Topic: Possible measures to stop online gambling addiction. - page 19. (Read 4502 times)

Gambling addiction can be really tough overcome but with the right approach it is possible to regain control.

If you have a problem you need to recognise and admit that you have a gambling problem. Acknowledging the issue is the first step towards recovery. Reach out to trusted friends, family or support groups who can provide understanding, empathy and guidance throughout your journey.

You have to have strict budgets and avoid access to large sums of money. Consider seeking professional help to manage your finances effectively. Finding alternative activities is vital, take up new hobbies, exercise you need to divert your attention from gambling.

Identify situations, people or places that encourage gambling and try to avoid them. Replace them with healthier environments that promote your well being. Prioritise your mental and physical health. Develop healthy coping mechanisms like meditation, deep breathing exercises of even journaling to manage stress and cravings.

If you can’t solve addiction on your own think about therapy or counselling to address underlying issues contributing to your addiction. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has shown promising results in treating gambling addiction.

Recovery is a process that requires commitment, patience and support. You are not alone and seeking help is a courageous step towards a happier and healthier life.

The willingness to quit would really be the key on completely stopping addiction for good whether it would really be on drug or would really be in gambling or any forms of addiction on which it would really be needing

that kind of self realization that it isnt really that a good thing for you to keep further.Dont wait for things to get messy before you would really be making up such decision.It would really be always better that you should really act fast or else it would really be completely destroy you if you do keeps on tolerating it.This is why it would really be that recommended that you should really be avoiding at all cost on whats the
reason behind of such addiction. It all matters with self control and discipline which not all would really be good at it and this is why they would really be that pursuing and continuing on what they had started.

People do usually make those regrets in the end which is really that common. People wont stop until they would really be putting themselves on a tough situation on which when
addiction is so severe then hearing out others words and advises is unlikely. This is why its better to stop while you can able to do so.

What an amazing idea it is!! You will block ads/pop up, block gambling sites on the browser but I think you do not know that those who are gamblers will not be happy by blocking those, and as a result they will reopen and will continue gambling.

Indeed, recognising the issue is the first step to recovery. Its hard to admit you have an addiction, but watching someone fall apart without help is tougher. How often someone gambles, their mood swings, and how they act around others can indicate a gambling issue, not just "big losses"

Adding new activities is smart. Physical and mental tasks might distract. Rewiring the mind is more crucial than forgetting. Simple activities like reading, gardening, and puzzles may relax and train your brain. However, this strategy doesnt work for everyone. The user must want to do it.

Keep calm, outsiders. Try too hard and it may fail. A continuous, gentle strategy that emphasises gambling reduction may work better than harsh intervention.

I really don't think this is actually a remedy to stopping  gambling because if there is an option to block the ads or having restrictions on gambling sites, then it is still possible to fail on this discipline, what I'm trying to saying is that, there are cases where people plan on having saving culture but end up deraying or failing on their plans due to some unforeseen circumstances and same thing also applies to the scenario you mentioned above because it takes serious dedication to have a pause on gambling because, the moment  you decide to stop gambling,  that's the exact moment you get best games and offer and you know it's always irresistible.

I very much agree with this.

Oftentimes, gambling addicts find it hard to accept the fact that they are indeed addicted. Most are in denial when people point out that they are becoming addicted and dependent on gambling. Sometimes they take it as an attack rather than viewing it as a concern gesture. But to be fair, it isn't really that easy to acknowledge that you are an addict. Sometimes it takes time to even be fully aware that you are already destroying yourself. Hence, most people receive medication and treatment when they are already on their lowest of lows because they refuse to listen to anyone.

Finding solution such as undergoing rehabilitation is one of the crucial steps. It will be a long process but it will be worth it once you're over with it. Transformation will be evident when you overcome gambling. However, the process is tedious and really a challenging one. So one must be willing and be determined to healed.

This means that gambling addicts must be willing to admit that they have a gambling addiction problem and need to ask other people for help so they can find a solution to cure their gambling addiction. But most people who are addicted to gambling find it difficult to admit that they are addicted to gambling and just lie to others that they are okay and still have good self-control. But if other people pay attention to their behavior, different things indicate that they have a gambling addiction.

But the advice that other people will give when they find out that someone is addicted to gambling is to build a new activity that uses more physical and mental activity so that they can block thoughts about gambling. And if the gambling addict wants to be invited to do new things, that could be a good solution for him because at least he has the opportunity to cure his gambling addiction. Slowly trying concrete steps to reduce his gambling activities will prove that he can still be helped and cure his gambling addiction.

It's not easy to get rid of addiction, that's why we always remind all novice gamblers on this forum to gamble more under control. At least it can help not get addicted, stopping bad habits like addiction is really difficult if it's not accompanied by the intention to stop, many gamblers Experienced people always remind people on this forum, especially beginners who are new to gambling.

Before gambling, it's best to educate ourselves so we can understand the risks involved in gambling, so we don't chase the losses we've experienced, that's important because most addicts are always like that, chasing the losses they've experienced, but they will never succeed in their way of gambling. wisely and responsibly is a way that can be done not to get addicted, especially with a healthy mindset, always make sure that gambling is just for fun.

Some battles can only be win from within and gambling addiction is one of them, it's not easy to stop an addiction to gambling and there is no medicine that can help you or any therapy can could too.

You need help? You take the steps.

If you are in such state of gambling addiction, you should voice out, many people manage to be silent about it and it makes the situation to get worse.

Avoid sitting alone doing nothing, call your trusted friend or family and tell them about your addiction, go out and spend time with them.

Try to control yourself, tell yourself that you don't want to gamble for days, and see it done, get in control of your life, take back what you've lost.

Find something to replace your activities, just to avoid thinking about gambling, believe me, it's all in the head.

Educate yourself about gambling addiction too, understanding is what matters, if you can understand it, you will easily break free from the addiction.

Rehabilitating ourself is good at some point  , but this is not a 100% sure
of what to happen , because like in Drug addiction  , I have known some people
who go through rehabilitation but ending returning to their addiction after several months or year.
meaning the true way to  stop addiction is to find our self wanting and longing this.
conquering our desire is the best way to leave it there.

Not playing at all can indeed be a solution for those who genuinely want to quit gambling. Even though there is a desire to play within them, they must be able to control it and redirect their attention to something else. If they have already stopped playing but try to play again, it will make it difficult for them to quit gambling once more. Engaging with family or friends without using any gadgets can also be a solution to divert attention from gambling. In the evening, can set an earlier bedtime schedule than usual. This is what I did in the early stages of reducing my gambling habit.

Thats gotta be one of the wierd idea we can read about getting rid of gambling addiction. As much as I would like to try bungee jumping I'm still very frightened to the idea of trusting a guy who would tie my ropes. Its more of a gambling with my life.

I would rather replace my addiction with another addiction somewhat less damaging like egames addiction.
But there are safer ways to stop addiction, its slower however and sometimes the battle of the addict within self is tougher than we can handle. Rehab.

The best way would be not starting gambling at all, it would prevent you from getting that rush and you will not be seeking for it. I have seen people who did bungee jumping to get some rush in order to forget about gambling and that's the type of adrenaline that gets pumped to you when you are gambling. Obviously it is not going to be similar in all cases but you should be careful about it no matter what

I know that it is not going to be that easy but you are going to end up with a good result if you could also learn to limit your deposits as well which is what I do, it allows you to limit your losses no matter what and the lower amount of money that you lose is something good for you on the long term as well.

The job of influencers is to make people interested in gambling. That's why influencers continue to make videos about their gambling games and they even broadcast them live when they gamble. They get paid by the casino because the influencer helps promote the casino so the casino can get more customers. And those struggling to stop gambling may return to gambling, especially if they are tempted by seeing the winnings made by their influencers. It can shake the self-control of people who want to stop gambling. Only those who can control themselves will not be influenced by anything influencers give.

And for those who really want to stop their gambling addiction, they are not allowed to watch shows from influencers. They better stick with their plan to cure their gambling addiction so that they are truly cured. Gambling addicts who want to recover from their gambling addiction truly must be able to control themselves by distancing themselves from things related to gambling. Otherwise, they can easily return to gambling.

Mostly, people who watch the streamers or listen to the influencers that stream their gambling activities or talk about gambling are basically people who are already involved in gambling, and they just enjoy how these people gamble because they are given free recharge by the casinos that they are advertising so that they can make people see how good that particular casino is and if they manage to hit a big win, those who are watching will get tempted.

So, I believe that a person doesn't get addicted to gambling only because they are following a certain influencer on social media or they are watching a streamer on YouTube, but they get addicted because they don't have enough self-control and they can't control their urge for gambling.

It will indeed be very difficult if from the start the addict not have good discipline or self control, but that the result of very low self control and all of this can be cured when there is support from family or people closest to him who really cares about him and this problem is resolved. I told you in the previous sheet that if an addict is willing to realize that he wants to stop gambling and leave gambling forever, I think this will be little better with a situation like this. people who want to support and help this gambling addict will find it little easier without giving any coercion. he is willing do anything to get rid of his addiction.

there are many examples of gambling addicts who recovered from their addiction with help of family and people around them who really cared and there are also other examples of gambling addicts who recovered very badly from their addiction and are now back to gambling with better self control and have high consistency or commitment on rules he had made before gambling.

I don't think that self-control can be practiced or created, especially if you have already become addicted to gambling which is basically the result of you not having enough self-control. Someone might be able to stop themselves at the right time but only if they already have self-control within themselves since the beginning. Self-control is not something that can be learned, it is something that comes built-in in a human from their birth, so it's not found in everyone.

That's why, people that get addicted to gambling barely be able to stop themselves from excessive gambling and such people can only get away from gambling if they admit it to someone close to them that they are in trouble and that person might be able to find a way to keep them away from gambling.

Personally I think the first step to take when trying to stop gambling addiction is to accept the fact that the said person is addicted to gambling  and also make up his mind to to quit any for of gambling in the future and if possible give yourself a very severe disciplinary actions if for a reason to end up gambling again.
These disciplinary actions must be severe enough to force the addicted person to do away with anything that has to do with gambling. These are the measures I think can make anyone who's addicted to gambling to  finally stop.

Yes, most of them probably just using a demo account and not actually gambling to promote gambling. It's more of they are making money each time they promote gambling or through referral bonus. Content creators nowadays do this kind of trick, they always promote gambling in each videos or every time they do streaming.

A good number of them are not gamblers, they just focus on posting contents. That's why most of them promote any gambling project, regardless of its status. Due to the harm it can cause to the account, some youtubers don't promote carelessly. Because promoting scam gambling sites will affect the traffic of that account and reduce trusts too. Thereby, ridiculing the influencer's page. I've seen youtubers that place legitimate ads, beneficial to their subscribers. This kind of youtubers I expect to be continues practitioners in the niche they're teaching or lecture about on YouTube. However, if a person loses all their savings on gambling and forge ahead to launch a YouTube channel, such a person is most likely to promote anything for money, become a bad actor.