Topic: Low cost but effective solutions to gambling addiction - page 9. (Read 3600 times)

I am forced to ask, which is more expensive, being addicted or seeing a therapist? Addiction is a very expensive lifestyle,  you don't just lose money, you'll lose friends,  family, your social life, in most cases your job and many others even lose their lives all because of addiction. You see how expensive addiction can be? So if one really needs a solution, seeking the help of professionals (therapists) should not be something one will negotiate with,  especially if you compare it to what you will lose if you do not get the right help you need. Cutting corners just to minimise cost doesn't prove effective all the time.

Family and friends who truly care about your general wellbeing can actually give you all the support you need to heal and be your normal self again.  If addiction really bothers you,  deal with it with everything you've got and you'll be happy at the end that you are free.

Trying to recover our losses is not a good idea because it is the same as increasing the amount of losses we have already incurred. We can experience even more losses considering we will use more money than before. And if we don't have good self-control, we will only lose and lose the money so we won't be able to win. The easiest way to overcome more losses is to stop gambling immediately. It doesn't require any money, so we can also prevent other losses that we can get from continuing to gamble. Fighting gambling addiction is not easy and you must have strong determination and desire, especially if we still visit online casinos that we can use to gamble. It will not make us reduce our gambling activities because that determination and desire will disappear along with the money we deposit. So we have to be really careful in how we treat gambling and don't gamble excessively.

But are there many gamblers who do?
Of course not and I sure you also understand that not many gamblers really admit their losses and the problems they are facing as result of gambling and ask for advice or suggestions from other people.
There are only very few gamblers who do this and most gamblers are closed and feel the pressure of every problem that occurs, one of which is big losses or addiction, this is the reality and also the attitude of all existing gamblers.
Maybe there are still some who have awareness and are trying to solve everything by telling stories and asking for help from other people.

It is true that when there is one, it must be handled well, not ridiculed or considered bad because they are aware that they are trying to be better.
It just that in social life there will definitely be lot of bad responses from various levels of society and this is why many gamblers keep a tight lid on every activity and problem that occurs in gambling.
Moreover, finding trusted people who can really help us get out of gambling problems is also not easy because the fear is that these people will tell other people what we are experiencing and in the end, bad views and conversations will always be present.

Of course, warnings and advice are always given to those who start gambling, especially to people around us or in this forum.
But if they don't want to listen and have already entered the gambling circle as you said earlier then what can be done?
Nothing can stop them except their own consciousness.
It is difficult to understand and try to stop other people in their gambling activities.

The reason why most addicted gamblers, and other addictions, continue to gamble is simply because it "feels good".

The brain evolved to try to seek more behaviors that produce this result, and less of the ones that do the opposite.

The thing is that if you don't really think about your actions and simply react, you will most probably end up with behaviors that produce a positive short term goal with negative long term consequences.

It's only when you do behaviors that are not as good in the short term that you will end up with a better future. But this is not obvious because it doesn't feel good to do those.

For example, exercise. It feels bad to do it in the beginning, but in the future you are better.

Investing, it feels like you are wasting money now, but in the future you will probably have more money, etc.

Basically it's a sacrifice in the present for a possibly better future.

Addicts end up with a bad future for a good, short lived present.

If a person is addicted to any activity then no matter how much he got guidance from other he will never recognise about the negative and positive characteristics of that cravings because addiction is intoxication. The form of unpleasant activities in which a person get addicted is beering and gambling because beering can effect the nervous system of a person which when does not find anywhere then a person cannot control his emotions but in the case of gambling a person in a Desire to get more profit therefore he is putting a bet without knowing about its accuracy.

 I just think that people will craving for gambling have zero balance in Bank, zero balance in pocket and will also facing a burdens  of burrowed money. I astonished that if people cannot tolerate all these things then why they are participating regularly in gambling and other bad activities everyone has gifted with active mind so use your mind in order to avoid unwelcome position like Gambling.

Yes, trying to "win your losses back" is a common behavior in gamblers that most of the time ends up digging a bigger hole...

Hopefully they learn this lesson with a few bucks earlier on, instead of later in life when they have more funds to dig a bigger hole.

In reality you can't really recover your losses. They are gone.

Getting addicted to gambling is one common issue almost all gamblers are facing. You be like I'm going to minimize my gambling but still going against that. Mostly when you trying to get what's loss back and trying to get it pretty fast you become addicted staking more bigger funds. There's still way to fight against the addiction even without the help of therapist you can meet someone with good experience and principles in gambling someone that have already experienced the addiction before. And the impacting on you will be effective.

Taking it lightly and ignoring some of the horrible possibilities that basically it is a very possible thing, right they believe that they are unlikely to become one of the addicted people when it all happens slowly and often we find that lately more gamblers are addicted without realizing it, or that means they just keep playing without caring about some things that should be considered so that they are unconsciously carried away and trapped in a cycle of winning addiction and losing curiosity.

Therefore I hope you or they can be more respectful of some advice or warnings given by others including some of your close friends, because after all they suggest something better for you, and also because of course as you said and I mentioned above that addiction can come at any time and usually unconsciously, and they will only realize all of that when they have really lost a significant amount. So prevention is better than cure.

True. Addictions are everywhere, and it's quite simple to get started.

One beer, one bet, etc.

Then you come back, ahh, let's get another beer, maybe two this time. Same for betting.

Then you lost all your money, you go back to the ATM to "recover" your money. Same with alcohol, you feel hangover, you drink a beer to feel better....

It's a never ending cycle that keeps you down. You need to be in control or you will quickly be very addicted

The message is out there for those that want to listen, as you can find all kind of warnings against excessive gambling all over the internet, however those warnings are often ignored by gamblers of all ages as they believe this could not possibly happen to them.

But that is a mistake, an addiction can happen to anyone at any time and we must be prepared to prevent it, since overcoming an addiction is way harder than avoiding for the addiction to take place on the first place.

Honestly, I rarely see some gamblers who want to be honest and admit how much they lost, which of course makes them suffer, especially in terms of their finances which are getting worse, it takes courage and mentality to admit it to others, because of course I think it is not uncommon for some other people to say "consistent deposits without any withdrawals" isn't that a mockery? of course, and that's what makes it difficult for gamblers to admit everything to others or especially some of their close friends, they avoid ridicule that can make them quite embarrassed, even though on the other hand it is actually a pretty good confession, as you said that they are willing to admit all of that is none other than because they need some advice from others who might be useful to improve the situation with some suggestions that they can consider.

Yes it is the main problem that is at the peak of the impact of gambling, it is not easy to get through every time if you are already lost in the cycle of addiction, mental stress and psychological disorders are already a part that you will always feel, the worsening of finances is the main problem that certainly makes you feel a lot of pressure like that, it is not uncommon to end up stress/depression because it is not strong with all the pressure in that position. Of course, I never get tired of reminding gamblers especially newbies who just come, because lately I see more who bring unreasonable goals from most of those who come.

Please check back to your paragraph, I don't fully understand what you mean by that.

of course I will avoid the bad environment, even though I like gambling but I myself have a mind where I have to see the good and bad environment, because I also don't want to fall into things that are not desirable, maybe some people don't care about it because they do the same thing, indeed it is the right to choose each one, because we all have our own choices therefore there is nothing wrong with doing what you want based on your own thoughts the point is not to fall into bad things, it's better to avoid before something bad happens.

Some students are rich, but that's also because of their parents, right?

It's just that it's not natural in my opinion if they continue to use their parents' wealth for the gambling budget.
They should use their parents' money or property as well as possible, don't let their parents be disappointed in what they do, because basically parents want their children to succeed later.

That's very broad to be honest. Students at school or college, etc, they are so varied. It's hard to describe them with just one characteristic.

Not even "poor" or short on money, because there are also rich students, etc.

Maybe young, but also there are older students.

thanks for the reminder and i have fixed it, apologies in advance i didn't double check the review i made so there was a formatting error.

yes indeed if we think sane, we have the same thoughts about this, and that is not a good thing but we need to remember that not always students can be right and have broad thoughts, even in college class. in theory the environment can influence a person's character and behavior by 50-70%.

Society shuns gambling losses, yet they must be acknowledged. Gamblers who acknowledge defeat seek advice because it's a major loss. This disclosure deserves understanding and advice, not mockery. Why? Because acknowledging a problem is the first step to fixing it. Gamblers seek losses because they think a large victory is coming. But this loop deepens the financial abyss.

Addiction is a major issue. Gamblers lose sight of time and money constraints. Gambling over their means causes financial and mental stress. New gamblers must be warned of these hazards. Prevention of excessive gambling and addiction requires awareness. We must encourage safe gaming and help those in need. Not just financial health, but total well-being.

No gambler will say publicly about his defeat and the majority of gamblers will only talk about the wins they have had.
When there is gambler who actually says his defeat it means it was big defeat and he talks about it to ask for suggestions and advice regarding his defeat.
Moreover, when gambler tells of his defeat, he will definitely only be called stupid gambler because he lost his money in betting, things like this will always happen in social environment.
Maybe there are several people who will give advice and direction to stop or reduce the intensity of the gambling they do and of course there are still very few people who care like this out there.

Most gamblers, after getting their winning, don't immediately withdraw it but try to make another win by betting more, only in the end they don't get the winning but all the winning money runs out without any remaining.
And I agree that money will be very valuable but this is why many gamblers try to gain more from gambling and try to recover when they suffer losses.
This attitude is what most gamblers always do and indeed the best step is to have time and financial limits.

But about gambling addicts they can't set limits and they can't set time for when to play and stop, even they can't manage their finances well.
If you think about it logically, gambling addict becomes person who really experiences big losses financially, even though psychologically they also experience pressure.
But in terms of financial calculations, gambling addict bets without having any limits.
They will lose any amount of money just for gambling and when they realize it is all gone and they have to spend some money back to pay professional who can help cure them of the problem of gambling addiction.
This kind of understanding must be given to novice gamblers so that they can be careful and avoid excessive gambling activities that can cause addiction.

You should double check the quotes that you launch now or before, because you do it inattentively and this makes many people misunderstand later, in the future try to be more careful so that there is no misunderstanding. because it is not only me who can misunderstand, but also maybe other people will misunderstand what you are doing.

It happens because the surrounding environment invites them to get to know gambling, there is nothing wrong with joining the environment, but at least we must be able to distinguish which good things to do and which bad things to avoid, if they use their scholarship money to gamble, is that the right thing to do? of course not, right? they do it because they initially want to dabble in gambling and eventually get caught up in the gambling cycle where this brings problems for us, like your story, your story is the impact of gambling that makes someone dare to use money that should not be used for gambling.

It's a wrong mindset if they use scholarship money to gamble, because clearly the money should be used for their education costs, don't just because it's money from gifts continue to be used for gambling, that's wrong. if you really want to gamble, you should use personal money such as pocket money that you have, with a little aside for gambling. the mindset of a good college student maybe he will do gambling using his pocket money, and people like this tend to still be surrounded by good self-control.

It's really true only a few make money gambling most persons lose but don't come out to really make it public so it looks like they are making it gambling but then the reverse is the case. Most of the time these people only put out their wins which are gotten only a few times and not always, so it's important we don't allow ourselves to me moved by that.

Money isn't easy to come buy but a few wins few times in gambling will make you think it's actually easy to come by until you probably suffer some losses the it will come to your knowledge that it's easy making money and the few wins were just luck coming by a few times so it's very important we get something els doing so we don't turn really reliant on gambling but engage in gambling only a few times when we have got the times and few cash to spare.

The fact is not that simple because many people go to college because they are encouraged by their parents, fill empty time and get opportunities from lucky access and many more, there are some people who I myself know, my classmate's student who got a scholarship but because of luck, but on his way to college he gathered with other students who like to gamble so that he too joined gambling. and the ridiculous thing I noticed was that he used his scholarship money to play gambling and ran out in a few hours, even though the money was for his provision to live for a semester or 6 months of college, And the ridiculous thing that I noticed was that he used his scholarship money to play gambling and ran out in a few The fact is not that simple because many people go to college because they are encouraged by their parents, fill the empty time and get opportunities from access to luck and more, there are some people I know myself, my classmate student who got a scholarship but because of luck, but on his way to college he got together with other students who like to gamble so he also joined gambling.

As I said that it depends on each personality, if you can't control yourself, you shouldn't go near gambling, although I saw many activists who lost money because of gambling, even though he was the leader of a famous organization in my city. ours, even though the money was for him to live for one semester or 6 months of college, so yes there are still a lot of students who do not have realistic and logical thinking, and not all students have critical thinking in their actions.

In my opinion, someone who has gone to college should be able to look for their own income and no longer have to depend on their parents, because they have entered an adult age and there must be many separate needs that must be fulfilled, therefore I consider gambling by people who have gone to college is not a problem, because those who have gone to college are of course mature and have their own thoughts by having which ones to do and which ones to avoid, it is also impossible if they have gone to college but still fully depend on their parents.

A student who is still in college, I think he has a good mindset, because with them taking the choice to go to college alone it already proves that he himself wants to learn more, so they should be able to choose which things are good for them and which bad things they should avoid.