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I think the biggest sign that you aren’t addicted to gambling is if you can stop and feel no ill effects. For example, we’re all addicted to our phones. Leave the house without yours and you feel naked and incomplete. If going a week without gambling leaves you feeling similar, like you’re missing something you need, then maybe you might be addicted.

The phone addiction you mentioned is right, if you go out without your phone there is a kind of boredom that you will feel because we are so compactible and accustomed with our phone but we can't even help that or can we ?  Grin Maybe for online addicts, phone addiction could be termed as positive addiction. Yes if you miss to gamble for sometime probably because you are busy in another schedule and you don't regret not gambling it means you are walking away from addiction. In fact, for an addict no other schedule come first if not gambling and betting the day's game.
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I have never been addicted to gambling to the point where my life becomes worthless. However, I have experienced an addiction to console gaming, where my entire day revolved around playing games from the moment I woke up until I went to bed. It was a state of restlessness where I felt uneasy whenever I couldn't hold my favorite gaming console.

When it comes to addiction, the symptoms may be similar to other types of addiction, and there is usually a breaking point where someone will stop being addicted. In my case, what pulled me out of the addiction was boredom. The more I understood the game's mechanics and my curiosity about it diminished, the easier it became for me to break free from the cycle of addiction.
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I think the biggest sign that you aren’t addicted to gambling is if you can stop and feel no ill effects. For example, we’re all addicted to our phones. Leave the house without yours and you feel naked and incomplete. If going a week without gambling leaves you feeling similar, like you’re missing something you need, then maybe you might be addicted.
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Having those signs indicate nothing. In fact, a gambling addict would try to find those signs and then try to convince themselves that they aren't a gambling addict. What made you think that all gambling addict do some sort of illegal activity, or gambles illegally or is dishonest. I am sure there are lots of addicts out there that gambles "legally", yet they can't stop. Also, don't forget, all "addicts" starts as a non addict first and then eventually becomes addicted to something. One shouldn't just look at the signs that you posted and start believing that they aren't a gambling addict. If you gamble, gamble for fun. Think of it as a paid form of entertainment rather than a source of money.
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Lack of Loss Chasing

I believe this a very good sign for and against the topic. If someone who gambles a lot and he does this then it is clear he is addicted to gambling because as he is chasing his losses, he will keep making more losses on it until he loses all. But some who is not an addict will take his lose as one of those phenomenon where you play and don't win. He won't dwell on the agony of defeat or loses. Chasing of loses is really a way to determine how addicted someone is to gambling or not.
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Maybe they have difficulty knowing whether they are addicted or not. But I guess if a person keeps returning to the casino and playing some gambling games, he seems to have started getting addicted...
And I keep returning to casinos and some games I love! As I said many times, we are all addicted to something... so we are all addicts in many ways. It's just a question do we control our addiction (and how we do it) or addiction controls us?
Yes, I also keep returning to the casino, just like you. Maybe those are signs that we are already addicted to gambling because we keep returning to gambling even if we move casinos. Still, the point is we are back to gambling.

I agree that this is about how we control ourselves while gambling. And even if we keep returning to the casinos and gambling, we won't be swayed into spending more money.

And with self-control, we can learn to continue playing gambling comfortably without worrying about using more money.
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Gambling addiction can't be identified easily, because most of the gamblers keep it as a secret and never reveal it to the outer world.
A person who have the ability to understand his/her position at gambling is not addicted to gambling. Simply when a person is in loss, he should know to take a break than making the bet value high to recover the loss. This is kind of addiction to have the wallet balance same as the start of the wager.
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•Stable Tolerance

This would be everything on which you do have that kind of tolerance on different situations whether you are on the consecutive losses situation or you are on the moment that you have almost lost your money
on which this is where emotions would usually kicked in on which it would really be that resulting on having that kind of approach which you would really be that impulsive on these kind or type of moments if you
dont have that kind of self control or tolerance on such condition.Its true that not all person would really be that the same when it comes to self control but this one is really that indeed crucial and much needed.

Just treat up gambling for entertainment and not a source of income and youre good. Usually people do push up themselves on doing gambling because of having that making money kind of thinking
on which they are really that believing that they could make themselves rich on the time that they would gamble, until the reality would slap up into their faces and telling
that it cant really be possible but its been already late since the damage has been done already.
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Guess I'm not addicted to gambling, then Cheesy

Even before I was regularly gambling, I wasn't really that hooked into playing. I find gambling as a pastime rather than an opportunity to make money. $20 on dice a week is enough for me, and I never did extend way beyond that set budget as that already lasts me an hour or two in the casino. Honestly, it becomes boring after you do it repetitively - at least for me who's only in gambling to kill time and not profit.
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This is a nice topic, thanks, buddy. You did a fantastic job organizing these signs. They serve as a gentle reminder that gaming may be a relaxing hobby if we maintain self-discipline. Everyone enjoys a good adrenaline boost after a victory, but who needs the drama of obsession? Your emphasis on steady tolerance is spot on. Fun, not money, is what the game is all about. The time to take stock is when the activity ceases to be enjoyable and more is required to have the same effect.

Not to mention the need of exercising restraint. The most valuable player award. Having the self-discipline to say "no" and mean it is a priceless asset. It prevents us from straying off course in the same way that car brakes do. Another positive indicator is that you prioritize your health and wellbeing. Healthy eating, regular exercise, and plenty of sleep should never be neglected in favor of gaming. Thank you so much for the advice. Trust me, they're helpful even in trading, which is a completely different kind of addiction (count me in lol)1
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Heathly relationship with gambling sounds cool, I doubt there are many users who have such signs on popular gambling platforms. Sometimes I open the gambling chat and gonna read what people type each other. After a few hours, the same people on the chat were discussing the same things and this is a clear sign of gambling addiction. Such addicts look for additional money to continue chasing losses and recover the loss. Pathetic but sad reality on many gambling platforms, unfortunately.
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   -  Signs that you are not a gambling addict are that you rarely gamble, you can control yourself gambling in a casino. You just do it as a hobby really and you don't think of it as a main source of income.

Regular gambling doe not mean a gambler is addicted as long as he still have the control over his activities.  Some gambler have allocated a fixed schedule for their gambling routine just to have some entertainment and stop after the schedule expired.

You are only doing this to pass the time so that you can forget your problem for a while or if it is called in another term it is stress relief. And you didn't let gambling eat up your time here for a long time, of course. And you don't spend a lot of money just to lose the gamble.

I agree, this behavior does not constitutes to gambling addiction, having a time limit for gambling, fund that we can afford to lose for allocation as bankroll after all this all falls under gambling in moderation and self-control that simply means the gambler is gambling responsibly.
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  • Lack of Loss Chasing
    When you lose, you do not attempt to bet more and more, with the mindset of winning back what you’ve lost. Rather you "leave" to bet another day.
This is the reason why many gamblers have that greedy essence on their own perspectives. When we're losing, we tend to gamble more and chase more our losses.

But then those that have been problematic about it and experienced that there should be a control when this comes to them. One of it fits what OP said about not chasing anymore with those losses.

You can lose for this day but don't rush to recover them as soon as possible. Maybe by tomorrow or some other day, that's when you're going to go chase that losses until you break even or recover at least a few percentage from those losses.
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You're not that much affected with your losses and you're the type of person that just enjoys everything in gambling. That's my indication that I am not an addicted gambler.

Too much gambling can make you an addicted gambler because having too much attention and activity in gambling makes you one.

I think you're just describing me mate Grin just kidding!

I agree, because I personally gamble when I only feel the urge to gamble (not that often) especially during the times where I need to keep myself entertained while I'm trying to relax myself from all the day's work from my main job. I know that this type of entertainment that I've chose is quite expensive but I can manage because I only bring some funds that I can afford to lose so that I will not be forced by any factor that will try to make me deposit more.
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Well, though all your points are true and on point about the indications of when someone isn't addicted to gambling, I believe one can just determine if they are addicted to gambling or not if they are not chasing their losses and are gambling with discipline which means they have a fixed budget or time for their gambling activities and they strictly follow that, they might not gamble some days but if they do, they do it according to their discipline.

But that can only be done by a specific group of people with a lot of self-control and not everyone can have that much self-control when it comes to gambling, and being impatient will make you gamble without following any discipline but do it whenever you feel the urge or have money.
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Identifying whether we are a gambling addict or not can actually be done by ourselves, as long as we can be in a calm state and are willing to self-introspect. But usually an addict will not want to say that he is an addict, because maybe they also realize that there are negative connotations in the word addiction.
We can realize that we are an addict if we are doing something that should be done, for example spending time gambling when there is work that has not been completed and so on. The points made by Op are also criteria where we are not categorized as addicts, but don't let it happen that when we feel we are not addicts we actually do things that go beyond the limit.
I know that person, he is my friend, who does gambling where work or other things that he should do first are completed, instead choosing to take the time to do gambling, but he says that he does not feel like a gambling addict, and what he did what I noticed was excessive, so he used the money from selling his own motorbike, saying if I won I would buy a motorbike twice as luxurious as the one he was selling for capital in gambling.
Well it's exactly what I said, they won't want to be told they're an addict, or they'll even react more than they should, for example they'll get offended and angry when we say they've become a gambling addict.
In such a situation we will actually be completely wrong in acting, if we let them be our friends who should as friends should remind each other, if we remind them, they will react which will make us also upset because our good intentions are actually rewarded with an unexpected response.
If I may suggest, you should not let your friend, because if you let it, it might be even worse. I'm afraid that if you don't care, you will be blamed for not reminding them, even though you tried but gave up.
There are many experiences about this, but some people can accept it consciously, while others find it very difficult and respond negatively.
It's funny sometimes if you think about it, we are the ones who have to remind, we are also the ones who have to be patient with people like that. But this is life. It wouldn't be fun if there weren't people like that, Lol.
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Interesting list/advice thanks for share and for opening such discussion.

I would also add to this list (as  add-on to the last point)
absence of compulsive betting on events of which one has a no real knowledge.

have no fixed appointments with the games like setting limits for betting in a certain time/days
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A good list, however, I should note that in most cases, addiction is a dynamic process - it does not occur in one second (just like one does not become alcoholics from one glass of wine) and even in an addicted person it manifests itself stronger or weaker.
Therefore, if you are concerned about the question of whether you are addicted, then you should check such lists/signs regularly and not just once.
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Maybe they have difficulty knowing whether they are addicted or not. But I guess if a person keeps returning to the casino and playing some gambling games, he seems to have started getting addicted...

And I keep returning to casinos and some games I love! As I said many times, we are all addicted to something... so we are all addicts in many ways. It's just a question do we control our addiction (and how we do it) or addiction controls us?


These signs suggest a healthy relationship with gambling and indicate that you are not addicted.

That's something we should all strive for, healthy relationships. It's when we are honest with ourselves and others. When we know our possibilities and that our actions have consequences.

When it comes to gambling, it's all fun and games as long as we know our priorities and we spend what we can afford to lose. So the thing is not about whether is anyone addicted or not, the question is does gambling affect your life in general?! If you don't neglect important things in life (family, work, everything else) because of gambling and you don't have financial difficulties, then you don't have any problems.
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Today, let's shift our focus and discuss something different instead of constantly addressing gambling addiction. So, I've decided to bring up a new topic: signs that indicate you are not addicted to gambling. Let's explore bets and low stakes.  You do not pursue bigger wins, higher stakes, high gambling risks.

These signs suggest a healthy relationship with gambling and indicate that you are not addicted. What other signs do you know of?
OP I applaude your effort in creating this particular thread because to be honest there's been lost of threads relating to gambling addiction but this is different and I want include other features of non addicted gamblers
They Set Fnancial limits- a gambler who deposits a limited funds to casino and do not exceed his limits is not likely to be addicted, because they already set a standard and living by it.
they Avoid chasing losses- it is very wise to know when to quit and the more you continue to try to recover your loss there's a great tendency that you'll be likely to loss more, thereby betting more and gradually becoming addicted.
They're time conscious- most gamblers with the quest to earn more lose track of time thereby making them spend most of their time, but a non addicted gamblers is time conscious and focus on other activities asides gambling.
See gambling as a form of entertainment- most gamblers that come into the world of gambling with this motive have a low tendency of being addicted because they take it as an agenda to have fun and gain pleasure.
gamble at the right state of mind- most gamblers gamble when they're stressed, depressed or having a poor mental health, which in turn could make them lost focus thereby loosing more and becoming addicted because they're try to recover their loss and bet more.
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