Topic: Quit gamble! Easy or Hard? Let's talk. - page 59. (Read 10336 times)

when you have control over what to believe and when to stop playing, you are already a responsible gambler. more gamblers will drop out of the game after a big win. but they are hard to stop when they are on a losing streak.
I have been in such gambling situations in the past. it was so bad that it affected my finances. after that, I paused for a while until I finally came back with the boundaries that I tried to hold on to myself. but to stop completely, I still can't do it.

It's difficult, so I decided to only stop if I won a large sum, and if I can keep myself occupied with other things, particularly in digital marketing, maybe I'll quit for good and simply focus more on meaningful things. For the time being, I'm attempting to emulate my former self. I'll stop when I hit a specific amount of loss per day that I can no longer sustain. Maybe the constant defeat fuels my desire/greed to win even more.

Its true that many addicts, particularly gamblers, are often in denial of their problems. They believe they are different, that they can control their desires - until reality proves otherwise.

The science of addiction tells us that addictive behaviors - whether they involve drugs, alcohol, or gambling - trigger the same areas in the brain, giving a reward that leads to a cycle of compulsive behavior. Acknowledging this similarity is important because it shifts the perception of addiction from a moral failing to a health issue.

Your point about honesty in treatment is well-taken. True recovery is only possible when the person recognizes the extent of their problem and genuinely wishes to change. This often takes time, and indeed, multiple attempts, but it is possible with the right support and treatment approach.

When addicted gambler are doing illegal activities just to get money, they don’t care about the consequences of their actions at that particular moment, all they need is just to get money to gamble with, but after gambling and losing, some of them will come back to their right senses which some of them might end up regretting their actions, but at that particular time when they are about to gamble or when they are already gambling, they will never think about the consequences of their action’s.

But hope you know some people end up being addicted to gambling because they are always trying to recover their losses, if you are gambling it’s better you don’t even try to recover your lose always, if you keep on losing in a particular day, it’s better you stop gambling for that day and wait for another day, but if you are trying to recover your losses, you might even lose more money which at the end you will end up being addicted. Some people will never agree they are addicted to gamble, some of them will claim that they just want to win back their losses, and if they are lucky to win back all the amount they have lost in that day, they will still end up gambling more.

Indirect request if you are shy with what is happening to you, I think I'll agree with you on that manner, there are gamblers who have some pride that they don't want to admit that they are already addicted but they are trying to skip away and with that kind of solution asking someone to keep you busy or to be with you in some activities that will keep you away from gambling will help you a lot in moving and skipping any gambling activities.

Hard in terms of limiting your interactions with gambling but doable if you focus yourself on another kind of activities that will
push you to keep your focus.

The thing is that most gamblers have become so comfortable with the addiction of gambling even when they've discovered their addiction for it, it's just like a drug addict that knows he's still have a thing for drugs but would pretend they've repented so they'll be free to go continue with their additions somewhere they can't be monitored, maybe until he's been affected very negatively by it that's when he'll realize himself and be willing to change and sometimes it might seems too late to be helped maybe in situations where it's lead him close to his death, in the case of severe gambling addiction it might not kill you directly but you might suffer a huge loss that could that could cause a high blood pressure or steal of satisfy your gambling addictions and get caught.
 Sometimes most people do not realize their addiction for it on time and might have caused alot of financial damage to them self without them even realizing how much they lost to the casinos, gambling addiction is one thing that's very easy to adapt to but very difficult to quit in some cases, it has led many youths in the 3rd class countries where there's adverse poverty rate to their early grave and recently in my neighborhood two brothers almost killed themselves because the younger one stole money meant for rent bill to go gamble in a nearby casino, that's an effect of gambling addiction and it's not easy to quit without help.

Cheating is the first thing any addict does, whether it's gambling addiction, or alcohol and drugs. And you didn't know that those who can't control their desire to play gambling are being treated in the SAME clinics where drug addicts are put. It is so! From this, a game addict cannot understand at all what he is doing here. He believes that he has nothing to do with all these people, because he is not like that - I write this from the words of gamblers who gave interviews about their treatment. And unfortunately for the first time they are never truthful in their treatment. They cheat and pretend that they want to get well, but in fact they still want to leave here and continue betting. And only by the 3rd time (according to statistics) they REALIZE their problem and realize that "this game is stronger than them." And then comes an absolutely honest treatment and a desire to change.

No one knows that they are going to get in trouble until they get in it, similarly, someone wouldn't know that they are going to get addicted to gambling before the time they realize that they have actually become addicted to it, and even that doesn't happen with every addict because most of them will argue that they are not addicted to gambling but they just gamble normally, they would also not accept the fact that they are in a problem and need help.

So, only the ones who actually realize that they are addicted and are having problems in their lives because of it would consider finding something else that they can do so that they can get away from their gambling addiction, it will be difficult for sure, but if one really wants to do it, they can get success eventually.

When a gambler loses a lot of money in gambling he tries to recover his losses. There is no way to call it an addicted gambler. Addicted gamblers are those who cannot control gambling or cannot stay away from gambling. But the person who loses more money will try to recover his money but in most cases there is a scenario where the gambler loses all his money while trying to recover his money. And until a gambler's bankroll is over, he will continue gambling. It is not easy for such a gambler to take a break from gambling while having a available money on his account.

I agree. Because addicted gamblers can't stop that easily and they tend to do things (good or bad) just to sustain their addiction without much thought of the consequences for doing so. Gamblers who can stop for the reason they have no funds already to use for gambling might not reach the level yet to be called addicted.

Nevertheless, being addicted doesn't mean you have no chance to change what you used to, but it requires a strong will to already stop. And this will start by helping yourself to reduce your gambling activity. It's not going to be easy but there's always a way if the gamblers are determine to change.

Even though stopping gambling requires more effort, we shouldn't stop, especially when we have experienced many defeats. We realize that gambling can lead to loss so we intend to stop gambling for good. And we also know that it is difficult so we ask for help from the people around us and maybe we don't need to tell them that we have a gambling addiction and just say that we need something to keep us busy. It will distract the people around us and won't ask why we need an activity to keep us busy. I think that can be a solution if a gambling addict feels uncomfortable saying he is a gambling addict so he can try this method.

If someone is addicted to gambling I don’t really have issues with that as long as you are having money with you will continue to waste on gambling, but when the main problem always comes in is when they are no longer having anything to gamble with, they will end up doing illegal things, they will end up hurting people around them and people in the society, just to get money to gamble with, that’s why in most societies,  people see gambling as a bad thing, they don’t care if you are addicted or not, if you tell them you are a gambler, or they discover that you are a gambler, they will stop associating themselves with you, because they will see you as a bad influence and all is being caused by people that are really addicted to gambling.

When a gambler stop gambling when they get out of money, I won’t really call that a addicted gambler, but the set of people that I do call addicted gamblers are the once which will do crazy things just because they needed money to gamble with.

But now you are  tagged and run away from this forum , if I remember it right that you have created multiple thread about your streaming site but now where are you?
sorry but your style seems to be effective from forum members and you have lured nothing from those posts.

and also why pushing people to quit gambling when you are giving them way how to gamble.

Although it's encouraging to see so much support for responsible gambling, wouldn't it make more sense to work toward eliminating addiction altogether? Limiting one's spending is only part of the solution; underlying issues that leave people vulnerable to addiction must also be addressed. The joy of taking risks may be one of these motivators, but others include emotional hardship or a history of impulsivity

You're right that it takes a lot of effort and determination to beat an addiction. However, we shouldn't overlook the importance of warning children at a young age about the consequences of gambling. When people have the facts they need to make good judgments and avoid falling into compulsive gambling, they are better able to do so

Same drill if you manage to win with your previous attempts that desire to play back will engage us again into gambling, making it difficult to resist when your lust increase your appetite to keep on playing, just like what I mentioned it's always good to find another alternative way to keep yourself busy and not to think of gambling anymore, if you already have that activities make sure not to let anything to bring you back to any gambling activities to avoid another addiction to grow inside you.

People must know the dangers of becoming a gambling addict, that's why they must always be reminded to limit the budget so they don't cross the line, gambling without limits will make us become addicts, that's why it's important to remind anyone not to become an addict, it's hard to cure addicts, even asking Professional help also needs the desire of the addict's own intention to recover.

It is difficult to cure if the addict himself does not want to recover, so he can only rely on professionals, it will not be possible to recover. Apart from that, the role of the family is also important to support recovery. Therefore, it is difficult to cure gambling addiction. It is very difficult, so you really have to remind your family or close friends. whoever it is our friends or family, don't gamble too deep to avoid addiction.

When we decide to return to gambling, we are already starting to get addicted to the fun we had before. And also, there is curiosity about what we got in the previous gambling game, especially if, in the last game, we experienced consecutive losses. There will be a desire to recover from earlier losses, making us want to return. And if we can't control ourselves from thinking about a previous loss and want to go back to gambling just because we want to make up for it, we may be disappointed. And if that happened, it would be difficult for us to stop gambling because we want to return to gambling.

And finding other things you can use to take your mind off gambling is imperative so we can prevent ourselves from returning to gambling too often. It will also prevent us from using excessive money in gambling so that we can also reduce the number of losses. We have to try to divert our attention from gambling so that we won't get stuck in a situation that we have difficulty controlling.

Gambling is a mental illness gambling addiction can destroy a person's life there is no effective cure for gambling addiction. But with the support of family and friends of addicts, they can help their loved ones return to a normal life. Since the need to get rid of gambling is at a level where it is difficult to stop oneself it is necessary to seek the help of a professional or professionals. No matter how difficult the task everything has its rehabilitation. Instead of this habit you have to prepare yourself by analyzing the harmful effects or the reasons behind it at least come to this conclusion.

It is true, gamblers find themselves addicted to gambling pretty late since they are too focused to gamble, they minds can't process that they are getting addicted to gambling.  One reason is that these people failed to reflect on their actions.  Regular reflecting about our gambling activity enable us to detect if there are changes on how we see gambling.  It also enable us to check on possible signs of addiction but most gamblers failed to do that until they are in financial ruins.


I agree, so taking too many extra jobs is the best thing to keep our focus out of gambling. This way we are not only avoiding gambling activities and also gaining more funds from those extra source of income.

But the reality, you can't tell whether you are already addicted until you find yourself in a situation where there' nothing else that you are minding aside from your gambling activities, most of the time there's a denial stage inside you, thinking or keep believing that you are just enjoying and gambling is just part of your entertainment but the amount of money and time you are spending is way high from the usual sessions that you are doing before.

Finding other things to keep yourself busy is one of the good things that you can do if you are really aiming to step away from gambling, diverting your attention and have that focus will allow you to free up the space for gambling and will start focusing with the activities that
you are trying to work on.