Topic: Signs of an addiction - page 2. (Read 3532 times)

We always talk about gambling addiction here in forum but it all seems vague. What are actually signs or symptoms of gambling addiction that you can try and detect from yourself or other people?

#1 Mood swings: It’s normal to feel excitement or disappointment when gambling but extreme emotions due to gambling results that you are unable to shake off is not normal. Additionally, if one is irritable when they can’t gamble, that is probably a sign of gambling addiction already.

#2 Preoccupation/Isolation: If you constantly find yourself obsessing over your past gambling experiences and planning on what or how to do it next, you might have an addiction already. Similarly, if you can’t socialize anymore since you are just thinking about gambling then that is also not normal and should not be happening. One may even purposely avoid their friends and family to gamble or think about gambling.

#3: Denial/Concealment: Most addicts are in denial. They would never admit to having a problem. However they probably subconsciously feel that something is wrong or at least there is something they should not be doing. If you are hiding your gambling habits from friends or families, you might already know deep down that there is an addiction already.

#4 Inability to stop: I can gamble and still stop when I’ve had enough. Gambling addicts might not be able to do that. They will continue gambling and maybe even make up excuses for it such as “I will just take back what I lost” and many more.

#5 Financial issues: Once you start going out of your way to gamble even if you no longer have money, you have some serious addiction going now. Some will sell their belongings and even borrow money if it meant they could gamble.

Beware of these signs and detect gambling addictions early on so that you don’t fall in too deep. What other signs do you think we should be wary of?

Addiction to money from gambling is not bad, if the player can make a profit, then it can be a good hobby. But an addiction that does not let the player go, he wants to play but at the same time constantly loses, this is a completely different case. He cannot stop because he is addicted and at the same time he constantly loses money (maybe not every bet, but there are clearly more losses), then such a situation requires the intervention of other people who will explain to him that he needs to stop and help him do it.

I wouldn't call addiction a mistake, it's rather a compulsion which will continue to be repeated itself if care is not taken. It can infest the gambler in many ways but the worst of them is the love of money from gambling which is so unsmart of the gambler. Even if we may earn from gambling, it shouldn't be what we believe is a main source of money-making. We need to approach gambling with a neutral mind and ensure that we stay responsible doing it, otherwise, quitting as fast as possible is wise before putting ourselves in trouble.

Most gambling addicts and people who have some kind of addiction realize that they have problems, but do not want to admit it, so that in the eyes of others do not seem weak. The problem is that even with full understanding of the existence of the problem, their willpower is weaker than the compulsive desire to return to gambling or other entertainment that caused their addiction. This becomes a psychological problem that is difficult to solve without the help of specialists.

A mistake that is difficult to prevent. Why?  We always look for the win and you cannot defy that from a gambler's perspective. They think that the winning chance is near, especially in games like slots, where it shows some kind of winning algorithm that will make a gambler think they are near a winning chance.

Vast  majority of people do not understand the meaning of moderate gambling or responsible gambling, they all comes from applying self control or self consciousness of gambling knowing when is the right time quit. Any gamblers who obeys this would surely gamble responsibly without even having to gamble excessively or aggressively in name of trying to utilized their already win amount in the gambling. Of course I don't permit neither do i support someone to keep gambling after winning from the betting site, the most important thing a gambler should do is to space the gambling site immediately after winning to enable them have a better rethink of their winning and what they can actually spend their money on otherwise if they keep gambling then certainly or probably those winning would be dumped over there again.

Most gamblers will not see the fact that already happened to them instead will keep trying to playing gambling. They think that they can win if they keep gambling but that will not guarantee them to win. In this matter, they must realize that gambling is not a place to make money but they can get the gambling addiction easily and that can come without they realize. But if he can realize that he already lose much money and decide to stop or reduce his gambling activity, that will good for him because at least, he can see that playing gambling is not just spend the money without stop because that can make him lose too much.

Most gamblers will not see the fact that already happened to them instead will keep trying to playing gambling. They think that they can win if they keep gambling but that will not guarantee them to win. In this matter, they must realize that gambling is not a place to make money but they can get the gambling addiction easily and that can come without they realize. But if he can realize that he already lose much money and decide to stop or reduce his gambling activity, that will good for him because at least, he can see that playing gambling is not just spend the money without stop because that can make him lose too much.

from what I have been able to understand and pick out from your wall of text, i dont think you are wrong at all, but I still stand on the opinion that most gamblers have failed to realize this fact and that is why you see them, even after winning, they still end up giving back some, most and sometimes even all of their winnings back to the house all in the name seeking for more profits but of course we already know that usually ends.
when a gambler is knowledgeable about these facts, it helps him know just when is the right time to call the game a quit or when to continue playing both before or after winning.

Unfortunately gambling is mostly played anonymously online thus it would be very difficult to check and caution addicted gamblers, as you rightly said an addicted gambler might not know that they had gamble excessively and lost massive or huge amount of money while in their bid to recover continue to bet without check, I think the best method of reducing addiction is to always share experience with fellow gamblers who are moderate gamblers for check and balance,  it's is very unfortunate that addiction had caused a lot of havoc on addicted gamblers some had entered bankruptcy.

from what I have been able to understand and pick out from your wall of text, i dont think you are wrong at all, but I still stand on the opinion that most gamblers have failed to realize this fact and that is why you see them, even after winning, they still end up giving back some, most and sometimes even all of their winnings back to the house all in the name seeking for more profits but of course we already know that usually ends.
when a gambler is knowledgeable about these facts, it helps him know just when is the right time to call the game a quit or when to continue playing both before or after winning.

well some casinos actually do keep gamblers in check in the sense that if they notice a gambler might be depositing and withdrawing a little too much they might start an investigation but i notice that they only usually do this if the casino is threatened otherwise they’re okay with it because it’s still profit at the end of the day

The problem is not as if we don't know but when it comes to gambling you have to learn to play by the rules we know there is loses but the chances of winning is also there and eve if the house is in favor the individuals are also benefiting because there people that are also winning, and I don't even like the issue of realizations because as the risk is there the chances is there the same time, why not play the risk and see if you will be able to win I know of people that have won a good amount of money and have used it for a good investment because you see comments like gambling is risky but we love the risk just that it is not good to overdo it, and that is were the problem lies when you understand the pattern moving in it should not be a problem then, when you win you have to reduce how happy you are going to be, and you will want more all gamblers have that feeling and you will be pushed sometimes to want to put good money to see the out come but when it turns like that you might not even win anything.

Unfortunately gambling is mostly played anonymously online thus it would be very difficult to check and caution addicted gamblers,

I think the best method of reducing addiction is to always share experience with fellow gamblers who are moderate gamblers for check and balance,  it's is very unfortunate that addiction had caused a lot of havoc on addicted gamblers some had entered bankruptcy.

Unfortunately gambling is mostly played anonymously online thus it would be very difficult to check and caution addicted gamblers, as you rightly said an addicted gambler might not know that they had gamble excessively and lost massive ~~

I think the best method of reducing addiction is to always share experience with fellow gamblers who are moderate gamblers for check and balance

thats very  true, this is often because a lot of gamblers fail to realize and acknowledge from the beginning that gambling as an activity was initially designed to always be in favour of the house more than they favour the players, and when a gambler fail to come to this realization, you see them sorting for way to tailor out their own personal strategy in other to always beat the house and just as you've rightly said, when they eventually manage to secure a few consistent wins or victory using that strategy, they automatically believe that the strategy is flawless and can guarantee the consistent winning, which is the worst mistake that any gambler can ever make.

Unfortunately gambling is mostly played anonymously online thus it would be very difficult to check and caution addicted gamblers, as you rightly said an addicted gambler might not know that they had gamble excessively and lost massive or huge amount of money while in their bid to recover continue to bet without check, I think the best method of reducing addiction is to always share experience with fellow gamblers who are moderate gamblers for check and balance,  it's is very unfortunate that addiction had caused a lot of havoc on addicted gamblers some had entered bankruptcy.

It all depends on how honest a person can be with himself, addiction is not only gambling, in the life of each person there can be his own addiction, but most often we understand well what we are addicted to, and only some of us can completely abandon these addictions. More often these are attempts to stay within some acceptable limits that will not become a problem for us and our environment.

Some gambling addicts can do without gambling for much more than one day and all because they do not have the money for it. As soon as they have money they go straight to gambling. A gambling addict can gamble only twice a month - the days when he gets an advance payment and a paycheck. So I don't think that's an indicator.

I believe that the first sign that a person has become a gambling addict is the loss of interest in other entertainment, which he used to be interested in.