How do you stop gambling (sports betting, casino e.t.c)?

[Lida93]

Stopping from gambling is a personal decision that should be backed by core discipline because the addiction of gambling is not something you can deal with under one day. You need to have a reason(s) why you shouldn't gamble anymore and allow those reasons be your driving force in eliminating the urge to continually gamble.

If you got into gambling out of the idea of killing boredom for example. Then in same vein you find something else fascinating to replace that time you spend on gambling under the idea of killing boredom. Tie your decision of ending gambling on your reasons why you needed to stop it. With doing so it could help you to stop gambling. Purpose in life is everything.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Until you get to realize that you can't make a good life outta gambling, you cannot seize getting addicted... It's never easy mostly for peeps that don't really wanna get stressed from any manual or cognitive jobs - sought of.. but, if you just realize early enough that your refusal to stop or control your gambling habits would end you In your early grave or endless poverty, then you'll try every possible means to put a STOP to it...
Secondly, the feeling that you weren't able to make out with something good on the previous bet, and that it's actually cool to wager on several bets to see which one cuts (...and that seems to you like you can't certainly lose in all, but sometimes that's not even true.) - turns out to be the worst feeling that brings the whole doom... Whenever you begin to feel that way, you'll have no choice but to keep gambling!!

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[electronicash]

or you could try the unusual way of stopping gambling. yu know when they say go big or go home, try going all in and bet all the amount you could come up in one bet.

you could win hundred thousand ls thru it if you win and if you lose it all, you can then stop gambling. you won't have anything to bet after that.

[Ebede]

It is not an easy decision to take when it come to stoping gambling because gambling is very addictive so it takes a high disciplined person to stop this habit, you try to stop this by uninstalling some app you use for it if you play online and total avoidance of place or friends that you feel that contributes to you indulging in the act.

[bitgolden]

It seems to me that those who play through the application on mobile do not play for big money, this is something like entertainment for them. And in fact, now most of them play like this, because the smartphone is always with us and we can play anytime we want. Aggressive betting takes more time, so it will be much more difficult to keep it a secret, you need to analyze matches, read the news and this will not go unnoticed by our family.

Betting using smart phones is very reliable and easy to get the result because we are always with our phones. The problem is that this can increase gambling addiction because we can always have more influence since we are always with our phone and we might choose to bet at any time we want.

Gambling addiction can come in if we have friends around that  make us to keep betting maybe because they always win. It is very important for us to watch the way we bet to avoid unnecessary drama especially when we make loses that could that is weeks and months to recover.

I think that's the hardest thing to stop, because when you are gambling with your mobile phone, you are doing something that is quite easy and very hard to stop, it is like going on instagram reels hell, when you start once, it is very hard to stop that as well. Same with betting, if I open up my phone, lay down a bit on the couch, and start gambling then it is near impossible to stop before the money runs out.

Thankfully I only deposit a small amount so it can finish in a couple hours and I can go to sleep. It is not that easy and it feels like it is going to take a while but I think it is quite important to remember it's our phone and it's our money and we should be able to stop, I fail to do that but I will try to learn how to do it better.

[Outhue]

The fastest way to get addicted to gambling is believing that you can make monthly income with gambling or that gambling can make all their dreams come true. Once you start believing that these are possible through gambling it will be very hard to stop gambling, and that includes after losing everything to gambling, have you ever seen people that lost everything and everyone that loved them because of their gambling habit and they still won't stop gambling? They believe that once their dreams come true, those who hated them will love them back, I have meant such people.

[tusandii]

or you could try the unusual way of stopping gambling. yu know when they say go big or go home, try going all in and bet all the amount you could come up in one bet.

you could win hundred thousand ls thru it if you win and if you lose it all, you can then stop gambling. you won't have anything to bet after that.

That is not the right way because it carries a high risk of someone becoming poor or having no money at all.
Maybe it's true that you can stop when you lose because you don't have anything to bet on, but that's the same as risking your source of life.

It's better to use other methods such as finding a job that is really busy so that time every day is used for working and sleeping so you can forget about gambling by itself.
But what gets in the way of this method is boredom.

[Alisha-k]

First off, I do not believe that anybody would go into something for formality sake, there should be a reason why a gambler became an addict in the first place it's either because this is his major source of income or because just like other mates have mentioned, they are idle.

First thing to do is to tackle the reason you became an addict if it's due to idleness of course you have to find something to do to keep yourself busy all the time or if on the other hand it is due to financial situation I think as an individual you get yourself a job a good-paying job that will help you

[avp2306]

or you could try the unusual way of stopping gambling. yu know when they say go big or go home, try going all in and bet all the amount you could come up in one bet.

you could win hundred thousand ls thru it if you win and if you lose it all, you can then stop gambling. you won't have anything to bet after that.

That is not the right way because it carries a high risk of someone becoming poor or having no money at all.
Maybe it's true that you can stop when you lose because you don't have anything to bet on, but that's the same as risking your source of life.

It's better to use other methods such as finding a job that is really busy so that time every day is used for working and sleeping so you can forget about gambling by itself.
But what gets in the way of this method is boredom.

That method can make him broke but actually this is not an effective way to stop gambling since if that person will get or acquire some capital to use for sure he will go back to gamble again.

Also maybe getting a job might be a temporary solution but most likely it will not guarantee to be effective for long term since there are people that when they have money they find something to use this since they want to enjoy it. Maybe the one best solution is to cut off all the access on casinos like uninstall the apps or even don't hold any gadget that can give you a glimpsed of this things for sure you can slowly move on from this and connect back to physical activities.

[piebeyb]

It is not an easy decision to take when it come to stoping gambling because gambling is very addictive so it takes a high disciplined person to stop this habit, you try to stop this by uninstalling some app you use for it if you play online and total avoidance of place or friends that you feel that contributes to you indulging in the act.

Even more difficult is curing gambling addicts which I feel will not help fully to just give advice to addicts to be able to stop gambling, I also still continue to gamble even though I have tried to stop gambling, it is true that doing so is not as easy as one might imagine. , if you gamble because it's online maybe we can get rid of our cellphones or away from laptops so we don't access online casinos anymore or disconnect wifi so that we are free from the internet.

But even that doesn't help if there are still friends or part of the family who still like to gamble and are near us, it's clear that it will be difficult to stop gambling because what we see close to us can provoke high curiosity to try it again, that's why to stop gambling sometimes we need to lock ourselves in a quiet and calm place and most importantly there is intention. because with the intention of helping us to stop gambling.

[elevates]

You cannot straight away stop an gambling addict. You can take steps to first control it and then stop it. Remember for controlling any kind of addiction you need a strong will power. I read somewhere that there are a few steps that can help control this problem. The first one is admiting the problem. Those who are addicted to  gambling would never admit their addiction. When they accept that they are addicted then we can more to the second step which is seeking support. The best option would be to reach out to support group if not then seek councelling of this problem. The third step would be to limiting exposure & setting up a limit. By setting up alinit you basically can limit your exposure to these platforms. The last would be to try and spend time in other activities rather spending online on a casino.

[Doan9269]

It is not an easy decision to take when it come to stoping gambling because gambling is very addictive so it takes a high disciplined person to stop this habit, you try to stop this by uninstalling some app you use for it if you play online and total avoidance of place or friends that you feel that contributes to you indulging in the act.

We sometimes say we want to stop gambling but we found out that the more we are attempting to stop the more we are getting more attrated to it, there are some decisions we need to take action on, it's not a thing we can just say by just mere words, we have to take a cognitive actions over it and the best way is to distance self from any gambling related platform or environment that could draw our individual personal interest back to it, we easily got attrated to what we often sees every time.

[danherbias07]

I'll start by asking him if he knows about making a budget. For food, bills, savings, etc...
Because that is where you will know a gambler is willing to learn discipline by just putting a budget on his wallet and if that is all gone, he should stay away from it. The problem right now is gambling accessibility. We could easily have our hands on gambling sites with just a computer/smartphone with the internet which I bet 90 percent of people this day have.
But, if we know how to handle our budget then we could minimize the loss and after that we could control our ways of gambling by simply stopping at the time it's all gone. It means we have no options left, we cannot deposit more, and then also putting a winning quota will help earn some money for the next gambling day. Addicts don't like discipline, they are actually against it, they want to keep on going as long as their eyes are open.
Also, starting a new hobby might help out. Something that will keep your mind out of gambling.

[Weawant]

Stopping from gambling is a personal decision that should be backed by core discipline because the addiction of gambling is not something you can deal with under one day. You need to have a reason(s) why you shouldn't gamble anymore and allow those reasons be your driving force in eliminating the urge to continually gamble.

Negative reasons are responsible for why we have to stop gambling, if you're not getting any negative response from gambling then you don't have a reason why we have to stop gambling. Gambling isn't entirely bad but when we over do it and get addicted that's when it's bad.

If you're gambling for entertainment and you noticed it's getting out of hand, you don't have to stop gambling instead control the way you gamble. Gambling is a good source of entertainment and when you're not depending on it to get income you enjoy it better.

You should only stop gambling when you noticed it's making you get addicted and forgetting about other responsibilities of your life. Example, if gambling is taking all your time and you have none left for your love ones then you have to stop gambling when reducing hasn't been effective.

[Cantsay]

It is not an easy decision to take when it come to stoping gambling because gambling is very addictive so it takes a high disciplined person to stop this habit, you try to stop this by uninstalling some app you use for it if you play online and total avoidance of place or friends that you feel that contributes to you indulging in the act.

We sometimes say we want to stop gambling but we found out that the more we are attempting to stop the more we are getting more attrated to it, there are some decisions we need to take action on, it's not a thing we can just say by just mere words, we have to take a cognitive actions over it and the best way is to distance self from any gambling related platform or environment that could draw our individual personal interest back to it, we easily got attrated to what we often sees every time.

Another one I have used over the years against other things I was doing and felt the need to stop doing them since they could cause damage to my life was to reduce the time I spend doing such things. If I was doing it for up to an hour every day I reduced it to just 30 minutes three times in a week and from there lower the time more and in the process I'll look for more productive things to keep myself busy so that the thought of returning back does not come to my mind.

If such approach is taken towards gambling it could also prove effective, but I'd know cause like I said before I have not tried it directly on gambling but if the need ever arises for me to stop gambling totally I guess this will be one of the methods I'd try.

[Cookdata]

Gambling brings so much joy especially when you're on the winning side, when things are all in your favor it just seems like you should never stop. But when it gets bad, you look for a way to pour out your anger, either on someone or on something.
When someone is addicted to gambling I feel it's worst than one who's addicted to drugs.

So much has been said about betting companies regarding how they should be responsible in helping those who are addicted to gambling, although is really hard to do so on there own path because gamblers can't be monitored.
I don't know if booking an appointment with a therapist would help or is something you as a gambler who wants out should do on your own.

The question is if you're a gambler or have someone who is, what's the best way to help out. And what's your story on escaping that addiction (gambling)...

How do you fight this battle?

Life is not as difficult as some claim, if I try something that requires money and it doesn't work, I will give in to trying another strategy; if that also doesn't work, I will quietly give up considering the implications for my health or my bank account. Those who are looking to use gambling as a way to get rich quickly are the only ones who get frustrated when their predictions don't match te results of their events, gambling doesn't have to become an addiction, but if it does, those who can't help themselves should seek help from a therapist, and those who feel they are losing more money than they are making should take a break, is as simple as that! 

[Queentoshi]

Negative reasons are responsible for why we have to stop gambling, if you're not getting any negative response from gambling then you don't have a reason why we have to stop gambling. Gambling isn't entirely bad but when we over do it and get addicted that's when it's bad.

Stop gambling when you notice that the negative effects on you is becoming too much. If you gamble for fun and there is no negative effect on you , there is no need to stop the activity since it is contributing to your leisure. If you stop gambling without any firm reasons, you will start to gamble again soon before you realise it. If you must stop gambling, having a strong reason why you want to stop is the first step. Remind yourself everyday why you wish to stop gambling so you can motivate yourself to stay away from gambling. Think of how better your life will be without gambling, then act to achieve it.

[jostorres]

Stopping from gambling is a personal decision that should be backed by core discipline because the addiction of gambling is not something you can deal with under one day. You need to have a reason(s) why you shouldn't gamble anymore and allow those reasons be your driving force in eliminating the urge to continually gamble.

If you got into gambling out of the idea of killing boredom for example. Then in same vein you find something else fascinating to replace that time you spend on gambling under the idea of killing boredom. Tie your decision of ending gambling on your reasons why you needed to stop it. With doing so it could help you to stop gambling. Purpose in life is everything.

It becomes very difficult to get out of the addiction yourself if you've gone too deep into it, in such a situation, you will probably need a helping hand that will take you out from the gambling zone and take you to somewhere else where you will do something else so that the urge to gamble starts reducing with time, and that will only happen if you get involved with something else that you like doing but left it due to gambling.

A friend or a family member might be able to help you with something like that, someone who is the closest to you and knows and understands you pretty well so that they make you do things that you like which aren't bad things so that you stop gambling and leave it slowly.

[Webetcoins]

The problem in today's  world is that everyone is gambling and betting anonymously in the comfort of their homes or even on thier cell phones. Most of the time the other people won't know if the person is having bets that's on the losing side or on the winning side.
Another thing is that most gamblers won't even tell their family that they are losing money in gamble otherwise their wives and their family members will try to stop them.

This is why it is difficult to find who are playing aggressive and excessive gambling and losing their life hard earned money through betting and all these stuff.

It's not a problem but it's just a preference. Maybe they don't want to be discovered by someone else? But I believe there are still people who gamble the old way. They have nothing to hide and they know that the people around them won't think negatively about them.

I only play online gambling and my wife knows it. I don't keep it a secret. He never get angry with me, because I am the one who work and provide her money and even at once, she never sees me lose all my paycheck at one go because I make sure to give most of it first before I play. Gambling owners knows who is betting aggressively but I doubt if they will talk to that gambler and gave them advices about their habit as that will affect their income.

[yazher]

They need to know their role models whoever those people are because they need to compare them to themselves mostly those people are rich and don't care about their money because they have multiple sources of income so when they waste some thousand dollars in a single night, it is as if they are just throwing some few cents because they can quickly recover that outside the Casino either they have high salary jobs or companies or anything else that can fund them all over again. Unlike the common people who wanted to be like them by playing as if no tomorrow, they are just ruining their life because they don't have anything to recover from their loss and they end up losing everything they have plus the wealth that is not supposed to be used in betting.