I see a lot of people here talking about gambling responsibly. Yes, that is something very true, but have you ever been a gambling addict?
To be honest in the past I have spent a lot of money gambling. What I mean here is that I spent all my savings on gambling. Maybe the nominal amount is not that big but it makes me feel like a gambling addict. I spent 5 months of my savings on gambling. Currently I am aware and am in the stage of improving my own financial condition. Have you ever felt like a gambling addict? and how much did you lose in gambling?
As a gambler there must be a time that one will be an addict, it is when you have lost so much and learnt a hard lesson from your addiction that will make you discipline yourself. What I mean is that there was a time that I was so addicted to gambling because I misunderstood that gambling should be for fun, but I was seeing it as a means to make profit. I lost so big that it affected my financial life. I have to quit gambling for two years before I started gambling again, but this time I only gamble for fun with the little amount that I cam afford to lose.
Such a rethinking and difficult path has occurred for many, but what is important is what conclusions the person made after all this. Unfortunately, very often there are none. I'm glad that you've reached the level where you can bet for fun, even though you had to pay quite a price for it. There are also those who will not be able to understand this in their entire lives; they will constantly bet and lose and will never bet for fun. Something similar happened to me, so I understand you well.
There will also be those who, having reached your level, will reach a bet that will infuriate them and they will again go to another circle that they went through earlier and learned nothing.
There's no gambler that'll proudly day that he's never been addicted to gambling ever in his life and that's because of how addictive gambling can be. That been said, it's one thing to become addicted to gambling and totally a different thing to fight the addiction before it gets out on hand because living with the addiction is very detrimental and can easily ruin a a person's future.
I was once deeply addicted to gambling before and it was so bad that I was totally unable to save a dime rather I was constantly using every cent that I get to gamble and it was a very sad experience. I had to fight against it and luckily enough, I got over it