Topic: Support, do not criticize. - page 3. (Read 1167 times)

That is why sometimes it's hard to get out from addiction because instead of getting a help, you are getting criticized like you have no chance to correct your mistakes. The closest people to understand you is your family as they know you better, but there are still those who are from the family, not so close that might criticize. As a gambler, we have to accept criticism as that is one of the consequences of our wrong action, if we have prevented ourselves from getting addicted, then it could have not happen.

Everyone makes mistake, right? So there's no need to push that burden more to ourselves, instead, let us forgive ourselves and move on to what makes us a better person. After all, gambling is just an entertainment, it's us who only created a problem, but when the time comes that we will be able to control ourselves and be responsible, we can fully enjoy the essense of gambling.

Fine, it is good to support a gambling addict and provide the necessary help we can afford, but I do not agree with you that mocking gamblers will make them believe gambling addiction can never be overcome, these are two different situations. Mockery sometimes is what brings out the need in some people for a change so that they can put to shame those who are looking down on them and believe they can't make a change. But it is not good to mock anyone, especially those who are facing one challenge or the other, they need our support, at least for humanitarian sake.

As I mentioned a while ago, though some people supported it and some people were against it, nonetheless, I still believe that we should not wait for any gambler to tell us that they are addicted and need help before we render the help. By doing this we are indirectly helping the society as gambling addiction can never be positive to society and all of us cannot be a social worker before we help humanity in our little way. Such kind that you help this way will never forget you for the rest of their lives if it eventually works, so let's always be positive and impact positively into people's lives.

I totally agree on this, instead of criticising and making things worse for the addicted gambler you happen to know, try to be supportive and compassionate.

Understanding that addiction is a complex and challenging battle is a must, people suffering with gambling issues often need encouragement rather than judgment. Instead of pointing fingers, relatives and family of the addict need to put their efforts into raising awareness about the complexities of gambling addiction.

It is better to start cutting those gambling habits little by little because it is impossible to just stop it at once, so it would be better for the addict to have someone by his side supporting him through his journey trying not to go back to it.

Agree with your opinion, support from family and close friends is very important for us to maintain good and correct behavior in the gambling games we play and especially if we lose, it could be that people around us will get medicine. to cure him. ourselves when we are sad.
Yes, it is from family support that we will try to recover from addictive behavior, although little by little if done confidently and consistently, it will most likely be successful.

Our lives are built on family, society, and the individual. You accurately call family a cornerstone. Let's cut through the noise: accountability and tough love. A gambler's demise is a call to arms for his loved ones. Family helps avoid falls as well as cushion them

Vigilance is about recognizing addiction early on. It's not enough to be present when the ship sinks. Avoiding the iceberg from the start is key. As you indicated, therapy is important, but so is a home setting that encourages or discourages gambling

Your remark about neglecting duties is spot-on. A common war, not simply the gambler's. The public typically ignores, judges, and fails to help. Change that narrative and let the gambler realize it's about life, not just money. It's a shared obligation, pal

No doubt that the support of family and friends is essential and needed for people who gets addicted to gambling so they can follow every step recovery phases that help him to solve his addiction. Without that, he can't pass every recovery phase and will give ups without having a chance to cure his addiction. He will not sees the support from his family and that makes him feel sad and will run away from the recovery.

Besides of the support from family and friends, the addicted to gambling must have strong intention from themselves to solve his problems so he will have more powers to pass every recovery steps. Many people can't be able to survived from the recovery phase without other people's supports or don't have a strong intention to solved the addiction. Only some people who has strong intention and power that can solves his addiction and back to his family and friends.

Family shapes the life of anybody and causes or improves any development that occurs in a person's life. Family is almost all we've got and the society. When those people help out during a period of trouble, we tend to adhere to treatment faster than ever. But their absence only stresses the gambler and puts him into a bad financial shape. And suffering his ego, about himself, and being the man of the family. Gamblers shouldn't get degenerated due to gambling. They need to understand and follow a good instinct on money management and self-control. Wagering money can't be the only financial responsibility of a gambler.

Looking into other aspects of life, fixes the home of anybody, including a gambler. Neglecting those responsibilities, births, misunderstanding in the family. The problem or downside on the person's family, which I attribute to business and work, is that many don't observe the behavioral change of those around them. Addiction arrives with symptoms that increases to a high stage if not attended to while it's fresh. If a home cares so much about their ward, once they begin to finalize a change in his character, they should begin a therapy session with the person. While he still has some self-control left. It helps a long way.

The support of family and friends is essential to help in the treatment of a person who goes through this type of addiction, and certainly criticizing is not a good thing as the process to "deconstruct" the addiction and develop healthier habits is quite long, it has relapses and also awakens many negative emotions in the person trying to recover. So, a criticism or word that is said badly will certainly make this recovery much worse.

But I still believe that support from family and friends alone is not enough, no matter how good their intentions are... in addition to them needing to be very careful with what they say and also patient, they should encourage the addicted person to seek professional psychological assistance to avoid relapses or replace this addiction with a worse one such as alcohol, cigarettes or illicit drugs.

If you can observe the presence of addiction among gamblers then you can definitely give them good advice to bring them back. There is no harm in a gambler gambling as long as he conducts the gambling within his control. Just as an addicted gambler brings about his own destruction, he can bring no good to society. On the other hand, if the extreme level of addiction is reached, the existence of various types of criminal behavior will be found by him. However, if a gambler decides to change his position on his own, he must be supported. Maybe if you support him at that time he can get out of his addiction. There are many gamblers who cannot identify their addiction and there are many who realize they are addicted but cannot get rid of it. Gamblers who want to recover on their own must help them understand that this is only for entertainment purpose but not for income.

While emotional support from family and friends is vital, the addict itself has also to do his part by doing his best to avoid getting tempted to gamble again or to minimize gambling activities until he can readily leave gambling for good. Everything is only hard in the beginning but when you realized that leaving gambling for good will make you a better person, and that better opportunities will enter your door, then most possibly you will really continue to leave gambling for good.

However, if you are only good in words but lacking in action, and your family and friends have witnessed that, then  never expect that they will be supportive like you wish to have. Always start the change within yourself, and eventually your loved ones will start supporting you all the way.

your last line is funny, moving ahead, it's a mistake to criticize an addict. The atonement shown is acknowledged, revealing that you had a wrong gambling addiction perspective in the past. But have initiated a freshly learned knowledge to your recent day perspective. The broader a gambler understands gaming, he'd smoothly excel in money and risk management. Both the addicts and responsible players should be equipped with a tool like emotional intelligence. In dealing or interrelating with an addict. Traditional thoughts aren't all the time. Players are free to go beyond the norms of gambling, for securing other gamblers from suffering. One shouldn't be comfortable to see suffering people, in an obstacle he's most likely, going, to undergo. It could be anybody, no gambler is perfect.

No plan or method is adequate or correct. We all should know this. The struggle, though, is much for an individual, a consistent teamwork cripples its strength. It'll only consume time, yet the end will arrive, definitely. Same end may not easily appear for a lonely addict. He's chained psychologically and gets dragged every moment of his life, by addiction. A person who is chained can't unchain himself, without some help. The more people battle problem gambling, the industry will face a huge decline. Gamblers should promote responsible gambling, in real action, to stop such a big decline.

addiction is a serious thing and once a gambler got addicted it will not easy for them to let go in gambling cause everyday they will go and play in casino and it's their routine. But if they want to go in outside world then they must need a companion that can help them through their situation we need to give them our fully support so that they can make things more impossible in their life. Like controlling themselves into gambling and overcome so that in the end that addict will not play gambling anymore.

It's indeed important to have empathy and a constructive approach when dealing with individuals struggling with gambling addiction. Criticizing someone who is already grappling with gambling addiction can exacerbate their feelings of inadequacy and despair. Such criticism may fuel their addiction further, as they perceive themselves as being judged negatively by others, that leads to heightened emotional distress and potentially intensifying their reliance on gambling as a coping mechanism.

If You adopt an aggressive or confrontational approach, it can have detrimental effects, as it may push individuals deeper into their addiction rather than facilitating positive change. Instead of feeling supported and understood, they may feel alienated and defensive that makes it harder for them to seek help or make progress towards recovery. It needs compassion and support to create a safe space for people to open up about their struggles and seek assistance without fear of judgment or condemnation. Empathy, support, and constructive communication over criticism or aggression are the best approaches to facilitate positive outcomes and foster a conducive environment for recovery.

When you do criticize someone then for sure it would really be making out such kind of feeling which they would really be down and whenever that getting depressed or sad would really be fueling out
their gambling  addiction even more because they do thought that anyone is already that having a bad view towards him, this is why it would really be that best that you should really know
on how to have that kind of good approach into someone who does have that kind of gambling problem because if you do find out yourself having that kind of aggressive approach then instead
on helping out someone into its addiction, you would really be rather seeing it to become worst. It would really be just that common sense on how you would really be needing to deal up
something such as this on which it would be impossible that you cant be able to determine on which one is needed up to do first than the other.

Wasn't expecting this topic in the gambling section, but hey, here we are. You mentioned someone struggling with gambling addiction, and yeah, it's a rollercoaster for everyone involved. We all see those stories of people who want to quit, but then ditch the folks trying to help. Frustrating, right?  Like, come on, we're on your team here!

But the thing is, gambling addiction is a tricky beast. It's not like a bad habit you can just kick.  There's a whole stigma around it, making it even harder for people to open up. Imagine asking for help and getting judged instead. Yikes.

So, what can we do?be patient, but also be smart. You can't force someone to quit, but you can offer support without enabling the addiction. Kind of like that friend who loves bad fast food, you know

It is impossible to change people by criticising and putting blame on them like they are the cause to their problems , you can only change people when you approach them with love, this will bring a good bond that will make things easy for you to convince them. When you criticise people when trying to change them  they will think you are against them and they will never take your correction or let you come closer to them.

Love and kindness is the easiest way to convince people about anything. People that are in difficult challenge always go to a Councillor that  will not judge them.

I doubt if criticising someone that is addicted will ever help the person to change . When trying to help someone that is addicted you make feel they are not the cause for their problems and it is possible for them to change.

You are right people should always encourage an addict who was able to realize himself that aggressive gambling is not good for his health because it takes a very strong courage and determination for someone who has drawn himself on gambling to just woke up one morning and totally decided to quit gambling for is not easy and at that moment he will need all the support and encouragement from people around him so that he would be able to stick to his decision because the journey is not going to be Rossy for him because since the spirit of gambling has entered his blood he may likely be tempted sometimes to try it out but if he is not determine enough there is every chance he will go back to his old way.

Yes, as the OP said that what we should do is support them in any way or at least say "encouragement" I think that's good instead of criticizing them which in the end will actually be able to thwart their struggle to quit. I think we all know that quitting gambling is a difficult act to overcome especially if you have entered the addiction phase where your brain and mind are filled with everything about gambling. On the other hand, I think it is quite unlikely for them to criticize if they are basically family or family members of the addicted gambler because obviously the family always wants the best for their fellow family members and I think it is likely that they will support the healing process that is being carried out by the addicted gambler.

For the problem of criticizing or ridiculing, in my opinion, this is more likely to be done by others who are not related to the gambler, such as maybe some friends in the neighborhood or hangout who usually prefer to say or say something that is not based on any consideration that leads to ridicule or criticism.

If an addicted gambling himself will try to change for the better, we should set aside that criticism as it will not help at all. Besides, this gambler if he will be able to successfully cure his gambling addiction, he will not be a problem in the community especially with his family. The problem with non supportive family is they are the ones that are good in criticizing gambling addicts, instead of helping since he is part of the family.

Actually it's not easy to get out from addiction, but it will only be easier if the family member are supportive, so that's the key.

Addicts might have to face a lot of anger from their nearby family members, lenders and so on. So eventually that anger ends up in criticism, so its common and not everyone is going to be supportive.

The gambler is at fault because it was their choice to play with their luck and they did not stop themselves unlike other who moved on. If they chance their attitude to gambling they might be able to come out of this rabbit hole, pay back their debts and be proud of their conversion to a new human.

Support from family and friends is important, but how they provide it is also important. Sometimes its not possible and the gambler has to cope up on their own.