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Quote from: mcdouglasx on June 18, 2025, 10:49:16 PM



If someone has already accepted their gambling addiction and managed to stop gambling, it is synonymous with willpower.

But the paradox is that if you have the strength and conviction to stop gambling, anyone could come to the conclusion: "Why not just control it and that's it, without needing to quit gambling completely?".

Which brings us to this questions:

Is it harder to control gambling or limit it without falling into excess than to stop gambling forever?

Why is the effective strategy not moderation but absolute abstinence?
In fact, for those who are addicted to gambling and have a great desire to earn money from gambling, it will be very difficult to accept gambling as entertainment and bring it to a level from excessive gambling. Now a person used to gamble constantly and used a lot of money in gambling, now if that person is asked to accept gambling as entertainment and allocate a very small amount of money to gambling, then I think it will be very difficult for this person to follow this instruction because his hope of earning money from gambling and constant gambling will not allow him to be right at all. However, in our case, any decision is a matter of the moment because we are accepting gambling as entertainment and using a small amount of money in gambling, due to which we can remain steadfast in any decision at any time.
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Quote from: mcdouglasx on June 18, 2025, 10:49:16 PM



If someone has already accepted their gambling addiction and managed to stop gambling, it is synonymous with willpower.

But the paradox is that if you have the strength and conviction to stop gambling, anyone could come to the conclusion: "Why not just control it and that's it, without needing to quit gambling completely?".

Which brings us to this questions:

Is it harder to control gambling or limit it without falling into excess than to stop gambling forever?

Why is the effective strategy not moderation but absolute abstinence?
In fact, for those who are addicted to gambling and have a great desire to earn money from gambling, it will be very difficult to accept gambling as entertainment and bring it to a level from excessive gambling. Now a person used to gamble constantly and used a lot of money in gambling, now if that person is asked to accept gambling as entertainment and allocate a very small amount of money to gambling, then I think it will be very difficult for this person to follow this instruction because his hope of earning money from gambling and constant gambling will not allow him to be right at all. However, in our case, any decision is a matter of the moment because we are accepting gambling as entertainment and using a small amount of money in gambling, due to which we can remain steadfast in any decision at any time.