Topic: Have you checked an overview of your gambling habits? - page 3. (Read 1358 times)

That's kind of surprising. Not so many addicted gamblers are checking their excessive habits regularly and trying to regulate it doesn't seem like you're really addicted to gambling. You were just hooked up at some point thinking you're really addicted. Real gambling addicts don't do things like that, they normally being careless at everything they spend in gambling. That includes money and time.
Checking and assessing your gambling habits regularly is something what the responsible gamblers are doing.

As a gambler who was formerly a gambling addict, checking the overview of my gambling habits is what I do regularly in other to regulate my excesses in gambling. Checking your gambling habits helps in helping a gambler to know when he's over gambling and that's why it's very necessary for gamblers to do it at intervals so they don't end up with regrets.

As a serious gambling addict, it will be difficult to change their way of thinking, and whatever they think is all about gambling, OP's advice will be very useful if successfully implemented, even though it is difficult, do it slowly so that you feel more comfortable.

We have the liberty to behave anyway we like when it comes to gambling but what is most necessary is to make sure that we don't gamble foolishly where we later complain that we are not making profit. Every gamblers are responsible for their winnings and loses that is why it's always advisable for us to go as far as becoming too greedy of making huge winning without taking precautions not to gamble more than we can afford to bet on. Gamblers will keep losing money because most of us don't review our betting habits. Every gambler needs to measure their risks before betting on any sport to prevent doing it too much.

then you have everything in order with personal discipline and this is commendable. Most likely, you have been into gambling for a long time, did I guess?
Because I have exactly the same attitude to games if I lose then today I stop and do not play anymore, for a long time now there is no such feeling that you need to win back here and now I have become as calm as possible.

It's that simple to think about but it's a bit difficult to apply if it has entered the stage of excessive addiction and if someone has no control then it will be much more difficult to control. If gambling is considered entertainment then people will be much more responsible, for example when they want to watch a football match and place a bet as part of watching and that won't be a problem.

The big problem is when involvement in gambling only thinks about profit and victory, because what is feared does not match expectations and people will be more motivated to pursue victory that is not necessarily obtained. Even though of course the desired victory cannot necessarily be achieved by spending other budgets.

I can really feel about how terrible you experienced before when you were still trapped in the cycle of addiction, because I have also felt or been in the same situation, various problems began to emerge in succession especially in terms of finances and not only that, what made me feel the most depressed was when many people asked me for a large amount of debt, in that situation I really couldn't imagine or couldn't believe what I had done during that time so that the amount of debt I had was really big.

Not only that, the impact of the economic downturn in my life also caused problems in my small family which even made me almost kicked out of the house, I think anyone can imagine how much pressure we feel when we are in that situation and that's why there are some gamblers who even dare to end their lives like the news that appeared on this forum some time ago.

Basically, gambling addiction is a disease that is difficult to overcome, but it does not mean that it cannot be overcome at all, because the problem of healing depends on the gambler himself, in the sense that when they are able to achieve awareness that their perspective and treatment of gambling are very wrong, then this awareness can lead them to various experimental actions to overcome the problem, addiction can be quite easy to overcome when a gambler is aware of the real facts about how gambling is and also when they are able to let go of all the losses they have ever experienced.

Today, I don't gamble for profit. I do it only to have a good time, if I have free time that I can afford to spend in this way. Now I have so many different things to do that there is practically nothing left for gambling. Perhaps this is the right approach for me personally. It is better to do my own business, and only then connect to the world of entertainment.

Like most of the gamblers, the overview of gambling activity is checked after every big loss because the mind wasn't ready to accept the loss. For some days, this will continue. Mostly I used to keep watching the bets and think like I shouldn't have bet this amount or should have stopped earlier. No use of thinking, as nothing can be changed. However, this gives me peace of mind and makes me decide not to go beyond limits and should not spend much on gambling.

It took me long to realise that gambling is for fun and should never be considered a source of income. Not everyone will be successful, and with gambling, only the successful person gets known to the world, whereas the rest gets hidden. This means the majority of the gamblers were in loss. Finding a way to learn well before getting into gambling and at any cost should not get into it without knowing our limits and without self-control, which means you're going to ruin your life.

Gambling is mainly determined by people's intensity through two criteria, one of which is entertainment or profit. I sometimes compare myself whether I am primarily involved in gambling for entertainment or participating in gambling for profit. If it is for profit, then if the bet is lost, then I do not take repeated bets to recover the bet money later.

I think if you are talking about that without being a thing that related to gambling then it's very easy for them to make adjustments from it because it doesn't concerned to what would make them became rich overnight, so it's very easy to control oneself from it than when they already had that mindset that gambling is what would make them Rich overnight. You know it could be very difficult to handle, since already had this feelings that there are chances and you know whatever that relates with finances always drags attention as well.

Well  I think only gambling addicts should have to experience negative behaviors from family members and friends towards them. The fact that they fell for gambling addiction in the first place shows that they have not be making the best decision for their lives lately.  Because  one can only get addicted when they start making irresponsible decisions.  However the response from a family to anyone who gambles responsibly and get lucky to win some good amount of money is different from an addicted gamble who also wins occasionally because  addicted gamblers are likely to spend all the money back into gambling, and their motivation is chasing after a much bigger win.

We don't need someone to check on ourselves. What we need is ourselves to have ourselves checked to face the reality whether we're on that path or we're still fine. While the self awareness is there, there are point at times that we're not able to make it due to the fact that we're focused in gambling. So, we deny the reality check that we are facing and that's something usual that happens to most gamblers. Admission of self about being addicted to gambling is an important thing in realizing what kind of help that gambler needs to have.

I couldn't argue with all those positive advises that you've stated mate, and I'm so grateful for your wonderful words for all gamblers who's really open minded to absorb all those thoughts.
Those do's and don'ts is fair enough to change a person and be disciplined towards playing gambling online. Because it's really hard for a long term gambler to adjust and change what they've used to do particular on things that they thought could make them happy and contented with life.

Yes, you are right. Only a small percentage of people realize and understand that they have become addicted to gambling. Many years ago, the same thing happened to me. I absolutely did not want to see myself as an addicted person who loses almost all the money he borrowed. This shook my mental state considerably. It was incredibly difficult to accept this undeniable fact. It was very difficult for me then and I had to go through a lot. I still sometimes remember that period of my life with incredible horror. Now I gamble sometimes, but for the sake of having fun. I spend on it the money that will not become critically important for me.

As far as I know be it addicted or not if they love reading they would see that they are getting too used by gambling. Now let me tell you something about myself, there was a time I was actually getting used to a particular local meal, and I noticed that whenever I consumed it i do have a kind of abdominal pains which I never knew it was the effects of what I do consumed on a regular basis when I discovered I had to stop.

Although it was very hard to stop because I am already used to it, what I did was to start putting interest in other meals even though I don't enjoyed them as regulars, I was doing that to get my attention off from that meal. But today I can stay without even thinking or wanting to consume it, this was because I fell into it as addiction.

What I am trying to say in essence is that, we must learn to understand our body system if we are not feeling normal or either being occupied by a particular activity or play then we should look for adjustment, and if it happens that we need someone to talk to us then fine there is need, except for those mentally affected were they don't associates with normal Beings with that we can say they need someone to help them out.

But provided the person can read and understand things then there is need for them to read information we shared across here and most times we can refer them here to read some necessary information about gambling addiction, as I believe that this forum is one of the largest community that talks about gambling addictions.

I think only a small percentage of gamblers realize that they are trapped in an addiction problem, and one of the reasons why addiction can occur unconsciously is because they do not recognize the signs of increasing interest and expectations that are usually caused by those who are too focused on winning from the start, and this is what causes someone who is too focused on things that look tempting to be very easy for them to get caught in a cycle of addiction.

Gambling addiction is one of the diseases that is very difficult to overcome, I think we all know that, the reason is because this is a disease that exists in a person's mindset and beliefs, simply when you think that excessive gambling is not a wrong action according to you then of course there will be no intention at all in you to try to overcome it, and this is also the reason why some suggestions and input from other people really can't help because often there is rejection that even causes arguments due to differences of opinion. I am also one of the gamblers who has experienced addiction, at first of course I also rejected various accusations that I was addicted but at one time when I really experienced a slump in financial problems, that's when awareness began to emerge and various experimental actions to overcome my addiction problem were carried out until finally I succeeded in my own way.

Yeah for people who earn minimum to above average salary should watch their spending because they could go back become poor if they didn't manage it. Don't always think our current jobs will be fine, if there's a big thing coming in the future, we might be fired due to economy recession.

Except we're already rich, we have a lot money to live and can make money without we need to work, although they should make sure they didn't spend beyond their earnings.

And how many people are really aware of their gambling addiction problem? It seems to me that not everyone can do this. People simply do not realize that they are trapped and cannot cope with it without outside help. If you do not approach this issue properly in time, then negative consequences may appear that will be incredibly difficult to fight. Why do I think so? I was once in such a situation. Then with incredible difficulty I was able to cope with this addiction.

Yea I get why someone people are just like that. They don't want to believe that they are addicted to gambling. To them, they see it as something they are just fond and so long they keep winning or making profits from their games they might not be willing to see the wrong side of their new habit. Though it's not necessarily a thing that someone has to check upon you as a gambler. That's because a responsible gambler should be able to watch out for himself and make decisions that will also impact his life In any mean possible.