Topic: Quit gamble! Easy or Hard? Let's talk. - page 65. (Read 9748 times)

You're quite within your right to tender Your views on gambling, but outrightly calling it bad and telling everyone to quit it is kinda far reaching. I Know a couple of persons that have built a fortune through gambling and also those who became wretched through same gambling. The best approach is for everyone to know what works for them and also moderation is key.
Gambling is quite addictive because of the dopamine rush it creates. But that doesn't make it bad in itself, it's basically how people are irresponsible with gambling that's the bad part.

The chances of winning are not the same in gambling, we can't see that in a 50:50 manner, but rather 90:10 for a win, of course a very small thing, when talking about profit opportunities.
When it comes to better opportunities in trading, I agree about that.
The pleasure of gambling is indeed different and it cannot be generalized with the pleasure that can be obtained from trading or investing. I, who did it, felt it was much different, even though both have risks in their impact, but these are two different things when viewed from this side.
I can't play lightning with grandpa Zeus and or fruit breaking at night with Sweet Bonanza and the others, and these casino games are more fun, but if you get carried away with fun in any field it's hard to stop because you're already in the addiction trap.

And it's better if they don't waste money so they don't get addicted to gambling, especially if they have seen what impact someone can experience when they become a gambling addict. They cannot stop gambling because it is so hard for them that they will continue to sink into gambling until someone notices it and wants to help them get out of gambling. But that is also if they are aware to ask for help from others so they can be saved. So stopping gambling or continuing to gamble is a choice of our own.

When talking about more opportunities to make money, I would say that it is better to choose trading or investing than gambling, but here it is not a matter of how much profit we can get, but the pleasure and satisfaction that we get when gambling so that addiction is more difficult to stop when a gambler can enjoy these two things.
Gambling has the risks of trading and investing also has risks, but on the other hand, gambling provides its own pleasure and satisfaction that we cannot possibly get from trading or investing, so there are no words to waste money as long as we have what we have.
And from this pleasure and satisfaction, it can be very difficult for someone to stop gambling.

Actually what I know is that stopping gambling addiction is easier to do than quitting addiction from drugs, even though we know gambling addiction there is still a chance to win even though the percentage is small, but still gambling addiction is easier to cure because usually when someone is an addict has lost everything from his family or his assets he will heal himself when he feels alone and loses everything.

But depending on each human being, there are those who can heal themselves, there are also those who are desperate for it because they are frustrated because they have lost everything and have lots of debt everywhere, making it difficult to get up to recover. Logically, it will not make him die if he has to leave gambling, which is actually not must be done, simply reducing gambling is more than enough.

wrong in that part , because all the vices you mentioned are completely to spend money but in gambling there is a chance to gain more though it is smaller percent yet there is far different than those others so addiction in gambling is harder to achieve .
and also you are correct that those are all leading to same thing and that is to lose our life if not managed correctly .

When I watch videos on game addicts, I always feel sorry for their wives.
Just imagine, these are the women these men have achieved, they won them in their youth with some of their positive qualities. And these women decided at that moment that they would connect their lives with this beautiful man. They believed in a bright future, experienced difficulties and conflicts. And in an instant everything changed - their loved one was captured by addiction. And it's like starting to live with another unpredictable person. He can do anything, and will not consult.
It is very difficult to imagine that this happens, but it is the bitter truth.

All vices are harmful, you could compare gambling with smoking, with alcohol, with whatever, but as long as you know that things are not good when they are done in excess, because when we look at vices, they are all harmful, but no vice is like that of drugs, it is the worst because it destroys the person, and anything else that one can be addicted to, I have seen that in the threads they talk about addiction to games and it can be something counterproductive when compared to other things, such as smoking, drinking alcohol, because everything leads to the same thing, they do not know how to control it and that is the only way to get addicted, that is why you must always have control of everything so that we do not harm ourselves.

Gambling is supposed to be our source of fun and entertainment as that's what it was created for but there are people who made it a hobby where they are already doing it excessively and without limitations. If we are doing it beyond normal or if we are already being controlled by our urges then we might be falling for gambling addiction which makes us hard to quit or stop.
It will never be hard to quit if we're wise enough to handle gambling and we're disciplined to control ourselves. It's fne to rely on it if we seek fun and entertainment but we shouldn't go beyond our limits.

Yes I have seen people that started gambling just for fun and entertainment but as time went by they became addicted that they can't stop gambling even when they're not making money from gambling. They just do it to fulfill a desire in their life because of how sorrowful it is.

Some gamblers gamble because it make them escape reality. The fact is that people are passing through alot in life that if they decide to tell you, you won't blame them for the decision they're making. Bars get filled always it's because people are use drinking to ease their pains.

People use gambling as a solution to their pains, when they win that's the only happiness they get in life and always want to play more so they win and get more happiness then it becomes a habit and they keep playing which ends them getting addicted and hard to quit.

actually that term alone "Gambling Regularly" is already a sign of addiction because there is no such thing as to gamble regularly
if there is  no addiction added to our life so it is not a sign instead that is already an addiction.

so most of those who has this behavior is not really having fun actually instead they are playing to win more money.
also giving up something that we are addicted is a task that only few got to win till they die.
i managed to meet a friend in the past that ended losing everything in life , just because they choose
to maintain their addiction instead of loving and caring His family.
I hate this to be what people made their life but you know? every stage of gambling
is where people made mistakes continuously .

Usually an addict when he has a friend or family sometimes still tries to borrow money because if he still wants to gamble and become an addict, but if he feels depressed enough to lose his family and all his assets he will usually recover on his own or choose to end his life. Most people who have a lot of debt because of gambling need friends for fear of committing suicide.

But if it's just an ordinary addict who doesn't need to accompany him, he will try to borrow money from us for any reason as a friend and that will make us feel sorry for him and help him again to gamble without us knowing it, after all gambling addiction is not like drug addiction where he will stop himself if you have lost everything unless you have a lot of debt because of gambling. any support does not necessarily cure his gambling addiction. 

We are getting a bit off the topic here but for the sake of the discussion you are doing, I'll say that you need a lot of luck to be able to make it through when you make live bets on a usual basis, those who do that understand the games and the teams pretty well, and even after that, they might have to face a lot of losses because even the strongest team can sometimes lose against a side that is the least favorite in a tournament or whatever is going on.

It also makes the odds lower when you bet when a match has already started, let's say you could get 2.1x if you had bet on a team before the match started but you will get 1.7x as soon as the match starts and it keeps decreasing as the match continues until betting is closed for everyone.

Live betting isnt for everyone. Pre-match bets are fascinating since you're betting on your pre-game analysis. That method is lovely. Be patient and trust your gut. Live betting games offer a different thrill, so dont envy them. Betting is personal, like choosing an ice cream flavor. Some folks require the constant energy of live games. Like you, others like the thrill of seeing their first guess come true. Both have pros and cons. You're brave to attempt new things. Remember that dipping your toes into live betting doesn't equal diving in. Keep calm, be honest to yourself, and remember that this is your game.

 Yes you're right and also most people who where able to discover their addiction for gambling, find it difficult to quit, due to several factors and like you said the internet and technology also have made it very easy for people to get addicted to gambling because there where times when distance, weather, and other factors do hinder people from going to the casino daily, but currently  gamblers doesn't need to worry about going to the casino because they could do it from the comfort of their homes all they just need is a good device and an internet connection which is becoming very easy to access even in the rural areas.
 It's very important to try as much as possible to resist the addiction of gambling because apart from losing money it has other negative and harmful effect like depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, mental disorder due to much thinking therefore if you have a friend or relative that you notice is finding it difficult for a day to pass by without staking a bet it is your responsibility to put them in order and advise them of the consequences of addictive gambling because once they become additicted most times it seems difficult to quit.

Well, this thing about live games and live betting is something I haven't done because I don't like things to change from one moment to the next, that's why when I make sports bets it's before the game starts, because that's how I did it and that's it, if I lose then I lose, but if I make a good bet and then I change it and win I put that at the beginning, because the bitter taste of that defeat is like greater, that's why I don't make bets on the course. of a sport

There are people who like to change their bets while the game is running, they will do well, I couldn't, and I really don't have the experience of doing it. I would like to make this type of bet just to try it out because I can't deny that it catches my eye and I don't know if I would feel comfortable doing it, but at some point I will.

Everything when it comes to betting, our brain plays a very important role sending signals that you can win and that everything is possible, obviously when the pooprtundiades of betting in the live and direct game are made or given, I feel that it is distorted a bit. It's not my decision because I tell myself, I have the opportunity to change this, because if I don't change it I lose, but at the same time another part tells me not to change it and to trust my judgment, this also depends on the preference that the person has for bet.

Whether it is for fun or to make money, someone who gambles regularly has the potential to become addicted. But those who think of gambling as fun have little interest in money or no adverse reaction to losing money. I agree with you that if someone is addicted to gambling at any stage then it is not easy to give up gambling. A gambler is not an addicted gambler if he gambles and is able to take a break from gambling at any time. I also think it is a very effective method to pick out an addicted gambler.

This is one of the worst scenarios possible, letting someone to go abroad alone to earn money while still addicted to gambling.  The family should have made sure that the person is cured of his addiction than thinking of the money to earn.  If I were the parent of that person, I would stop him from going abroad and make sure that he is treated of his addiction than think of the possible money that guy can earn since it will be for nothing as a gambling addict, we all know that the person will only spend them to gamble.  Worst he might not do well on his work and get fired due tothe effect of too much gambling that the person is not performing well on his work.


I highly agree, especially when it involves addiction, the support should be more than 100% and the relative must make sure that the person is cured before letting him alone.

You have a good point as if it's already turn into addiction so it's no longer just for fun or entertainment but most with a desire to continue playing and control is no longer from that person itself, and it's very possible as you said, when you already engage and you are unable to control yourself then it will be too difficult to quit.

Though more on a case to case, as there are gamblers who only play occasionally and doing it completely for fun and entertainment, people who have lots of things to do in life and not going to engage too much time in gambling.

Unfortunately, addiction is difficult to diagnose by yourself, but it's easy from the aside (friends). But there is one sure way - you need to do something else. Just as exciting and interesting. And see how much it will pull to play. Unfortunately, gambling is very accessible now because of the phones, one has only to make a couple of clicks and now the bet is made, and the excitement is back again.
Now that I've watched a lot of videos with gambling addicts (I advise everyone to watch such videos periodically), I understand how scary and hard it is. And it's almost impossible to get out of this alone.
It is good that we have such a conscious and responsible society at the forum, which will always help with advice.