Topic: gambling addiction is getting real - page 6. (Read 659 times)

If you had won would you feel that it is an addiction? I can see that you are self-aware defining what the problem. Next thing is to identify triggers. Honestly breaking free from an addiction is not a walk in the park however I want you to be rest assured that you can because there are thousands of others who have quit this habit for good. One more thing, remember this, a gambler never quits on a win. Always remember that. And if they do I'm yet to meet one. God speed.

Sometimes, we're just carried away by our emotions because of too much excitement or even wanting to win but we should keep the risks of gambling in mind before entering it. I usually allocate enough funds for gambling and make sure to stop when I lost it. You have to control your emotions and don't let it be the one to control you.

Secure your profits from buying your things quickly or don't get your profits so that you won't use them for anything including gambling. Losing that much in 2 days is truly devastating.
I wouldn't even know what to do and what to say if I'll be on your shoe. But you have to be aware that spending your profits quickly will make you lose the sense of being responsible with your profits and as well as money management.

You are into trading I believe you also find it addicting like the say you experienced with slots just recently. Slots and dice are not base on skills casino game so its not really going to give us chances but you sound better in trading.

If that is the case that you got that 20k from trading, then just be addicted to trading instead.

Here is the finalize thoughts and last post that i will be made regarding on my betting addictions and about this post .

1.  Lost 20k just in 2 days after 'touching' on slots . Before that i mostly just play on Sportsbet ( mainly UFC ) and do tradings most of the time . never really a heavy betters . Most of the time i just watch some streamers bet in twitch.com

2. 20k is alot not gonna lie . Although did not affect my life as i just used up my 'profits' in trading for the past few month, learnt from this mistake. And i was going to 'double-up' on trying to get back the money i lost in slots but stopped it . ( glad i did not redeposit again , if not 20k is might not the final amount here )

3. For Sportsbetting / Slots , i will take 1 month back and rethink on what happen in the last 2-3 days before back to gambling . From what thought and watching the post that you guys gave me , i mostly will stop on gambling for awhile especially slots. Side note : as I am a huge fighting fans (MMA) but usually just bet 100-500$ bets . The way i lost 20k is that i just tried to earn some huge wins by buying 'bonus' and not by rolling spins. Maybe this is way i lost so much in short amount of time .

Just chat with the support , Will start my exclusion after UFC 267. ( as I already placed my bets on it , and after the event will just withdraw from Stake and start my 1 month exclusion ) and back to my trading .


Thanks for the support and reply . Appreciate it and wanted to say , stay off from gambling or bet on what you are willing to lose. Will continue to update my post .  Sorry for the bad english , as it was not my main language.

I feel bad for you. You should consult with professional to help you if you really wanted to stop or the worst you will only realized and stop when you haven nothing left. Money, house, things, etc. so while it's still early you should pay a visit to professional to help you.

Honestly $20,000 for most of us is a really big money to spend in just 2 days.

Take a break for a while mate, 20k of losses were huge in just 2 days, I think by this thought you may already get what is wrong with you and hopefully you could find in your self a way how to distance yourself from gambling even for a while only, I swear you would need it. The advices from the other people will not be fully helpful if in yourself you are not willing to give up gambling even for just a short period of time. The only solution for your concern lies in your hand.

No one force you to use $20k to gamble. I wonder why you use all of your profits from your portfolio to gamble as you already make a profit. You should use that profit for yourself and not use it for gambling.

Right now, I can stop myself from gambling anytime I want as I am always trying to control myself not involved too deeper in gambling. I already got a bad experience, so I do not want to repeat the same mistake. If you realize that gambling makes you lose money and want to quit gambling forever, you must try to control yourself and not visit online gambling or offline gambling. No matter if that is hard for you, you must keep trying. That is the only thing you can do to stop gambling.

Self control is our Obligation and people cannot teach us this because even How good people told you yet it is your desire that will decide for your gambling destination .
Best to learn this first before engaging again in gambling even sports betting or any form of gambling , it is our knowledge that will keep us distancing from addiction.
Stop your playing for a week and establish strategy and plans before betting again in this way you will prevent from becoming addict and losing those amount , 10k a day? lol that is huge in my region .

The problem with this is really controlling. I believe that the majority of games are extremely addictive, resulting in significant losses. Attempting to recoup your losses is also a bad idea, as I have personally experienced. Stopping is preferable to recouping your losses. Also, notify your family about it so that they can keep an eye on you if you become hooked to gambling.

I believe that when a person has a goal and a well-structured plan, the person will be able to play normally without entering the world of addiction or extreme losses.


are you talking about stake.com?

if so they have sports bets because I always bet on stake.com

https://stake.com/sports/soccer

have several sports

Well, you played the wrong game. Slot is the most addicting casino game, therefore if you aren't used to the dopamine sensation, playing slots is a bad idea.
First, forgive yourself, and take the loss. Don't play if the reason is to win back the $20k. Then, if it's better to quit gambling completely, or if you can't do that, play with small bankroll and smallest bet only. Also, let your closest family take the control (can be partially) of your finance.

Looks like you are new to this kind of gambling or what?

I think I had the same experience when I tried to invest in NFT games one after another and begin to suffer some losses when each game I invested in failed to rise up their token prices.
Now I regret to do that thing and patiently recover what I've lost last time. We should always control our emotions when it comes to this because we will heavily regret it if we ever lose the money we can't afford to lose.

I've mentioned this several times but one of the best ways for me to stop gambling is to find another hobby or any daily activity that I could spend my time on. For example, reading books or working out at the gym, as much as possible you want to spend more time doing something else until you don't have enough time to think about betting. I used to be in the same position where i'd gamble on both sports and casino games then eventually stick with sports since casino games usually eat up most of my profits from sports betting.

Based on this case, it seems like you can exclude yourself from playing casino games but I guess there's an issue with the said exclusion that's why they've stopped offering it.

were you trying to chase your losses? a lot of gamblers do the same thing and end up losing more money.

self-control, discipline, etc.. not everyone can do it though.

how about stopping for now? 20k is not a small price. even if you can afford to lose that much money, having breaks between losses can help you clear your thoughts and calm yourself.

I would seek professional help if I were you. You have the typical signs of a budding addiction. This is also evidenced by the fact that the more losses you make, the more you gamble to make up for the losses, losing more and more until you have no credit left or even immense debt.
Have your account blocked at Stakes and try not to bet in the sportbook area for the time being. I would take a break from it if I were you.

Wooo, sorry 'bout your loss. There are several techniques that you may apply but, eventually, all leads to you being in control. You can set a fixed budget or a fixed time and stop when you loose it. You can set a limit of time and stop right the second you plan to... If you have trouble stopping, you may consider asking a friend for help, kind of watch over you and tell you that you need to stop, our you can bet socially.

It's really hard to get addicted to anything because it do nothing good for oneself. Addiction is a serious topic and should be well taken care of the moment the symptoms occur. In mild cases, counseling and self-restraint would do, but for those who have severe cases, they have to seek professional help from the shrink to get themselves examined and treated the right way.

It's really important to establish limitations and boundaries whenever we do something. Like what they always say, too much can be harmful to you. You shouldn't let yourself be indulged too much in something most especially if you know for a fact that it could lead you to develop bad habits. You must know to practice self-discipline in order to avoid being caught up in a bad position.

Right now, what you can do is to accept it to yourself that you are addicted in gambling. Acceptance is always the first step into healing. You cannot treat something you keep on denying about. Next would be seeking help from the experts to guide you from your withdrawal journey of being addicted to gambling. From there, follow the advices that will be given to you and help yourself as well. Always remind yourself to only touch what you can afford to lose and not to touch other funds intended for important things.

I hope you recover soon. Tell us how you'll overcome it. We'll be glad to hear a successful recovery from gambling addiction.

Close your devices, stand up, get a walk, breathe in the fresh air and you should be fine. At least, I hope that's enough for you to actually forget about gambling and relax. I've been there, and it wasn't really easy to actually stop so instead I just let my balance empty out for the day and plan out what I should do the next day, where my mindset is pretty much refreshed and reset. Nowadays I've pretty much set my own plan when I'm gambling so I rarely fall into scenarios where I succumb to what I want, since I've limited myself before it even happens.

That amount is very huge, even I was addicted for over 5 years plus but I did not lose up to that after series of staking with the money I even thought was very high in amount for me. One thing about gambling is to first know that you should only and only use only the amount of money you can afford to lose in a way if lost you will never think about it. I do not know how rich you are but I think gambling does not worth that amount of money, just play for fun and enjoy the best you can from gambling.

With the look fo things, I will advise you to quite gambling for awhile and then later begin, this will help a lot rather than having poor mindset towards gambling now, a kind of mindset that will want you to gamble more so you can lose more. People are more vulnerable to lose more and all when they have already lost some amount of money, please quite gambling for now is a very good advise.