Topic: Have you been threaten to stop gambling - page 8. (Read 2125 times)

@crypt0Gore, I will offer my own perspective to what you said, which is fantastic. As a married man, I believe there is no need for them to engage in any gambling because you have a lot of essential matters to take care of. My friend used to gamble all the time, but after getting married, he started to consider how he would stop, even though he was doing it for fun. He found it simple to stop gambling because of that. So you can see that these reasons are why someone should avoid excessive gambling to avoid developing a gambling addiction. If you already have an addiction and get married, your marriage will undoubtedly fail because you will be using the money you were supposed to use to support your family to gamble instead.

It's unfortunate to hear about your friend's situation with his wife discovering his gambling habits. Sometimes, such revelations can lead to difficult conversations and tough decisions in relationships. Regarding your question, it's important to remember that everyone's experiences differ. If anyone has faced threats or challenges related to their gambling habits, sharing their stories might provide support and understanding. By the way, have you checked out the review of Spin Casino? It's always helpful to explore different online casinos and their features. You might find valuable information about games, promotions, and more.

If this is how marriages are being disbanded then this is some sad reading, what happened to communication If you ask, this lady has been looking for a way out and she found his gambling habit to be the perfect ticket out of this marriage!!

The, why not ask the better half why his gambling,  is if for fun and has nothing to do or his in it for the profit ??

This is what happens when you go witch hunting,  you will always find what you looking for..great detective work wify:)

Good thing he choose the wife to save his marriage,
but Bad habits die hard, nevertheless we all need to start from somewhere to get something resolved, goOdluck Mr Man.

Threats don't seat well with anybody and unfortunately I haven't being in such a situation.

Do you think of this threat as something that can stop you from gambling, I'm sure there's no way it can stop you that fast, especially just because of a ban from the government in your country, as long as the site is still accessible I'm sure you can still play with your cellphone except for land casinos it may be less secure but for online casinos it can still be accessed easily.

In my country it is also banned but I can still play casino through my phone using crypto, but still if your family threats are good to keep you from getting addicted everything will look good , you need to follow them because of course they don't want you to fall too deep into gambling so that becoming an addict, personally I can still gamble in a controlled manner so it is still relatively safe to gamble

That's correct. A threat from a family member is not that harsh and I doubt they will report you to the government even though they have strict rules about gambling. They are still your family and I do believe they are just doing it for your own good or they are scared that in the future you will be caught with what you are doing and they don't want that to happen. So, stopping it as early as possible while you are not yet addicted to it "yet" will be the solution they can find. Try to be in the same position as they are where someone you love is gambling like crazy.

When you are there (addicted to gambling), I doubt you can stop it easily. I've seen it, especially now when casinos are available with just an internet away and a computer or a smartphone. If you can control it now, keep it that way or you will end up in jail if that habit is unauthorized in your country.

Threats are in categories when it comes to the ones coming as a result of gambling, you can manage to argue your way out with the kind of threats coming from the family members or your friends you're having, but you dare not risk any form of government threat on gambling especially when they are taking strictness on gambling in such country you may found yourself in or the local community settings where you lived in

As long as the person who warns gambling addicts to stop immediately can continue to warn them, I think the gambling addict will slowly open his mind that what that person said is true. Maybe he will accept that person's advice to stop gambling and want to do rehabilitation for his recovery from gambling. It does take time to heal himself from gambling addiction but that's what must be done to recover from gambling addiction. Maybe if a gambling addict is willing to accept his suggestions, that person can invite him to do other activities that can keep him busy so he won't think about gambling.

Gambling addicts rarely want to correct themselves because they will not think about self-reflection. But if someone advises him about his gambling addiction and finds a solution and does it together, I think it still has the potential to heal. A gambling addict needs attention from the people around him so that a gambling addict can know that the people around him still need him. If the people around him can treat him kindly, there is a possibility that the gambling addict will realize that what he is doing is wrong. And with the help of other people who will accompany them during the healing process, gambling addicts will not feel alone.

I was threatened many times by my family members to stop gambling. Since gambling is considered a punishable offense in our country, one cannot openly indulge in gambling in our country. Sometimes law enforcement officers from gambling dens arrest criminals.

Even if a gambler manages to get out of gambling addiction because of the help of several professionals and themselves, if after that he cannot immediately leave gambling and still occasionally tries to come back, then there is still a high probability of becoming a gambling addict again because as we know that gambling gives a very high sense of curiosity and can easily lead to feelings of addiction.
If he really has an awareness of the dangers of gambling addiction and can really get out of it, then he should also be able to quit the gambling industry and never return to playing occasionally or just watching other people's gaming sessions.

I can relate. When I was just studying and had problems at school, like in my grades, teachers and classmates (about bullying) i'm more comfortable to open up to my friends because they know me well. There are many things my family doesn't know about me back then, maybe because I don't want them to worry or I want them to think everything is okay.

Anyway, it might hard but it's better to talk to your family first about your problem than choosing to open up to your friends. Because they're family and should be the one to know of what's bothering you and what you've been going through. If you have a gambling problem, be open to your partner because it's not good to keep your gambling to him/her just because you don't want him/her to get mad. Communication, respect and understanding are necessary in a relationship to last long.

You have to do it, if you want to stop gambling you must have a strong intention from yourself to do so because this is the main point besides professional help or any other help.
a wise gambler must have a target when to stop and when to live comfortably, in my opinion when you have a family you have to get out of the gambling industry. Because family is the most important thing for us to prioritize because families really need money for many needs, think about if you continue to gamble and lose after marriage, what will happen to your family. And what if it continues like that, and I'm sure your wife will be angry and even ask for a divorce.

I mean gambling addiction and if you have a family you should treat it immediately so your wife and children don't suffer. And no gambling addict can make a family happy, otherwise the household will be full of emotions because of gambling addiction.

In order to leave in to addiction the gambler itself must help themselves to separate their lives in to the gambling world and yes by the help of some professional and expert the addict of gambling can still leave from addiction. But the addict himself he must know that self control is the only way to leave addictions or else he will find some other happiness in order to forget gambling industries.

I appreciate the wisdom in your words. But its important for us to approach this issue with caution and avoid generalizations. Dealing with addiction is a multifaceted matter that necessitates an individualized approach. While involving family can play a crucial role in ones recovery. This may not always be advantageous.

In situations where family dynamics are harmful or dysfunctional exposing oneself to such an environment may do more harm than good. Therefore we must balance the narrative of always disclosing addiction to family with the reality of each unique circumstance. The significance of friendships in recovery cannot be underestimated. People develop diverse relationships with both friends and family.

Each carrying its own unique dynamics. The belief that only a few friends will provide support might not hold true for everyone universally. The determining factor is the strength of the relationship itself. Rather than solely relying on labels such as 'friend' or 'family'. Lastly while employing a tough love approach may have its merits in certain cases it should not be seen as universally applicable. It is vital to handle such situations delicately and with utmost care, respect, and empathy – preferably under the guidance of a professional counselor

Though this is true but it's very rare for you to discover nowadays that friends will advise someone positively than the negative way constituting to the already created problem on ground, also, we are no more kids that will expect people around us taking us as a reference point of discussion while correcting us from the wrong way we have been living our lives being a gambrler, we should instead be a motivation to others as well.

Well, in that case he should seek professional help to get off from addiction. It works. A good friend of mine was suffering from gambling addiction 4 years ago, and he was helped by professionals and there were no incidents since.

But also know that often family members and friends have prejudices about gambling activity. They think every gambler is addicted by definition. Which is certainly not true.  Only around 5% of gamblers are problem gamblers, according to various reports.

It is better and advisable to recapture that a problem shared is half addressed. Approaching someone who is addicted to gambling and convincing them to stop is a difficult exertion; it takes a long time before things turn out correctly. Addicts have little regard for their winnings, especially when watching gambling games. We can carefully supply recreational activities that will keep them busy, and gradually they will avoid betting games, thereby permitting them to see the truth. Their huge losses, disadvantages, and repercussions if they do not stop gambling.

If a gambler is having problem with addictions I think it'll be better they tell their family instead of hiding it from them because if they find out from outside it won't be nice and embracing to them. Hiding things from your family never ends well from how I see things.

Friends will understand if they find out you were addicted to gambling without telling them besides your family are those that'll take you more seriously and try to help you by all means you recover from your gambling addiction problem. Only a very few friends will try to help.

You shouldn't be scared of getting shouts from your love ones, those attitude at time is how they show their love to you. No family member will see one of their own in a problem and won't try to help them out if it. Sometimes they might threaten you just to get you to quit.

Different cultures have different attitudes towards gambling, for many people gambling is just another hobby you can enjoy with your money, but there are some cultures in which any amount of gambling regardless of the reason is deeply frowned upon.

So it makes sense that some people choose to hide this from their families as they do not want to hear any complains from them, especially if they have things under control, however this makes harder a recovery for those which became addicted as they feel they cannot share that secret with anyone, as they fear the repercussions of sharing this information with their loved ones.

And if their friends already know that someone is already addicted to gambling, they can approach him and try to get him out of gambling while giving him a choice of activities to do. This will make people addicted to gambling think that they still have many choices of activities that they can use to reduce their gambling activities. And after knowing this, he can tell that he wants to stay away from gambling but still can't. I think his friends will help him to reduce his gambling time and even help him to cure his gambling addiction.

This is the reality mate not all gamblers open their situations in their family but some of their friends already know about them.  And the reason why is that happened is that they are more open to their friends rather than to their family because when their family will know about their situation then it will cause minor or even major problem fro their family.