Topic: Recovering gambling addict stories - page 12. (Read 2096 times)

When gambling habits are left unchecked by taking breaks in the long run, it becomes like a cancer that takes it's root in every of an individual life. Am talking about that individual being so addicted that they sell their possession and belongings to keep up the hope of winning big the next minute.

I doubt one can truly recover fully from the addiction of gambling unless the ones family and friends are close by or there's easy ready access to companion or assistance.

To recover and get fond of new habits is good rather than to quit and not find a replacement hobby to dose the itch of abstaining from such an addiction.

Let all be done to avoid bad habits that take money away from ones pocket, because that's how to remain poor and enslaved by such addiction just like this story OP told.

If we are not being careful, gambling can take away everything we have and before we realized that, we might have seen that all is gone already, some people can go to the extent of taking loan to gamble, while some may sell off their own property and investment just because they wanted to gamble, the last categories are those that are making little earnings from what they do and still couldn't afford to make some savings than gambling with the whole earnings, all these are bad habits in gambling.

To be honest, I won't watch this video, but I can roughly understand what it's about. I never stop watching the stories of those who have been gambling for a long time and talk about their lives, it’s like reading a book. So I watch this in order to understand how much can be ruined in life if you act irresponsibly in the game. It keeps me on my toes and not allowing myself to go too far. These videos benefit others. There is no need to be blinded by the game and the winnings that are promised to us, and also not to be overconfident; luck will come to us. The main mistake of many is that they think that they are special and the rest are unlucky, but not the player.

I thought so. Getting hooked on the idea of a big win in gambling can lead to a risky cycle of chasing losses like spending over 8 hours a day on bets, he got deep into the addiction, hoping for that one massive win. It's a common trap because the more you lose, the more you think a big win will fix everything. It's a tough journey but recovery is possible and stories like these can be a lifeline for someone going through it

I haven't watched the videos related to him but based on your story, it doesn't seem like he is addicted to gambling? Not sure, but it seems that the gambling he did was to earn money to be used for the birth of his wife and for the expenses of his children. It's just wrong because it's always said and reminded that gambling shouldn't be made a source of income because there's a big chance that instead of making money you might just lose all your money, and when that happens, you'll definitely have a serious problem.

In my opinion, gambling addiction can arise because too often we engage in uncontrolled gambling habits and this will easily become an addiction to gambling and this will continue if the person concerned does not want to get rid of this habit and there are many bad impacts that will be experienced by the gambling addict. and also the environment around them.

If someone can gamble just for fun and not looking for a win that they can't necessarily get in the bets they play, of course they will be able to control themselves so as not to continue when they have experienced a loss in the bets they played, but if they are greedy in Gambling will certainly make it very easy for them to become addicted to gambling.

If we can do things like what you have mentioned, of course we will not experience many losses in gambling and will also not become addicted to gambling.

We have a choice though, addiction might come from God as you said, however, as humans, we have free will and so we can either let our lives be ruined by gambling, or choices to go on the other side and control our emotions, it might be hard, but at least if we prioritize things in our life, we might not fall for being addicted gamblers but instead just play for fun.

As for many recovering addict stories, yes seen them many times and it's really very hard to hear and how they survived that another part of it in their previous lives specially a addict that almost got killed by those financers that he didn't paid.

It's even most dangerous to be around that age of 18 years old and get into gambling, because at such age, whatever you believe to be true is true in your mind and you will go through anything to bring your dream and hopes alive, I know how this person feels.

Who says fear is not good? Feat could get you prepared for something, it could remind you to be aware of yourself, and not lose your guide, I have fear for gambling as I am someone who is always attentive to what I am doing and also the decisions I am about to make, the Fear I have for gambling is why I don't do the stupid things with gambling.

If you can dream about hitting the jackpot, you should be able to dream about living on the street as well, in every good there is always a bad, you have to taste defeat to become a winner, you can't think about a way forward without you preparing to avoid going down, you need to measure the risk and reward ratio too.

How about taking your risks like you wanted and also be a responsible gambler? Take care of your family regardless of you gambling and losing, when the risks you take have no impact on your life you are doing so well with yourself, limit your risks.

I dispute your facts because like I don't see where are normal human would deliberately stake his hard earned money just because you are seeking for fun without seeking for a possible return. Gambling for sure is a risky game that involves two things which is either to win or to lose and majority of people who plays gamble does that in other to win and make some profits from it. It's obvious that our sole reason for seeing gambling as fun it's just in other for us not to become addicted because anything one is doing in life and you focus all your attention and energy towards it, as time goes on you would find out that it would be difficult for you to stop or quit so gambling should be played with caution and that the possibility of winning is not guaranteed therefore anyone who wish to get involved in gambling should do away with emotions. Saying that gambling should be played for fun and not to make money is a kind of ironical because majority gambles for the money so if money isn't involved then i don't know the kind of fun we are talking about here.

Some stories are really sad. Addiction comes from God and it’s unfortunate how difficult overcoming it becomes, be it gambling addiction or any kind of addiction it is not good to become an addict because you will act blindly just to engage in such acts while neglecting the effects it will have on them.

people get addicted to gambling when they gamble for the money, gambling is supposed to be for fun and not for the money. It is when you gamble for money that addiction grows gradually because after every loss you would want to recover your losses and gradually greed will step in making you lose more money and with the intention of recovering your losses you become addicted to it.

Addiction should be prevented at the earliest stage because it’s difficult to control and overcome and to do that we need to approach gambling the safest gambling practices which is to gamble an amount you can afford to lose and avoid gambling on a daily basis.

This is what I posted initially:


I also included about not using gambling to look for ways to make money.

You people should read and understand what someone meant. Even that statement is enough for a gambler to know that it is not just fun we are talking about, but a way not to get addicted.

I have also made a topic about it which we can use to discuss about it further: Gambling for fun and not a way of making money

Your latter statement makes more sense to advice to more gamblers than saying just a simple, gambling should only be for fun.

Treating gambling for fun is not for everyone. That fun might result into worst since losing is not fun. While these people saying they are gamble for fun, they don't realized that later on, they are already building up the idea of chasing all those losses. At first they are gambling for fun, but they are now slowly falling on the trap of gambling which later on they won't able to control anymore. Even rich gamblers are having such emotional stress when losing big, what's more for casual gamblers who treats gambling for fun.

As much as possible, even how people put up a percentage of their income on gambling, always try to be responsible at all times.

You aren't wrong about what you said, addictions is very hard to stop that's why you don't have to be addicted to gamble and drugs, they will end your careers. The story state we shouldn't be addicted to gambe because it doesn't make any sense, additions cause loses and gamblers want to win bets, as additions cant help matter therefore they should avoid being addicted.
Gambling is for entertainment but when you lose you shouldn't feel bad about it because bets are not winning guaranteed, misunderstanding makes more people lose money because they don't know gambling, if gambling is a full time job there won't be any loses but since to be it's doesn't have anything to do with job that's why it's not guaranteed and people are losing.

They can continue to gamble with money and become addicted as usual. I have been a victims of gambling addiction before and it was not because of two reasons. It was because I was looking for a way to look for money. I got no job at the time and gambling took a lot from me. People that have it in mind to use gambling to look for money will use huge amount to gamble in a way that they will lose. Gambling should just be for fun and not a way of looking for money. If they can not gamble for fun, they should stop gambling.

Addiction starts from when you have the intention to win big, you will be carried away by that goal and if you are the type that do have luck on little wins, you will no longer be contented with that anymore and you will start aiming to win big, by staking with bigger amount of money. This is where the problem lies, because you will forget that you can become addicted and greed will make you not see the consequences of gambling with big amount of money that you cannot afford to lose. From there, you will start chasing your losses.

Gambling should be a means of entertainment, but some people misunderstand this, and they want to make gamble a full-time job, as if they are the owner of the casino, or as if they were the ones that created the casino games. Imagine what this guy was doing, trying to win more money when his wife was in labor. Unknow to him that he will even lose the one that is with him. A gambler should only use the amount of money that he can afford to lose, so that he will be satisfied with the outcome of his bet, whether he wins or losses.

LOLz
I was an advocate of this (gambling solely for fun and nothing else) but honestly, I've changed my mind, it is wrong to believe that people will spend all of their hard earned money on gambling just for them to have fun, very wrong believe if you ask me.
There are several games people can play for free for fun's sake, there are video games that are way more interesting and fun to play than any slot or casino game, there are also some really good betting games that are far more intriguing to play than sports betting, what exactly do you think make slot games, Casino games, and even sports betting so interesting that people would want to spend their money on it just to have fun? As far as I know, non of this games are as interesting as playing a good video game on my laptop or mobile phone for free.

To believe that gambling should be done purely for fun is dilusional(sorry to say), I once posted a poll on this board where I asked gamblers on this forum that, if the possibility of making money through gambling is completely removed, and they have to keep spending their money to gamble, but will never win a dime because it's completely for fun, will they keep gambling?, the 100 percent who those who answered the pool said no, that they would stop gambling, for what is the essence of gambling if they can't win money. 😂

Dreaming about huge wins became the problem for this guy, things were fine when he was a responsible gambler until he felt like he isn't making enough, you see, this is the problem that many gamblers are into right now, turning gambling into a source of their life changing story, a single one move can turn everything to worse.

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I like telling people to risk what they can afford to lose, because this is the safest practice in gambling, I've read about someone on here who only wins when he gambles with small amount of money, and once he increase the amount higher he start to lose money, the trick is either you are losing or winning, just keep using small money, no matter how small the amount you win is, it's better than losing a big amount of money when you increase your risk.

Greed begins the moment you confuse yourself that you can do better, you can't do better in gambling, you can only protect yourself from getting rekt, if you are a wise person, if you want to do better in life you should put in the effort on something better, like increase your DCA amount on bitcoin every month, this is better than increasing the money you are risking in gambling every week.

Isn't it the same thing? Gambling is the main cause of those actions, which is why technically speaking, gambling will make someone's life miserable if they let their addiction be their main priority in their life instead of thinking of their family or anyone, they love to be affected by the actions they choose which is to be addicted in gambling. The effect of gambling on someone's life is something that they can exchange everything they have just to continue their addiction even if it means affecting the life of their loved ones.

Or just stay away from gambling for good. The problem is that it is already saturated us, online or offline. And so every year, a new gambler is born and become addicted and then the cycle just repeats itself.

One gambling quit, recovered, shared his stories so that no one will replicate it or at least learn a thing or two. But then, there will be thousands of gamblers falling into it every year. So it's really on us, whether we learn from them or wanted to test it ourselves or go gambling for fun or for money.

Gambling doesn't destroy your life, relationship, career, finances, or cause the individual loss of opportunities. It is reckless, irresponsible, and unguarded gambling that does. If you train yourself or discipline yourself to not bet beyond your budget, you will see that gambling is entertaining, it is fun, it builds relationships, it strengthens human bonds, it created opportunities for networking and it could have the possibility of improving your mental well being. If people whose life has been enriched by gambling can speak up more and tell their stories, it could help. Stories of gambling addict doesn't prevent one from fall into the trap of gambling addition.