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Quote from: QueenVera on February 10, 2023, 02:36:05 PM

These signs you've mentioned are true signs of gambling addition and one ought to do something urgently about it especially when you begin placing gambling over regular jobs especially when you're not winning but rather losing and trying to chase after ones loss then you ought to seek professional help just as other users have said.
Most times, one of the major reasons why it seems people are getting addicted to gambling is the fact that most of them are already chasing their losses and in bid to recover them, make more losses and if you'll agree with me, you'll see that this singular factor alone is the major reason of gambling addition

And it's faster to get rekt when it's casino games, slots, dice, blackjack, and more. With the era now where we could easily access gambling sites and they are running 24/7 we ought to continue chasing the losses until we realize all the money is gone. This is why I prefer sports gambling more than casino games. Money in sports can be a one-time bet for the day and you won't have anything to chase because the next game will be tomorrow or better the next couple of days. Somehow, you can rest, think carefully, analyze your bet, and until you find the highest chance to win in the next sports event.
Based on my own experience, I have never felt like I am on the losing side in sports gambling (not a big winner too), I stay with one amount of bet and do it regularly, staying disciplined is the crucial part.

Actually your statement about sports betting will not keep you or someone from chasing losses or the money you have lost is not an accurate statement.
Because basically sports betting is not only in one match, but there are many or several matches that take place on one day as well as for example when there is a football match and in the list of soccer bets there are many matches that will take place so that if someone loses in one match then he can bet again in another match to be able to recover his losses.
So what actually happens is curiosity and emotion about a bet to be able to win it cannot be avoided by anyone and there is only one way to be able to stop betting, namely exiting the gambling platform where we bet, whether in one bet we lose or win we have to exit on right away so you can stop betting.

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Quote from: nakamura12 on February 11, 2023, 03:51:59 AM

There are more signs that a person is becoming a compulsive gambler that you didn't mentioned or include in the list you made. You forgot about finding ways to earn money when you are waiting for your salary to come just to gamble which I am sure you know that it will result in having loans or borrowed money from friends or someone they knew. I am like that before whiyI tried tk recover my lose but didn't made me a compulsive gambler and also been quite some time since I haven't gamble a single cent.

I think that's what the reality isn't? people will spend more money when he received his salary because the money he have only enough to buy foods. Even he's not use it for gambling, he will use it to buy branded stuff or expensive foods as for his self reward. It's nothing wrong to spend more money during salary, but it's wrong if you can't manage your money and you need to take a loan from your friends.

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There are more signs that a person is becoming a compulsive gambler that you didn't mentioned or include in the list you made. You forgot about finding ways to earn money when you are waiting for your salary to come just to gamble which I am sure you know that it will result in having loans or borrowed money from friends or someone they knew. I am like that before whiyI tried tk recover my lose but didn't made me a compulsive gambler and also been quite some time since I haven't gamble a single cent.

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Quote from: arhipova on February 09, 2023, 09:17:41 AM

Many times we are in a situation and we do not not realize the intensity of the problem. One such case is compulsive gambling. In simple words, it means that you are unable to control the urge to get involved with gambling even after understanding the potential harms associated with it.

Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :

1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities

2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game

3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling

Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

I can imagine what it is because I was on the place of a compulsive gambler many times. Only it lasted several hours max, and never days or weeks like with really sick people. What makes me stop finally? A really big loss, much bigger than I can afford to lose. Fortunately, it is never that big that I feel the consequences for many days after it happens, but still it is big and painful, and I remember some cases even when years have passed.

My advice is: stop before losing even more. It does happen sometimes that you recover your losses and even win something on top of that, when you keep rolling. But don't fall for that trap. Stop when you lost a bit more than you can easily afford to. It's better than to win your money back this time because of luck, and then always hope that it can happen again. Gambling addicts even think it must happen. That's exactly the trap we should stay out of.

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Quote from: arhipova on February 09, 2023, 09:17:41 AM

2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game

3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

Compulsive gambling is a bad habit that anybody should try and get in order very quickly before it could lead down to an addiction. Losing control over our own actions when there are large sums of money involved is very dangerous and can make us lose a lot of money. Taking a step back and analysing our behaviour is a good idea, but we shouldn't be too critical and need to put everything into perspective. Especially your point 2.) and 3.) made me a bit nervous at first. Both of these points fit my gambling style very well, even though I try not to be a compulsory gambler. But after reading it again I realised that it's describing a normal martingale strategy, my most used gambling approach. The martingale strategy needs us to bet always larger amounts after a loss, so that we recover all previous losses with one single win. To someone who doesn't know the strategy this could seem like compulsory gambling.

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Quote from: QueenVera on February 10, 2023, 02:36:05 PM

These signs you've mentioned are true signs of gambling addition and one ought to do something urgently about it especially when you begin placing gambling over regular jobs especially when you're not winning but rather losing and trying to chase after ones loss then you ought to seek professional help just as other users have said.
Most times, one of the major reasons why it seems people are getting addicted to gambling is the fact that most of them are already chasing their losses and in bid to recover them, make more losses and if you'll agree with me, you'll see that this singular factor alone is the major reason of gambling addition

And it's faster to get rekt when it's casino games, slots, dice, blackjack, and more. With the era now where we could easily access gambling sites and they are running 24/7 we ought to continue chasing the losses until we realize all the money is gone. This is why I prefer sports gambling more than casino games. Money in sports can be a one-time bet for the day and you won't have anything to chase because the next game will be tomorrow or better the next couple of days. Somehow, you can rest, think carefully, analyze your bet, and until you find the highest chance to win in the next sports event.
Based on my own experience, I have never felt like I am on the losing side in sports gambling (not a big winner too), I stay with one amount of bet and do it regularly, staying disciplined is the crucial part.

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Quote from: arhipova on February 09, 2023, 09:17:41 AM

Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

Yes, and I have said it in many posts. I can't remember the details, but the peak of my addiction was in 2010-11. however, point 1 and point 4, are exceptions. I remain firm and consistent, also responsible for my work until now. it never crossed my mind to gamble when I was doing activities or working. but by the way, for points 2 and 3, I once did something wrong and gambled beyond my usual limits at that time. but, not at online casinos because at that time land casinos were still the main choice when you wanted to gamble. yes, the experience that put me in a phase of difficult times. in short, I'm going through a troubled life and it's not easy to let go of habits that have become excessive routines.

To get rid of it, it's not easy believe me. it takes strong determination, and a desire to heal. despite the fact, to this day I still like to gamble. however there is a difference, not as extreme as it used to be. IMO, a good understanding and responsibility that allows me to have better control and how we define gambling itself. there is nothing better, than we define as fun entertainment with a budget ready to lose.

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Anger is also a sign. Normal people will play and just walk away when they lose, some with a little bad humor, but an addicted gambler may overreact, try to blame others, threaten people, maybe even become sick and depressed until he's able to play again. It's really a bad addiction if you fall deep into it.
First signs of gambling addiction are usually spending too much time playing when you should be doing something essential like going to work, sleeping, eating, studying. It's obvious when you're getting addicted but people lie to themselves and think it's not that bad.

A gambler that’s hooked would in most cases overreact and definitely blame others for his losses. Anger is an emotion that would come into view as well. The losses may be overwhelming to the gambler and in an attempt to shield himself from the blame of it all, he results to blaming and threatening others instead of himself. Self denial can be really harmful.
Signs of any addiction and not just gambling includes spending a whole lot of time feeding the addiction and neglecting other vital aspects of your life. In time, your life would crash and crumble cause you’ve been spending all the time feeding the addiction.

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Shouldn't this be refere to sever gambling addictions case, where the gambler have tge urge to keep playing while losing heavily because explanation they both refer to the same way a gambler who is into excessive gamblingis also cal a gambling compulsion since their actions will be very...

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Hence, it leads me to a conclusion that being a compulsive gambler is certainly a choice, not a chance. While others can still control the urge to gamble, these compulsive gamblers have a hard time to control themselves simply because they gamble without self-limits and discipline. They always gamble everytime they want to, so as an outcome, they become addicted in gambling that they find it hard now to control their urge because their actions are way more advanced than their thinking.

I would partly agree with that. I think that some people here have never had the displeasure of suffering from an addiction, whether gambling or otherwise. We are all human, we all make mistakes and we all have weaknesses. Sometimes the difference between a choice and a forced choice (by addiction) is hard to tell apart. But anyone who has known what it feels like, the feeling of desperation becomes a gun to one's head. So at that point, you cannot really call it a choice anymore. But rather it becomes an illness.

Although showing compassion to those people could be right or wrong, depending on whether it helps them overcome their illness or if it just reinforces it by enabling.

Sometimes i could really say up that these decisions been made which its impossible for a certain person for it not to be aware.We could really be able to distinguish good things from bad which even how addicted

you are or on having that compulsive type of condition which its impossible that your own self will cant be able to determine it but still you do end up on choosing on doing some unethical things which
it is really basing up with your own decision and you cant really blame up any possible reason to be attached with it.

You had made a choice and you are the ones who are really putting up yourself into big trouble.

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Quote from: Distinctin on February 10, 2023, 03:59:27 PM

Hence, it leads me to a conclusion that being a compulsive gambler is certainly a choice, not a chance. While others can still control the urge to gamble, these compulsive gamblers have a hard time to control themselves simply because they gamble without self-limits and discipline. They always gamble everytime they want to, so as an outcome, they become addicted in gambling that they find it hard now to control their urge because their actions are way more advanced than their thinking.

I would partly agree with that. I think that some people here have never had the displeasure of suffering from an addiction, whether gambling or otherwise. We are all human, we all make mistakes and we all have weaknesses. Sometimes the difference between a choice and a forced choice (by addiction) is hard to tell apart. But anyone who has known what it feels like, the feeling of desperation becomes a gun to one's head. So at that point, you cannot really call it a choice anymore. But rather it becomes an illness.

Although showing compassion to those people could be right or wrong, depending on whether it helps them overcome their illness or if it just reinforces it by enabling.

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Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

Loss of self-control and financial problems.

I believe that most of the gamblers are experiencing this disorder as most of them can't control their urge to gamble even more even though they lost a huge amount already. There are some gamblers out there who can't control themselves thus, they gamble more and more that it affects other people already and at the same time, it affects their mind as well. There are some gamblers though that can control themselves and they can stop whenever they wanted to.

Compulsive gambling is a serious disorder for gamblers and if you are having this, the best thing to get rid is either reach out to an expert or go to a place where there are no physical casinos or if they are gambling online, maybe at least don't let them use smartphone and observe them. As for me, fortunately I know when to stop whenever I'm gambling so I didn't experience this, and I hope I will not.

Hence, it leads me to a conclusion that being a compulsive gambler is certainly a choice, not a chance. While others can still control the urge to gamble, these compulsive gamblers have a hard time to control themselves simply because they gamble without self-limits and discipline. They always gamble everytime they want to, so as an outcome, they become addicted in gambling that they find it hard now to control their urge because their actions are way more advanced than their thinking.

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Quote from: Kelvinid on February 10, 2023, 07:55:59 AM

A desperate gambler will do stupid things without neglecting the risk and huge losses.
I'm sure I was not in that category and I hope I won't be there as well. Chasing what we lost in the past is somewhat impossible in gambling, so instead of thinking of it, we'd rather enjoy ourselves. In fact, gambling is designed to make us entertain, and winning from this is absolute luck.
That is why we don't need to be compulsive in gambling and act with high emotions or else, we just be disappointed.

Most time desperate mindset can lead to misfortunes that is why we need to try as much to control our urge anytime any day.
Becoming a consistent gambler is not always done when we try too hard. Tryin too hard can make up do the wrong things that would not help us at all. We need to be more focused and make sure that we go in a way that will be very comfortable for us not betting with big fund because of greed or just to impress people around us. Winning is an habit and we don't have to force it to ourselves.

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Quote from: Kelvinid on February 10, 2023, 07:55:59 AM

A desperate gambler will do stupid things without neglecting the risk and huge losses.
I'm sure I was not in that category and I hope I won't be there as well. Chasing what we lost in the past is somewhat impossible in gambling, so instead of thinking of it, we'd rather enjoy ourselves. In fact, gambling is designed to make us entertain, and winning from this is absolute luck.
That is why we don't need to be compulsive in gambling and act with high emotions or else, we just be disappointed.

Not "without neglecting" but they do neglect all the risk due to their stupidity or being desperate enough to win but a gambling casino won't get shocked about this kind of attitude. There is still no way that they will lessen their difficulty of winning and favour that gambler who rages. They aren't showing an emotions because if they do then they are the ones that will suffer.

It's nice that you aren't among that and don't wish you will be, because you are curious if what it feels like to be one. Chasing past losses is I think possible but that can only happen for some occasions like if we only lose small before and then we won a really huge amount. We should only ensure that we must not gamble high enough than the amount that we won if we don't want our gambling stats to become negative again.

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Quote from: arhipova on February 09, 2023, 09:17:41 AM

1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities

Some people will be in their office and still be gambling, some will be in critical condition and still be gambling, when it comes to gambling I think it's just better you are not addicted to it, because you might endup doing crazy things just for gambling.

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3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

Whenever a gambler is trying to recover loss, then he/she is still going to lose more and will never be able able to recover the loss, the more you are making attempts to recover your loss, the more you are losing. Some people get addicted to gambling because they are having mind set to recover their loss, which they will keep on gambling and they will keep on losing.

Quote from: arhipova on February 09, 2023, 09:17:41 AM

Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

One of the sign I know is that, some people are doing illegal things just to get money to gamble, I think that's one of the reasons why gambler's are always seen as bad people in my society, some gamblers do steal just to get money to gamble.

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Quote from: arhipova on February 09, 2023, 09:17:41 AM

how did you get rid of this ?

The realization will hit hard on those gamblers that are transitioning from being a gambler to a compulsive gamblers. Doing other important tasks that are being neglected due to gambling is a serious sign.
I saw many cases that have became like that and it stopped them from being productive into their jobs because all they think is about gambling, that's an unhealthy sign and I agree with people telling that asking for an expert like counselling is what these people need.

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"Compulsive" is a strong word here, if something is "compulsive" there are just two ways to control it, you either have a strong character, or there are some pills! Hard truth! If you can't control it it will eat you sooner or later, whatever it is... gambling, drugs, or some pussy!

I believe we all feel the urge to do some things, but before doing it we think about whether can we afford it or not... and about the consequences if we "overdo it". Compulsive people don't think, they just do it! They follow that urge no matter what and that gets them in trouble. Sooner or later, as I pointed out what happens if you lose control.

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The sure way to say that you have a gambling disorder is you lie about gambling. If you can't tell the truth or somehow, someway, you don't want to say it because they might think that you are an addict or something, that's already a sign that you are.

I have been observing friend of mine for the past year with gambling problem. I can honestly say that it's hard to get him to be honest about anything now especially when it comes to money. He has become terrible slotter in the past year where all his salary is no longer enough to pay off debts due to his gambling habit. He went into debt just to gamble and lose, it kept repeating itself every month and stupidly he just forgot to withdraw the winnings out of greed.

None of the wins have really covered his gambling debts and he is only working to pay off his gambling debts. It was obvious he had become compulsive on gambling and now anything to do with money would be really hard to believe.

This is not just being compulsive in gambling but definitely, a serious gambling disorder that leads to gambling addiction. Living in debt just because of gambling is most likely the worst possible scenario that could happen to a gambling addict, because it’s like he only does his job to pay for his debt, and not for him to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Although gambling could also be his kind of enjoyment, but gambling without limits and restrictions, will totally ruin his future.

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You can very often not recognize in a gambling addict that they are addicted to gambling. If someone doesn't get out much or is less heard from, that doesn't mean they have an addiction right? And often compulsive gamblers themselves do not want to admit that they are dealing with an addiction. That should be the first step towards a process to get rid of it. And finally, you can't force an addict to stop. That is perhaps the biggest problem. People must of their own free will recognize the addiction and deal with it.

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These signs you've mentioned are true signs of gambling addition and one ought to do something urgently about it especially when you begin placing gambling over regular jobs especially when you're not winning but rather losing and trying to chase after ones loss then you ought to seek professional help just as other users have said.
Most times, one of the major reasons why it seems people are getting addicted to gambling is the fact that most of them are already chasing their losses and in bid to recover them, make more losses and if you'll agree with me, you'll see that this singular factor alone is the major reason of gambling addition

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