Quote from: DubemIfedigbo001 on Today at 04:30:19 AM

Quote from: Moreno233 on Today at 03:35:41 AM

How do you know you are addicted to gambling

When the drive for gambling is higher than the drive to engage in productive tasks and when you gambling interferes with your activities in an unhealthy way and you're unable to control yourself and how often you gamble. Worse still, gambling more even when you're already dealing with a big financial loss

Exactly - I have seen it with people I know when we used to work right beside the
"Bookies shop". My colleague would just pop next door at least 3 times 'every day'
to place bets...and then would stop at a different one on his way home to make another
bet - it seemed like it was the biggest thing to the forefront of his thinking.

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Quote from: Moreno233 on Today at 03:35:41 AM

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How easy it is to be addicted to gambling?

As easy as possible, as soon as you lose your discipline to it_{if you had any} and start engaging more frequently than supposed and without a budget, Addiction is already nearby.

Personally I think there are certain types of people who have an addictive nature and
who get addicted quite easily to things and probably dont realise it. Maybe other people
who need money and turn to gambling to make money as a last resort and find they
grt addicted.

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Can an addicted gambler work himself out of that addiction without help from anyone, if yes, is it still addiction?

I actually did work my way through. I had to quit gambling for some years, replaced my grabbling urge with a digital skill which gave me money and returned a more disciplined and cautious gambler.

Yes as above it is possible but not everyone can. There is a reason there are addiction
services being provided for all manners of addictions because not everyone can
do it themselves.