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Quote from: fruktik on December 12, 2024, 01:40:26 AM

Quote from: Su-asa on December 10, 2024, 01:28:55 PM

Just like you said, only those who are dedicated to the process can achieve this result. Gambling is a serious problem especially when it becomes an addiction, in order for you to come out of it you need to apply consistent effort. It takes a lot of will power to resist the urge that comes with going back into it. One thing that triggers this thought is when you think too much about how much you have lost, you will be tempted to get back into the game to try and recover, this might not really end well. The first step to recovery is accepting your losses and just moving on.

It is not so easy to accept your losses. It took me a long time to come to terms with this fact. I could not find a place for myself. There was an incredibly huge desire to start playing again after losing a large amount. This thought was constantly spinning in my head and did not give me peace. I had to find another occupation to distract myself from gambling.

In addition, there is an option to contact specialists in this field. They will help solve this problem with the most gentle approach to the process.

I have felt it even though the defeat that occurred was not too much, but it made me feel unable to accept the defeat that occurred which was actually caused by carelessness and also self-confidence in making decisions.

And because I have a job that takes up a lot of time, it makes it easy for me to forget all that, and after forgetting it will become a thought that it will be a lesson for me not to bet with a large amount and also to be more careful when I want to bet in determining the choice and also the capital spent. So in my opinion having a job or being busy can make us slowly forget these things and it must also be intended, and it's useless if it's on your mind for too long because it's already part of the risk in gambling.

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Quote from: arjunmujay on December 10, 2024, 08:38:05 PM

Quote from: junder on December 10, 2024, 07:44:22 PM

we should not consider gambling as a way to make money because there is no certainty that it can get profit, only luck will make us succeed in getting profit besides losses will occur more often.

This kind of treatment of gambling is wrong from the start. We all know that, there is no such thing as winning in gambling. The players are just a tool for the bookies to enrich themselves. The problem of winning is actually not a matter of luck. In fact, I think it is more of a gift from the bookies so that we continue to play and spend everything we have.

Chance. That's all there is to it. I think we will realize this once we win a high multiplier and then keep on betting looking for more wins. If we can analyze what is happening, we will keep on losing and there's no way to stop it. That's a signal that we cannot win against the house because they will take back whatever we have won.
Anyway, I am glad that OP is recovering and I saw he made another thread that speaks about this too. Quitting is totally hard especially for gamblers who are sports fans, they will keep on betting for their team and a part of it will urge them to play casino games too whenever there's no game available.

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Quote from: viljy on December 12, 2024, 02:05:07 AM

Therefore, gambling will always beckon with the opportunity to get easy money.

I prefer to call it another way to make money from luck. gamblers must be aware that it is not easy to win from gambling. still need the gambler's luck to get money from the bets made.
indeed, there are certainly many gamblers who aim to make money from gambling. we can't deny it because that's why many gamblers still always come even though they lose more. but what gamblers must also realize is that getting out of gambling addiction will be very difficult. please take care of yourself so you don't become addicted.

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Quote from: bubilas on December 11, 2024, 01:01:36 AM

They either don't know or are too lazy to accept that it doesn't work. Only real work or investing brings in money.

The fact that gambling cannot be considered as a way of earning money is undoubtedly indisputable. However, the problem is that both real work and investing do not always bring the desired result. Even now, there is hard work in the world that only allows you to eke out an existence. The majority of the world's population has lived this way throughout history. And on the other hand, we can observe people who have not lifted a finger, but get their money easily and effortlessly. For example, just being born into a rich family. Therefore, gambling will always beckon with the opportunity to get easy money.

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Quote from: Su-asa on December 10, 2024, 01:28:55 PM

Just like you said, only those who are dedicated to the process can achieve this result. Gambling is a serious problem especially when it becomes an addiction, in order for you to come out of it you need to apply consistent effort. It takes a lot of will power to resist the urge that comes with going back into it. One thing that triggers this thought is when you think too much about how much you have lost, you will be tempted to get back into the game to try and recover, this might not really end well. The first step to recovery is accepting your losses and just moving on.

It is not so easy to accept your losses. It took me a long time to come to terms with this fact. I could not find a place for myself. There was an incredibly huge desire to start playing again after losing a large amount. This thought was constantly spinning in my head and did not give me peace. I had to find another occupation to distract myself from gambling.

In addition, there is an option to contact specialists in this field. They will help solve this problem with the most gentle approach to the process.

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Exactly, and maybe I will say one of the reasons why it is always difficult for them to maintain the various plans that they have made before that lead to limitations, the reason is only one, namely they cannot maintain awareness and also most likely they do not realize that gambling is full of temptations, as you said that one win can divert all attention, and even if you are not the one who managed to get it and you only hear about other people's wins, it can actually affect your approach to gambling, all of that happens because of the obsession and enthusiasm for winning.

So I think that no matter when and even if for example you already understand the concept of gambling I am sure that there will always be a time for you to get trapped or fall because you see temptation, but if for example from the beginning you already know about the possibility then it should not happen to you too often, because you already recognize the signs.

Gambling and betting constantly remind us of themselves from all sources. This includes advertising on the Internet and on TV (in the country where I live, gambling is prohibited, but betting is allowed), so in Prime Time, there are often cheerful calls to play gambling games. Also, on my smartphone, I constantly see gambling and betting ads, especially on sites that are not shy about any advertising and are ready to advertise even very bad betting organizations.
And because of all this, it is very difficult for a problem gambler to overcome his addiction. And it often happens that his friends often talk about their winnings.

I admit that the story you told did happen, and indirectly this should be a warning for us to always maintain our level of awareness that gambling is high risk and can also have a serious impact on your life (even though you know how to gamble properly), on the other hand environmental factors and the development of this increasingly sophisticated era are also one of the things that make it very easy for people to be exposed to gambling and the possibility is getting bigger considering that now most people, especially teenagers, are much more comfortable using most of their free time to play the internet.

What I am worried about is the safety of children who are still minors, meaning parents should know and be aware of the dangers that are lurking, as much as possible we must exclude ourselves including children who are still minors to avoid exposure to gambling in any way we can.

I'm not even sure that I myself would be able to avoid becoming addicted if I played every weekend (let alone every day). And children will definitely be very weak in the fight against gambling addiction. Unfortunately, due to the Internet, eSports betting, which teenagers love, has become very accessible.
And damn unprincipled bloggers and streamers constantly advertise betting, and they don't care about the consequences for the guys in their audience. Ruined lives - who will know about them when there are 1000 other guys in the chat?
And this is terrible, so I don't like all streamers and game bloggers who advertise gambling.

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Quote from: Su-asa on December 10, 2024, 01:28:55 PM

Quote from: SamReomo on December 02, 2024, 03:19:51 PM

OP, it's good to hear that you're finally getting recovered from gambling addiction, and you're not into gambling directly anymore. It's really a tough thing to keep oneself away from gambling because when someone gets addicted to it then it becomes harder and harder to distance oneself from it. However, the ones like you with strong will power and dedication can reduce the impact of that addiction and sometimes even fully give up on gambling altogether.

Just like you said, only those who are dedicated to the process can achieve this result. Gambling is a serious problem especially when it becomes an addiction, in order for you to come out of it you need to apply consistent effort. It takes a lot of will power to resist the urge that comes with going back into it. One thing that triggers this thought is when you think too much about how much you have lost, you will be tempted to get back into the game to try and recover, this might not really end well. The first step to recovery is accepting your losses and just moving on.

To overcome your gambling addiction, you should reduce your tendency to bet consistently and at the same time, you should diversify your work, such as trying to keep yourself busy at work and increasing your tendency to spend more time with your family. Basically, all the actions you can take to keep yourself free from the elements that make you lose money. The reality is that you should make all the efforts to trigger your activity. You can limit the allocation of money to overcome the addiction, as well as the allocation of time. The idea of recovering for gaming and aggressive attempts to immediately get your money back can cause more harm to a gambler.

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Keeping yourself busy is one of the best ways for an addict to distract themselves from gambling. They can find a hobby that they enjoy, or do work, or do other activities that keep their attention away from gambling. Because the problem that gamblers often face is that the urge to gamble arises when they are not doing anything - although this is quite difficult to do because not everyone has the same ability to restrain themselves, but if this is practiced continuously then over time an addict will be able to control their addiction to gambling.

Anyone who is lost over gambling by prioritizing gambling as a major means of generating income is likely to become gambling addicted where at every point in time you loss the next thing that will comes to your mind is chasing your losses which consist of gambling under pressure, spending more time energy and resources in to it, and when this happens it is very important we seek for help because situations like that requires given attention before it gets worst, if only a gambling addict will change his or her orientation that gambling is not guaranteed hence it doesn't worth taken too serious, that way he or she will recover faster alongside with other remedies.

Gambling addiction has become a definite consequence for those who think of gambling as a means or way to get money or profit, when someone has a mindset like this then addiction is unlikely to be avoided, the desire to recover losses will be there and cannot be restrained when gambling and ends in defeat, this can be a repeated action that makes someone addicted. It doesn't take an expert to predict it because this is the reality.
Someone who is addicted is unlikely to ask for help from others to help him out of addiction, because someone who is addicted is unlikely to be aware that the actions he is taking are actually wrong, unless they are truly aware then they don't need help from others to be able to recover from their addiction.

It is very correct, things in the game when they are Seen that way is the direct path to addiction, and it is the most erroneous thought that exists, a but to any player when he plays what he has to look for is fun, more goes, and money too but you have to be aware that to get money or a lot of money you have to risk a lot and it is difficult to win, what can happen the most is an inevitable streak of defeats that can hurt a lot because money is lost, where many lose everything they have.

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Quote from: Fredomago on December 10, 2024, 06:07:50 PM

After you realize that you made a big mistake chasing your loses that's the time that you'll begin to find ways to prevent adding more money to your balance, with that mindset you'll be able to avoid losing more and you'll be able to spend your money the right way, gambling as part of entertainment is okay but if you go deep and treat it as source of your financial income that's where the problem will begin.

You need to control your emotions and not to allow anything inside you to feel the adrenaline as if you unable to control then you'll suffer with heavy engagement into this venue and regret will follow.

When we can realize our mistake, we will trying to fix by always careful when playing gambling. We will trying to allocates some money to playing gambling and reduce our gambling activities because that is too dangerous for us if we are making the same mistake. We don't want becoming addicted to gambling especially if we already have that before so we will trying to stay away from that and distract our minds thinks about gambling.

If we realize that gambling is part of entertainment, we will not playing gambling too often and will do other things that will not have a big risk of losing the money. We will not allow ourselves getting the same because that can give a bad affect to our life.

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Quote from: ajiz138 on December 09, 2024, 08:18:53 AM

The important thing for me is to know your limits - you have to know when to stop when you're losing, and when you're winning when to pull back and enjoy it.

Most players lack the capability to maintain limitations for a duration of time, they can forget the strategy when the casino offers some tricky wins. Your advice is useful for players with self confidence and resilience in disciplinary matters. A single win is enough to deceive an easily distracted player, who sticks to limiting how long they gamble and how much is spent. So, it's fine for players to understand who they are and what method will be convenient to keep or retain.

The strategy of using bonus and other after games are one of the factors that will always affect gamblers that are trying hard to leave gambling addiction. Addiction is not something that can just leave us like that especially when we have had so many huge winnings that can drag us back to gambling most time when we don't have sufficient funds to take care of our needs. We should not have the mentality that addiction will leave us for good. There are things that can keep attracting addiction and if we are not disciplined enough, we could see ourselves going back to gamble more without restrictions.

I don't know about other players, but only after years and a long break I understood some subtle points of how to treat the game. Maybe I've matured and learned from my past mistakes, but now I play only a little and I understand that there is no need to cling and say that the bet for today is the last one, and then deceiving myself by making a few more spins or bets. Now I don't try to deceive myself, I don't rush in making decisions and I clearly know how much I can afford to lose today. In general, I have developed discipline, many will say that it is incredibly boring, well, everyone has their own view of the game, but now I know for sure that I will not lose a lot under the influence of my furious excitement.

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Exactly, and maybe I will say one of the reasons why it is always difficult for them to maintain the various plans that they have made before that lead to limitations, the reason is only one, namely they cannot maintain awareness and also most likely they do not realize that gambling is full of temptations, as you said that one win can divert all attention, and even if you are not the one who managed to get it and you only hear about other people's wins, it can actually affect your approach to gambling, all of that happens because of the obsession and enthusiasm for winning.

So I think that no matter when and even if for example you already understand the concept of gambling I am sure that there will always be a time for you to get trapped or fall because you see temptation, but if for example from the beginning you already know about the possibility then it should not happen to you too often, because you already recognize the signs.

Gambling and betting constantly remind us of themselves from all sources. This includes advertising on the Internet and on TV (in the country where I live, gambling is prohibited, but betting is allowed), so in Prime Time, there are often cheerful calls to play gambling games. Also, on my smartphone, I constantly see gambling and betting ads, especially on sites that are not shy about any advertising and are ready to advertise even very bad betting organizations.
And because of all this, it is very difficult for a problem gambler to overcome his addiction. And it often happens that his friends often talk about their winnings.

I admit that the story you told did happen, and indirectly this should be a warning for us to always maintain our level of awareness that gambling is high risk and can also have a serious impact on your life (even though you know how to gamble properly), on the other hand environmental factors and the development of this increasingly sophisticated era are also one of the things that make it very easy for people to be exposed to gambling and the possibility is getting bigger considering that now most people, especially teenagers, are much more comfortable using most of their free time to play the internet.

What I am worried about is the safety of children who are still minors, meaning parents should know and be aware of the dangers that are lurking, as much as possible we must exclude ourselves including children who are still minors to avoid exposure to gambling in any way we can.

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Quote from: Accardo on December 09, 2024, 08:31:34 AM

Quote from: ajiz138 on December 09, 2024, 08:18:53 AM

The important thing for me is to know your limits - you have to know when to stop when you're losing, and when you're winning when to pull back and enjoy it.

Most players lack the capability to maintain limitations for a duration of time, they can forget the strategy when the casino offers some tricky wins. Your advice is useful for players with self confidence and resilience in disciplinary matters. A single win is enough to deceive an easily distracted player, who sticks to limiting how long they gamble and how much is spent. So, it's fine for players to understand who they are and what method will be convenient to keep or retain.

The strategy of using bonus and other after games are one of the factors that will always affect gamblers that are trying hard to leave gambling addiction. Addiction is not something that can just leave us like that especially when we have had so many huge winnings that can drag us back to gambling most time when we don't have sufficient funds to take care of our needs. We should not have the mentality that addiction will leave us for good. There are things that can keep attracting addiction and if we are not disciplined enough, we could see ourselves going back to gamble more without restrictions.

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Quote from: n0ne on December 10, 2024, 06:56:41 PM

Most of the time people get into gambling when they face financial problems. When they need more money to handle their lives, they just take gambling as the way. This is wrong. Whenever we are in need of more money, we should look for long-term beneficial plans or try to live with what is available. Should not consider gambling as a way of making money. People easily get addicted, unlike their winning and losing streaks, because winning keeps us active and tempts us to gamble more and more. And the loss makes us recover the loss and end gambling, which is a never-ending process. Op has done a great job and shared his experience, which can be tried when we find ourselves addicted.

Agreed, my friend.
The problem is that many people perceive gambling or betting as a really effective way to earn money. They either don't know or are too lazy to accept that it doesn't work. Only real work or investing brings in money. In gambling, the term "earning" does not apply to money, in gambling money can only be "won", and all problem gamblers should understand and remember this.
These concepts are separated by the fact that winning money is only by luck. And no serious person should give their fate to luck. We ourselves must manage it, accepting that it is difficult to earn money, but better this way than gambling.

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Quote from: Fredomago on December 10, 2024, 06:07:50 PM

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Quote from: irsykes on December 10, 2024, 04:08:42 AM

the more I chase losses to get my money back the more money I will lose. therefore I had to give up all the money for the sake of my family and myself. It may start out painful to get back to normal but over time everything will get better and don't want to be stuck in one zone

You do the right thing which is not trying to get your money back and yes, that will make you get more losses. You can realize that reality so you do what you must do which is give up all the money for your family and yourself. Not many people can realize about that instead just keep playing gambling with a hope they can win back their money. Those who thinks like that will only regret when they see their money is gone all but they can not get it back. It will make them feel bad all day long and cause their emotion change.

After you realize that you made a big mistake chasing your loses that's the time that you'll begin to find ways to prevent adding more money to your balance, with that mindset you'll be able to avoid losing more and you'll be able to spend your money the right way, gambling as part of entertainment is okay but if you go deep and treat it as source of your financial income that's where the problem will begin.

You need to control your emotions and not to allow anything inside you to feel the adrenaline as if you unable to control then you'll suffer with heavy engagement into this venue and regret will follow.

when I was at my breaking point the breakdown brought logic back. which one should be prioritized first? It's not easy to go through the phase of having nothing, it's very painful, I'm like the trash of the family and ignored in everything without communication. no one cares, it made me get back up and change my mindset for a better future in old age. experience will be the right teacher

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Quote from: junder on December 10, 2024, 07:44:22 PM

we should not consider gambling as a way to make money because there is no certainty that it can get profit, only luck will make us succeed in getting profit besides losses will occur more often.

This kind of treatment of gambling is wrong from the start. We all know that, there is no such thing as winning in gambling. The players are just a tool for the bookies to enrich themselves. The problem of winning is actually not a matter of luck. In fact, I think it is more of a gift from the bookies so that we continue to play and spend everything we have.

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Quote from: n0ne on December 10, 2024, 06:56:41 PM

Most of the time people get into gambling when they face financial problems. When they need more money to handle their lives, they just take gambling as the way. This is wrong. Whenever we are in need of more money, we should look for long-term beneficial plans or try to live with what is available. Should not consider gambling as a way of making money. People easily get addicted, unlike their winning and losing streaks, because winning keeps us active and tempts us to gamble more and more. And the loss makes us recover the loss and end gambling, which is a never-ending process. Op has done a great job and shared his experience, which can be tried when we find ourselves addicted.

The assumption about those who make gambling a solution to their financial problems is a case that occurs quite a lot, actually it is not justified to make gambling a way to overcome financial problems. It is better when we experience financial problems we have to look for other things such as part-time jobs that clearly have wages that will be obtained later.

I agree with you, we should not consider gambling as a way to make money because there is no certainty that it can get profit, only luck will make us succeed in getting profit besides losses will occur more often.

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Most of the time people get into gambling when they face financial problems. When they need more money to handle their lives, they just take gambling as the way. This is wrong. Whenever we are in need of more money, we should look for long-term beneficial plans or try to live with what is available. Should not consider gambling as a way of making money. People easily get addicted, unlike their winning and losing streaks, because winning keeps us active and tempts us to gamble more and more. And the loss makes us recover the loss and end gambling, which is a never-ending process. Op has done a great job and shared his experience, which can be tried when we find ourselves addicted.

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Quote from: I_Anime on December 08, 2024, 07:12:59 PM

Yeah that's what I actually use to overcome such addiction, I stopped playing casino games for a while . So the plan was to stop it once and for all but now I have a change of mindset of not taken gambling as a means of making money or getting rich rather as something one do for fun .

Yes, sometimes it is needed to stop playing the gambling games temporarily. If we force to keep playing, we may be difficult to deal with our addiction. Sure, you need to change your mind that you must be rich through gambling. Gambling is a place to have fun and just try our luck. It is no need to force ourselves to gamble as often as possible.

Quote from: I_Anime on December 08, 2024, 07:12:59 PM

So something one just got to do once in a while , than to take as a means of earning or something you have to be doing daily which to me ain't cool especially for those that are new to it because you may endup getting addicted to it over time.

If you make gambling as your income source, you probably will spend all your money. It is because you must try to use more money to gain bigger income from gambling. We must understand that there is no guarantee for the win in gambling. We only risk our money if we try to spend all of them for reaching huge income in gambling.

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Quote from: ethereumhunter on December 10, 2024, 09:52:06 AM

Quote from: irsykes on December 10, 2024, 04:08:42 AM

the more I chase losses to get my money back the more money I will lose. therefore I had to give up all the money for the sake of my family and myself. It may start out painful to get back to normal but over time everything will get better and don't want to be stuck in one zone

You do the right thing which is not trying to get your money back and yes, that will make you get more losses. You can realize that reality so you do what you must do which is give up all the money for your family and yourself. Not many people can realize about that instead just keep playing gambling with a hope they can win back their money. Those who thinks like that will only regret when they see their money is gone all but they can not get it back. It will make them feel bad all day long and cause their emotion change.

After you realize that you made a big mistake chasing your loses that's the time that you'll begin to find ways to prevent adding more money to your balance, with that mindset you'll be able to avoid losing more and you'll be able to spend your money the right way, gambling as part of entertainment is okay but if you go deep and treat it as source of your financial income that's where the problem will begin.

You need to control your emotions and not to allow anything inside you to feel the adrenaline as if you unable to control then you'll suffer with heavy engagement into this venue and regret will follow.

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Quote from: SamReomo on December 02, 2024, 03:19:51 PM

OP, it's good to hear that you're finally getting recovered from gambling addiction, and you're not into gambling directly anymore. It's really a tough thing to keep oneself away from gambling because when someone gets addicted to it then it becomes harder and harder to distance oneself from it. However, the ones like you with strong will power and dedication can reduce the impact of that addiction and sometimes even fully give up on gambling altogether.

Just like you said, only those who are dedicated to the process can achieve this result. Gambling is a serious problem especially when it becomes an addiction, in order for you to come out of it you need to apply consistent effort. It takes a lot of will power to resist the urge that comes with going back into it. One thing that triggers this thought is when you think too much about how much you have lost, you will be tempted to get back into the game to try and recover, this might not really end well. The first step to recovery is accepting your losses and just moving on.

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