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Hello there, I know that most of us are really into online gambling because of his pandemic virus. Most of us are getting problems because of being addicted to it, there is some association that helps people who are involved in that issue.

Where to get help?
1. Your doctor or other health professionals
2. Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (https://responsiblegambling.vic.gov.au/)
3.Gambling Help Online  (https://www.gamblinghelponline.org.au/)- counseling and information services including a peer support program.
4. Gambler’s Help (https://gamblershelp.com.au/) Tel. 1800 858 858, TTY 1800 777 706 – 24-hour telephone counselling service
5. Gamblers Anonymous (https://gaaustralia.org.au/) Tel. (03) 9696 6108 – a support group for people with a gambling problem
6. Gamble Aware (https://www.gambleaware.com.au/) – information about the odds of winning, how gambling works, and when to stop
7. Lifeline (https://www.lifeline.org.au/) Tel. 13 11 14
8. SuicideLine Victoria (https://www.suicideline.org.au/) Tel. 1300 651 251

Source: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/HealthyLiving/gambling

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For those people who are facing issues with regards to gambling you may call and visit the websites, it would be really a great help to all of you, if you are all having trouble with your mind about gambling, you may call your doctors and other professionals, if you want to be cured of being compulsive gamble this would be a really good help to you.

I think this should be placed in the gambling discussion.

Anyway, nice thread mate, all of the gamblers really need is one. We should be the one who is responsible for our current situation as a gambler. If we have feeling that we are getting addicted on it then we should make something to prevent it. There are some consultants we can have to ask for help on it. There are already given websites and calling number that the OP has started and all of it are legit.

So what are you waiting for, if you are getting war on your friends and family because of you getting addicted on gambling then I think you should follow what OP' said. It would be great if you will make an action to stop it.

Every gambler knows sites and places like this but the main problem of these addicted gamblers is that they don’t agree that they are addicted and don’t listen to persons telling them to stop.The ones who realize that they have become addicted they call the above services and go there to seek help without any additional advice.

Thanks for giving advise @KrisAlex, I thought I can create my thread and posted it in any boards in this forum ;D

You made a good point here, I doubt people who have serious gambling addiction will read that's sites. Even his wife or close friends who always telling to stop gambling, he will keep gambling and ignoring them. He can't stop gambling until he realize if he was do bad (such as: gambling debt).

I know nothing wrong with OP by creating this thread to help gambler who have serious gambling addiction, but I think this wouldn't help to much...

Today there are a lot of people who really love to play gambling because they want to wage their money and they are trying their luck if they are going to win their money and wages. But today because of the pandemic outbreak some of the gambling places today are close because they want to avoid getting people infected because of this outbreak and some of the countries temporarily close that casino because this is one of the most populated places for over the world. Also, we have online gambling or the e-gambling because it is more convenient for the people they can now make gambling games on their house and make a relax while playing.

Not all the time we are going to win our games because not all the time luck is not on with us also at the same time there are players that are really good at playing gambling and can conquer the whole game and we lose on these also it is better to make sure we know the acceptance of losing our funds because of the anxiety and depression conquer the emotional aspect of the person because of the number of loss of their funds it is a hard issue and needed by the help of the family, friends and professional doctors.

Nice thread buddy, there are many gamblers who are really addicted, they tend to play time by time which results in negative. Some people get mental and physical health. They are really focused on gambling to the point that they always forget to eat and to take care of their selves because they only want to play. Some people get so irritated and mad so quickly because of gambling. Once they have lost money in gambling it would affect their mind they feel so angry and they tend to show it from his or her family.
Well said, they always deny that they are getting addicted to it, but most of them don't know who and where to get help by their problems so it would be great if they read this thread.

The problems with this is, most gamblers don't want to be cured. Even when they say they do. It is really a hard situation but in the end those professionals can't stop you from playing If you want to play. You'll find a way.

Since a professional adviser was not always ready for u.

I think this kind of method was still not a really good option, the best thing you can cure from our addicted you got some supported from our closest person maybe girlfriend, best friend, family or special person from our life. If the person only has some communication with the professional adviser and no one accompany the person who needs some support from the addicted. All the effort from the professional advice will be worthless.

Anyone who knows he has issues with gambling is actually someone without any issues. It's more of like them being paranoid or some stuff about it most of the time. Most people with issues regarding mental health by gambling are actually people who mostly don't know that they need actual help. Those help guides are more for people that are around the said person tbh. Additionally, most people being helped by doctors are actually not appreciating the said help, making the issue a lot worse. It's a problem that's been around for so long and is honestly very difficult to resolve.

Nevertheless, great list. Although you should have probably included their main site so as to let others know a basic introduction about them. Looked it up and this is what I basically found https://responsiblegambling.vic.gov.au/ (https://responsiblegambling.vic.gov.au/)

If this is free then it's a good service to those who are truly in need.
I've seen gamblers that can't help themselves that posted their problems here. So, I think professional help is actually needed by them, and if there are opportunities like this and you have nothing to lose, it's a good thing to give it a try.

I know some gamblers who are addicted does not even admit that they are addicted to gambling, they feel what they are doing is just normal so they will not submit to anything that is called cure.  Also, this is online, I think if a gambler is in serious addiction, he should be treated in  facility where there's a face to face interaction between the patient and the doctor, and also the role of the family is very crucial in this process.

True, addicted gamblers obviously don't recognised their problem until it's too late. So I doubt that they will call or visit this websites unless something happen to them to really turn their lives around and leave gambling for good. I think if someone really wanted to quit gambling or at least will seek help, they will go to their families first, before asking a professional help.

Absolutely, not everyone has the capacity to get treated in a professional approach and sometimes the only person who can naturally help these people to get out of misery are really their love ones.

I am really skeptic when it comes to professional help especially if it involves psychiatric approach. :-\

You're right. In another topic, I wrote that the main problem of a dependent person is to realize that he has an addiction. It is after he is aware that he can get rid of the problem.

In such an organization may apply to relatives of the players. They can be helped in the form of a story about how to help rid your husband/brothers/son, etc. from addiction.

Sometimes it's very hard to see the signs of addiction until it's too late. First step in solving the problem is to admit that you have one but addicted gamblers hide that. Very often only family and friends can't help and they need professionals. What is worse, addiction once cured can very easy come back because it's very hard to get and maintain selfcontrol so that often ends in.closed circle.

People who are addicted are hard to give advice because they do not think that advice is good, but with relatives or family that is the reason why gamblers should be close to them I am sure this problem will be overcome with enough time because it is not easy for addictions to Stop.

But they will play any means to bet and stay at home because that is the reason to avoid being advised by good people, so it must be controlled by it.

This thread of yours is really helpful to people who are facing extreme addiction in gambling. I visit the sites and sources that you have listed, and i see that every one of them are legitimate and you could receive some good advices from them if you are interested for a consultation to your gambling problems.

I agree with you. An addict would not admit that he's addicted to gambling. Because they often think that they are still normal gamblers. It's normal that they won't seek help because they are thinking that seeking professional help means they are not mentally healthy. For me, the family of gambling addicts is the one who can say if the person is addicted to gambling. And they should be the ones to help them. People will only realize when they are already suffering from addiction. The role of the family and friends are really needed for a gambling addict to conquer its addiction.

And for the OP, this is also great. Thanks for sharing this. This can also be useful if you know someone who is struggling with gambling addiction.

I thought it was going to be gambling sites issues thread.
Never mind.  ;D

This could help some of the people here.
But I am guessing 50 percent are also in control of their gambling lifestyles.
I don't know why I said it, just my own basis.

This will be pretty helpful for gamblers who are in need of this free service. There are many gamblers out there who are depressed by there actions and need this kind of service and the good thing is it is actually free.

I appreciate OP for this kind of thread and I will definitely save these contacts for future help or to share with others.

The biggest problem is admitting that the person is addicted, the discrimination and the fact that the person who is addicted is afraid of what other people thought of him makes it difficult for the addicted person to admit that he is an addicted person. I’ve already seen these cases and I must say it’s a fight of years and a fight with little chance of winning

The addicted ones will always deny they are not addicted but they will always find themselves going to casinos or online casinos.  Maybe someone, a few of them will voluntarily call but I doubt the 90% that still has the money to spend will call.  I think they are going to be trying to solve their issues on their own first before calling a friend until it gets worse and they will call a therapist.

Support from the people closest to us or our loved ones is a good approach to make gambling addicts stop. But most of them do not want to stop and efforts like this become futile. If a gambler is someone who has a religion, spiritual support will also help, but if they want.

All have time and only awareness will make them stop.

Possibly many gamblers are already aware of these websites and it might shock you that, some of these addicts are also aware of this but still go ahead with their addiction. The only solution to  some of these addicts aren't websites but selfwill to change for the betterment of the society and to their families in general. Though these sites captured many issues regarding addiction but don't see this helping out many gamblers that are not ready for change. Self determination for change Stoll be the best way for any addict to have a u-turn.

They can give advise but the real deal comes on how the professional handles it. They had studied their field at a certain degree, after all. I ain't saying close friends or relatives know less it is just that professional maybe knew how to treat it better than saying "stop" or giving the person a scolding or something that they thought would prevent the ill from suffering addiction. Better be sure than a satisfied being.

Another problem here, is how to spot yourself if you were already addicted specially if you're all alone most of the time. Because majority tend to become indenial in cases like this... they don't wanna embarrass themselves.

As someone who knows a lot of chronic gambler and have referred them to similar services/help, at most, the addicted gambler would comply for the first few sessions but after a while they will just go back and return to their gambling havoc. I don't really disregard such help/aid for addicted gamblers but there's really no one in this world that would help a gambler but himself. Intervention only strengthens the will of the affected individual to continue on and pursue gambling tbh as it gives them a feeling of being singled out for their activity. It only enrages what's inside them, thus rendering them more susceptible to gambling for long hours compared to their status prior to the intervention.

It takes one hard beating to the head of a gambler before he/she realizes that he/she is indeed addicted, and no soft words nor intervention can do that, I'm afraid.

This would only good for 2nd option but before taking any step towards to this then it would be better if you do just help yourself first because
stopping doesnt necessarily would need help by any professional because you can quit on your own if you are that serious on quitting
or would really have that strong discipline that you should really quit gambling sooner or later.If you do realize that you are already messing up things
then you can anytime stop if you wanted to.

Nothing against the thread but this will surely be ignored by those who are totally addicted.

They need a serious approach and that will only be done if someone will help them personally and that will start from their family, friend, and close ones.

Becoming a responsible gambler is really difficult to achieve but experiencing sh*t many times while doing gambling is the best experience and foundation for that to happen.

For newbies this is just new to them since they started playing but the more you explore and play gambling the more you will know what are benefits and helpful guides awaits you when you are in trouble. It's quite hard to control yourself alone if you are a chronic gambler already that's why these services are needed for those kind of people who suffered too much in gambling addiction.

You are right, but I think not all cases are the same as you said. Anyhow, it must be a few gamblers, I think there are still gamblers who are aware that they are addicted and need helps. Not all addicted gamblers are at the same level, what you said above is a severe level of addicted gamblers. But for gamblers who have a mild addiction, there is still a chance that they realize and want to find out how to solve their addicted problem.  

Nice thread!

For those who keep gambling every day, you should save this thread and bookmark, it will help you someday. I'm glad that there are existing solutions like this in times of quarantine 'cause probably there's a lot of gamblers now.

I hope those gamblers that realized they're being eaten by gambling, help yourself through this support before getting addicted to it.

Thank you very much for all these addresses and maybe this kind of post should be stuck in the top of the page of the section but AFAIK .au domain is for australia only  :-\

I explored these sites in more detail and found that in one organization, people are helping, who have overcome addiction themselves. Their advice will be especially valuable because they have been through it themselves.

It would also be useful to create a topic with links to similar organizations from all over the world, not just from Australia.

I hope people who are addicted to gambling do visit these websites atleast once. I have also bookmarked these site to review later. The issue with a lot of gamblers is that they do not pay attention to such details and focus only on playing gambling.

Also, those gambling addicts should not be forced to give an advice to undergo rehab as most of the time they will reject it. Let them realize on their own that they need to change, because they will just deny the help if it is served on a platter. It is always better for them to look on their own mistakes and decide for themselves if they are going to change for the betterment of themselves or not.

Links that you provided are indeed going to help an individual recover from their issue. Though if you feel uncomfortable to contact them, then remember, the ones who are really close to you will be there to help you.
Talk to those who care about you. They will understand you, won't judge you and will help you in whatever way they can.

Yes, like what I've said, it's better to start from yourself than regret it when you already lost a lot of things especially your family. Take a look at those advice and experiences of the other people who already suffered from gambling addiction. Definitely, every risky decision that you're making, there's a huge consequence on that so better keep in mind that we should have a moderate gambling activity. If you want to earn profit, I guess it's better to find a real job than spending a whole time just to win in gambling.

I doubt that the family of these ill people will surely help them in the first place. Mostly, the family members are not the one who will actually help to mitigate the problem but rather they just make the scenario even worse. The only option could be your bestfriend or any other people who will give an attention to your problem.

Cannot agree more with this! Usually time will tell if your gonna change for good or not, and it depends on how harsh your experiences are before becoming a responsible gambler.

not exactly, there are gamblers(I know someone personally) who know and admitted that they are addicted to gambling but chose not to take any help because the urge to gamble is too strong. these kind of people are almost impossible to help and the hardest to rehabilitate if they ever to choose to go to a rehabilitation center.

If gamblers can only afford reading and understanding this thread?for sure many will be saved from losing money and losing their future .
there are many gamblers that cannot really accept their problem an instead continuing as if there is no problem at all.
nope those you have mentioned only "Knows" that they are addicted but they are not accepting it because if does?for sure they will seek help as the problem is very serious and need some help.

In short, they can't accept that they aren't addicted already into gambling but it is very obvious that they already are.

Some of the people who want to help the gambler to recover from gambling addiction are forced to do bad things like using brute force just to carry the gambler and give some advice etc etc. Most of the gamblers don't even realize that they are addicted already. I have experienced getting addicted into something already but not gambling but in playing online games. I spend most of my time playing and my sleeping hours is heavily affected too. Fortunately, I've managed to recover from it and now playing at a specific time.

For those gamblers, seeking help from different experts is the best thing to do if you really want to recover from gambling addiction.

Mostly I see suicide when they are buried with loans just for their gambling habit.
They won't stop until they get it all back without paying attention to how much they owe to people.

It ain't normal. Just use what is in your pocket.
I have also seen guys pawn their gold accessories, car, and stuff they bring in casinos.
Forgot that it should just be an entertainment.

Any help will never be superfluous, especially if it is free. Perhaps the story of a former gaming addict can encourage people to start fighting their addiction. After all, it is always better to gain experience from other people's mistakes than from your own.

When something is in offer for free then most of the people don't give any attention to it. ::)

And one who already addicted will never agrees that he got addicted so only others have to help the addicted persons to get away from it like family members or friends should contact the service and ask how we should proceed with their loved one's case.

It depends on how the family makes actions. Of course, not every family can help them. Like you say, sometimes the family can trigger them more. But there are families who know how to handle this kind of situation. Your family members are the ones who can first see the changes in you, and they are the ones who can give attention to it. Personally, I think that friends are just friends. They don't have any responsibility to you unlike your family, but you are still lucky if you have that friend who is willing to help you overcome your addiction. Just like what they say, your family is always there for you (although it does not apply to every family).

We have a different perspective and I understand yours. Actually, it depends on a person's life whom he thinks can help him cope up with his gambling addiction. And for me, it's my family even though I am not addicted to gambling.

Just like I've seen in movies. They wouldn't have to kill themselves if they already owe a lot of money, the loan sharks will kill them.
Its entertainment but when money is lost, the gambler would bet it all to get more. Some people just desire more money in an unusual way and picking gambling can be easy for them.

My aunt gambles her money because she wants to forget her husband who is a ship captain and she obviously thinks he sleeps all women at every port. Until my aunt became addicted to gambling. A very unusual way of her but its what she did.

   Bittraffic no offense, but your grandma has gambling issues! It's like in the movies, entire this topic,
because I can't imagine someone gambling his life so easily! I like to gamble, but there are limits, you
can't gamble with the money you don't have!!!
   But looks like many people make this mistake! It's sad to see that, I try to have control and I don't know
anyone who is addicted gambler!
   I hope you tried to help your grandma in some way, and if you did tell us what did you do and did it work.

The stories behind gambling addicts are sad. They lose the reality of things and sink into depression seeking to forget what hurts them. sincerely they need specialized help and the family plays an important role for their recovery.

I am also a witness to a gambling addict who lost everything she owned but never knew why she did it.

You must understand not only the fact that a person who has realized his addiction and illness is able to get rid of it himself. And for all other players, it will be useful to listen to other people. Especially those who themselves got rid of such dependence. They will be able to teach you how to want to get rid of the gambling habit.

It must be their own way of willingness to choose to rehabilitate themselves, and not through the advise of anyone else. Addicted gamblers chooses to be like that, and nobody urged them to become that worst. What happened is destined to happen, so it must start on their own because if they knew how to start; then ending it possibly will also have a definite solutions in order to stop the underlying problems.

The list is good for the newbies who entered in gambling and those who are not addicted to gambling and can avoid the addiction if they read all the articles carefully. However those who are already addicted, they won't read or listen to anything or any advise and will only focus on playing gambling/ betting.

Good thing there is Gambling help online to your references. Most of the gamblers will be glad to consider this if they are having an issue in controling theirselves in gambling. Being addicted into gambling where in it isn't healthy anymore should be minimize and shall be fix by seeking some help from professional.
 
 Still grateful that I can still control myself being addicted to gambling. I believe it's in the mindset of a player. But thanks OP for reminding and giving some sources, this will be a good step for those who are losing their track to life because of gambling.

Need awareness from the addicting people to gambling to realize that they are addicted. But I am afraid that they will not think that as they only want to play and play again. That website can reach people who addicted to gambling, but many people out there still need help, especially in the country in which the percentage of addicting gambling is high.

At least, I think in every country, the professional will help people who have addicting to gambling, but they need support from the government, which can also help the professional to cure those people.

Why do you think that? All people are different, with different characters and destinies. Everyone in a situation of struggle with their addictions can act absolutely differently. It is better to let such services exist in the hope that at least someone will use their help. Than to say that a dependent person will not use them at all.

While people have different character and destinies yet Addicted person
are almost similar as all they want is to sustain and give
 their addiction always and in that way most of them are equal and fair.
and also that is the problem with them as the lust of
 playing is more important for them than anything in this world,same
 problem that they cannot or don't wanna listen to
 advises as following their needs
 is much what they do.

Closing doors about the situation is not really accurate since there are addicted gambler's been helped by other parties and good thing their are service like this will help for those people who got hit by bad habits. And I will agree with you since its nice to see this existing many people will be helped if they will go to any of this, dependent persons have downturns so everything could change by the help of everyone.

Correct, it's the gambler who can contained this and can truly cured itself but if there's heavy addictions which already present the help of those medical practitioners will give them a good chance to realized this problem, if they are really after to help themselves to remove it from their mindsets it will be easier with proper guidance coming from doctors and psychiatrist.  

Gambling addiction will be dangerous if left without action, because not only can spend money but can impact on health. So with the gamblers
help which is a free service it is intended to overcome gambling issues include gambling addiction. There will be counseling and education
programs to reduce the negative effects of gambling.

I guess all gambling issues will be auto solved when we are able to stay away from gambling for a week. But, staying away from gambling might require some external help from our family members. I guess people who are living with family or friends may not have any gambling issues. But only for the people who are leading their life alone might get more severely suffered by gambling.

There are lots of methods have been suggested across this forum for gamblers to recover from their problems related to gambling. Still, only for the gamblers who have external support, those suggestions might have been working. Because, without help from family or friends, a gambler never stay away from gambling hence their problems also stay with them.

Yeah external help is good but i would say that it wont really be that necessary and would rather be an optional thing because a person can eventually quit up for himself if he wanted to.

It do just matter with strong self discipline and will to quit gambling for good.If you do saw that you are already experiencing problems and risking out everything because of it then your own will and self realizations

will tell you that you should stop.We know on whats right and wrong, it will just depend if you do tolerate the wrong from the right thing and this is where people do differ in terms of decisions making.

Issues wont really come out or would be a main problem if you do play  gambling in moderation but in most cases, people are going overboard most of the time and do end up into these kind of

consequences and later on they do regret on what they have done.

I wouldn't say that dependent people are all the same. Someone is playing for the purpose of earning money and can't stop in time and fix the profit. Someone has a lot of money and they play for large amounts to test their nerves and they like these emotions so much that they can't stop. And so on.

Accordingly, the ways to get rid of addiction may differ.

It was an unfortunate thing to happen this time where people get addicted to online gambling. But even though it was happening in my self, I'd rather not to run for a doctor or any from the OP's list to ask help but rather to go counseling with my friends and relatives, and particularly with the family members. Addiction is a serious problem and Hiding this problem is not a solution if we want to get out. And the most effective thing that could help is to seek advice from near you, not the doctor.

There is an incident in our capital city where a man who lost everything from gambling committed suicide. but you know what's the worst thing is, he brine some guns with him and shoot most of the people in the casinos. he kills more than a dozen people before he killed himself. this is one of the bloody incidents can happen if people lose everything in a blink of an eye. they think they just lose everything, why not lose some people with them. scary right?

Personally I see many with series of damages due to their involvement in gambling addiction. What I noticed among those sect of individuals is, they're not really in concern about what happen to them while gambling will definitely have a negative impact on their families. Even their health implementations cannot be over emphasize as some of my friends are directly involved in gambling addiction. Let learn to be self control while gambling and set limit too.

This happens because the addiction and the frustration that went along with it because of the losses were left untreated early on. It would not have reached this very late stage had the victim himself or the family around him sought treatment or counselling or even rehabilitation. Sometimes, people take things easily until it bursts out into a point of no control.

The list posted by the OP is very helpful.

That is because they don't control themselves and they don't concern with their money, so they slowly use the money to playing gambling. The addicting people in gambling will think about their family because they want to feel the excitement in gambling as much as they can. It's like something that is missing if they don't gamble in one day, so that makes them find the other money to prepare for gambling tomorrow.

Actually for some instance you will lose control for chasing your losses and to regain back your capital, for sure you already experience this but this totally sick things to do since you will surely regret after your money gone from those crazy bets, This one came first after the addiction so before anything bad to happen maybe let's have a proper discipline and bet only with small capital especially on luck based games.

Yes, we will regret after the money gone, and that will happens too with us. We will lose control if we still playing gambling for a long time, and we don't have discipline while we play gambling. I hope that we all can always manage our time and money by using discipline, and we can know how much money we should use in gambling so we will not regret it. If we can do that, I am sure that we don't have to worry about something terrible that might happen to us in gambling.

This is informative for gamblers who currently experiencing such problem. Its not really easy to stop on your own because it depends on the level of your addiction, sometimes we need a professional help to overcome the situation we've been into. So to those who want to stop being an addicted gambler and dont have time or budget to seek for professional help, this is an opporunity to have someone to talk to because they also experience it on the past. Their encouraging words has a big impact if you're determine to stop what you used to.

I think this kind of topics are redundant here in gambling section! First if someone doesn't wish to stop with gambling, nobody can make him, follow the first rule, if a person doesn't wish help don't offer any! With that on mind, who wish to talk with someone about gambling addiction will find numbers, mails or will go to the nearest center for that (every clinic have it).
For others who enjoy gambling with their own money, who knows when is enough, this is just a distraction. Why would we want to discuss private things of any person who has a problem, it's on them to search for help, and to try to move some other activity, in that case why would talking about gambling be helpful to them?

^ Have been already discussed but still caught my attention. Reactions and advice are also great but how will this help if the one who are getting addicted to gambling doesn't know if he is experiencing addiction already especially nowadays where most of us are being quarantined at home and one way of reducing the stress and boredom cause by the pandemic is by going to an online gambling. Definitely I am not against of the topic or discussing gambling addiction I just only want that on this thread should also include some signs and symptoms of gambling addiction because we can easily say that if we spent too much time in gambling or spending or losing huge amount every time we gamble then we can just easily conclude that we are already suffering from it when rich people can really spend thousands of dollars for their leisure like gambling each day does that make them gambling addicts too. Probably most people who are already suffering from gambling addiction denies the reality of being addicted to it and normally they ignore all the help including this thread because the first sign of being addicted to anything like gambling is the denial stage second is resistance of any help because they are still in denial stage etc. Nevertheless, this thread is really a good help to anyone but still acceptance is the key to remove any addiction.

I'm glad you noticed that. Now people are sitting at home and they have a lot of time to gamble online.
It is at this time that we can't refuse to help anyone and I am sure a lot of people would voluntarily and free of charge provide psychological assistance to dependent players.

There is no doubt that a gambler, even regular or already addicted, will not follow all advice on this thread since why they will do that.

But I disagree with you that if a person doesn't wish help, don't offer any. Forced them especially if the gambler involves is your friends, family, or a known person.

No one can help them but others since these addicted gamblers were totally not aware of what is happening to them.

I don't know that there's really some hotlines regarding issues with gambling, I always think about depression and other forms of addiction but in terms of gambling, I believe what you just need is a caring wife that will remind you to stop or limit your gambling activities. Believe me or not, they are the one that knows your limits. But there are times that when wives are providing their recommendations, they often misunderstood by their husband, thus, their relationship fades. So if you really want to prevent things getting worst, you need to act upon yourself, and have an initiative to stop when you think that you already reached your limit.

Actually there are many online doctors and psychologists now that offers their services free to comfort and answer peoples concern specially this pandemic when people needs mental help as less of us can stay this long inside houses doing nothing.
And also we need some thing bad to happen before addiction be treated,because gamblers mostly don’t want to accept their addicting habit until they lose big part of their life.

This kinds of hotlines are not really popular because few people see gambling addiction as a problem and the addicts are too afraid to accept that they are addicted to gambling and they are also afraid to get help because they fear judgment from other people, this kinds of stigma and prejudice is what is keeping this hotlines so rare that hearing them for the first time surprises us. In relation to the fact that these hotlines are rare, the quote above takes the cake for the better alternative, a strong emotional support. The relation to the addict does not matter as long as you are there to help them and rehabilitate then you are making a big impact to them. I know that gambling addiction is a problem all around the world and I think familial support is the best thing that you can get. Individual should also change their attitude towards people that are having problems, this is the biggest obstacle they have to face and that is to be accepted again to the community they belong.

How about us who are single and lonely?  >:( LOL hahaha

Kidding aside, when there's someone with you that is going to be a lot of help on fighting your addition on gambling. Even though it's not your girlfriend or wife as long as there's people who are supporting you, you will be okay. But sometimes, there will be a lot of toxic people around you and that is where's OP's post is going to help you, those hotline is indeed a very good way to communicate with other if you got nothing to hold on too. Those program will help you and you are going to be free to share anything with it since they are not going to know who are you.

Always remember that every help is there, but in the end you are the only one that is going to help yourself.  :)

In reality that really happens since even if they receive several advice but still we can see them still playing, I see numerous people doing this and I think for this case the needs on health professionals is really needed, I think the rehab is the most effective way to cure those addicted gamblers.

But I will disagree with your saying that no one can help them since if the single person nearest to him reacts on what he is doing then the people involve will be save.

me either doesnt know that those thing exist until i play online gambling and i see below thier site about gambling help ( if your experiencing addictions and alike ) and also  with the technology that we have now , its now easier to search them online using our internet capable device , just like  you do when your searching for numbers of police , hospital , fire stations , etc . and the other one which is our wife , i agree with that too because that is also what im doing . i confess the experience that i have when i play and he then give me advices

Very true in this pandemic corona gambling addicts must feel the pressure, because they can not play gambling in casinos. They can only play
in gambling online, which is definitely different from playing in casinos. Mostly gambling addicted definitely need help to control their addictions.
Fortunately now there are many gamblers help services which provides free help for addicted gamblers. Thank you at the opening post for sharing
contact numbers for help for addicted gamblers. Topics like this are very useful.

Online doctors and psychologists won't help them who are addicted because they don't meet the addicted people face to face. They can only give advice to people who addicted from far away, but if they can meet directly, I think they can consult about the problem and figure out how to solve the addicting. When it comes to mental, I think the meet will be necessary so the doctors and psychologists can find the solution.

If we ask doctors and psychologists online then I don't think that is the best way except for complaints that you feel may be able to get consultations with doctors online, but for addictions I think it is also difficult to do this because it has to be done in a way that psychologists might know better how to stop gambling addiction in a short time.

Well, there's nothing online doctors can do when it comes to gambling addiction, gambling addiction is a sort of mental illness that it takes time to cure by putting in the rehabilitation center. Psychotherapy is more effective when in actual not in online consultation online, although this can't directly cure gambling addicts but, --they can often significantly improve symptoms. Indeed, it needs a treatment team just like your family or loved one sympathy. That is the reason why don't be a gambling addict, it is totally ruining your life.

In the first place, there is no way an addicted gambler will reach an expert about how to deal with their behavior.

The other way around might happen, these gamblers might avoid any advice at all cost since they just want to continue, no matter what happens.

The good side is, an addicted gambler might able to wake up in the middle of their shitty behavior. That's the time they now able to consider asking for help as soon as possible now that they were able to regain control of themselves.

It is very good that in difficult times for everyone there are people who are ready to help others for free. With the advent of the virus and the beginning of quarantine, a lot of people began to help each other for free and this gives hope for a good future for humanity.

Indeed,gambling online is so much different than gambling in real casino...For myself,even margin trading is some kind of gambling,because whales manipulate price to liquidate both shorters and longers.

People can get a suggestion from the doctors and psychologist online, but it feels different than if we meet them face to face. That people need to go to that therapist so they can know how to cure themselves. Besides that, they will get the right medicine from the psychologist because I think the level of the addiction itself will be different than other people.

Physical appointment I think is always better than online consultation.
There are some behaviour that a psychologist can see during those physical consultations that online can't see.
But for the time being, one can start having online consultation if he really wants to change.
And when the time permits, you can physically visit your doctors because they will understand more of your situation and so they can help according to your needs.

Depends on the approach yet even on online consultation then it wont really be that different as long the interaction between the two would be clear because it would really be just the same in terms of questions asked or some sort.

For now we know that we are still on quarantine then we would really look up for online consulatations.We do seek out for professional help if we do see that we arent able to solve this problem by ourselves or you have tried hard already but everything turns out to be non effective.

Self discipline/Willingness to quit -> Help of Loved ones/relatives ->  Seek professional help. These are the things should be done in order.

In my opinion, this is better than no one to talk to. the best thing in this world is when you lose everything you have or let's say you didn't get the thing you ask for you will feel distressed and lose some confidence and the first thing you need to have is someone to talk that can understand your situation. I'm really glad that we have someone like this that we can ask for instruction and advise us on what to do in the time of calamity and distress.

Yup, as long as the gambling addict didn't accept that he is indeed an addict, there's no way that he'll try the online consultation. Online can help those who are really willing to be cured, but not those who are just doing it just because someone told them too(a family member or a friend). I also agree with what the others said, physical consultation is always better because you can interact with the professional more openly. The vibe and presence will always be different physically, and it will affect how the process of your rehabilitation will take.

This is the time where one should be trying to get rid of any addiction as this can make them break free and live the life in a different way after post Corona. This help us to look within and change our self for better and also for the rest of the loved ones. I hope people who are motivating others in their hard mission of getting rid of this addiction becomes successful so that they can enjoy their life as well other than addiction which can impact the life to great extent.

whats the difference with this period from the other ? people now are facing crisis and this is more important than the gambling addiction so people will try to solve this first  . after this period , that would be the time to seek for help but i see alot of arguements above saying addicted gamblers wont seek help  .

 if not them selves then we that arent addictive will look for them and see if they are really addicted or not , then we are the ones that will aid them .

That is why if the addicted person can meet personally with the psychologist, it will give a chance for the psychologist to analyze what is happening to that person. The psychologist can also provide the right medicine or treatment to that person so he will have a chance to cure his addiction. I think that is the only way for the addicted person to be helped by the psychologist, and I think they will be able to find the problem deeper than online.


Talk to other people can be another solution because he can share his problem, especially his addiction to gambling, so maybe that person can give a solution on how to solve the problem. Usually, we can talk to someone that close to us so we can free to talk about our problem, and the important is we can trust that person to help us.

It is great that there are professionals who can provide free assistance to those in need. However, I always tell my family and children that in case of problems, if you need to talk to someone, I am always there for you.

The strength of the family, support and mutual assistance should be consider in any situation.

All these urls are finishing by ".au". And as far as I know .au is the Internet country code top-level domain for Australia.
Since only few users come from this country here, it would be more relevant to propose some websites for other countries, or some international ones at least, IMO.

True, I hope there's an international platform not only applicable on one country. It would be non-sense if you tried to contact them which is out of your country. Since gambling problems is a wide issue, it's better to contact your local doctors 'cause they already knew what's the best thing to do since they knew how the environment works in their own country.

Since @OP posted this on gambling discussion which is an international board, I guess indicating international websites like WHO or world health organization.

I agree with you, it would be a good idea, but I wasn't aware that the World Health Organization was providing pages concerning gambling addiction. Do you have some links please?

It was totally great that there is certain groups or organizations that are available to provide online consultations even at this pandemic because admit it or not, there are really people who were negatively affected by gambling due to unmanageable control of themselves while playing gambling specially at this pandemic that we tend to stay home and we can still access to play gambling through online.

This is really a great help for people experiencing the negative effect of playing gambling so that they have someone to reach out and talk about their experience and help them out to manage their playing and lessen the negative effects of playing gambling on their daily life basis. But help would just come if you also would be really care of helping yourself first to reach out contacting the information stated by the OP to help you out conquering the negativities of playing gambling.

I can say that it isnt really that necessary imho in talks about professional help or orgs towards gambling addicts. But it is indeed also a good thing that they do exist because not all people who do have problem in addiction will solve out for their self.

Actually we can break the chain of addiction without any help but if you do have the hard time then the first one whom you would surely approach is your own family itself.

Issues wont arise if you do really just know on how you do handle yourself towards gambling activity but majority do fail up to this one. Some might recovered but majority had already been wrecked.

Gamblers have different situation on hand. So whatever suits his current situation and whatever he may think is appropriate to solve his problem, at least he has options to choose from. But we all know that the true change comes from within himself. His determination to change will help him recover this big challenge in his life.

An addicted gambler will be very difficult to stop even they have visited or called that kind of professionals or help services. it is like what happens to addicted smokers, they will be very hard to stop if they have no certain issues and urgent things to do. It may be very hard to do.
moreover in gambling, many people use this as one of their income, so stopping from gambling means that they lose their income. Whereas, they are always willing to win and get much and much money. Although in fact, we don't know how much they have spent and how much they earned.
it will depend on its individual to stop gambling or enjoy its addict.

Yeah right, basically it's all back to himself, because if the gambler himself doesn't have the determination to stop then whatever effort he does, I'm sure it will only be useless. But indeed, gamblers who have overstepped their bounds or have dared to sell property or involve their families in gambling issues, then as much as possible gamblers like this must get more serious assistance at all times, because to prevent something worse it must be forced.

I hope I can find a story of a gambler who have sold his property get back on track.All the gamblers who have involved their family and in extreme cases their wife(not kidding) have had the worst possible ending to their life.I hope that we never see such situations and gamblers should seek help as soon as possible in their first stage of their addiction otherwise things can roll in an unmanaged matter.

Maybe there are few but they might sold their property and will not recover again.
Gamblers who are addicted with gambling will never stop, they will only stop when they lose everything, and though we don't want that but that is the reality.

It's a disease that could make a person from rich to homeless, so we need to be careful and the most important is for us to know how to control ourselves and be responsible all the time, it look easy to follow but some gamblers really struggle.

Gambling addiction is a serious problem. I've seen many lives ruined by gambling since I've grown in a family that makes gambling as part of their daily lives. When I was a kid my grandmother owns a small casino and of course some of our family friends play there. My aunt had lost all her property because of gambling issues, one of my cousin's friend faced a massive financial problem due to addiction, not to mention families that were ruined because of this.

If this kind of issue cannot be handled by yourself or even family members, professional help is definitely needed. If ever you know someone who is suffering from gambling addiction never hesitate to reach out help.

The best help to solve gambling addiction is professional device and Psychotherapy from medical professionals, I even has had gambling issues before and it almost ruined my life. I have lost over $6000 to gambling and still I do not have anything now. What a waste of money, it even almost took my life.

Seeking help from experts will help you get out of gambling addiction. They are a life-saver and you've experienced the consequences of getting addicted into gambling. It almost cost you your life but you saved your life and that is good for you. Looks like a second life for you :).

I've heard numerous experiences from different gamblers already and many posts here in the forum too telling the possible consequences of gambling addiction and these are the reasons why I don't want to get addicted into it and right now I've stopped gambling already because of the pandemic and because I don't wan to spend too much on gambling.

For those who are addicted, seek help from experts or your family because they can help you.

Well I am not Agree with you because the only person who can solve your gambling problem is just you. No one can make you abstain addiction as long as you are not concerned by yourself. Addiction is not a disease but you just need to control your emotions and your greed to win if you will do this you will be no more a gambling addict and will not lose any amount. Play along with enjoyment and don't chase your lose.

Each and every government's offer such service to the people for free but when it is available for free it won't be much effective on helping the people in my opinion.When you knows that you got some issues and want to get rid of it then find a rehabilitation centre near you which will help you to cure from addiction but you have to fix in your mind that you wanted to quit your addiction if it is not there then no one can help addicted you.