Topic: Quit gamble! Easy or Hard? Let's talk. - page 44. (Read 10434 times)

Personally I was never been able to quit gambling totally. There were a part of my life when I was nearly destroyed due to my compulsive gambling. I tried to quit gambling for good but it was more difficult the more I resisted.
Now I have recovered with a different strategy. I don't use my day jobs salary to gamble anymore. I have dedicated a fixed income source to be used as gambling fund and I stop when I use them all. A controlled gambling has made it easier for me to deal with my life. I'm not sure if it would work for my lifetime but it has worked over a year now.

Well spoken brother, idle mind they say is the devil's workshop, even though the mind of a gambling addict is idle, to come out from addiction on gambling, the gambler might have to first reset their mind, by making a well determined decision to quit gambling for the time being until he or she is totally healed from the addiction..

And one process I think is very important for achieving such a target, which I believe you partially mentioned, is to get the mind occupied with other activities , and utterly reduce their gambling activities, if we check well, most gambling addicts are people who have nothing else doing, or people who have already been addicted to gambling before they found something doing, but then , have not utterly made the decision to try coming out from that addiction, so for this reason , the gambler is still addicted to gambling , even while working ..

There is one difference between drugs and gambling. We can`t say that someone can use drugs but he have to control himself.
I understand why we have to spend money to stop drug addicts - it is unsafe when some of them need a new dose. But why we need to spend money for gamblers? Why we get some restrictions for the normal gamblers? It is unfair at least.
And of course - only the gambling addict must understand that it is time to stop, no one else can`t help him until he wouldn`t understand it by himself.

Maybe there are some crazy addicts who do reckless things such as stealing just to gamble, where they have no money and with a high desire to gamble they commit criminal acts such as stealing or robbing, but there are also some gambling addicts who just don't commit crimes and they usually only rack their brains to owe everywhere for the sake of their desire to play gambling.

Addiction will bring other negative effects on us so we really have to be able to control it, even though addicts cannot control themselves for addiction and other bad behavior, of course we learn by reducing our gambling activities so that we can be free from gambling addiction, because by releasing ourselves from addiction it will make we get better.

They can avoid addiction with the sincere intention of wanting to cure themselves of gambling addiction or relapse and return to gambling. But sadly, they don't want to try it because they've found what they want and are comfortable with. Instead of accepting and trying to cure their addiction, they get deeper into their gambling addiction.

They can be healthy gamblers but must be accompanied by discipline, self-control, limits, and other necessary things to remain "aware" that gambling is not a place to make money. Those who can do this can use gambling as entertainment and will not treat gambling as a place to make money.

Keeping a gambling diary can be a tool to find out how much money has been used for gambling and how many wins and losses they have experienced so they can find out whether they can continue their gambling activities or stop it before things get worse. And they should stop immediately before they develop a gambling addiction.

Addiction to gambling is same as addiction to drugs and other substances, The first solution to this is for the individual to be ready to come out of their addictions and this could be done by having some changes in the daily habits characters and activities that could settle all the possibilities of sliding back into the addictions.

So for that, we have to monitor all our activities,  to make sure that we are not overly getting involved in gambling and other vices that could possibly negatively affect our well-being.

That's only ideal, but it's difficult because if a player doesn't want help , how can they force help? Unless that same person says that they have a problem with the game to a friend or someone, because this can bring very ugly consequences to the person, that they lose many things, and that they stay without doing many of their normal activities, some They even stop eating and the money they take is exclusive only to play in the casino, which seems to me too ruthless, a person must know how to do their things and manage their salary, their deinro well, and not fall into those mistakes that at the end of the day It looks like a great lack of responsibility, and with errors that can be childish.

And this what makes things even more worst on which on the time that a certain person would really be tending on hiding out his problems instead on seeking help then pretty sure it would really be ending up into

much worst situation knowing that these type of problems should be shared out specially on your loved ones.If you do find yourself been failed on fighting out that addiction then seeking out help wont really be that bad but instead it would might be able to help you out on your current problem. Dont be shy and dont be hesitant but i know that there are people who doesnt really want on publicize their problems and this is the main reason on why they would really be remain silent and would really be spoiling themselves with their own problems until everything gets worst.

Dont wait nor let the situation come into a point on which you are already that struggling or experiencing unfortunate events specially if the addiction gets severe which having the control
wont really be that something couldnt be done.

Anybody who is a chronic addict to gambling and instead of seeking for help, decide to hide it and pretend all is fine, is only hurting him or herself, gambling addiction is like someone who is sick, depending on the level of the addiction, the gambler might require a treatment of some kind of therapy, I myself having had a gambling addict as a friend, I can honestly tell that its not something anyone should be proud of, trying to manage addiction in gambling is very risky, My friend lost everything he had, including his wife and kid, who left him when his addiction become unbearable for them, so my personal note or take on this is that, anyone addicted to gambling should seek help, don't try to manage it because, as long as the gambler is still gambling, there is every chance that the addiction will also become worst .

Quite a lot depends on the general atmosphere in the family or among your friends, or even on the team in which this gambling gambler works, as long as I would define him that way.  I think that it is possible to refuse gambling not only in such ways as you mentioned in your post.  Fo example, a player changes his place of residence and in general, perhaps even his country of residence.  And if in a new place there may well be a completely different attitude of the surrounding people to gambling.  In this case, it becomes a little easier to overcome gambling addiction. 
The fact that you are talking about a logical and academic, impartial analysis of your games can certainly help the addicted gamer to fight addiction, but I think at the same time the player himself must be, let's say, quite smart, or otherwise he must hav some kind of sufficient  IQ level.  But not all people who are addicted to gambling can analyze games in this way simply because they do not know how and are not able to think in this direcion.  For such gamers, this method is not suitable.  In this case, the psychologist can only address such a person with the help of the emotional component of the psyche.  And this impact should be targeted, directly on the most painful topics for the player.  This is cruel, but otherwise it will not work at all to achieve the result of treatment with such an addicted player.  Because logic and logical thinking does not work here.  But this is all I'm talking about people suffering from gambling addiction already at a very advanced stage, when treatment is clearly required.

Gambling addiction's intricacies are dangerous. Accepting addiction is the first step. You are right that without genuine dedication from the addict, even expert help will lead to relapse.

What if one doesnt abstain but becomes a healthy gambler? Academically examine gambling, not as an adrenaline rush. This method needs discipline, probability knowledge, bankroll management, and stringent loss limitations. Looking at gambling objectively rather than emotionally is a big change.

A different perspective: "gambling diaries". Tracking every game, result, and mood. Time creates patterns. Recognizing these patterns may deter or cure. This unusual suggestion may resonate with addicts. Not quitting, but controlling, comprehending, and changing one's gambling relationship. Again, the addict is responsible

Even though it must be done quickly, if the gambling addict takes no real action to try to cure himself of gambling addiction, it will be useless. And even if he goes to a psychologist to ask for help but doesn't do everything suggested, that won't be useful either. He'll just go back to gambling and maybe this time it could be worse than before.

Those who are already addicted to gambling must be able to recognize or realize that they are addicted to gambling and need to be cured. They can also try to do the necessary things so that with help from other people or a psychologist, it can help him cure himself of his gambling addiction. So everything will come back to the gambling addict about what he wants to do. However, the average gambling addict will not want to admit that he has a gambling addiction.

It is always good that if there is a problem with Gambling , Close to aAddiction , something should be done quickly, as urgently as possible, because a Pisologist can help, but if he does not do his part, he will continue playing and that is the bad thing. each person has a personality and a way of thinking , how to act and how to do things so that things can happen, and if an addiction in the game is hurting you, as is logical, you have to control yourself, it can be that the player be argued and do not want these things to be assumed or for others to know, because they may be embarrassed and they will say that they have everything under control , but they can stop playing with good treatment and as long as the Player wants to Improve.

We can do this if we don't or haven't been able to find a temporary solution that can enable gambling addicts to reduce their time gambling or even stop immediately. By visiting a professional, gambling addicts can find solutions useful for reducing their gambling and stop immediately. There may be different ways or approaches used by the psychologist in treating gambling addicted patients which will not be the same as other patients. However, it is true that gambling addicts may find it difficult to admit that they are already addicted to gambling and want help from others. His pride was too high to admit he was addicted to gambling so it took time to wake him up.

Exactly, if there's already something that affecting others, that kind of addiction really needs to address and, if possible, to seek for
medical attentions, professionals can find provide ideas on how to straight the problem but the actions should be taken by the person
with all the will inside him to quit away and cure himself.

When you gamble very often, you will not think about the risk of loss. it has become a habit that may be difficult to break.
Addicted gamblers will not feel satisfied even if they win. they will not be able to suppress the feeling to continue playing. Even though the impact can be reduced, it is still difficult to quit gambling. what can be done is to change the pattern of gambling.