Topic: It is you who can't stop betting. (Read 857 times)

The biggest reason why most people become addicted to gambling is because they can't accept defeat. They don't want to lose at all, and when they do, they start chasing their losses by trying to recover them with more money, and when they lose that money, the amount to be recovered increases, that cycle continues until they become addicted to gambling intending to get a very big win some day and recover every single loss that they had to face in the whole journey.

The number of addicted gamblers can decrease significantly if people start accepting their losses and move on with it, but again, only the people who are responsible and those who gamble just for fun can do that and not those who gamble to earn money or think of gambling as a source of income.

It makes sense, because usually the desire to gamble, in my personal opinion, always comes when you are not doing anything, or that means you have no activities and are just silent without knowing what to do, which finally for those who have gambled before will cross their minds to try to get involved in gambling again whether it's in the hope of winning or just to fill the time, it's out of control and only they know what they came for. True, the reason why gamblers or even those who are already addicted are always difficult to quit is because as we know that habits are very difficult to break, in any case and not in gambling alone.

Yes, having a lot of free time because you don't have a job can certainly be an indication that has great potential for someone to then get involved in gambling, and having a lazy nature makes them justify any means to be able to get money because obviously the name of the need cannot be tolerated which means that most likely the mindset of looking for income in gambling is very likely to cross their minds until in the end they make gambling an alternative to making money, this is a scenario to enter the addiction cycle.

A lonely person always has a mental disturbance inside his mind, especially if that lonely person lives a lazy life or is lonely without work, then the possibility of those people being attracted to gambling is very high. All these people once addicted to gambling do not get rid of that gambling habit easily.
Living idleness can be one of the reasons to be attracted to gambling because busy people do not find enough time to spend gambling while a lazy person chooses harmful vices like gambling to pass the time. All these people keep themselves away from various social events and involve themselves in harmful addictions like drug addiction and gambling.

It is bad if they can't stop gambling. It can be a sign that they are getting addicted to it. Not all people are the same, this is why you find it easy right there to stop gambling. For me, I only find it hard to quit gambling if I'm on the winning side because in my head, I think that I still have a lot of money to bet on but if I'm losing, there is no choice but to stop even if I still haven't enough yet.

If this happens to some, maybe they already start selling their stuffs and borrowing money but I'm not that brave or addicted enough to do those things. This is why I still considered my self to be lucky . Yes we are the ones who are responsible for all the actions that we made, and not the casino or others, so we need to stop blaming them in case we do.

You see gambling most time is impossible to control because one major reason why people get involved in gambling is either maybe someone won a huge amount of money in betting and the news goes viral or maybe someone introduced you to gambling and you actually won. If you join gambling and you were able to record a winning then you automatically have been initiated into gambling especially when you're in a critical situation that requires money to sort out things then you eventually won a bet and you use the money to settle your problems. And to me addiction in gambling is just as a result of focusing all ones energy in gambling like your life is dependent on it or you can't do anything again rather than gamble so gambling addiction doesn't only apply to losing and continuously playing as their are also gamblers that records winnings but yet they act like their life is geared towards gambling.

I believe that one of the biggest causes is idleness!
The person who is not yet addicted and is aware that the odds of winning in gambling games are not in their favor, generally continue playing because they have nothing else to do, or even there is, but online games are the way to entertainment that is more accessible.
You see... the number of gambling addicts skyrocketed during the pandemic, which was exactly the time when people spent more time at home, with nothing to do and easy access to the internet and electronic games.

Certainly the expansion of advertising "helped" with this, but the main problem is the ease of access to gambling. It takes a lot of self-control not to open a casino site whenever you have free time.

That's my opinion, but I could be wrong.

You have some point in the area of the probability of winning, how the game was designed which user 1% chance of winning and the things that create psychological attachment of gamblers to the game which is another word called buzz but understanding the genuine concept of the gaming or seeing it as entertainment is not enough to make gamblers quit or prevent an addiction. I believe 80% of gamblers understand everything you say but still can't stop themselves from addiction.
It's all because there are people in this world who don't have the strength to discipline themselves to the level that will stop them from addiction and what such people need is help. Some people have the strength to discipline themselves and make the necessary corrections.

It is just like a crypto investment where investors planned to hold for long-term but once the market reached the new ATH she was teased into selling and we have some investors that will continue to hold no matter what they experience even if it's a financial issue. Having said that, I think we'd be lying to ourselves whenever we say see gambling as entertainment.
Let's research it. How many gamblers see gambling as entertainment? If so why come back always?

Agree with. It's okay to become disappointed after losing in gambling, it's normal, as long as outside their gambling activity, they maintain their self being a responsible person. It's not easy to deal with big losses that's why I salute those gamblers who remain calm despite that bad experience.

In other words, these gamblers are still responsible for their priorities in their life even if gambling is wrecking their finances.

It's not easy to become a responsible gambler as sometimes, it needs a worst experience in gambling before reaching that level.

Well, quitting an addiction is never easy and I don't want to blame anyone who falls for it; we don't know what they might be going through to be in that situation in the first place.

Fortunately, with gambling, there are a number of things you can do that may make it easier for you. The simplest of all is withdrawing all balances, making it more of a hassle if you're trying to gamble. Moreover, if you cannot do it yourself, you can get someone else to block access to gambling websites, ideally for all your devices and possibly the network itself, which is probably the most efficient way to stop yourself. Going around such a measure will be too much of a hassle that you'll eventually give up.

As long you arent compromising something then there's no reason for you to stop gambling. Financial status is something that the most common point or in concern in speaking about
on dealing with gambling since this is the primary thing that would really be affected specially on the time that you would really be losing that control and this is something that you should
watch for because people do mess up if they wont really be that mindful about their actions. Betting or gambling isnt bad as long you do make yourself that responsible but if not
then you are really that putting yourself on such trouble.  Bet just for fun and never ever consider yourself that going into that borderline then you would really be just that safe.

i often gamble but i don't feel that i am addicted to it, nor do i think that i have had any losses due to gambling so far.  anyway, if you often gamble but that activity doesn't affect your finances or your personal relationships then there is nothing wrong with that, while those who are ruined financially and also in their personal relationships because of gambling are those who are unable to control their jealousy and also have good management in gambling.  i think it has been discussed many times that before starting to gamble, every player needs a good strategy, the aim of which is not to lead to stupid actions such as debt or criminal acts.

Don't stress yourself about it if, on the other hand, you are responsible for other things outside gambling. It's not mandatory to stop gambling, it's only for those people who become an irresponsible gambler. There are lots of users here that already gambling for a long but remain responsible at all times.

Try to be a disciplined gambler at all times in order not to experience those worst experiences that some unfortunate gamblers went through. It's more fun to enjoy gambling if we know to ourselves what we are doing. No need to stop if you feel unlucky. Just take a break and come back the other day.

The point that I get from this topic is that it is self-control that determines whether a gambler can stop gambling even though the gambler is not an addict and it is not money that determines whether or not a gambler can stop gambling.

Okay. I always like discussions about how to stop the habit of gambling, even though during my time on gambling boards I have often come across discussions like this before.

Not being able to control yourself is also called an addiction because it is an action that has psychological origins. For me, setting gambling goals must be carried into one's soul before entering into gambling.
Even though someone is not an addict, no one wants to be an addict because getting out of addiction is very difficult or not an easy job.

The problem is when you are an addict then you will have to do a little more harder effort to stop it or a third party help but for a normal or usual kind of gambler who is not an addict, it takes just a decision to stop it especially if you are not making profit from it.

The difference is that an addict may not stop despite his losses but the usual gambler will immediately stop if he is not making profit. It is not really psychological or whether you will substitute gambling with another thing to be able to leave gambling but if you are not profiting as a normal gambler, you will be discouraged by yourself. It is only an addict that will keep struggling to continue.

The gambler never control their emotions in the gambling,it was the reason for the gambler becoming the gambling addicted in the short period.If the gambler had loss the 1k dollars in the gambling because of the continuous loss in the gambling site because of the bad luck means,he will try to recover loss in the upcoming days.Because it’s 1k dollars not 10-100k dollars to forget it,the only way for the gamblers to get away from the gambling loss is their own mindset.Unless he understand the loss can’t be recovered easy,he will keep play the game to get further loss.


The gambler should understand the fact sometime loss may not recovered until he learn the game to build their skills towards the game.The gambler with the skill can only able to recover the damage or loses in the gambling site.The other need to learn the skills of the particular game.

When we have entered the world of gambling and we are unable to control and manage ourselves and our desires in gambling, then we will indeed be at risk of gambling addiction. And this is really dangerous for anyone. Gambling addiction has always been a problem that has always existed and continues to be faced, but not many people are aware of this and are able to get out of addiction. because after all, control of ourselves and those closest to us is sometimes very necessary and important to avoid addiction. However, the problem is that if you have entered addiction, it will usually be quite difficult to get out and control yourself. As a result, many negative things often happen.

The gambler who get into the gambling with more involvement can’t get away from the gambling.He may change only if he loss the money which is important for them,if they involve the hospital money of their parents.The gambler should learn the fundamentals of gambling,the basic thing of the gambling is the money should from the free money from their salary or economic resources.Many poor gamblers will think in the different way,because they keep use the money from their important purpose.It should be avoided in the way to make money without any risk in the gambling site.Because if the gambler use the free money,it won’t be consider as the risk money.

Don't absolutely require yourself to stop betting, only to bring the betting cost back into an amount which can be budgeted for.   Its more sensible to adjust then hope to absolute dead stop anything.    First step to reducing betting is to just make sure the bill is not going to be a problem to your normal lifestyle costs, consider the game as just a game dont be tempted to say I must bet large amounts to pay off my debts.
   The secret is consistency, go for a consistent path don't fool yourself with random luck and a big win like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow be more realistic and imo the big problems will reduce over time there is no gambling problem at that point.   Only if you fail to control your spending you must face not being to play or gamble at all, that only should be 1% of people who bet imo not most who can just adjust their course for realistic gameplay.

This is what happens when we are still faced with a choice when doing gambling with the emotions contained within because in the end the self-control that is always talked about sometimes at one time it cannt be done even though we want it when we are at the gambling table which is in an instant condition.

This is always a problem that occurs for us because after all, things like this I think have at least been felt by all of us gambling players even though we always discuss self-control.

Indeed, it is not something strange because after all, we even discuss it almost every day especially when it comes to discussions that lead to things that smell about addiction. But this kind of thing is always considered to be a trivial thing in the end we always cross the line when gambling just because we are in a fairly intense situation.

I've found myself doing that a number of time bcause ultimately our self-control isn't very strong when faced with some of the situations in gambling that make it tricky.But its not that it cant be done its just that it's not easy because in the end there has to be some strengthening of ourselves which is precisely the self-control that is always said to be the reason when we cross the line and still think we are the most in control of ourselves in gambling but in fact it is the opposite of what happens.

I think its hard to quit gabling totally (especilly adicts) and keep to the discipline for a very long time, Gabling is more spiritual than physical. An addicted gambler is in little or no control of his gambling habits. The only effective way to stop addiction is to find a new productive hobby and substitute the gambling time for the new hobby and with time, your psychology will shift with time and you're free from addiction. Its a lot of work OP, never as easy as you're relating here, constant therapy most times helps to make the person discover the obvious dangers with addiction and guide them on how to maintain abstinence from gabling in all ramifications,