Can you be a compulsive gambler and still gamble sensibly?

I think honestly you know the answer but you still like the idea of just being able to control and even think you can "enjoy" it.

I would ask you to question what it is that still appeals to you about the idea of gambling. What has it done for you really? In the cold, hard light of day. Have you enjoyed the outcome?

Personally being a CG i would say, no. I would also leave the syndicate, its too much of a reminder of gambling. To me its like friends buying an alcohlic a shot of alcohol every week. Just enough to keep their mind "buzzing" with the addiction, very dangerous.

There are people that can gamble for fun but the only reason they turn up on forums like this, asking these questions is because another problem gambler has dragged them into this world.

Once its reached compulsion its a dangerous road and it can very quickly lead to real ruin.

I think all CG should give that answer because we are all here because we couldn't control it.

All the best =)

In answer to your title, no. A compulsive gambler who gambles is simply using.

CW

Good Discuss

i see a lot of people on this forum comparing a gambling addiction to an alochol addiction and this is an inacurate comparison

an alochol addiction in a much more physical addiction it may start as a physcological escape from something but then your body eventually physically craves the drink not your mind

there is no physical addiction to gambling it is all in your mind ,gambling is usually marketed as "fun" although anyone gambling knows full well they are doing it to try to make a few quid , there are those that can leave it at the odd 20 quid and think nothing more of it, others decide they need to empty their pockets and dwell over it for days / weeks / months

i have been through the complusive " i cant leave until i have won XXX " phase leaving myself with 2 hour walks home and wondering how i am going to afford my next tin of beans looking back now i realise this was very wreckless of me not to mention stupid

casinos and bookmakers are around to make money , not make you money........ again there are people out there that make money gambling but there are alose lots of people who lose money too

its not actually the gambling whch is making you sit there and carry on playing ( and it took me a long time sitting at tables watching croupiers getting abused for me to realise this )

it is your own mind that wants you to stay there and try to snatch that "big win" which mathematically will never come becuase its well documented the longer you play the bigger the chance you will lose , i try to visit casinos as little as i can these days as they are very risky places , but i do place several weekly football bets which i like because you always have that delay of 90mins to get the result gives me a lot of time to evaluate my siutation and decide wether i wish to carry on betting that day

It's not worth the experimentation, believe me.

No. The answer is already in the question. I have tried many times to discipline on my bets but I failed and I started betting with no control. Also I started losing balance in the other aspects of my life, such as I stopped hanging out because I wanted to keep on gambling.