Topic: Taking a break in gambling - page 10. (Read 1005 times)

This is the common reason why gamblers take a break. It’s not really a voluntary break but rather you don’t have any choice than to stop since you don’t have enough money to continue. Pursuing gambling while on this state usually ended up being a compulsive gamblers and worst is by resorting to crime such as theft just to get extra money.

I usually take a break on gambling if I’m not in the mood to lose money/ don’t have money that I can afford to lose. Sometimes even if I have enough money on my bank I feel not in the mood to lose some of it if I don’t have any motivation to win on gambling.

Until now there are no plans to stop gambling because the level of gambling has not yet reached the addiction stage. Gambling activity is only limited to weekly, not yet reaching the daily stage where you spend more time at the gambling table than working to earn money.
When Saturday and Sunday arrive, that's when I take advantage of the time to bet on sports betting. While waiting for the game to start, play slots for a while with the money limit that has been set.

In my case, I only focus on placing bets on games in the big leagues in Europe, as well as placing bets on games in the European Champions League and the European League, these are games that start in August or September and end in April or May. This means that they stop from May to August so that the players can go on vacation and I also go on vacation when these games stop, I go on vacation because I don't bet on anything until the games resume, there are also some times that even With the games taking place, I have stopped placing bets, because I always want to maintain my self control. when a person always plays games and doesn't take vacations, then the person thinks about games all the time and this becomes the beginning of the big disaster

For example, a person becomes dependent on games, they cannot go without thinking about playing, which is why it is very important that the person always tests themselves by staying for a while without playing and staying for a while without thinking about games and A person should ask themselves if they could live without playing. If a person can go a while without thinking about games, if a person can go a while without playing, then that person is in good mental health, at least they are not addicted to games. but when a person cannot live without thinking about games, then that person needs urgent treatment

In order to give a break from gambling I try to not let my mind empty, or to stay at home for long periods of time without anything to do, because when you have nothing to do or to think about, temptations start playing a big role in your thoughts, almost like forcing you doing dumb things.

It's particularly hard to take a break from gambling right after you face a considerable loss, because you keep thinking about recovering that money somehow, even though it was a sum of money you destined responsively to gambling purposes. So you have a hard time concentrating in other things, as recovering the money through further gambling sessions seem to be the essential task to accomplish.

In this case, you need to make a lot of extra effort in order to succeed taking a break from gambling. Personally, I have seen such temptations disappear only after several days or a week and few days after the loss incident, what means you have to be very disciplined to not fall.

for me personally, i take time to take a break from gambling when i am in an unlucky situation, such as a losing streak or when my money is running low so it is impossible for me to continue my gambling. i think that taking a break from gambling is actually necessary, especially when you are in a difficult position, because by taking a break it means you are learning about priorities that there are things that are much more important than your gambling.

even though taking a break may be difficult at first, the desire to continue gambling is definitely there, but a responsible gambler needs to determine their priorities and ensure that gambling does not overlap with other things in their life.

If you're a responsible gambler and you do not consider gambling as your priority, you can take a vacation anytime you, your decision to take a vacation while the value of Bitcoin is increasing is a good decision, I'm also limiting my time, and saving my Bitcoin.
But when the market is in bear I usually stop or take a vacation after I lose a large amount, of money that I should have not lost, I do it to shrug off the frustration it's my decision that after I suffer a huge loss that I will continue to gamble.
Because I will just remember all my losses and I will just chase my losses that's what happened to me in the past,  so is better to take a week off or just come back when you are ready and have forgotten your losses.
Taking a break is important in gambling so you will break the habit that will lead you to addiction.

Don't hold any stanby money ~xd

Work all the time, especially while you are win a big. My biggest advice, try to use the money you are win to buy some stuff and tried to treat your self with somethings. Once you spend the money, all money you are win from your gambling activity are not gonna back on casino.

I mostly buying a car/bike (If really bike) or new phone.

If it's about taking a break, just think of it that you're going to spend the money or the bankroll there for food. You just take break by eating good food. At least what I do when I take a break.

And about the instances that makes me take into break, of course the losing streak makes me want to take a break when I can't contain it anymore.

Everyone can't take the emotion when we're always losing and that's hard to beat when you're unlucky in particular.

When I want to stop gambling, I will immediately stop and divert my mind to other things around me. I will probably use my time more often to do things I rarely do. Maybe I'll go to a friend or relative's house and spend time together or go somewhere different so my mind won't think about gambling. But when I'm alone and have nothing to do, I often watch films at home because I subscribe to certain TV channels, so it's easy for me to find current popular films. This depends on how you spend your time when you want to stop gambling for a while. It can train you to divert your mind from thinking about gambling, and the more often you do it, the more your mind will be trained to be able to divert thoughts about gambling immediately.

Many people stop for a while in gambling, for example when their family's finances decline or they experience big losses every time at the gambling table. This is what makes them think about not continuing it again.

It's a good step for you to take a break from the gambling table and switch to investing in Cryptocurrency. Investment will bring us profits if we are right in choosing the coins we hold.

If you return to gambling by claiming bonuses or anything that produces free money such as airdrops, testnet or other things, that is your full right. Personally, if I got a jackpot from an airdrop, of course I would prefer investing compared to gambling.

I am a casual gambler who occasionally gambles not very often so I consider myself gambling only when I am on a break from something so I don't know how to recommend taking a break for someone who needs a break from gambling.

AFAIK, if someone feels they need to take break from gambling then they are most likely addicted to gambling and at that point, just getting rid of is not feasible but can consider reducing the frequency instead of cold turkey that is similar to break and when you come back again the severity of the addiction will worsen than before that is not really good.

Actually there is no reason for me to stop gambling, maybe because I gamble responsibly and can control it well, let alone making gambling just for entertainment, not for making money, coincidentally I only gamble on weekends, around Saturdays and Sundays where I every Monday to Friday I'm busy working and quite tired, that's why I need additional entertainment from gambling, but sometimes there are times when I stop gambling for a moment just because I'm on holiday with my family because I think time with them is much more important than gambling.

I'm not a crypto gambler so I only use stablecoins to gamble and maybe you are a crypto gambler who has to hold your crypto to get a profit from holding it, especially if the price of the crypto you hold increases, of course it's very unfortunate if your crypto is used for gambling, but actually You can still use stabilcoin to gamble, it all depends on you, I don't give any advice because you didn't ask for it, I think it's okay to stop gambling for a while because it will help you also reduce your gambling habits.  

Doing other things that could occupy my time? Playing basketball, socializing and having a little drink. There are many things you could do to entertain oneself however it is not easily done especially if you are intentionally wanting to stop. There would always be a reason; drive to earn money or you re just used to it. I understand those who are having a hard time taking a pause especially if they're from a huge loss. To be frustrated is just valid and normal simply because that is an unwanted outcome. Same reason why you have to be preventive of betting an amount outside your loss tolerance.

Another struggle is getting used to it. If most of your time is being spent in gambling then for sure it would be hard taking a break just like with quitting smoking. But if you are struggling that much then you are either compulsive or problematic already and you need to consider asking for help. If you find it hard to function on your work or just with your daily life habits, then things should be really managed. Try it with small steps or one at a time. Create intervals between your gambling engagements. You don't have to do it in a instant, sometimes trying is already enough.

Do something else.
Be busy with something. It can be anything. In my case, I watch long TV series or movies. That will keep my head thinking about the next episode and not about gambling.
I think that's the only secret to avoid gambling, we must have something else on our mind that will keep us occupied the whole day until we rest our eyes. Keep away from social media too because it can lead to having the urge to gamble because of the advertisements there. Avoid watching films with gambling in their scripts because that could also trigger your urge to gamble.
You could also try to just focus on your work if you do have one. Or since you are holding cryptocurrencies, then just be updated about the recent movement, news, and other things that will help you out in knowing more about the cryptocurrencies that you are holding.
There are many ways to do that either with books, the internet, or this forum. Just avoid the gambling section for not.

Not thinking of quitting gambling now but sometimes I need to take a short break for other more useful purposes such as investing in crypto or focusing on other things that make me believe it will be profitable then I have no ambitions such as when there is profit from profits for gambling because gambling is just fun.

Because now I have felt a good impact where when the money is not there, I do not force myself to gamble every week sometimes I take a break for 2 weeks or even a month depending on the situation, when returning to gambling, I will bring a small bankroll as possible to prevent losing a lot of money.

One of my reasons is the same as yours, which is that it's better to hold onto the coins I have in the current phase and use the weekly bonus if I get it if I want to gamble or get tips from my friends. Another reason is because I'm currently quite busy and don't have time to gamble so I guess with the short time limit it will take away from my gambling sessions to the point where I can't have fun with it, and lastly I want to invest more for this year, I don't know how strong I am not to gamble, but I want to try and stay away from gambling for some time, maybe two quarters or two months.lol

Having little money left to comfortably part ways with little for gambling purposes,
Having a series of losses lately and don’t feel motivated enough to play some more,
Having played quite consistently over a couple of months and just want a break and change from the gambling scenes.

Irrespective of your reasons, go on and take that break when you need it. It helps.

Busyness to work makes me always take a break on gambling or I can simply say that work stopping me gamble more due to my work load of my job. I rarely have a time to gamble which is why weekends is always best for me to gamble but I split it to my family and friends. I’m glad to play this way because I never become addicted or have a frequent urge on gambling due to lack of free time in daily basis.

As I already mention. I do most of my time working and free time is either socializing or movie marathon on Netflix and Bilibili still the perfect chill moment of my life.

I take breaks from gambling when I feel it's becoming too consuming or if I notice any negative impact on my mood or finances. For me, it was more about wanting to focus on other aspects of my life that I felt were being neglected due to the time and energy I was putting into gambling. I’ve found that engaging in other hobbies and interests has been beneficial. Reading, exercising, and spending time with loved ones have all been great ways to fill the time that was previously occupied by gambling.

There has got to be something that you are interested in doing other than gambling. Building your kids a tree house will like to eat your time for the whole month.

Here is something you might try, watch an HBO series that has more than 3 seasons because this will make you wanna stay right on your sofa for a long time and forget about your bets. There's got to be a popular TV series that you missed that your buddies were talking about.  Works for me, try these series.

True Detective
Walking Dead
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones