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It's just that you have to be in moderation about everything.
If you have a headache you can take a tablet of analgin and the headache will go away. If you take too much analgin, in the most difficult situation you can get paralysis of the respiratory muscles and die from it.
If you like to eat good food but are unable to control the amount you eat, you will eventually develop obesity problems that will eventually lead to more serious illnesses.
If you don't know how to stop gambling at the right moment, then over time you will become a gambling addict.
It's very simple and this list can go on as long as you want. You need to know how to limit yourself and then everything will be fine.
Yeah, you're right that it's simple but sometimes the others can't take it seriously and they're the ones that's being in that situation. At first, they also know their limits but eventually, it is the emotion that had put them in that situation.
Addiction can arise from naive thoughts hoping to win the jackpot, chasing defeat, hoping to win to make something happen and hoping gambling can win and make it happen and many more who hope gambling is the solution. And thinking like that makes gamblers unable to control themselves and play with ambition and emotion which will actually make them keep losing and repeating it again because of high expectations.
and if we do it seriously and with consistent intention we can create new activities to do with our busy lives so that we forget about addiction more and what helps more is having a job and with this we can slowly reduce addiction due to time constraints, apart from work and other busy times for personal, family, friends and social interests. And with this you can make gambling a pleasure because you can do it in your free time and also limit yourself to gambling. But you also have to be disciplined and consistent with your original goals and you have to be able to manage your own finances and limit them when you have little time to gamble.
That's one solution to being busy with other things. It may be hard to resist at the beginning but when you started to put your interest into other things, you'll forget what you've been experiencing and you'll just have to enjoy the process that you're having. However, the other activity that's being done shouldn't be close to gambling so that you'll not be ending up doing the same thing and allotting time where you know what can happen again to you.