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Being free from gambling requires making a good decision and standing by it and it takes a long while for one to be free from gambling which depends on what the person gamble for, if it's plainly for fun and the person is discipline with their bankroll then the person can be free from it but a situation where the person is addicted and can't control their habits then it's going to be hard for such gambler to be free from gambling forever except otherwise.

A player who has been gambling for a long time will not just quit gambling. And simply resisting your desire to play is not the right choice, because it will not go away and then you will have a feeling that you are limiting yourself against your will. It is better to limit your budget, play for small stakes and try to do it as rarely as possible. Find other sources of income, find another hobby so that it takes up more of your time, this is the best way, if there is such a task - to get away from gambling.

I have been gambling for quite a long time already, and more time comes, the less I want to play. In the past I was seriously interested in playing online poker, I loved free roll tournaments a lot and low stakes texas holder used to steal hours of my evening. I think around 20 years ago, poker was more than a hobby to me, but rather a financial bonus. But with time I start to feel cold for poker or gambling. I dont see anything new for me in it. I can say that I am lucky (and I think God saved me from busting all the money) because gambling never managed to turn me addicted, I barely had gambling budget (mostly I gambled with random amounts). I did not even had to resist desire to play. If I wanted, I gambled. With all that background I feel like I can quit (more correct pause, as I dont believe in such long future planning) without any harm, pity, hesitation. So all I am saying that everything comes from a person, if a person wants, he will never be addicted.

What you said is real. However, you are an outlier and not the norm. The majority don't slide out this clean. It wasn't just choice that saved you, it was lack of compulsion. That is not willpower either. For some, it's a circle. Hook, thrill, hope, and shame. Repeat.

It's too simple to say, "If someone wants, they won't be addicted". It's not fair for people to have to cry over lost rent money at 2 a.m. Simply wanting something is not enough. This industry is driven by systemic design, dopamine reinforcement, and trauma gaps.

Be proud of your story. Do not, however, reduce the mental side of addiction to pure will. The industry doesn't care about what's real in this way.

Or simply it would be just that on normal approach and this is something that you should be that be wary and in overall it would be just that depending on someones approach or actions on whatever that they have decided in regarding into your actions. It would be that impossible that you cant be able to determine or distinguish into the actions that you are currently doing. It will be that up to you on how you do make up things accordingly and actually its not that bad to gamble as long you do make yourself that wary about into those risk involved about it specially for you to become that addicted with it then its normal that you would be having that kind of consideration on having that good control and discipline in dealing up with it. You cant be ending up being addicted if you are just that sensible into the actions you are taking. When we are that dealing up with gambling then make it sure that you wont be that messing up your life with it specially when it comes to finances.

Is not bad to gamble as long you do make yourself that being responsible and having that limitation when it comes into the funds that you are using. Always consider about into the amount on which you can afford to lose. Never ever make yourself that being that too impulsive or trying out to be greedy because at the moment or time that you cant be able to control yourself then this is where most people would be having those issues. You wont be able to quit up gambling if you are having that addiction on which this is mostly the main issue for most people or most gamblers out there just because they've been that too much involving into it. Its not bad to gambler as long you are that having that limitation and do know on when to stop. There would be no bad things to happen if you are just that wary and been that discipline on your spending.