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You are once a chronic gambler but with the help of a professional you are now totally cured, then a publisher offers you to publicize your journey from being a chronic gambler to a cured one, but of course, everything could be exposed like your habit experiences, your agony and even your personal life, will you agree to do this, of course the publisher will pay you for the story that you are going to provide.

If someone willing to pay few thousand dollars then most people will have no problem with it. :D Yes it could damage our personal image but our story can inspire lot of other addicted gamblers so they are going to get better life from your experience.So just accept the offer it is good,don't just go for few hundreds,I don't think its worth.

As always this is a matter of "how much?"

I'd be willing to reveal my deepest and darkest secrets for the right price, as I'm sure all of us would.

Personally, I've never been a chronic gambler so it wouldn't cost a lot for me to share my entire gambling history.

Wow...
I think I will agree with the publisher to publicity my biographical, but they must agree for the royalty for my journey.
Publishers will take profit based on my life stories, so it will be nice if they share their profit with me.

Why not it's like hitting a bird with one stone, you are going to make money it's better if they give you a royalty instead of giving you a one time payment, and you can also help other chronic gamblers, by your story you can inspire other gamblers that there is still hope in their situation and they should not give up, even if there are privacy risk, it's part of the deal to make the book interesting.

Just like saying, "yes of course, if the price is right". It will be touching your personal life and also exposure to others so I think that is a big deal for me. Besides, it will also help those gambling addicts that want to change their lives into normal life. You probably one of their inspiration from the chronic gambler and can able to control your self into a possible addiction. Nevertheless, exposing yourself from bitter gambling is not a joke and also that is a shame of your self. I can give statement but in one condition, wearing a mask and only a voice can be heard.

If the money is good and if there is a chance to change the lives of many people like me why not? I will surely do it. If I was a chronic gambler, my family life would have been ended a long back. I am sure I would not have much friends. I do not see any reason to tell my story to the world. It is an opportunity to change the lives of others.

If I am about to start a new life personally or professionally then I may not accept their offer regardless of how much they are going to pay. I agree their efforts will save many gamblers from ruining their life out of gambling still I must take care of my life's settlement first before making my life as a lesson to other people.

Moreover, I will ask people to delay the project regarding my history and once I confirm nothing bad will be happening around me  just because of publishing my past, then I will get the rewards and I will give permission to publish.

I hope many rehabilitation centers are already doing these but not sure they will be getting permission from the patience because most centers are enforcing and taking this kind of rights at the time of admission itself. Once you or your blood relation signed up, you cannot go against them legally as per many countries' jurisdiction. Money minded people are everywhere and they never bother about others' privacy.

Of course with a good price, i will be much willing to share my story and all my struggles behind it. But not only for the profits i will make but also to those chronic gamblers who will be inspired from my own story. Even if i'm not a chronic gambler in my real life, but atleast i know i have helped people and have given them hopes and courage to be cured.

As a thread starter, there is an advantage and disadvantage of giving them rights about your struggle, advantages is you can partake valuable lesson in the life of gamblers that, all is not hopeless, and they can always start over again with the help of the people around you, the other advantages are you are not only teaching but making money as well with royalty, the disadvantage is people will tempt you to gamble to test if you are really cured of gambling or you just want to make money from your book.

If I am cured I guess I cold be proud of it. Stories like this actually inspired some people with same challenges to overcome gambling addiction. People with gambling problem will look up to me and say I did it. It would be best if Dr Phil will be interviewing me one tv as well ;D  

People judge people even when all the things are in the past. So proving them wrong in the end will be a relief on my part.  

This is a very difficult decision and people should think often before following this path. What is at stake when a person decides to expose themselves on the news channels?

the person exposes his life

the person exposes the life of his children

The person exposes the life of his wife

the person exposes the life of all family members

This is not just a matter of money, it is a matter of reputation.

Let's imagine that person X was a big addict 20 years ago and nobody ever knew about it, today person X has a job, wife and children and everyone lives very happy and respects person X very much. If person X decides to tell his life from addiction to news channels? everyone will not look at person X as they did before they knew they were addicted. even if person X receive $20 million to tell their addiction story, the 20 million won't bring that very good image people had of person X before they knew he was addicted

Since you are a gambler then for sure you would do such thing yet you know that you can earn money with that.Even if you do already treated up your gambling addiction
you would always consider on making or earning money.

Also, sharing up experiences from chronic to cured one doesn't give out any negative impressions yet this would really motivate to those people who do have similar situation as yours.

yes and why not ? with or without pay ill still do it because i have a feeling that i can touch someones heart and i can save a gamblers life   .

i seen many stories and when i read them i feel inspired and sometimes i also think that what if one day i will write up my own story but i have a more interesting and touching story on other area's as when compare to gambling because im not that really active or hooked on playing a gambling  .

ill just play to past the time 

I am guessing i couldn't use a pseudonym in the publication. But yes, why not? As a cautionary example i could help other people, and getting money from publication would be safer then gambling. Maybe i don't have a realistic view on myself but i can't think that such exposure would be so bad for my reputation. If there even is a reputation for me that is.
In fact i would hope more people would be honest about their problems, it would make people more connected, and there would be more this feeling of belonging.

The only reason that I'll agree to this kind of publication is that I just wanted to help others get cured and stay away from being a chronic gambler. If, based on OP's description, you went from being a degenerate to a cured one, you have certainly made huge decisions in your life that have affected that outcome. Those decisions are very elusive from other people's situations (gambling it is). And with the article (or book), you can provide the much-needed help to those who really suffer. I will not shy away in making other people's life a little easier in this cruel world.  ;)

Wholeheartedly I'll agree to publish each and everything happened for me with gambling. This will surely serve as an way for people not to take risk. Even after going through the article if a user prefer to gamble he'll at least have some limitations and spend. Going through a failed gamblers life will get you big experience than the one who have succeeded through the same.

I just read an article where the success story was mentioned, and the gambler managed to earn more than 100 bitcoins. This makes people get interested into gambling, but the failed persons experience will make him stay cautious and play which will let him not to ruin his living.

And welcome to celebrities world...
When we became popular (because of the publicity), its the risk we must handle.
People will try to open what we must hide in the past, and try to predict what we are in the future.

About the wife and the family, we can ask them: they live with your past or with your present.

Reminds me of Michael in GTA V wherein Dr. Friedlander publicized his story albeit using a different name for his own TV show. I would rather keep the information private to myself though if I know someone is addicted to gambling and I can share a thing or two, I'd do it. I'm a private person with no plans of monetizing my own condition (though I'm not a chronic gambler so..) so I'd keep things to myself, and help whoever needs some advice though in a personal manner, not TV shows, radio guestings or anything.

Chronic gambling habits can not be easily cured this habits is worse than drug and cigarettes habit. It can only be cured completely if the victim is not exposed to the resources that makes them gamble

If you are ordinary people probably you can but it should have a payment, of course. But if something you are a celebrity that can make ruins your reputation I'm sure you are not. For me, it's a no because I don't want to reveal in public because that is strictly prohibited in our religion and until now they did not know it. Even how much they are going to pay still I don't.

No because first of all I am not a chronic gambler but even if I was there is no one else who needs to know about my personal business.
Being a chronic gambler is a very bad problem, unless you are winning, so I do not feel I should show people how much I lose.
This might also start to lead to other problems if other people didnt know of your problem and now they did.

There is no better way of helping other people if you were once on their shoes, and you get the opportunity to explain how you overcome the dangers of addiction and gambling. Regardless if I expose all the bad habits during the days of my addiction, I mean, that is the truth and it should be an eye-opener to most people who are planning to gamble continuously.

Again, the purpose here is to help one another and prevent some to go astray and live a life full of problems (e.g. drowned in debts, etc.).

Who wouldn't? Pretty sure if they're a chronic gambler their family and closed ones will be aware of so there is no hiding to not publish the journey publicly. Fuck it, I'd make if an interesting fictional story to get paid from the publishers lol

I guess I would of there is a pay and if publicizing my experience and journey as a chronic gambler would help those who are about to start gambling or those who are on their way to getting addicted, I would. Reading such a publication can be educational since it came from a real-life experience. While reading you other people's story about their experiences and struggle, you can slightly relate to it and might get an idea of how they dealt with their problems and struggles in life.

I will, I might even do it for free, your, or my story will be an inspiration to others or might inspire other chronic gamblers to change their ways.
it would give them hope that it is possible to live a life away from gambling. be proud of what you accomplished and share it to inspire others
and your story might be the one who helps them achieve what you accomplished.

If I am in that position, perhaps I want to share my experience from being a chronic gambler into a new person, and I can get cured by the helping of a professional. I want to help other people who have the same problem as me so they can get cured too because they deserve to have a normal life like what I get. But I don't want to share a completed story, including my personal life because I don't want my family getting involved too deep in that story. Perhaps, my family can show them too in public, but there is something that we need to hide from the public.

IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT, WHY NOT? Lol i am a practival person and since i am proud of being cured and may an example to others to what will happen if they don't control their emotions in gambling so why should i deny the chance? And besides theres a good payments for those who are being offered for something like this and i will have a two birds in one shot,helping others and gaining as well?wasnt that a good idea?

I am just being realistic and i know with those action i made for sure many will benefits including me and many others

Maybe if with that, can help other people, I will agree. Because who can get bad affect from gambling is a lot of people. When i get cured, it can inspire maybe for other people who actually get really addicted, but want to change to be better. If i can proven that i changed, they can try same way like me and it can give positive things to them.

Not just because you will be paid off course but also your life experienced would be a good example that from each struggles in life there's people who knows the right thing to do in helping those problems out from the gamblers. Sharing your journey towards to your own curity will be a good inspirations for everyone who are also suffering the same thing. They will be encourage to ask for help with the professionals who knows and understand the concern.

No, I don't want be popular online, lol ..

Seriously, if this way I could help, maybe I will agree but I would ask them to hide my name, I just want to keep my privacy and not letting people know what I have been through in life as a gambler.

Of course I will. Why should I be afraid to tell everyone my experience if my experience can help other people? That I've been in the lowest but manage to get up and of courde by sharing my experience, I can help others and inspire them who are already a chronic gamblers and for those who are just starting, to avoid experiencing the same thing.

The purpose of sharing experience to help others, and for me the payment by the publisher is just a bonus

In my own point of view, i would agree to share my  experienced being a chronic gambler because i could inspire other people and help them realized the bad things about gambling, which they can also learn from my mistakes by being gambler in the past. Also, getting paid from the publisher would be worth it by simply just sharing my experiences about gambling.

I am here in crypto because I want to keep what I'm doing private so most likely I would not allow to publicize my bad experience as a gambler even if it other gamblers can get a lesson out from my experience, its just not me, I value privacy a lot and I don't even post a lot in social media because like I said I want to keep my privacy as that is my happiness.

When I'm gambling, I only usually do it online so nothing would know except myself.

Even if the publisher won't pay me for it, I would allow my personal journey to get published and be shared into the public. That is a success story that you should be proud of. That is an honor for you to share your personal life to others as a lesson, especially to a lot of chronic gamblers out there and their families who seem to be wallowing in desperation because their or their family member's gambling addiction looks impossible to overcome.

Ask for bigger talent fees because you are the center of the topic and your story will spread all over the world so its good to be paid well. There are some news like this not to ruin the reputation of a gambler but to educate people about the risk in gambling and to inspire as well that despite of the pressure and greed, you are able to help yourself and get out of gambling, there are different stories that you will remain broke because of gambling.

If I'm a real chronic gambler and also being offered by such opportunity, I will grab it definitely — without any single hesitation. Why? Very simple, because I want my life served as an inspiration to everyone whether you are a chronic gambler, an occasional gambler or even just a simple person who wants to engage with gambling. I'm not interested with the money, I can actually present myself for FREE if they like :D. The fact that I'm changing one's life for the better that's already more precious than any amount of money :).

I would definitely will share my experiences not only because of the money but because I want to tell to others that they can be cured even if they were addicted to it. I want to tell them that they can change. Personally, I never been a chronic gambler but I do have experience in this industry hence I know how being addicted.

Its really going to be a big thing to do. In as much as it would be demeaning and the kind of ridicule close family members will have to endure, if I found myself in such situation and be able to overcome, then I won't hesitate to put the word out there. However, rather than doing it solely for the money, the best is to do it to be able to reach out to people who are buried in such situation and looking for helping hand to get out. A lot of people have had their careers shattered, family destroyed, friends abandoned because of chronic gambling which they can't help and some have even lost their lives in the midst of all these. So any help is welcomed no matter the shame that would arose because of it.

Indeed it's good that someone's story can help others to stop the addiction, but come on, the money comission reward is very welcome too. Chronic gamblers have already lost much money and opportunities due to their addiction, recovering these losses by selling self-help books sounds a good idea.
A book revealing internal details of someone's life must worth financially, as it may affect the professional life of this person and the way the society looks upon him.

Nope I want keep my I indentity private, that's why I choose crypto gambling today because being a gambler Im want to keep myself privately to the public. Even the owners of the gambling site or gambling houses they're not showing their identity in the public for their safety for the owner of the house of the gambling is the one chronic gamblers.

You don't seem to understand the word "chronic" i guess you need to open your best Webster dictionary to fully understand what it means.

Anyway, a chronic gambler is somehow an addicted person in gambling that somehow trying to stop the disease yet they can't. So if I was this person I might have to share it to someone too to make an awareness of how hard or even deadly it is to fought a battle that almost took your whole life in a mess. Awareness is the key to prevent those people whom too fed up with the idea of chasing their losses.

I'm sure many gamblers will be willing to do this and moreover they will pay for this. But this is not just about money, because when you can recover from a chronic gambler and then share the story then of course, the story will trigger them to recover as well and for those who are not gambling addicts, can anticipate bad things that might happen. So basically it's all about learning how to stay disciplined and keep your emotions stable in gambling.

I would be glad that I'll be able to overcome it but since it can affect my personal life, I would request that using an alias will be on the contract but if they decline.

Then I have no choice but to publish my story to inspire others. The purpose would be informing the people that there's a solution to the same problem that others might be tackling at the current time. It's an interesting insight, I might even say no to the payment but if it's a honorarium then, okay.

Only a few would really have that kind of passion on sharing its experience to others so that you would able to inspire them into your own chronic gambling experiences.

Yet majority would really like to be paid on everything they do and this would include this experience sharing.Privacy will vary on each one since some are too concern with
their privacy and some doesn't really care at all.

By sharing our experience, other gamblers can learn from our mistake so that can give them away to improve themselves and even they will know that if they made the same mistake as what we did, they can fix it and solve the addicting problem. Perhaps, they can go to a professional person who can help them to cure themselves of gambling, and if they succeed in curing the addicting, they will share their experience with other gamblers too.

The more gamblers who can do that, it will help the others to solve the addicting problem so many gamblers will know that playing gambling can only for having fun. And if they can win, then that will be a bonus to them.

I don't see anything wrong with that. So, yes. I would be willing to publicize my experiences from being a chronic gambler to a cured one.

To be honest, I do not see the exposure of my previous habits as a downside. I think with all I have been through and what I did which led me to being cured, that would be so inspiring to others who also want to change their lifestyle. And for me, inspiring others is also another way of helping. :)

It can be good stories to inspiring other people who suffering addicted gambling so i willing to do that but back again this is not more than business because money involved at here and if this success i'm sure the advertisers will get a lot of money so the price should be decent to me and if supose can one of part from the agreement is from every selling i can get the royalty

Talk about publicity is something eveyone could afford to, everyone has looking at you, know your stuff, specially personal information. It feels like an itch you can't get rid off. Well, with a whole heart of sincerity and willingness I might give up such thing for someone like to be able to cure and as well prevent spreading such personal disesse. Since it is very rare to cure it would be very great to have some guide from a real person who experienced it.

If I were the chronic gambler everyone was talking about or if I became well known for this I would try with the help of someone close to me write an autobiography book and I would hope to make quite some money for this.
This is the only way I would made my story public otherwise no not at all.

if your purpose is about money, you can create it yourself, can write through any platform or make a book. if your story is really interesting and good I think it will salable.
but on the other hand, whether the story becomes successful gambling or a failure because if successful, it will usually be easier to be famous, but when it fails it might be good for motivation so that people don't do the same thing.

Well, I would,for the sake of those going through thesame addiction problems but I will ask the publisher to guarantee that my identity does not get exposed or mishandled. I probably won't collect any money for this reason. otherwise the publisher will likely not handle my data carefully. He/she could even sell it.

I disagree. A well-written story about a chronic gambler can save lives of thousands people. Your name can be changed, as well as some other details that could lead to revealing your true identity, but it doesn't really matter in regards to the quality of the story. No one needs to know your real name, or the name of the street you live on. What people need is a convincing story telling them that while gambling they shouldn't go over certain limits, timewise and moneywise. And when I say "convincing" I really mean it. Such bullshit as "the house always wins", "it will ruin your life", "stay away from it" ... is not convincing, and never works.

If I had a story of evolution from a chronic gambler to a cured one under my belt, I would definitely allow to publish it, but on the one condition. It shouldn't be dull, full of stereotypes or boring to read. It should be like Fight Club, but about gambling addiction. We don't need another stupid book regarding this issue.

It's your right to ask for the publisher to make sure that your account will be handled well. If ever that there's a need of your personal identity
which will add more realistic to the story then better to assure you that it will enlighten the portray characteristic that they wanted to write up.
With their good and fair judgement the story will help others to cope up with the same suffering that you went thru.

I guess this will all depends on how much sensitive of life that he have, many people are playing gambling online to avoid public exposure because their family name is at risk and other personal reasons, regarding about doing a personal interview and releasing it on public maybe as an inspiration to those who are addicted in gambling that can't quit gambling, this will have a cost, especially if it is going to be released worldwide, if not, probably the person you are pertaining OP will decline about this interview.

but it cannot be realistic if you hide your personality mate,people might think that it is another Gimmick from publisher or media outlets.

what i mean is the truthfulness can be found on us if people can see the reality in our eyes,but of course i respect your stand mate though i only emphasizing what can be done if we will let our personality revealed.

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as my stand in my previous post is If The Price is Right lol,practicality we earn and we help others  ;D ;D ;D

I am hesitant to do this even though I will be paid through publication, the reason is because in my area the gambler is something that is considered bad, even though he is no longer a gambler but still be suspected and usually when there is something in the gambler area (eg lost property) then that first suspected was a gambler, I choose to keep it as a secret.

There is always a way out. It is only a matter of determination. A man can do whatever he wants to. Impossible itself says Impossible. Gamblers just need to realize how harmful this activity is and what losses it brings. That will force them to set up their minds to leave this game. People like you can become a source of inspiration for the troubled gamblers. It would be difficult in beginning to leave but time cures everything.

Maybe I will agree, but I have to know what the ultimate goal is. Do they want to benefit ?
If indeed they want to make a profit through my life story, then I want them to make a contract where the results can be enjoyed. IMO, this is fair.

If they are not going to put you in a bad light, and you will end up a good person in the end plus there is money involved why not, you can help other people with your experiences, so why not get your healing process documented to inspire other people and get extra money as well.

I don't see something wrong about the privacy since you've just overcomed that struggle and you should be proud of yourself. I wouldn't mind what will be the people near me think about it but as long as it can inspire others who's in the same struggle, that would be great.

I guess others don't want to share it because it's something personal to them and I also understand that part. It's not about being shy but it's something within their personal thought that things like this should be kept privately.

There are really things that should really be kept privately and people are different in terms of their own personal lives.
Some might consider on sharing up and some would just decide to keep it for themselves without minding if they would able to
inspire others or not.The most important thing is that they do able to resolved out their problem towards addiction.

I certainly agree. Because maybe the experience I've experienced might be able to inspire others. Because I see it is not easy to reduce addiction from playing gambling. It certainly requires commitment and strong self-discipline and must be done continuously. will definitely be a very inspiring story

I think many would do this beacuse generally it is like a biopic that would be released and you would also get lost of money. Also it was past and how you recovered could be a positive sign and inspirational for others so many would do it.

That was a nice deal. I really don't think that anyone is looking to write articles or stuff about experiences of chronic gamblers and then get money out of it. The main purpose is to save others from doing same blunders and help those who want to leave this game. It will help the addicts. It is not an easy task to shake off old habits. Gambling addicts find to get rid of this game even after realizing its fatal outcomes.

Not everything should be done because of money though. The money will be spent but the influence it leaves will still linger on. Not that its actually bad been a chronic gambler (at least it's far better than being a murderer) but society tends to put fingers.
If such thing ever happen to me, I would give out the story but anonymously. Many true life stories that are published use that method.

Yes, we're not blended together with the same stand regarding each issue and situation. Some like me, wouldn't think of other things and it's literally okay to share it for the sake of other people who are dealing with the same hardship.

While for others, it's an important matter to them and just want to keep it to themselves and doesn't want to ruin their privacy. Both matters but yes, the most important matter is both sides overcome this problem.

It's not about earning money but rather about helping others to not make the same mistakes you did in the past. If you are well known public figure, your name and your photo on the book cover would help to get a wider audience for the book. Otherwise there's no need for disclosing your identity, unless you yourself want the fame.

maybe what you mean by that highlighted words is "Lots Of Money"?and not Lost of money.but anyway let correction stays behind.

thats it,our past is the mirror of today so let others know what you have in past so they might use as guidance and pattern for what they can be in future right?its helping them learn what would happen if they choose the wrong path in gambling.

I appreciate trying to help others to overcome their addiction in gambling, and I can see addicted gamblers laughing at you when you are telling your stories in TV or any social media platform, if this is going to happen in the future, I'm just being honest and more realistic here. :)

My point here is that you can't help other people who don't help themselves as well, it depends on them if they are going to quit gambling or not.

Well, you can always use pseudo names and remain pseudonymous right? As far as I know, every such stories that are told, real names are never revealed. Even their locations and all private information are altered and some fillers are added so that no one can know who they are. I would agree if they allow me to remain pseudonymous. After all, you can make something out of your story  ;).

If I could help even 1 person recover from addiction,,, then for sure I definitely would. I am not a big gambler, thankfully,,, I do enjoy losing a a little money every now and then;)

But I keep my habits to small and same wagers here and there with pocket money,,, I probably would have saved a lot of money if I did NOT gamble, but then again I could have worse habits. And who knows one day I win some big jackpot that changes my life?

But if I became addicted and recovered? I for sure would agree to share. In the hopes to help someone we should always agree.

Good for you , i wish you to never fall into addiction, you are part of those 1% rare people .

Realistically it would always about money especially for those who struggle making one as long as it makes sense for your or even a fantastic amount of money offered like it would sufficient to covers your living cost for 10 years for instance.... why you should refuse it?  ;D .
But ideally it shouldn't be like that , for those people who are not materialistic... making an impact by Sharing a great story would be more than receiving thousands dollar to make you happy which it's rare nowadays unfortunately.

We all have a story to tell, whether good or bad, and some of our experiences in life could be a savior to some people if told publicly, so sure, why would I not share my story to help someone comes out of that addicted gambling except maybe in my story, some of them could implicate me to go to jail, which I know that we are too wise as humans not to find a way around it and still share pour story without mentioning that particular one even if I dint have to be paid for it.

Now that it involves money, which will be the one that would even motivate me the most to quickly go tell my story to the world. I get to earn some money from that and at the same time I get to teach some people some experiences of life which is meant to be the best teacher for all.

In my own opinion in that situation, i would kindly accept the publisher offers to publicize my experiences being a chronic gambler because they could learn a lot of things from me, so they could not experienced my bad experiences about gambling. I also think i will not be embarrassed from that because i could be a good example for children who are curious about gambling.

My story is kinda similar, except I didn't make "huge" losses and no professional helped me, it was me teaching myself. But yeah, if one wanna publish the story which surely includes me being insulted for gambling away friends and families money, being into debts etc, I am fully to it. Gambling is a lie and a mistake, not a immoral crime that I should be scared to expose :) human beings are greedy by nature ;)

I think it is not really a bad idea to share your journey in gambling most especially if theres something in that journey that can probably enlighten or help those gamblers having difficulties battling with addiction. We are not perfect people thus, we make mistakes but the most important things is the learnings that we’re able to get from tat mistake or journey. I don’t gamble much and haven’t helped anyone but gambling stories of others helped me in making sure i’m in control with gambling.

If someone really is willing to pay money just to have a person who is willing to publicize his/her journey from being chronic gambler then that person won't have such problem finding someone that is a chronic gambler before since he/she can earn money from it. It is also much better that the person who is willing to publicize his/her will be anonymous like their personal name and other information except his/her identity in social media or other platform because some may prefer being anonymous and some don't.

I guess yes! People learn from mistakes more than therapy. If an addict talks with a former addict, they will learn more and will become less addict than just going to therapists and those who will just say to him "hey, don't gamble, it's baaaad". Experience is indeed the best teacher of life buddy.

If you have already shared with your loved ones this story then it is not that difficult to share with publisher and let the world know about your journey and how you overcame it and might be many would be inspired with it .

Certainly agree, who does not want to share an extraordinary experience with everyone, even though it was not an exciting experience, but at least we also play an active role in reducing chronic gamblers. Surely will be happy when our stories are heard by many people, especially when they respond to our stories well.


Yeah right, just because the stories we share are from bad experiences doesn't mean we have to be anonymous. We are also like those successful entrepreneurs who share their experiences with many people, it's just that the peak of our success is different, we are successful apart from chronic gamblers and that is one of the extraordinary things.

Most of the time where experience is the best teacher but it isn't really necessary for you to wait up for that scenario before you would able to learn.
You can avoid mistakes or not good scenarios with your life even just applying others experiences.Yet you've known that they do already put up into
that situation then you can always mirror out those things that it would surely happen into you if you don't stop on addiction with gambling.

This is indeed a great story to tell to someone even though you only bet/lose small amount and yet you are out of control to stop. Controlling yourself alone is already a big factor that you are a very strong person. Of course, it would take a lot of pain and punishment before you do realize that you are in shithole.

It serves inspiration as well to those who've been doing this before. Changing their mindset is a big challenge and it takes time to develop as well. The reality that some experts can be a kind of chronic gambler before but they actually change because they want to and they are working it hard. Quitting is not a solution to correct mistakes but rather to open up in the public and we can hear good advice to help.

There is no reason for me to reject that offer IMO. I don't think it's a shame to share your stories that challenges your practically then after that you were able to get rid of that difficult situation. It's indeed helpful for other people specially those gamblers are always gamble with their emotion. It can influence them in a positive way as it may give hope to those addicted in gambling.

Well, I was hoping that all of the people could digest positively If this kind of scenario will be documented and be available for public viewing. Sad truth is, not all of the people will, not all of the people knows how to walk in other's shoe, unless that situation will personally happens to them. I've seen a lot of addicted gamblers ignoring the reality, spending like there's no tomorrow.
If I am to be ask with the OP's question, I'd definitely say yes as long as they pay the right price for invading my privacy. Money matters practically, helping addicted gamblers will be the 2nd purpose.

This is not a problem for me for as long as I am truly clean and not just hiding my previous gambling habit. This is really something that I should be proud of. Not everyone who has chronic gambling habits are able to overcome them. There are even others who realized them only after damages have already been done and could not be overcome anymore. If my successful experience of getting over my gambling habit will somehow enlighten others who are still under its shadows then I will allow my story to get published.

for me theres nothing wrong publicizing my Former mistakes,since i have already accepted that once my life ruins because of greed?of course i will be proud to be one as a example of there is a life after failure in gambling.because gambling addiction is a serious case and these days its getting worst than before,there are more suicide cases that causes of gambling and some are more brutal,here in my country there are tons of cases of kidnapping and ransom because of gamblers cant pay the loan they get just fr gambling.

Of course yes I will agree with these because I also like to share my experiences and journey from being a chronic gambler into a normal people. This could help other people to be better and change from being a chronic gambler into a just normal people, for those people who will read my story and journey they will think another way on how they will start to move on and maybe I can help them by encouraging based on my experience in life. This will be a win win situation on me because the story that I will share will help them to move on as well I can get income from it.

Sharing your personal experienced and allow people to learn from your past mistakes in life can be an eye opener, it's a good thing to bring your
story to people who are experiencing the same problem. The person who help you out to bring back the realities in life can reach more people,
those who are in need of help will be inspired with your story and who knows what will be the affections in their lives after knowing the right
way to overcome this problem.

I agree, the willingness of a chronic gambler to fight the addiction is of major importance, and without it no advices can help. But if the willingness is there, some advices from experienced gamblers, especially from those who have succeeded in fighting the addiction, can help a lot. Of course it shouldn't be something like "Stop gambling completely", "Stay away from all gambling sites" etc. Those kinds of advices never help.

I am sorry to be a selfish person here, but I think that for me to share that kind of story, it would be because I am motivated by the money and not because I want it to help someone out there alone and please don’t get me wrong, I have human sympathy and I would never do anything that will affect my fellow human being, but in this 21 century generations, we have too many stubborn people that don’t pay listening hear to some of these things and even if the read the book from now till 100 years, it would still not help them or stop them from being a chronic gambler until they have their own share of the experience too or they probably just go for rehabilitation which is to be decided totally by them at their own free time.

I think quitting is already a solution because this is the very first step that you have to take if you want to quit for being a chronic gambler. And you can then start to open it up to the public, don't just open it up to the public if you aren't chronic gambler because you may look like a pathetic dude who's trying to get some sympathy.

I'm ok with it, it's a good reference for people who wants to get cured of gambling, as long as I will not be depicted as someone bad and bad influence I'm ok with it, of course, there should be monetary compensation because  the publisher can also make money out of my story.

If the story can inspire many addicted gamblers, I think I agree to publicize my journey in gambling, especially if then they want to solve their problem in gambling too. I always want to help other people who have a problem, and if telling my story can help them to get to find the way, then that will be great for them to know how to solve the problem.

There's always a good reason why people will share this kind of experienced. Even from your part it's all about the money but you have some good points about your stand, those heavy gamblers will realize that they are making mistakes after having a shared experiences. If they losses huge amount of money and they are already stressed up thinking about the amount that they've allow to lose after playing. Whatever extent it's still the affected person that will decide when to stop and how they will do it for the betterment of their life.

I will bite the offer, sharing your experience about gambling and how you overcome being a chronic gambler might inspire others (especially those gamblers who currently experiencing it) and they can learn from this experience so they wont do the same.

Its all in the past and I learned from it so im willing to share my gambling journey, and its not bad to look back on what I used to before.

That's right, and, also, pretty much obvious, but I think that the determination to fight one's gambling addiction is not something that either there or not. I mean, it's not a congenital feature, people can acquire it at some point, and such a book, as described in the OP, if well written, can help a lot with that.

I am not a chronic gambler.. but if I am a former chronic gambler who has recovered then I will be happy to tell my experience recovering from gambling addiction.  I know my experience won't be able to change the world, but it will definitely change the lives of some gambling addicts, so that they are more able to control themselves.

every legit stories can always change live as it give inspiration or motivation to other people especially if they are also facing that situation  . if you can change the live of others then you can also change the world from bad to good  . chronic or not  , we must not be shy to tell our experiences and advices publically to others or to the world  . however i think there are others that are shy or too ashamed to expose thier life because they think that being a gambler means bad

Nah, I'm already ok with my life, no need to recall that horrifying experienced as a chronic gambler in your past life. So for me it's better to just stay low and never exposed your past habits and experienced even if the publisher is willing to pay me, to be honest.

Being a chronic gambler is something bad and can shorten one's lufe span,  so if there is a way that my story of how i was a chronic gambler before and i was later cured can be of help to the someone who needs such help i will gladly do it. May be such person might have neen in a point where he/she needs my story to be cured also. Gambling addiction is not what should be condoned at any point in time so i will help in any way i can

That's true, as long as a certain individual can relate to a story then it is probably can change someone's life. As it will serve as the eye opener to make someone addicted to gambling to realize things. It is like helping another individual with the same way of lifestyle. Those who have the same experience can only understand each other.

The first thing I will tell is "How much are you willing to pay me for my story?" :D.

Being a chronic gambler is not a joke and to be cured because of a professional, it is really a life changing event that happened to your life. If I will be given a chance to share my story as long as they will pay me then I will do it. I will share my experience so that gamblers out there can think twice if they will continue to gamble or not. My story will help those who are gambling and those who are planning to be one.

I would like to share it but IRL, I'm not a chronic gambler :D

i will proud to be one mate.

my Journey in gambling addiction world has ended long ago so bringing it back to make a lesson for others to learn is much appreciated and legal.

and this is our chance to let people know how we repent on our mistakes in the past and want to make a good future.

If I rather not, if the intention is to attract other people to be like me as a gambling addict, though, if the intention is to help other people have their hope despite of losses and how to control their betting style so they will have discipline then count me in.

Because for me, gambling isn't bad at all, we just need to be responsible especially in managing our funds if others are relying to us.

It is about to inspire other people from being a chronic gambler to a better one.  So I think you might consider this idea, so am I.
If my journey being a gambler will give idea and an insight for a certain individual to be a better person, I am really open to share my experience to anyone without hiding my identity.

Gambling is not really bad, it is just a habit becoming an addiction because of our unintentional action or being greedy most of the time.

For monetary purposes it would become a bestseller if you put in some effort and some "spicy" stuff - if you know what I mean.

Most of such books are just made up stuff. Dont believe everything you read because a lot of propaganda stuff goes on by public figures. Most of the professional gamblers are nothing but paid actors for the casino promoting that casino to get paid. They rarely if ever gamble and do so only at the order of the casino owners.

Moreover nobody tells their true self in media. What you would hear from a gambler is going to faked stuff. Who is going to verify what they did in a certain game. Nobody really cares about that.

no i dont because i want to preserve my privacy and i want my past be leave in the past,forgetting everything will be my weapon to completely change my life for good.looking back for what i have done wrong will only awaken my lust things that i have been forgotten for long time.so i would rather to bury everything than keeping on my mind.

Why not, as long as it can't affect to my daily lives right now, what can I do is give help for those people who experience a  unhealthy condition of body or mind because of gambling and to help them for fast recovery I will share my experience from battling my addiction in gambling so they will get a lesson from it. I rather be exposed just to helps to overcome their addiction .

              Personally it would depend from the person if he's interested in sharing his experience about gambling. We people have the freedom to share our thoughts. In other cases it could also serve as guidance to others which are asking for opinions regarding the journey and experiences in gambling, it may be failure or success it could be beneficial.

Why not but I must approve the whole story I don't want to be portray someone bad and stubborn, I want my life as something as an inspiration to anyone who wants to overcome being a compulsive gambler that there is answer and there is a way to change your way and I want my story to be one of these.

I don't know but I think I could accept the offer if he would not publicize my identity.

It may be an interesting story but I don't want to be that popular. I could just lay out my story, it may be an interesting or an amazing story I would tell the whole and true story. If he will not be publicizing my identity, I will not accept that payment as long as he followed what we had agreed on, that is enough.

Most of the people also wanted to be that way, as they are some guidelines that needed to consider before  posting your stories, it should be approved by the person itself.
This problem is really engaging and many people coming from different person who got attached to this issues, being such inspiration is a good way to share your stories.

As for myself, I would agree on that deal because in some cases, I know that there people who has the same experience that I encountered. If it will be publicized, I want that not be biased, I also of course don't want to make the impression of the people towards me that I am short tempered just because of gambling. I want that story to be more inspirational to others.

It's always better to accept your situation and share your mistakes so that other may not fall on the same ditch. It's okay to talk about the bad things you left behind.
But it's also really difficult to say when you are not actually in that situation. The payment seems to be good when you haven't walked on their shoes and things would be different depending on the environment they are from and the family they are in.

You cant say that there would be no criticisms or negative impressions by other people.There would always be ones who do
have that kind of insight towards other people yet we know that humans do react on different ways.So its just normal to have those
comments and impressions.

On my side when it comes to sharing up my personal experience on public then it wouldnt really be an issue.
As long it would inspire other people then it would be already enough but well not all doesnt like to expose up
their identity and deciding not to share up and having a private life.

Indeed if people have gone through something which is not worthy and can create problems ahead or the problems or stress they have gone through and would like to make aware to the public regarding this so that no one else should go through those pains and based on one’s experience if people can learn from it rather than repeating same mistake it is better to explain so that no one else do same things again.

Maybe because honestly I'm a private person, I keep my life in private because is to complicated when their are someone who know you and intrude your own life, I dont want to be interfere of anyone. But if my story is the way to help somebody to overcome their addiction then I possible share my story but only how to cope my addiction nothing more nothing less.

I would agree because it could help other people especially those who were dragged by such activity. We do all know how addictive,gambling is. Many people have been consumed by gambling to the point that all of their properties were sold, and there are people who failed to regain their loss. And you won't wish for the same thing to happen for one of your friends, or even strangers. Gambling should be taken as a leisure activity, or something being played to kill time and not the main source of profit because losing is more certain and that should be enough for a gambler to not go all out.
There are just people who are not into publicity and that is totally fine. Everyone hides a side of their personality that they do not want to be known by other people. Although it would be a help since identity would make a literature more realistic, the decision still of the main person should be regarded.

I will have to consult my family first before making a decision, of course, I want to have an approval on the storyline, I don't want to be pictured as a guy who is out of his mind, I just want someone to be portrayed as a guy who gets back on his feet with the help of his family.

Sharing your gambling journey is a good way to help people realize how gambling may affect their lives. If i'm in that situation, I will grab that opportunity to enlighten people but i'm going to do it as long as i'm ready and I fully accepted my past. I will consider my feelings because I know how difficult it is to surpass that kind of challenge. Your experiences can change someone's life, it can teach them different life lesson that they can use to keep themselves away from the same situation. It can make an impact on their perspective and decision making because they know how it affects you. If they acquire the lesson from your journey then it is possible that they will use it as a thing to consider before making any choices that may change their life.

Personally, I would decline the offer. The awareness my story could provide the general public could definitely redeem my mishaps on my gambling journey, but I have to value my privacy morethan anything else. Especially with these kinds of sensitive topics. That being said, I don't want my info or my life getting meddled by everyone, so I prefer keeping my identity a secret and secretly thanking the people who have worked tirelessly to get me back on the right track instead of publicizing everything and putting my dignity and privacy in the line.

This is just my own opinion, you might find this helpful too or something that should just be curbed.

I will, that is something that people should be aware of. I will be telling what happened with my life and how I turned that upsidedown. People should be aware that there is a way to stop your addiction and I will be an example to it.

But what's the point?

There are thousands, if not millions, obsessive gamblers around the world, and some of them have successfully quit, with or without the professional help. What is in your story so amazing as well as enlightening that would make it different from a multitude of other such stories and worth publishing? If you really were one of a kind, you would already be famous in some form. Then, there would be no need to hide your identity, right?

It is not about making story good or make it realistic.

The problem is that people usually communicate with you after those interviews. It is great if people are wanting to ask for some advice or suggestions as someone that already went through with it but most them are harassments like stories being fake and being so over-dramatic for the purpose of entertainment. I shared my life so that they could be aware how hard was it and because it is possible to be avoided not because I should be harassed by the people telling me I am a fraud.

And that is more than enough to at least save 1 addict to have a good life and make a new one.
we knew how hard to become a gambler so what more if you are an addict?

telling others about your experience and struggle to survive leaving addicting is one journey that will be look up by other gamblers because the very moment they read your story will bring tears to their eyes and may at least tell them to try stopping for their family and for their love ones.

Great, at least, you care with your family because once your story is going to be publicized, people will know who you are, but maybe you can ask that media to hide your real identity. With doing that, I guess that you still have your lives with your family, and they will not get disturbed by the other media news. They can do their usual activity without having a problem because you don't tell all of your lives to the media.

It is possible to write an article with anonymous identities If one wishes. Like the name withheld type of writings.  But I guess this topic is more for the non-anonymous type of writings. Be aware though that most gamblers will end up in a loss if they continue the normal trend. But there will be some who are wise enough to stop and make the most of the money.

Stories are often paid promotional content from casino owners as well. Don't trust the stuff posted in media always, they are often suited to provoke people into doing something.

I never trust such stories because most of them are self made to encourage people to gamble or make people believe that gambling is not an addicted game and even if you are addicted  you can be cured too. The fact is that gambling is very risky game and it is impossible to get cure from gambling addiction. Even if you get cured, most of the cases, its too late for you that you have already lost most part of your money.

I think the help of professionals is not what this thread is all about and OP has just exaggerating in that part,maybe he means if a gambler totally stopped even what kind of help he Got.

And also what’s important here is the chance of others to hear the story of Addicted gamblers and those are very thing we need here.

Because those words will surely inspiring and may dedicated for the other addicted that wanted to quit but no support from others.

I would love to go on a similar story. I believe that people should always share similar stories, because this reveals their life experience to other people, which will allow other people to look at themselves and their problems in a new way. Many people hide their stories for fear of judgment, but if you can cope with your problem, hiding your success from other people is a crime.

True that. People see casino advertisements and winners testimonials of a huge lottery win but forget the fact that equally same number of people lost the ticket price and actually contributed to that person's win. It is a game or luck and because people like to play with their luck they want to gamble which leads to addiction.

Now most people are not aware of the bad effects of gambling because very few people actually show the debts that gamblers go into or the social problems of gambling. I am not saying that everyone falls into such problems but many do.