Topic: With gambling, it's probably easier to quit cold turkey - page 2. (Read 718 times)

If someone has developed a dependency towards gambling due to the adrenaline rush they experiment then trying to find a replacement will simply switch their current dependency but not solve it, in a way those people should be way more difficult to treat, as those that are in it for the money they can make, can be convinced that it is impossible to get what they are looking for given enough time, while those that gamble too much for the emotions they feel are getting exactly what they wanted.

A person becomes addicted precisely because of the emotions that the game gives him. The size of winnings is not important for everyone. Dependence on games is likely to disappear only when a person can experience similar emotions from something else, but it is very difficult to find a normal alternative to it

Trying to quit on their own is often a sign they are still not ready to quit, since they still believe they have some control over their addiction and they prefer to do it alone thinking they know better than the medical community and the decades of experience they may have, which sounds really dumb when you think about it, but that is exactly what they believe, so until those people finally admit they need to receive professional help, it will be impossible for them to improve their condition.

He will have cravings still but he if could fight it, it would be the fight of his life. It's just like the smoker fighting the nicotine addiction, he can walk a mile just to buy a pack of cigarettes but once he can get used to not smoking in a few weeks, he can make a sudden stop of this addiction. It's a struggle but it will be worth it.

If there is just one man who can attest himself doing this quitting all of a sudden and making it in the end. It will be the story of his life. But with the availability of online casinos and him having some money of his own, its the hardest thing to do.

An addict can quit gambling by meeting a professional, those professionals have helped alot of addicted gamblers quit gambling and they have the experience they'll use to handle your issues. No gambler should think he can  do it on his own. If you decide to quit by yourself, you can always get into temptation that'll make you to go back to gambling. Addicts should also let their loved ones know about the problem that they're going through so they can help too.

Quitting slowly can be challenging but when you're getting guided by a professional that specialized in curing addiction for gamblers or other activities. He'll help you stay disciplined and you'll be free of addiction at last. Many individuals became addicts as they were gambling for money so getting them a good source of income before they quit or reduce gambling will help them to stop been addicted.

Stopping a gambling addiction is not easy, in my opinion it takes a long time to get rid of a gambling addiction, because it is not easy to stop yourself from something you are addicted to and any addiction will definitely not be easy, especially with a gambling addiction where gambling addiction is very difficult if you want to get rid of it. because it is related to money which of course money is an important thing in life. Someone who wants to stop gambling must have a real intention within themselves because it is useless if they get support from other people or their family but in themselves there is no strong intention and determination. In order to stop gambling, I think they have to face many things that will likely torment them, it is also not easy to go through or face something like this where they will really be tested to restrain their desire to gamble.

how easy or difficult it is to stop gambling, I think they really have to stop if they have experienced a lot of losses because it is impossible for them to continue gambling in their life and it is also impossible for them to live side by side with gambling because gambling can make them lose in many ways and such as

It will depend on their addiction level. A person, who has just started gambling but is finding themselves getting hooked up with it slowly, might not have a lot of problems and can easily slowly quit gambling if they want to. However, if a person has already become extremely addicted to gambling and doesn't have enough patience and self-control to say no to the urge to gamble, such people can't quit slowly because they can't stop gambling because of the addiction.

People from the second category I've mentioned will never be able to get out of their gambling addiction on their own but will always need assistance from someone else. However, the first group can easily quit gambling if they try because they are not too deep into it yet and they can still take a U-turn.

Well, to be honest, it is actually very possible for a gambler to quit gambling slowly and end up with a positive result, but this I believe have to everything to do with how deep the gambler is addicted to gambling.
For someone who is not all that deep in their addiction to gambling, quiting can be quite simple, like just reducing the amount of time spent on gambling, and then spending more time on other activities that could help the addicted gambler think less of or about gambling. The gambler could decide to find a new job that keeps him or her extremely busy all day, and very tired and only want to just lay down and sleep the very moment he or she gets home, and the next morning, he or she is up again and off to the same work, coming back again in the evening feeling same way like the previous day.

Trust me, if an average gambling addict will engage themselves in such as I explained above for like a month or two to three months max, he or she may come out of his or her gambling addiction, and may not even remember anymore that gambling exists.

You wont really be putting up yourself on such condition if you are really just that responsible on the things you've been doing on which it isnt really just that limited to gambling but also in other things in life as well on which being excessive would really be always bad specially if its already compromising other things like time and finances on which we know that if things turns out to be messy then it would really be giving out that domino effect on which this is something that we dont really like to happen into our lives. It is really just that people would really be making out some realizations on the time that they are experiencing hard things in life. They wont really be putting up themselves on such scenario if they are really just that responsible into their actions.

Addiction is still the main problem for regular gamblers, even tough compulsive gambling actions will lead to destructive behavior let's not forget the possible consequences for those who can't control this "funny activity". Quitting gambling addiction is not easy for some gamblers it is as easy as just banning the casino account on online gambling platforms. Decreasing the gambling activity has some positive effect on this purpose btw, so it depends on the person how he wants to quit gambling.

Its not easier but possibly cold turkey is the only way to quit for some people.    I dont think cold turkey anything is the easiest way or nicest method to end something you previously enjoyed.   However if you have tried and failed to reduce your consumption or spending habits and its become a problem impacting the rest of your life either in time, attention or monetary balance to your budgets then you have run out of options you must then go cold turkey.  
  I know what I prefer to do in increasing my control of a product or service Im expending cash on which is moderate, reduce and half anything I was previously spending.   You learn best in any case when playing with one hand behind your back rather then all in type gambling where a failure is so devastating, better to learn from just small mistakes small wins be humble and patient;  in longer term the less addictive is better to last the distance and appreciate in your ability to win, learning the game fully before the bigger risks are undertaken.

I am not so sure about that, those that are addicted often talk about learning how to enjoy the source of their addictive behavior in a moderate way, and recently there have been new therapies emerging that make that case instead of quitting completely, however there is a reason those persons are addicted and it is precisely because they cannot control themselves, so trying to quit slowly has very high chances to fail and it should be way more ineffective than quitting completely and on the spot.

We have just one life which is not two, we're ready to level up our game to become very competitive and recording extreme profits, same way we face losses with our sad faces. Old age and struggles are mainly for gamblers that used most part of their earnings to gamble without setting out plans. Our minds becomes exposed and most of the gamblers I know turned addicts and will definitely be out of range. Quitting gambling is not easy as it seems, I've watch how people grow old and still hopes one day, they will milk the system heavily and they keep trying every single day to ensure we're on the right track.

Every addicted gambler definitely needs time to recover and really stop, not suddenly or through force, and needs to adapt to a new environment that does not influence him to gamble. Sometimes environmental factors are also affected for addicted gamblers. Just like drug addicts, they need time for rehabilitation to recover. Sometimes rehabilitation alone is not enough if they don't have the drive to truly recover completely. I once heard in my local media that an influencer consumed drugs and then they were taken to a rehabilitation center when they was declared cured, he left the center and carried out his activities again, but not long after, maybe a month later, the influencer relapsed and consumed illegal drugs again and this was reported by my local media, so this can be concluded if the influencer did not have any intention. to stop even though they have gone through rehabilitation, the same goes for a gambling addict or other addict if within themselves there is no intention of determination or drive to really stop then they will not be able to stop permanently one day it can still relapse if they couldn't control himself.

As much as possible if you could really be able to quit up on point then you should do it, because if you do really let things to be more in longer then you are really just that basically making
yourself putting up on much potential trouble and this is something that you should really be that avoiding. You cant really just that make those things easy, it might sounds easy but on the time
that you are on such condition or situation then it would really be that so damn hard to quit and this is why gambling business is so profitable because people are really that keeps coming
back as long they do have that kind of gambling mindset on which they do really believe that one day they would really be able to make some huge hit and potentially changed up their lives.
This is something a common wish and hope for those people who are engaging with gambling.

The gambler who play the game without addiction till his old ages can’t afford to quit the gambling.Even he doesn’t get addicted,the gambling was become the part of his life.So the gambler who play many years in the gambling can quit the game by step by step in the gambling.The first thing is the gambler must understand he should control the gambling deposit.If the money controlled in the gambling site,the number of the games to the gambling site also controlled by the gambler.The gambler can spend the time by playing the other game in their real life,So he can slowly get away from the gambling addiction.But the gamblers should ready to do this by his own mind.

If only it was free, but maybe there is such thing? Usually it is sponsored by the local government. While most aren't and they are also expensive. Gamblers are aware of it, this is why they just do some alternative remedies to their problem which may not really be effective because at the end, they are still in control of their selves.

I think that even the professionals won't recommend the severely addicted gambler to cut their habit immediately, as this may cause a shock to them and can cause a side effect. So it's better to only tone it down slowly. But speaking of side effects, that sedatives you are talkin there might have it as well. So it's better to just do it the natural way like diverting our attention in some things.

Thing with habits is that you technically can reprogram those. But we just have to replace with habits that are bad for us with something more construtive. This doesn't mean we should get rid of all "bad" habits. Sometimes we just need to control them better. We often have habits because they comfort us, and some of those habits aren't good for us, even if they feel like it. As our brains connect those habits to something that's good for our body. It's an evolutionary leftover called superstimulus. That's something where our feelings, senses and emotions get hijacked supersized version something our body craves. That can be accomplishments, nutrition, feelings, etc...

This can happen with any habit. But it's easiest to explain with food. We crave sugar and carbs because in the past we used to need those a lot more as they were way more scarce to come by. So we are wired to consume them like it would be matter of life and death, and when it comes to our bodies, they would like to tell that there's no such thing as too much, because they haven't catched up by the fact we get way too much sugar.

We also crave patterns, as our brains rewards us for detecting threads and finding out how things work.
When we gamble, we unconsciously try to predict and find patterns that sometimes exist, but sometimes aren't there. But when we win, our brains still reward us, because they think we have succeeded at something important. Even if that has nothing to do with us. It's easier to combat against your cravings just by using willpower, when we understand where our cravings are coming from.

If you are addicted to gambling, quitting gambling can be even more difficult than quitting drug addiction. Because gambling in some countries is legalized, they do not prohibit people from gambling. And currently, online gambling is growing widely. We can play anytime, anywhere.
A person with an addictionan addict wants to quit. Only he can decide. Relatives and friends can only support him to a certain extent. Quitting gambling was tough because no one could stop him if he still wanted to continue playing.

I don't think gambling addiction can be solved overnight. It never was an easy task, it never will be. Yes, there are different approach available for different individual. It was my family in my situation. They helped me greatly to overcome my gambling addiction. With time I started spending more times with my families. Additionally, I kept myself busy with work and certain extra curricular activities. With this I didn't have any time left to gamble again.