Topic: Addiction is 100% your choice: - page 13. (Read 3050 times)

That's good if you never been addicted to gambling because that will be too risky for you as you will gets many problems. We will not know what problem that we will gets from gambling but for sure, we will lose our money and we can't fills our daily needs if we lose all of the money. We can still playing gambling but with limitation so our lose will not be too big especially if we can always control ourselves when playing gambling. We have our choice to stay away from the gambling addiction by using limitation and other things that we already learn so we can enjoy gambling games as a part of the entertainment.

People can playing gambling but they must have control to avoids the gambling addiction because gambling can seduce them easily and if they becomes addicted to gambling, they can't thinks clear of what they will do in gambling. They can use all of their money to playing gambling especially if they wants to wins from many gambling games but that will not always happen because gambling is just an entertainment and not a place to make money.

I can claim myself that I have never been addicted to gambling, although I do not have that much motivation for gambling. I bet only a few times but lost only won two to three times but later lost my money since then I quit gambling. So far I have controlled myself I have no urge to gamble, and I am not addicted to gambling. If I were addicted to gambling, I would definitely be attracted to gambling again and again, and I would be motivated to gamble. But I am not addicted to gambling because I don't feel that much desire for gambling, and I don't like it, but gambling can be done by all people who are not addicted. If you quit gambling, and you have motivation to gamble in the future you will definitely not be addicted, so if you quit gambling you will never become addicted.

I don't agree with that, I think they become addicted to it just quickly and the fault is initially in their thinking. when they bet and can't accept the losses that occur that's where the addiction will start. because if they can't accept the losses that occur, it will make them return to gambling again and if the losses occur more often, it will make them want to continue to recover their losses, but instead of wanting to recover the losses, it actually makes them addicted and experience problems. others are just worse. Apart from that, if they become addicted they will not realize that they are addicted and I don't think they will admit that they are addicted and when we say that they are addicted what will probably happen is anger from that person because when they are addicted their emotions will easily rise.

The push or pull that occurs can make us trapped in deeper gambling, not many people are able to restrain themselves when this happens. I myself have experienced it, but for now I am proud because I no longer have attitudes and behavior or thoughts like that. For now, when I have lost, I stop without thinking and do other activities that are more efficient for myself. .
We need to know whether we are addicted or not, it depends on our own perception of what gambling is like.

True, addiction doesn't start in a day it takes time based on the continuous playing of gamble by anyone, but it is very difficult for a gambler to even figure out that he's getting addicted unless such person realizes that he's got to stop playing after losing money or he is not in a position that money comes to him but anyone who is able to Identify that he's getting addicted and stops is really a great person. Personally I have had the experience but l decided to put a stop to the spirit and urge to always fund my online account to gamble after losing the money that is meant for an important thing in the family, gambling addition is not just a thing it's a spirit so I think.

You're right OP, addiction is by choice in gambling, because its not everyone gambling is being addicted, those that were addicted made such as their own choice while others that were not found being addicted also take the courage and efforts to see that they never gets addicted with the way they are gambling, this same principles applies on life, we choose to be whom we are or what we become by ourselves.

Some take at first as excited means and later grows into something else. I have a friend who virtually stay any second without him actually gambling and keeping himself busy with the act and sometimes I do ask him if he really knows what he is doing and he always tells me that without gambling he is actually bored all the time and this kind of feeling or attachment can definitely lead to an addiction.

Sometimes people get addicted to gamble because they don't have any clue of what addiction can cause to them. Addiction is a thing we can't stop talking about because there are a lot of gamblers in the world and many of them are addicted and some that are not yet addicted don't also believe that addicts exist because they think that they can not be an addict to gamble.
Addictions doesn't start all of a sudden, it's a kind of thing that starts gradually, but only few gamblers get to figure out that they are becoming addicted and limits themselves from gambling everyday.

Addiction does not have anything to do with whether one is rich or poor or whether at the addicted person is successful or not. Some people get addicted to gambling because the people around them win big in their faces and they also want to experience the same feeling thereby pushing them to always wanting to gamble. Peer pressure within gamblers have also made some people get addicted to gambling. While to the., they are struggling to win big matches with little stakes, they fail to realize that it is affecting their mentality thereby leading them to addiction.

I think gambling addition is more than what you think or understand because smartness can't help anymore to fix the problem of addiction especially if the person is always having access to steady flow of income. Most times people even get addicted without knowing that they are addicted because they think that they are doing the right things since they are using small amounts of money to chase bigger amounts and most times they end up losing so much money even though they intend not to use the amounts for gambling, the best measure I think can help any gambler is to use a certain amount of money and when the amount is lost, the person should not think of gambling again because most people end up losing more money when they try to recover their initial loss.

Engaging an addicted gambler will not even help the person to stop gambling because the person will always find means to gamble, I think the best thing is monitor them and make them not to get closer to gambling apps and shops that's after talking to them in a good manner.

If you don’t really want to be addicted to gambling, then you won’t be addicted to it. Most people get addicted to gambling because of their mindset. If you have the mindset of having fun from gambling, then you won’t be addicted to gambling, but if you have the mindset of making money from gambling, then that’s when addiction sets in, because you will always want to win. Even when you are supposed to stop gambling, you will want to keep on gambling because you know that if you don't give up, you are going to win. That’s just how people get addicted to gambling.

If you can maintain your gambling habit like that, then you are not going to become addicted to gambling.

It’s not about telling yourself you don’t want to be addicted to gambling, you have to be determined that you are not going to be addicted to it before you will be able to achieve that. When some people started gambling, they do tell themselves they won’t get addicted to gambling, but at the end, they were gambling addicts.

I have seen people getting addicted to gambling and losing money because they were not that smart enough to understand themselves and how to fix things in the most appropriate ways. Gambling is meant to be less frequently although I Will not blame anyone because we all have different backgrounds and their are others too that don't have the funds or jobs they will be doing that will take their mindset away from gambling. Addiction comes easily and when we don't understand the signs we need to look for to know that might be getting addicted to gambling so that necessary precautions can be taken to prevent us from gambling in an inappropriate manner.

Yes that's it, the impact is indeed too dangerous for ourselves primarily.

As far as I understand and try to observe that when we do gambling, which in fact can trigger our adrenaline to become attracted to gambling and can trigger our emotions, then we should not gamble too often and too long in one session, as much as possible we should have a time limit until we can feel ourselves having to stop, this is useful for not getting used to our mindset and adrenaline focusing on gambling it will help not to fall into addiction easily.

Unless we already have very good self-control, it is already in a very high level of independence of mind so that anything will not affect because it is under the control of logic no longer ambition or feelings at one point.

You have a point because I always say that I do not see any point in anyone failing themselves intentionally. It always happens when they didn't expect it. Addiction is not something that you can avoid when you are doing things that makes addiction become a part of your problem. They only way you can avoid addiction is when you know how to prevent it and you follow up with practice that will make you not get addicted. If you find yourself being addicted, you can act quickly and you would not have being affected. If you do not know that what is happening to you is an addiction, it will keep eating you up and you get very dip into the addiction. When this happens you can not get yourself out unless you have a very strong determination mindset and also have the help of a professional and your family that caby help you through the process of getting clean through going to the addiction programs.

Been addicted to gambling or anything in this life is a decision we make either consciously or unconsciously, so if a person happens to have had a strong will and sticks to it over time, example to gamble responsibly without been carried away by greed, then there is absolutely nothing that could change the mind of such individual. It is a proven fact. Whereas, majority of the people who fall victim to gambling addiction are always either people who are depressed or those who sees it as the gateway to getting rich quick.

It's not that simple in my opinion, I think that many gamblers never think and choose to gamble to get addicted, because the average person knows that addiction is not a good thing in any case, but because it is automated by the person's own habits, for example, like you do any activity that makes you interesting and fun often in your daily life it will make you addicted without realizing it even though you didn't think that you would be addicted before, likewise with gambling if you do it too often so that it makes you ambitious it will push you to become an addicted gambler.

Someone who takes a medical approach in their response, okay, that's how it is, it's not always about the game, and fortunately a large percentage of people are in control of their emotions, but others are not, and escaping is not easy, we can all fall.

Now, discipline is something easy to say, but it is acquired with experience... and that is a big problem, at least As I always say, practice other things, sports, reading, etc. consequently when you have discipline in other areas it is easy to apply them in the game.

As long as you have control over a particular thing you are not addicted to that thing but when that particular thing controls you then you are sure you are addicted to that particular thing. Being addicted is never good for yourself and your family. 

All the gamblers I have seen so far, especially those who have become addicted to gambling, have not had a very good future. Either they have pressured the family to gamble or they have done various criminal activities to manage the gambling money then how do you support such activities. 

If you gamble once or twice a day and you have control over it, I wouldn't call it a gambling addiction at all, but gambling whenever you feel like it and losing money, then gambling again is definitely an addiction. 

For those who are new gamblers I would say that you don't get addicted to gambling straight away as you can get addicted to gambling right from the start. If your curiosity is working with gambling, you may take a gamble or two without paying too much attention to it. If the result is in your favor you can take a break and start again and if the result is against you still have to take a break and start gambling, this will show that your chances of becoming addicted to gambling are greatly reduced.

It’s just great that you discovered the problem in time. I haven’t experienced something like addiction yet, but I had examples in real life among people I know, so I’m as careful as possible with games. Having a set budget for the month that I can spend helps me a lot not to fall into meaningless games and bets for the sake of bets. An allocated budget is a good helper for players.

@doomloop, thank you for widening his knowledge about gambling addiction. I think his environment might have played a huge part in making him believe that gambling addiction is exclusive to the rich people only. There are environments where you'll find yourself and observe that there are certain class of people who engages in some certain things. I've been to an environment where gamblers are majorly rich people who engages in gambling either for fun or to get richer and in the case of those who gamble to get richer, they end up becoming gambling addicts because of their insatiable hunger for wealth so you expect anybody from that environment to only think that gambling addiction is for the rich. However, it is right to correct that opinion about gambling addiction. There are poor people who gamble without regulating their excesses and sometimes ends up as gambling addicts.

Addiction is indeed a choice and this is why I skipped in the main time. You should have a healthy and resistive mind to choose properly.