Hello to all! Another topic about casinos and games. I started playing at the Stake.com quite often. At the very beginning I thought I would just play in the evening, but one evening turned into a constant game during the day. On the first deposit, I was lucky and I took out a little, it was x3 of my deposit and I was happy. Recently, I just started making stupid deposits and trying to win something and I understand that this is self-deception, but I cannot stop and make more and more deposits. I decided to make the 1st level of VIP, but for this I need to make a turnover of 10k dollars, but I am a player with low stakes and this is difficult for me to do. You seem to understand everything that you will lose, but you go to play again. How to get rid of gambling addiction?
Like any addiction, the only way to rid yourself of it is to truly want it and going "cold turkey" is probably the only way to do it. Hopefully the sites that you use offer some kind of opt-out mechanism as I've found those pretty helpful in the past. If you can self exclude then go for the maximum time allowed and simply find some other hobby to keep yourself busy instead, maybe download a free or cheap game (without microtransactions!) that can keep you entertained instead or head to twitch to watch other people as a form of free tv channel. Ultimately you need to learn how to break the habit yourself, try to identify any triggers that draw you back in and stay busy so your mind does not wander back to gambling.