Topic: How to control this ? - page 4. (Read 515 times)

1.Stop chasing the losses.
2.Stop gambling with the whole intention of making money.
3.Switch from a real online casino to online gambling games, that don't require betting money. There are some games, that let your gamble with fake currency or in-game tokens, that have no monetary value. Maybe this will help for reducing gambling addiction, but I'm not sure. Maybe a research should be conducted about the impact of such fake gambling games.
4.Self exclusion from casinos. I don't think that self-exclusion works in most cases, but it's still an option.
5.Gamble on casinos that have "Responsible gambling" policies, so that when you spend an amount of money above a certain threshold, the casino will limit your gambling activities.
Trying to overcome your addiction by yourself is really difficult and maybe you should talk to a professional about this.

Nothing, because many gambling addicts are denial, even people pointed out if someone have x sign is gambling addict, the gambling addict will not agree with that.

Sooner or later if they can't control their addiction, it will affect their daily life, either not productive while working, often late when go to work, not enough sleep or have no money to pay bills.

After that, they will realize there's something wrong with their activities, hopefully they will understand if gambling too much isn't good.

You and I know that there's only one thing a gambler should do and that's practice responsible gambling. You can not fight addiction if you don't practice responsible gambling because it's the genesis of gambling addiction. As long as you can control the urge to gamble more, you have conquer the possibility of becoming addictive gambler. You can design workable strategies but failure to control yourself will render the strategies useless.


What work for someone might not work for someone else. I was fortunate to fight addiction when I saw the early signs and I won. The first step I took was to block every access to gambling including the platforms I belong to where we share daily updates. I blocked majority of my gambling accounts and also my bank account for some months so I won't have much access to money which trigger me to gamble.

At a time, I will be tempted to gamble but the difficulty in having access to money become an obstacle and before you know I will lose the urge and become discourage. Gradually, I become myself and only gamble when I feel like gambling, not like before that I gamble unnecessarily. It's actually hard to overcome but you have to be bold and take that step.

Nothing else helps... you either have control or you don't. Control to gamble when you want to gamble and to stop whenever you want, for whatever reason, lack of money or simply because you don't wish to spend more than you did. The second thing is finding some other activity to fulfill the time. That can be anything you like to do, install some game and play it...or simply go outside and have fun with friends, or simply on some long walk.

It's all in us, and I believe most people can deal with gambling problems on their own... take your mind off the gambling and focus on something else. It can be hard at first, but day by day it will get easier. Those who can't do it themselves have to seek help from close people or even professional therapists, but above all, everyone should try to do it themselves... this is how character is strengthened and how we can achieve greater control over our thoughts and actions.

It's just the same story of addiction, and the same advice is what I think will be given. The way the addicted person handles the situation is what will determine if the solution will work or not.

For some, they claim self-exclusion from the casino helps them to overcome addiction; others say family and relatives always being there for them to support them helps them in fighting against gambling addiction.
 
But among all the help and recommendations, the main thing here is that the gambler should first develop self-control. If they can learn how to control themselves without breaking any limit, then we can be rest assured that they can abide by other rules.

He needs weekly gambling budget which should not be more than 1% of his weekly income as it is recommended. But I have tried 5% and I like it. But most of the time I do go for 2% which I also like.

If the addicted gambler do not see any changes after he has gambling budget, he needs to quit gambling for over a very long period of time.

if you're self controlled, you've solved at least 70% of your gambling related addiction issues. Even when you're considering  all the other forms of addiction, you don't get out of it by mere deleting of your account or getting ride of the things that gets you exposed to the act. You have to be disciplined enough to set boundaries and stick to it to the latter while understanding that thier are times you might comprise on them but you wouldn't judge yourself for doing that.

As long as you've once gambled and even went to the range of almost becoming addicted, if you like delete all the gambling apps in your phone, chances are that you can't stay up to a month without going right back into it. When you open almost all your browsers and most social media outlet, what do you see first? It's always gambling related things and what if you're someone like me that doesn't like to miss out on an important game? You must go right back into it. Moderation and self control makes gambling better for the gambler than trying to outrightly stop it entirely.

To establish self-control in games Set limits of spending money on fun. and specifically devoted time for playing Use technology with self-publishing tools and math software that can stimulate your intellect Find other things to do: parties or social events to take your mind away from the gam. Through mindfulness, you'll increase your knowledge of your desires by reflecting on your motives in a journal to identify your triggers and emotions associated with your gambling. Getting help from organizations such as Gamblers Anonymous or a professional therapist will provide much insight and inspiration. Personal experience proves that these techniques work. For example, if your friend sticks to a tight budget, then she was happy with her trip. The other person has hired a trusted friend to answer. Therefore he knows how to gamble. In general, it's the case of adapting these strategies to your needs. And being frank with yourself when discussing your relationship with satisfaction.


I completely agree that clarity of the mind is required of anyone who wants to get rid of the habit of addiction to gamble. If any person remains calm over win, then undoubtedly changing that behavior can be challenging for him. In this sense, I see how determination develops healing at play. When a person opens himself up for change and finds himself knowing that he needs help, it makes all the world of a difference.

A therapist is a source of priceless advice. I would add to that professional help with some personal strategies: one would be about boundaries and finding good sources of medicine. That would be the solid foundation of health for a patient. It's marvelous to hear of people who have overcome addiction. It does truly reestablish the premise that it is possible for recovery, if one is committed enough. Do you have a strategy or success story that stands out to you?

At this point, what the affected gambler needs is to first purify his mind before any offer of help and recommendation can be useful to him. A gambler who is still very obsessed with winning some money through gambling might find it very difficult to recover from his addiction. Even if he is still very obsessed with winning, a determined person will try as much as possible to avoid anything that will draw his attention to gambling.

Where the gambler cannot do it alone, he should employ the help of a therapist who will guide him on how to overcome his addictions. The most important thing is that the gambler is willing to become a better person. I have seen a lot of people recover from their addictions, so it should not be difficult for a gambler who has made up his mind to quit his gambling addiction.

Of course if getting ride of the casino completely is an helpful option for you to stay off from your addition it is worth it hence gambling should not be part of your every day life activities that has some Worth essential values to you.

But in any case, overcoming an gambling addiction is depends on self determination to control yourself, it is not just about the counselings... Because one can actually give you possible hints of how to go about it but once your mindset is not there to follow the due processes, then it means you are not ready yet.

So you just need to decide that you are from the moment take control of your gambling lifestyle.

I was there in this exact situation and what I did is to stop playing, it helped me the fact that I had quite some consecutive losing session that made me reflect and say what the f*ck am I doing with my life, I spent well over my limits in the credit card and I am still paying the consequences of my deeds, this is a story that made me learn the hard way that you can only gamble with money you can afford to lose, if you don't have such money you should never gamble. As I said an addicted gambler can only realize this if he happens to be hit by quite some consecutive losing sessions.

No, that will not help them even if they block their account because they will come back and keep playing gambling. Even they can register a new account just to keep gambling so that will be worries for them because they can get heavy gambling addiction. That will need awareness about their gambling activity and need to check what is wrong with them and analyze to find what they need to do to solve that matters. But I guess they will not know for sure because once a gambler return to casino too often, they will not think about how much money they already used. They only want to playing gambling more than the other activities.

They can only trying to figure out the matters that happen to them and start to reduce their gambling activity. They must learn about self control to eliminate the wanting to playing gambling. It is not easy but I believe that they can do that as long as they can realize the bad things that already happen to them. I tried so hard to reduce my gambling activity and I am happy that now I can playing gambling occasionally without wanting to chase the win or recover my losses.

The first thing a gambler should do is to stop thinking of making profits from gambling or thinking that he can win a fortune from gambling due to his own laziness because gambling is not a job but a means of entertainment and it is majorly based on luck.

He should not gamble always, he should also have a gambling budget and set time limits for his gambling activities. He should learn how to accept his losses and quit the game at the right time so that he does not spend more than he can afford to lose to avoid him chasing his losses. No matter how you try your best, the house hedge always win.

I must say right away that such topics are clearly in this section, but in order not to clog them up, I created a separate one with different diversions.

Addicted people clearly have one problem:
They start playing with the money they set aside for the game, after they lose it, they take up money that is no longer intended for games and continue to lose. As a result, this leads to absurd situations and difficult moments in life.

You can block your casino account, but will that help? Of course not, in two minutes you can create a new one or go to another casino that will be no worse than the rest.
What should a gambling person do nowadays? How can he overcome himself and not spend more than he should.
Let's sort it out by points and try to give everyone their own version or experience, maybe it will help someone, including me.

It's not about getting rid of the casino completely, but only distribution and self-control.
I really hope that you will share your personal experience.