Topic: Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years? - page 12. (Read 2165 times)

In my own cade, I don't think I could rem for once being in worst scenario with gambling and the entire conditions affecting me, because not that am being the most perfect gambler, but i do things moderately and ensure that they fall within all i could cope with, when we know the limit to how far we should go in gambling, then we may not have some past records of worst gambling experience that we regret about due to our decision made, we may not consider the losses we had in this case.

Many years ago, I had a gambling problem. The part of my life it affected the most was my work life. I spent most of time gambling and work life was destroyed. How can I be happy when it was difficult to quit gambling. Seeking help was the best thing that I ever did for myself. Now I have my life , relationship, finances.

Luckily you have someone in your close family who can help you get out of your bad gambling habit, we should think more logically about gambling which is not actually for making money. Most rich people always think of it as just an entertaining game, not as a place to earn income, I also learned from that thought since experiencing addiction before and managing to get out of that bad habit until now I can control it well by gambling better like I should.

Others have worse traits where they cannot get out of the place of gambling as long as they have the means to play and mostly end up regretting because they didn't get out when they had the chance to do so. These kinds of people often cannot improve themselves to stop this kind of habit because they are just greedy and cannot help themselves. I often see people like this and they always have a high temper whenever they don't have any money to play.

I do not consider it a problem but I do have my moments of weakness. If it were to become a chronic issue then obviously that would be a different matter and I would consider it a problem. But thankfully that has not happened. Mainly because I adhere to my own set of strict rules which limit my gambling funds and my gambling time with certain pre-arranged conditions.

The only way to stop is self-discipline, really. Nothing else works as well (at least not for me)

Once I have triggered my own gambling-stop condition (max daily betting loss/win limit reached, for example), I stop. If I notice my brain is a bit too overstimulated, I take a few days to a few weeks off to regulate my brain's neurochemistry back to normal levels.

Yes this defines my  situation. I have for times lost everything on a gambling site and I once, lost all of my balance rage betting as I lose more and more. Not only the balance on gambling sites but also depositing all of my bank balance.
I was in a relationship at that time and I went to a severe anxiety that I could not do my daily task and my work for days. It was my partner who consolidate and made me promise I'll not gamble again.
The promise was not a legit one from my side but since than I have been able to stop me after emptying balance of some gambling sites on rage bets. It might be controlling your brain or learning from your mistakes but since that day I didn't lost more than I was willing to gamble.

Yes, basically getting better is not an easy thing in implementing good habits, there are often distractions in certain situations, the most important thing is when we realize what we want to form in ourselves, we correct the mistakes we have made, and reduce similar mistakes and until the mentality in time and money management becomes a habit that we can unconsciously do well.

However, in my mind, it is about the habit of principled living that needs to be formed over a long period of time. Yes, this will also be effective when applied to gambling, the better it is, the less we make mistakes that can harm ourselves.

Mine is a mild version I think that's why I'm not at all worried. I think I can still be decisive when it comes to gambling. Sometimes I give in to a few more deals or rounds beyond my initial limit, but if I say a solid no to myself I think I can manage to really stop. There were probably a few instances in which I lost control but the damage wasn't that alarming to the extent that I needed to seek a professional help.

If a delay costs a gambler all of his money and if it is recurring, I guess that's something else. That's probably addiction even.

No, not that I remember of. Anything that will cost my happiness and finance, I will block it direct and wouldn't think about it the next time because nothing should beat happiness and financial, I can manage the financial problems if it happens but happiness, I wouldn't trade it for the world because everything about me revolve round it.


I don't think gambling is that complicated and deep that much for all these questions but I can speak for myself that I don't have any and all I do when I play, I make sure I have that satisfaction but not money oriented with gambling from day one. If I play and it goes as ai expected, fine and if it doesn't, fine.

I think it's high time people knows that gambling will not make you rich if you continue to play it, is the reason why the companies are super rich and more are still coming and wanting to dominate the industry. It should be a place to test future expectations and not a place to plug money, if you have this sense, they'll plug your life combine together.

No only in gambling, we need to talk about time management and apply it in everything. So that everything is well organized and we can be more disciplined.
Good time management is always the main key in doing everything, but to be consistent with the time management that we have made is a very difficult thing to do.
Yet after all, life is about striving to be better. For the first time, when I applied time management to every activity I did, I often betrayed the rules I had made for myself.
Yet over time, by constantly trying to return to the original principles, slowly my gambling activities changed for the better, so that they did not cause significant losses. The same goes for financial management. Without good financial management, no matter how much we win in gambling, it will be meaningless. And now I have managed to manage my finances well when doing gambling and other activities, I always apply limits in making deposits every week, so that my finances can be well controlled.

You just need to manage your gambling time well because that is the key to prosperity in gambling, and not provoke yourself to become an impulsive gambler.  Principles must be applied well, apart from money management, time management is also very important for your gambling health.

I have tried several times and until now it is going well, not so interested in playing and only making gambling as an alternative to finding entertainment when I am bored on holidays. And it should also be noted that how you treat gambling is an important element in this case, because it encourages more in you to gamble continuously.

Gambling addiction come in different ways to different individual, we have some that can control the addiction for some time but as the addiction becomes worse, it becomes impossible to control. We also have other individuals that when they get addicted, they can't control it due to lack of discipline. I haven't had an addiction problem before or any type of gambling problems that can be dangerous, e.g not having enough money to fund my gambling account or any other problem.

For those individual that have gambling problems and can't control it, they shouldn't be gambling but for those that can control it for sometime, they should be monitoring their gambling so they don't gamble more than their limit and beyond the limit they can control the problem. If you have financial problems, saves your profits so you can always have money to use in gambling more when your initials budget finishes.

I have never had problems with gambling and dependence on it, as there were examples in life of what happens when games bring a lot of problems in the aspects that you indicated.For me, gambling is just a pleasant pastime that does not take up much of my time and the desire to play is only from the mood, I don’t think about how to play every day.There are months when I don’t play because I simply don’t have time.

I've felt similar problems like not keeping up with the initial agreements made with myself. Do you in any way face the same trouble outside of gambling? Because I do, sometimes want to leave a gathering or a place at exactly 5 O'clock and for some reason, I'd stay some minutes extra. However, I tend to notice that, after a few delays there'll be more occurrences that may affect me or be positive to my thinking. In gambling when my instincts warn that I should stop after a specific round of spills, and the urge to stop doesn't feel strong enough to help me quit, after playing for a few more times I'd either win or lose. However it's not a problem, but with the changes, I desire to observe and collaborate it with my daily activities. Gambling helps in giving out ideas that'll fuel great decisions. Hence, from my observation, I discovered that whatever outcome occurs out of the disobedience of such an urge to stop or continue, is always a lesson.

Where the problem begins is delaying too long that it now causes loss of money or appointment. The advantage of this problem in gambling is a win. A delay in decision or choice in gambling could have either effect to a positive or negative result. That's why players who misuse the effect of such a problem by wagering without stopping hoping for the win, end up regretting their action. Another cause of not keeping to our initial promise, for many, is having access to money. The thrill of gambling can sweep a gambler's money till his bank account gets cleaned up. In solving the problem for people who think that it could get severe in the future, and they may not be able to control themselves, the player needs to limit his daily expenses. Even if they try to continue, their bank won't allow them to spend more until the next 24 hours. During the probation period, the gambler can be regaining his self-control gradually. Thereby escape or avoid compulsive gambling.

I can remember gambling large sums when I started gambling and it affected my finances. There were times I needed to borrow to cover my expenses for the month because I had used most of my income for gambling. But it didn't last for more than two months and I had to readjust my gambling activities. So I would say that gambling affected my finances for a few months. Some of my close relatives were not comfortable when they knew I was gambling. So it affected my relationship with them but they had to accept my position when they understood that I was not an addict.

I have struggled with other forms of addictions but I was fortunate to overcome gambling addiction once and for all. I stopped over-gambling within a few months and channelled my efforts to reading and writing. I also avoided some of my friends who were chronic gamblers. Having a gambling budget also assisted me in controlling how much I spent on gambling.

The truth is that if we come with the right goals and approach I think we will also not have problems in gambling, usually people will get problems when everything is out of control, or that means they act beyond their abilities such as in putting too large a budget amount which will obviously become a problem for their finances and lose balance in terms of financial management because maybe they allocate more money to gambling than for their living needs.

Betting with a small amount of money is more advisable and never put an amount that you want something or means you put hope in that money, after all this is just a game of probability and what you are doing is good enough that you only bet with extra money or bonuses that you get from your job maybe, there is no need to rush to get involved, after all even if you come late it doesn't affect luck at all, or that means because luck cannot be predicted when it comes so you are free to bet at any time if you already have a budget amount that you can allocate.

I never make gambling a problem , why should be a problem when it is completely controllable if you only knew how to engage in gambling world , there are so many gamblers that did not make a research and understanding that's why they are the one who's having these issues.
the problem also in other gamblers is they don't have control , they kept seeking for winning even if it is obvious that luck is not their friend that time.
lucky for me that i am now in control of everything in gambling so by all means never that i will be a problematic gambler and thanks to my Mentor/uncle that thought me how to never make gambling a serious source of income.

I probably have some gambling problems, but they are not severe gambling problems. I think they are not badly needing any help from a professional. Little problems like when I say this is my last round but I ended up playing another couple of rounds. Or when I say when I lose this round I won't be betting again, but I ended up betting after a losing round. These are probably my gambling problems. But I am not feeling worried about them. They occur less often.

Even though I had a short-term gambling addiction before; No, I have never had a problem with gambling before. Except for the addiction period I experienced in the first years when I started gambling, gambling has always been an expensive hobby for me and after that addiction period I experienced only once, I have never had a problem with addiction or gambling. For this reason, it isn't possible to say that gambling had a negative impact on my life before.

To briefly talk about the period in which I got rid of gambling addiction, it wasn't a very difficult period because I was a high school student. At that time, I didn't spend much money on gambling because only my pocket money was a source of income but I regularly lost my pocket money in gambling. After a while, I realized that gambling wasn't actually good for me and that I couldn't make money from gambling and then I started to move away from gambling. That is, I didn't use any additional activity or other method to overcome gambling addiction.

I personally don't have a gambling problem that affects any of the above mentioned factors but wait... With finances I think that was a bit of a problem because I only gamble with my extra money. Without it then literally means I had to wait and relax until extra funds will pop up like a bubble and then gone when we lose.