Topic: Gambling is short cut to poverty - page 17. (Read 8003 times)

Of course, it is obvious that until the gambler himself wants to admit his addiction and start doing something about it, nothing will change. I read interviews about those who went to the clinic but at the same time deep down did not believe in themselves and their repentance. Such guys then continue to play, and do not quit gambling. And this is very important - first of all, to be honest with yourself.

When a gambler is addicted to gambling, the wrong things he is doing will not seem wrong to him, then everything will seem right to him. He will then gamble in such a way that gambling is oxygen for him and he will not receive oxygen until he can gamble. A gambler, however, does not sell his house or borrow money from others to gamble unless he is excessively addicted to gambling. Those who have fallen into this type of addiction and those who have recovered from it may well realize now that the mistake they made at that time was the biggest mistake of their life. Still those who are new should gamble normally without getting too addicted to gambling. A gambler will have enough time to gamble so he needs to think beforehand as well as get enough knowledge about gambling. 
After doing these the gambler has to decide to gamble so that at least he does not get addicted to gambling.

Yes, one of the main factors is that they are too obsessed with winning and they are willing to spend money to gamble in order to achieve the sense of obsession that is in them until they are satisfied and happy. This is also what triggers the emergence of gamblers to become addicted to gambling. It is true that excessive obsession will have a bad impact on the gambler because they are classified as people who cannot control their common sense and steps to become better, but on the contrary they will be more brutal in pursuing victory based on feelings of very high obsession.


Of course, to eliminate or stop addiction in gambling is very difficult and requires a very long process for maximum results, besides getting help from a doctor I think it is a less efficient step if you do not have the intention to heal in your own heart and mind because what is actually curing the addiction to gambling is from within ourselves not from the help of others or doctors.
Yes, it is possible if we are truly aware and understand the experiences that have been experienced by other gamblers at least it is one way to minimize or reduce gambling addiction.

On the moment that you do make yourself having some issues with self control then it's likely you will really be that addicted with gambling and this is something that you should avoid as much as you could. We do know that it could destroy someones life  in terms of finances yet this will be mainly the thing that do get affected. It will really be indeed a shortcut to poverty if you can't be able to find yourself having that good control towards your mind and emotion aspect. Gambling should really be that for fun and not making it as an income because this is where you do usually be targeting on the moment that you do gamble.

Realization do always come at the end when the time comes that you do really made up some bad decisions towards your gambling habit. Always be remindful on the time you do get involved on something that pertains about betting or doing gambling.
Be contented on what you do have and never ever make gambling as your main source of income or the solution of your current poverty condition. Instead on making up a solution, it would really be that making it worst.

most people would rather be fed confortable illusions that prove their point than to have their opinions challenged. not so hard if you think about it
courage is in short supply nowadays
and it takes courage to admit that your world view is biased

habits will shape our destiny
most should probably stay away from gambling...

Unfortunately, the situation with addicted gamblers is getting worse because doctors don't know how to help them. After all, these doctors don't know the theory of games, they haven't experienced addiction to gambling. And that's bad, because it doesn't stop clinics from taking huge amounts of money from gamblers. However, now, inveterate gamblers have started giving interviews where they admit their mistakes and thereby cleanse themselves. They believe that this way they will become sincere and learn to control themselves.

One of the reasons why it is quite difficult to realize that they are trapped in a cycle of addiction is because they still have a high obsession with winning so that they will continue to think that their actions and approaches are still reasonable even though they are actually an excessive approach to an activity that is only probabilistic and of course the impact will certainly damage their economic situation in their lives.

On the other hand, what you said is true that addicted gamblers are willing to do anything to realize their desire to continue gambling, and this is also the reason why there are always some gamblers who end up becoming bad people such as robbing or doing various illegal acts, the reason is none other than to get money to continue to facilitate their gambling desires, and in the end it is certain for them to be in debt and experience a situation that is much worse than before.

That is normal because human wants to search for a short cut to solve poverty and those people may use gambling to make money. Only time will tell when they gets addicted to gambling especially if they forget to limits himself in gambling. He needs to have a clear minds to realize that gambling is not a way to solve poverty. And if they can see the other ways to make money than gambling, they will not use gambling but will use the other way that will be more promises to earn money. And for those who still use gambling to make money, they will see that will not gives the money but only more losses.

Even if he is a professional gamblers, he should know that will not easy to make money from gambling and solve the poverty matters. They must know that to become a professional gamblers, he needs to learn many things and that will consume more time but there is no guarantee to make money from gambling. But a pro gamblers will not tell to other people how they can do that because that is their secret that they will keep. Not many people who can do that and really make money from money so other people should not try it because that will gives a big risk of losing the money.

That is right because they only know about playing gambling and win some money. They will not thinks about the risk of losing the money but will keep trying to win every time they lose their money. But if they can realize of what happens to them and start to reduce their time in gambling, they will have a way to stop gambling and search for the other sources to make money. They will realize that gambling is not a short cut to solve poverty but gambling is only one of many ways for have fun and release their stress.

Not just poor gamblers but some of rich gamblers doing like that because gambling tempts them to make a big money. That is why they needs awareness to be careful when playing gambling and not lets gambling gets all of their money. Even if they have enough assets to spend, that will be gone especially if they lose control over themselves. But no matter what is their status, they must not use gambling as a short cut to solve poverty problem because that will not works for most people. They will only lose their money without having a big chance to win for some money so they must know about that.

Of course, you need to understand the strategy and copy it is not enough to constantly win, because on the surface there may be things that are not visible. For example, I once tried to repeat some of the hands that I saw from the streams of a popular professional poker player, but I did not succeed because when another card came out and the opponent was aggressive, I simply did not know what to do. This must be honed for months and years to understand all the subtleties and then we may never understand them at all if we are not told what exactly the win is in a certain situation.

Of course I think everyone can think that what I said above is true regarding pressure that can really affect a decision. On the other hand, the problem is that it is not easy to identify that the decision you make is a decision that should be avoided in that situation, it is difficult to really realize it, and one thing that can help you is maybe the people closest to you, but the other problem is that most people always make decisions without telling others, so maybe in the end only depression and regret can make you aware.

On the other hand, there is no other way to avoid the possibility of mistakes in decision making other than you have to maintain awareness in yourself, because that is the only thing that can help you.

Agree with you, basically a gambler who is addicted does not realize that his behavior is wrong and certainly the consequences of the addiction he has suffered so far will have a very bad impact on his life when his economy has begun to experience very drastic changes, namely when he loses many of his assets and finances.
Gamblers who are addicted can do anything to facilitate their negative desires so that they can continue to run smoothly even though they are willing to risk their assets and savings in gambling that they run with an unstable and unbalanced mind so that they will remain calm and happy even though in fact regret and great losses are waiting in their lives later.

All this should be so, but I know from my own experience how much he could sometimes try to create illusions if he does not see a way out of the circumstances. Routine, which lasts from year to year, with the complete impossibility of earning more with some new decisions make any person someone who is ready to see opportunities and chances for success where there is none at all. And if someone also has bad habits like alcohol addiction, then this person is doomed like a moth to fly to a flame.

What kind of gambling is it when many people gamble and the result is only defeat, the winnings given are not comparable to the money that has been spent, of course it is not necessarily a return on capital, moreover, it is very rare for me to hear that there is someone who expects his life from gambling income, even they are able to pay installments or their living needs, it is very rare to find that all of these people have income from the business they create and gambling is just a game to relieve their fatigue, so if it is true then it is not the main job of gambling but there is a small business that they set up, therefore they are able to manage it well without mixing money for needs or money for gambling.

yes, having financial problems definitely obstruct our vision and don't let us think clearly, it sucks
social pressure and lack of skill would also sum up on this problem

but at the end of the day
think about it
if you're going through pression then probably it's a really bad idea to start gambling at this moment...

Gambling is a place of entertainment which is a place where you look for fun and it requires the cost to get its pleasure, and that is a common truth that must be known, just because gambling can give victory and get money, some people assume that gambling can be made A place as a place to make a living, and even think they can have financial freedom with gambling, they misinterpret it, they think about the heretical victory that was once experienced and it was a mistake where unconsciousness could eliminate the awareness that defeat was more than victory.

Indeed, if pure gambling then there might be time that he'll be dissapointed though in some cases, there are gamblers who manage to work with their emotions, which allow them to manage well their finances, but not everyone have that same treatment with gambling, more are unable to control and lead them losing a lot.

And the fact that your friend's gambling style have his own unique way, what working for him might not work to someone who will try to duplicate the strategy that his using.

I once try to believe this mate and believe me now?  I regret that day and will never try to do the same mistakes forever , gambling will only lead you to losing and this will never be the way to leave poverty .

try not to believe in this mate because this is not really what world of gambling can bring us .

Your friend must really be good at what he does. I don't consider it safe for someone to take gambling as a full-time job as there will always be days of disappointment.
 
Maybe what your friend does is manage the winnings he receives very well, minimizing the amount used in playing bets the other days to make sure he has enough money to run the affairs of the family until there comes another big win to refill the bank account.

Let's be honest with ourselves, is there truly a professional gambler who does nothing for a living but only gambling? Well, I've read some contradictory stories regarding such but the truth is that I've never seen one myself and the ones that were always pointed to online are not those you can truly attest to their stories but some kind of influencers who might be on the mission to lure people to gamble at their preferred casinos/sportsbooks.

Even if such people exist, I advise 99.99% of gamblers never to follow their footsteps because their kind of grace and luck is not from this planet.

@fruktik, What you are experiencing is not unlike with my friend who is trapped in a vicious circle due to gambling, he has been so obsessed with gambling that he has not even heard the advice of his family and friends so far, even his madness increased when he gambled on a large scale after mortgaging his house and also using office money, but we know that greed and addiction ultimately only plunged him into defeat and poverty, not even enough to stop there, his family has now been destroyed and he must to spend his age in prison after not being able to return the office money he took to gamble, what you and my friend are doing is not like storing a time bomb which will only destroy us in the end, gambling for fun is certainly not wrong if we have limits but when we can do anything just for the sake of gambling of course it is crazy in my opinion.