It's serious if you only have gambling as an entertainment option

[aioc]

This is true, and it happened to a friend who used to be addicted to online casinos, you see my friend used to play basketball and watch movies on weekends just to ease up from his work as a supervisor.

One of our friends introduced him to online casinos as an additional form of entertainment, knowing that he is a disciplined guy and will not turn to addiction.

At first, my friend is hesitant, but he still checks it if he still has a room for one, after a few week of testing he soon loved it because of the excitement so he allocated a portion that he can lose, unfortunately because of his new found form of entertainment he abandoned playing basketball and watching movies so he can focus on playing in casino which he found more entertaining.

By picking and only playing in casinos as a form of entertainment, his friends and family found out that he had allocated more time and money; they knew him as a disciplined guy, but because he only had gambling to treat himself, he became addicted.

It's good that, with the intervention of family and friends, he has reduced his time at the casino and has resumed playing basketball and watching movies.

It's a bad idea to only have gambling as an entertainment option. You should never leave things that entertain you to play in a casino; it's just too risky.

Do you agree with this?

[coin-investor]

Addiction comes when your time and money are not proportionally allocated. If you treat gambling as entertainment, 2 to 3 hours is a good proportion, and 5% of your salary is a good allocation for me.
Having only gambling as an option to entertain yourself is also risky; there should be other forms of entertainment for me, such as playing guitar and participating in chess tournaments.
When the mind puts too much time and effort into one thing, it becomes a habit. When it becomes a habit, the more time spent, the more it becomes an addiction. So use your time wisely for entertainment.

[Junii]

Do you agree with this?

Yes i wholeheartedly agree with you. Honestly nothing new is in what i am saying because i have expressed what i think about it quite often before. I will outline my stance in regards to this topic in the context of the psychological perspective. When we speak of the phenomena of addiction we should consider how it is going to begin to substitute the source of delight and excitement. In the beginning your friend viewed gambling as a way of activity and felt that he is in control. Sadly enough it is kind of a behavior which provides a person with quick and immediate pleasure and satisfaction. Such stimulation to the brain can actually feel much stronger than say playing basketball or going to movies. Financial loss does not matter what does is the destruction of the balance in all parts of life. Whenever a gambler feels a spark of excitement while playing he or she will try to repeat this feeling later. Hence many gamblers spend a lot of time and money on gambling without seeing what their problem is till it is noticed by someone else. Lucky enough for your friend that his family felt compassion and help him on time.

[swogerino]

The level of dopamine produced from our brain is the same no matter if gambling for fun or real money, little by little addiction starts to kick in and before anyone knows he is right there in the net of gambling addiction. Being a disciplined guy has its own benefits and this mean that he like in this case can overcome this burden with just a bit of free will, the rest of the work is easy once you are disciplined. In this example we clearly see that no matter how great or disciplined at life one can be, he can never escape the gambling addiction if introduced to it, so bottom line no one is immune to this illness called gambling addiction.

[Dunamisx]

It's a bad idea to only have gambling as an entertainment option. You should never leave things that entertain you to play in a casino; it's just too risky.

There are many things we are likely to do and get us entertained aside from gambling, our minds may not be there as one of those things that really engaged us because we are used to doing them and don't even take them as an entertainment in the first place, gambling only happens to be that deliberate means to get entertained, while there are other things we do on a daily basis without being compelled and we still find satisfaction in doing them over and over again because of the pleasure with derived in doing them, on this context, it is no longer about gambling but being entertained as long as you enjoy what you do and you keep doing it more often.

[rachael9385]

There are lots of other things that we can do to entertain ourselves, a lot of people assume that they can only have fun when they gamble that's why it's hard for them to quit or distract their mind with something else when they want to. There are so many things that we can actually do to be entertained if we take our mind off gambling.

[PostQuantumBTC]

It's good that, with the intervention of family and friends, he has reduced his time at the casino and has resumed playing basketball and watching movies.

It is very good that his family and friends know about it, this could have helped him. Or maybe gambling has taught him some lessons while losing, but it is very good that he is changing back. That shows how strong he is, not a kind of people that will be addicted in silence and be losing money.

It's a bad idea to only have gambling as an entertainment option. You should never leave things that entertain you to play in a casino; it's just too risky.

Yes, it is a very bad idea, there are many other entertainments. If someone is only making gambling as an entertainment, the person is addicted already.

[salad daging]

If you look at the case you told, the choice of gambling for entertainment is indeed a bad idea, besides there is entertainment other than gambling, it is better because playing in a casino in the end you will lose money even if only a little.

This depends on how the person is with the level they overcome this addiction, I myself can still control well and if there are other entertainment activities then it will always prioritize rather than playing.

I believe every gambling player will have their own problems, whether it's from the mind, stress, financial to psychological, then he himself can overcome it.

[Ishicryptic]

I don't think that I've ever thought of gambling as a sole source of entertainment before, thinking of it now I believe that it is not a good lifestyle because gambling is addictive and not something that should be engaged in everytime. I've disciplined myself to only gamble a few times in a week, there are some weeks that I don't gamble because I have other things to occupy my mind and time. If there were nothing else for a gambler to do after work and chores then the only option to relax would be gambling and that is how addiction will start. As a gambler it is good to have other hubbies to pass free times, if it's only gambling it won't be good on the long run.

[Pandu Geddon]

It's a bad idea to only have gambling as an entertainment option. You should never leave things that entertain you to play in a casino; it's just too risky.

You can use the casino for entertainment, but only in your free time. You cannot allocate more money. The mistake is when gambling eventually takes over your other times. That friend was fortunate to still be protected by his family. If it gets out of control, something worse might happen. Gamble only when you truly have free time. But do not turn your productive time into free time for gambling.

[Agbe]

Do you agree with this?

This should be an individual opinion and in my own, I agree with you. Taking monetary involvement as an entertainment means is very dangerous. Entertainment should not involved money and once money is involved, it can lead to addiction mostly when the gambler wins some few games. And from your storyline, your friend won at the first two or more games and that lured him to be full gambler and only focus on gambling but if he loss streak in the first attempts, he would have abandoned or left gambling because he was losing funds. But the winning increased his motivation to gamble more.

[Sticky Bomb]

Having gambling as your only entertainment option can be very addicting. There must be a mix with others to strike some sort of a balance mentally. I kind of get it that your friend lost his discipline but that is gambling for you, very unpredictable, even in your behaviors as long as you give it a high priority. A gambling session must be timed, if not, no matter how disciplined you think you're it would only take time before the interest grows and breaks your gambling discipline for you, the more you spend longer time in gambling, the more you are getting obsessed and you would want to keep playing.

[Accardo]

If there were nothing else for a gambler to do after work and chores then the only option to relax would be gambling and that is how addiction will start. As a gambler it is good to have other hubbies to pass free times, if it's only gambling it won't be good on the long run.

He would have focused more energy gambling on basketball games, which would always remind him of his hobby, and as well redirect him into going to the ball court once a while to test his skills. Moving away completely to games like slot, wasn't the right choice for a beginner, the trills with slot easily shifts people's mindset and gets them glued to unforeseen mistakes and addictive potentials.

[bitLeap]

It's good that, with the intervention of family and friends, he has reduced his time at the casino and has resumed playing basketball and watching movies.

It's a bad idea to only have gambling as an entertainment option. You should never leave things that entertain you to play in a casino; it's just too risky.

Do you agree with this?

One thing I want to say first is that your friend has led him into gambling. So, if anyone is to blame for this it's clearly your friend.

Regarding risk management, he may have initially been skilled at it due to his professional background, but gambling is clearly different because there's a reward element, so risk management must be more stringent.

Gambling is a good pastime, but when the goal is diverted by the pursuit of winning, it becomes almost addictive.

[Hewlet]

It's a bad idea to only have gambling as an entertainment option. You should never leave things that entertain you to play in a casino; it's just too risky.

Do you agree with this?

Excess of everything is actually bad and that's why it's best that you don't engage in a thing that's redundant in nature. You might risk over doing it and from being completely in control of your gambling lifestyle, you find yourself completely addicted if care isn't taken.

There are generally different ways to have fun and some of them don't even require you to your money. Even while gambling, it's not every time that you use serious money or else you might end up suffering for it in the long run. Even if You feel you're too disciplined, gamble what you can afford to loose and get yourself busy with other things. It's actually very deficult for someone that's seriously busy with other areas of his life to become addicted to gambling. Adddicttion sometimes suggest that you're not being intentional with other aspect of your life.

[Achalugo BTC]

There are lots of other things that we can do to entertain ourselves, a lot of people assume that they can only have fun when they gamble that's why it's hard for them to quit or distract their mind with something else when they want to. There are so many things that we can actually do to be entertained if we take our mind off gambling.

Exactly, they believe that with gambling, they can be entertained as much as they want, meanwhile they can't afford to do it in a more responsible way and when they are not too fond of gambling, they will be easily distracted and stop themselves from gambling to prevent damages that they might encounter in the future, because making that mistake of thinking that gambling is the only way one can get entertained, will soon turn to be a game of paycheck, so avoiding them early is the best.

[Taskford]

This is true, and it happened to a friend who used to be addicted to online casinos, you see my friend used to play basketball and watch movies on weekends just to ease up from his work as a supervisor.

One of our friends introduced him to online casinos as an additional form of entertainment, knowing that he is a disciplined guy and will not turn to addiction.

At first, my friend is hesitant, but he still checks it if he still has a room for one, after a few week of testing he soon loved it because of the excitement so he allocated a portion that he can lose, unfortunately because of his new found form of entertainment he abandoned playing basketball and watching movies so he can focus on playing in casino which he found more entertaining.

By picking and only playing in casinos as a form of entertainment, his friends and family found out that he had allocated more time and money; they knew him as a disciplined guy, but because he only had gambling to treat himself, he became addicted.

It's good that, with the intervention of family and friends, he has reduced his time at the casino and has resumed playing basketball and watching movies.

It's a bad idea to only have gambling as an entertainment option. You should never leave things that entertain you to play in a casino; it's just too risky.

Do you agree with this?

Its actually dangerous for individual for making gambling as their only source of entertainment, because imagine the money they are wasting for continuously engaging with gambling site if they are playing on daily basis.

Also the situation became more dangerous if the said person experience worst situations like gambling addiction. Because everything will fall apart in his side if he can't control his vices and his other actions in gambling sites. Entertainment surely work if they have multiple source on where they can enjoy themselves. Sports, family time and other hobbies we have is good source of entertainment and we should make gambling less option and just make it when we are totally bored at home.

[Sanitough]

That means you are probably already addicted because your life seems to be only about gambling.

I mean, most of us don’t stick to only one type of entertainment because that would be boring. So if someone only has gambling as entertainment, I think there is already a problem there, and that person could likely go bankrupt in the long run because of addiction.

We should avoid reaching that point. Maybe we can say we are proud because we gamble and only a few can really last in gambling, but we also have to remember that gambling is not the only option in this world.

A balanced life should not be 100% all in on gambling as entertainment. There should still be other things that make us enjoy life without always risking money.

[Alex077]

This is true, and it happened to a friend who used to be addicted to online casinos, you see my friend used to play basketball and watch movies on weekends just to ease up from his work as a supervisor.

One of our friends introduced him to online casinos as an additional form of entertainment, knowing that he is a disciplined guy and will not turn to addiction.

Well, I’d say I somewhat agree with this. We need to understand that the problem often doesn’t start with gambling itself, but with the moment it slowly begins replacing other normal and more important parts of life.
In your example, the real warning sign wasn’t simply going to the casino, but the fact that the person gave up his usual hobbies like basketball and movies - the things that previously brought him enjoyment and helped him relax.
And in this situation, it’s really good that family and friends stepped in early. Very often people only realize there’s a serious problem once the financial losses become heavy or the addiction gets too strong. Sometimes simply returning to old habits, sports, socializing, and normal ways of relaxing can help much more than it seems at first glance.

Personally, I think gambling is much safer when it’s treated as just a small form of entertainment, not the only source of emotions or excitement in life. I think when the balance disappears, the risks become much higher.

[Alpha Marine]

Do you agree with this?

Yeah, I agree, especially if you have a lot of free time. The thing about addiction is that it doesn't come all of a sudden. If you don't check yourself, you won't know when it takes you. It starts out as just fun, then slowly, you start to want to only do it. This is why I advise people to take breaks when they see themselves gambling more than they plan to. There have been times when I gamble all the time, when I realise that all I do is gamble, I take a little break, usually a week or two, to clear my head and remind myself that there are other things to do aside from gambling.

Gambling shouldn't replace other things in our lives, and we shouldn't use it to fill a void. Some people get addicted when they are going through a breakup or are in a bad situation. The same way people get addicted to drugs and alcohol in their most vulnerable times. We need to understand that these things won't solve our problems for us; instead, they would create more problems if we are not careful. Nobody intends to be an addict; it just happens slowly. That is why we need to always check ourselves.