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I read that there are people who are addicted in gambling but they are successfully cured from addiction, I'm interested to know what are the methods they do in order to get cured from such addiction, I use the word cured because gambling is a serious problem, I call it as a disease, so please share you experience so we can also help those who might have been experiencing an addiction right now.

When you say cured? Does it mean someone who is a compulsive gambler before who completely stopped gambling? Or those who were addicted and, can now overcome their urge and play casually? I use to gamble a lot before, but now I gamble casually and I would say I was able to take gambling out of my system.

I felt that my day is incomplete without gambling, but now I don't feel the need or urge to gamble. I think the key is your drive to control your self. Any habit that is not healthy, even difficult must be stopped.

I have not been addicted yet but I have seen people who were deeply addicted and cured themselves after fighting hard.Of course the number of persons I have seen being able to do this for me can be counted with the fingers of one hand only.They had one thing in common,big motivation to quit gambling and they were all recovered in professional centers against gambling addiction.I have not seen anyone yet being able to do this completely by himself but I hope these persons also exist.

It's hard to find that people here since in the first place we are in gambling discussion board but maybe there are several guys here are compulsive gamblers but if they are still playing up till now maybe they are not totally cured since they are back in this luck base business again.

But actually if people need to seek help for their gambling addiction maybe the best person they need is their family members since they are the one who will give a helping hand and advices for you on what you should do, but if your gambling addiction is worse then maybe a professional help is needed for this.

I think the better solution there is a total discipline. Many gamblers problem is their lack of control and this usually tend to continue even though they dont have anymore funds for gambling and will resort to anyway just to have money and play again.
But controlling yourself isnt easy especially for those people who used to it on gambling. We can easily say that, but for others its really hard to say. Its almost same with smoking which is naturally hard to remove if its on our system and our body is looking for it. Same goes with gambling which our mind searching and our body has no choice but to follow.

Curing it will take time but preventing you from frequent gambling can, seek advise for a rehab or medicine to loosen up your mind.

if the highlighted part is the question then i may consider myself as one,i use to be almost addicted(almost because for me addict are those who are total wrecked because of gambling)because at some point my parents cannot handle me anymore and there are times when i am borrowing money from friends just to gamble,but what cures me?is the faith of my family that i will change and their Love for me,also with the Help of trusting them as well.
or diversionary things mate?other things that will help us become busy specially when the urge of gambling is dipping into our mind.

I've been an addict since before I realized that it is not a good way to kill my time and to earn money at the same time, I am slowing downplaying since I want to really stop playing gambling, I've tried stopping it instantly but after some time I got back and played again at a regular basis, Now I'm on a process of reducing my activities on playing gambling, I think I got rid of the addiction and I can control now the urge to play gambling. I also set a limitation on myself on playing.

Firstly a good way is to decide that you are getting it wrong by gambling too much and this itself is the first win for you . Try and develop some new hobbies and enrol yourself into new activities which you like or passionate about . I have seen this really helps and people after some times leave gambling or can easily start away from it as they get busy in other stuff in their life .

To be honest that would be hard to prevent especially if the person is really hooked already.
I'm thinking they resorted to a more reliable option such as rehabilitation or confining themselves away from a gambling site or place. It's more like a disorder rather than a disease cause the person its not actually sick but just being caught with his habit.
That's the best prevention before addiction eat you. Control and limitation the only one who could more likely to help out you is yourself but the abovementioned ideas could also help.

Yup, diversion is a good way too. However, I emphasize self discipline, control and limiations as mentioned by cryptoadditchie. No one can help you but your self. Not any hobby, diversion, family or friends. Because no matter how many people advice you to stop gambling, or how many diversions you have or even if you go to a shrink, if you don't want to fight your urge to gamble it is all for nothing.

Self control or not getting attached to "cute things" in casinos... This is self-help method. The second method should be from gambling owners, they should remove things that get people attached to their casinos, especially the bad thing that ads no value to the live of their customers. In my opinion, people should be able to bet on things as long as they're non-harmful things, and done in moderation. *Safe betting* should be encouraged more by casinos.

a disease is something that is related to physical body but gambling addiction is a kind of mental disorder so i think its inapropriate to call it a disease  but using the word cure is okay   .  its called cure/cured when you get over of that unpleasant feeling that you feel  . only few here have cured thier addiction  . those few of those ask for the help of our fellow members here for an adivices while some self cured themselfves  . some have ask for profesional help from the psychiatrist   .

In my previous post here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5224594.msg53813148#msg53813148), I said I somewhat was able to help stop my gambling addiction because I lost my job, thus my income. So that is the last straw for me. Obviously, when you don't have the means to gamble then you will simply have to stop, at least in my case.

And when I started to bounce back and slowly recovered, I simply lost my interest to gamble again. I really learn a hard lessons during that time, that's why I don't want to go to that bad experience. I just gamble today just a few times and with just small amount of money.

Count me in! Back in the days, I remember myself getting loans from microfinance and asking my families to lend me money so I could use to make a bet for a day and hope to win. But the truth is, you will never know you are already addicted to gambling until you see your financial status going down. When you get to that point, that is when you will realize that its time to stop.

What helped me on moving on from my addiction was meditation. The moment I learned how to meditate was the best thing that ever happened to me and I am really grateful for it. When I learned meditation, I realized that I am responsible for everything I do. My consciousness went to its highest potential. I hope I could help someone today and this forum as well, it will educate people about gambling.

I'm not totally addicted but base on my opinion the cure depends with their emotional take. I mean depending how they will overcome it.
Like doing other activities, with the help of peers and being committed somebody else. These factors can help an addicted gambler to cure himself but if still doesn't help, he needs a professional help from a psychiatrist or emotion counsellor.

Gambling neither a disease nor a problem so what is actually the problem is addiction!

There are gamblers who stick with their limits and have control over their gambling activities so not all gamblers are addicted to it but once someone got addicted then it will take time to realize they are really addicted to it.

Methods involving to cure from addiction is self realizing the issue and get your control over the thing which is controlling you.

I've written about that in the past

I can't say I was ever addicted to gambling as such but as a youth I was definitely addicted to video games. Indeed, the consequences of this addiction are incomparable to what addictive gambling can cause and wreak, in financial terms first and foremost. But other than that, it is the same thing essentially as I suspect is the case with any addiction, whatever that might be

So any method would do as long as you come to understanding from deep within how dangerous and harmful your addiction is. Most certainly, this understanding requires some painful catharsis to go through which proves that you really learned your lesson. After that, you simply lose interest in what caused your addiction (drugs, alcohol, games, etc), which is the ultimate cure if you ask me. There's no urge, and thus there's no need to control and fight it

Let me share my experience.
I was addicted when I started in bitcoin, I am into a gambling game which is the satoshimines. I always play it everywhere I am, always holding my mobile phone and playing silently. At first, I always win, this is when my addiction gets started until the days come that I received consecutive losses which lead me to be broke. That is when I realized the importance of money, I experience how hard it is to live without money and how deeply I regret all my actions in the past. Since then, even if I play (card games) I don't feel the same feeling as I have before, I can now limit my game time and how much money I spend.

I don't have any methods or anything that force me to stop immediately, but the realization of my actions helps to make me stop being addicted to gambling before.

Luckly until now i never being an addiction gambling although i did gamble but so far i can control myself however this story based on my uncle experience that he was being an addicted gambling few years ago and he was spend all of his wealth into gambling table although he regretting it but he cannot stop to gamble and he asking help to his family to help him to quit from addicted and after several months mental therapy he declared cured by the doctor and he says too besides go to doctor family support also have important role to help addiction

In my opinion, there are certain people that have come back from being a compulsive gambler to not an addicted anymore, and I think there are therapeutic methods that needed for that to happen, A compulsive gambler really need to accept to himself that he is really addicted and accept the fact that he is really going into a problematic scenario in his life that needs some attention,

And if he truly accepts the fact that he really is then that is the time he would accept that he needs medical attention and ready the procedure of getting him into a rehab facility and begins his Therapy session. 

I already experienced this, especially before when a lot of wrong doings happened to me.
I become addicted in gambling while I am broke before, financial broken and heart broken at the same time.
For a week, I lost ton of Bitcoins for the NBA GAMBLING.

After that bloody week, I reset myself, I started on foods hahaha and becomes fit, find a work and find things that I will become busy again and the rest of days it went well, I still do gambling, but in control and responsible.

I am not totally addicted but I know someone who overcomes being addicted. He was addicted to casino games and even sell his own tangible assets just to get enough money to start playing. Imagine how addicted he is, and the one who help him is his wife, even if he did a terrible mistake, his wife still accepts him with open arms. That is when he really stop playing, until today he doesn't play and he focused more on working hard to earn enough money.

it is a very tough question because only Few will admit that they are once an addict or still addicted now,and also it is something we cannot be proud of(or maybe it is my opinion only)

is there something you do or someone helps you to make this realization mate?because i believe that this is not easy and there are many gamblers tried but fails to totally control themselves in Betting too much,until they lose all the money that is the only time they are stopping.

I have had family members who had both alcohol addiction and gambling addictions and the best "cure" for them, was to face the reality of losing their family and friends and their house and their job. Once they saw that their addiction was causing not only harm to them, but also the people around them, they just stopped by slowly reducing the exposure to those bad habits and eventually they stopped.

It is a slow and long process and some of them have fallen again, but with the help of a good support network, they managed to get out of it again.

The addiction was in many instances a way for them to fill a gap for something else that bothered them. One had too much money and he got bored with living a average life, so he wanted to take some irresponsible risks to fill that need and gambling filled that need. The other person had some bad things happening with her when she was younger and the alcohol helped her to escape from that.

You cannot fill something bad with more bad things, so you will have to look for something good to fill that need. The guy got into some charity work and it is keeping him very busy now, so his mind is occupied with good things. The lady went for some treatment and they helped her with the withdrawal process and she is now helping kids with the same problems on a part-time basis.

                                           Find the reason for the addiction and fill that with something good. 

This is exactly the same realization I had, every people beside me slowly going out of my side, that feeling of there is no one in there to make me feel that I am not alone. My gambling addiction affects not only my life but also my family.

A long process where you also need to get their trust again and make them feel that everything happened in the past will never happen again.

In most cases, it is just intense and exasperating boredom (get used to it)

When you are busy in life in a personally fulfilling and productive way (which, ironically, is rarely the case in real life), you won't even think about gambling as any sane person is fully aware of the fact that it is only a substitute for real life. In this manner, a way of getting out of this addiction is to find something which will make the life of a gambling addict, any addict for that matter, as bright as the illusion of richness and fullness of life that he experiences when gambling, the feeling of being alive, but without the destructive element in it

I don't know if mine would be considered as an addiction or just hooked up with the games so bad. I have had episodes of going into continuous hours of playing without even eating, and would just stretch a little bit and get back to my game. Perhaps that's not the proudest thing I have done  it was a part of me for a few months before I curbed my 'addiction' and started doing something else.

Needless to say, I shifted my interest into different things, mainly outdoor activities and immersed myself into my work. Fast forward and I am here, still playing every weekends but not spending hours upon hours into gambling just like what I used to.

Even though we know that there are gambling addicts who say that gambling is only for fun, the main thing that I think about is victory. Winning will make money, and many of those who bet it want to win and get money.

If the purpose of their gambling is for pleasure, then they dont have to stop and when they bet because of money, it might be more addictive than those who bet for fun.

If someone gambles because they want to get more money then the thing he must do when deciding to quit is to find another job that can make money both from real and online jobs. Staying busy with other jobs will help them not to have free time to gamble.

Same here, I was never addicted so I can't talk about it that way, however for me it was mostly the "pass time at work" thing for me. I was a call center operator with plenty of down time and my boss was such a sweetheart that I was capable of watching TV shows and movies at work and he wouldn't say a thing, I was really good at my job as well since it was only a call center job and as long as you didn't intentionally did anything wrong or if you didn't had a brain freeze time.

I spent 90% of my time gambling there because I was mostly bored and I had a lot of bitcoins since it was early days, I have lost god knows how much but at that time it didn't worth to anything. One day bitcoin went above 200 dollars, I actually lost a real amount this time and I decided to quit playing for a long time. Now, I gamble again here and there but not that frequently anymore.

I haven't been addicted to gambling, not even for a short time. But I know that whenever my sports betting wallets have balance, it urges me to place bets even if I am not very familiar with the matches. I tend to bet and bet even on over/under per quarter on NBA games as if I am just betting on a coin toss, without much logical basis or analysis. And so I need to keep my balance at a minimum so that I will be limited in my gambling expenses. Also, if I am on a losing streak, I tend to get emotional and desperately squander what's left. Again, I see to it that my wallet does not have too much.

Yes, I'm currently studying right. Trying to learn some programming languages that I can also use in cryptocurrency, I tried focusing on other things but I can't really stop playing but the good thing is I can control now the eagerness to play gambling.

This might the proper way for me to stop the addictiveness I have before.

Based on my understanding, the word cured refers to the person who was once very addicted to gambling to the point they can’t live without gambling was able to conquer addiction and now can play occasionally without getting addicted, which also means they now have stronger self control that they can stop when they wanted and needed to. For me the best way to really overcome addiction is with a help of professionals or say rehab because it will have activities wherein you will forget gambling and little by little you’ll get gambling out of your system.

You will get cured from an addiction to gamble when you don't have anything. I'm sure you will cured by 100%, because you need money to play gambling, without it you will just wacth the game.

So the solution is, you need to ask to someone that closes to you that you are an addict to gambling. It will be good if you have to tell to your parent (family) even your wife to prevent to play gambling. And ask them, to don't give money to you and avoiding some access that can make you play gambling. Of course you have to tell how you play gambling and you don't need to lie. I'm sure with that way you will be cured to be an addict.

Im not addicted to gambling thats why i cant say nor conclude things on how to get rid of it.
Well, as part on basic things we do know on how to quit then it would be the ff.
-Find other things or activities that will distract you on playing gambling
-Seek for help neither on a professional or your love ones.
-Lastly, it will matter on mindset and seriousness on quitting.

im not also addicted but id say that sometimes i cant stop imediately and im late to go to my work because of it  . with that said , i think i need to cure this manerism of mine because my work can get seriusly affected  if the problem occur more oftenly  .  among the three that you suggest on the method of quitting gambling , id say that the first one is verry comon and will be tried before the other two  . i tried finding other activities like downloading a new game and hanging with it , id say that i can easily forgot to play gambling  .

I have never been in that kind of situation but I know someone who's addicted but get to manage himself after all those years.  A friend of my mine had overcome gambling addiction last year but before that, gambling affects not only his financial status but also his health that is the reason why me and my friends decided to make an action because we know how it made a negative impact on his life. We told him how to manage himself like making time for other things other than gambling because there are various way to entertain yourself like reading books or watching movies. We make it step by step and as the day passes by we have seen some improvements. We also make him see how gambling change his life especially his health because he's gambling addiction makes him stay up all night without even eating his food. I know that its difficult for him but we are also concern about him. I'm glad that he finally learn his lesson because he already know how to control himself, gambling's purpose is to make you happy and satisfied but if it makes your life miserable then there's a problem. Making him realize his mistakes makes an impact on his way of thinking, it slaps the reality inside of him and it works.

Total discipline won't help much in stopping the urge to gamble. Some gamblers that ran out of money because of gambling results in stealing money and selling their stuff. I have cross a thread where the poster ask for opinion on what to do since the person that he is talking about is a gambling addict and sold some of his stuff just to have money for gambling. It would be very hard it is possible to help a person from being a gambling addict.

Well, technically cured is the right word because gambling addiction is a mental health issue. Not a disease since it can't be transferred, but it can still be cured nonetheless.

Personally, I only gamble in my spare time, but I have seen people that have gradually cut down using various strategies designed to minimize real risk.

For example, some games like luckydice.com (https://luckydice.com) and bitkong.com (https://bitkong.com) have a 'for fun' mode which you can use to play for free.

So if you're struggling but still need that adrenaline, you can use these modes.

I think there is no cure but a way to avoid yourself from being addicted. I am addicted in the past but I am still gambling right now. The only difference is that I can control myself, I can stop now but I can't remove gambling out of my life. Some of the professionals that I talked to said that since I can control myself in gambling, I should also control myself from going to these places. I am trying for the past months to stop but it is hard. It is just like an itch that you can't stop.

My partner in life played a big role to cure my addiction. What I am doing is now is nothing to compare to what I am doing in the past. From the experience that I have, you can't really cure addiction that easily, it is been years that I stopped my addiction but until now I am still gambling, just imagine how hard that is.

When we get addicted, the only way to get rid of the same is through alternate focus. We need to turn our focus towards something else, and if we get self satisfaction on the alternate thing one will easily get out of addiction. If the alternate focus too doesn't fulfill the mind, automatically the person gets back to gambling.

Whether it is money based or something else, people wish to achieve it in a very short time period. This is where people easily gets addicted.

I gamble a lot but im sure that im not addicted to gambling being addicted to gambling for most of the time could actually ruin being successful I believe that others with discipline and can control their self is the one that is successful in gambling if you're really addicted in gambling it might prevent you in being successful because they don't stop playing and don't get satisfied. All excess is harmful to us.

Curing addiction is I think very easy in my case the key is discipline. I think it is difficult to others since they justs go with the flow and don't really want to stop gambling or stop it.

I was addicted before but luckily it was not a serious addiction that turns me into a monster, lol... what I mean monster is that I do drugs, don't sleep much, steal money, other illegal things just to finance gambling. The worst thing I did in the past was just to loan money to gamble which I know might not be able to repay it on time since I have my responsibility to my family which that time my salary is not really big.

I get out of it through my own realization and I think for the future of my family,.. so one day I wake up I am not that stupid anymore and I am happy that I still gamble now but not like before that I can be out of control anytime, I am more matured now, and thanks to my experience.

I doubt the most addicted persons that turned into worst are here reading threads. They will not read something like this. But somehow, if you have known some, this might help.

In every country, there is a gambling rehabilitation center whether gamblers will focus most of their time doing leisure activities, meditating their mind, playing sports activities and something that can relax their mind without pressure. Should be free of cost if that's a government body but private ones do have a much better service compared to public ones. The costs though would hurt but 90% will cure someone's addiction.

Gambling addicts will never listen to anyone just by reading and giving them advice. They should treat as a normal patient with the disease. Families and friends should be the first ones to make a move if they want to help a certain gambling addict that is now nearer to become the worst one.

Im not addicted but i do gamble almost every week, i think time management is one of the reason why im not become addicted to it. Also i do it just for entertainment only or if I have extra money just to have fun. Being addicted in gambling is really alarming because its not easy to avoid it once you started and enjoyed it. So my advice is to have control , time mangement and make a plan on how you spend your money through it.

I maybe addicted but I don't feel it's resulting bad to me, currently, I am gambling almost everyday but with proper limit.
For me the mot important is to limit yourself in gambling and think of another day.

Maybe iirc, before I lose my tempter or control in gambling, I did go all in and I do really regret that time and I call it the worst day of my life but nothing really serious happen after as I always learn from my mistake which I believe everyone should.

We don't know what method they did to cure the addicting to gambling because I guess that they will use different ways to solve the problem. But perhaps, they must do something to distract their mind not to think about gambling so they can build a new habit and avoid playing gambling. They will need other people to help them to solve the addicting.

My experience in preventing from playing gambling every day is do something else, and I don't touch my computer for some hours, so I don't think about gambling. I am trying to do something after I used my laptop, so I don't use my free time to visit the gambling websites, and so far, it works for me. Some of my friends use their free time to go to the gym and swimming, so they don't feel that they are addicted to gambling.

i am not telling my story but my best friend because He use to be addicted and had sold everything just to sustain His gambling addiction.
he even lose us (His friend) because of this trouble he into.

His parents keep on asking us how to help him but there is nothing we can do since he is ignoring us.

But one day we have been shocked when he Finally come to us,with changing Mood why?because he become a Christian,i don't want to Impose religion here because i respect everyone has their views regarding this but it is what changed Him and now he never come to gamble again.

 We all know that one of the best profitable ways to earn a lot of profit is with the use of cryptocurrency gambling and now we can get a lot of income if you are having enough skills and technique just to win those games. Also choosing the best game that is suitable for a player gives them an advantage. Playing gambling is a very risky thing even you can earn a lot of people. Nowadays many people are trying to use gambling just to earn more income but sometimes we are getting more greedy and cause of losing money as a gambling player always look for the play safe if you want to get an enough profit but if you don't mind that you can risk all of your income and play a game that has only 0 or 100 chance of winning always monitor and aware your self what is happening to your money and income.

If you go all in and it's not part of your plan, that simply says you are losing control and maybe addicted already.
There are two types of addiction, a serious one and a minor addiction, first it will start with minor addiction and if you can't cure that, it will become a serious addiction that would cause a serious problem, we don't want to reach at that level right as the deeper the addiction, the harder you'll get out of it.

Everyone should understand the risk in gambling so they'll be responsible in gambling, and always stay realistic that you can't win in gambling all the time and it's hard to win in gambling most of the time.

If things were that simple

Then, according to this train of thought, simple abstinence would do wonders and, more importantly, suffice. But it doesn't work that way in real life. Alcoholics who haven't been drinking at all for years can and do in fact often relapse into their alcohol addiction, which means they are not and have not been cured of their dependency in the slightest. In general, the same is equally applicable to gambling, as well as any other form of addiction. Put differently, forced withdrawal can be a solution but only a temporary one. It doesn't remove addiction

It's quite easy to achieve if only you're determined and focus on achieving your goal. Back in my high school days I was an addict to most activities that can be addictive. Gambling was one of them and I was able to overcome it the help of family members and friends only personally don't played a very important roles since it was my willingness and determine that fueled my desire.

It starter as gradual process as my gambling budget was cut down by 30% that's if I usually gamble with $100 daily, it got reduce to $70 and it continue in that method until I got to see myself gambling with only $10 daily. Somedays  I hardly gamble in general

Imbalance problem with those addicted gamblers who can't manage to established right attitude towards gambling. But for those who knows how to handle and knows what to do in order not to be engaged too much, they are capable of moving or quitting if they are not feeling good while playing,
take some rest then go back once they see some good edge.

Following that line of thinking, I don't think there is a cure for gambling addiction at all. Once a gambler - always a gambler. We're all adrenaline junkies! ;)
Of course, there are people who have managed to successfully restrain from their gambling drive, but that does not mean they have been cured of addiction. Maybe they just swapped one addiction for another. Maybe even something with a little more adrenaline. I think all gamblers (both regular or occasional) love the feeling of winning just as athletes or any other adrenalin junkies love it. Because it's a rush, right?

This is the correct thing and I have seen people and recommended some friends too and this has being a helpful to some people and makes me happy that they are now not on the wrong track. One has to find out the alternates and the moment you decide about it chances is that you have overcome 50% of addiction and rest is when you get involved in other activities or hobbies which makes and trains you to be a better person and stay away from your addiction which is not good .

As a gambler I am, though not addicted by have been into gambling for years now probably 15 years ago but still gamble without having issue of either am addicted or not because am been able to control my limits. In every game I played, I always have my limits set before proceeding to gamble just to be very sure I won't spend beyond my limits. There are many cure for those who have been addicted, just setting a limit can be of a Major help to quit the gambling industry. 

Those people who got escaped the hell in gambling are very lucky. We know that getting addicted in gambling isn't that easy to be cured. It will take time and discipline and help from other people in order for the gambler to be cured totally.

Abstinence, help of family and focus on other things.

Abstinence is the best way to cure a gambler from getting addicted into gambling. Not gambling for how many months or years will cure the gambler for sure but it will depend. There are some times that their body wants that they want to go to casino while their mind doesn't want too. Discipline is a big thing here. Not disciplined = harder for a gambler to be cured.

Family will be a good help in order for the gambler to be cured because they can distract him and make him do other things and not gambling like playing, travelling, jamming with them etc.

Im addicted player before but I already know how to prevent this and Im successful to minimizing playing gambling.
The means of being cured is when a player play too much and they are now control their self in playing loke what Im doinf to my own and the outcome of doing that is good. I like addicted who already change their habit fron being addict to ordinary player.

I've been there. It's been a hard days lol, I have a signature campaign at that time that pays bitcoin (This is my part time) and every time I received payment from the campaign on where I belong I deposited it immediately to gambling sites. Casino and Sports betting sites are my main platform and at the end of the day if I won I will do a last bet where in I bet all the winnings that I have and test my luck and most of the time I ended up losing.

The bad thing is that whenever I lose, I immediately transfer another coins from my savings and used it to recover my loss and of course I will loss it too. After with this many events in my life I decided to quit it even it's hard... I did it through focusing on other things in life such as pursuing passion that I like, Playing games (Which was my first hobby), play sports and lastly if I really urging to play gambling I play through gambling games (mostly on steam or web games and sometimes mobile games)

I agree that we can consider gambling addiction as a disease somehow that sticks on you till it consumes everything that you have. In my case, I have been into gambling addiction way back 2017 when bitcoin's value was still very high. I was confident enough cause my investment went very well till the day came where all of the profit I made from my bitcoin investment was all gone. My fellow investor and friends helped me to cure my addiction till I was able to completely end it and regain all of my losses.

To be honest, the word "cured" when it comes to gambling addiction is confusing, because it either means you completely quit it or your successfully made some moderation towards gambling, so let me explain both sides that I've said. When someone wants to completely win against gambling addiction by fully quitting it, they need someone's help, of course they also need their self for this process, what I mean by "self" is their will and dedication of doing so, while the other one is that they need to go out somewhere else, to completely subside their urge on gambling, for example is like going on a trip to a place where it is remoted (no wifi) if possible, and appreciate the beauty of nature instead.

In these way, they could achieve their goal, slowly but surely, there is no shortcut on making your dreams come true.

One thing that can release me from gambling addiction is about busiing myself for a routine activity, in the past I always gambled from waking up to sleeping every day and when I started a new life by increasing my social life and doing other activities outside the house so gradually addicted or habitual the gamble that I used to do slowly will disappear and until now I have greatly improved and not always spent money or even borrowed money just to gamble.

I don't think anyone can actually get cured from this terrible addiction, one can get cure from drug addiction or even worse addictions, but gambling addiction is something that totally reprograms the brain, it's like an oxygen for those who wanna escape reality by taking risks, and for many it's like risk with life as money literally means life for many.

If a gambler doesn't want to get addicted to gambling then there is a best solution for that. Don't gamble if you don't want to become a gambling addict simple as that. Once becoming a gambling addict, a person may result to theif, selling personal belongings just to be able to gamble which is very not good thing to do.

I have seen that there are only 2 methods that currently work 100% to cure gambling addiction;

the first is hypnotherapy, namely by hypnotizing someone who is a gambling addict and putting the suggestion that his addiction to gambling has harmed himself and also those around..  

and the second is giving religious teachings, but the second way is very difficult because it takes guidance and a strong desire from the addict. (cmiiw)

I don't think that you can be cured from gambling addiction.
If you stop gambling you were never addicted. In the past I thought that was addicted but I was able to stop gambling by the time I told so. And now I continue to gamble not with a lot of money but just for my entertainment.

I wouldn't be so pessimistic

I'm just saying that simple abstinence (say, from alcohol), and still more so forced abstinence, either direct or mediated (e.g. via support groups), is unlikely to help since all it takes to relapse into the destructive habit is just one small slip which restarts the ruinous cycle

In this manner, it is not about successfully resisting or restraining the urge. If anyone tries that path, they are set to lose as they will be fighting with the symptom, not the disease itself. The real cure is when you don't have to struggle with your inner demons by getting rid of them altogether, which is to become indifferent to the source of your addiction

I will share my experience with you all.

Initial stage: I was gambling for fun and mostly it was dice that I was gambling and I never thought any wrong would happen, I had a job in real life and I see no problem spending a part of it.

Feeling the urge: There was a time when I used to skip my job days and gamble a bit more searching for more strategies, the skip holiday I took were always loss as my job was work and get paid per day.

Addiction and Cure: Well, the addiction grew to such levels that I had to leave my job for longer and I was frustrated with gambling as I made so much loss that I used to think I should get back my loss and I will stop it, but we all know that never happens.

Finally I was able to get out of it because I was not TOO-ADDICTED and it was just that I was stuck with gambling for longer than I should have.

I don't know if there is among us. But I can assure to myself that have resisted the urge to gamble for a long time and every time I tend to gamble I end up thinking what might happen soon. Same with how I  quit smoking that I have my smoker's cough every time I try a single stick. I'm sure anyone with addiction and live long til they out grew the addiction and will find priorities first.

I actually call gambling addiction as a parasite on our body which will suck all the money we have until there is nothing left in the body.

Right, once we leave gambling its much easier to regain control over our losses than we actually believe. I have been there and I lost around $300 which I thought I would never recover but then as I started working and actually got into bitcoins, it was earned in a matter of months.

My suggestion to everyone is, once you get out of gambling, just quit it. I mean it is similar to smoking where you either quit smoking or you just smoke once a week and you will be addicted again very soon.

I already saw one of my friends selling his watch to play gambling. He says that he already losses in a few weeks ago, and he wants to try his luck again. I already told him that it's no use, and it's only wasting his time and money, but he doesn't listen to me. I let him sell his watches to someone, but when he said he wants to play online gambling, I decided to stay beside him and watch him play. He promises that he will not sell what he has for playing gambling if he loses this time, and he will stop playing gambling, and I said that is okay.

The result is he still loses, and I said so you should stop gambling, as you said. Gladly, he really stays away from gambling and not trying to play gambling, and I hope that he can prevent himself from going back to the gambling place.

I think leaving in gambling is the one way to cured from being addicted, limiting and controlling yourself is a best way to not become addicted and no need to stop. Addiction is not easy to cure but it can be prevent by starting to set up bound to yourself and have goal before you start in gambling because who become addited are the greedy person.

I am not addicted to gambling but I know a friend who is very much addicted  to it ad I helped that friend to get cured from addiction with the help of his family, professional and friends he has overcome it by introducing new habits to combat this gambling habits and taking the time to time to spend with family , the symtoms to gamble has stopped.

I'm not on those list of gambler who successfully overcome gambling addiction, before I started on my journey to gambling I already knows the many issues and pitfall that I will encounter along the way and since I have good control of my money and my habit I never have issues stopping anytime.

We cannot change what we are, but we can change how we do things, imo. We might be probably a chronic gambler once but we might be able to cure it by holding back even a little. Although we didn't get rid off the urge of taking bet but the thing is that we lessen probability of losing big assets/money. Diverging attention is a good thing either, but I kinda think that we would go back to gamble at some point in time. Thus, cure isn't like getting rid totally in gambling but a barrier to have our own set of limits.

Discipline, isn't it? Really works even in real life though, might be gambling, some sort of different addiction, financial, and so on. We must have it in our heads all the time.

Addiction is also became a big obstacle in my life before but I manage to escape the addiction. People should underetand that it is really hard to escape addiction, it takes times in order to ovecome addiction. Actually I've been consult in psychiatrist before just to help me to overcome addiction. For those gamblers who are still addicted to gambling but want to stop addiction, you can overcome it just make sure that you really have commitment to do it. You can never escape in addiction if there is no commitment in every actions.

I don't think many gamblers here will be honest to post their experienced but if they do that's courageous on them, some people will always in denial to admit that they are hooked on gambling, they will always make a defense that they are just playing for fun and it's not about the money but they are entertained but they are using a lot of time and money.

That's right, It's a slow process but I think most of the people who are slowly stopping in their vices by slowing down their activities will reach their goal which is to stop it totally. Visiting some gambling site once in a while is a good practice because you can release all the urge to play a gambling game and after you are satisfied you will again wait for the urge to come in, Control is one of the most important part of the process of getting rid of addiction.

Many gamblers are just being addicted into such activity which makes it seem to be normal to be addicted into gambling. It is not quite surprising to know that someone is addicted into gambling because we are talking about money. Many gamblers who became addicted, are aiming for huge money but that is the total opposite in gambling because losing would be more certain than winning.
 One would be eager to get that win but he would be unawared of how huge the loss is becoming.

I was a victim too, but fortunately i have overcome the addiction. It is quite hard at first but support from the people around you was really the biggest part why I have successfully quit being a gambling addict. Also, the other half is your self. Self control will be the key at the end because it is you who would make the decision whether to quit or not.

That was your silver lining right there (and a blessing in disguise)


It's called quiting cold turkey

Though challenging and probably quite painful, especially if you are really addicted and your addiction involves pronounced changes in your brain chemistry as you will have to deal with withdrawal symptoms and cravings, the good news is that gambling is far from that (unlike, for example, heroin addiction)

So if you are able to give up gambling all at once and then withstand the urge to gamble again for a couple of days, you have pretty good chances to get rid of your addiction. But anyone trying this path should first understand their need for quiting as without this deep understanding, they are unlikely to succeed

Gambling addiction isn't much different from alcoholism or drug addiction. Your brain may respond to the act of gambling in the same way that an alcoholic’s brain responds to a drink. The only way to cure is to learn how to develop a healthy and balanced relationship with money. Psychotherapy or cognitive behavioral therapy is the best way of treatment.

I wouldn't say so

In fact, you cannot even compare gambling with heavy drug use and abuse like heroin addiction in terms of the brain changes (read, damage) that these addictions produce. And while gambling addiction can be quite destructive to one's life and family (mostly in financial terms), it does little to nothing to one's brain on a physical level

And it is a good and promising thing in and of itself. For example, with a developed drug addiction, there is no way back since the drug addict essentially stops being a conscious human being with free will. This is not the case with gambling where it still remains a question of personal preference and choice (read, a matter of understanding)


You can be addicted to virtually anything that doesn't involve money at all (e.g. video games or movie series), so it is more about developing a healthy and balanced relationship with your own needs and requirements (read, yourself) rather than something external to you like money

Proper mindset is the way to cure gambling addiction.

Even a gambler have a good relationship with money if his mind is saying that "he wants to gamble" then it will be useless. Other kinds of therapy will work with the gambler and I will include the family ties in here. Family will be a good help for the gambler because they can help him in order to be cured. Another way that can help too is that let the gambler live to a place where there is no near casinos and let him give some things that can spend his time on it like playing games etc.

That is really interesting I always thought that those addicted to gambling suffered from some kind of self inflicted damage that was irreversible because of their behaviour and that is what pushed them to addiction but it seems this is no the case and this is nothing but a behavioural problem in which a person is unable to stop himself, this leads me to think that kind of behaviour should be useful in nature and it could help a person to think about an issue without rest until he finds a solution, most likely what gamblers experience is not that different from what a scientist with a unwavering desire to discover new stuff experiences as well, expect that we consider one of those behaviors desirable while the other is not.

There is something else which is irreversible here

And it is the fact that they had learned about gambling and started rolling. In other words, they were already addicted (read, hard-wired that way), so it was just a matter of time till something triggered that proto-addiction. In this way, gambling as such doesn't change anything in their brains what hasn't already been there and what they have been equipped with. If it wouldn't be gambling, it would be something else, and another addiction (e.g. alcohol or whatever) could develop that would in fact affect their brains in a truly destructive way (like drugs destroy the brains of junkies)

Practice and application is a must and you should keep in gambling.

People are really dumb when it comes to gambling, that they want an instant profit. Gambling is not about only money, it is also about entertainment for you to relieve your stress. They should keep in mind that kind of point of view or mindset in playing gambling. Therapies are only needed if people really can stop themselves from gambling. If you're a wise gambler, you should give them some tips and advice so that they will not have a hard time gambling. If you don't want to lose your friend, or if you don't want them to ruin their life because of gambling, if you're a professional when it comes to that, it should starts with you with a proper mindset.

^ Good thing to know that I am not one of them because since the start when I was stepping in on gambling I know those possible consequences and those worse outcomes if I am addicted to gambling.
When you say the cure, it means that it has been the worst thing to happen. So probably the right cure of a gambling addict is to put for a while in a rehabilitation center and should have a medical assistant, even a psychologist or psychiatrist. There are too many ways to cure gambling addict, just like mental illness that needs the right time to cure with a good and healthy environment.

Well, its a problem that almost every gambler used to face so when you are gambling try to avoid gaming addiction and find proper ways that we can use to avoid being an addicted gambler. According to me before starting gambling it's really important know how to deal with addiction because so many people, lose more abs, more I income just to recover previous losses.

No, you can't really think that you will become addicted at the start, that's why if you don't what to be addicted then why gamble in the first place. the problem arises when gamblers lost and wanted to recover it. So you are sort of inside the trap once you enter the world of gambling. If you have weak emotions, it will be hard to quit when you have lost so much already.

I never become addicted to gambling but I think people who can be cured because of successfully rising his awareness and family supports. Addicted gamblers need help from their families, most of them don't realize that they are already addicted. So, people closest to them who must remind them about the addiction. And the addicted gamblers are just cured when they are aware to quit from addiction.

But they still gamble right? but the way they gamble is not like when they were addicted.

I hope people who got addicted will not quit gambling and leave it for good because gambling is really entertaining, what they need to learn is just to be discipline and always consider the risk over the reward when they gamble so they'll be aware all the time.

Solutions and methods vary per person. As we know, it will all depend on a Gambler's behavior and on what level they are now from being addicted.

For those who are still in control, they just need to force themselves to be a responsible gambler. I don't see any wrong from being a gambling addict as long as it doesn't affect their daily lives, do have a stable source of income, have time on their loved ones, can still do social activities or in general, still a better person at the end.

For those who are still in control but can't resist doing gambling even it now truly affects their daily lives, they need to find other activities to spend time on. It's hard being under a situation like this but since they know what's happening, they need to force themselves to make a change. They are the only one who can help themselves.

For those gamblers who are in the worst level of being addicted, to the point that they steal just to gamble, they sold some of their precious belongings, totally wrecked, they can't help themselves now and they now need help and guidance from others. At most of the countries, there are rehabilitation centers designed for those persons that become a gambling addict. With the help of families, friends, and love-ones, these gamblers will be back to themselves after a certain period of time.

The most possible way to deal with addiction is self control, and that very important as a gambler. Quitting is the last resort for everything, that's why we need to learn how the entertainment of gambling will benefit us emotionally and will not make us stressful in the end. Addiction from gambling is a worst case that needs serious attention, and way of preventing that is self rehabilitation and not by quitting.

Yes that's true it cannot be done by a gambler alone it should have outside help coming from relatives and friends, because the gambler failed to see the symptoms because of the strong denial that he is not a compulsive gambler, and he can still manages when he really cannot.

Why would casino owners harm their own business by not allowing players to get addicted to them by ads and other such appealing stuffs ? :P people would save more but the owners would profit less, if they could, they would hypnotize the billionaires of the world to play till they lose everything haha xD

A striking example of very primitive logic

If someone gets addicted in a big way, they will lose all and will likely never play again. And that is apart from possible lawsuits from ruined families and even criminal investigation from authorities and regulating agencies, which is a whole can of worms on its own. This is definitely not what any sane casino owner would want and look for. They want players to lose consciously and sort of willingly without getting desperate or lost as it is the only sustainable way of keeping players and making profits long term

I was a gambling addict before, at a very young age I started gambling not in bitcoin but from local gambling games here in my country and then got to bitcoin gambling in 2016/2017. What really helped me to get away from gambling or let's say lessen the gambling I do because I still do gamble but not like before that I would even go and ask for debt just to play, so here it is what really helped me is I learned the value of money simple as that. Because if you know how to value money then you will have control over your overall spending habits and that includes gambling. I was young-minded back then thinking that earning money is easy that's why I spend a lot on gambling.

To be honest,  i once became addicted in gambling since my friend started to invite me to go with him at the casino, that is why i decided to play gambling as well as him that i really end up addicted to it for two months that every night i got home from work i always go at the casino. I always win huge profit in my first week at the casino but the longer i play i lose a lot of money, so that is the time when i decided to stop playing gambling. I have stop playing gambling by changing my daily habit that i always invite and hang out with my brother and my friends playing basketball and other sports just to enjoy and change myself from being interested in playing gambling, and it all ended up well. Honestly, i still gamble in crypto gambling sites, but i can now control from playing because i already have a family that makes me inspired not to play oftenly.

So bitcoin really help you to lessen your playing gambling? Because the other player become worst when they using bitcoin as money to the gambling sites because it is easy to use and anonymous and no one can knows that you are playing a gambling . But good to see that from a gambler addicted you are now playing sometimes only and don't be addicting again.

@OP, you're asking people who are in the gambling whether they have cured their addiction?

Realistically, if somebody has a gambling addiction and then cured it, do you think they would still be active in the gambling section, where they can be reminded to play every single day?

Obviously not.

Anybody who has an addiction to anything should avoid all further exposure to it, otherwise it will just creep brack in.

Somehow I agree to you, Also I think you should be the one that's going to influence your friend in a good way. It is all about your self the discipline and a proper mindset.

With this, I think you could stop your addiction in gambling with just thinking differently and not just going with the flow.

I must admit that gambling and taking loans for gambling is the worst financial thing one can do. I am glad it didn't affect you that bad but if you visit lending section you will see guys taking 0.01 - 0.02 bitcoins loans to gamble and some of them actually repay while some bite the dust.

Now technically speaking you take loans for suppose 10% for 1 month which is normal in the lending section, you are faced with 10% loss already as you enter the gambling scene and you then have to face the house edge being set. Overall this loan and gamble habit is horrendous and much more devastating than it seems at times.


As we often say responsibility makes us a better person and I am happy that you got out of it.

I have never been addicted to gambling but I knew people who were in that situation and never really get cured from it,all they do is just pretend to be completely stopped their gambling activities when they are with the people but when they are alone they will do their gambling activity.

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Exactly. 8)

It was similar situation in my case too.

I started gambling long time ago, while i was still in high school. Sports betting was just becoming a thing in my country, and since i watched a lot of sports, this was kinda natural step, to "spice things up" and make it more exciting, and maybe even profit from it. I played little, as since i was student, i couldn't afford big bets. But things quickly got out of control when i started working, and betting more and more. I came to the point that i lost equivalent of yearly salary in matter of few weeks, and one day i simply decided that i will quit. And that was it.

Funny thing, few years after that i started working in a casino and i thought that will be an issue for me  and maybe even make me to gamble big again, but luckily everything went ok. I still gamble ( i prefer brick&mortar casinos)  but just casually and for fun, nothing serious.

That's the thing, with a habit like this, it's really hard to see if somebody has actually given up.

Most addictions are quite secretive things. People have developed clever ways to prevent people from finding out that they still gamble.

Some of these people even fool themselves into thinking what they're doing is ok. When obviously from a third-person perspective we know they are damaging themselves and their family.

I've been so addicted in offline gambling like poker lucky nine everyday I go to casino to gamble I always lose that time everyday I go because I want to back all my loses. Until I don't know I'm getting so addicted in gambling.
The first thing I do is find busy my self in another doing like working in the house cleaning. Then I go to my room watch YouTube until I got sleep. That is the way I do everyday then I successfully stop gambling.

Overcoming gambling is a big step and I don't think people can get over it so easily, even if they have some willpower left - it takes much more than that. Addiction is a heavy obsession and curing it is hard. This is why it's so important that people first understand the risks they're taking when going down this route.

Thinking of another day is crucial because while we are gambling and trapped in a bad loosing streak, we sometime try so hard that we deposit more and loose everything in desperation. What one needs in such situations is exactly what you said - calm down and assure yourself you will have a better day, just stop for now!

I too have been in such times where I would just gamble all my money in one-go to adjust the loss on the given day and some times I admit it worked but most of the times it did not and that feeling is just something else. I mean there is no-feeling I have ever had as bad as loosing the final bet which you hoped will neutralize the losses.

And what's wrong with that?

If someone really got rid of their addiction (whatever that might be), they can be doing what caused that addiction as they like. In fact, doing it without getting addicted again would be the ultimate proof that you were actually able to quit for real. On the other hand, the need in total abstinence basically proves the opposite, that the addiction hasn't been cured and is still sitting there waiting to re-emerge and take over. Besides, sharing knowledge and personal experiences in the gambling section of the forum is not the same as gambling


This could be called an engineering approach to a problem. But it doesn't solve the problem itself which is still there

Do you mean gambling addition right?
Actually you can overcome it easily if you have the will and we have to understand that everyone has different will, there are people who are strong enough to get themselves get out on addiction but there are people who are weak that they'll struggle doing it.

Addiction would not be a serious problem if you already acknowledge you are addicted in the early stage.

I think people aren't usually cured from being a gambler it's just that, they just stop because they know what's best for them. People can still get to play gambling back but the big difference is that they are able to control it now. Unlike before where they always find what their minds tells them. Of course, it's so hard to control first because they are getting used to the feeling where they always have time to bet and enjoy but in the long run it is getting worst until one day they find themselves drowning in debts or bankruptcy.

The game your mind plays doesn't stop so easily if at all. I see no reason for someone who's been cured of gambling addiction to ever go back to gambling. You either stop once and for all or you don't.

Returning to gambling after a cured addiction is exactly like returning to drugs after you've been cured of the addiction. You're only inducing yourself back in the drug game.

It's true that mistakes make the people learn.

If someone didn't learn through debts, bankruptcy, and losses, then the level of addiction of that person is very difficult to cure. I realized that it's not also better to make gambling a good entertainment since it requires a lot of money than the usual entertainment other people do. Anyways, control is always the key to this kind of scenario and should have the practice to maintain and balance the financial stability in life to avoid problems. 

Im an addicted gambler before and it took me some time to recover because honestly its hard to stop especially I always think of my losses and want to keep trying to gamble to recover it.

To overcome this addiction my family had to seek for professional help and take me far from the city for months to stop playing. I dont have access to the internet and there's no way to play physical gambling so it help me to forget.

Now I still gamble but with limitation, I know how hard it is to become addicted but you have to help yourself to overcome it.

I think to completely stop the addiction, you need something to replace those. IMO, taking you out of town is not quite effective because you only rested your mind on gambling but the dark web of your mind still wants to gamble. Learning from mistakes or replacing those and making gambling as entertainment will make you completely surpass the addiction caused by gambling. Hoping for you to get fully recovered on addiction, if you still play gambling even though there's a limitation, a time will come that you'll go back on your addiction status.

Yes, it is not so easy because the addicted person in gambling needs other people to help them to cure the addicting. If they can get the right person who can help them to overcome addiction to gambling, they will have a chance to solve the problem, and they can get the right way to be cured. Going to psychiatry will be necessary after they get the right person because they can know what the way they need is and what they need to do to overcome the addicting.

It wasn't that of a disease. Addiction to gambling is normal and happen to many who starts gambling and had fun and satisfied with it. And it is curable with no other "medications for the disease" required. It only matters on how a gambler sets his bets and maintains his gambling routine. Even I myself had been addicted to it yet sometimes continuous realizations to the losses and discomfort on it may help you drive onto not gambling too much.

Most of the times, being proactive is enormously better than being reactive. Meaning better to maintain and get hold of something before everything turned upside down.

No one should afraid of their life style,if they are getting ashamed to show it to public then they even know that they are doing something not acceptable and bad.

There is nothing wrong with showing their gambling habit to public but when they are in stage of can;t afford for it they should control their mind and get into a stage from where they can afford for it.

when we are speaking about addiction even what kind of vices this is it
will be very hard to stop and overcome.
the only thing that matters is our dedication and willingness to quit
and stop from this.
we have seen many people that always say they wanna quit but they dont even spend more effort to make it happen.

Because they simply can't put their plans into action, therefore they need some help from other people for them to finally get out of addiction, the earlier they can seek help the better as serious addiction would lead to serious problem or make you live a miserable life.

Probably thats the truth about Quitting gambling. I have had many friends who were addicted to gambling and never make any attempt to help themselves from the situation, recently, one of them was arrested in 2019 and still in jail for anger of lost of funds to the opponent. If you're addicted, ensure to help yourself first before help can be found, hence, if addicted without getting help to quit gambling addiction it could lead to self damage or destruction. Self help is most important to be free from gambling addiction.

I don't think that addicted gamblers exist in online casinos.
If you are addicted you are going to notice that when you spend a lot of hours in a traditional casino. Otherwise, when you are home in front of your pc you have a lot of distractions around you that can make you stop gambling. You are not going to find a lot of addicted gamblers in here.

Addicted gamblers exist in online casinos ;D

Addicted gambling will happen in both online casinos and offline casinos because that will comes to every people who can not control themselves in gambling games. They will play gambling longer than the other people, and they will spend much money because they are chasing the win money. Perhaps, if we are playing gambling at our home, we can reduce the addiction because, yes, we will see a lot of distractions around us that can prevent us from playing every day. By getting that distraction, at least we can stay away from the addicting of gambling.

and that is actually what i wanna say from that statement,we cannot
 fight this desire on our own instead with our closest one.
just like what happens to me in the past?my family (specially my wife)
never let me down and continue to support and guide me into which
 way i must Go and luckily?i did change for good.

I think i have confessed on multiple occasions out here that I was a addicted gambler, but thanks to my family and friends I was able to solve my addiction. It’s pertinent to note that I went through many counselling sessions, and many sessions with fellow gamblers where they shared what they had lost due to their addiction and that’s when I realised I had to snap out of it. @finaleshot2016 I disagree with your view as I continue gambling, but now I only gamble responsibly and so I feel that one can definitely control his addiction and continue gambling if he wishes to.  

I differ from your thought because their are people who are very much addicted to the online gambling and it could be anytime during the day they may gamble depending upon the time the are free. They may be gambling entire night when no one is around or day when people in office . But definite they do find out the time to gamble and do not leave this habit which is a sign that they are addicted .

They do exist and you might not have encountered one of them. But it's very real that addiction is truly happening for some of the online gamblers and this problem is one of the biggest adversary for them. Wrong by staying at home, you can even focus as you gamble because you can be alone in front of your computer and this makes it harder for some gamblers to overcome it because of that situation. Stopping is easy if you have been through a lot but for those who are struggling this newly, they will find it hard.

yes its possible .  there are people that have thier pc , laptop , mobile inside thier own room  . no distractions on there especially if they have thier own helpers at thier home  but to some that dont have a house helper , we are forced to stop gambling to do other things like doing house chores , cooking , etc  . and its true that you can become more addicted on live casino because no parents will ask you to stop there and do the house chores but all your doing is sitting in from of the table , or the machine  .

Compulsive gambling is a mental disorder, and, unfortunately, it can't be cured completely(read: successfully) with currently known medical methods. People who stopped gambling after being addicted to it, are heroes, in my opinion. Despite the fact that staying away from gambling must be extremely hard for them, they still manage to handle it. Yes, doctors and medicine play their part too, but the most important contribution in the healing process comes from addicted person.

Well, it may be a mental disorder but it is not a disease like flu or whatever

Personally, I'm not even sure if the term "cured" is quite applicable or suitable here. Honestly, I don't even think that this kind of addiction can be called a mental disorder in the first place. For example, if a person gambled as much as any other individual whom you would rightfully consider a gambling addict but without financial losses that gambling typically incurs (say, in demo mode), would you still think of their passion as a mental disorder which should be cured?

To put things in proper perspective, think of people falling in love. A pretty common situation, huh? In other words, it is a natural thing even though this "addiction" can be quite extreme and can lead to outright violence toward oneself or other people if one's love is not requited. However, it is still the same feeling bringing about quite different and at times dramatically different results. But it can't be a mental disorder in one case and not a disorder in the other, right?

Imo, since we are not clinical psychologists, it's not up to us to decide how it should be called. Below is the definition American Psychiatric Association came up with:


I personally think that if we want to move forward in our research, we shouldn't question, or reinvent, something that is already known.



I would. Absolutely. It happened to me once, actually. I was playing poker tournaments with zero buy-in, but also with extremely small prize pool, of less than $0.1, for hours, 8-10 hours per day in some cases, and although I wasn't losing any money, I believe I felt like an addicted gambler during those days. I couldn't think of anything but playing.

I don't think that it's a big deal with those household chores and other things that you mention. But for the case that he has said that he still haven't seen someone that became addicted in online casinos.
I think that there were posts in the past that he can analyze that were posted here even before to verify that they do truly exist.

That's a pretty naive approach

The Earth had been known flat and Sun circling around it for how many millinea? But the fact that the American Psychiatric Association refers to this "disorder" as something recognized makes it abundantly clear that not everyone even among clinical psychologists is actually recognizing it as such (read, they have doubts)


Taken from here (https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-gambling-disorder-22015)

Let me guess, gambling, i.e. as in compulsive gambling or disordered gambling, or whatever term they came up with, is not the only such "disorder" in that manual?


So what about love, when you can't think of anything else but the object of your passion for weeks, if not months on end? Is it also a mental disorder according to DSM-5 or what?

Indeed. There are lots of gamblers who suffers from this kind of act, they are not aware but only wanted to fill their needs. This lust for gambling once you already experienced the fun will keep haunting you. People who are able to manage this lust can escape from this bad habit and able to getaway from gambling addiction.

I have not been addicted to gambling so far because I am not entertained by it. It loses my money, and that really sucks for me. But I have read so much information about being addicted to gambling, and now they are already cured. Some people visit psychiatrists just to stop them from being addicted. I really do not understand those persons who are addicted to gambling, and they say that they already want to stop it, but you will still see them in any gambling sites, it is easy for them to say that, but it is so hard for them to do. Well, we can not judge them because we are no on their shoes.

Indeed, Stopping a gambler from being addicted to any gambling sites is so hard for them because they always looking for is, they considered it as their body needs, it is like, their day is not complete without it. So I am so proud of those persons who fight for their better life because I believe it is better without any gamble on your life. I suggest that if they really want to change their lifestyle, then they should think about their responsibility to their family.

Many people are trying to get away from gambling addiction, but some of them don't know how to do that. Passion for playing gambling will be there if we don't try hard to leave the gambling place because gambling will attract us to keep playing. We must try to prevent the addicting because if it's not, we will be hard to cure the addiction. We might see in the real-life, many people still trying to stay away from gambling even if they feel it is hard to do.

Exactly. There are gambling addicts to every gambling den and site on the planet. Regardless if it's online or not. Just that gambling dens are much more ubiquitous when compared to onlien casinos. That makes the illusion that gambling addicts are more likely to be found in physical casinos rather than their online counterparts. But going back to what the topic is all about, I would like to share a piece of my experience. One of the first things you would need to know to cure your gambling addiction is to convince yourself that you are already addicted and that you need help. A gambler's mind is a one way tumnel, they see the profit awaiting them not knowing that the losses are much more often than you winning considerable prizes. So you have to realize and convince yourself that you really need help.

That being said, the second best thing you could do is to help people in need. There are a lot of gambling addicts out there and one thing we could dp to help them is to raise awareness and probably get them back to their feet by removing or greatly reducing their desires to gamble.

In our case, we don't actually have to leave the place, we only have to close our browsers and just leave our computers. But living as a gambler might put you attached to it and curing the addiction will lead you to several solutions if the others doesn't work.
If you're going to the most dangerous effect of gambling and it's already happening in your life, think of your family or the people that are depending on you.

Closing the browser and leaving the computer is difficult if you still have a lot of time to spend there, the only way you can leave it all is to have another activity, so you will force yourself to close the browser and leave the computer , always increasing social activities to have a busier routine will certainly help you to escape gambling more easily.

Well not only in the past but even now there are people who are gambling-addicted because people still have the stamina to play so they like to gamble more than anything. Gambling addiction is the worst thing if you realize it so I have a friend who all the time gamble but still he is earning a good and living the good life but he never admitted that he is gambling addiction.

I wouldn't call gambling addiction a form of a disease. Instead, it is better defined as a mental disorder that can be fixed by getting help and controlling one's self. There are different reddit boards out there where people shares their success and failure to get rid of addiction. You can also ask questions (if you use reddit you will know that different people from time to time creates an AMA thread) from them and how they managed to get rid of their addiction. They will gladly help you.

Well, it's your choice actually if you still have a lot of time to spend. This is all about time management now if that's the case.
And you need to be wiser around when you're managing your time so that you can avoid further losses or even gambling activity.

Well, I think the word "recognized" means that most pros in the field accept that view, but I can be wrong, because English is not my first language. Regarding times, when the Earth was considered flat, I think we are living in a very different time now. Today, with the help of the Internet, we can find out what most scientists and specialists say about this or that. If most physicists and astronomers were saying that the Earth is flat, I would believe them. But since they are not saying it, I don't believe flat-Earthers. For me it's that simple.


If you ask me, the so called "love" is a mental disorder. There is a saying that goes "love was invented by men to manipulate women", and I personally agree with it. There's also another kind of love, people's love for their king or their president. With that kind, people of the past loved Hitler and Stalin. And I bet, the most loved president by his own people is Kim Jong-un currently. So, yeah, it's a mental illness that needs to be cured, the sooner the better.

Gambling addicts frequently say that they love gambling, and they behave exactly as you describe people who are "in love" do. And that is not good.

To be honest, i experienced gambling addiction a long time ago, but i already cured myself with a help of one of my friends and family members that i change my hobbies by just playing sports and working out just to keep myself busy. Honestly, i still gamble in a online gambling site only for leisure time and entertainment just to avoid myself from getting addicted again.

By proper guidance it's really possible to help gambling addicted person, it is  serious problem whenever a person use too much time and money playing their favorite gambling games, by means of self will and good attitudes to help yourself finding other things to keep your mind busy will help a lots in order to recover from this problem. Diverting your attentions to other activities and make yourself busy in order to not to allow any glimpse of gambling inside you.

But that defies the very definition of norm

It is normal to be in love with somebody, so how can something be a "mental disorder" if it is a common thing? Moreover, you need some form of love just to procreate. Well, technically, you can procreate without feeling anything but with love involved it makes the whole process so much funnier (while the result better, a scientific fact)

And I'm not even speaking about the fact that it is typically men which end up being manipulated by women through love. Women have it in them, by nature, just accept this as an immutable, eternal truth. There is even a Russian saying (kind of common wisdom) that says a man chases a woman until she catches him

Gambling addiction is a serious matter because, having it could ruin lives especially when it becomes worse, and might make you mistakes like having a huge debt that you will pay for a lifetime. Mostly people with this kind of addiction should not keep it to themselves but, seek help from other people most importantly to the ones that have a degree and a license with this kind of matter because, the more you keep it to yourself, the more it will become worse. Remember more important things than you gambling and wasting your money on such as your family and responsibilities.

Gambling is a game that attracts many people to play, because it is a game that uses a lot of many and it was very eye-catching to many people. Nowadays, many people want to earn money faster and so that when they started to play it is difficult to them to stop it. There are some instances that if the people gets many lose in gambling it was very difficult to them to get off because they believed that every time that they play, there's a chanced that the can recover their lost assets. But it is not because you just give yourself a big debt and it may result on you to bankrupt.

I certainly agree with you. It should be mind over matter. We're in control of our lives and early prevention through setting a limitation will be a good help. Prevention is better than cure so as we start with gambling, we should know our limits so we'll know when to stop. Sometimes greediness could lead us to gambling addiction so we must set a target goal. Allocating enough funds for gambling and not exceeding beyond our budget is also a good strategy.

Gambling is not a disease. It's the addiction. You can gamble if you want, and it's not a sickness. If you get addicted to it, and you cannot control yourself anymore, that's not healthy. It's difficult for an addict to change because he likes doing that certain thing. If we just know how to limit ourselves, we don't have to worry about curing ourselves.

If you want to cure yourself to gambling addiction, find another activity that you can do except for gambling. That's the best way to avoid addiction. Make yourself busy, and you can also ask for help from a psychiatrist.

For me, the best and effective way to avoid me in getting addicted on it is to have a discipline and priorities because these are the only way to prevent in being addicted on gambling. If you have a discipline, you are going to set yourself a limit and if you have a priorities you can forget your daily habits in playing gambling and you can only play if you have a leisure time. So that these are my ways to prevent myself on getting addicted on gambling. You can try it, it was very effective. 

Enjoying a game could lead players to getting attached to the game and that becomes gambling in my opinion, especially if the players do not gain enough positive things from the game. So people should bet more on things they are good at or bet little on things that doesn't require skills to avoid wasting away in their addictions.

Agree, I think the very first thing a compulsive gambler needs to do is ask for help. Use every help that is available. Family, professionals, support group, etc. They should do everything to distract themselves by doing other activities. But gamblers also need the strong desire to quit. It should come from them, not from their family or friends. They should have the courage to accept that they are already not in control. It will take a long time but as long as they are motivated to quit, they can overcome it.

I don't know if I can call myself addicted back in the day but there was definitely some problems going on. I wasn't gambling like crazy or I wasn't gambling on all the free time I get but I was actually gambling quite frequently and that was a problem.

Gambling all the time for long hours is already addiction in my mind, but if you are gambling few times a week, spending over an hour every time, that is getting dangerous. And back in the day I was close to like 4-5 days a week gambling on dice games spending probably 3-4 hours a day while I was at work, that kinda sounds and looks like an addiction. Thankfully I lost a huge amount of money and stopped, I say thankfully because if I didn't lost that money quickly on martingale, I would have lost it anyway eventually from gambling for too long and I wouldn't be able to stop.

I spend my months of earning to gambling and sometimes lose it, and I will do it again after i receive some money.

This is how I overcome it:

• I reduce the time that I go and gamble
• I start saving
• I control myself and long as I can
• I set a limit every time I gamble

Today, I am not into gambling anymore, I just gamble when I feel bored and just to entertain myself. I am not gambling anymore for money.

With that statement alone I can tell that you'll never be addicted anymore, you already remove that will to make money in gambling, so regardless of the outcome, you can still easily move on, gambling for fun are good for gambler as they will not anymore seek to challenge themselves when they lose, they just accept move on and do other activities.

For me, the best way to cure addiction is actually to stop playing, and in some instance, I believe, many gamblers who think that they are addicted will be cured because of the lockdown at this time. Because with the lockdown, every casino has been shut down, and gamblers couldn't play. Their absence in gambling casino and presence with their family could bring back many memories they've missed before, that they aren't gambling yet. The fun and enjoyment that they experience in gambling will be replaced by bonding with their children, and activities together with the entire family.

But this has no assurance that their addiction will be cured, they for themselves should push willing to stop or limit gambling after this lockdown due to the virus.

Being addicted in crypto is very serious problem that requires an immediate response or a rehab. People who gambles are being prone to addiction, me myself almost getting addict before, but I learned that my greediness is really the reason why I am experiencing that thing, so I lessen that by controlling all the things that I may control and also being contented on what I have. Being greedy is inevitable.

But maybe they are also playing gambling because they have online gambling right now and even their communi is being lockdown right now but if they don't have money of course they can't play online gambling and maybe this time they cured their addicting playing.

If a person want to change their routine in playing they can do but they need to promise it that they can play only few times and not everyday.

but addicted Gamblers usually don't wanna ask for Help they mostly Hide their addiction or even not accepting they are addict so its hard for them to accept help.

because most of their family members wanted to help them but they resist or even denying the offers and staying away with them.

This is very brave that you have managed to achieve. Personaly I wasn't addicted but some of people I know were and some of them haven't managed to fight addiction even with professional help. Sooner or later gambling won again.
But I guess the help and support of your friends and family were the key and that was your advantage, not everyone has that. Enjoy gambling for fun, just always be aware of your limits.