Topic: Stop gambling if you don’t have free time to do it - page 16. (Read 1886 times)

Addictions is one bad thing that starts as a joke and then being it will hit you hard untill you are able to nap yourself out of that state at a point because most of the time, some people continue in that addictions process untill they end up as a victim of the doverstating effects of that addictions that could result in some form of crisis that may not be good for the overall well being of the gambler, some times it best we gamble with the mindset that we are not chasing the winning and also not being over bearing in our gambling quest.

just curious, how long do you usually gamble after work? I've done the same thing for a while now as a way to unwind(I mean gamble after work) and I usually just gamble for an hour or perhaps an hour and a half which still leaves me a lot of time to do something else after gambling but then again, my work hours are flexible so I guess it is one of the reason why gambling after work doesn't affect me much.

Depends on your routine. As mentioned, you are playing after work wherein you have a choice to gamble on your rest days. Time management is the key if betting really has a place in your day. Also, no one is required to gambling daily; of course if there are other things that matters more, it should be prioritized. You had a job presentation and still chose playing 'til midnight and when it resulted to a problem, things will be generalized. It is no longer having the time to gamble but rather betting whenever you're free to do so and if you really want to. We re all free to skip days or weeks or even months if we have other things to do. Self-discipline, time management, setting of priority would be the bottomline here. I get the point and I appreciate it but there are just times we know what's bad and good but we still choose to do what might cause problem afterwards probably due to a drive.
Well, that escalated quickly. Again, it is not gambling which is only an activity but rather the bettor. We do all have control of our actions unless you are already having symptoms of addiction which will make you impulsive of gambling. Gambling is only an activity; money and entertainment are factors which triggers that drive within us. It is our responsibility to control those drives for us to do things properly.

Already you should know the effects of gambling in our lives is either change us for good or change us negatively which will affect your behavior activity and lifestyle most times when people are talking what matters all you could be thinking is how to achieve your gambling goals making you lose concentration toward how to shaping your life.

Gambling shouldn't be compared or merged with our daily routine or activities otherwise it will slowly leads us into destruction since we can't focused to work on ourselves concerning how to control the effects on us.

I think we should learn to control ourselves, not to allow greed take over us because to me betting when you place bet and noticed that you are losing, not only the first bet but in all why not stop and go to bed sleep and have rest over your work then prepare against the next day instead of vesting all your time gambling continuously without securing any winning over the night.

I think the subject title isn't appropriate since of course, how can you even do gambling in the first place if you don't have time to do it?

The appropriate title would be,

"Don't force yourself to gamble if amid our busy schedule"
"Stop gambling if it's affecting our real-life responsibilities already"

Either both, time management is important in our everyday life.

We should try to change, or much better remove already, some of our regular habits that don't contribute good anymore in our life.

We should gamble in moderation and in moderation as you do, because gambling excessively is not a good thing, especially when chasing victory, it is not recommended. There are people who gamble at the expense of part of their time, they even gamble for long sessions which is not recommended, such as gambling at work, in my opinion this should not be done, because during working hours we have to be professional with our work. which are owned.
I agree with you, basically I think gambling should be done in a relaxed manner, therefore it is better to gamble in your free time, because by enjoying gambling maybe it won't cause problems, rather than gambling with panic or fear. If you lose, it could be a potentially big problem, even though losses in gambling are certain to happen.

That's how gambling works if human abused of having it. Aside from health issue, time management issue, mental health issue, financial issue, it also affects your behaviour between your relationships that will be destroyed if not stopped immediately, and you can call it addiction.

I agree.  Gambling should be a form of entertainment.  If it is ruining your life in any way you should definitely stop.  It's just like everything else, moderation is the key to life.  Gambling is a huge addiction for people and with the ability to drain all of your money it's something that Definitely needs to be managed.

This depend on the type of gamble you are involved in. Some gamble are time consuming whereas some are not and can be done one off. Whatever be the type of gamble, they require some time and metal stability to be able to make clear decision. While those that can be done one off like sports betting, the only time required is that needed to make the selection, there after the bet can be placed while you face your other activities. On the other hand,  gambles that require one to spend time may be what you are referring to in this posts. They are actually engaging and emotionally draining, the reason I tend to refrain from most of them. Indeed they are not to be engaged in when time does not permit.

The first step to getting out of a problem is to first admit that there's a problem, and with the self realization of the problem will help the individual to find a solution, and I'm glad that you where able to see where your gambling problem lies and you delt with it. Prioritizing your time and knowing when to do things that needed to be done is very effective, so you shouldn't let gambling to disturb your capability of where you get your daily bread, because gambling doesn't assure you of steady income, infact you lose more than you profit in it. Gambling should be for your free time and remember to gamble the amount that you can afford to loose.

Even in weekends though when you do it and continue to lose money that will have an effect on your upcoming week as I know this from my personal experience,losing money makes one sad,it makes one even more sad when the losing of money continues and it never looks like a good session so one can make some money to forget about all those lost amounts.

For your mental health this is very bad and it is going to impact your personal life if you have one and of course your job life,there is no doubt about it,in such situations the best thing to do is to ask for professional help and quit gambling for good.

I do gamble on several occasions but I don't mince my resting time with gambling I know it's not good because it's only one of many signs of gambling addiction. Never at a time should we make the mistake of giving up the time that is resourceful to our source of income to spend it on gambling as it would affect our productivity to work, perhaps also putting our job security at risk for an activity as gambling that is not reliable.

I don't like panicking while gambling because it doesn't make you stable to make better choices with your predictions in the case of sports games, and it doesn't make sense that I should not be enjoying an activity I was supposed to be enjoying just because am doing it at the wrong time and don't have much time to engage in it as should at a much free time.

It's like an addiction we know too well, we are aware of gambling addiction but we still keep doing it and then advise someone to not do it.

It's not unusual though. A gambler should know as they experience it themselves. Its good to see he didn't quit his job just to gamble so he still has his priority on set and can go on without gambling.

For me, gambling is okay, maybe if you ask me personally, of course I will answer, gambling doesn't have to have a special opportunity or time to do it, the point is that we are aware and understand our real work.

So far I only gamble for about 1-2 hours on certain types of games, yes of course this time can drain our energy and time, for this reason I currently only like to gamble on sports betting types, Maybe this type of sports betting doesn't require a certain amount of time, once we are sure about the sports bet we are placing, of course we don't have to control it anymore like slots, we just have to wait for the final result of losing and winning, I think those who are busy in the real world, maybe gambling in the sports arena is a good choice to save free time.

Amen to this, I’m a slot player too and I spend less time too on playing it since there’s a quick feature already to fast forward the games compared before during the initial introduction of slot which the quick spin is still very slow.

Besides I usually stop immediately whenever I hit a huge multiplier except when I hit the high multiplier too early while I’m still satisfied on playing slot games. Lastly my assurance that I will not be overly committed on slot game time is I’m using only small amount of money as budget for my slot game. This method guarantees a quick win or lose result for me.

I don't think anyone would like to waste their money on gambling by just throwing it away into some bet without wanting to do a proper check of what they want to stake before they go ahead. If a gambler is doing that to be quick to bet again as soon as they lose, there are two main causes of that and that is lack of emotional control and leading to greed because such gambler doesn't want to lose his money so he doesn't give time to prepare before betting another one.

Of course, anything you do without proper preparation then you are likely to be crashing out of it. You don't really need so much of time to gamble but what you need is to use your preparatory tools and check on your research tools before taking a bet and if you lose, you need to understand what is wrong and know the mistake made before you go betting again. You don't have to bet minutes after minutes because you are losing, no because you will keep losing.

I also experienced that on our fiesta I could not stop going to the carnival in our place where there betting tables, even when I'm tired from work I always leave the tables at their closing time that's midnight and that leaves me only 5 hours of sleep as I need to get up my 5 in the morning.

I cannot stop going because I will miss the excitement and my chance to make money, it only stops after the fiesta and I lose weight because of this, I lack sleep and am always too tired.  

Don't play games that will consume a lot of your time, instead choose to gamble on sports. When you already have a free time, then you can play any games that you want. Rest is really important, taking naps or consume caffeine when you're sleepy won't recover the quality of rest in night time.

And the most important thing is, even though you've change your gambling habit, it will not affect to your winning chance.

I think that trying to create time for your gambling activities, depriving you from doing the needful at that moment means that you are getting addicted to gambling, and you are gambling to make profit, and not for fun. This is why you prefer to gamble in the night, and dose in the office the next day, forgetting that your work that gives you the money you use to gamble, is at stake too.

If we believe that gambling is a means of entertainment, then we should gamble at our time reserved for it, so that we can have all the fun without affecting us tomorrow. It is addiction that will make you forget about the right things to do at the right time, because you want to double your money all the time, but the funny part is that you will always run at loss.

This is why time limit is also important thing when we are dealing with gambling activity.
Gambling after work is fine but you should not spend too much time for it, you should know when to start and when to stop wisely.
Frankly speaking, I was at the same situation few years ago when I spent most of my time playing poker game but luckily I realized that I did it wrongly so I started to have time limit on how long to play per gambling session.
Now I do not play poker as much as what I did in the past, I'm now a slot player so I can spend less time but I can still enjoy the game.