Quote from: internetional on August 05, 2023, 07:01:02 PM

You're right, @danadc. Balancing optimism with realism is crucial when addressing gambling addiction. Encouraging responsible play and setting limits can help prevent excessive losses and potential harm. It's important to approach individuals who are heavily involved in gambling with sensitivity and provide support to help them make healthier choices.

And what those healthier choices may be? In my opinion it's smaller bets. Don't increase the size of your single bets and don't increase the number of bets in hopes to win more. That's the key. If you find it entertaining to try your luck now and then, do it. But do it repsponsibly, never going over your daily limit.

Quote from: poodle63 on August 06, 2023, 12:00:18 AM

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How can those play less once they have no intention to stop from playing it? The addiction was coming from themselves. When someone feels he has been losing the game and he wanna recover from their loss and this is triggering addiction to come as soon as possible.
People are just putting in as much money as possible to be able to recover their losses. The only key to avoiding addiction if people can accept their loss if they were not lucky enough playing in the gambling like slot.
As long as they can accept their loss and they may not be addicted to it. The feeling of recovering their loss is making them addicted to gambling.

Yes, that's true in many cases. Don't lose to gambling the amounts you are uncomfortable with losing. That's my advice to such people. I mean, losing any amount can be uncomfortable. I just lost $4 on slots, and I don't feel good about it. But I'm not going to break my neck trying to recover it. I'll just forget it and move on. Just think of the amount you are more or less OK with losing before your gambling adventure.