Is there an effective way to stop a gambling-addicted person?

[masulum]

This works with my cousin when he got addicted to drugs. It may be different from gambling addiction but same as they still could go to jail.
Sometimes a person needs a real hard lesson in life to widely open his eyes. Let him rot in jail for just a week and he'll realize how bad it could be if it takes longer. Him in prison is another kind of world.

Prison may provide important lessons for people who are addicted to drugs. However, for gambling addiction it is much more different. Because, reflecting on what I found around me, there were some who were caught by the police selling illegal lottery, after they were released from prison they repeated the same thing. Even he was in and out of prison several times did not make him stop. I think the most appropriate thing is family support and/or a psychiatrist to improve psychology so he can live without gambling.

[piebeyb]

Are you sure that he is just a gambling addict and not an addict for illicit goods like drugs, I hope he is just a gambling addict, in fact the addiction can be stopped as long as he has no money, sometimes people become gambling addicts because they have feelings of revenge because of their defeat so they continue to play until they win, but in the end they still lose too, it's better to just advise him because that's more than enough because even the way you act hard won't make an addict change too or set him up with a woman and just marry him to get away from gambling

[electronicash]

Are you sure that he is just a gambling addict and not an addict for illicit goods like drugs, I hope he is just a gambling addict, in fact the addiction can be stopped as long as he has no money, sometimes people become gambling addicts because they have feelings of revenge because of their defeat so they continue to play until they win, but in the end they still lose too, it's better to just advise him because that's more than enough because even the way you act hard won't make an addict change too or set him up with a woman and just marry him to get away from gambling

it has different effect to every person's character. a gambling addict may find ways or steal properties of someone to pawn or sell inorder to satisfy his addiction. that is kind of a crazy situation but we have heard of past stories like this before when drug addict doesn't have money anymore, they rob.

its sad for the family members seeing their brother is just into deep with what they gotten into. it take years for someone to change and sometimes it needs a drastic event.

[maydna]

How did you find it out? If he told you then maybe he wants help if you just came across it because he left his computer open or something then it'll be much harder to approach the issue.

Why don't you find a local gambling advice or debt advice charity and see if they know anything that might be useful (such as what normally leads people in that area to addiction, what sorts of things addicts can replace gambling with to still get a similar experience from it so they're less likely to go back to it).

He failed to tell us the truth, until I got a hold of his smartphone and find out many games he played and lost money, he made us believed that he got robbed, this pissed me off and I had to break his privacy.

Judging from his phone history, this has been going on for over a year now and we don't know, I got into a mess in early 2022 and I bailed him with my money and paid what he owe, I am surprised he did another.

What did he do after that? Did he make something even worse than before? Your younger brother needs special attention to cure his gambling addiction, and he may need to see a psychiatrist who can help him solve his problem. Is there a psychiatrist in your city who can help him? If so, you might be able to make an appointment with your brother and try to talk and find the best solution. I think it's okay to invade his privacy because it's for his own good, and you really want to help him recover from his gambling addiction.

[_act_]

Prison may provide important lessons for people who are addicted to drugs. However, for gambling addiction it is much more different. Because, reflecting on what I found around me, there were some who were caught by the police selling illegal lottery, after they were released from prison they repeated the same thing. Even he was in and out of prison several times did not make him stop. I think the most appropriate thing is family support and/or a psychiatrist to improve psychology so he can live without gambling.

If someone is addicted and jailed for awhile, it might help. Even let us leave that aside, if someone lost very great amount of money to gambling, he might leave gambling for good. Someone can leave gambling because he gambled the first time and lose. Anyone can because of real bad event that happen to him at any point in life leave something, and gambling is one. But some people still learn lessons but still continue until they are finished.

[Frankolala]

I know how you feel for your brother's gambling addiction which has caused so much worries and pains on you. Talk to him like a brother and encourage him that he can control is addiction. Advice him on the forum gamble tips,not to chase his losses. Tell him how chronic gamblers like him will end up.

After all these if he continues,leave him in the police station when next the police arrests him. Don't go and bail him,I guess he is not cautioning himself because he gat you at his back. Tell him that you are sick and tired of his gambling activities which destabilize your thinking,that you will not bail him anymore. Wake up and act like a big brother because you can't force him to stop.

[OgNasty]

Has anyone managed to stop their relatives from gambling addiction? I have a problem with my little brother, he is 29 and working for years already, the problem is he is so in debt that we are been called upon to come and bail him in a police station, he lied a lot about the debt and he can't even so some calculation on how he spent his own money, if you know what I mean, he works a lot but still broke, that kinda thing .

Later I found out that he is addicted to sports bets, he kept losing money and won't stop, he has lost up to 4650$, a loan, and his own money that he worked for.

If there is any advice you can give me on how to approach this matter please help.

I sympathize for your situation. Having relatives that are battling addiction can be hard on the entire family. All you can really do is let them know that their addiction is costing them the enjoyment of life and hope that they’re willing to take the steps necessary to correct the problem. If that doesn’t work…

Tongue in cheek answer… Have you tried betting them that they can’t stop?

[ryzaadit]

Yell to him, start to monitor his activity, and you should take care of his financial spending.

The first thing you should know, in my opinion, gambling is just like porn. He need to survive 3 month without gambling first, so please take care of his financial spending if he asked some money to you.

Always ask for what purpose, and where is the proof he spending his money before ask money again. Better things, If he want to buy something you can accompany him to buy the stuff (in-case he lied).

[rahmad2nd]

Has anyone managed to stop their relatives from gambling addiction? I have a problem with my little brother, he is 29 and working for years already, the problem is he is so in debt that we are been called upon to come and bail him in a police station, he lied a lot about the debt and he can't even so some calculation on how he spent his own money, if you know what I mean, he works a lot but still broke, that kinda thing .

Later I found out that he is addicted to sports bets, he kept losing money and won't stop, he has lost up to 4650$, a loan, and his own money that he worked for.

If there is any advice you can give me on how to approach this matter please help.

To be honest, I don't have the exact answer you'd expect.

I think this is a personal matter, about an individual. I have the same story, many people in my environment are compulsive gambling addicts. in fact, I too have been part of an addiction though not as extreme as the compulsive gambler. there is no other way, other than taking him to a rehabilitation place with the support of friends and your family. at least, you have made an effort to recover your little brother from his addiction. but in fact, the main factor that drives to recover or stop compulsive gambling activities is intention.

Intention is the initial capital, then accompanied by strong determination. So, the problem lies with your younger brother. whether he has the intention to recover, and has a strong determination. and if so, you can take it to the experts, at least psychological problems must be prioritized first.

[madnessteat]

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Apparently your brother already has a serious gambling addiction and will not be able to solve the problem himself. If you don't want to lose your brother I would advise you to take him to live for six months in some village where there are no casinos and no Internet. A sudden change of residence should help your brother think about what he is doing. If he continues to be in the same environment as he has always been, he is unlikely to cope with his desires, which could lead him to even more problems.

[Mate2237]

Has anyone managed to stop their relatives from gambling addiction? I have a problem with my little brother, he is 29 and working for years already, the problem is he is so in debt that we are been called upon to come and bail him in a police station, he lied a lot about the debt and he can't even so some calculation on how he spent his own money, if you know what I mean, he works a lot but still broke, that kinda thing .

Later I found out that he is addicted to sports bets, he kept losing money and won't stop, he has lost up to 4650$, a loan, and his own money that he worked for.

If there is any advice you can give me on how to approach this matter please help.

it is not easy to stop an addicted gambler. Now let me give a short story with old world of game and the new world of game and which one is safer and better.
Let me answer according to the body. I will say yes the old gambling ways were safer than the contemporary online gambling approach. Apart from the killing many online casinos are there to defraud gamblers. How many gamblers have won online that they can't withdraw and denied of the money.

Modern gambling only make it easier for gamblers to use but it is not safe as the olden days. There was no killing in those days but there was serious fighting in those days but fighting has been reduced in this days. Money lost in these days than then the olden days gambling.

Now how do we stopped addicted gambler and the answer is we can't until the person will on his own willing to stop it. The old gamblers and the new gamblers have the same characteristics

[Fatunad]

Has anyone managed to stop their relatives from gambling addiction? I have a problem with my little brother, he is 29 and working for years already, the problem is he is so in debt that we are been called upon to come and bail him in a police station, he lied a lot about the debt and he can't even so some calculation on how he spent his own money, if you know what I mean, he works a lot but still broke, that kinda thing .

Later I found out that he is addicted to sports bets, he kept losing money and won't stop, he has lost up to 4650$, a loan, and his own money that he worked for.

If there is any advice you can give me on how to approach this matter please help.

If you had done your part on telling him about on stopping but still he didnt listen then there's nothing you can do because these addicted gamblers would really be sticking on what they do have in mind which is to "gamble" and the way on stopping it whether for the seek of those professional help or something that calls about self realization on which he would really be needing to realize for himself that what he's doing is really messing up his life and there's no direction that would be worth on dealing off with.This is why its useless if he wont really be able to realize those things because he would really be still continuing
on gambling no matter what.It is really just sad and its really hard to make someone stop once addiction entangled into yourself.

[AmoreJaz]

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Apparently your brother already has a serious gambling addiction and will not be able to solve the problem himself. If you don't want to lose your brother I would advise you to take him to live for six months in some village where there are no casinos and no Internet. A sudden change of residence should help your brother think about what he is doing. If he continues to be in the same environment as he has always been, he is unlikely to cope with his desires, which could lead him to even more problems.

first, talk with your brother and be up front with him that you wanted to help him for whatever he is facing right now. addicted gamblers most of the time are quite difficult to convince to change their lifestyle if they are not willing to change themselves. so the first step is to have a conversation with your brother and know the reasons why he got addicted with sportsbetting. as you have the reason to ask as the OP said, they bailed him to get out of prison. maybe, he just needs someone to talk to about what is really going on with his life. find the reasons why it feels for him, this is the only outlet he has to get something. you need to put yourself in his shoes to understand how he really feels with his situation in life.

[stomachgrowls]

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Apparently your brother already has a serious gambling addiction and will not be able to solve the problem himself. If you don't want to lose your brother I would advise you to take him to live for six months in some village where there are no casinos and no Internet. A sudden change of residence should help your brother think about what he is doing. If he continues to be in the same environment as he has always been, he is unlikely to cope with his desires, which could lead him to even more problems.

first, talk with your brother and be up front with him that you wanted to help him for whatever he is facing right now. addicted gamblers most of the time are quite difficult to convince to change their lifestyle if they are not willing to change themselves. so the first step is to have a conversation with your brother and know the reasons why he got addicted with sportsbetting. as you have the reason to ask as the OP said, they bailed him to get out of prison. maybe, he just needs someone to talk to about what is really going on with his life. find the reasons why it feels for him, this is the only outlet he has to get something. you need to put yourself in his shoes to understand how he really feels with his situation in life.

They are really that difficult to convince because most of the time they wont listen and would stand on things on what they do have in mind.Depends on a certain person because there are ones who are really that listens

and there are someone who arent no matter what which it would really make the situation gets hard.I do agree on most comment about self-realization because this would be the primary key on making yourself get rid

of addiction on which you  should really know on when to stop when you do see that everything is really been that affected.Everything should really be in control and moderation because if you dont
then you would really be having some finance problems specially when dealing with gambling.

[Rigon]

Has anyone managed to stop their relatives from gambling addiction? I have a problem with my little brother, he is 29 and working for years already, the problem is he is so in debt that we are been called upon to come and bail him in a police station, he lied a lot about the debt and he can't even so some calculation on how he spent his own money, if you know what I mean, he works a lot but still broke, that kinda thing .

Later I found out that he is addicted to sports bets, he kept losing money and won't stop, he has lost up to 4650$, a loan, and his own money that he worked for.

If there is any advice you can give me on how to approach this matter please help.

Gambling addiction is a very bad addiction. Once people enter here, they cannot get out of this addiction very easily. But since your brother is addicted to gambling, you have some responsibilities and duties that you can apply to him. You will always have him by your side. Pay more attention to religious work with him. If you are a Muslim, make him spend most of his time in the mosque. If he prays five times a day for 40 days, I will assure him that he will be freed from this addiction of gambling. Also you will always make him aware of the bad effects of gambling. You will see that your brother has slowly withdrawn from gambling.

[livingfree]

Has anyone managed to stop their relatives from gambling addiction? I have a problem with my little brother, he is 29 and working for years already, the problem is he is so in debt that we are been called upon to come and bail him in a police station, he lied a lot about the debt and he can't even so some calculation on how he spent his own money, if you know what I mean, he works a lot but still broke, that kinda thing .

Later I found out that he is addicted to sports bets, he kept losing money and won't stop, he has lost up to 4650$, a loan, and his own money that he worked for.

If there is any advice you can give me on how to approach this matter please help.

Aside from your support and help, from the immediate family. You need to seek help and advise from a counsellor or psychologist to give the best help your brother needs.

Showing on how you're supporting him for his change and self development will later on be realized that he has to show that he's willing to change.

Because he'll also understand that not at all times, all of you are going to be there for him and he has to stand on his own and deal with his problem if he don't listen to you. Mostly, when you show that you're all tired of helping him.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Has anyone managed to stop their relatives from gambling addiction? I have a problem with my little brother, he is 29 and working for years already, the problem is he is so in debt that we are been called upon to come and bail him in a police station, he lied a lot about the debt and he can't even so some calculation on how he spent his own money, if you know what I mean, he works a lot but still broke, that kinda thing .

Later I found out that he is addicted to sports bets, he kept losing money and won't stop, he has lost up to 4650$, a loan, and his own money that he worked for.

If there is any advice you can give me on how to approach this matter please help.

Perhaps if you find him a companion, in the person of a lady, she would do well to sooth his addiction, because he is lonely inside, and that is why he gambles recklessly.
Also, more pep talks and restrictions to the places or apps he normally uses, if possibly can be limited.
You could also try teach him how to trade or make money online from participating and other contributions.

[goaldigger]

The best way to stop him from getting more trouble in gambling is to convinced him to get on a rehabilitation facility and there be guided by the professionals.

Your brother needs your help, that addiction can result into a more problem if he will not stop from this, imagine getting arrested because of gambling is already alarming. I know someone who are addict in gambling and bring himself into a rehab, now he’s doing fine away from gambling.

[348Judah]

You could always make an attempts in stopping one from addiction but all efforts may not yield to fruitfulness because we finds it difficult to change ourselves not to talk of changing others, he has to determine this by himself and take a move towards that, everything is all about determination, no matter how you try hard in changing the person, if he's not ready to make a change then everything will finally ended on wasted efforts.

[panjul07]

This works with my cousin when he got addicted to drugs. It may be different from gambling addiction but same as they still could go to jail.
Sometimes a person needs a real hard lesson in life to widely open his eyes. Let him rot in jail for just a week and he'll realize how bad it could be if it takes longer. Him in prison is another kind of world.

My cousin Mikael got addicted to drugs in high school, eventually tangled with a wrong crowd and start selling meth to pay his debt to his dealer. When he got caught his brothers didn't bail him. After 2 years he got out, he seem to have realize it. Turned his life around. Now with a regular job and got 3 kids after it.

But we cant deny the fact that there are many other drug users keep using it even after they are jailed for years.
This fact shows that there is no 100% effective way to stop any addiction except it comes from the mindset of themselves.
In case of drug addiction, jailed wont really help because the fact is that there is even possibility to get more information in the jail.
Drug addict should be rehabilitated instead of jailed, and for gambling addiction, it should be helped by professional (psychologist) to change the mindset of the gambler.
Of course a help from other even professional wont be effective if there is no will to stop from the addicted person.