Quote from: Pmalek on February 10, 2020, 10:05:25 AM

People who want to stop gambling just stop. They don't find reasons why not to and excuses why they can't. It's like smoking. You either stop over night or you never stop. All those limitations like I will only smoke 5 a day don't really work. I don't know anyone who has stopped smoking that way.

I am going on holiday in a few days with a couple of friends. All of them are poker and slot machine fans. I am not. We do have sports betting in common though. I already know how much I will spend gambling on sports. We are going to try and win some money to have a better time elsewhere. If it doesn't work it doesn't work.

My point it, It's OK to gamble a little bit but if you get hooked to it, you don't have anyone else to blame but yourself. People recover from cancer, loosing arms and legs in accidents. Those are real problems. Understand what is important in your life. Your health and your family or that feeling you get when you gamble. If you can't differentiate between those two you are lost.

A certain gambling addict cannot stop gambling instantly, just like how you compared it to smoking addiction. If you are really eager to quit gambling, you need to completely stop it, you cannot end it by reducing the time or the money you spent on it. Always think about the consequences and find some alternatives so that you can focus on it instead of gambling.

Quote from: Lecam on March 05, 2020, 10:28:45 PM

Quote from: Fappanu on March 05, 2020, 02:39:37 PM

Well, for me i will not leave gambling because this is my stress reliever especially in my work schedule. But i dont gamble in Dice and in other gambling that based on luck i only gamble in Sport Betting like in Basketball especially in Boxing because I'm very happy to watch boxing and this give me good relaxation while im in home..

It's good for you because you gamble only for stress reliever and I think you enjoying gamble. Some gamblers they gamble because they want to win big money they want an instant money but they don't know they are getting addicted on gambling. So it's so nice for you sir because you gonna gamble for only to enjoy and have fun.

Consider it a good thing that you are not considering gambling as something that would feed your greed for money, you are instead using it for entertainment. Keep on doing what you're doing to suffice satisfaction over your stress reliever but still be mindful so that it wouldn't end up in addiction leading to an unhealthy financial state.