Topic: Low cost but effective solutions to gambling addiction - page 12. (Read 3546 times)

These games can be entertaining and harmless, but are we missing something important? Psychological impact. Gambling's joy comes from taking chances and being unpredictable, not only from the money. Aren't these games, even with fake money, potentially fostering a gambling mindset? It's like dancing without music - the moves are the same but the feeling is different. Gambling can lead to addiction and financial ruin.

You mention self-control, which is crucial. The individual's gambling relationship matters more than the medium (real or fake money). Could playing with phony money give a false sense of security, making one underestimate genuine gambling risks? It's like bike training wheels - they prevent falls but don't teach balance. Don't we need to realize that gambling addiction is about behavior and impulse control, regardless of stakes? Fake money gambling may be safer, but it doesn't address self-control and risk awareness.

Using fake money to gamble is a solution that can be used for people who want to experience gambling games without having to deposit money. They can experience many gambling games, especially slots, which have a variety of slot games from many slot providers.

By playing gambling games using fake money, they can enjoy their gambling games without having to think about gambling addiction. But if they choose to deposit their money to gamble and want to experience real gambling, at that point, they could run into problems. And it can indeed cause gambling addiction for them while they don't know how to anticipate it.

They shouldn't try to visit the casino for any purpose other than to experience any problems from gambling. Especially if they don't have self-control when playing slots, either using money or using fake money.

We need to find out the root cause as why people even when they are at a profit while gambling, are unable to cash out the profits. This is a serious concern for many gamblers and none seems to know the cause and also they are not willing to accept the solution of limiting gambling games after a few good wins.

To be very honest, gamblers lose two fold, first those who are unable to win , they lose their money , and next those who win, never care to take money out, keep playing and eventually they lose too. This situation is paradise for the casino owner as the fully exploit the gambling addiction and never send any message or email that becomes a responsible gambler or take some time to enjoy the money earned and other such messages that are for the benefit of the gamblers.

For those that have fell into an addiction I do not think this is going to be too helpful, and my reasoning for this is that since they developed a compulsion already towards gambling, anything that resembles it may trigger in them the desire to try their luck one more time.

So while using play money to gamble may seem to provide a solution for those people, instead it is just tempting them to go back to their old ways, and in that case it is better for them to give up gambling completely for good.

No dude you didnt get my point. what do u think about solutions to gambling addiction. like i have said before if you staking your money or just do a deposit to bank you will didnt have money to do gamble and with locking period both of them will take time to withdraw it

Do you mean a long term deposit?, that could be an interesting way to invest the gambling money.

Once it's there, it's gone, similar to what would happen in the casino. Except with the term deposit in say 5 years you will get more money instead of zero with the casino.

Yeah there are other easy but effective ways you can fight gambling addiction without having to do more or even pay anyone for a therapy session. I was going through a thread yesterday and I saw a reply, a member (@Gormicsta)penned down some tips that I find really helpful and believe it could be of immense help to a struggling gambling addict who wants to quite, because the first thing is realizing that you're addicted and willing to quite, because most people are addicted but do not even realize it and when you try to talk to them about it, they actually find it quite offensive. But I believe these tips could also be of help.

Yes, this is an action that must be taken if you want to stop gambling addiction, but not making deposits may not necessarily be well received by addicts because they will continue to make deposits to carry out their gambling activities because gambling addiction must be stopped graduallynot by force.
In my opinion the right solution to stop gambling addiction is to reduce little by little the expenses they usually use and can set limits for themselves but it must be based on the intention and determination to stop gambling addiction.
for example, if you usually gamble, spending around $50, you can reduce it little by little to $40, $30, $20 gradually, if the solution is less effective, you can do more positive activities, such as doing a side job by having a side job, you can definitely forget about gambling for a while so that you just focus on his work after he is finished he can rest such as sleeping, watching TV, watching dramas, to relieve fatigue if done continuously he will slowly forget about gambling.

Yes, using fake money to gamble can also be a solution because if you want to continue gambling we don't need to deposit money directly, we can just enjoy the game without having to be afraid of losing and our finances will remain safe.

Low cost but effective solutions to gambling addiction is do not deposit  just simply throw away your money in a different wallet or some bank and lock it up. Today digital banks have a feature to lock your money in some period of time and there is a fee when you try to withdraw it early.

In crypto, there is also a staking with time period so throw it and you have no money to do a deposit. if you still want to do gamble just download a game from the app store or google play there is a plenty game out there with fake money you can do slot domino blakjack and lot of it

Yeah, and even when someone does win, they usually keep playing until they lose it all.

Even most lottery winners seem to end up losing their money.

Addiction can be a powerful force that can drive people to engage in destructive behaviors, even in highly restricted environments like prisons. The reasons why people continue to pursue their addictions despite the negative consequences are complex and often multifaceted. Some people use addictive activities as a way to cope with difficult emotions, stress, or trauma.

Addiction often co-occurs with mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety. These conditions can make it even more difficult to overcome addiction without proper treatment. Even within prison walls, individuals can form social networks that support their addiction. This could involve sharing contraband, providing access to gambling, or even using drugs together.

Yes, and in that example the gambler decided they want to stop. That's the key first step to make.

Then there is the supporting network, which is also key in keeping addictions away.

That gambler in the example you posted would have good chances to stay away from gambling in the future.

What you are talking about is also a sort of help being provided by the family, so we can't say that families can't do anything because the first group of people that would want someone to get out a problem would be the family of that person because there are blood relations in a family and no mother, father, brother, sister, or even wife and children would want their beloved to be stuck in a problem but if he does, the family will always be there for him.

So, if a person admits in front of their family that they are addicted to gambling and that they are spending a lot of time and money on it but they are tired of it and they want to get rid of the addiction. I'm pretty sure that any family would become ready to do anything they can to get the guy out of the problem.

Yes and it is true, I also think that there are actually quite a lot of ways that they can do to solve their addiction problems, actually this is a simple problem and you don't need to spend quite a lot of money to solve this problem, the question is "willing or not" that's all, if you already have the intention to quit gambling then I'm sure you have your own way in yourself to overcome this problem as long as you are willing and have a very strong intention to quit gambling activities. Honestly I was one of the victims of addiction two years ago, such conditions are very painful and also full of pressure especially in terms of finances that became destroyed, but now I have managed to get through all that, the way I do is to keep myself busy with other activities, whether it's like what you said by increasing the time to hang out with friends or family, but I used to choose to increase my day job to make money for sure as you suggested and I have proven that it works.

The first week was tough because I had to give up my gambling habit because I had a busy schedule from work which increased, but believe me you will feel a state where you don't remember gambling anymore, and when you see other people gambling then you will not be too interested in seeing it, like a boredom for that activity.

@ OP how can you have this thread titled "Low cost" but effective solutions to gambling addiction" and expantiated on the contexts that it is expensive and unaffordable to lower incomers or unemployed?

I would say that therapy maybe helpful to manage addiction but the truth is that the best advice ones would have is the one given to oneself. Sometimes people may not have really make up their minds to give up theirs disorderliness such as an addiction.
Some may need help but wouldn't appreciate the opportunity when it comes so I am trying to say that it is basically not about having a therapist but self minded made up is a better key word to begin fighting against an addiction.

A self expression to trusted families and friends and your flexibilities to listening to them could be also be a domestic remedy also finding a Worth-ful role model that you can feel to imitate.

Yes, there are indeed many ways to overcome gambling addiction at a low cost. It depends on a person's willingness to want to overcome his gambling addiction and realize that he is already addicted to gambling. Many gamblers who are addicted to gambling cannot realize this so they have difficulty finding ways to overcome their gambling addiction. Instead of finding a way, they end up getting deeper into gambling and can't get out of gambling even if someone asks them to do something else. In fact, doing other things that seem simple can help distract him from thinking about gambling, even for a while.

But when he has finished doing other activities, he will probably think that what he just did was really interesting and still makes him curious to try it again. And if from there he has the desire to find other things, he will definitely look for them the next day and his attention from gambling will slowly be diverted. But if he is not affected by anything after doing other activities, he will return to gambling again as if nothing happened.

Well, the quote "you are what you do" is actually quite true.

Whatever behaviors and actions you perform frequently, is basically what your life is.

So, if you keep gambling continually, then you are a gambler, literally.

You can always change your life, day by day, by changing what you do today. And tomorrow. And the next day.

There are some people out there that cannot understand their lives without their addiction, and the only way they will stop is if they are unable to get physical access to the source of their addiction, however even those that end up setting foot on jail may still find a way to keep their addiction going.

After all even if the inside of a jail is supposed to be an environment that is highly restricted, prisoners still find a way to gamble or even to introduce illegal drugs inside the prison.

Well said! First, if it were to be in my country, a private session in a private establishment would be the best choice. The money will not be a waste that much in the private establishment when it comes to the respect, treatment and genuineness they will accord to you and your case. This is unlike the government establishments which is mostly a hospital, in this case, they act as if they don't just care and they could be so annoying, for real.

That aside, addiction is so powerful that it's not as simple as thinking it could be defeated through the diversion of your attention to something else, it's beyond that. Fine, this is one of the general sayings that are most popular among therapists, psychiatrists and the rest, but in practice, it's not working if the mind is still very polluted. Other alternatives would be so boring at that time, so it takes a mind change to arrest that. I know this because I was addicted myself to something, there was no advice that was precious at that time. The only thing that helped me was when I was actually determined to let go all by myself, and this is where willpower comes in.

The determination to say No should come first if anyone wants to be healed of any addiction, it is only then that any prescription and advice can work. You first need to set your mind free of it for you to be able to fight. And guess what, it will be easy by then.

there are lots of ways to overcome addiction at a lower cost and the method you said could be the first alternative to forget for a moment thoughts about gambling, gather with friends, but you also have to choose to gather with friends who have a positive outlook without involving discussions of gambling or just other discussions because if not we can choose the wrong friends and when we get together we will only discuss gambling again and its the same thing.

another way, as you said, is to look for something else to do, which is also a very good alternative, looking for a side job, maybe it will be a little difficult to force yourself to do that side job, but if you really intend to avoid addiction, no matter how bad and how uncomfortable it is, get used to positive things provide a good impact in the long term.