Topic: Recovering gambling addict stories - page 9. (Read 2097 times)

I heard one reasoning from a gambler, it's only money that you losses in gambling and you can recover that. However, your sanity will be affected, no matter how big or small that amount you lose in gambling, you will always remember that at the back of your mind. And if you did, it will trigger all your emotions, thus you might become a addicted gambler. So that struck on my mind, that gambling is based on our emotions and that it can really affect us not just physically, but mentally as well that majority can really take it, thus falling into the trap of becoming addicted and it's hard to recover from that. And it might take years and most of the time its really too late unless there is some motivation for us to quit or seek professional help.

Interpersonal relationship is the first effective step in psychotherapy, and without the relationship between the addict and the therapist, who could be a loved one or a professional, the brain wouldn't rewire accurately or in the first place. When an addict is not comfortable with discussing his troubles or problems with anybody, he'd hardly get help. Hence, the need to attract his attention towards, engaging into conversations with a therapist and loving the person, taking him as a friend who can safely hold addictive secret, helps the addict to go for therapy. Then the brain can then get rewired. Yes, it's a long-term journey and takes lots of effort from both parties, especially the gambler's active participation is indeed required. If not, the addict can develop a countervailing reaction, where he sees multiple reasons not to work alongside those who are willing to help him out of addiction. A lot of problem emerges from healing an addict, but with a sound interpersonal relationship, he could be convinced to take his healing process seriously.

"loss of other people's trust in you" yes... that is one of the domino effects of gambling addiction that you will feel, even when you have recovered from the addiction, this will still apply to you. because it will be quite difficult for other people to trust you after knowing the bad things you have experienced or experienced. So when someone has recovered from their addiction, their life may be a little more difficult compared to other individuals who have never experienced gambling addiction. Changing other people's perceptions of you is quite difficult because it is beyond your ability.

Based on this, it is quite important that we are able to manage the gambling activities that we often do well, so that these activities do not affect the balance of our lives and also the relationships that we are building.

There are many terrible stories and incidents about gambling addicts, but there are always new people or old players who will become victims too, whether they have never read, watched or seen the effects of gambling addicts destroying their lives, why not make it a threat? so that we don't get trapped like other people have experienced

If irresponsible gambling only involves financial risk, I don't think it's so bad, because if we only lose some money then we can get it back. However, it seems that the risks in gambling do not only involve financial risks, but also involve the balance of our lives. Loss of other people's trust in us, and damaged relationships at home and with the people we love, loss of precious time and also every opportunity that comes. That is a bigger loss than just losing some money. And even when we recover from gambling addiction, the suffering will remain. Losing the trust of other people may make it quite difficult for us to find a new job or open a business. Unless these people don't know our dark past at all, but still the bad things will be discovered sooner or later, so that other people will have a bad perception of us. Likewise, when talking about relationships in the household and with the people closest to us, they feel a little traumatized about having contact with us, so they always try to avoid our presence.

A bad practice and a never recommended kind of method or ways on which we know that this thing isnt a source of income making but rather this one has been created for the sole purpose of entertainment but its sad to see that there are people who are really that making those kind of wrong assumptions and treatment towards gambling and this what makes that wrecking out their lives because of it. The best thing you should really be doing is avoiding gambling addiction at all cost because once addiction do really shackles you out then getting out would really be that too hard.
Recovery on gambling addiction isnt something that you could obtain out not unless if you do make yourself realize those mistakes and never looks back with gambling activity.

Yes this is what will happen when you come and gamble without a proper understanding of the actual concept that exists in gambling, losing money is a sure thing and even dominates and this makes gamblers eventually suffer from stress or depression as you mentioned, the reason is clear because they are unable to accept the fact of losing which is actually not always avoidable. Usually people like this only see or focus too much on the chances of winning and ignore the possibility of risk which of course cannot be completely avoided in gambling because gambling always involves risk because this is an activity that risks your money to win or lose.

The misunderstanding of gambling, especially about the chances of winning, will make a person end up with a lot of problems and downturns in terms of money, mental and also family relationships or relationships with partners  and this will be very likely to experience when you end up with an addicted gambler. Therefore it is always advisable to understand what gambling is really about, you are very wrong if you think that gambling can provide you with income, because the "chance of winning" in question is nothing more than a "possibility" which means there is absolutely no certainty that it can actually be realized, absorb and understand until you really feel worried about losing, and with this I think you will definitely prioritize risk management rather  than chasing something uncertain. On the other hand for an addict who wants to recover, I would also say that it is never too late to change for the better, but maybe you need a process that is not easy and long enough because addiction is a difficult problem to overcome.

Gambling for financial gains is a bad practice and one needs to know this before they get into gambling so that they don't spend all their money while trying to multiply it or earn more with it because that isn't possible. Only someone with a lot of luck might be able to earn money through gambling and even for them, it isn't something constant or permanent and eventually, they are going to lose as well if they don't stop at the right time.

I can't imagine having my wife in the hospital giving birth to our child and I'm sitting in the casino to earn money for the bills if it's about a job where you are doing overtime because you need the extra money that's still understandable, but spending what you already have on gambling isn't a wise decision while knowing that gambling is based on luck.

Seriously? Love and caring are nice, but they don't heal addiction. Hard work and unpleasant realities are involved. Not just a lousy habit, addiction is a complex behavioral crisis. The issue is neurology, not just bad decisions. The brain craves dopamine like oxygen after rewiring

We shouldn't ignore personal accountability. While support is important, gamblers must take responsibility. They must face the beast. This is a harsh road, and sugarcoating it helps no one. Rewiring the brain, understanding triggers, and replacing toxic habits with healthier ones is more than avoiding the next bet. The true fight

There's a lot of bad stories already with gambling addiction, and everyday we've see gamblers suffering from such losses and yes, it's not just about the losses with their money but also suffering from depression, stress, and even losing your own family just because of gambling addiction. Money here speaks a lot, and just like doing a bad debts without having the capability to repay it, you'll ended up in the same faith. It's not too late though, once you acknowledge your addiction, you can start doing what is right by seeking professional help and staying away from any type of gambling, you might not be able to recover the time you've loss, but still you can make things right again.

I've never seen any positive impact of addiction on gamblers than the way it affect them the bad way, we should therefore endeavor to make our gambling lifestyle a disciplined type that we don't just go into gambling in an irresponsible manner, we have to take some check on our gambling performance, how we are enjoying it and the way we could push forward in it towards having a better experience each time we are gambling.

Like drug addiction, nobody who takes substances that's strong enough or immune to getting addicted. Gamblers who are not careful about dealing with gambling will almost get into problem gambling. It's hard to escape gambling addiction alone, they need to open up to people around them that they're facing lots of trouble in their gambling activities. However, when a person practices something all the time, they can still control themselves to an extent and avoid getting addicted. That's why gamblers are advised to take a break or vacation after a while of engaging into a nonstop gambling session. Playing for fun still counts as the best form of gambling, but nobody is ready to be happy when they go home with no money left on them, hence gambling for fun requires that the gambler doesn't wager lots of money that will get him angry if he doesn't win.

The addiction thing is really bad at the beginning of something there is no addiction it depends on the control power of the person. Doing something constantly will eventually become an addiction. Many careless people can't quit gambling despite the money and odds. Despite many attempts to stay away from gambling addiction many people end up not being able to stay away from gambling. It's like drug addiction. Betting is fun to be caught occasionally and addiction is less likely if you are careful.

Unfortunately, if the family of the gambler neglects him, that will be terribly bad and could affect his future behavior, after recovery. Because an addict needs love and care to get cured of his problem gambling. What is most important is the need to stay away from consistent gambling. Players own the responsibility of remaining responsible in gambling, but along the line forget about the pains of addiction and go astray. As a gambler, reminding oneself of the struggle addicts are undergoing, is enough to make us stick to the plan of being responsible in gambling. Compulsive gambling has never helped to improve the profits of any gambler. Why then do players tend to play or wager more than they're able to lose. It's painful and leads to anxiety which is the reason most gamblers are not able withstand the struggle, as it starts really strong on the player. The person realizes he's addicted really late, when it has eaten deep into his memory and bank account.

A gambler must have self acceptance and self realizations to stop gambling and build and effort that can help him to start the process of recovery from his addiction. It's hard and not many addicted gamblers can do but we have our goals to cure ourselves from the addiction. With the supports from other people can gives us strong minds to solve the addiction because other people around us will also help us and will be besides us while we undergoing the healing process. We will not be stubborn to quit gambling because we already see what happen to us and we really want to heal ourselves from the addiction. The recovery process will not be too hard if we get support from the people we loved because they will stand besides us and will give their support to us. They will not complain about what we did because they think that we have a second chance to change our lives. We only want to recover our addiction and become a person with a better life and we can help other addicted person in gambling.

Here in Brazil there is a series in documentary format called "Compulsion". It addresses different cases of compulsion with food, sex, alcohol, cocaine, crack, sports, electronic games and shopping. In each episode, compulsive people tell their story since their first contact with addiction.

In the fifth episode, there is the story of a compulsive Bingo player for 20 years and also a man who played for 12 years and lost a lot of money too, in addition to making his personal life a nightmare. Both have a happy ending, and share how they managed to overcome addiction.

People would really be never to stop on doing gambling as long they do have the money that they could make use on, people would literally be stopping on the time that they would be experiencing those
financial hardships which they should have done it earlier and not something sooner on the time that they have nothing left already. This is why it would really be best that you should be wary about on the actions that you are taking and you should really be that responsible on the actions that you are taking because if you do missed out on doing so then it would really be resulting into that huge
disaster and this is something that you do really need to mind on about.

Thanks for the concern shown because even if many people don't admit it openly here, it's very much noted that there are lots of persons suffering or might have suffered from this act but still yet finding it hard to quit this very deadly act and that's why it's important to advocate this important message that gambling isn't something that anyone can turn into a day job or an habit that is guaranteed to grant them successful winning constantly, although it's true that some persons do get lucky and win big but first calculate the ratio of possibilities.

Yes, gambling addicts are people who cannot manage money, if they have money they will definitely use it for gambling. In fact, they can't stop gambling if their money hasn't run out. They can only stop when there is no more money in their wallet.

I have a friend who is addicted to gambling, he always spends his salary on gambling until there is nothing left, he does this continuously so that his salary only lasts for two or three days, after that he has no money at all

Well, we all just for fun and things will go smooth and fun as well but one who doesn't keep things under limits will fall into addiction of kind that we only understand how deep we are into the shit when it's become too late. In gambling people who desperate to make money also gets addicted and there are people who wanted to distract themselves from addicted and many more people but the worst of all is, this can affect us financially first then things will escalate to family/relationship and if they are not supportive then it will broke the bonding and we just do it hard to forget the emotional damage that they are going through.