Topic: Have you ever been a gambling addict? - page 2. (Read 2221 times)

I think I have a different experience in gambling compared to yours because I for a fact was addicted to gambling years ago and suffered gambling addiction for long while before I finally took the decision not continue with my addiction and that has been one of my best decisions as an adult. Gambling addiction isn't good but easily becomes part of gamblers who failed to control their activities in gambling. Also one thing I'll want to clarify here is that most of gambling addicts of today never wanted to be addicts from the onset but were forced to become addicts by their greed and desire to win big in gambling

You got the right idea, but do not underestimate the power of addictions, specially gambling addiction. In the beginning, no one expects or wants to be a gambling addicted person. If people could manage their situation as easily by saying those things, then there would not be gambling addicts on this planet.
No one needs a reason to be addicted,.as you imply when you say you do not like others getting into it for "no reason", it is just about the instinctive seek for thrill or money, one does not need a back story or justification in order to fall for abuse of gaming games, alcohol or substances. Otherwise, we would not seen successful people and super starts also suffering from those situations.

The gambler who doesn’t know how to control their emotions in the gambling will get addicted to the gambling to regain their loss money.The gambling addicted person will loss their money in huge quantities because he keep deposit of the funds to recover the loss again and again.The gambler who get addicted to the gambling with the reason of regain their loss money in gambling.Some gamblers will get addicted by the many dollars winnings from the gambling site.So both the win and loss will made the gambler to get addicted to the gambling site.The gambler who move on with the loss may win big money one day.

I've never been a gambling addicts before and don't think i will one day turn to be that nasty on addiction no matter how am craving for the satisfaction in gambling, same also, i dislike seing other people getting addicted for no reason, addiction has no better benefits than to make one useless at the end after being a successful gambler for years, the target is about the end of a gambler and not how he has began, that's why we should always think about the future consequences of every actions we are taking today, they must have a future plan for our own sake.

I think that every human being always has many things they must do, some tastes, and also priorities, sometimes responsibilities, I can say that on some occasions adolescents, or perhaps an 18-year-old adult who does not have any type of responsibility can It could be because he doesn't care about many things and can spend money and money in casinos, either because his parents keep giving him money and they are studying, or maybe he spends the money they have for his job, and well, it's his money and not They have responsiveness, however this is not good, because when people play and spend their money in a casino, they partly do not love each other, because money is essential for everything, and these are the things that we must always put a good focus on. where we are going to have certain legal or entertainment privileges, it is never too late to realize the things that are good or bad, and if something like the game is harming us, we must be aware and control it, not play so much, because It is an addiction without a doubt, and every addiction causes the money that reaches our hands to go away quickly.

In this order of things, the person who leaves or puts his money there, because what he should do is have other activities, I don't know, I always recommend playing sports, going to play soccer all day, the idea is to tire out his body and your mind can rest, as long as people are tired it is difficult for them to use their brain, and even less to play, because their body asks for rest, so things when they are like this do not make them feel like it, also not to completely stop the game but Let him play but in shorter time intervals, if he is a person who has a family, he should stop immediately, because how are he going to leave his family unprotected? Those things when there is family, children, people who depend on you, the person who must have at least 4 fingers of the brain, because they have to respond well to them, I consider that immature and irresponsible.

It's true that gambling can change a person if you don't have control and limits on yourself, you can get addicted to it. It's good that your family was there and woke you up and made you realize that what you're doing is wrong. You're lucky you weren't too addicted and you got out right away.
It's not bad to gamble, it's really fun to play gambling it's entertaining, you just really need full control of yourself before you enter here.

It is not good to use any money that isn't extra for gambling, and by extra, I mean money that isn't needed for anything and is left after everything is done. Let's suppose I earn $1,000 a month, $500 out of it goes to my household expenditures which includes grocery, bills, necessary shopping, and stuff, $200 of it goes to my savings that I do every month, $100 for personal expenditures for things that I buy, consume, or maybe gas for the vehicle, etc. Now, the remaining $200 is extra, now it's up to me about what I would want to use that money for, I can gamble with it or add it to my savings.

So, every gambler, big or small, needs to understand that the money they are using should only be extra and not from their savings or the money that they need for their monthly expenditures or it's money that they've borrowed from somewhere because if that money is lost, there is no way they can get it back.

Yes, you have acted appropriately. Let them choose what they want in gambling and if that means they will lose more, it is their fault. They may have to experience loss first before they can realize what they have done and want to improve themselves and change their gambling activities. But hopefully, they won't have to suffer many losses before they realize their mistake. Yes, we don't need to argue with them because it will just waste our time. We can only watch them while they are still gambling and be on guard if they need our help later.

Those who are addicted to gambling will not think that they have made a mistake and that the mistake was even fatal. But they wouldn't be able to realize it before they experienced a fatal loss that made them deeply regret it. And by experiencing losses from gambling and even going bankrupt, maybe it just opens their eyes that they no longer have anything and everything is lost because of gambling. They are required to immediately stop gambling because they no longer have anything and must immediately cure their gambling addiction.

They have to experience these problems before finally realizing what their mistake is so that they are willing to start changing and learn from what happened to them. But the more they gamble longer and more often, it will only make the problem bigger and they will not be able to get through it. And the longer they try to recover their losses, the further they will be from recovering their losses and that will increase their losses even more. In fact, they can see that they have experienced a lot of losses, but they don't want to admit it. Instead, they gamble more often on the grounds that they are very close to winning. They don't want to stop gambling when they are close to winning, even though it is just their imagination.

It is not good to use our hard-earned savings for gambling. You are tired and worked hard, and then we will just throw away the money from gambling. This is a big mistake that we will make in life, honestly.

Even if we think that when we win, it's a big deal, it will still be wrong because the basis of winning at the casino is just luck, and we know that. I hope that we give value to the effort and time that we have given to the savings that we have made. We should dedicate them to a good and meaningful reason to use them.

In fact, gambling addiction changes the way people see things and makes those who have it think they cant make mistakes. We see this happen a lot: the more they lose, the more sure they are that they will win soon. Its a trick for the mind, right? You cant think straight when you think about sunk costs! Losses are being seen as steps toward success, and they're stuck in a loop. What kind of victory? Going bankrupt? Emotional chaos?

It seems harsh that you're making him deal with the results, but it might be just what he needs to break the cycle. Having problems in your life can teach you some of the most important lessons. Still, isnt there a risk? The more people want to get their money back, the bigger the loss. Its a paradox: we cant make them realize it, but its painful to watch them spiral. Is there a way to go in the middle? Helping in a quiet way, maybe by sharing stories of healing and planting seeds of self-awareness. Change does come from within, after all.

And the fact is that anyone can be a gambling addict, as long as he or she is still doing his or her gambling activities. So this is where it is important to continue to ensure that our gambling activities are well controlled, do not cause significant losses and do not interfere with other activities. Know when to start the game and know when to stop the game. And if you really want to avoid gambling addiction, then immediately stop the activity and never return to gambling. because the biggest risk and the closest risk of a gambler, is to become a gambling addict.


That's why I choose to no longer try to remind gambling addicts of their bad activities. Because it only causes a long debate and also a dispute. When trying to remind gambling addicts. we are really required to be extra patient. Because they are gambling addicts often reverse the facts, which makes us a little emotional.

Well, it's normal if he doesn't want to accept input from you because when someone has become addicted to gambling, he will feel that he is the most right while other people who give advice are just suggestions. He will not take the suggestion seriously and will go back to doing what he wants to do. Well, maybe it's better for him first to feel the consequences of what he does in gambling so that he can know and realize that what he did was wrong and must be corrected immediately.

If he thinks that experiencing repeated losses in his gambling activities makes him closer to a big win, that is an inaccurate assumption because he can still experience even bigger losses. We cannot make someone change his opinion, especially when he is already addicted to gambling. He would only regret it later after he realized that he had a serious gambling addiction and that it was a fatal mistake he had made.

At least you have friends or family who remind you and you immediately realize that you have crossed the line and are almost addicted. Usually people who are addicted will find it difficult to tell, even advice will not work because people like this only think about gambling. and luckily you have a job that takes up your time and you can focus on that job so you don't gamble all day long, maybe if you are unemployed you will become a gambling addict because you don't do any activities.
If you really want to gamble, that's fine as long as you can control yourself do it occasionally just to relieve fatigue after you have worked all day, don't have hopes that you will get additional income from gambling, because that is something that is difficult to achieve.

Gambling is not trying to change anyone, only if you try to change yourself. Before you start gambling, you should understand what gambling is all about, and you shouldn’t have the wrong mindset before starting to gamble. If you have the wrong mindset before you start gambling, then gambling will want to change you. You were addicted to gambling, that's why things were like that for you. Maybe you were trying to make money from gambling, that’s why you ended up being addicted to gambling. Anyone who has gone to the length of selling properties and taking loans to gamble really needs special attention because that’s purely addiction, if you gamble just to have fun, then you won’t have been selling your properties or even value gambling more than yourself.

In this case of this thread the addiction mentioned is gambling but addiction to drugs and alcohol are also devastating. Unfortunately, there are so many real stories from real people that have suffered immensely because of addiction, it is heartbreaking.

It seems you got out of the habit before the habit really had a chance to manifest itself and turn in to an addiction. I am glad you managed to follow a different path when you were in your teenage years.

The only time I can say that I was a gambling addict would be during my Jr/Sr year of college. This is when Texas Hold’em absolutely exploded and everyone was playing. I had a game I could join nightly in my own apt complex and I was hooked for months. I was a bit addictive, but the good thing is our buy ins were like $20..and we never did buy back ins.  I did waste a decent amount of $ when I’d go all in just because I’d get a text from my gf “you should come over” lol.  But thankfully, again, never a serious issue,

Of course it's nothing but more bigger losses that awaits gamblers with such gambling culture of lack of control. But reasoning it, it's not that simple to leave gambling after recounting your losses how much you must have lost and at same time having the feeling that you can recover if you can just give it more time. People that are able to leave when they perceive that they are making more losses than they ought to have won are those who still have some coal of self discipline still burning in them, such people can manage to walk away and save themself from bigger loss.

I think that is true but also the fact that a gambler can also play on impulse. If they say they are getting a feeling it is going to be their lucky day, they can also face significant losses. Apart from the obvious loss when it comes to money, what would be the effect it has on the state of mind when a gambler believes they are going to eventually win but continue racking up losses?

Thankfully, I am not addicted to gambling but I have heard stories of people who have been deeply affected by gambling, I wish that upon nobody.

I was once kind and tried to help someone who was addicted to gambling and warned him that it was very dangerous and harmful. But I don't know if it's because my delivery was not good or what, but the person I tried to warn really didn't realize his bad activities, and really couldn't accept the input I gave him, which was for his own good. And in the end it made me surrender and choose to let it go. 

There is an assumption that when a person has lost many times in his gambling activities, it shows that he is getting closer to a big win. Maybe that assumption is what makes someone return to gambling after getting a defeat. which if you think with common sense, it is a significant loss which if it continues will be a fatal mistake.

Someone can be addicted to gambling without knowing,yes.There are so many persons who dont know that gambling addiction is when you cannot do without gambling,it is when no matter how you try to quit gambling,you still find yourself doing that same thing you never wanted to do again.There are a lot of people who if they should ask them whether they are addicted to gambling or not,they would respond by saying they aren't,Yet,they cannot stay a day without going to the Cassino hall to book a game,yet they cannot stay a day without login into the gambling site on their phone.
The only people who are free from this are the people who do not gamble at all,they are the people who can say they aren't addicted.