Topic: With gambling, it's probably easier to quit cold turkey - page 7. (Read 789 times)
Addiction is something we all have to deal with because it is never easy for us to cope with addiction which is something that could affect us severely. Gambling is just a way we can play games for the sake of making profits. One of the reasons why we bet is for us to make profits and sometimes we could be pressure to bet excessively which have huge effect on us. This is one of the ways many people end up getting addicted to gambling. Gambling is cool for everyone but when it is becoming an addiction then we need to halt the way we bet so we don't get too freak about it. We should for us on why we are betting but not to be excessive.
If someone is a problem gambler and has repeatedly relapsed to problematic behavior related to gambling, I have come to the conclusion that it's best to quit cold turkey.
With other things it can sometimes be recommended that the addict slowly winds down their consumption of the addictive activity or substance, but that doesn't sound very realistic with gambling, does it?
Quitting cold turkey, contemplating on your mistakes and talking about it with a group and some experts sounds like the best path. What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?
Cold turkey never works. If you are an addicted gambler, you can't immediately quit gambling because you think about gambling all the time. Also, gambling tapering doesn't work like low your budget and over time you'll become free from addiction. When you are addicted to gambling, you should try to occupy your free time by doing your other hobbies or find a new job or walk in the park, you have to do something different and entertaining in your life to smoothly get away from your addiction. One best way is to spend less time every time you gamble. Gamble for 4 hours instead of 5, then gamble 30 minutes less in next week, then 30 minutes less and in near future one will smoothly solve this problem. Cold turkey is impossible for many people. With other things it can sometimes be recommended that the addict slowly winds down their consumption of the addictive activity or substance, but that doesn't sound very realistic with gambling, does it?
Quitting cold turkey, contemplating on your mistakes and talking about it with a group and some experts sounds like the best path. What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?
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It's hard to deal with withdrawal symptoms once you try to quit cold turkey, the relapse might be worse and you'll get back to your old habit without even noticing it.
This usually depends very much on how deep you are already in the addiction. For example, someone who only smokes one pack of cigarettes a week can quit much more easily than someone who needs one pack a day. It's hard to deal with withdrawal symptoms once you try to quit cold turkey, the relapse might be worse and you'll get back to your old habit without even noticing it.
The same applies to (classic) gambling addiction. Someone who is heavily addicted will probably not be able to stop at all without professional help. However, someone who gambles from time to time can certainly cope with "cold turkey" because, as you rightly say, addiction symptoms can occur to a greater or lesser extent in heavily addicted people.
By the way, if someone wants to quit cold turkey, it helps enormously to tell as many people as possible that you are quitting. This puts a lot more pressure on yourself to follow through, as it would be very difficult to admit to others that you haven't managed it.
Not possible for a gambling addict to quit slowly. If gambling is a problem, the best is to just quit. After he quits, he can start to gamble again after a year. If he sees that he is still gambling in a way he waste money on it, he can quite again. This is how I stopped my gambling addiction.
But if the gambler do not quit and not able to quit, he needs something like rehabilitation program or medical consultant.
It became possible when I did quit slowly. I tried to quit gambling instantly and I experience a withdrawal from it and gamble more as a result. We may all have different experiences but quitting slowly works on me. What I mean of quitting slowly is years of gambling but gaining a progress of having a good decipline until I can control myself of not partaking in any gambling activities if I want to. I can consider myself as an ex-gambling addict because the strategy works on me. But if the gambler do not quit and not able to quit, he needs something like rehabilitation program or medical consultant.
We all have different life status and I think it is better to try and try until you find the best suited way for you to quit gambling.
Just like any addiction, quitting cold turkey is not that easy as it'll have withdrawal symptoms like anxiety or depression. I think it's best if you'll do it slowly and properly by starting to limit the money and time you spend in gambling, reducing it little by little until you get used on losing your urge and thirst in gambling. It's hard to deal with withdrawal symptoms once you try to quit cold turkey, the relapse might be worse and you'll get back to your old habit without even noticing it.
Not possible for a gambling addict to quit slowly. If gambling is a problem, the best is to just quit. After he quits, he can start to gamble again after a year. If he sees that he is still gambling in a way he waste money on it, he can quite again. This is how I stopped my gambling addiction.
But if the gambler do not quit and not able to quit, he needs something like rehabilitation program or medical consultant.
Good that you managed quitting in such way. But since we are talking about addiction, nothing will happen in an instant since it is an impulsive action. You have to surface awareness first before being able to stop if you want to. And if you managed to stop in a short period of time then probably you are not yet addicted to it. Same thing with vices; gradual quitting would be better to avoid culture shock and lack of control with your actions. Addiction as well means that you are spending huge amount of time to such behavior; a learned one. In order to completely unlearn something means slowly changing what you are used to, in order to still cover the tome spent on a daily basis with the things you are addicted of. But if the gambler do not quit and not able to quit, he needs something like rehabilitation program or medical consultant.
If someone is a problem gambler and has repeatedly relapsed to problematic behavior related to gambling, I have come to the conclusion that it's best to quit cold turkey.
With other things it can sometimes be recommended that the addict slowly winds down their consumption of the addictive activity or substance, but that doesn't sound very realistic with gambling, does it?
Quitting cold turkey, contemplating on your mistakes and talking about it with a group and some experts sounds like the best path. What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?
That has always been my belief, when it comes to those that are addicted to a drug they need to still receive small amounts of that drug for a time so their body does not go through some heavy withdrawal symptoms, which for what I have read it is an awful experience to go through, but for someone that is addicted to video games or gambling this is a step that can be skipped and they need to quit on the spot, as this is the best way for them to actually have a chance to make a recovery. With other things it can sometimes be recommended that the addict slowly winds down their consumption of the addictive activity or substance, but that doesn't sound very realistic with gambling, does it?
Quitting cold turkey, contemplating on your mistakes and talking about it with a group and some experts sounds like the best path. What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?
Not possible for a gambling addict to quit slowly. If gambling is a problem, the best is to just quit. After he quits, he can start to gamble again after a year. If he sees that he is still gambling in a way he waste money on it, he can quite again. This is how I stopped my gambling addiction.
But if the gambler do not quit and not able to quit, he needs something like rehabilitation program or medical consultant.
But if the gambler do not quit and not able to quit, he needs something like rehabilitation program or medical consultant.
If someone is a problem gambler and has repeatedly relapsed to problematic behavior related to gambling, I have come to the conclusion that it's best to quit cold turkey.
With other things it can sometimes be recommended that the addict slowly winds down their consumption of the addictive activity or substance, but that doesn't sound very realistic with gambling, does it?
Quitting cold turkey, contemplating on your mistakes and talking about it with a group and some experts sounds like the best path. What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?
With other things it can sometimes be recommended that the addict slowly winds down their consumption of the addictive activity or substance, but that doesn't sound very realistic with gambling, does it?
Quitting cold turkey, contemplating on your mistakes and talking about it with a group and some experts sounds like the best path. What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?
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