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Now the issue here is not about gambling much or being addicted in gambling and having nothing to proof our responsible gambling, we can be an occasional gambler and have a lot of thoughts concerning gambling even than the addicted ones, a gambler is expected to know what he's doing, focus on gambling responsibly and have some remarkable achievements to show for his gambling experience as what he has learnt and this is done not by how far but how well.
If a gambler can focus on gambling responsibly, he will not stray from his limits and will know when he should stop gambling and will not continue gambling because he wants to recover his losses. Those who have gained a lot of experience and lessons from gambling should be able to become gamblers who are more responsible for their gambling and will not chase their winnings. They already know that gambling is just entertainment in their spare time, so they can use gambling appropriately and will not gamble excessively.
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True, in any case learning is one of the best ways for a change for the better, in gambling of course if we feel that we have a lot of losing problems then it is clear as you suggest that we need to learn from those who are experienced or even gambling addicts, take the good and throw away the bad, on the other hand this will be really useful for us, we can see how the suffering of people who are addicted to all the problems they suffer and don't we want the same fate as them? of course, and one of the ways we can do is learn from their mistakes and change our gambling activities for the better, in the sense that we can be firmer in applying limits and always maintain self-awareness when gambling so that things that are not wanted do not happen. On the other hand I understand that it is quite difficult to do it completely but there is nothing wrong with us trying slowly so that later we can get used to it, and honestly on the other hand I also got a lot of insight and enlightenment after joining this forum and this is very useful.
By learning, we can gain useful experience so that we know how to respond to gambling. By experiencing defeat, we can see what needs to be improved so that we don't experience even bigger defeats, and by learning, we can correct the mistakes we have made. If we learn well, we can become responsible gamblers who will not indulge their egos in gambling. We can apply limits well, always maintain self-awareness when gambling, and will not chase wins that are still difficult to obtain. It is quite difficult to do, but we can try because by trying, we will form a new habit which will be useful for us in preventing many losses. It's okay if we still often lose in playing gambling later, but as long as we are still willing to try to learn, that's when our maturity will get better, and we can behave as we should.
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Getting to the level of addiction actually involves much experience, you can only get to the point of addiction after several trials which would have in a way or the other given you some level of experience with which you would have been gotten before you got to the point of addictive gambling.
Learning from a gambling addicted for me I don't consider it a healthy practice except such person is on the verge of quitting then such person can literally advice you well enough on the does and don't because at that point he has come to the realization that he has been addicted and is quitting knowing that his practice wasn't the best for him but for someone who's still addicted and yet to quit will literally not see some much wrong with their addiction and what they are doing so they will advise you to continue in the pattern just like the saying goes "misery love's company".
Becoming addicted to gambling does take time. We never know when someone will become addicted to gambling. Some people become addicted to gambling in a short time but can still control their gambling addiction. However, some people cannot control their gambling addiction and instead get deeper into their gambling. Many things can make us addicted to gambling, and all because we cannot control ourselves well while gambling.
Curing gambling addiction is not easy and requires hard work to get rid of thoughts about gambling until we can really control our thoughts so that we don't think about gambling. And it requires continuous practice so that we can successfully get rid of thoughts about gambling. Maybe doing other activities can help someone to remain aware that he must be able to overcome his gambling addiction before his gambling addiction really ruins his life. But most gambling addicts cannot see this and instead get deeper into gambling and increasingly enjoy gambling as an important activity in their lives so that they don't see any other activities that they can use in their free time.