Topic: Recovering gambling addict stories - page 2. (Read 2096 times)

Sometimes I call gambling disease that needs to be controlled by you, you just need to understand gambling very well before going into much problem like this because the addiction of gambling can result to the loss of life, future challenges and problem ahead, gambling is something that comes with precaution I have seen someone Amblin money for medical bills in the name of increasing the money to pay a medical bill. This is not the wise thing to do. It is a very big risk to risk your last money in gambling, I will advise everyone to take proper precautions before doing anything like gambling and have a limit, don’t just gamble because you want to, gamble for a reason

That is so true, and that is the start for most gamblers, play the money that is meant for something and then lose and then try to "revenge" play and then lose again. So they feel into the trap early. And even for those who has money to burn or spare, if their emotions can't accept that they have lost already, or wanting to get that adrenaline rush, continue to play until they don't realize that they have been gambling addicts.

And until they really recognized and accept it, they won't recover and that is only the first part of it. Then the process goes on, enter a rehabilitation, and in their you transform yourself, you understand what's wrong with you, before you can recover.

It was this situation that forced him to change and leave gambling. However, that doesn't mean someone has to be at their lowest point to be able to recover from their addiction, when we find someone who is addicted to gambling, be it a relative or close friend. Don't leave them in a slump, before things get worse, as long as they can still be saved and healed, then help them get out of that situation. Even though this will be quite difficult and may take up a little of our time, helping is an obligation. help them to find their happiness, because true happiness is not in gambling, happiness in gambling is only temporary. Gambling is nothing but an escape to get temporary pleasure.

The negative impact of gambling is worse than what we think, therefore protect ourselves and those closest to us from irresponsible gambling activities, which only cause losses and other negative impacts.

This is mostly what lands many gamblers into deep shit, gambling with money meant for something else with intentions of multiplying the money to cover more expenses, which is a very wromg move. This misconception is so common amongst several or most gamblers, they just have this mentality that whenever you need to multiply your money, gambling is the best option to consider which is very wrong. If people consider gambling as a means to half fun then I don't think anybody would even consider using money meant for something else to gamble.

When someone recovers from their addiction, at least that person must have a strong commitment to the efforts they make to get out of this difficult problem. Many people think that one way for someone to get out of their addiction is with encouragement from the people closest to them. However, if someone does not have a strong commitment to get out and recover from the addiction they are experiencing, then this encouragement or motivation will be in vain and not meaningful at all.

and as long as we are still in the world of gambling, even though we have good self-control, we need to remember that anyone can become addicted to gambling. And therefore it is quite important for us to always ensure that the gambling activities we carry out are safe and well controlled. And besides that, we also need to recognize the signs of gambling addiction, so that we can prevent problems that may arise and maintain our financial and emotional health.

Its really indeed on willpower/discipline/self control is something that you would really be needing to have when it comes on quitting gambling addiction on which this is really something that really too hard or
tons of people or gamblers do fail on doing so. Usually they would really be quitting on the time that they cant literally be able to play because they have lost everything. If you dont like to reach up such condition
then you should really be making yourself that wary about those probabilities in the first place.  When you do gamble then it should really be just that for fun and not for making money.
Play on the amount which you can freely let go or wont mind if it would totally lost on that gambling session. Dont make yourself that getting addicted if you dont really like
for things to get messy specially into your life because this is the hardest part on which you would really be trying out to quit.

Well, every person who has managed to recover from an addiction like gaming is worthy of admiration because not everyone has that willpower, so it is worthy of admiration, now the game has to be taken with the required importance, I think that if everyone does when it comes in The casino knows and understands that the casino has the advantage of winning, and then they are fine, if they understand that they have to allocate the money for the casino, regardless of whether they win, lose or whatever, then they have to realize that things are very determinants for the player, one as a player cannot hope to multiply money in a casino, no, before entering you have to know that the casino is very likely to win and that we as players must understand that we should not make mistakes such as searching Revenge if we lose, in that sense you have to be the very mature person to accept the casino's designes, if you win it's perfect to withdraw the money , if you lose, nothing to do, go another day.

That's right, everyone can easily become addicted to gambling, but it is very difficult to recover from gambling addiction, but if someone has a strong desire themselves, of course they will be able to recover from that person's gambling addiction and Very few people can actually succeed in recovering from gambling addiction and only they can reduce their gambling activities.

Everyone who has just started gambling, of course they must understand that gambling is not a place to earn income to meet their needs because it will be very difficult to be able to win at gambling continuously and it would be better for them to consider gambling as a place of entertainment and if they Of course they will be able to enjoy this and if they experience defeat they must be able to stop so that they don't continue to experience even bigger losses, but this will really depend on the personality of someone who knows gambling, if they know gambling and have the wrong understanding of course Of course, they will experience losses and become addicted, of course this will have a bad impact on themselves.

Not me myself, but a "friend" (a friends friend really, I barely know him) had one. He used to gamble a lot all his college life, he got to a point where he was so much in deep debt that he had to quit college as well, and had to find multiple jobs here and there to keep being able to live. His father cut him too, so he had absolutely no income but that small McDonalds server type of income, which wasn't a lot and wasn't enough even for a rent. But that made him better, why? Well for two reasons, first he was so poor that he had no money to spend on gambling, so organically he quit gambling, not as a decision but because he was too poor to do it.

Secondly, he realized that he liked cooking, and wanted to try his hand at it. While he didn't finish college for a math degree, which for sure he would have failed, he learned cooking from some school, and became a chef, not some super known one, a chef in a small meat grill type place, but at least he is much happier now.

This is what you should have in mind is that you should really be avoiding on getting yourself that getting addicted because just like been said that getting out is never been that simple or something that you could be able to do so easily. If you do find yourself that being too impulsive and being that too easily get emotional with gambling then it would really be better that you should avoid gambling in the first place.
Recovery stories might really that look  simple or easy that had been done but actually into those people who are affected with addiction did have that tough challenge on resolving addiction.

This is why it would really be that relevant that you should really be avoiding gambling as much as you could on the time that you would really be able to deal up with gambling.
If you are someone whose really that too impulsive then it would be better that you should really be stopping or avoiding gambling at all cost.

It is easy to become addicted to gambling but too difficult to stay out of it. That is why I appreciate those gamblers who are able to recover and heal their addiction because many people have tried but still failed. Indeed, proper education and awareness are a big help, especially for beginners to stop thinking that gambling gives us a better life and rather accept the reality that gambling is just for fun and entertainment. But yes, it is a very common thing to happen to gamblers - they will change. If they never change their mindset and gambling approach, addiction is likely going to happen.

People who are addicted to gambling only think about gambling. They will not consider other things important or must be done. They see that they can still make money from gambling even though they realize that they still have difficulty making money.

They will not stop gambling even if someone asks them to stop gambling. That's because they don't have anything else to do or think about. If they stay like that, they will only get deeper into gambling and it will be difficult to get out of gambling.

Curing people who are addicted to gambling requires awareness on their part. He needed to look at his own condition after what he got from gambling. He also needs to check how much money he has lost and how much he can make from gambling. The most important thing is that there must be awareness within him to want to cure his gambling addiction.

True, this is what I always remember which is where someone who has entered the addiction phase will have a mindset and way of thinking that is different from normal people in general, no matter how hard you tell and give good advice to him they are still stubborn, they have their own mindset and beliefs, as you said which is where they cannot think logically and far from rational, and this is the reason why curing someone who is addicted is very difficult.

Their mindset, goals and beliefs are straight forward but in an unreasonable direction where they have a different perspective on gambling, they think that gambling is a quick way or a quick medium to change their fate to become rich instantly, and all this happens because from the beginning they misunderstand what gambling is and how it works, they think that the chances of winning are a good opportunity for them to get a lot of money, without knowing that on the other hand the possibility of losing is much higher than the chances of winning, so your first perspective on gambling is something that will determine your further fate.

People who are addicted to gambling will not think logically - since their logic is clouded by their dreams of becoming rich through gambling. They will see that gambling is the right way for them to earn money, and anyone who reminds them of their addiction will take that as an attempt to hinder or ridicule them, and they will act aggressively in response. This is a fact that happens and the majority of gamblers, especially beginners, have the potential to become like that.

Not really gambling specifically but I've seen tons of drug addicts recovering from their addiction. Recently saw one where the kid was forced to leave his dad (cause he was an addict) and a simple "I don't wanna" from the kid made the dad change. Find an anchor for those addicts, they help you recover.


Less of an educational thing but more of a push kind of idea. Most addicts just need that one push really, that push that's going to help them kickstart the process of recovery. Sadly said push can be hard to do and hard to find, even if you watch countless videos such as what OP posted. It all boils down to your capability of taking the first step. The rest? It just snowballs really. Each person has their own recovery method and process suitable for their current situation after all.

Yes that's right. If you have become a gambling addict, healthy thinking will no longer function, you will not be able to think logically, let alone think about the impact in the future, especially in the family. Because the problem of gambling addiction is not a matter of being smart or stupid, but rather a matter of mindset when gambling from the start. Gamblers who are addicted will stop completely if one day they no longer have any assets and lose their loved ones. Because the mindset of someone who is addicted to victory is that defeat is certain, so they continue to be curious until they cannot think logically.

What makes it difficult for people to get rid of gambling addiction is that in their minds they always have thoughts of being able to recover the losses they experienced previously. This also happened to my friend who couldn't control his gambling because he lost a lot of money in gambling, so he always sold the things he had at home in the hope of recovering his previous losses. Recovering from a gambling addict takes a long time and requires support from the people closest to him.

Once you’re a gambling addict, your thinking may not be that logical as it is. It’s like you tend to think the highly impossible one turning into reality, than just to face the reality about gambling. I would also not gamble on funds that are intended to pay the bills, as you might lose them all in gambling in just a blink of an eye. And that’s also a putting a bigger pressure on your part if you are trying to gamble on funds that have real purpose, so as much as possible try to avoid gambling when you think the situation is not on your side.

The moment a gambler decides to meet a psychotherapist he may have concluded within him tired of addiction. He's only exhibiting countervailing attitudes due to the opposition to what he believes or accepts about gambling. He understood that gambling would get him rich and financially free. He also accepts the fact that it could take time, but missing out on a day could seem to him that it was that day he's meant to win his jackpot. Hence, the gambler would have to work daily not to miss out on any day that has been designated to be his lucky day. That's why the struggle between family members, therapists, and friends, always returns void. The addict needs to get atone to this form of lifestyle, and then walk through the route of being addiction-free. That's when the therapist resumes his job and performs fine in healing the addict.

They, the therapist, needs a strong relationship between them and the addict. Responding to one another as though they were friends, a long time ago. These confirmations that seem exactly as one is with a brother, help an addict to flash back and forth easily, to remember his lifestyle as a non-gambler and an addict. Those few minutes of old thoughts could help in pushing the addict to therapy until he's completely cured. Therapy is quite not easy; it requires lots of time and delay. But nobody gets tired of an old friend. If an addict has something else, he can't resist, he'd focus on two activities that will derail his consistency in gambling. From this moment he can get ahead of time and focus more on his other activities, which will make him cut short of his gambling activities.

One thing about some of these gambling stories and videos is that they are not shared by those affected for others to just hear their stories about how addicted they were, but they are shared to be used as educational materials for those who have lost their ways in gambling and believe they can't get out of it again. They are just showing that if they themselves can get out of it, then anyone can also do the same. 
 
Some of the videos are also for the purpose of sharing information with those who are also entering gambling. If they aren't careful enough and don't follow the right steps, they might fall victim to gambling addiction and find it hard to get out of it. It all depends on how the viewers picture the story and what lesson they choose to learn from it.

Once that you are already in the verge of addiction or in the condition on which you are already that having that situation on where you are addicted. Then stopping midway would really be that so damn hard.
If it was easy in the first place then we cant really be able to see that much about those gambling addicts or having those stories on messed up life or even seeing those suicide events because of too much gambling addiction on which it could really put you up into a certain situation or condition on which you could really be able to hardly be to recover or get away from it. Although there are realyl those people who do able to recover but the main things first is about that self acceptance into the mistakes that you've done. If you are really that willing to quit up gambling then you can do it, although its hard but its not impossible.
It all matters with someoens discipline and control.

If you do find out that if it wasnt that effective then this is the time that you would really be asking out some help from your loved ones on which they are the nearest person that you could approach on and tell
about your problems. For sure they would really be helping you out as much as they could and on the time if this wasnt enough, then this is the time that you would really be considering on taking up some
professional advise or services on which it is really that specifically for gambling addicts.