Where to seek help if you need; concerned with gambling addiction.

[boyptc]

Even if you're getting all the external or internal help.

As you said, the gambler isn't serious with how he's eradicating his addiction, then that won't be use. The cooperation of the gambler himself is needed.

So that he can beat addiction with or without those help.

You can still ask for some help because people are prone more into depression if they can't share their problem and I'm pretty sure your love ones will help you recover and forget about that addiction. You just have to accept the fact that you are addict, and think for more ways to recover from that trap.

It's not too late though, the best solution is to stop gambling now and ask for you real friends help. Spend more time away from online gambling or any gambling that you are doing, start from the scratch again and never give up on making yourself better again.

It is true.

If you cannot voice out your problem and tell it to anyone, you're going to feel more anxiety and you're needing more help because of that. That's why getting help from your family is still another good choice.

But it's best to seek professional help after you get some help from your family.

[dunfida]

Even if you're getting all the external or internal help.

As you said, the gambler isn't serious with how he's eradicating his addiction, then that won't be use. The cooperation of the gambler himself is needed.

So that he can beat addiction with or without those help.

You can still ask for some help because people are prone more into depression if they can't share their problem and I'm pretty sure your love ones will help you recover and forget about that addiction. You just have to accept the fact that you are addict, and think for more ways to recover from that trap.

It's not too late though, the best solution is to stop gambling now and ask for you real friends help. Spend more time away from online gambling or any gambling that you are doing, start from the scratch again and never give up on making yourself better again.

It is true.

If you cannot voice out your problem and tell it to anyone, you're going to feel more anxiety and you're needing more help because of that. That's why getting help from your family is still another good choice.

But it's best to seek professional help after you get some help from your family.

Before reaching out into your family for your problem should be on next after you do find out that you cant really solve out the issue on your own because the one who could really solve
out that problem would really be starting for yourself. If you do find out that you arent able to do so then thats the time you would be seeking help from others and yes it is a shameful
thing and some do still raise up their ego or pride and wont be asking out any help from others and would tend to hide out from themselves.
Treating gambling addiction is something that cant be solved out easily.

[DoublerHunter]

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Of course.
Because a gambling addiction will also probably make big impacts not only for the gambler himself but also for their family or friends, and worse, for the community because of the crimes affected.
the right treatment, helps, some Repetition, and continuity of the treatment is also important to make aware and manage himself on gambling very wisely or even to stop gambling based on personal considerations.

^ That would probably be the outcome, but I think we should practice this attitude not to keep secret regarding your activity daily or the daily habit. We should open to tell them if we are often gamble because if there is a time that you are beyond your limit there is someone who could give advice and talk to you. Because we know that addiction is just a silent killer, you don't know that you are addicted to gambling but you can sense that you are addicted base on your action and it could be people new you will give some advice.

[boyptc]

It is true.

If you cannot voice out your problem and tell it to anyone, you're going to feel more anxiety and you're needing more help because of that. That's why getting help from your family is still another good choice.

But it's best to seek professional help after you get some help from your family.

Before reaching out into your family for your problem should be on next after you do find out that you cant really solve out the issue on your own because the one who could really solve
out that problem would really be starting for yourself. If you do find out that you arent able to do so then thats the time you would be seeking help from others and yes it is a shameful
thing and some do still raise up their ego or pride and wont be asking out any help from others and would tend to hide out from themselves.
Treating gambling addiction is something that cant be solved out easily.

Yes, it's already the case when you can't solve your problem about addiction.

There's a way to solve it on your own but not all of us have the same strength in conquering about it. As for solving it on your own, it's hard to do that because you're fighting on your own.

And we know that it's harder when you know that you've already accepted it that you can't.

[Betwrong]

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Here are a few links which could be of interest:

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p1218-overdose-deaths-covid-19.html
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/03/substance-use-pandemic


While it is true that the number of those which were addicted to some kind of substance or behavior has being going up there is very clear evidence the pandemic has increased these numbers to worrying levels, we must understand that at the beginning we did not knew how difficult the pandemic will hit us and even if it could be worse it was bad enough that we suffered from lockdowns for months, so this affected people and they took the easy way out and are now suffering from an addiction that they would not likely suffer if the pandemic never happened.

After reading the article you gave me link to earlier in this thread,  "Impulsivity, Frontal Lobes and Risk for Addiction", which is mostly about alcohol addiction, I started wondering, if we were to choose from what addiction to suffer, which one would we prefer? I mean, as far as I can tell, gambling addiction doesn't damage corticolimbic brain regions, so, can we say that this addiction is among the least dangerous ones?

[finaleshot2016]

It is true.

If you cannot voice out your problem and tell it to anyone, you're going to feel more anxiety and you're needing more help because of that. That's why getting help from your family is still another good choice.

But it's best to seek professional help after you get some help from your family.

Before reaching out into your family for your problem should be on next after you do find out that you cant really solve out the issue on your own because the one who could really solve
out that problem would really be starting for yourself. If you do find out that you arent able to do so then thats the time you would be seeking help from others and yes it is a shameful
thing and some do still raise up their ego or pride and wont be asking out any help from others and would tend to hide out from themselves.
Treating gambling addiction is something that cant be solved out easily.

Yes, it's already the case when you can't solve your problem about addiction.

There's a way to solve it on your own but not all of us have the same strength in conquering about it. As for solving it on your own, it's hard to do that because you're fighting on your own.

And we know that it's harder when you know that you've already accepted it that you can't.

Addiction isn't a normal mental issue because most of the people that are getting addicted are having a hard time recovering, some take years. Yes, there will be always a solution to your problem but not all have the same phasing of recovery because addiction can't be removed if you don't have discipline.

There are many solutions out there, don't surrender on yourself, you can ask help to your relatives so they can help you with the routines, have time with your family.

[Silberman]

It's the best help because they'll also be helped by their families.

Often family can't help with that problem: your relatives don't have needed qualification and psychological skills to influence on you. As result - it's more like nothing will change. People need help of specialists with high qualification.

Correct, it is obvious that our families are going to have our best interests at heart and they are going to want to help you if you were in that situation but unfortunately while their support is critical for the recovery of a person that is addicted to anything at the same time it is not everything, it is better to let the processionals handle this, after all they have been dealing with people with problems like this for a long time and they know what it is need to help them to turn their lives around.

[Lanatsa]

It's the best help because they'll also be helped by their families.

Often family can't help with that problem: your relatives don't have needed qualification and psychological skills to influence on you. As result - it's more like nothing will change. People need help of specialists with high qualification.

Correct, it is obvious that our families are going to have our best interests at heart and they are going to want to help you if you were in that situation but unfortunately while their support is critical for the recovery of a person that is addicted to anything at the same time it is not everything, it is better to let the processionals handle this, after all they have been dealing with people with problems like this for a long time and they know what it is need to help them to turn their lives around.

Doesn't matter on which one because you would able to find it out if its working or not basing on how they would able to help you and yourself would be the ones will really be seeing that progress

if you are already healing or doesn't really make any changes or difference at all.Professional help will really be next in line and it doesn't matter on where you do seek help

the most important thing is on how to treat up your addiction but of course you would be needing to help yourself first.

[sree0910]

Gambling addiction is a serious condition that needs to be treated as early as possible. Many countries have already started to realize the dangers of problem gambling, so they've created several gambling addiction centers and self-exclusion services that aim to cure addiction and keep gambling an entertaining activity. According to this  complete list of gaming addiction centers , Canada is one of the leading fighters against gambling addiction, and they've already helped millions of Canadian gamblers solve their problems and take back their lives. Hope it helps!

[Rengga Jati]

^ That would probably be the outcome, but I think we should practice this attitude not to keep secret regarding your activity daily or the daily habit. We should open to tell them if we are often gamble because if there is a time that you are beyond your limit there is someone who could give advice and talk to you. Because we know that addiction is just a silent killer, you don't know that you are addicted to gambling but you can sense that you are addicted base on your action and it could be people new you will give some advice.

In this case, honest means very important also. If we are going to help someone in addiction (that cannot control their addiction), it is true that we need to ensure he or she trusts us. Because many of them may be worried about being honest to others if they are addicted to gambling. Giving them trust, understanding, and also hope that they can get out of the addiction or at least control it slowly. Because of that, I said it was necessary to repetition in helping them. It cannot be done once twice, but continuously.
And this can easily happen if they want to be honest and aware of their own situation.

But what is rather difficult will be when they don't feel if they are addicted, they don't want to be honest both in yourself and others, and they have done a harmful thing, then we don't need to wait for them to ask us. But we need to go to them to be aware of their condition (if we really know it). And of course, this will be a little difficult because surely they will feel disturbed, angry, dislike, or offended. Because of that, we need caution and the right way for them.

[molsewid]

For those who are aware that they are addicted, what you said can work. But for those who don't realize that they are addicted already, it doesn't work at all. They are even not aware if they have a problem with addiction. How they can accept their addiction in this situation? Of course, they need helps from other people. Especially their close friends or family members. They must remind the addicts to have a special treatment to deal with it. And trying to correct the addict's habit gradually. This is something that cannot be done alone. Trust me, buddy! It is not as simple as you think. 

Which in some cases only few were aware on the things that they seemed to be used to do especially if they going to say on themselves that they were already a gambling addict. Sometimes it is good that your friends could tell you that you've been enjoying in gambling which I think could be a start to analyze in yourself if you're really into gambling and this way you could assess yourself and maybe the self-awareness thing about gambling will arise and the self-acceptance of what you could do to cure is possible in an early stage.

[johhnyUA]

Morally, they're helping you to get out of gambling addiction.

Important note: They're trying to help you to get out. Sometimes, it can get worse with their "help". Just because they're not specialists.

Having to know that they are there to help you get out from it and will also be supporting you to seek professional help, that's really a big help for someone who's struggling with gambling addiction.

Nah. Many people just trying to keep gamble rather to find professionals and doctors. The main purpose of you relatives is to find such doctors for you.

[Silberman]

Even if you're getting all the external or internal help.

As you said, the gambler isn't serious with how he's eradicating his addiction, then that won't be use. The cooperation of the gambler himself is needed.

So that he can beat addiction with or without those help.

This is why the first step when it comes to get out of any addiction that you could have is to admit you have it, there are many people that have problems with alcohol and drugs and even if they know they have problems they do not recognize this fact, and without that there is no therapy or amount of love any family could have for this person that could help them as they are not willing to help themselves to get out of the situation they are in, in which case it is best to left them to their own devises until they recognize this truth.

[Betwrong]

It's the best help because they'll also be helped by their families.

Often family can't help with that problem: your relatives don't have needed qualification and psychological skills to influence on you. As result - it's more like nothing will change. People need help of specialists with high qualification.

Correct, it is obvious that our families are going to have our best interests at heart and they are going to want to help you if you were in that situation but unfortunately while their support is critical for the recovery of a person that is addicted to anything at the same time it is not everything, it is better to let the processionals handle this, after all they have been dealing with people with problems like this for a long time and they know what it is need to help them to turn their lives around.

That's right, this is exactly why we need help from professionals: not only they were dealing with similar problems many times themselves, and thus were getting experience, they also have access to very valuable medical statistics and data, to which we, regular people, either don't have access to, or can't understand what it means.

But it is also true that the support from our close ones plays a very important role in our recovery overall.

[johhnyUA]

But it is also true that the support from our close ones plays a very important role in our recovery overall.

I know at least one example, where a person recovered not because of help and support of relatives but in  opposition to them. 
So relatives is of course important moment which differs for people: to some people it can be decisive argument and for someone it is not.

[Betwrong]

But it is also true that the support from our close ones plays a very important role in our recovery overall.

I know at least one example, where a person recovered not because of help and support of relatives but in  opposition to them.  
So relatives is of course important moment which differs for people: to some people it can be decisive argument and for someone it is not.

You mean they were encouraging him to gamble more, but he quit nevertheless? That would be a very rare case, but, well, nothing is impossible in the realm of one's own decisions. There are examples of kids of alcoholics or drug addicts never taking drugs or drinking excessively in spite of  their parents' "examples". Again, it's rare, but it's possible. Such people are real heroes in my eyes.

[michellee]

Gambling addiction is a serious condition that needs to be treated as early as possible. Many countries have already started to realize the dangers of problem gambling, so they've created several gambling addiction centers and self-exclusion services that aim to cure addiction and keep gambling an entertaining activity. According to this  complete list of gaming addiction centers , Canada is one of the leading fighters against gambling addiction, and they've already helped millions of Canadian gamblers solve their problems and take back their lives. Hope it helps!

That is available in Canada, but how about in the other countries? I do not know if the other countries will have a good place to rehabilitate the addicted person to gambling. But suppose the other countries can learn from the leading country that fights against gambling addiction and build a better rehabilitation for the addicted people to gambling. In that case, it will help many people who have the same problem. That can reduce the number of addicted to gambling, and the government will be happy to see that gambling addiction is not a problem in their country.

[Lordhermes]

Gambling addiction is a serious condition that needs to be treated as early as possible. Many countries have already started to realize the dangers of problem gambling, so they've created several gambling addiction centers and self-exclusion services that aim to cure addiction and keep gambling an entertaining activity. According to this  complete list of gaming addiction centers , Canada is one of the leading fighters against gambling addiction, and they've already helped millions of Canadian gamblers solve their problems and take back their lives. Hope it helps!

That is available in Canada, but how about in the other countries? I do not know if the other countries will have a good place to rehabilitate the addicted person to gambling. But suppose the other countries can learn from the leading country that fights against gambling addiction and build a better rehabilitation for the addicted people to gambling. In that case, it will help many people who have the same problem. That can reduce the number of addicted to gambling, and the government will be happy to see that gambling addiction is not a problem in their country.

There several places where people are wallowing in gambling addiction,finding it difficult to get help.Many have been stigmatized through loss and failure,and are seeking help,but couldn't get help because they are leaving in an environment where help is rare.It is imperative and dutiful for government world wide to provide help at where there is none,including the nooks and crannies of our society.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Gambling addiction is a serious condition that needs to be treated as early as possible. Many countries have already started to realize the dangers of problem gambling, so they've created several gambling addiction centers and self-exclusion services that aim to cure addiction and keep gambling an entertaining activity. According to this  complete list of gaming addiction centers , Canada is one of the leading fighters against gambling addiction, and they've already helped millions of Canadian gamblers solve their problems and take back their lives. Hope it helps!

That is available in Canada, but how about in the other countries? I do not know if the other countries will have a good place to rehabilitate the addicted person to gambling. But suppose the other countries can learn from the leading country that fights against gambling addiction and build a better rehabilitation for the addicted people to gambling. In that case, it will help many people who have the same problem. That can reduce the number of addicted to gambling, and the government will be happy to see that gambling addiction is not a problem in their country.

There several places where people are wallowing in gambling addiction,finding it difficult to get help.Many have been stigmatized through loss and failure,and are seeking help,but couldn't get help because they are leaving in an environment where help is rare.It is imperative and dutiful for government world wide to provide help at where there is none,including the nooks and crannies of our society.

It is always good to recognize that there is a problem, that is the first step, the affected person should not feel any kind of shame, I think that if the person does not want to go to such a specific help center what they should do as the first option and What is seen as normal is to go to a psychologist, a couple of sessions to test, the problem may be solved, and that the person has the help of his friends, but real friends, not friends who take him to others vices, in which case it does not work for you, if it is good to go to those special help centers for players.

It is incredible, but many people find refuge in religions, some get addicted to being in religion, whether they are evangelicals, or any other, there are many options, it all depends on the desire of the person to want to get out of the problem, but Help is imperative because it is for the well-being of both the person and the affected family.

[carlfebz2]

Gambling addiction is a serious condition that needs to be treated as early as possible. Many countries have already started to realize the dangers of problem gambling, so they've created several gambling addiction centers and self-exclusion services that aim to cure addiction and keep gambling an entertaining activity. According to this  complete list of gaming addiction centers , Canada is one of the leading fighters against gambling addiction, and they've already helped millions of Canadian gamblers solve their problems and take back their lives. Hope it helps!

That is available in Canada, but how about in the other countries? I do not know if the other countries will have a good place to rehabilitate the addicted person to gambling. But suppose the other countries can learn from the leading country that fights against gambling addiction and build a better rehabilitation for the addicted people to gambling. In that case, it will help many people who have the same problem. That can reduce the number of addicted to gambling, and the government will be happy to see that gambling addiction is not a problem in their country.

There several places where people are wallowing in gambling addiction,finding it difficult to get help.Many have been stigmatized through loss and failure,and are seeking help,but couldn't get help because they are leaving in an environment where help is rare.It is imperative and dutiful for government world wide to provide help at where there is none,including the nooks and crannies of our society.

Would really be needing some certain budget for that part and it would vary if government  would really be that in concern into its citizens when it comes to gambling addiction.

There are indeed places on this world on where services like this arent present or not possible but honestly it isnt really that much needed if you can able to help yourself in the first place.Although,

we do know that not all would successful realized and get rid of their own addiction on which they would really be needing other help from others or from professionals.