How can we overcome our gambling addiction!

[dothebeats]

it's only us who can answer that, I'm afraid. Even if you consult your psychologist about the matter, if you want to gamble, you would still gamble and no one will ever stop you, not even the lack of funds on your pockets. The only thing you can do to stop going the route of a complete degenerate is to distance yourself from gambling houses/games and resist the urge of playing. Do not satisfy your thoughts of 'getting lucky' or you will lose your money in the long run. As most addicts do, you can't do it in a full stop, so it's understandable that you will still gamble no matter what, but try to do it less frequently and you'd be surprised about the results after a few months.

[Oceat]

Professional and family help is the only way that you can overcome gambling if a guy is too deep into gambling, he cannot do it by himself, there's too much addiction, and the temptation is too huge to ignore, only a professional can set up a guideline and method, where he gives it in a patient to patient.

professional psychologists might be able to help because in my opinion those who are addicted to it are very badly like they can't control their mentality
so they really really need to fix their maindset fan back to normal

Professional Psychologist are only important if the person is not doing right and unstoppable. But if being addictive is just that he always have losses and can control his body. The only way to that if you're normal person is to discipline yourself and stop. If you really want to stop then you should do something about. There is no other person who can teach how to stop but yourself. Doing it minimally will help you to stop gambling day-by-day. When it is still early, try practice it and keep your money for yourself and for your family.

Psychiatrist and psychologist are just giving you an order that you have to follow like a different routine to mislead your attention or a diversion so that your main attention in gambling will be channeled to others. But if the person is not willing to follow those precaution then it is still useless and they really need someone or something to control their addiction.

[DoublerHunter]

Psychiatrist and psychologist are just giving you an order that you have to follow like a different routine to mislead your attention or a diversion so that your main attention in gambling will be channeled to others. But if the person is not willing to follow those precaution then it is still useless and they really need someone or something to control their addiction.

^ Probably once you are in critical condition, rehabilitation is a good place for you to fully stop your attention in gambling and something divert into other activity just like playing sports games. Mental illness due to addiction is gambling takes time to cure, not just only months will spend and probably it takes years before they consider that you won't back again in gambling. Nevertheless, there's no other than who can control your self while you are not addicted and something while it is an early stage that might be curable. Be responsible for our selves and think before we act.

[onrise]

The first thing to do to eliminate our desire to gamble is to ask ourselves this question;

''Why am I gambling?''

If the answer to this question is to make money, the situation is very bad because in response to this answer it is not possible to reduce or completely eliminate gambling. But if the answer to this question is just to have fun, then you can give up this fun and you can gradually lose your gambling habit.

Sometimes questioning ourselves and accepting that we're wrong is really need to let us get away in a problem we are engaging. Once we didn't let ourselves accept that we're wrong and we put other excuses that worsen the situation. We should convince ourselves and all things will be in a right path.

Self control is the basic things which needs to be developed over a time so that you can control and stop it when required . Another thing is that just dedicate limited money for this cricket so that once it’s over you would not play with more as limit is over .

[TrevorS]

I believe that if a person has a gambling addiction, then it is obvious that he has psychological problems originating from deep childhood.
These are shortages that a person is trying to compensate for his whole life in one way or another, unconsciously. All you need is to find a very good psychotherapist and heal these psychological injuries.

[Pinkris128]

There's a story that my mom told me, it's about my uncle who once became a gambling addict that there comes a time where he sold most of their things in their house just to find money to gamble. The worst thing that my uncle did is to pledge their house just to satisfy his gambling pleasures.

I know it's not easy to overcome this situation especially when you're already in your point that you want to get back everything that you have lost. You keep on gambling thinking you can earn everything back. Actually, we're already lucky enough if we continuously win the game but even our luck has its own limitations. Without noticing it, our wins are slowly turning into losses.

I also know that some of us here will just put their attention on different things to avoid too much gambling. But in reality, it's just easy to say but harder to do. There's no easy way if you really got attached to gambling. But in your opinion or personal experiences, how do you overcome your addiction to gambling?

Overcoming your addiction in gambling is really easy to say but hard to do because it is hard to stay away in gambling if you always wanted to earn easy money with it. But in my own opinion, the first thing that you need to do to overcome your addiction in gambling is by staying away or avoid invites to your family or friends as soon as possible, second always give your savings to one of your family member like your wife, so that you can't spend anything, and lastly focus on other things for you to forget gambling like playing mobile games and trading with crypto.

[BitcoinsGreat]

I believe that if a person has a gambling addiction, then it is obvious that he has psychological problems originating from deep childhood.
These are shortages that a person is trying to compensate for his whole life in one way or another, unconsciously. All you need is to find a very good psychotherapist and heal these psychological injuries.

I think it is impossible to heal gambling addiction because a person who is involved in gambling addiction, he do not listen to anyone advises. The best way to stop a person from doing gambling is to limit his money and remove his access to the money. With no or less money, he will not be able to do gambling and with passage of time his gambling addiction will be reduced.

[target]

I believe that if a person has a gambling addiction, then it is obvious that he has psychological problems originating from deep childhood.
These are shortages that a person is trying to compensate for his whole life in one way or another, unconsciously. All you need is to find a very good psychotherapist and heal these psychological injuries.

They don't have to do that really.  All they just need is to channel their excitement to gambling to something else maybe a job. How old are these guys who had gambling problems anyway?  Gambling can be avoided especially if they are monitored by their big sister or brother.

If they are 18 and above, they can certainly find ways to look the other way when chips are in front of them.

[doomistake]

Overcoming an addiction becomes hard when you think you can't do it even you don't do a thing about it, before you complain, do something about it, start it and then figure it our by yourself if it's really hard or it's just your brain telling lies. Of course you also need help of someone professional who could help you to overcome your addiction step by step to make it more successful, taking shortcuts doesn't count.

And last but not the least, your willpower is needed for this process, if you're always going to be negative about everything, then I am sure you can't really overcome your addiction.

[joshy23]

I believe that if a person has a gambling addiction, then it is obvious that he has psychological problems originating from deep childhood.
These are shortages that a person is trying to compensate for his whole life in one way or another, unconsciously. All you need is to find a very good psychotherapist and heal these psychological injuries.

If it's heavy addiction professional helps will assist the person to balance his mindsets, the help of proper diet and routine will regain or renew
the original attitude of a person. Psychotherapist is very effective when there's a in-balance with people attitudes. They'll be able to cater this
concerned and help gambler to achieve goals of quitting away from this activities.

[Baofeng]

There's a story that my mom told me, it's about my uncle who once became a gambling addict that there comes a time where he sold most of their things in their house just to find money to gamble. The worst thing that my uncle did is to pledge their house just to satisfy his gambling pleasures.

I think we have heard similar story before.

I know it's not easy to overcome this situation especially when you're already in your point that you want to get back everything that you have lost. You keep on gambling thinking you can earn everything back. Actually, we're already lucky enough if we continuously win the game but even our luck has its own limitations. Without noticing it, our wins are slowly turning into losses.

It's really hard specially if the person is not acknowledging his gambling addiction until it's too late. He is knee deep and can't get out by himself. That's why I believed that family needs to support them to snap out of his bad habits.

I also know that some of us here will just put their attention on different things to avoid too much gambling. But in reality, it's just easy to say but harder to do. There's no easy way if you really got attached to gambling. But in your opinion or personal experiences, how do you overcome your addiction to gambling?

I overcome it when I lost my job, obviously, I don't have the means to continue to gamble and then I realised that I was becoming a statistics. So once I got up and recover, I never look back, I just play occasionally and just bring money that I can afford to lose and have some fun.

[Quidat]

I believe that if a person has a gambling addiction, then it is obvious that he has psychological problems originating from deep childhood.
These are shortages that a person is trying to compensate for his whole life in one way or another, unconsciously. All you need is to find a very good psychotherapist and heal these psychological injuries.

If it's heavy addiction professional helps will assist the person to balance his mindsets, the help of proper diet and routine will regain or renew
the original attitude of a person. Psychotherapist is very effective when there's a in-balance with people attitudes. They'll be able to cater this
concerned and help gambler to achieve goals of quitting away from this activities.

Quitting in gambling is really hard if you are too attached to it like making it as part of your everyday life.
Prevention is always better than cure, so if you find yourself in a situation where it's hard to turn your back.
A rehabilitation center is the last place they might want to go if all of the available remedies won't work on them.

[South Park]

There's a story that my mom told me, it's about my uncle who once became a gambling addict that there comes a time where he sold most of their things in their house just to find money to gamble. The worst thing that my uncle did is to pledge their house just to satisfy his gambling pleasures.

I know it's not easy to overcome this situation especially when you're already in your point that you want to get back everything that you have lost. You keep on gambling thinking you can earn everything back. Actually, we're already lucky enough if we continuously win the game but even our luck has its own limitations. Without noticing it, our wins are slowly turning into losses.

I also know that some of us here will just put their attention on different things to avoid too much gambling. But in reality, it's just easy to say but harder to do. There's no easy way if you really got attached to gambling. But in your opinion or personal experiences, how do you overcome your addiction to gambling?

When you come to those levels of addiction the only way to overcome the addiction is to get professional help, an addicted person by its own will find impossible to solve his issues and while his family will be needed in the process to get his life back in track again they do not have the necessary skills to help a person that has reached rock bottom, also it is important to talk to people that have gone through the same and that have overcame their addiction problem that way you can show the addicted that it is possible to recover.

[nakamura12]

If the person in to gambling too deep then that person will need to find a psychotherapist to overcome such gambling addiction. For gamblers that is not very much addicted in gambling can help themselves. Try to check this site ( https://www.helpguide.org/articles/addictions/gambling-addiction-and-problem-gambling.htm )and you may find a way to overcome such addiction in gambling but if the addiction is worst the best way is the first one "finding a psychotherapist"

[useless4]

Most people think that breaking away from addictions in gambling is pretty much impossible, however, in my view it all depends on self-control and knowing the right time to stop and have clear intentions like knowing how much you can lose. And stay away from the gambling environment or anything related to gambling and move on to positive activities and if you want to play gambling, then you should be able to avoid it firmly and there are many other ways to have fun like getting involved in sports

[sunsilk]

Take a vacation instead of gambling if you want to overcome it and do it during the weekends or every rest day. This will create you another habit which can make you forget that you have a gambling addiction if you really want to overcome it.

And if this becomes your hobby, you will have a set of good new adventures by travelling. The budget that you will allocate in gambling will now be your travelling funds and you will have no regrets with the expenses there because you're also seeing different places.

[magneto]

View the purpso ef gambling differently.

Don't look at it as a way to make money, but rather, a way to entertain yourself at a cost. Just like going to any other events, you need to pay a price to be entertained. In gambling, that price is the house edge, which keeps your expected value of bets negative in the long run.

Also, think of the fact that there is no strategy to beat the house. The only strategy that can beat the house assumes an infinite bankroll, which is impossible. I see way too many people on dice chats asking for strats, when they don't help at all. All they can possibly do is make your funds last longer, but at the end of the day it's still -ev.

[Chrystora123]

I also know that some of us here will just put their attention on different things to avoid too much gambling. But in reality, it's just easy to say but harder to do. There's no easy way if you really got attached to gambling. But in your opinion or personal experiences, how do you overcome your addiction to gambling?

gambling addiction will be easily cured if the person has a strong desire to change from himself..  in another thread, I have told the story of my past who was a heavy gambler who forgot time and sold a few things at home, then I changed because I got married (I didn't stop gambling completely, only reduced it)

but if the family can't change the addict, I think there are 2 ways which the family can try, that is to get closer to religion or bring the addict to hypnotherapy.

[romero121]

I also know that some of us here will just put their attention on different things to avoid too much gambling. But in reality, it's just easy to say but harder to do. There's no easy way if you really got attached to gambling. But in your opinion or personal experiences, how do you overcome your addiction to gambling?

gambling addiction will be easily cured if the person has a strong desire to change from himself..  in another thread, I have told the story of my past who was a heavy gambler who forgot time and sold a few things at home, then I changed because I got married (I didn't stop gambling completely, only reduced it)

but if the family can't change the addict, I think there are 2 ways which the family can try, that is to get closer to religion or bring the addict to hypnotherapy.

One who is addicted first of all will never hear anyone's words. It is the situation that has made a change in you. If you aren't into such situations surely you could've experienced the addiction for a long. Until and unless a person himself decides, it is impossible to get out of addiction. Getting close to religion should not happen forcefully.

[coin-investor]

Getting professional help, and finding a new replacement for their yearning to gambling is the best course, people gambling because they want to direct their motivation to something interesting, they did not gamble out of curiosity, but they want to release an inner yearning for interest, if a professional can replace that, it will be good for the gambler.