Topic: QuitGamble.com - Free Help for Problem Gamblers - page 16. (Read 3394 times)

Well, how is the casino supposed to be responsible when comes to gambling addiction and it's users? I mean, I have encountered casinos like Stake, for example which explicitly has a page in their casino which is about problem gambling and how to gamble responsibly, they explain very clearly that no one is supposed to expect to get gains over their gambling sessions. They also have a self exclusion program for gamblers who are aware of their problem; what I am trying to say is that casinos (spite of benefitting from the volume of gambling in their platform) usually take the steps demanded by law for people to realize when they have got a problem and how to address it. But beyond that, I would not personally expect a casino to put on the table huge investments to drawn away their own gamblers from fueling their own business.

I've once saved a brother who lost everything to gambling and he was able to confused me that he is done with gambling because of his regrets, he really regret ever becoming a gambler, as he was just a beginner, he got addicted right after he won twice and he used money he was not supposed to have use, I just end up taking pity on him, so I gave him back some money, almost half of what he lost after he got no one from his family to help him, they all blamed him for making such decisions but they aren't ready to help him.

I sat him down at my place and give him some advice about gambling, and I showed him some screenshots of people that have lost a lot more than he did, I tried to teach about how to be a responsible gambler but he said no that he is done with gambling, I think he got the wrong advice about gambling and him winning twice also made him lose his mind.

I believe that becoming a addict and able to voice out about it is the best thing you can do for yourself,  some people end up in worse situation because they keep it all to themselves and when the battle it all alone and fail to conquer they will lose their mind completely.

If a gambler is challenged with a particular and personal experience with using a gambling platform, he can get the required assistance needed from the community like this by first sharing his own side of view and then others may know how they can come in, if it's gambling issues with the particular platform, then the casino have to be the one responsible for the response to each of their users challenges as such could be better treated on their announcement discussion thread.

I'm just wondering how it works seriously.
Sometimes in the reality of this whole thing, it's almost impossible to convince and hypnotize a person to forgetting his gambling habits, talkmore of doing it online.. looks to me like something that's way too difficult to cope with.

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well, it could as well be helpful since alot of peeps have given recommendations to it already... I'm not an addict but I understand how addiction can be very clingy.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

I think this service is free of charge as i checked the website i can not really see anywhere they asked for a fee to access or receive anything in return for payment made by a visitor only thing they made was a support  which is a free will donation thing for any visitor who is buoyant to do so. They already made available materials and articles for a gambler who is seeking for assistance and ways to minimize the rate at which they gamble. I took my time to read them and the articles were all insightful, educative and encouraging enough for whoever is willing to quit gambling to follow the steps they have provided via their website.

I doesn`t cares about quit gambling, i don`t have any problems with gambling. I`m just talking about site here. It looks ok, may be it can be useful for someone, trying to quit gambling, but i can`t say something more without registration. And i don`t want to register.
Ok, lets try an example. If i would try to quit gambling and it will be a problem for me - the registration can make me leave this site and it become useless for someone, who really needs it.

I like that OP opened such a site and informed all of us about it by opening a new topic on our forum. 
This is definitely a useful initiative and of course it should be further developed.  But what I can say in this regard is i that when a gambler himself begins to understand that he has already becmome addicted to gambling and should somehow fight against the addiction, this is already good and this is his first step towards recovery.
 Then, of course, he can look at the recommendations of this site and start doing something.  But unfortunately, the mass of players simply do not realize that they are already really sick with gaming and at the level of such addiction that already needs to be treated.  What should others do in relation to such players?  Well, apparently, for starters, just recommend it and go to the s ite.  But unfortunately, such players simply brush aside this recommendation and ignore comments from their close relatives, who have already realized that there is a serious addiction.  It is necessary to somehow stimulate the involvement of players who are not aware of their illness to this information.

So far we only have written testimonials from users we talked to. We hope to develop a better way of measuring things next year.


I'd love to have the website in 20 languages, but the cost of translating is about $6K and I don't have the funds for it. If we would get a sponsor, I would be happy to translate the website into more languages.


The forum is available for the members in order to keep their discussion private. It would naturally be better for us to have it available on the website, because it creates free content for us. But it's more important to us that the users feel safe. Hence, you have to login to see the forum.

About the available languages, I have seen that it is already translated into Spanish, although there are a few sections that are not translated yet.

I applaud OP's initiative and, if he needs help with the Spanish translation (for free), count me in. Addictions ruin lives, not only addicted's life but loved ones' too, so any help like the one provided by the announced website is appreciated.

I think he's not the only one that knows about this site, there are more of members from the forum but kept it discreet specifically from newbies, as long as we're in the space, generating hugh figures should our concerns and sketch out the means to sort out important hindrance. Yes it is unique and important for every gambler to know about, OP just want to create awareness concerning the challenges uprising in the system and the provided means of resolving such problems. This aides serves an important purpose and everyone would be satisfied if their ends are meant.

The ops indeed is up for a good course really and that is something that we all have to applaud them for,  rendering a selfless service to help addicts in overcoming the hold of the addiction over is quite a necessity and a prime thing for us to do as a concern member of the gambling community that work and aim for the betterment of the entire community because if we have other individuals that have similar mindset of reality and danger of addictions and having the willingness to help,  will help the fight against addiction is the most effective ways.

But to this level,  we have to say that the ops have gone ahead of others to offer such unique can't for anyone in that category.

I never knew people also get addicted to food too. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time I've come across such a kind of addiction. I eat and I get fed up, and when I still see snacks or things that I like, I still buy them to keep my mouth busy. Will that also be considered a food addiction?


In this aspect of addiction, I will say everything is just based on discipline, and I will link this to drinking habits and addiction too. I know of someone who takes alcohol a lot and loses control of how much he consumes most of the time, which was really turning him to something else, but due to the disgrace and advice from family, he decided not to get involved in anything relating to alcohol ever again, but he still has a group of friends who are in that, like they sit out together and those people take alcohol, but he doesn't do that anymore instead he goes for other soft drinks around, and at the end of the day everyone goes home happy.
 
Inaspect of smoking, people can also still stop smoking and be around those who smoke, and they won't influence them unless it's someone who is determined enough to call it a stop in his smoking habit. Anything one wants to stop, they will stop it; it's just determination and self-training.


Stopping gambling entirely is the best option that many people have given to addicts out there. Since the person can't control himself, it's best they just stop doing that thing, but whereas the person can learn some self-control and add a little discipline to himself, I can't advise them to stop. Although people have different points of view, I'm just going to give out my own piece of advice based on how I understand people and who is in question at that very moment.

The site looks great, but the serif font used on the headings of the homepage looks a bit tacky. I suggest you change it to a sans-serif font and also make it a bit smaller so that word-wrapping doesn't occur. But I do like this initiative.


You'll find gambling addicts speaking all sorts of languages. 3 is certainly not enough.

Thank you OP for providing the solution, I think it's quite useful because lately my aggressive betting needs to be balanced with enlightenment. At least this can give me a warning of poor monthly management. This site is perfect to be used as a guide for some of my closest relatives because it seems they really need this kind of advice. The good thing is that there is an interaction option so it is easier to find each user's problem in real time.

After I read some of the articles here, I found many facts revealed, one of which was "finding gambling as a means to escape from boredom, stress and too much free time". I totally agree that this is an escape factor for people who aren't really that busy.

However, is there a summary of the results of the treatment that has been done? e.g. like documenting the pretest and posttest

I liked this platfrom it's easy to find pages, but OP said it's available in 3 languages but I seen only 2.(english is important btw)
I could not found where is the forum is on the website,
I think all the good and important features are not totally for free it have membership to use all features.
We can just read lots of useful blog posts for free.

There are things you really can't help yourself with unless you stop coming eye to eye in contact with that thing, I have my addictions too and it's not about gambling or money, it is food and taking too much do hurt me in the end but since I can't control myself I need to rescue myself, the only thing that worked for me is avoiding the food, I can't control myself to eat a little part and do the same another day.

I think this is what smokers are facing too, once they decide to go closer to someone who smokes they will end up going back to been a smoker, with addiction I believe there is no such thing as been in control while still participating in that thing, you either quit it or you surrender to it.

To stop been a gambling addict you have to stop gambling, I quit understand what OP is saying, to gamble responsible belongs to those that are half way to becoming as addicted gambler as they can still get their heads clear and do the right things, but for those that are already too addicted to gambling it's going to be hard for them to become a responsible gambler, they as better off staying away from gambling.

From a casino affiliate that could easily earn some $$$$ to working with people that have problems coping
with gambling is selfless and commendable !!!

And looking at how good the idea is from its facevalue, is this service free of charge, and for users that face a language barrier do your have other options available...

Otherwise hope casino's around can find a way to work with you guys and get to intergrate your services into their platforms

OP had mentioned about Him using His own Money to fund this from His own pocket which means whatever the effect or the outcome , the most important thing is the motivation , dedication and of course their mentorship to others in the future to extend their hands helping gamblers to learn how to decently play gambling and not to turn being addict .
it may be a long hard way but eventually it will pay off, that is in he long run.

Gambling is for others a disease , that almost Uncurable because if it is easy to cure then for sure there will be no addict gamblers that losing all their money evert single day.

Quitting needs both cooperation , from the involved gambler and for the method he uses to quiit.
some use family or friends while others uses professional help but this is how it works to act accordingly together.

Giving motivation to someone who has lost their will is very difficult. I've encountered this where many people have tried to give him motivation but it doesn't work at all. He became increasingly lost in his own thoughts.

Last I heard, he almost fell into depression but fortunately, at that time, his consciousness came and made him accept what happened to him. And he was lucky because the people around him immediately provided help to get out of his depression. Maybe someone should be able to open their mind to accept their situation, whether slowly or using other methods.

Usually, after an acknowledgment from him that he is tired of his situation, he will experience an emotional upsurge. He can experience seizures because he cannot control his emotions. Someone should make him realize that he has a second chance to fix what is wrong. Someone needs to show you the way and when your consciousness begins to accept someone's explanation, continue with the method you are using.

You also use the same method as when you are depressed. Maybe it will work. You have to try more ways that might be different from before. Good luck.