Topic: Learning from those who have experience - page 10. (Read 2299 times)

The important thing is to learn from the experience of gamblers who are old in this field and have been playing regularly. They will tell you how much important is money management in gambling. Also, they will give us the realistic picture that gambling is not all about making money, it is more about risking money to make or lose our money.

Another thing which I noted is that new gamblers are usually not willing to get knowledge from the experienced ones and they are more keen on playing themselves and learning through experience. 

A game that doesn't include wagering will do the trick to make your mind busy and forget about gambling once in a while but trying a different game that still falls down under gambling? It sounds the same to me because you are still putting yourself at risk and eventually your family will also suffer if you cannot control your habits.
I know it sounds easy but that is the main challenge of it and we need to endure it as hard as we can so that we can be free from any problems along the road. Gambling is good, but too much of everything is already dangerous.

Like other activities, games can capture our attention and become part of our everyday routine. From 8 Ball Pool to gambling may seem like a big difference, yet the core is control and limitations.

I appreciate you sharing your game-distance trip. Sometimes the greatest way to disrupt a pattern is diversion. You suggested trying different games, which reminded me of slot gamblers like me who switch machines to change our luck or break the monotony. This is the catch: the willingness to pause, take a breather, and change strategies.

In gambling and life, understanding oneself is as important as playing the odds. Your method shows the value of reflection and discipline.

That is very much better instead of wasting your time towards gambling as you are only risking your life away, you know there are some wins on the process but what if you will have more losses because you don't actually have a thing towards it then you already know what will happen to you in case that happens. Just try to imagine it, you will already know the answer yourself that is why it is much better to take another hobby, a hobby that will be an investment for you to earn more money while risking the losses.

The people I should consider experienced in gambling are those who have been able to conquer greed and addiction and have remained profitable from gambling. I don't consider the length of time anyone spend in gambling as experience as I am result oriented.

The first step in becoming a successful gambler is to develop the psychological balance needed to survive in the business. This comes by first recognising that gambling is a game of probabilities that can go either ways. The next phase is being able to manage risk properly to avoid the depression that comes with loosing one's total savings in gambling.

Truly, gambling can be very profitable if luck aligns with proper psychology and skill.


I love how you emphasized the need to avoid addiction in gambling. Actually, addition in anything is always bad because it makes for irrational decisions. Since gambling involves using one's money, addition can be a very huge torture to anyone who is caught up in it.

This is why self-willingness is the key. But as long as we keep gambling and not divert our minds to other things, we will never be able to understand that. Let me give you an example that I have experienced. There's a game called 8 Ball Pool available for smartphones. I used to play that all day long. I won't say that I got addicted to it but from time to time, one thing that came to my mind was how can I play it better or calculate the possibilities of what to do in the next match. Kinda like it got stuck in my head. I was thinking about it even when I was not playing it.

Then I uninstalled the game. Try some other games. Not only a single one but multiple games. That helped me to forget about that 8 Ball Pool game. Now I don't even play the other games and I can focus on other things. I know it's not as complicated as gambling addiction but doing something like this really helps. In order to keep on it, all you need is self-willingness.

This will be a very good option to reduce the desire to gamble because with new activities that make us forget about gambling, gradually this will be like a stimulus for us that can just free ourselves from gambling that has become an addiction. It's just that in this case the level is that when finding something new that is more fun it must be seen first the pleasure we find because in the end if the new pleasure we have has a negative impact it is the same as getting out of the lion's cage and entering the crocodile's cage which makes us trapped again.

But if the new thing is something positive then obviously it is very good, I personally for things like this always get together with some colleagues and family to just chat and relax to fill the time with small talk and it is still quite effective for myself to forget about gambling even though I still do gambling but I can limit it now.

It's a good advice to have other recreational activities aside from gambling. Making other hobbies could possibly divert your attention, time, and money supposedly allocated for gambling which can reduce your dependency on it. You'll also have some other things to be an outlet by finding other things to enjoy upon that will not take a toll on your mental health. But of course, one must fully acknowledge and accepts that he is addicted so it can be resolved.

Treating addiction isn't an overnight process. You might experience a relapse if you won't follow your medication and the advices of the professionals. You can try indeed reduce gambling interaction, then build it as a habit to develop.

And that means assertiveness is very necessary, apart from self-control and others, to avoid things that could make them gamble again. They also have to avoid being curious about anything coming from the casino so that it doesn't tempt them to continue gambling. For gamblers who have often experienced loss, they may feel tired and in the end, they may become discouraged by the results they get, so there is a possibility that they will stop gambling on their own. And if they can feel such boredom, maybe it is the best time to completely leave gambling because they are not getting good results during gambling.

Getting out of your comfort zone is difficult but it can still be done so they have to really try hard. Never give up on a situation but use it as a motivation to leave your comfort zone and achieve what you want. And they must regularly carry out new activities to produce the good results they want.

Well of course, as I said above and maybe because firstly they are less strict in implementing it and secondly they seem to have a high sense of interest or curiosity so whatever they have prepared seems to be in vain because after that they might immediately break their own rules. Yes you have also felt it and indeed it is difficult, maybe other people's advice will also not be too influential for them and in my opinion only they can only do it themselves because only they know what is best to do. They (addicted gamblers) are comfortable with doing everything there but honestly I'm sure they must also be tired of their financial problems because they always allocate whatever they have, especially money, just to gamble and finally lose.

So in my opinion to reduce these activities you have to have new activities that are more fun, because I am very sure that slowly you will be able to get out of that comfort zone but but you have to consistently do it, that's all I think.

Special treatment is needed regarding addicted gamblers because it will be much more difficult to cure them if they are not treated properly. Addicted gamblers usually have a tendency to hallucinate their winnings and for this reason they have difficulty stopping, so creating another activity is one thing that can make them stop gambling. I am not an addicted gambler, but what I feel is that gambling can be avoided when we have other activities and have much more productive activities.

For gamblers who are addicted, it may be quite difficult to manage financial management in gambling because usually they will continue to gamble. Except for ordinary gamblers like us who have the ability to manage the finances we spend when gambling because maybe we set a monthly or weekly budget for gambling.

Stopping gambling will be very difficult if it is not taken seriously by experienced people and if the encouragement from those closest to you is not strong enough it will make it difficult for them to stop, especially if there is no desire from that person to stop gambling

First thing first, fear gambling addiction, when that fear is alive inside you, it will keep you safe from going addicted with gambling, I think you should read stories about how many lives were turned upside down because of gambling, look at the lives of people who solely believe in gambling, you will feel pity for them.

Wake up to reality, because many gamblers are living in dreams, they put all their hopes on gambling, and they want the best things of life from gambling, this is totally wrong, if you don't see that all these is wrong, your expectations will end up putting you in troubles.

Gambling addiction can brainwashed anyone, it steals your life from you and it's on you to fight and take it all back, like I've said, wake up to reality, if your life can be immediately turned around

I have never experienced being addicted to gambling, and I know that it is not good for a gambler to end up in such a situation. Because it will not be easy for a gambling addict to get out of such a situation in real life. But when a gambling addict overcomes that, he will be a role model to other people for sure, because he has experience and it can be a reason for others not to try to not gamble if they also know about themselves. that they cannot control themselves from gambling. Apparently, the mistake made by others will be a lesson to the inexperienced and they will also be aware because of the testimony of a former gambling addict.

Addiction is a bad habit that is difficult to get rid of, but even though it is difficult it all depends on the addict's intention, if the intention is higher then it will be easy to get rid of the addiction, but if it is not high then it will be difficult to get rid of the addiction, sometimes habits that are already Being attached will be difficult to just stop, it may take a long process and time to get out of all those feelings.

At least slowly reduce gambling activities and also stay away from the internet if you are addicted to online gambling, but if you gamble in offline casinos, just avoid that place and can do other hobby activities for some time then return to gambling as usual, so that when you reduce it slowly will help reduce one's confidence in gambling, sometimes gambling requires less confidence to play, the less self-confidence there will be, resulting in a desire to stop completely. That's the experience of a friend of mine who has quit his gambling addiction.

There's a reason why people like that continue to bet more even after managing their finances. It could be because of having a mindset that if they continue to bet, they will be able to return their losses, or maybe thinking that just one more bet and probably the chance to win again.

A lack of responsibility will clearly cause a person to be unable to stick with the boundaries he has created so that he thinks it is okay to violate his boundaries once or twice. But it turns out that will only make them violate their boundaries more often than they thought. They will be easily provoked just by seeing the attractive offers issued by the casino so they return to gambling and this time, they use even more money. Yes, I have felt it and know it is very difficult to get out of your comfort zone in gambling. This comfort zone in gambling must be decided so that we can get out of the endless circle and start to leave gambling without feeling forced slowly. And even if we feel forced to, we really have to do it to reduce our gambling activities until we finally stop gambling completely.

We just have to keep trying to do it and because we already have the desire to reduce gambling activities, we have the thought of starting something new or creating a new activity that we will use to divert our minds. We have to start with real action and it's okay if we still can't turn our thoughts about gambling completely because we are still in the learning stage. But we have to keep trying so that we can really reduce gambling activities.

If a gambling addict can accept his addiction and try to heal it with someone or several people close to him, maybe it can be done well so that the gambling addict does not need to go to a professional. That would be better so it would reduce the cost of consulting a professional. But, gambling addicts must try hard to reduce their addiction and even stop gambling. He needs to find a new activity and start it with people who help him take his mind off thinking about gambling. This distraction is necessary because it blocks the desire to gamble so that he can focus on doing his new activity with the people who help him.

If the gambling addict does not regularly engage in new activities, there is a possibility that he will return to the casino again, especially if he still has free time. He will only pay attention to gambling but over time, there will be a desire to start gambling again and that's when he will gamble again. And if he experiences a gambling addiction again, maybe it will be more difficult to help him because he feels that the help this time will be the same as before. People who want to help him have to try hard to persuade him to want to do his activities again and this time, they have to be really serious about doing it together.

That should be done because if not you'll struggle financially. There are other gamblers that are doing this but there are still a few that can't manage their finances because they tend to bet more than prioritize their needs and this kind of person needs help. One of the motivations to do is thinking negatively like if you bet this amount your family will struggle or if the money intended for gambling is better spent on food for the family. Before engaging in gambling consider your needs and those of your family.

Good for you if you can make profits and still be disciplined.
But I tell you, there may be gamblers that really play once a week or just during their off to work, Saturday or Sunday. It can happen especially those who are just betting on sports. Most events happen during Saturday night so there's a chance he is only doing that on that day. It's different with casino players, there may be those who also play on weekends but there are more gamblers who do it every day since gambling sites in this era are easy to access.
In my case, I gamble small and try to pursue the jackpot and when my balance is gone I rest for a long time until I have saved enough money to play again. In that kind of strategy I somehow made some money and a big part of that money is spent for the family so I am happy with it.
On OP's question on how to avoid it, be busy with something else. That will really help a lot if you are always occupied with something and be sure that you love that activity.

They have to be knocked out by the reality that it is not going to do them any good when they're addicted. Looking for ways on how to divert the attention is easy but staying on that activity is going to be their battle.

All the thoughts that play in our minds is also has something to do with how we can overcome gambling addiction. Many struggles and needed actual help in the best that they can and every potential help is what they really need to have because the motivations won't be enough, showing them the bad results of being addicted would probably just going to give them some slight thoughts but it is still not enough to change their minds.

It is lucky that you only regret 1 time and you can take a lesson from it. There are gamblers who regret many times but they never take the lessons from the mistakes. I think you can easily take the lesson because you aren't an addict. It will be difficult when you are an addict, you have an intention to gamble in a better way but you can't.

Sure, even people who have good knowledge and experienced enough, still get difficulty to control emotion. It is because the emotion is related to our desires to chase winnings. That's why we need to limit time and funds, it is functioned to stop our unlimited desires in gambling. If we have no limitations in gambling, we probably end up with an excessive gambling.