Low cost but effective solutions to gambling addiction

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There are so many economist ways to help you in leaving from your addiction. Try to stay away from anything that can connect you to gambling and fill your free time used for gambling with other activities. This will help you so much to stay away from it.
Consistency is key to beating addiction, even though therapy isn't mandatory due to its cost.. You did theraphy but you are still gambling that will make your theraphy useless.

As long as the personal can be diciplina and the addiction can be removed.

Aside from that, talking to someone and having a deep conversation regarding your situation will be a big help. It's better if it is someone who can really listen and give you advice and not just say, stop gambling easy as that. And of course, try to also help yourself by keeping yourself busy all the time. This way, the chances of thinking about gambling will lessen.

Yes, the therapy will only be a waste if you do not help yourself. Decide on the spot where you want to stop gambling, make up your mind for your goal, and focus on it. There should be no more alteration to happen until you make it happen.

[Poker Player]

Yes, the therapy will only be a waste if you do not help yourself. Decide on the spot where you want to stop gambling, make up your mind for your goal, and focus on it. There should be no more alteration to happen until you make it happen.

Therapy helps but will not work in 100% of cases. I know of some people who quit cold turkey without therapy but the way was not cheap either. After a gambling binge that ruined his finances leaving him in debt there came a time when he hit rock bottom and as far as I know he has never gambled again. Normally to make it on your own you have to have hit rock bottom. And to get out of them if you have had serious problems you have to be clear that you can never bet again, not even a single bet.

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Yes, the therapy will only be a waste if you do not help yourself. Decide on the spot where you want to stop gambling, make up your mind for your goal, and focus on it. There should be no more alteration to happen until you make it happen.

Therapy helps but will not work in 100% of cases. I know of some people who quit cold turkey without therapy but the way was not cheap either. After a gambling binge that ruined his finances leaving him in debt there came a time when he hit rock bottom and as far as I know he has never gambled again. Normally to make it on your own you have to have hit rock bottom. And to get out of them if you have had serious problems you have to be clear that you can never bet again, not even a single bet.

That's why helping yourself and taking it seriously is a must so the therapy will not be put to waste. Make it clear to yourself, think of it multiple times, what you really want, and what your responsibilities are. There's no easy way to escape from the gambling addiction, it's hard indeed at the beginning but it is worth it if taken seriously until you finish the therapy.

Chances to make it happen if you stop betting again. All the hard work will not produce the expected outcome and the money spent on the therapy will be wasted as there's no refund on it. You will only lose money without any improvement.

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It is true that the cost of one meeting with a professional psychiatrist is quite expensive, so someone who is addicted to gambling and does not have the money to meet with a professional must look for a non-profit organization that usually provides psychiatric services to treat their addiction. Or if they don't find that, they can ask for help from those closest to them, such as their parents or wife, to help them control their urge to gamble.

[davis196]

One of the solutions which is recommended by most gamblers on this forum for gambling addiction is "Therapy" . Professional help in the form of therapy. It is good and very effective but how many persons can actually afford it? There is a fee for each session that lasts for a duration of 60minutes. And there are more than one session. Therapy for gambling addiction is expensive. How can those who are unemployed afford it? How about the college student? Or the person receiving minimum wage. What are the other low cost but very effective solutions to gambling addiction. And typically how long will it take before the addict starts to feel more in control and less withdrawal symptoms?
Will totally appreciate your responses. Thanks.

I agree that psychotherapy can be very expensive (and not very effective).
The most cost effective solution to battle gambling addictions is to QUIT gambling completely. I know it sounds impossible for an addict, but there's no solution, that has a lower cost than this one. Every gambling addict must realize the repercussions of his behavior and the fact that things will only get worse for him, if he keeps wasting money on gambling. Talking with friends and family and addressing the problem seems way better than paying for therapy. I know that this seems embarrassing, but facing the shame of your existential failure is inevitable and it is the first step towards your recovery.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

One of the solutions which is recommended by most gamblers on this forum for gambling addiction is "Therapy" . Professional help in the form of therapy. It is good and very effective but how many persons can actually afford it? There is a fee for each session that lasts for a duration of 60minutes. And there are more than one session. Therapy for gambling addiction is expensive. How can those who are unemployed afford it? How about the college student? Or the person receiving minimum wage. What are the other low cost but very effective solutions to gambling addiction. And typically how long will it take before the addict starts to feel more in control and less withdrawal symptoms?
Will totally appreciate your responses. Thanks.

Therapy for a gambling addict is very expensive. No one can get rid of gambling addiction through solution therapy and this therapy requires a lot of money. Moreover, I have some free solutions from my personal side that I can apply to gambling addicts. For example, a person who has become addicted to gambling should stay away from mobile phones at all times. Most of the time he has to engage in some work. Also, if a person with gambling addiction is good at sports, he should be careful about sports and spend more time with friends or family members. Whatever religion he is, he should follow the path of religion. If these things are followed by a gambling addict, I think he can get out of gambling addiction very easily.

[ethereumhunter]

It is true that the cost of one meeting with a professional psychiatrist is quite expensive, so someone who is addicted to gambling and does not have the money to meet with a professional must look for a non-profit organization that usually provides psychiatric services to treat their addiction. Or if they don't find that, they can ask for help from those closest to them, such as their parents or wife, to help them control their urge to gamble.

They could look for a professional psychiatrist provided by the government so that the costs are not too high. It can reduce expenses in seeking advice from professional psychiatrists because the government has allocated funds to hospitals or rehabilitation centers around us so that they can help people who need it. But if psychiatric services are not available at all, they can ask people with experience in treating addiction cases or start creating a program for gambling addicts using data they can search on the internet.

[Strongkored]

One of the solutions which is recommended by most gamblers on this forum for gambling addiction is "Therapy" . Professional help in the form of therapy. It is good and very effective but how many persons can actually afford it? There is a fee for each session that lasts for a duration of 60minutes. And there are more than one session. Therapy for gambling addiction is expensive. How can those who are unemployed afford it? How about the college student? Or the person receiving minimum wage. What are the other low cost but very effective solutions to gambling addiction. And typically how long will it take before the addict starts to feel more in control and less withdrawal symptoms?
Will totally appreciate your responses. Thanks.

This is a very difficult question to answer even though some of the examples you mentioned make no sense such as how an unemployed person can become addicted to gambling while he has no income which means he will not have money to gamble.
In fact, when a gambler realizes that he is addicted, he may not need help from a therapist to recover from the addiction because people who don't realize that they are addicted make it very impossible to go to a professional to get therapy, or he can look for free services because I am quite sure there are free services like that from social foundations that care and therapists are not just for gambling addiction but other addictions that can also be dangerous for the lives of people who experience them.

[Fiatless]

It is true that the cost of one meeting with a professional psychiatrist is quite expensive, so someone who is addicted to gambling and does not have the money to meet with a professional must look for a non-profit organization that usually provides psychiatric services to treat their addiction. Or if they don't find that, they can ask for help from those closest to them, such as their parents or wife, to help them control their urge to gamble.

In some areas, there are no qualified psychiatrists who are specialists in gambling addiction. You need to even travel to another city to locate the few that exist in some countries. In some of these locations, people suffering from gambling addiction are just helpless. However, a good alternative could be to locate an online counselor or specialist. Several gambling addiction therapists can offer even free services to individuals. But as others have highlighted,  the process of being free from gambling addiction starts from the willingness of the individual to adjust his gambling habit. Except there is a desire to change, counseling might not do much.

[Hirose UK]

Yes, the therapy will only be a waste if you do not help yourself. Decide on the spot where you want to stop gambling, make up your mind for your goal, and focus on it. There should be no more alteration to happen until you make it happen.

Therapy helps but will not work in 100% of cases. I know of some people who quit cold turkey without therapy but the way was not cheap either. After a gambling binge that ruined his finances leaving him in debt there came a time when he hit rock bottom and as far as I know he has never gambled again. Normally to make it on your own you have to have hit rock bottom. And to get out of them if you have had serious problems you have to be clear that you can never bet again, not even a single bet.

Agree and methods such as therapy will only eliminate the habit of gambling not forget it because gambling addiction is like someone who has brain nerve disorder who thinks too much about gambling so they cannot be 100% successful in overcoming the addiction case.
Moreover addiction can be cured without it but if gambler has the will and determination to recover because without determination and will everything will be in vain just like wish that is too dreamed of.

However everything will cost money because when an addict is determined to stop gambling he will choose or do other activities to be able to slowly forget about it and of course each of these activities costs money because some gamblers escape by having fun or traveling with their family to get started approach to stopping gambling activities.
It just that personally it would be better for me to spend the money as treatment costs for gambling addiction rather than having to experience failure or bankruptcy before I can come to my senses and decide to want to recover.

[iv4n]

Low-cost but effective solutions to gambling addiction can only be "Get out and walk, or even better run"! If you can combine one of these and work out (sit-ups, push-ups, lunges, etc.) you don't even need to pay for gym... If you are not a "sports guy" then just walking and sitting in the park with some book can do the thing.

And if someone needs to talk about it do it with a close friend, if not just open some chat and talk with unknown people around the world. I never understood why some people pay just to be able to talk with someone...

[Negotiation]

One of the solutions which is recommended by most gamblers on this forum for gambling addiction is "Therapy" . Professional help in the form of therapy. It is good and very effective but how many persons can actually afford it? There is a fee for each session that lasts for a duration of 60minutes. And there are more than one session. Therapy for gambling addiction is expensive. How can those who are unemployed afford it? How about the college student? Or the person receiving minimum wage. What are the other low cost but very effective solutions to gambling addiction. And typically how long will it take before the addict starts to feel more in control and less withdrawal symptoms?
Will totally appreciate your responses. Thanks.

Therapy for a gambling addict is very expensive. No one can get rid of gambling addiction through solution therapy and this therapy requires a lot of money. Moreover, I have some free solutions from my personal side that I can apply to gambling addicts. For example, a person who has become addicted to gambling should stay away from mobile phones at all times. Most of the time he has to engage in some work. Also, if a person with gambling addiction is good at sports, he should be careful about sports and spend more time with friends or family members. Whatever religion he is, he should follow the path of religion. If these things are followed by a gambling addict, I think he can get out of gambling addiction very easily.

Therapy should remove some of the misconceptions that a person may have as a way to get rid of a really expensive gambling addiction. Gambling should not be done under any circumstances although it seems light at first gambling habit can change people at some point. So you should avoid gambling for yourself for this if you exercise regularly spend time with friends if you are busy with new work it is possible to get rid of this addiction.

[topbitcoin]

Low-cost but effective solutions to gambling addiction can only be "Get out and walk, or even better run"! If you can combine one of these and work out (sit-ups, push-ups, lunges, etc.) you don't even need to pay for gym... If you are not a "sports guy" then just walking and sitting in the park with some book can do the thing.

And if someone needs to talk about it do it with a close friend, if not just open some chat and talk with unknown people around the world. I never understood why some people pay just to be able to talk with someone...

You are right about that, that the way to get rid of the addiction to gambling is to stop the activity and switch to doing more useful activities like what you mentioned. But sometimes this doesn't last long and especially if you don't have a strong desire to consistently do positive things. where maybe for the first week things will go according to what was planned, but in the future they will get more lazy and in the end they will end up sitting at the gambling table again.

And to overcome this, once again I agree with you that there must be someone who can accompany us and continue to support us so that when our enthusiasm is low, there is someone who will ignite that enthusiasm again so that we can continue to be consistent with what we previously planned.

[Blitzboy]

Yes, the therapy will only be a waste if you do not help yourself. Decide on the spot where you want to stop gambling, make up your mind for your goal, and focus on it. There should be no more alteration to happen until you make it happen.

Therapy helps but will not work in 100% of cases. I know of some people who quit cold turkey without therapy but the way was not cheap either. After a gambling binge that ruined his finances leaving him in debt there came a time when he hit rock bottom and as far as I know he has never gambled again. Normally to make it on your own you have to have hit rock bottom. And to get out of them if you have had serious problems you have to be clear that you can never bet again, not even a single bet.

Agree and methods such as therapy will only eliminate the habit of gambling not forget it because gambling addiction is like someone who has brain nerve disorder who thinks too much about gambling so they cannot be 100% successful in overcoming the addiction case.
Moreover addiction can be cured without it but if gambler has the will and determination to recover because without determination and will everything will be in vain just like wish that is too dreamed of.

However everything will cost money because when an addict is determined to stop gambling he will choose or do other activities to be able to slowly forget about it and of course each of these activities costs money because some gamblers escape by having fun or traveling with their family to get started approach to stopping gambling activities.
It just that personally it would be better for me to spend the money as treatment costs for gambling addiction rather than having to experience failure or bankruptcy before I can come to my senses and decide to want to recover.

Your therapy perspective casts serious doubt on many treatments' efficacy. Half-hearted remedies wont work when a person's brain is programmed to gamble. Its like bandaging a festering wound. You're right: will and determination are crucial. Unfortunately, many lack the will, and even if they do, they fail.

But you raised a fascinating problem. Do we have to spend forever to overcome a spending addiction if everything costs money? How do you distinguish healthy recreational spending from addiction? Travel and enjoyment sound like good options, but arent they merely financial traps? Your final point - investing in treatments before rock bottom may be the lesser of two evils, but its still an evil.

[OgNasty]

I’ve always thought if you want to quit something just do it cold turkey. All these programs that try to talk you into beating your addiction by holding your hand seems to me like a good support system to set you up for failure. Just be a man and if you’re doing something wrong just knock it off. It’s that simple. No need to make it out to be something bigger.

[Westinhome]

Self-discipline is all I could think of. It's just our brain that makes us addicts and it's not really our body. Just imagine the alcoholics, beer, brandy, vodka or any hardcore alcohols doesn't really taste good, they are mostly bitter and yet they want to drink it all day. It's our brain telling us that we need that drink because we are stressed out or it became our habit to drink.
I think self-rehabilitation will work but again discipline is what it takes to make it work. Therapists will give us positive point of views but at the end of the day it's all up to you if you will follow what he suggested or keep on gambling after a therapy, so we are just wasting money in the process.

The gambler will forgot the self discipline after they get addicted to the gambling.Because they started to say lie to their wife for the money they using for the gambling.The drink addicted person also keep on drinking only because of the addiction to the drinking.Because they enjoy the feelings after the drinking,the taste of the drink was not in sweet taste.The taste of all the drink was not good,only by using the additional side dish they manage to eat drink for the feeling after drinking.So the gambler also gambling not for the big win,they gamble only for the excitement from the gambling after the big win from the gambling.They ready to wait for the excitement and play the countless game in the gambling for the win.

[Hispo]

I’ve always thought if you want to quit something just do it cold turkey. All these programs that try to talk you into beating your addiction by holding your hand seems to me like a good support system to set you up for failure. Just be a man and if you’re doing something wrong just knock it off. It’s that simple. No need to make it out to be something bigger.

Man. Thats easier said than done.
You must have quite a big and strong will power, because bad habits are something which are hard to face, specially if one goes cold turkey on them. I habe met people who had had to deal with alcohol and masturbation problems, and it seemed impossible for them to get out of it with just a simple step.
I recall one of them actually tried to go cold Turkey with their drinking problems and the withdrawal effects almost killed him (according to himself).

If one has the will power and the psychological strength to do so, then excellent. Otherwise, one is not supposed to belittle oneself, but seek external support.

[AmoreJaz]

I’ve always thought if you want to quit something just do it cold turkey. All these programs that try to talk you into beating your addiction by holding your hand seems to me like a good support system to set you up for failure. Just be a man and if you’re doing something wrong just knock it off. It’s that simple. No need to make it out to be something bigger.

Man. Thats easier said than done.
You must have quite a big and strong will power, because bad habits are something which are hard to face, specially if one goes cold turkey on them. I habe met people who had had to deal with alcohol and masturbation problems, and it seemed impossible for them to get out of it with just a simple step.
I recall one of them actually tried to go cold Turkey with their drinking problems and the withdrawal effects almost killed him (according to himself).

If one has the will power and the psychological strength to do so, then excellent. Otherwise, one is not supposed to belittle oneself, but seek external support.

strong and sheer determination are indeed needed on this route if a person wants to alter his lifestyle and get out of his gambling habits. but if you think you can't do it alone, you are always have the option to tap your family or close friends and ask for help. for sure, they would be very much happy if they see that you are changing to better your lifestyle.

[iv4n]

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You are right about that, that the way to get rid of the addiction to gambling is to stop the activity and switch to doing more useful activities like what you mentioned. But sometimes this doesn't last long and especially if you don't have a strong desire to consistently do positive things. where maybe for the first week things will go according to what was planned, but in the future they will get more lazy and in the end they will end up sitting at the gambling table again.

And to overcome this, once again I agree with you that there must be someone who can accompany us and continue to support us so that when our enthusiasm is low, there is someone who will ignite that enthusiasm again so that we can continue to be consistent with what we previously planned.

I would highlight "if someone doesn't have a strong desire"... if there's no real desire for something, then that something is impossible! And if someone really wants something, he will find a way to make it happen... I just listed a few possibilities, but someone can dedicate himself to many other life/love/or any other activity that is not "gambling"! And while some activities are expensive, there are some "cheap ones", and those cheap ones can be really effective with the right approach.

[GxSTxV]

It is good and very effective but how many persons can actually afford it? There is a fee for each session that lasts for a duration of 60minutes. And there are more than one session. Therapy for gambling addiction is expensive. How can those who are unemployed afford it?

If someone can afford to gamble and becomes addicted, it means that he has an income. So why can't he afford to pay for therapy? It's not as if he is stealing money or gambling for free. Let's just say you need alternatives to addiction therapy.

I believe that mainly keeping yourself away and busy from gambling or what triggers it is a positive first step. and also to spend the extra money you use to spend on gambling toward other activities, like going on trips or purchasing items for your home and what you misses. Consider getting a pet, their companionship can keep you occupied and help you break free from old routines and habits.

If someone really wants to quit gambling, they will make every effort to do so. But, if their addiction is deeply rooted and they get a big satisfaction from it then even therapy may not be effective.