Low cost but effective solutions to gambling addiction

[Fortify]

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.

Like you say, therapy is expensive and it's unlikely that the people suffering from gambling addiction would have the restraint to pull together though funds. Frankly, the best way with the most accessibility is just to train yourself to go "Cold Turkey". That is, don't expect to ever gamble again and completely remove yourself from scenarios that lead to you gambling. Use the self exclusion facilities and block yourself from all your favorite gambling sites for the longest period possible. You must be on guard in the early days and not fall into routines that led to you gambling before. Catch yourself before boredom sets in, build some other healthy habits like going for a walk when you feel the urge to bet some money, just break the cycle.

[BitcoinPanther]

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.

Addicted players often have their financial capability ruins this is the reason some are looking for free or at least cheap therapy.  We should know that gambling addicts have uncontrolled urge to gamble so mostly they have exhausted their savings and is full of debt.

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.

I think admitting that one is a gambling addict is the first step, and then followed by diversion (the one you are suggesting).  If they are able to successfully divert their attention and be able to suppress that uncontrolled urge to gamble then this could be a free treatment for the gambling addicts.

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.

As long as the gambler decided to stop and is willing to do everything, no matter how deeply rooted a person to gambling addiction is, there is always a way to treat him and become sane again.

[Sandra_hakeem]

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.

How do peeps that are unemployed cope with the continuous spendings on gambling, especially since they're addicts? Ain't no way gambling is gonna be paying them regularly to facilitate this... How deep can an addiction be when the whole gambler's dependency is on gambling itself??

What are the other low cost but very effective solutions to gambling addiction.

Abstinence.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

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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?

Since the unemployed can't afford a therapy session, for me, I will like to recommend that another easy way by which a gambling addict can help get rid of his/her gambling is by changing the environment or friends he keep, because it had been proven that the environment one stays contribute to 60% of what a person does, so since you can't afford a therapy session, changing your environment and circle of friends will do a long way helping you get rid of your addiction.

[Dickiy]

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?

Since the unemployed can't afford a therapy session, for me, I will like to recommend that another easy way by which a gambling addict can help get rid of his/her gambling is by changing the environment or friends he keep, because it had been proven that the environment one stays contribute to 60% of what a person does, so since you can't afford a therapy session, changing your environment and circle of friends will do a long way helping you get rid of your addiction.

Yes and from a financial point of view it is very clear that those who are unemployed will not have the money to attend every therapy session, honestly I admit that therapy is indeed a pretty good alternative and will indeed help to solve the problem of those who are addicted, but what must be thought of is for those who are unemployed and do not have enough money to attend the therapy session, well this is quite worrying. But I think there are still quite a lot of other options that can be taken and quite effective too, as you said friend, namely by changing their association or their environment. If indeed the cause of their addiction is due to an environment that is very active in gambling then obviously they can do this if they really get out of the addiction zone.

So first of all they have to get out of that environment, and secondly they have to be able to take some advice from other people and consider it, and lastly I think they have to find other activities to fill most of their time, they are unemployed and finding other activities is much better like for example starting a farm or helping their parents in the house, or other things that are quite fun but useful and not risky. Obviously the environment has a huge impact on people's character, so the way I'm talking about and you're talking about, it's very likely that this will help them to slowly get out of addiction. Honestly, I think this is quite effective.

[lionheart78]

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?

Since the unemployed can't afford a therapy session, for me, I will like to recommend that another easy way by which a gambling addict can help get rid of his/her gambling is by changing the environment or friends he keep, because it had been proven that the environment one stays contribute to 60% of what a person does, so since you can't afford a therapy session, changing your environment and circle of friends will do a long way helping you get rid of your addiction.

So you are saying to move out of the place and since a person has no job, he just needs to leech his relatives while trying to avoid gambling addiction?  I think it is best to ask the local government for help.  Seek guidance if there is free treatment or rehabilitation for gambling addicts.  I think the government allocates funds for these kinds of victims and they have an establishement for rehabilitation for gambling addicts that offers free services to a minimum charges.

[boyptc]

There is this 'stress eating' that had been my solution to any problems even until now, I still do it. And for those addicted gamblers that can't find a way to ask for professional help because the appointment fee is too much and expensive. Yes, that's normal even for just an appointment without the consultation, there are professionals that do charge way too expensive.

For some reasons, this has been my gateway out of those problems. I can't say if I've been addicted in gambling before because I know that I can control myself. But this strategy could also be a way for those gamblers that don't have that much.

It means that you can focus your thoughts on doing other activities or a hobby that you'll have to spend most of your time and it could be like this one that I have mentioned or any sports or activities that you can go together with any of your friends.

From doing so, that's going to help you spend less money or no money at all when you're committed into getting out of addiction. They're low cost and yet very effective.

[nullama]

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 think that trying to simply stop gambling will not work, the addicted person should try to engage with other fun activities that are fun to them, and therefore there would be a chance to replace the behavior.

Instead of gambling, the person can go out with friends, or go to a movie, or whatever the person finds fun and exciting. The more exciting things the person does instead of gambling (some people might even enjoy side jobs or gigs) the less the brain will ask for more gambling.

Over time it should work, and the price will be simply the other activity chosen by the person so it can be as cheap as they want.

[maydna]

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?

Since the unemployed can't afford a therapy session, for me, I will like to recommend that another easy way by which a gambling addict can help get rid of his/her gambling is by changing the environment or friends he keep, because it had been proven that the environment one stays contribute to 60% of what a person does, so since you can't afford a therapy session, changing your environment and circle of friends will do a long way helping you get rid of your addiction.

If he cannot move to a new environment, he may find changing his environment and circle of friends difficult. There is a possibility that he will meet friends in his environment who could easily draw him back to gambling. Especially if he is unemployed and still looking for work outside because when he wants to look for work, he has to pass by where his friends gather so they can call him for a while to chat. It is also impossible for him to stay home every day because that will make him stressed and frustrated, especially since he needs money to survive and buy his daily needs. He needs to find another way that might work well, so he needs to discuss it with other family members so they can help him find a solution.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

First thing first is that, an unemployed person should not engage him or herself in gambling, since one rule in gambling states that people should only gamble with as much funds as they can afford to lose, every penny is important to an unemployed person, so i see no reason why such persons should engage themselves in gambling to the extent of even getting addicted.

And secondly, talking about the low cost and effective solutions to gambling addiction, I would say that one way is for the addicted gambler to find some else doing that will keep him or her so busy that they will hardly remember to gamble, and by the time such a person finally have time to rest which could trigger the urge to gamble, the person would have become very tired that he or she will just doze and sleep off due to lack of physical and mental strength to gamble.

The above, i personally believe can be a free and very effective way any gambling addict can cure him or herself without having to spend so much on therapy or whatever.

[topbitcoin]

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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.

to be able to generate this strong desire is what is very difficult for us to achieve and to be able to build. And it seems that you also quite understand the temptation to gamble which knows no place and no time and this temptation can come both within us personally and from outside, from our friends. And sometimes the temptation arises when we are resting or when we are alone at night, where sometimes the desire to gamble suddenly arises or when we are playing on social media and we see live streaming gambling, sometimes this makes the desire to gamble come back again.

If it is said to be difficult, it is indeed very difficult to be able to control or leave gambling, where apart from we have to have strong determination, we also have to be able to leave the environment that only brings us back to gambling.

[wxa7115]

So you are saying to move out of the place and since a person has no job, he just needs to leech his relatives while trying to avoid gambling addiction?  I think it is best to ask the local government for help.  Seek guidance if there is free treatment or rehabilitation for gambling addicts.  I think the government allocates funds for these kinds of victims and they have an establishement for rehabilitation for gambling addicts that offers free services to a minimum charges.

There are groups like that everywhere so there is not really any excuse for a person that is looking to leave their addictions behind to not get the help they need.

However the most difficult part is to convince those people they need help as one of the most common human reactions is to refuse to acknowledge any negative consequences because of their actions, and while understandable, this is a reaction that will do nothing but to delay receiving the help they desperately need.

[ethereumhunter]

So you are saying to move out of the place and since a person has no job, he just needs to leech his relatives while trying to avoid gambling addiction?  I think it is best to ask the local government for help.  Seek guidance if there is free treatment or rehabilitation for gambling addicts.  I think the government allocates funds for these kinds of victims and they have an establishement for rehabilitation for gambling addicts that offers free services to a minimum charges.

There are groups like that everywhere so there is not really any excuse for a person that is looking to leave their addictions behind to not get the help they need.

However the most difficult part is to convince those people they need help as one of the most common human reactions is to refuse to acknowledge any negative consequences because of their actions, and while understandable, this is a reaction that will do nothing but to delay receiving the help they desperately need.

Convincing someone to realize that they really need help is difficult because they have an ego that will not easily admit it. They may deny that they have a serious problem that must be resolved immediately. They also don't want to admit that it has made their lives experience difficulties that could be even greater. It is indeed difficult and requires hard work from people who try to convince them because after all, they will slowly see the reality so they are willing to accept it.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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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.

to be able to generate this strong desire is what is very difficult for us to achieve and to be able to build. And it seems that you also quite understand the temptation to gamble which knows no place and no time and this temptation can come both within us personally and from outside, from our friends. And sometimes the temptation arises when we are resting or when we are alone at night, where sometimes the desire to gamble suddenly arises or when we are playing on social media and we see live streaming gambling, sometimes this makes the desire to gamble come back again.

If it is said to be difficult, it is indeed very difficult to be able to control or leave gambling, where apart from we have to have strong determination, we also have to be able to leave the environment that only brings us back to gambling.

I think that when a person is addicted and wants to get out of that process, the solution can be very good if the person first recognizes that they have a problem, second, if the person wants to leave the casino, the game, they will not do it, the best thing is keep going to the casino, but with certain conditions, the conditions can be hard or somewhat flexible when you are starting to do a treatment at no cost, but things can start in a flexible way, one of the ways that I think you can do apra r getting better, is that if the addicted player plays for 5 hours, the first session will be very hard, because he has to reduce those 5 hours by half, and the other half what I advise is to do a sport, or something that tires him out in the body. So that when you get home you are very tired and want to sleep, that is the first step for me, there can be many sports, but something that makes you leave very tired, swimming would be ideal, because swimming is one of the sports most complete that exist, another could be going out for a run, jogging, walking, whatever, or going out for a bike ride, because they are sports that demand a lot and where only the person is the protagonist.

If you do it that way it will no longer be 2.5 hours, the next week it will be 1 hour and a half and so on until you can reach half an hour without problems, without betting too much, without losing your head, because the people who say that the game from the casino it is taken away at once, this is something that should not be done, in fact it is very difficult, because you could have a relapse, it must be a very slow process so that you can be successful, because in such a glass you always I mention sport, because a tired body makes the mind want nothing more than to rest to recover, so that is why I always talk about sport, and the mind starts thinking about something else and not just the game, the idea. is that the person can get out of that vicious circle and can be more successful.

[GiftedMAN]

So you are saying to move out of the place and since a person has no job, he just needs to leech his relatives while trying to avoid gambling addiction?  I think it is best to ask the local government for help.  Seek guidance if there is free treatment or rehabilitation for gambling addicts.  I think the government allocates funds for these kinds of victims and they have an establishement for rehabilitation for gambling addicts that offers free services to a minimum charges.

There are groups like that everywhere so there is not really any excuse for a person that is looking to leave their addictions behind to not get the help they need.

However the most difficult part is to convince those people they need help as one of the most common human reactions is to refuse to acknowledge any negative consequences because of their actions, and while understandable, this is a reaction that will do nothing but to delay receiving the help they desperately need.

Convincing someone to realize that they really need help is difficult because they have an ego that will not easily admit it. They may deny that they have a serious problem that must be resolved immediately. They also don't want to admit that it has made their lives experience difficulties that could be even greater. It is indeed difficult and requires hard work from people who try to convince them because after all, they will slowly see the reality so they are willing to accept it.

Help would come when the person is ready to work on  themselves and become a better gambler. Gambling can be very interesting when we are making good profits it but we might not understand what it means for someone to be very addictive to gambling when they are sure that they don't have a problem since they keep making good profits from the market. Gambling can be too risky when we are not so sure on the future threat it could lose on us if we don't know how to control ourselves from getting addiction. We need to work on ourselves as a gambler to prevent anything that would cost us loses and future addiction.

[Oilacris]

So you are saying to move out of the place and since a person has no job, he just needs to leech his relatives while trying to avoid gambling addiction?  I think it is best to ask the local government for help.  Seek guidance if there is free treatment or rehabilitation for gambling addicts.  I think the government allocates funds for these kinds of victims and they have an establishement for rehabilitation for gambling addicts that offers free services to a minimum charges.

There are groups like that everywhere so there is not really any excuse for a person that is looking to leave their addictions behind to not get the help they need.

However the most difficult part is to convince those people they need help as one of the most common human reactions is to refuse to acknowledge any negative consequences because of their actions, and while understandable, this is a reaction that will do nothing but to delay receiving the help they desperately need.

Convincing someone to realize that they really need help is difficult because they have an ego that will not easily admit it. They may deny that they have a serious problem that must be resolved immediately. They also don't want to admit that it has made their lives experience difficulties that could be even greater. It is indeed difficult and requires hard work from people who try to convince them because after all, they will slowly see the reality so they are willing to accept it.

Specially that addicted gamblers are really that in verge of denial as always on which they would really be telling other people that they arent addicted but truly they are really that on severe case already.
People would really be just making out those realization or acceptance of mistakes on the time that they wont really be able to pull some funds into their pockets then this is where self realization do kicks in.Regrets do always come at the end on which it would really be just that normal that people would really be that wont be stopping with their gambling activity on the time that they do still have money that they could spend on gambling.They wont really be that stopping until they would really be finding themselves getting wrecked.

The cheapest way to stop gambling is to stop on point whether you had tending to involved in other activities or not it would really vary on someones control and discipline into their
minds on which we know that it cant really be that so easy on doing so just because you are really that fighting against your addiction which its always been that a challenge
or not all would really be able to do so.

[Baofeng]

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.

If the gambler can afford losing big money in gambling? then perhaps the person can afford this so called therapy? Yes, it's like going to the doctor for consultation, it's going to be expensive, but you have to think what it can bring to you. You will stop gambling for good and so it can safe you financially and mental stress as you will be free from it.

So for me, it's worth the money. But it is still up to the gamblers whether the individual wanted to go to this kind of medical and professional help. Or he himself that it as a personal challenge to quit, and it can be done.

[nullama]

First thing first is that, an unemployed person should not engage him or herself in gambling, since one rule in gambling states that people should only gamble with as much funds as they can afford to lose, every penny is important to an unemployed person, so i see no reason why such persons should engage themselves in gambling to the extent of even getting addicted.

And secondly, talking about the low cost and effective solutions to gambling addiction, I would say that one way is for the addicted gambler to find some else doing that will keep him or her so busy that they will hardly remember to gamble, and by the time such a person finally have time to rest which could trigger the urge to gamble, the person would have become very tired that he or she will just doze and sleep off due to lack of physical and mental strength to gamble.

The above, i personally believe can be a free and very effective way any gambling addict can cure him or herself without having to spend so much on therapy or whatever.

Yeah, something like this makes sense.

If a person is busy doing something productive most of the day then it means they won't be able to spend their money and time gambling.

It is clearly a problem when people suddenly have too much time in their hands and get bored, because they might end up being attracted to gambling, where they can lose all their money.

[piebeyb]

If it is said to be difficult, it is indeed very difficult to be able to control or leave gambling, where apart from we have to have strong determination, we also have to be able to leave the environment that only brings us back to gambling.

Yes, stay away from the environment and block all advertisements that are too prominent about gambling because it will be useless if you are still in a gambling environment, let alone still accessing the internet, then seeing gambling advertisements everywhere, such as social media, and of course this will make the desire to gamble come back again, so it's best to leave work and activities. being connected to the internet as well as staying away from the gambling environment will be very helpful too.

The best way is to limit gambling and reduce gambling hours slowly. This will help to reduce the desire to gamble. If you do it slowly and consistently, it will definitely work in the end because I have tried it and it really succeeded in helping me reduce the desire to gamble, so from I only gamble on weekends and don't gamble too often so I'm not too addicted to gambling. gambling whenever I want

[ethereumhunter]

Help would come when the person is ready to work on  themselves and become a better gambler. Gambling can be very interesting when we are making good profits it but we might not understand what it means for someone to be very addictive to gambling when they are sure that they don't have a problem since they keep making good profits from the market. Gambling can be too risky when we are not so sure on the future threat it could lose on us if we don't know how to control ourselves from getting addiction. We need to work on ourselves as a gambler to prevent anything that would cost us loses and future addiction.

But we know that we cannot always make big profits from gambling, so we must be able to prevent gambling for longer rather than endure more losses. Only by controlling ourselves can we prevent experiencing gambling addiction so that we can still enjoy gambling as entertainment. We also won't chase a bigger win because we know it's better for us to get an existing win and stop gambling than to chase a win because that could cause us to lose. Playing gambling responsibly will protect us from losing a lot and also getting addicted to gambling so it is still worth doing.

Specially that addicted gamblers are really that in verge of denial as always on which they would really be telling other people that they arent addicted but truly they are really that on severe case already.
People would really be just making out those realization or acceptance of mistakes on the time that they wont really be able to pull some funds into their pockets then this is where self realization do kicks in.Regrets do always come at the end on which it would really be just that normal that people would really be that wont be stopping with their gambling activity on the time that they do still have money that they could spend on gambling.They wont really be that stopping until they would really be finding themselves getting wrecked.

The cheapest way to stop gambling is to stop on point whether you had tending to involved in other activities or not it would really vary on someones control and discipline into their
minds on which we know that it cant really be that so easy on doing so just because you are really that fighting against your addiction which its always been that a challenge
or not all would really be able to do so.

Gamblers who are addicted to gambling will not want to understand that they have a gambling addiction and will continue to deny it. They don't want to be called gambling addicts even though it has happened to them and they should be able to realize it by seeing what has happened to them so that people can immediately help them to cure their gambling addiction. It is true that regret always comes at the end but it is not too late to stop gambling, especially if they realize that they must be able to fight their gambling addiction to cure themselves.

Doing other activities can help gambling addicts reduce their gambling habits and stop them. But this must really be done with full awareness that he must stop gambling as soon as possible. If he realizes that changes have occurred to him due to frequent gambling and resulting in him experiencing a lot of losses, he will try to reduce his gambling activities.