How do you Detect for Abnormal Gambling Behavior

[DPHOR]

Whenever you so much gives attention to gambling and you can't barely control yourself while gambling and you noticed that you can't stay a day or two days without gambling then you should know that is something strange behinds you while gambling and you should be that rushing to see therapist who are so much concerned about your present predicaments.
To maintain a safe gambling practices you should know when to stop, when to gamble and when not to gamble. You should be knowing your maximum capacity on how long you should be spending while gambling as all these will stand you out from those who are gambling irresponsibly.

[Issa56]

When a gambler gambles, he himself does not understand what is normal and what is abnormal, especially when he moves towards gambling addiction.

Most addicted gamblers don’t even know they are doing the wrong thing, most of them are always thinking they are on the right path, because they are always desperate trying to make money from gambling, they don’t see that as a wrong thing. When you tell some people that they are already addicted to gambling, you going to see them deny it, some of them are going to tell you they are in control of their gambling activity.

Some addicted gamblers will tell you they just want to win back the money which they have lost, some of them believe if they don’t give up, they will hit jackpot later in the future. If you are trying to win back your loss, you should know that you might just end up losing everything you are having in the process of trying to win back your loss.

[DiMarxist]

One good sign of gambling addiction, is not having a boundary when it comes to our gambling habits. I believe that as gambler's there is a clear boundary that everyone has established, when it comes to the amount of money that is use in the purpose of gambling. If an individual no longer has a clear control over his finances and struggles to separate money that, is ment for running the house or even for investment with gambling then such a person is definitely struggling with gambling addiction and should be considered as an abnormal behavior in gambling.

[tabas]

And they think that it's just a fine thing to do. So, they won't stop until they put themselves into a bigger trouble. They'll only realize it quite late when they've got a lot of debt, looking at the interest rate while them having nothing but losses. Responsible gamblers have to accept the losses and they shouldn't gamble with the money that they're not yet theirs. That mistake is repeatedly done by many gamblers and copied by the others too. Because they think that it's a common thing or a norm that's done by the entire gambling community. Yes, it's done but not recommend and only done by irresponsible gamblers.

Even in such cases, many players become unsure, exhibiting strange behavior or behavioral anomalies. The problem is that some players begin to invent and do things they've never done before. I can easily recognize this from my close circle of friends, as I understand that many of them gamble, even if not for large sums, but they do it frequently and can easily lose their bankroll in a single session. And even if they know all the basics of the game and risk, that doesn't mean they'll adhere to them, especially when wagering.

When they do strange things and shows behaviors that they're not used to do. There's something wrong with them, and even I, I've seen that with my friends who have been addicted to gambling. The change of their behavior and their optimism is at highest. They think that it only requires them one hit to get into the jackpot but they're not saying for how long they'll be able to make it. That's the problem when they have changed so much with their behavior and even they think it's a positive one, that's overoptimistic approach is creating them problems.

[Queen uloma]

The problem is that many people don’t know when gambling pass from been enjoyable to addiction. Most times abnormal gambling doesn’t happen overnight, it grows little by little until it begins to affect a person’s life.  One of the clear signs is when someone can’t control their urge to bet anymore. Even after losing money, instead of them to stop they will keep looking for another money to recover their losses. Another sign is when gambling is more important than your work, family, school or other responsibilities. When a person also borrow money to gamble is another big sign. The best thing is to examine your self from time to time, if gambling has start to make you lose money you can’t afford to lose, make you neglect important things about life or affect your emotion, then the best thing is to step back and make changes about  the way you see gambling. Gambling is always suppose remain entertainment not something that will control your decision or destroy your finances.

[Crypto Library]

Let's make it what everyone of us will benefit, in this discussion by being realistic about it, just as the title says, the aim of creating this thread is to help us discuss on some possible means we can use to easily dictect for an abnormal gambling behavior in us or from others around us, this might be an eye opener to some that are already getting it wrong or try to adjust from one thing to the other in gambling.

If you are going to make it more practical, you can use a case scenario or ourself as an example in explaining how we were able to detect for an abnormal gambling situation and what really transpired or happen later, this will make us to have maximum sensitivity to how we are gambling so as to put a check on our behavior as well in it on an occasional basis in order to improve on areas we have already been liking behind that could lead to abnormal behaviors.

I actually detect abnormal gambling behavior in several steps. The initial step is to determine what the gambler is really taking gambling for. Is he using it only for entertainment purposes or is he using it as a source of income, or is he using it as an easy way to get rich.
If I see here that he is only getting involved in gambling for entertainment, then I will not detect abnormal behavior in his case. And at the same time, I will also see how much money the gambler is spending on his gambling and whether he is spending his leisure time on it. If I see that everything is in proportion, then I will consider his gambling behavior as normal. And if there are deviations from these, then I would definitely call them abnormal gambling behavior.

[Finebone]

I don't buys into this your story because their is no way a single person can be addicted to drug and gambling at the same time, he might gamble or do drug as an individual, but being addicted to both is what I disagree on because harbit replaces harbit, so he can't be addicted to both deadly addiction at the same time.

I totally disagree with you on what you just said regarding the fact that it's not possible for an individual to be both addicted to drugs and gambling at the same time. Because if you haven't seen such a scenario in your entire life, it doesn't mean it don't happen in our different vicinities. And one thing you need to know is the fact that all forms of addictions always have one thing in common, which is lack of self control, and if a person is likely to have self control over a particular, then their is likely a chance that same individual will have an issue struggling over self control on another like drugs or sex addiction. So in a nutshell, it's very possible for an individual to be addicted to drugs, gambling and sex at the same time.

You can disagree with me if you wish, but the reality is that a single person cannot be suffering from two addiction at the same time,  because he must be more loyal to one, that is why you will hear that an addictive gambler should replace his gambling addiction with a more healthy harbit, so if eventually a gambler is into drugs and gambling, he can only be addicted to one because it's only one of it that he will have that feeling like he can't do away with, not both at the same time.

[boyptc]

I think it makes no difference when you have to set budget for gambling with your spare. Maybe combining the two is the better choice.

But to say that it's a bad behavior when someone sets a budget for gambling. It's possible that whoever does that can afford to lose that money and that's just fine.

Anyway, we're all entitled to our opinions and sometimes that might not work for those who does but it could work for the others.

Well I don’t see setting outside a budget for gambling. We’re talking about addiction, and even with your budget as soon as you’re addicted to gambling. You end up going beyond your budget sometimes.

It always starts small then turn into something you can no longer have full control of. Only takes the grace of God and discipline

At first, that's control when you set budget for gambling and that's mostly what you can afford to lose.

And that's a different thing when you start to set budget and yet, you're going beyond what you suppose to allot.

That's nearly going to addiction because you're no longer following the set budget for yourself and it's hard to accept for someone who does that. Because they think that they're not yet addicted.