Topic: How did/do you handled a gambling addict story. - page 5. (Read 977 times)

If gambling is entertainment, maybe losing will not be an ambition to repeat the deposit, but if  are looking to win or make money from gambling, we must be prepared for the risks we will face later. Many things will happen if you gamble and don't live up to your expectations if you don't win. Mental health, health and the economy will suffer from the effects of this ambition. If gamble wisely it will be better

Someone who are gambling addicts will not knows if he is addicted to gambling. His minds will only wants to playing gambling without stops and he will not thinks about his lose before. That person only knows that he is addicted to gambling when other people see him playing gambling without stops or too often playing gambling and will check his habits and then will say that he is addicted to gambling. But if he doesn't have many people around him and he playing gambling secretly, there is no way that he will realizes that he is addicted to gambling. When someone say that he is addicted to gambling to us, we don't have to say many things and just hear their story and maybe they difficult to share their story and when they found someone who wants to listen, they will appreciate it.

Yes there are some people who consult me about their complaints about the addiction they experience, among them are very sad because on average they lose more money and assets in their lives even worse, like he was kicked out of his own house or divorced with his wife because of gambling problems that he could not control, this is quite complicated because I have never experienced such acute addiction, fortunately at the time I experienced confidence in gambling I was awakened by my own logic about how gambling can run well without harming us.

I can only listen to them and give solutions just a sentence, simple with the core quotes “ignorance will destroy your life” some think and some do not understand what I am trying to convey with that quotes, still not a psychiatrist who can fix someone perfectly.

This is the price that most gamblers have to pay for being naive about it and undermining the risk in it. The gambling addiction is now common, but I believe it is mostly common for the money people want to get from it. They are so desperate about this, and it often leads to frustration and depression after they are fully addicted to it. All these are unnecessary if they learned and were before warned and take gambling as it is to guard against the issues associated with it.

As for who to talk to, well, it could be challenging, especially if you are not in a civilised area. Nevertheless, if the person has the opportunity to locate a support group, it will help further, particularly if such a person is avoiding close people to know of his predicament.

It's nice that a person could reach out to you, at least it will relieve the burden he was carrying alone. From there, I believe that you should be able to access the case based on what you can judge directly from him, and possibly refer him to a support group or professionals like a therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist etc will go a long way in helping him.

No! No one has reached out to me about gambling, but reached out to a guy 2 years ago about his gambling addiction, it was obvious. He promised to change and I discovered he changed, although I wasn't the only one who advised him in that regard.

You can refer to the earlier replies for the rest.

At first you should acknowledge and appreciate his zeal to had found you worthy to confide on because it is not easy by then, he would be ignite to tell you more about his utmost addictional challenges.

Let the addicted gambler know that the best acceptable advice anyone will get in life is a self advice because if he is not ready to change but only takes my advance as a common story, you as his therapist can talk to him year to years without an effectiveness of his changes because he has not made up his mind.

Let him know that he is big enough to decide for himself but at this case he has come to you, let him subject to whatever you will tell him and he should not in anyway try to quote you wrong just to justify his mindset because that will be his most challenges being that he will want to find necessary reasons on why he would go back to his addiction again and yet wanting to let go of it.

Let him know how tasty and tormenting his gambling addictions could always attract him with eagerness to fallback, let him know those are where his challenges are capitalized. He would be needed to dare those thoughts when it comes to him so that he can defeat them I become himself again.

Talk to him kindly and using others addicted persons for reference in other for him not to find himself in such abnormal cases which he is already heading towards.

Always give him the chances to express himself and don't cut him halfway.

Is gambling addict story in this forum do count? if not, then I haven't handled a gambling addict story.

It's rare to see someone can realized if they're gambling addicts and should be treated accordingly because most people didn't even know if they're addicts and keep denying if they're addicts after someone call them gambling addicts.

If I were you I won't do much, just hear their story, not all people who share their story want to get solution, they just want to see someone hear their story.

Because most gamblers are men, they are used to suppressing their problems and even plans in their lives, giving space for them to talk and complain about what they have done and or are experiencing is a very good action if we listen to all their problems, but for random people's stories like online friends it will be very difficult to discuss and provide further solutions, because the problem of gambling addiction needs direct attention and maybe we can stop them from interacting with the casino so that their addiction decreases, such as more time to do together, work or something else, it is much more effective if we can help alleviate someone's addiction by interacting directly. Because if it's just an opinion or a sentence of writing, it's usually ineffective in helping someone in releasing his addiction, I agree with you that it's difficult to do because it's just an opinion, we will never know if he did it or not.

I once helped someone in releasing his addiction, yes by being accompanied in his daily life, keeping him busy without giving him time to think about gambling, and it was quite effective in reducing someone's addiction.

I am mainly familiar with real gambling, a gambling person can never gamble properly.  Because a stranger of mine used to gamble online all the time, and he was very rich, he had no shortage of wealth.  But in just two years, he squandered all his property by gambling.  He became addicted to gambling for a long time, and he also borrowed a lot from all kinds of people.  Now he is now on the run, so gambling can never give people peace.  Because if a person gambles without addiction then surely he can gamble for a long time maybe up to several years.  But whenever he gets addicted, he will face huge losses.

Yes, that's right, the intention of most gamblers is to make money and of course that intention is what makes them addicted to gambling to the point where they experience a lot of financial losses, especially. with those who are addicted, they will continue to gamble even if they don't have any money and they will look for ways to make money so they can gamble again. When I have relatives who gamble, it won't be a problem if they can still control themselves well by gambling appropriately, but if they have crossed the normal limit, that's where they have to stop by gently advising them.

I'm sure everyone will definitely advise him, even though at the beginning they might be a little angry about the gambling they are doing, but when an addict has told them about the complaints they feel, there is no way they will let it go, even though the advice is just talk, it has helped. and when we have given them advice after that it is up to them, whether they will return to gambling brutally or consider advice from other people.

For people addicted to gambling, touching what they are doing is relatively sensitive and from an emotional perspective, they are often uncomfortable when the issue was hinted at and instead of having a peaceful reaction between the two, they became more vocal and aggressive in the conversation. And as you said, in terms of relationships, we are not really close enough to them to stubbornly advise them to stop and stop their addiction, a story about addiction in this context is just to listen and show attention to what is going on, not necessarily to make any statement to have a place in the story.

This actually means that it is because of the wrong point of view that they themselves are on the wrong path in gambling, and all the setbacks experienced by gamblers in gambling are always caused by their intention and goal of wanting to make or multiply the money they bring in, so as you say that they continue to play non-stop and sometimes even though for example they don't have any money they still force situations and circumstances such as using loans as an intermediary to fund their gambling activities.

In most cases, in the end, it is clear that they are always dominated by many setbacks and problems in their lives, such as in terms of finances, or that is, instead of earning, they actually suffer from a lot of loss of money which makes their life situation worrying, therefore this is The reason why we are always advised to think using common sense is none other than to make decisions that are truly wise and appropriate before regret approaches.

it's easier to share your story to strangers because they didn't give you any kind of judgement the possible same thing base on your story OP, sometimes people who you can talk is the best way to relieve your stress let's accept the fact most of the men just kept their problems in life so they get depress and have an anxiety imagine that small conversation might gives them a relief at least on their part. You can handle those kind of situation being a good listener that's all let them express all the things and have a small chat to them but of course its hard to give an opinion.

A man in my area used to spend a lot of time and money gambling. He was a businessman. He spent all the money he made from the business on gambling. He lost more money by gambling to recover the money he lost in gambling. That person is unable to run the business due to lack of money. He currently quits business and works in a small position in a general private company. So one should never get addicted to gambling. For one thing, I have seen very few people who have been able to recover their gambling losses. Most people lose more money trying to recover lost money.

Yes, everyone intention and gambling is to make money. It is that intention that leads so many people to continue gambling nonstop even when they don’t have enough money they still feel like gambling to make money and sometimes they always put gambling as the sauce of money which is really bad that is the reason why some people are very addicted and gambling gambling is something you need to be conscious about and you need to be careful because you can gamble away a lot of things in your life, a lot of importance things you are supposed to achieve so the solution to this is just to be bold and talk to person the person will advise you and try to calm you down. Yes there is nothing that have a starting point that doesn’t have an ending point it’s just a matter of decision. Once you decide it will control .

Maybe many gamblers have dark chapters in their lives that they would like to forget. The black chapter is when the gambler becomes addicted to gambling and becomes addicted when he loses everything and loses everything when he realizes that what he has done is completely unfair to him. Realizing this, the gambler must try to get out of gambling addiction, but if he doesn't understand, he only moves towards his danger.

Getting help from family to help solve addiction problems is good because at least the family already knows our personality. Families can find solutions that we can do to reduce or even cure the gambling addiction we experience. The family can also invite us to visit a rehabilitation center if necessary and they will continue to accompany the gambling addict through the healing process. But most gambling addicts don't dare to talk about their problems because of various assumptions that come to them so they will keep their problems from other people. This requires special attention from the family to approach the gambling addict and talk personally so that the gambling addict wants to talk about the problem. Only then can they find a solution to prevent even bigger problems.

No, I haven’t come across a gambling-addicted person who likes to speak up about his problem. But yes, I have seen many gambling-addicted people fighting with their addiction. These addictions are seen in two types of people. One who is very rich and can afford to be an addict, and on the other hand, a poor person who doesn’t have money, is addicted. For the rich guy, it’s normal that they get addicted, and for them, gambling is like playing a video game, but in the case of the poor guy, his addiction is so intense that he will try illegal means to get money for the gambling. Hence, I just ignore these addicts, as they are not listening to their family members, so how will they listen to me?

That's right, when they are addicted to gambling, they usually don't care about what other people say, even their own relatives or friends. In other words, advice only comes in from the left ear and comes out from the right ear. someone who is addicted to gambling will only focus on the things they want, it is not surprising if they ignore positive advice from other people. with their frequent gambling, changes will occur, but these changes will only lead to the negative side, as you said, with those who will deprive their families of their basic financial needs.
Indeed, when you are addicted to gambling, it will be difficult to get rid of it. I think many people have felt this way by convincing them that gambling should not be done excessively. but it's no use, sometimes I feel annoyed when I have repeatedly told them not to cross the normal line but they still do it. but occasionally you may need to be advised harshly and firmly to make them aware.

In most of cases, gambling addicts will not admit that they are addicted and hence they will not listen to any advice. This is a dilemma when we deal with addicts as they do not think that they are wrong. Advice is best implemented on those who know they are wrong and want to be on the right track, but when the gambling addict simply refuses to be addicted, the question of curing him is out of the question.



Yes, the family members are in a better position to ask the gamblers to do responsible gambling. Although the chances are slim that addicted gamblers may listen to them too but still there is a difference between the advice given by the family member and the advice given by any random person outside the family.
In short, the first thing is to convince the gambling addict that he is addicted and doing wrong, once he admits his mistake only then steps can be taken to make him cure.

Advising is an effort made by someone who does not judge a gambler who is losing their way because they are addicted to gambling and want to cure themselves of the addiction. If we judge them when the gambler has lost their way, it will make them feel even more mentally down. We should advise them with the right direction, so that they can understand what they have to do in the future to cure their addiction which is getting worse over time. It is not easy to cure gambling addiction and it does not take a little time to recover. Someone needs to engage in positive activities to forget about their gambling activities.

But for me, it is better for someone who is addicted to tell his own family so that the family can help cure him than to have to tell other people who might just listen and advise but without any effort to help in action, maybe if they are with the family they will be helped in action, but most gambling addicts are reluctant told their family because they were afraid their family would be angry and judge them.