Online casino gaming is really fun and exciting. However, this phenomenon has a dark side as well. Unfortunately, some people can’tcontrol their gambling behavior and spend way too much money on this entertainment. Such mental disorder is usually referred as a compulsive online casino gaming and should be recognized on early stages for better results. In this article we’d like to give you the main symptoms of such addictive behaviour and some tips of how it can be cured without professional help on early stages.
A reason why some people can gamble for years without any problems and other people get addicted easily, is still unknown. Most gamblers develop an addiction after hitting a huge jackpot. Having won a good sum of money, they begin to gamble much more than ever and can’t stop till they hit a jackpot again. Other people get used to the feeling of excitement and thrill that casino games offer, and need to play more and more day by day to have the same experience and buzz. Regardless of the reasons of compulsive behaviour, the main thing that should be done is to recognize its general symptoms and take some steps before it’s too late.
Below are 20 questions concerning your gambling experience, that you should answer to figure out whether you are in trouble or not. Try to answer them honestly as it’s your own health and you are responsible for it. If you answered positively to 7 of these questions at least, that means that it’s a right time for you to introduce some changes into your gambling practice:
1. Do you sacrifice time you need to spend on working or studying to play online?
2. Does your private life suffer from your hobby?
3. Does your reputation suffer from your gambling experience?
4. Do you feel remorse after some gambling sessions?
5. Have you ever tried to solve your financial problems by playing online casino games?
6. Do you feel less productive or effective in work or study because of playing online?
7. Having lost some money on gambling, do you feel a strong need to play back?
8. Having won some money, do you feel a strong desire to visit a gambling site again to win more?
9. Do you usually play casino games till you spend everything you have?
10. Do you ever borrow money to play online?
11. Did you ever sell anything to put a deposit on a gambling site?
12. Is it hard for you to spend money intended for gambling on other things?
13. Do you forget about your own needs and needs of your family because of gambling?
14. Do you usually exceed time you set up for a certain gambling session?
15. Do you sometimes gamble to forget about your problems at work or in private life?
16. Did you ever do anything illegal to finance your gambling( or thought about doing something like this)?
17. Do you experience insomnia because of gambling?
18. Do feel disappointed or frustrated because of your gambling results?
19. Do you ever think of a suicide because you lost in the online casino game?
20. Do you usually encourage your winnings by additional gambling time?
As we have already specified, positive answers to 7 of these questions( or more) mean that you have some gambling troubles. So what should you do? The first and the most complicated step is to admit that a problem really exists. A personalcommitment to solve this problem is required to get successful results. The next step is to share with somebody that you experience a gambling problem. Some people can talk to their friends, relatives and so on, while others find it easier to confess to absolutely strange people. It can be done online via support forums, it can be done on a phone via some support hot lines and personally via self-help groups and groups of anonymous gamblers. There is a saying that a problem shared is a problem halved that is more than true when it comes down to online casino gambling addiction. And the next stage is actually to set some plan of actions. If a online casino gaming problem is caused by emotional problems like an attempt to escape from real life an so on, this problem should beaddressed first of all. Physical measures are also important. A special gambling blocking software can be downloaded that prevents using a gambling software on this PC and so on. Remember that nobody will help you if you don’t want to be helped, dear players.
