Topic: Low cost but effective solutions to gambling addiction - page 3. (Read 3551 times)

I've been there, I know that "the big win" can distort our judgment. As you said, gambling must be accepted. Losses are part of the game, not merely potential.

Demo-based gambling is fascinating. I think this is powerful, especially for beginners. Like a pilot flight simulator, it simulates the experience without the financial risk. You're right - it lacks the excitement of actual stakes. Here, self-control is vital. Gambling should be fun, not lucrative.

I've always advocated for time and money constraints. Self-governance lets you experience the thrill without pursuing losses. Remember, the best gamblers know when to quit. It takes judgment and moderation to walk the line between fun and stupidity.

See you may have mentioned therapy but it doesn't make much sense to me how you would solve a gambling addiction. Especially therapy you cannot give to all class of people especially poor and uneducated people will not want to take therapy no matter how much you value it. But most of the poor and uneducated gamblers get into gambling so intensely that their case requires a great deal of meditation and consultation. But whatever therapy or other psychological counseling you ask them to do, they cannot afford to pay for it. So for now, the only way for those gamblers who are addicted to gambling is self-control. But for this self control they definitely need good meditation which is definitely better if it is a government treatment center or a drug addiction treatment center. But I don't think it is reasonable to provide any expensive treatment or therapy for these poor and uneducated gamblers. In this, those gamblers will never be able to control themselves from gambling because they will never be able to manage the amount to be spent for this advanced treatment.

Yes, there are actually quite a lot of ways that can be done to reduce gambling addiction, in any way that they think is quite reasonable and maybe one of them with what you mentioned is meditation or listening to and considering some advice that comes from our closest people such as family members and also maybe by doing calculations about how much they have lost and how much they have won, Not only that and maybe I will also slightly suggest that try to add many other activities such as for example hanging out with family, playing with friends or even some other kind of work that can provide you with income, I'm pretty sure it will be useful to unravel your curiosity and desire to gamble because most likely your mind will be distracted from gambling.

The fact is that all methods will be able to have a good impact in terms of prevention if they really want to reduce their gambling activities for the sake of financial balance, because on the other hand it is useless if they want to reduce it but there is no sincerity to do it then maybe it will be in vain. Actually all of that can be overcome or reduced if you really want to do it and there is no need to hire a therapist or other experts because I think it also costs money which may not even be small.

I think losing at gambling is predictable, because the chance of losing at gambling is greater than the small chance of winning. It's just that they gamble so stupidly, they know they will always lose but they still gamble and have high hopes for gambling, most of those who gamble can't accept their losses and they still continue to deposit their money to gamble again, even though it's true what you said. say that if they have lost, they should stop first and come back another day to gamble again, because it is impossible for them to recover the losses that have occurred.

What I think is that when they gamble they are only chasing the sensation of losing, not the pleasure, because the greater the chance of losing than winning cannot be changed, especially with the host always winning, technically it is impossible to beat the host, that's right, If you really want to gamble, you hope you can set reasonable limits and not gamble again when you lose because your gambling budget limit for one gambling session has run out.

It it was like this, we would have no addiction whatsoever on the whole planet. Counting some numbers, listening to mommy and daddy and meditate and boom, life is under control again.

I am not arguing against you here because maybe you have tried this before or know a bunch of people who counted, meditated and talked to some family members and then they were all set up for an addiction-free life.

I am concerned because there are a lot of things I couldn't read from you. Therapy, professional support, extremely bad events that get the brain working again because someone lost big, traumatic days that taught addicts a lesson. Many people stop drinking when they crashed as hard as possible and wake up the next day. All the things you mentioned is what's probably going on everyday with all the addicts there are, and 1% of them solves their problems with your advice.

Yes, it's true that not everyone will be successful in using therapy services, especially those that are very expensive or other methods, most of which only provide a solution but cannot solve the problem. To be able to stop gambling, everything must start and come from oneself. Gambling is not an activity that can provide wealth. and also fun, there are many other positive activities that can generate wealth and pleasure.

Changing this kind of mindset slowly instills in us so that we don't think that gambling is the only activity that can make money and also have fun. After that, it has been successfully implanted in the mindset, start doing other activities that are more positive or say looking for other activities and other hobbies so that can divert the desire to gamble, don't do it forcefully, everything must be done slowly, I'm sure it will reduce gambling addiction slowly even though it takes a long time.

Getting a loss will make someone upset because they didn't expect to get it, but because that is the result of gambling that many gamblers will experience, they have to be able to accept it. They can gamble again another day and it may be their lucky day so they can recover from their frustration. But if we just want to recover from our losses and continue gambling, it will probably increase the number of our losses and we will be increasingly unable to accept it. Those who continue to gamble and experience losses can only regret it without having a big chance to recover their losses.

Using demo-based gambling can avoid any losses, especially in financial terms. But many gamblers don't want to experience it because it is true that it is about sensations that cannot be felt in reality. And that's what makes people deposit their money to start feeling the real sensation of losing and winning so that if they can't control themselves, they will only experience more losses. Although they use small bets, if they are not accompanied by timing, they can experience big losses, especially if they desire to recover or win the gambling game. So when we want to gamble, we first determine how many bets we will use, and we also need to manage the money we can afford to control the money we can afford to gamble.

There are actually many ways to reduce our addiction to gambling. it can be meditation, listening to advice from family or close relatives who have warned you about the dangers of gambling, and lastly try to count your wins and losses from gambling.
If you do all that, you can definitely reduce your addiction to gambling, or even stop you. rather than hiring a therapist whose fees are also not cheap.

Absolutely right. In my opinion, even W. Shakespeare has a corresponding sonnet. I can't vouch for the accuracy. But the meaning is this:
Try to catch a new infection and you will never remember the old one.
By the way, this works everywhere, not only in gambling. This also works in the case of pathological falling in love (unsuccessful love).
And in the case of professional therapy.. I read how they treat there. The main method is distraction and lack of contact with gambling. But I've seen many players say that taking time away from the game doesn't always work. Well, it’s like if you are forbidden to eat sweets, then most likely you will definitely want to try it.
Therapy works mainly on those who have hit rock bottom.

with their attitude that is still relaxed about gambling even though they are annoyed by the many losses they have had, and also if you count all the total losses, I think they will definitely regret it, after all, even though we gamble, we shouldn't see or question the losses that have occurred,  but occasionally there are bound to be some a feeling of regret for the losses that have been incurred. I think that by them continuing to gamble it means they cannot accept the losses that occur so they gamble with the aim of recovering their losses, of course that is wrong.

that's true, if they can do demo-based gambling maybe they can reduce the risk of loss, but yes we know the sensation is different for example with a high bet amount in demo-based gambling compared to real gambling which uses a small bet amount, it will be different , therefore many of them cannot play demo-based gambling because the sensation may be different.  If you really want to gamble, maybe you can use a small bet amount with a limited budget and not too big, to minimize losses, maybe that can be done.

At the end of the day what an addicted gambler needs is social support.

Having family and friends around that person is a huge help, and it doesn't really cost money.

The issue appears when they are alone. So you need to create extra resources for them.

It's a difficult problem.

Yes that's right, demo accounts are provided by casinos only for those who want to learn some games that they don't understand, adapt to new games until they really can and after that switch to real accounts, I think this demo mode is only intended to learn new games because it is not uncommon for us to see some gamblers who complain when they try new games on real accounts and end up making mistakes because of their lack of understanding of how to play the new game so casinos make demo accounts to be used as a learning place for those of you who want to learn some new games there.

And for the problem of overcoming gambling addiction, obviously what you said makes sense that a demo account is not a place to overcome gambling addiction, I understand that you can play there without having the risk of losing real money but we must understand that it is not uncommon for someone who after playing on a demo account then they switch to a real account because they see a very good game spin on a demo account so they feel tempted to try it on a real account when in fact the results will clearly not be the same. So if you really want to quit gambling then obviously don't touch anything that could potentially influence you to go back and get involved in gambling.

Addressing gambling addiction affordably is crucial. Online forums and community groups offer accessible support, while low-cost counseling services and helplines provide assistance. Educational campaigns about responsible gambling raise awareness inexpensively. Implementing self-exclusion programs at casinos and online platforms allows voluntary access restriction. Combining these affordable strategies creates a supportive environment without significant financial burdens.

That is a gambler who can still say that they still have a chance to win from gambling even though they have lost a lot of money. They can still act relaxed after losing a lot of money and as if nothing had happened even though if they check the loss, it is a larger amount of money than they are used to. They can still accept their loss despite wanting to return to gambling to recover from their defeat. They want to return to the casino because the desire to win is still so strong that they don't care about their previous losses.

If they can accept gambling games using demo mode, it can save them from losing a lot of money because when playing gambling games, they don't use real money so they can prevent losing a lot of money. But if they force themselves to gamble using real money, they have to be prepared for the loss because it is a real defeat and they will lose their money. Maybe they can prevent big losses by using small capital and not gambling for too long to prevent big losses so they can enjoy the gambling game.

This is too wide a generalization, if what you said was true and no one was willing to use any money to entertain themselves then we will not have movies, video games or any other activity which is done for the sole purpose of obtaining some fun with it.

However the evidence shows the demand for those industries does nothing but to go up, so it stands to reason that there are many persons that gamble just for the entertainment they can get out of the games offered by casinos.

actually there is no need to spend time in family , better to instead gambling find other income , put your time in profiteering instead of just lurking around gambling houses and gambling sites.
we have seen so much drama in gambling addiction that we surely don't wanna be part off.

Exactly.

And that shows that the actual interesting part in gambling is the chance to get money. Not the game itself.

Sure, some people might enjoy a game of cards like blackjack for a bit of fun, but that gets boring very quickly if there are no financial incentives in it.

Basically those free games are just ways to attract potential new gamblers into the casino, which after a while they will find it boring and try with money instead.

I think Demo accounts are fine to learn the games and see how the casino works, but it's not a substitute for gambling. There might be a few people that look at a demo account as if it was real money and will gamble carefully, the majority of users however will just bet all their money very quickly to achieve the highest possible return. Which is also why this is not a good alternative for someone struggling with gambling addiction. You forget to look at your risk, because you can just top of your balance again once you go broke.

Yes, it is true. in fact, gamblers in the name of fun or hobbies are just lies. basically, they want to get more money from gambling winnings, or even some just want to return their lost money. but it is very difficult to return it and, in the end it will only add defeat.

For me playing in the demo version is quite fun for the beginning of the game but the fun only lasts a few minutes and after that it's boring, on the other hand of course as I said before friends that there are no real wins and real losses in free mode, all that is just a picture that we can see and without us feeling the results if we win so that's what makes most gamblers not put any interest there, some may switch and play in free mode when they run out of money but most people prefer to find money or loans to return to playing in real mode. Agree with you that most gamblers may make gambling as a place of income even though the reality is far from what they always think and expect, the fact is that it is very difficult to get a winning streak there, simply put you will experience 1 win at the expense of 3 - 5 defeats, that's a fact.