Topic: Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years? - page 16. (Read 2235 times)

I don't have any gambling problem that affects me and other people because I'm the type of person who's willing to do things without sacrificing important things and people in my life. I can't consider myself in that situation because I'm not addicted to it, I can control myself from the urge of doing something beyond my boundaries and that's my secret of not having any problem when it comes to gambling.

Can you give us an example of a problem that you're talking about what you're describing is a broad term and it's impossible not to be confused but for the sake of answering from what I understand, I would say that I don't think that I've had any problems with gambling before that are recurring, I've been taught discipline at a young age so I do know how to control myself when it comes to guilty pleasures.

Sometimes people forget about this stuff and so they end up gambling for a different purpose which resulted in them encountering problems that could've been avoided if it wasn't for them not losing the purpose of their gambling habits. It's a cascading effect, once you've let go of that notion that gambling is just done for fun then it's all downhill then and there.

1. No. I don't consider myself to have a gambling problem.
2. Have not experienced that yet. When it's time to stop, I stop. Simple as that. When I have no more money left in my wallet, I stop. I don't go looking for more trouble by depositing more just because I want to chase my losses.
How do I do it? I mean what's the mindset? Simple too. I always think that gambling sites won't go away. They will just be here and they are actually growing in numbers.
I don't have to force it in one day, I can sleep knowing that tomorrow the gambling site will still be there ready to take all my money again.
What can you do to keep your mind out of it? For me, I watch anime series. Then, if I get bored with it, I will play a movie. If still bored I will play offline games on my desktop and pick the ones that will eat a lot of time so that you won't think about gambling.

I never consider myself a gambling problem because I am not a gambling addict. I don't like to gamble excessively but gamble at normal levels. I usually bet the most on cricket and football games, if I bet on the presence of these games I definitely win more. But I sometimes take a big gamble hoping to hit the jackpot, but I still haven't hit the jackpot.

Every gambler must have felt the bad impact of gambling on their daily lives, whether regarding family or finances or even mental problems and of course every gambler has their own way of solving it.
I personally have experienced bad things that really made life messy and the economy more complicated but slowly there was good solution in which to put things back in order and put pressure on myself.
As time went by everything returned to normal, no problems occurred and whatever I did in gambling no longer had bad impact on anything.
But what happened previously was very difficult to resolve and of course all of this is now valuable lesson and reminder that I must always be in control when I start to gamble.

The most effective way to reduce the intensity of gambling is to divert it to other activities that really drain your energy or activities that are really very important, such as doing business or trying to make money from trading.
From here feeling will emerge where gambling is no longer priority that is difficult to give up.
Although this does not guarantee to completely stop, it can be effective in reducing the intensity of excessive gambling.

I don't gamble all the time. Sometimes I really like gambling but sometimes I can't gamble for months. So even though I like gambling, so far I gamble based on the mood I have.

When I first got to know gambling, to be honest, I had a bad experience chasing losses that ended worse. For now I can better regulate myself in gambling, apart from that I also only gamble with the money I get on the forum. In offline life, I have a job and I never use my offline job salary to gamble

One day I will definitely stop gambling, maybe when I am old enough and need money for my children's college needs. In conditions like that, I will definitely stop gambling because I prioritize my family more than just gambling activities. One of the best ways to stop gambling is when we have a strong reason why we have to stop, when we have the determination then it shouldn't be difficult.

I used to be very impulsive when making bets. And it gave me some valuable experience. Now I only bet on matches that I have the ability to analyze. So I don't just make random bets looking at more favorable odds or more familiar teams.

and the way to stop gambling or just reduce gambling activities is with family control. so when you have a partner who can manage your finances well, they will help you control your gambling. because if you are suddenly told to stop gambling, it will only create disputes. If your gambling activity is bad enough, it can only be reduced gradually.

I don't have a gambling problem. My gambling habits do not affect my happiness, security, relationships, finances. On some weeks I can go on without gambling while on others I gamble fairly.

Nobody can control a gambling problem for years. Impossible. If you have wealth and you choose to call it adult play, the wealth covers and not control the gambling problem. Someday, there's not going to be any coverage again and you as a rich person would have to face reality.

maybe I used to have problems like addiction and I've talked about it in other threads, but after I got through the worst of it, I stopped avoiding gambling for a long time and I even left this forum for a while to heal myself from feeling of addiction to wanting to constantly win and win for now after I got married everything getting better and even though I return to gambling I will never be tempted or chase something that is uncertain and also not use the budget for daily needs.

If I told my story before, it would probably be too long, but I will tell you that when I was able to recover, I only had run out of savings and valuables, after that I felt so low that I was confused about what to do, like I was depressed, and my family introduced me to a woman who is now my wife and he was the one who helped me get out of the addiction zone and to this day my wife always reminds me to control my thoughts not to have hopes from gambling.

what is certain is that for every problem in gambling there is always solution to solve it It all depends on the effort and determination of each gambler to solve it and as long as you have a strong determination there is always a way and help from any party to solve the problem, even if the problem is very difficult someone you trust to help give you the best advice and get it done.

For the first question, maybe I will answer, sometimes yes, sometimes no, it all depends on my expenses which I use for gambling because I use different amounts of money (for No) if I use a little money it may not be so affected by my financial condition. my security or my happiness. (For Yes) if I use more money then it will affect me because if I lose a bet I always think about the loss and think about the finances lost and yes this is my own fault but sometimes I always think there is a situation where we will get luck and it can happen at any time and cannot be predicted but the most important thing for me is that I don't chase my losses even though I experience losses so maybe I will be disappointed but I stay calm and do other activities to forget about these losses.

For the second question, luckily I don't have a serious addiction, so I still gamble, but not often, only sometimes, I don't have the desire to stop, as long as I can still control gambling, I will still be safe to do that activity.

People are compulsive and some give in more to this feature of their personality than others.
The way I have avoided problematic behaviors in gambling is telling myself from before I even wager a single cent that I will not risk more than x amount, win or lose.

Gambling is an activity to have fun and pass time for the thrill of it. The very notion that you want to gamble for income or important amounts that could damage your savings and affect your wellbeing is a problematic behavior in and of itself. So the first step is to limit that. And if you go bust, only come bach after your next payday. Risking only a small amount of your stable income that you can set aside after expenses.

In my case, fortunately I don't have any problems with gambling, I always make a great effort to follow my discipline, I bet sometimes and I spend more time without being involved in gambling, this allows me to continue doing my activities at home. real world without thinking about gambling, my self-control is always on alert. I don't see gambling as something profitable, on the contrary I see gambling as a loss and that you should only put in money that the person can afford to lose. I remember a few years ago when I started gambling, at that time I had a lot of expectations with gambling, especially about profits, I thought I could make money with gambling

but when I deposited money and only lost, I started to feel bad, I just thought about how I was going to recover my losses and at that time the only thing I could think of to make me recover my losses was to put more money in the casino, but When I did this I lost more and became more frustrated and sad, until I gained courage and decided to stop playing and I made my last two bets which I was lucky to win a lot to the point that I managed to recover my losses and I stopped playing for many years. I recently started playing again and I play little to avoid becoming addicted to gambling.

Regarding the second question, my answer is very simple: when people have a lot of things to have fun with in the real world and are very happy in the real world, they have little time to spend playing and thanks to this these people are able to stop playing when If they want, they can have good self-control. That's why I always say this: people need to have a life in the real world, only then they don't get addicted to gambling, they don't get addicted to drugs and alcohol. people who have problems should not get involved in gambling because it will destroy their lives

The answer is here, the problem is related to the finances. Because of that, I personally am very aware that with financial conditions like that, I cannot afford to be complacent or even addicted to gambling. This is very important because after all, financial problems can spread to various other problems. That's why, because there have been problems with that, then this is the most frequent warning that I must always manage.

Still related to the financial problem. Maybe for other people, financial problems can actually influence a gambler to gamble continuously because they hope to get enough income from gambling. However, for me, because of this problem, I have made myself more aware of not getting too caught up in the world of gambling. And because of this problem, I have increasingly learned how to manage our own desire for gambling, manage risks when spending money on gambling, and control myself to manage finances better, such as by limiting or managing the percentage that must be spent on gambling, or Keep making withdrawals after winning at gambling, so you don't immediately go all in on other bets. However, basically it is not so easy to do, because there are definitely temptations that often come our way.

The gambling loss will be the bad one for the gamblers,because it will spoil his entire happiness.If the gambler hold the certain money for the specific purpose,he should not use that money to the gambling site to multiple the money.Actually the money was the demand based money,So the gamblers will get tension after the certain part of the money was loss in the gambling site.So the emotional game will make the gambler to lose the entire money in the gambling site.The gambler who get addicted can chance their habit by playing other games at the time of gambling temptation to play the game.Even the gambler can watch movie when he get the gambling temptation.

For me, my gambling addiction is up and down, meaning I could go on for months playing and losing big money, just like my run from July to October. But now I'm more calm, not playing online as much as I do before and not visiting those offline casinos in my place.

I don't know, maybe I just realized that I'm losing too much money in gambling, simply as that. And that I need to control myself specially that at the time that I minimized, that the Christmas holiday is coming and that I want to have money during this time.

And I try to stay away from gambling by learning new things, like video editing. 

So in the last couple of months, as I have said, I have reduced my betting and playing slot games and roulette.

No, I don't think that my gambling activity negatively affected me in any way.


Like maybe 10 years ago, I would consider myself as a gambling addict as I will frequent land based casino like almost everyday even if I have a daily job, 9-5. I will go and sneak after my job and play till early mornings.


Well I did stop or force to quit because my side hustle suddenly stop. It was my main primary source of my gambling, as I usually play all the money that I got from it. And so when it went out abruptly I don't have a choice. Although I still continue playing with my salary, but it was not as huge as I'm playing with the money from my side hustle. Slowly, I started to quit for some years as I have to prioritize my family.

What I can call a gambling problem is the inability to follow my instincts in predicting slot games. Sometimes it feels like an issue, but I easily get over it. As I don't think much about the money lost during the process. Whether it'll get to a stage in the future when I can't control such a problem, I'm not sure. But hope it doesn't get to such a level. However, in stopping the problem, moving away from my environment to meet people who don't gamble is always a way to stop certain gambling problems. But in curing or avoiding gambling problems we could affect our relationship with loved ones or family. For instance, when I follow the decision to travel to a place where I'd have other activities that'll keep me gambling-free, those people dear to me would continue reaching out asking me to return to them. This may lead to some arguments in some cases, they'll keep asking why I'm staying away so long. They won't understand that it's my therapy to escape addiction.

However, gambling is the most difficult to solve problem, so I don't hope it gets to that point in my life. Changing habits doesn't completely cure problem gambling, because the player will still have a strong urge to gamble when done with the other activity. Provided the new habit doesn't take the whole day, the gambler can still gamble. While it contributes to reducing the time spent gambling for the player, meeting people and opening up to them about the new issue is a good way to cure problem gambling. Humans tend to keep to their promise when someone closely watches and monitors them to know if they perfectly control the urge to gamble again. Therefore when single, it's better to go book a stay with friends, married people should talk to their family to help them battle the problem. The best form of therapy is developing a good relationship with the addict. When achieved the whole point of therapy has been achieved. Hence our close friend can be our best therapist when facing problem gambling.

I stop the addiction and it never came back. My gambling activities has severely reduced.

If you know your gambling addiction has started again, the best is to just quit gambling. Do not gamble again. Fill your life with other things that you can think of and do not gamble again at all.

It is good to quit before it is too late.

First question;
1. I dont have any gambling problems and this is why i dont really mind about those controls or years in speaking about quitting. Play for fun then you should be just fine
on which it wont really be that something stressful on trying to look at on what are your conditions on playing gambling. If you do have that kind of
action on being responsible then there's no way that you could mold up a problem.

2. Its up to a certain person on how he would really be able to divert out his interest and attention into. It might that easy to say but when you are on the situation on which you
are already that addicted then for sure you would really be able to say that it was never be easy.

Let's start with the simple choice: Do you consider yourself to have a gambling problem affecting your happiness, security, relationships, finances, etc? (Yes or No)
Now, here is something a bit different: Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years? Either you make enough income to call it "adult play", so you do not have real problems, and/or you simply stop for a long time. Then - months or years later - it gets worse again and you are in trouble.

(First question was above)
(Second question) Either way, when it's time to stop, how exactly do you do it? (For example) Change other habits, go new places, exercise more, stop drinking, simply "swear off" gambling... How exactly do you stop? Thank you.