A call to self-examining our gambling habit. - page 9.

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Quote from: Lida93 on March 08, 2024, 10:01:52 PM

As gambler when last did you self-examine your gambling habit to create that awareness based on how you are gambling in order for you to be quite sure if you're within a considerable or an acceptable range of a gambling habit that is void of addiction or the tendencies of gambling addiction.

Don't you think so?

I have been in a situation where I was annoyed by my losses and then I tried to recover my losses. But in the end I realized that it was the beginning of a gambling addiction. So I immediately stopped gambling for a few days. I think the key to not getting addicted to gambling is to bet the money you are prepared to lose, and think that gambling is just a game that will not give you additional income. The most important thing is the money you bet. The less, the smaller your chance of becoming addicted. Keep managing your level of greed because when you are greedy someone will usually start trying to increase their bet.

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Quote from: Lida93 on March 08, 2024, 10:01:52 PM

As gambler when last did you self-examine your gambling habit to create that awareness based on how you are gambling in order for you to be quite sure if you're within a considerable or an acceptable range of a gambling habit that is void of addiction or the tendencies of gambling addiction.

I think if gamblers could take certain step in setting up regular self examining question towards themself it will be helpful to them in their gambling life not to ignorantly be harbouring a gambling addiction or compulsive gambling lifestyle. Quite a number of gamblers are nursing an addictive gambling habit without knowing and for them their gambling life is normal but if they should genuinely scrutinize or put their habit to test it is possible they could find varied errors to correct and be right on track again.

Don't you think so?

I am not in denial but I don't need such. I monitor myself and I am aware if I am already addicted or if I am close to it. Good thing is that despite that I don't need such, I am aware of the signs if I am getting close to that point.

Those that needed it, they might be in denial just as me or they can be not aware of it and that's why checking is needed when you're not confident of yourself.

As for myself, there's no need for me when I am doing things accordingly and my other activities and the same goes for my finances aren't really affected a lot by my gambling habits.

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Quote from: Strongkored on March 09, 2024, 12:52:17 AM

As long as you are still betting using money that you can afford to lose, and also the amount is not large compared to the income you have then I can say that a gambler like that will be far from addicted because it means he is still gambling within his limits, which can often make a gambler end up addicted is When he gambles beyond his limits and continues to gamble even though he has started using money that he cannot afford to lose or starts using the money for important things, even going into debt, he has started to become addicted and if he doesn't evaluate himself he will really become an addict.

So far I still gamble within the limits I set and also use the money I can afford to lose without ever thinking about using the money for anything else.

I agree with you, we should gamble with money that we are willing to lose, because in my opinion it is a necessary rule. Allocating money by adjusting as we can is only done by some people, not all gamblers can do that. Most of them are addicted to gambling because they allocate money for gambling but they exceed their limits to the point that it makes them experience their own problems. if they are addicted to gambling, it means they themselves cannot evaluate themselves well, because they are not ready for the money allocated for gambling, it makes them addicted to gambling, the losses they get make them curious and when they win they become addicted to being able to win. an even bigger win.

It's a good thing for you to do, I myself also gamble with my own decisions and also with a set money limit which is what I can afford to allocate for gambling. So far everything is still under control. there are no serious major problems. Awareness is important in this case, but not everyone who gambles has good awareness.

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Yes, addiction ignorantly gets to gamblers, and the player stays, ignorantly, in addiction. Self-examining questions, helps in reviving the gambler's thoughts. Thereby recuperating the brain and his inner conscience on the newly developed ignorant behavior. Hence, the sleeping part of the brain, gets awaken, to fix the problem. When we are not reminded of a burning food in the kitchen, while watching a sweet TV show, the food burns to ashes, and we wouldn't perceive the smoke.

The brain can focus on something and sleep other neurons that should alert it on a newly developed problem. Doing the self-examining questions alone, is helpful, but extending to close friends, works faster in building interrelationship and hearing other people's thoughts or perspective regarding your gambling lifestyle. What changed? Who got hurt? such things may not be noticed by the gambler, like a third party. Since gambling addiction needs extra healing hands, gamblers should rely on the responses from trusted friends or family.

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Quote from: mindrust on March 09, 2024, 03:06:56 AM

If people had that kind if control over their own actions, they wouldn’t get addicted in the first place. Me? I went through it years ago. Did a self check, figured out what the problem was and fixed it. Some people on the other hand, they don’t even acknowledge that they have a problem. They think it is fine to gamble all day everyday. These people won’t ask these questions you told us about in your post OP because they don’t care. If I wanted to harm myself right now, nobody could prevent me from doing it. Maybe talking to them will change their behavior but that’s the job of the professionals. Doctors say the same thing too. If you want to get cured, first you should acknowledge that you are sick. Then you should want to get cured. Otherwise you’ll stay sick foreva

The point is that you need self-awareness, I like what you said. Yes, if we want to recover, we have to admit that we are sick, because if we insist on saying we are sick but other people see that we have signs of illness, that will be very dangerous. Because even if we are advised to go to the doctor for consultation or treatment, we might be offended because we think we are fine.
I think this is not much different from gambling, maybe we feel fine with gambling because we feel we have set limits, but if someone else sees that the gambling we are doing is beyond reasonable limits then we have to correct it, whether it is true or not . However, I suggest listening to what other people say, because usually other people will be better able to judge and if we judge ourselves, sometimes we will justify ourselves, and that is what is actually abnormal.
I don't think there's anything wrong with listening to what other people have to say as long as it has a positive impact on us. We cannot always justify what we do because later it leads to forced justifications.

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As of now, I can get out of the house without even thinking about gambling so I think I am still good.
Also, I have $20 in my balance that seems to not go away. Stake.com just keeps on playing tag with me. I win sometimes and then I lose it again, back and forth it goes. I am just sad that even my profits from sports gambling are being taken away from me like it is also part of the casino games. Cry

Anyway, I think one person who can still do his job or household work is still good. That's a responsible gambler in my own opinion. Because he can still have time with his family, and his job, and keep the house a happy place.
Those who cannot even stand in their seat are the ones who should think about their gambling habit. That's the path to addiction especially if they are having emotion swings that are difficult to control. They badly need to go out and have some fun, forget about gambling for a while and think about what happened in the past few months or years.

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Quote from: Lida93 on March 08, 2024, 10:01:52 PM

As gambler when last did you self-examine your gambling habit to create that awareness based on how you are gambling in order for you to be quite sure if you're within a considerable or an acceptable range of a gambling habit that is void of addiction or the tendencies of gambling addiction.

A lot of gamblers doesn't cross-examine themselves as all they are interested in playing continuously without making a check and balance if their gambling habits is what they should continue or call it a quit. Some gamblers do tell me that since they started gambling that they have never won for once, I begin to imagine how much they have lost since they started gambling. Anything one is doing and not making a head way it's rather to quit to continuing because the more you continue, the more you run into numerous losses.

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If people had that kind if control over their own actions, they wouldn’t get addicted in the first place. Me? I went through it years ago. Did a self check, figured out what the problem was and fixed it. Some people on the other hand, they don’t even acknowledge that they have a problem. They think it is fine to gamble all day everyday. These people won’t ask these questions you told us about in your post OP because they don’t care. If I wanted to harm myself right now, nobody could prevent me from doing it. Maybe talking to them will change their behavior but that’s the job of the professionals. Doctors say the same thing too. If you want to get cured, first you should acknowledge that you are sick. Then you should want to get cured. Otherwise you’ll stay sick foreva

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Quote from: Lida93 on March 08, 2024, 10:01:52 PM

As gambler when last did you self-examine your gambling habit to create that awareness based on how you are gambling in order for you to be quite sure if you're within a considerable or an acceptable range of a gambling habit that is void of addiction or the tendencies of gambling addiction.

I think if gamblers could take certain step in setting up regular self examining question towards themself it will be helpful to them in their gambling life not to ignorantly be harbouring a gambling addiction or compulsive gambling lifestyle. Quite a number of gamblers are nursing an addictive gambling habit without knowing and for them their gambling life is normal but if they should genuinely scrutinize or put their habit to test it is possible they could find varied errors to correct and be right on track again.

Don't you think so?

Your quite right about this I think it's a gamblers responsibility to make sure that he won't get into a gambling habit for himself by taking steps to ensure that he hasn't gone to far.

Even better we all should set rules for ourselves that we must follow when gambling in order to have a limit of how much we would be spending weekly or daily, so that no matter the urge or feeling that you would win more you can actually hold yourself back.

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I always keep tabs on what I spend even on the fun stuff like gambling. It's like my own money tracker, making sure I know where my cash is headed. This way I can relax without stressing about my budget. It's a game-changer, letting me enjoy gambling without feeling like I'm missing out or breaking the bank

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Quote from: Poker Player on March 08, 2024, 10:31:53 PM

Very early on I kept a closer eye on it and even went so far as to use self-exclusion tools for 12 or 24 hours to make sure I didn't gamble too much and thus also forced myself to check my game during those hours when I couldn't play. But from a few years now it's just routine, it's like a part-time job that gives me a little extra money, and every year that goes by I play a little less. So, no problems in that sense.

That's an admirable thing, to be doing some sort of restriction to the things that you're doing is really something worth admiring or even being a model, I know myself and I can definitely never do this, one time is going to be enough for me and I won't be doing this kind of thing again, I guess the up side is that I know myself enough that I know I'm not going to be able to do what you're doing. For me, self-examination is an important thing but I find it a trivial thing to do when you're doing it for gambling so I really don't recommend doing it for the sake of gambling, there's probably something out there that's more worthy of aspects in life that you could do that self-examination.

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Well, in the first place, the gambler itself should be aware of his status or how he gambles because self-awareness will keep you under control because you know if what you are doing is wrong or right or if you are on the right path or not. You should also notice that, typically, those addicted to gambling are lacking in self-awareness in the sense that they didn't track how they gambled and are slowly becoming addicted, thinking that it's okay for them or that what they are doing is normal. But yeah, examining oneself could be helpful for an individual so he/she will be aware of what kind of person they are, what kind of gambler they are, and if they are becoming more passive when it comes to gambling in order to maintain their well-being in gambling, gambling could become too dangerous for those who easily swayed and weren't aware of themselves.

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I think it is important to regularly self-examine gambling habits. Personally, I like to set up regular check in with myself, I ask questions like have I stuck to my budget this week?, how much time and money i have spend?, have i been chasing losses or increase my bets?, have i experienced any negative consequences in my personal life as a result of my gambling behavior?. Asking these questions helps me maintain a healthy and enjoyable approach to gambling, and of course, avoid addiction and compulsive behavior.

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Quote from: Lida93 on March 08, 2024, 10:01:52 PM

I think if gamblers could take certain step in setting up regular self examining question towards themself it will be helpful to them in their gambling life not to ignorantly be harbouring a gambling addiction or compulsive gambling lifestyle.

This is a very helpful tip. Examining your overall stakes over a period of time and comparing it to your winnings would give you a perfect perspective of how much you are winning or losing. A gambler should also check the amount of time they invest in gambling to determine if they are spending an absurd amount of time in it and need to cut down.

Gambling is very fun and exciting when done in moderation and not entirely with the desire to profit.

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Quote from: Bitinity on March 09, 2024, 01:12:39 AM

I do not need self-examining because I gamble responsibly. As long as I can keep my gambling funds well, there is no need to examine my gambling habit because I have calculated it before I start my gambling session. In my opinion, self-examining will only remind that you have lost much money in total and you'll start to regret it and maybe it will lead you to force yourself to have an idea or plan about how can you recover your total loss.

Even in cases where you're gambling responsibly, a self-awareness check might be necessary after a trivial loss. I lost a bet on football the previous weekend. It came from a match that I least expected, these are the ones that hurt the most, so I was honestly a little mad, but that's how it goes. We can't always win. I started gathering my thoughts. I was also a bit emotionally distressed due to other issues in my daily life, which, combined with dealing with a loss while being upset because of other issues, isn't the most fruitful combination. Thus, a self-awareness check is necessary, in order to gather and organize your thoughts before you go ahead and do something stupid, such as a gambling frenzy session.

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To self examine our gambling habit means such gambler iis still within the control of his emotion because it takes a practical effort to check yourself of an habit that you are exhibiting and most times that habit will be interfering with other aspects of your life before you can wake up to the examination.

So if you don't have your gambling habit being on the excess, you may not have need to examine. For example if you are playing every day and other aspects of your activities are forgone because of it then you have to examine because it means you have not balanced it. If you are using so much money to gamble and losing it, it means you have to examine.

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As much as it's helpful for you as a human being and an individual to do some self reflection, it's going to be biased sometimes to do so, it's a good idea if you're also doing assessments that involves other people, that way you're making sure that you're doing the right changes because sometimes, there are things that you are aware of but you don't like to admit that it's who you are so you're resistant to it and so I believe that an assessment by other people preferably people that you're not close to would do the assessment for you, that way you're going to be slapped with the truth. Self-examination or self reflection is really biased if you're not used to doing it and you're doing it with your gambling habit, you're bound to do a lot of self-denial of the things that you'd be doing so it's better if you do it the way that I've said, ask someone.

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I try to call myself to order especially if I notice the money I separated for gambling has been used up and I find myself trying to use another so I could chase losses. You know it's not everyone that can be able to tell themselves to draw the line, especially if all the games you've staked ended up being damaged by either one selection or probably a goal, they may feel that the next one might just be the one and hence this pushes them to keep playing and playing..
Just like every other exciting and thrilling pastime, in gambling one needs to add a dash of self control so as to not get carried away or get tagged an addict because in these things, it's easy to enter but if there is no self examination from time to time, one can easily get lost.

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I do not need self-examining because I gamble responsibly. As long as I can keep my gambling funds well, there is no need to examine my gambling habit because I have calculated it before I start my gambling session. In my opinion, self-examining will only remind that you have lost much money in total and you'll start to regret it and maybe it will lead you to force yourself to have an idea or plan about how can you recover your total loss.

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After finishing gambling maybe it will check yourself from the gambling habit but it is never a long thought because what is input in gambling is not big will not be a problem even though it is a habit in gambling for fun, I realize this because it is not excessive in gambling.

The most important thing is to be able to control every time you want to play whether the money is worth losing or it is too big, then there must realize that don't be ambitious it will lead to a more severe habit or addiction, so far what we feel is still fine.

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