How can you cure a gambling addict?

[bitbit97]

What is gambling rehab then? For drug and alcohol addicted this is special facility, where you visit doctors, do sports, do detoxing, group and individual chatting. What is going on in gambling rehabs? What do they do for treatment? Take away gadgets and close patient alone in a room? Because if gambler get socialized, he can play rock-paper-scissors for food or something.

[IyemRoker]

If a family has a gambler then that family must face a lot of problems but if you have a friend in such a situation how do you bring him back and make his family smile?

You made me reply with my true situation when I was with my ex-husband and when a gambling addict has entered someone it is definitely difficult to let go of that addiction.
We have a small family, my husband, me and my child but everything changed drastically when my husband gambled, everything ran out like gold, motorbikes, houses, everything was sold by my husband and this is a very sad story.

It is unfortunate that your family has found itself in a situation where you and your husband have separated. Without your husband realizing this to be the outcome of the choices he made regarding his gambling activities. It is possible that his actions have caused irreparable damage to your relationship, making it difficult for you to discuss the issue and work towards a resolution.

Thank you for your sympathy Dabs, I'm fine now and it was my past that was really bad. I am now trying to be happy in a new environment.
After that incident (divorce), I also tried to look for a new job in the real world and finally I found a new one real work and with this altcoinstalks forum which is friendly to all members.

I actually don't want to talk about my tragic story in the past but when I look at the "gambling subforum" I always remember, this is like a phobia.
But I try to have the courage to describe it in each of my posts according to what has happened, this pain will always be there but now I feel comfortable with the new environment, the new real job and the altcoinstalks forum.

[LUCKMCFLY]

The cures for a game addict can be very different from one person to another, this is something delicate, but I think that each person has their personality and their way of acting and it is something that varies in all of us, so we have to make the difference. You have to do everything in other ways , study how the person is and see what is the best way to cure it, through treatment or Something like that  but what I say is, if the person has enough money, then let him go and can generate better exclusive treatment.

What I can say about this is that there are ways to combat Addiction , such as doing activities that tire the person, that do not give them much time to think about the game because they are doing things, and one of them is doing sports. , taking Routines of that style , doing other activities , something that arrives at night with a lot of sleep, with a lot of tiring because I eat , Rest and sleep.

[bitbit97]

What I can say about this is that there are ways to combat Addiction , such as doing activities that tire the person, that do not give them much time to think about the game because they are doing things, and one of them is doing sports. , taking Routines of that style , doing other activities , something that arrives at night with a lot of sleep, with a lot of tiring because I eat , Rest and sleep.

It is important, that this change of life style, routine, feeling of boredom did not play negative when this persons finds time for a short gambling session. Tired person is easy inattentive and irritable. That is why to what you have written, I would add that there must be someone who can monitor and control addicted person activity. Not a nurse or nanny, or someone whose advice addicted person would listen to.

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Diverting to other activities might be one way to make an addicted gambler forget about gambling, but it's also a process.

Assistance from his family may also be one of the solutions. I think family intervention will be very influential. Usually gamblers will spend their money in a short time, so maybe the family can monitor their spending every month or even every day.

If his spending exceeds the limit then his family can question him, and of course if he spends it on gambling it will be difficult to answer. The role of the family is very important in this case.

Of course it is a process, and a long lasting process. Like with disease - takes little time to catch it, takes week or more to cure. In addition to your commentary of family help - the addict himself must want to be cured. Without it, it will be waste of time. Family is the first instance who need to spot there is a problem and start insisting on treatment.

In conclusion: family must spot the problem and find gambling addiction replacement with other addictive activity.

The willingness of the gambling addict to be able to end his activity is also one of the factors where the possibility of recovery will be faster. The drive from within is something that addicts must realize.

I will give an example like cigarette addicts for example, they will never stop smoking even if the family forbids it if there is no desire to stop.

But if they really want to quit they will be able to do it, even if the family doesn't forbid it. This is a simple example of a gambler.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Diverting to other activities might be one way to make an addicted gambler forget about gambling, but it's also a process.

Assistance from his family may also be one of the solutions. I think family intervention will be very influential. Usually gamblers will spend their money in a short time, so maybe the family can monitor their spending every month or even every day.

If his spending exceeds the limit then his family can question him, and of course if he spends it on gambling it will be difficult to answer. The role of the family is very important in this case.

Of course it is a process, and a long lasting process. Like with disease - takes little time to catch it, takes week or more to cure. In addition to your commentary of family help - the addict himself must want to be cured. Without it, it will be waste of time. Family is the first instance who need to spot there is a problem and start insisting on treatment.

In conclusion: family must spot the problem and find gambling addiction replacement with other addictive activity.

The willingness of the gambling addict to be able to end his activity is also one of the factors where the possibility of recovery will be faster. The drive from within is something that addicts must realize.

I will give an example like cigarette addicts for example, they will never stop smoking even if the family forbids it if there is no desire to stop.

But if they really want to quit they will be able to do it, even if the family doesn't forbid it. This is a simple example of a gambler.

One of the ways that cigarette addicts have to quit is if something disgusts them, that's the only way, I don't see any other way, my grandmother used to smoke for everything and for nothing, then I think she got a cockroach and now There he never worked again, not even by chance, in this case things can be very different because they have always been given so that they can be done in other ways, I personally think that that is one way, with disgust, or the other So the person who smokes makes a promise before God, the Heavenly Father, to never smoke again. It's the only thing I see that helps, because anxiety is the only thing that attacks the person the most to make them more addicted.

In the game I think it's difficult to leave it because one person? Her family is the only one who can intervene and also do other types of activities like going for a walk, playing a sport, something like that, but the rest things don't happen just like that, it's a long process.

[Agbe]

Hmm!! This is not something one can just say it with a mere mouth but the actions of the two party must be carry out. If your friend is an addict then your own is to advise him and tell him to stop. Give him some of the instances and if there is money take him out to some events centers to dance and drink to forget some of the gambling memories. But all the same it is not easy to cure a gambling addict.

[yohananaomi]

Hmm!! This is not something one can just say it with a mere mouth but the actions of the two party must be carry out. If your friend is an addict then your own is to advise him and tell him to stop. Give him some of the instances and if there is money take him out to some events centers to dance and drink to forget some of the gambling memories. But all the same it is not easy to cure a gambling addict.

Of course, it is not easy to escape from the trap of gambling; apart from not doing it yourself, anyone who does anything to give advice will not be able to change the habit that has been developed.Gambling is a disease that must be cured, and the cure comes from doctors, medicine, and your own desire to recover.Again, everything is up to you if you really want to recover. There are many ways you can do this by keeping yourself busy with the games you like so that you don't think about gambling any more.

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The willingness of the gambling addict to be able to end his activity is also one of the factors where the possibility of recovery will be faster. The drive from within is something that addicts must realize.

I will give an example like cigarette addicts for example, they will never stop smoking even if the family forbids it if there is no desire to stop.

But if they really want to quit they will be able to do it, even if the family doesn't forbid it. This is a simple example of a gambler.

One of the ways that cigarette addicts have to quit is if something disgusts them, that's the only way, I don't see any other way, my grandmother used to smoke for everything and for nothing, then I think she got a cockroach and now There he never worked again, not even by chance, in this case things can be very different because they have always been given so that they can be done in other ways, I personally think that that is one way, with disgust, or the other So the person who smokes makes a promise before God, the Heavenly Father, to never smoke again. It's the only thing I see that helps, because anxiety is the only thing that attacks the person the most to make them more addicted.

In the game I think it's difficult to leave it because one person? Her family is the only one who can intervene and also do other types of activities like going for a walk, playing a sport, something like that, but the rest things don't happen just like that, it's a long process.

In fact, for gambling addicts who have lost everything, they can be said to hate gambling, but yes, they still hope that something big will come to them when they gamble, so that urge is what makes them ultimately continue gambling.

Yes, what you said is true, they will stop when they feel disgusted. But they also have to have serious intentions as I said before. When they only talk about wanting to stop but in their hearts they still want to do it, then they will continue to do it. Sometimes coercion is a last resort.

[bitbit97]

Diverting to other activities might be one way to make an addicted gambler forget about gambling, but it's also a process.

Assistance from his family may also be one of the solutions. I think family intervention will be very influential. Usually gamblers will spend their money in a short time, so maybe the family can monitor their spending every month or even every day.

If his spending exceeds the limit then his family can question him, and of course if he spends it on gambling it will be difficult to answer. The role of the family is very important in this case.

Of course it is a process, and a long lasting process. Like with disease - takes little time to catch it, takes week or more to cure. In addition to your commentary of family help - the addict himself must want to be cured. Without it, it will be waste of time. Family is the first instance who need to spot there is a problem and start insisting on treatment.

In conclusion: family must spot the problem and find gambling addiction replacement with other addictive activity.

The willingness of the gambling addict to be able to end his activity is also one of the factors where the possibility of recovery will be faster. The drive from within is something that addicts must realize.

I will give an example like cigarette addicts for example, they will never stop smoking even if the family forbids it if there is no desire to stop.

But if they really want to quit they will be able to do it, even if the family doesn't forbid it. This is a simple example of a gambler.

Cigarettes are acceptable and both unacceptable comparison. We all know how nicotine pollute lungs, make teeth yellow, not to mention all those cancer problems, that manufacturers stick on packages. Yet this does not stop people from smoking. Also there are people who are heavy smokers, yet live longer than those who did not. Strange paradox to quit smoking if you know that there is no 100% win from that. The price of cigarettes play a big role also. A pack of cigarettes cost nothing, compared to utility bill or money we spend on food daily/weekly. Even if the price is high, it is still affordable. And compared to smoking, you can make a pause. In gambling you can lose infinite amount of money if you dont stop, but you can gamble for hours non-stop. While smoker cant smoke cigarettes one after other for hours. Different kind of addiction.

[Litzki1990]

First is to make the addicted gambler realize that his gambling habits are very unethical and can be harmful to their future. If they agree with you, then you can further come up with you healthy practice that can prevent them from gambling for some times or you can either make a gambling timetable for them and also team them how to manage their bank role. It may not work for everyone but in critical casea, you can see a psychologist.

We can consider gambling addiction and drug addiction simultaneously. I have seen gambling addicts who have lost all their money and wealth just because of gambling addiction but their life was very good before gambling addiction. The society we live in has many people who are a little different from normal people. Unlike normal people, they are addicted to gambling and we cannot bring them out of that addiction even if we try hard.  Maybe we try to spend time with them in different ways to stop them from gambling but whenever they get free they go back to their old ways. A normal person's brain does not work the same way as a gambling addict's brain. A person who is addicted to gambling will take a good word even if it is bad, and if you keep saying good things regularly, the addicted gambler will try to avoid you.

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Cigarettes are acceptable and both unacceptable comparison. We all know how nicotine pollute lungs, make teeth yellow, not to mention all those cancer problems, that manufacturers stick on packages. Yet this does not stop people from smoking. Also there are people who are heavy smokers, yet live longer than those who did not. Strange paradox to quit smoking if you know that there is no 100% win from that. The price of cigarettes play a big role also. A pack of cigarettes cost nothing, compared to utility bill or money we spend on food daily/weekly. Even if the price is high, it is still affordable. And compared to smoking, you can make a pause. In gambling you can lose infinite amount of money if you dont stop, but you can gamble for hours non-stop. While smoker cant smoke cigarettes one after other for hours. Different kind of addiction.

My point here is that the addiction, we can make a comparison of the similarities to make abandoning both activities, even though they have different roles in life.

I hope you can understand what I said before. One of the things that I have encountered that I think is similar is that cigarette addicts will eradicate if someone starts advising them to quit smoking. For example, if someone says that if only the money to buy cigarettes was saved it would be very useful, and those who are already addicted to smoking will answer with a rebuttal.

Likewise with gambling addicts, they will answer "the money I use for gambling is my personal money, what is your right to prohibit because I don't harm you".

[retreat]

That advice is no longer useful for addicts. What they need is help from professionals who understand their addiction and understand how to treat it. Because when you advise a gambler, they will tend to think that your advice is offensive to them, and they will not listen to anything you tell them, even when you are their friend. So instead of wasting your time advising them, it's better to advise their family to take them to a professional for treatment.

[Altcoin1998$]

That advice is no longer useful for addicts. What they need is help from professionals who understand their addiction and understand how to treat it. Because when you advise a gambler, they will tend to think that your advice is offensive to them, and they will not listen to anything you tell them, even when you are their friend. So instead of wasting your time advising them, it's better to advise their family to take them to a professional for treatment.

He is absolutely right because in case of a professional gambler he can be easily recovered from any addicted condition. Nonprofessional gamblers do not follow any rules, but they will never accept any consultation or advice given to them. A non professional gambler takes gambling as a source of income whereas a professional gambler takes gambling as a source of entertainment. So a professional gambler can abstain from gambling no matter how addicted he is.

[0t3p0t]

That advice is no longer useful for addicts. What they need is help from professionals who understand their addiction and understand how to treat it. Because when you advise a gambler, they will tend to think that your advice is offensive to them, and they will not listen to anything you tell them, even when you are their friend. So instead of wasting your time advising them, it's better to advise their family to take them to a professional for treatment.

Good point but how about the average guys who cannot afford for a professional consultation? Some of these gambling addicts that belongs to the lower class in the society they're bringing it's addiction until death because no one cares about them and I don't think if they have this courage or having an initiatve to cure themselves.