Topic: Do you regret also for ever knowing about gambling? - page 2. (Read 2598 times)

Every individual that's gambling has lost money while gambling therefore it shouldn't be a reason why we regret gambling. If you're gambling responsibly you'll lose and too make money as that's how gambling works. Gambling has mostly being a source of entertainment to me therefore I don't regret gambling or knowing about gambling. If you gamble in the right way and follow all guidelines correctly you won't get addicted to gambling and you'll not be losing money always.

I agree with you that if we're not enjoying ourselves when we gamble we should stop gambling as it isn't giving us happiness but gambling is meant to be entertaining us and the money we make from gambling should be seen as bonuses. Many gamblers are depending totally on gambling to make money that is the reason they're regretting that they got introduced to gambling as they're losing money always.

Since gambling does not hurt me, my family and I dont do anything harmful to others, I dont feel like I should regret something. I have got familiar with gambling since childhood. Used to play cards when traveling or being bored. I would regret if I did not know about gambling, because it is popular, so spread around. I would feel uncomfortable if everyone was talking about it and gambling, and I am being in ages already, would not understand what it is.

In my personal case, I have no one to blame.

It doesn't matter who introduced you to gambling, or if you saw an ad, or if you just walked into a casino.

The only responsible is me.

That means that I have the full power to decide how much to gamble, or if I should gamble at all.

I still enjoy going to casinos from time to time as they usually have nice pubs and restaurants, but gambling is a different story.

Every person is responsible of their own actions, and actions have consequences. There's no point blaming others.

It's important to note that everyone has different experiences, what causes regret for one person may not necessarily be the same for another. For some, they view gambling as a form of entertainment or recreation and while maybe your friend's gambling experience led to negative consequences in his life that's why he is experiencing regret. If your friend continues to experience regret and causing him distress and harm, maybe you should recommend him to seek support or professional help.

Acknowledging our own part in our life’s outcomes is the first step towards genuine growth and self-improvement.
So I see it’s essential to recognize that projecting blame onto others for one’s own failures or shortcomings is often an indication of an unwillingness to take personal responsibility.
Mistakes are a natural part of the our experience.The key is not to dwell on them but to learn and adapt.

Gambling with friends isn't wrong or bad, but initiating a friend into the game without sharing valuable information to them on the critical aspect of gambling is a questionable behavior. Looking at the story, the addict is wrong for blaming his friend for introducing him to gambling, but his friend should help him or apologize for not opening up to him regarding the ill impact of addiction on gamblers, the moment he discovered he now gambles. However, the fault is on the addict, he should have focused more on becoming a good player, not just hoping on making money like his friends convinced that they did, in gambling.

However, the said addict is undergoing some serious trouble, and his stage of addiction is in a level where he blames people, whoever got him to gambling. That's the reason why most players tend to keep their gambling habit a secret, because they may get a person to think this way on the long run. Because, when discussing gambling in the midst of friends, one could be a non-gambler, and at the end of the conversation, he'd go home trying to gamble. Not knowing that he's not capable of being a gambler, if he's not prepared mentally, financially, and physically. Nobody or his friend whom he's blaming, wasn't there to tell him that gambling is fun. It's the addict's fault, completely, since he's an adult.

I have been in all those situations above,from playing for fun with friends,from losing them and from going all in and getting hugely into addiction.After suffering from all these symptoms I finally managed to leave them somewhat behind and put up family and I am very happy since then.I continued gambling,not with that level of spending,in fact way less since I have my own family as that keeps me going and motivated.What has helped me is the way someone thinks before gambling,personally every time I feel the urge to gamble I say to myself imagine if I had saved all that money where I would be now and so I have started to use patience and motivation as the number one tool to forget gambling completely.

Totally a normal behavior of a human being on which we do really love on blaming out someone with the things that happen into ours on which we know that there's no other that should be blamed on but only yourself.
We are the ones who do make out such decision then it would really be just that normal that you would really be the ones who should really be blamed on whatever outcome do things that do happen.
For me then i dont really have any regrets about knowing gambling, it is really  for leisure and it would really be just that normal that loses is there since you are staking up your money to make money
on which its a common approach that you would be having. Regrets do usually happen on the time that you are having that a huge problem towards gambling.

People do make out realizations when they are facing up tough situations or conditions on which you would really be having that kind of realizations when you are on trouble.
Regrets is there but if you dont really mean it and having that not good when it comes to self control then you would really be just that still coming back to gambling no matter what.

I agree. Friendships that involve gambling can be lost very quickly. This is a very bad foundation. The same applies to spouses. Where there is a place for gambling addiction or any other addiction, there will be no freedom, trust and reliability.
As for the fact that you need to use only money that you can afford to lose and forget about, there is probably no need to write about it. If a person uses money that is critical to him or borrows money, then this is a separate type of perversion on himself and probably on his loved ones

We tend to blame someone for our failures, this is our human nature. We always want to think that it is not us who are to blame for defeats, but someone else. The secret lies in the fact that as soon as we begin to understand that we ourselves are to blame for almost all the problems that arise in our lives, then life immediately becomes easier, and progress immediately occurs. Sometimes there may be very bad people around us, sometimes these are work colleagues, friends or even relatives. If we are unable to distinguish the good things from the bad that these people have to offer us, then problems may arise. People don't create weaknesses in us, they only discover them.

I look on gambling like it is a new knowledge, new experience, new entertainment, something to discover, something to test myself. With all that, how can I regret knowing or discovering something new. It is always good to know more than others or experience that. I hardly ever remember anything negative that I have experienced with gambling. If cautious and with cold head, gambling is harmless.

do you keep track? in my opinion is a bit hard to know for sure if your gambling is profitable or not if you don't keep track closely
but as we mentioned sometimes too it's not only about the money but about the fun too... I don't think regretting of past decisions helps with anything anyways...

way better to live with no regrets.

Though I won't say that gambling has been profitable to me but what I know for sure is that I have never regretted ever taking part in gambling, it will very childish for me to say that unless am am addiction, it is very obvious that addiction is been caused by excessive gambling and it can be regrettable hence am am not an addict I cant regret.

losing is part gambling, the earlier you understand this as a gambler the better for you, from the onset I understand the concept of gambling and I know that as a gambler chasing your loss may lead into gambling without break so I choose when to gamble and take a take a break when is necessary, there is nothing to regret for me because am in control of my game.

Yeah I've lost money gambling but it has served as a source of entertainment so I don't regret ever knowing about gambling.  I think once somebody loses the enjoyment of gambling than that's the time you need to ask yourself if ypu should be gambling anymore.  I know people who have a pretty bad addiction they are dealing with and I'm sure those folks would tell you yeah they wished they never found gambling.  Probably going to get a lot of those split answers depending on each person's enjoyment factor or the success of gambling factor.

Something like this can only be a sobering yet enlightening journey for gamblers who reached a very aggressive and heavy gambling activity. I have been part of similar discussions where a friend of mine personally blamed me for asking him if he set a bet on our national football team, later it appeared that he set a bet because of me and it was a lost. Even though he wasn’t much serious about it.
For me, this was a good lesson I have learned to approach even the discussion of gambling which should be with caution and moderation, especially beside fragile and the people who are more exposed to addiction of any shape.

In the end, it's not about harboring grudges or assigning blame but rather about learning from our experiences and supporting each other through our individual struggles. So, while the discussion of your friends may have sparked heated arguments it's still also a valuable opportunity for you to learn.

yes, if you manage your risk and don't get lost into betting more than you can afford to lose
also taking time for doing good things that make you happy outside of the screens or of the real life casinos than life should be good
just don't get lost into betting too much and not doing anything else

If you usually take precaution and knowing your left and right in gambling you will never regret it, the reason why people regret a lot in gambling because they are taking it as their whole life activity. They don’t care about anything else. All they do is find money do work to get money and Bet, this kind of people can risk there salary And risk their lives in gambling. if they lose, they will definitely regret it even if they don’t want to talk about it because of shame do regret it. The only first time I regretted betting is when I lost because there was no plan because I thought it’s just how it is. I never knew you can continue to be losing without gaining any penny

Yes, those are the impressions of gambling that are generally experienced by gamblers. However, if you don't gamble for money, then you probably won't experience many problems, including psychological and financial ones. Gambling is for fun rather than just to make money, but when that is reversed then problems quickly arise. Be a responsible gambler and consider winning and losing as part of the game that you don't need to pursue with all your existing budget.

chasing is never as good as letting things come to you
think about this on situations like love, as an example, it's always better when both are present and interested than when one person is chasing the other one
of course it's rares too

This is where self awareness and sensibility would really be that totally relevant and something you would really be needing. Dont make yourself comes into a point that you've been struggling on
fighting gambling addiction or that extreme loss just because you had missed out on skipping out on things on which you should have done earlier. Mistakes and regrets do always happen in the end
and if you are someone whose not really that mindful about your actions and dont mind about the potential risks behind it then dont make yourself cry on the time that you would really be
able to experience those unfortunate conditions on which this is where you would really be usually making out those adjustments on the time that you are having that kind of struggle
on which i have said that you should have done this earlier so that you wont really be ending up on having that kind of messed up life because of gambling.