Topic: Is it really possible to quit on these reasons - page 4. (Read 720 times)

there may be some people who stop after getting a very large number of wins, but most people will try to bet again to get their luck like they had before.


there are many cases like this, I am one of the many people who feel the same way as this post. however, not infrequently we would return after our mental state had recovered.


That's right, one can quit at any time one wants. but also vice versa. we can come back whenever we want to.


In this case, I doubt it. In most cases, the husband could have had a gambling session without his partner knowing.



overall, related to the points above. actually, awareness and understanding is a key part of the points you mention. without being based on understanding, someone will always find it difficult to stop just for the reasons you mention.

I think quitting when your wife tells you is truly loser mindset and doesn't make sense. You are individual and you should make your own decisions.
I think I feel like I believe loser quitting because when you lose again and again you can lose your self confidence and it may result with quitting.
Winner quit is something I don't believe. Winners will always find a way to keep playing. Money does not matter if you love gambling.

I think the best possible answer for me is when my wife will try to convince me to stop and never do it again or else she will file a divorce because she can't handle my addiction anymore. I need my wife more than my hobby because I can't live without her but I can find another hobby after I get rid of the old one. My wife is only one in this world and no one can replace her and no one will love me like how she's doing right now.

Yes, with all of those reasons, you really can quit if you've got all of those reasons. Another thing is when you're not in mood, you can quit because you don't feel that you can keep going on and you're just going to get more losses if you are not in mood because you'll be affected with your decision making. And about doing it at anytime, this is being forgotten by most of us that we all have the power and control to ourselves, whatever is the situation, win or lose streak, we can quit at our own will.

Winning a huge amount will not make you quit, most persons will see it as an encouragement to keep playing. It is not a common thing to hear that a person stopped gambling after they won a huge amount.

The experience that follows after loosing especially a huge amount can be depressing and can really make someone take a U-turn on their decision to keep gambling. But unless the experience is really bitter, someone who has been gambling for long will easily go back to gambling.

Thinking about this in the first place makes it seem like you have a problem with gambling. Who would feel like this? Imagine being able to stop your gambling cravings once you are satisfied with the current conditions that you input.

Win a huge amount = Stop
Lose a huge amount = Stop
Anytime = Stop
Wife = Stop

If you don't know the answer to that question, you may have a problem. It's time to reevaluate and see the value of money in the first place.

It's indeed only a matter of self-discipline to be able to quit gambling without hesitations. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't possess that. They aren't even self-aware of the bad habits they have which results to them self-sabotaging their very movement for their supposedly success. Greediness often take control of the mind of those people who don't know how and when to establish a healthy boundary they might benefit from. They don't know how to do risk management and risk assessment, which is why they often chase winnings after getting a win. Or chasing the lost money after they consecutively loss.

If someone do not have the ability to cut off gambling into his life, then the more probability he will get lost in his gambling journey. Because every gambler should know when to stop. A responsible gambler knows his limit and therefore won't push his luck in defying the boundaries he made for himself to follow. If you can't do that, then you are not a responsible gambler. Despite the ratio of winnings and losses, the moment you hit your maximum try to bet, it should be understood you'll have to quit for your own sake and for the other people around you too such as your family which can be affected by your gambling habits.

You can quit anytime you want as it is at our own discretion whether we continue gambling or not.

For the first choice on "Quitting after a massive loss", yes, this could be problematic if we continue gambling after losing a lot of money however there are still those who continue and were able to flip their luck or destiny, however, on the other hand, you can still keep on losing.
For the second choice on "Quitting while ahead or have won a huge amount", yes, it can also be a good choice if we can stop gambling and try to enjoy our winnings, especially huge amounts and if possible, try to invest on other things that we can focus on.
Lastly, for the last choice of "Quitting because your wife told you so", I guess it's on own discretion whether or not we should listen. However, if you think that the reason that your wife wants you to stop of the negative things it affects both of your life and I suggest you listen.

There are many reasons other than these to serve a point to mark a stoppage to gambling especially whenbthe health condition of a gambler isn't the type that want any rise in temper, professional position or politics appointment also can make such decision come to reality, if the wife and family had been complaining of being irresponsible because you gamble with every earnings made then you've got no option than quitting, it rare to win big and quit but you can reduce the rate at which you gambles while loosing big amounts i think should be a lesson taught on not to play with such amount tou can't afford loosing, but still not enough reason to stop gambling except if after such, the gambler was sued and jailed, in conclusion, the only determining factor to stop a gambler from gambling is self, whenever such gambler stand up to declare one day that he's no more interested in gambling else it could be a difficult thing to stop gamblers from gambling.

It is really possible to quit gambling based on the reasons you stated.

Once you bet and won a huge amount, some people might really abandon gambling because they already got what they have been aiming for. These types of people are those who know the risks about gambling, especially the risk in chasing more and more winnings. These people are also the type of people who want to safeguard their winning prize before bad thing such as consecutive losses, happen to them. I can say that these people already conditioned their mind beforehand that the moment they win big, or at least big enough to starting something, they will leave gambling. Personally, I think this is good because they know their limitations and they are setting up healthy boundary they will benefit from.

The second you mentioned is definitely one of the most common ones. I have a friend that lost $700 on gambling bet which made him quit gambling totally. A loss is really painful especially if it's really big and if you know it to yourself that it is not something that you can afford or basically just a spare money. The regret will linger as much as long as you can't accept that you were defeated and you lost. But that's okay, because eventually you'll also be okay and you'll move forward. What matters the most is that you learned your lesson, although just the hard way. You see, learning when to quit is a strong trait because some things aren't just meant for you and aren't really be good to you.

Now, this is the goal of them all. Learning to establish your boundaries and setting your thinking that you can quit whenever you want to, whatever circumstance there is, may it be continually winning or losing, or a mix of both is a good thing. If you planted it in your mind that you are only in for gambling for satisfaction and the good stuff that comes along with it, then you'll certainly be able to quit and leave whenever you want. You won't get addicted if you know when stop. Quitting gambling whenever you want doesn't necessarily equate to having whatever you want in life. Sometimes, it's the other way around. Go figure.

This is a silly one, but it happens in real life. The moment you got a partner, they will have a say in your habits and your ways. Of course, not to the extent of controlling on how you do you, but only in the extent that they'll remind you that something is not doing you good like gambling. Which is why a lot of wives tell their husbands to quit because they have other things to prioritize. Necessities always come first before luxuries. It shouldn't even be stated because it should be known already as an automatic rule once you have a family.

It's possible, that he had made a previous target when he had won a large amount would soon stop. Depending on the mentality of each individual, Gamblers who have a winning mentality will stop gambling after taking big profits, This is very realistic in my opinion because he uses logic.

No one is a gambler who likes to lose, even those who are addicted to gambling. Luck at the gambling table is not always on your side, at certain times you have to stop because you always lose bets. Use common sense when gambling, luck may come to you when you have stopped for some time.

Of course you can, although quitting the habit of gambling in general is very difficult for those who are already addicted to a high level, it takes a strong impulse to do it.

For those who are addicted to gambling, it takes time to leave the habit of gambling. The wife has reasons to ask her husband to stop gambling, of course he wants the best for his family. I'm not that selfish, when I have two choices I prefer family.

If I win huge amount of money on betting I will quit gambling completely and delete any gambling related App on my phone to avoid any temptation of going back having known the huge risk in gambling I won't take any thing for granted especially being greedy, I had personally seen a gambler who won huge amount of money and went back to gambling aiming to win more unfortunately lost almost half of his initial win, of course I will  diversify to other non risky investment whose returns might not be much but I will be very contended with whatever profits earned rather than returning to it.

                                                                                            well  it is possible to quit when you won huge amount money to avoid further lose or if your wife consistently fight you against it.

It's possible but a low percentage do quit on that reason. Why? Because after the win, the mentality would be they can afford it now.
A big winner will probably create a bank account whose purpose is for his gambling habits.
It is the most popular and I believe that reason can make you quit. If you cannot find a way to pay for your bills and stuck with loans, you would not dare to gamble it again.
Yes, you can. It will depend on how strong your determination to stop and your self-discipline.
My wife allows me to gamble but never for big amounts. She always tells me to just gamble for the purpose of adding more spice to the game and not because I am trying to get rich in one sweep.

I'm not sure I could give up gambling completely after a big win. For me gambling is not a way to earn money, but just one of the entertainment, like watching a movie or meeting with friends.

But I do know one thing for sure, that I would use the money I won to improve my financial stability and in no way would I spend it on gambling in the hope to earn more. Rather, I would invest it in low-risk assets, such as real estate or bonds.

These first two options are basically connected to each other. If we will only stop when we win huge amount, in other words we will keep playing until we reach it. In fact the longer we play, the higher chance we will lose more money and it may lead us into the 2nd option.


Quitting anytime whenever we wish/want is the best choice. It means that we are able to control ourselves regardless what is the latest result of our gambling session.


It is good but I dont think it is effective as it means that we are relying on other. Most of the time, when gamblers are already addicted then any advise wont affect them including wife's.

The guy in the discussion cannot keep his word he is back and just posted his winning, its hard to keep up your words usually winning is a motivating factor to continue playing not stopping.

You can quit but I doubt if it's going to be permanent, i know a lot of gamblers who quit but back again after a few weeks and they are thinking or planning to regain their losses.

If you have total control of yourself yes you can anytime you want and that goes for me I can stop anytime I want but I can also go back anytime I want

Nothing beats this if you want to have peace of mind you need to stop gambling.

Well, based on my experience this is really one of the reason why I consider to stop playing again (even though it's not a huge amount). Because once you experienced it you'll be discourage to gamble again and have regrets on why you spend your money in gambling instead of spending it to more valuable things.

But of course it depends for every gamblers because this can also trigger them to play more to get back what they lost. Hence, it depends how we deal with losses and our mindset after experiencing such situation.

It is possible to quit for any reason whether stated there or not. What one just needs is that nudge which tells one enough is enough, then they can begin the process right from the subconscious. Often times we think we want to quit but realize we are just giving excuses in order to attract some form of self pity, maybe that makes us feel good because of the thought.
Most persons have after a very terrible experience suddenly quit gambling because their world was left hanging by a thread. No one should wish for a bad experience which can alter significantly their lives. Hence, the plea to quit while the loss now is minimal or better still never fail to regulate the urge to gamble or better put, gamble under moderation.

the people who can stop gambling are those who are willing to listen to the advice of those around them. I myself am able to control myself and stop at any time from gambling when I want, besides that my partner also always reminds me when he sees me starting to lose control when gambling.
Controlling yourself in gambling is important and I really applaud someone I've seen create a topic in this gambling section where he stops gambling for a while when he wins big, that really rarely happens.