiction is not something that happens once it build up with time , due to the how one approach gambling . Like many came into gambling with the wrong mindset.

That's why I usually urge gamblers to play it safe because they can't beat the system. Playing it safe will actually give one the edge to minimise their losses .

People should examine themselves on time, to know if they are still on track or if they are going astray and this can be achieved by setting budget and also settling limits,  if they notice that they are now exceeding themselves from the normal ways, they should know that they are on their way to addiction and until they stop themselves, they can't be able to control themselves when they are ready and this will cause them to trouble.

[tvplus006]

I was just pondering within myself why most gamblers keep complaining of the losses they incure in gambling but are unable to quit...

This happens because the player becomes addicted to gambling, but he cannot admit it to himself. The release of dopamine, which is accompanied during the game, completely absorbs prudence, which leads to another loss and an indispensable desire to recoup.

[Orpichukwu]

You're not very far away from addiction for you to want to quit gambling but find it difficult to do so then it means you're either close to being addicted to gambling or you're already addicted. And you need to check or re-evaluate your gambling habits. Because it's gradually out of control and which will not be good for your mental health.

That could indeed be a sign of addiction, but that's for the person to know; it means they are not addicted yet. Someone who is addicted might not see anything wrong with battling to quit, and it's hard for him or her; they will see it as normal, something to be gambling in such a condition. Whichever be the case, the op needs to work on himself not to allow that to escalate to a situation where it will entirely be beyond his control.