Topic: Don't be a hypocrite and admit that you are a gambler - page 3. (Read 584 times)

I’m a gambler and I used to have the compulsive gambling disorder and I wasn’t happy with my life, slowly and steadily I accepted this fact and then I told myself that it’s not always about the money let’s gamble only for the thrill and that’s when my life changed.

I finally gave up on my compulsive gambling habits and then I began to gamble responsibly, which not only saved me lots of money but also gave me lots of satisfaction in life.

Lastly I would like to say that being a gambler is not wrong, but cursing yourself for being a gambler is wrong so I would urge all to accept themselves and approve of themselves and then see how life suddenly changes for good.

Anything could lead to addiction if you can't control yourself, watching anime can lead to addiction and simply being lazy could lead to addiction LOL haha. My points is, as long as you can control yourself you will be safe, enjoying risk is good as long as you can handle it. Everything that is too much can be bad for you and could lead to addiction   

Gambling basically depends on luck, so when you have 99% assurances due to further studies and experience concerning a prediction, I won't refer to that as gambling. For example, when I have done my research in cryptocurrency and seen the possibility it has to dominate the future and invest into Bitcoin, that's not gambling although if another users blindly follows my choices without carrying out some due diligence then that's gambling since he's totally depending on the outcome of my decision.

Gambling isn't a bad hobby especially when you don't abuse it, the society have made gamblers feel like losers to the extent they hide and aren't open about their passion or occupation. In my understanding if money isn't involves or you're not risking anything valuable for that decision you're making then it's not gambling therefore most of our  childhood decision shouldn't count as a gamble.

I think when people understand what gambling really is, it will be much easier to handle it.
Real Gambling is simply taking big risk. It has much broader definition though,but boils down on risk. Most people take big risk in my opinion.

 I don't think it's a good idea to enjoy taking big risk. Could lead to addiction.

Its just part of our normal life on having those choices or decision making which would really be needed for us to move forward.If we arent making those decisions in life then
we wont able to shape up on what would be the things we do like ahead.I admit im a gambler in both sides but i do much prefer on making decisions or do gamble
in life situations which would really affect my financial living rather than focusing into literal gambling games which we know that can put up into the different outcome.
Gambling isnt bad but be sure you do know how to control yourself if you do deal with it, if not then you know the consequences that been tied up.
Actually it isnt really that right to compare the two because gambling or decisions in real life are just normal and the other is just a choice or optional.

Sometimes the society doesn't really like the fact that some people are addicted to gambling so they somehow isolate the gamblers from everyone else. And most of those gambling end up in debt, hence the addiction is sometimes seen pretty similar to the one of drugs.

Trust me, you wouldn't feel great telling someone you're a gambling addict. Been there before and it's not as easy as it sounds

Why would I even hide it?
I mean being a gambler isn't illegal and doesn't harm anyone so there is nothing to be ashame of.
The only thing that I would be ashamed of if my the money that I am using is from the other people and I couldn't support my own.

Of course if we want to debate about definition then we can argue for a lot of things to be more like gambling! You know when we talk about genetic lottery,,, where we are born and when we are born has a lot to determine about our future. Economy, nutrition, education, these things are part of our life from the day we are conceived,,, which is why people who look down on others ignore their luck at the lottery of life.

and that is what OP means by this thread,that everything that we are not sure in our decision making it a Gamble by any chances and i totally support that.
with that i am a total gambler because most of my decision is based in my instinct and i dont use even science to consider before making.
actually OP does not particularly pointing in Gambling games but what he wanted to say is our daily living is based on gamble and no one is not a gambler by that way.

I never refuse if called as the gambler because that is the fact and currently i never shy anymore why i did gamble even lately my family know my habit but the good thing is they says as long i can control myself during gambling then they can accept my habit and indeed with self admitted it can makes us slightly comfortable what have we done so far

When you are putting up something whether you are betting something or nothing you can consider that gambling, anything that you put challenge can be considered gambling , this is what Wikipedia defined it, we are gambling one way or another whether you know it or not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling

I admitted that I am a gambler. I don't gamble in a gambling site too often, I feel that in my life, I gamble with all of my decision. What OP said is true, and we don't deny that our life is full of gambling, but sometimes we don't recognize, or we don't realize that it is gambling. Perhaps, we are trying to be objective of choosing the option, so we know what the risk is by selecting one of the options. But usually, gambling connected to the games with money inside, and many people play the game. All in all, we are a gambler for our life

I don't expect a rich-scheme in gambling nor treat gambling as a primary source of income but I don't have a mindset that gambling must be treated for fun. Unlike others that always say that they are gambling just for fun, I'm different as I treat my gambling activity seriously since I'm risking my funds here.

In each of my gambling sessions or quick match, whether in crypto or outside, I'm making sure that I do my best in terms of analyzations that I will hit those winnings. In sports betting, everything must be approached seriously. If I win, that's more fun compared to just doing gambling purely because everyone wants to make fun out of it. And besides, I loved this form of gambling and I'm involved in sports betting for almost over a decade now.

I'm not really into the idea of gambling for fun. There are lots of ways to have fun so why should I do that in gambling. That's a "BIG NO" for me, no offense to others (as people don't have to be offended in the first place as we have different preferences). But honestly, even people admitted or not that they are gamblers, I don't see what's big deal on that. We should have a mind instead of our own business.

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And about the topic subject, it's not appropriate to compare the literal gambling activity where people risk money and the form of gambling in the real-world that people deal with their daily lives. How come those things should be correlated.

Lol. It doesn't mean you're risking something, you will be called a gambler. Sometimes in life, there are difficult problems that require good decision making, which means it's already part of the life to make decisions in every scenario we're taking. So I prefer to call myself a decision-maker or risk-taker than a gambler since both are facing risk and should be solved quickly.

Gambler is risking something, that's the money. While in life, you're not risking something 'cause every decision you're making, it automatically creates a path for your future.

Gambling is a verb is very different from gambling as an action. The things you talked about are gambling but they are not literally rolling a dice on a casino, that is why they are different. Plus on a normal day when you gamble about your life, you have no choice but to do that in order to move forward, we gambled on school answers because we had to give an answer, leaving it empty would only further your failure instead of maybe helping out, same with work, you have to gamble because you have to move forward, you can't live unemployed forever unless you are very lucky with money.

Everything in your life you gambled, you had to. On regular casinos you don't have to gamble, you can simply leave, plus casino literally tells you that you will lose on this gamble and you still do it.