With gambling, it's probably easier to quit cold turkey

[BitcoinPanther]

I absolutely agree with you. Gradual reduction of gambling will not help in any way to solve the problem of gambling addiction.

I was able to get rid of several addictions that prevented me from living a normal life and I know from personal experience that if a person wants to get rid of any addiction he needs to first of all realize that he has a problem, and then already solve it, and drastically and harshly. Otherwise you will not solve the problem, but will only torture yourself.

I'm not sure; it depends on the person as well, doesn't it? It's certainly best to quit cold turkey, but how does one do that without relapsing shortly after and possibly going through multiple relapses? I've tried cutting a few bad habits (watching TikToks or Youtube shorts is probably the worst one I'm still facing) that way but almost always relapsed, sooner or later. Gradually reducing it seems a little less harsh to me, and it's something I opted for and pursued to at least spend less time. Will I ever manage to quit? I don't know; probably I will. Till then, I'm hoping that eventually I'll lash out and quit cold turkey by deleting any associated apps for good; they're a pure waste of time.

There had been cases where a person stop in gambling suddenly to have their gambling habits to root more when they relapses.  Quitting abruptly without any process has been proven to be disastrous to gambler because they often suffers after effect their gambling activities.  They often have relapses and with that relapses grows the urge to gamble. If anyone wanted to quit gambling without any worry about relapses, they must undergo rehabilitation.  Quitting gambling need to undergo process and should be done gradually  through rehabilitation in order for the gambler to minimize  relapses and ready itself to completely quit his gambling activities.

Quitting cold turkey can be done, unless the gambler doing such action have strong will, he might end up more missing his gambling activity and eventually engaging in gambling again.

[Stepstowealth]

What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?

Different approach for different gamblers, for some gamblers, their approach to quitting will be to struggle to reduce the number of times they gamble, slowly until they can now control the habit, deciding if to gamble or not. For some other gamblers, stopping once is the best way because they will not be able to pass through the discipline of slow reduction. As a gambler who will like to quit but cannot, think of the other addictions that you may have had in your life and reason how you were able to overcome them. If you are able to remember correctly, maybe you will be able to know if the slow or sudden approach is your style.

[AmoreJaz]

What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?

Different approach for different gamblers, for some gamblers, their approach to quitting will be to struggle to reduce the number of times they gamble, slowly until they can now control the habit, deciding if to gamble or not. For some other gamblers, stopping once is the best way because they will not be able to pass through the discipline of slow reduction. As a gambler who will like to quit but cannot, think of the other addictions that you may have had in your life and reason how you were able to overcome them. If you are able to remember correctly, maybe you will be able to know if the slow or sudden approach is your style.

depends on the willpower of the gambler to change his lifestyle for the better. if he has very solid reason why the sudden shift in his life, he can do it. but for most, they want to slow down their gambling activities first before totally surrendering to this habit.

either way, it is up to you which one would sustain you in the long run. because the usual dilemma is that you finally managed to stop but a simple desire to play can lead to more games to play again. so quitting all of a sudden may just be pointless.

however, whatever route you will traverse, the sustenance of your habit is the real challenge here. you need to remind yourself why you are doing this for long-term. without life changing reasons, would be hard for you to stick to your promises.

[johnsaributua]

Addiction arises from habits, habits arise from curiosity, curiosity arises because you have tried and succeeded easily, in my opinion even activities in daily life also have the same potential.
If hobby in investing try for other instruments, but not instant, at least the loss is also not too fatal even a matter of minutes, although luck can come, I'm talking in terms of analysis not just luck.
I think there are many to choose from, when you get a profit that makes more sense and technically can be learned, then you can choose to gambling for fun or slowly enjoy in the world of other investments by yourself, and continue.

[Oilacris]

Addiction arises from habits, habits arise from curiosity, curiosity arises because you have tried and succeeded easily, in my opinion even activities in daily life also have the same potential.
If hobby in investing try for other instruments, but not instant, at least the loss is also not too fatal even a matter of minutes, although luck can come, I'm talking in terms of analysis not just luck.
I think there are many to choose from, when you get a profit that makes more sense and technically can be learned, then you can choose to gambling for fun or slowly enjoy in the world of other investments by yourself, and continue.

Habits/Hobbies or something that you do keep on repeating on doing or engaging with it then it would really be leading into that addiction.Although not all people would really be ending up
on this situation on which there are ones who are really that good when it comes to self control on which it would really be just that so normal that they would really be making those engagements
without making themselves being addicted. Its possible but it does really need up that kind of mind control or discipline towards yourself because if you do fail on doing so then you would really be
that become impulsive and becomes that too careless on dealing up with things even if its not really that worth or ideal anymore on doing so.

[lionheart78]

Addiction arises from habits, habits arise from curiosity, curiosity arises because you have tried and succeeded easily, in my opinion even activities in daily life also have the same potential.
If hobby in investing try for other instruments, but not instant, at least the loss is also not too fatal even a matter of minutes, although luck can come, I'm talking in terms of analysis not just luck.
I think there are many to choose from, when you get a profit that makes more sense and technically can be learned, then you can choose to gambling for fun or slowly enjoy in the world of other investments by yourself, and continue.

Addiction arises from being unable to control the urge of a certain activity.  Addiction will not emerge if a person has full control over his activity no matter how he regularly does things or habitually does them. 

And with that things said, a sudden quitting of an activity will do no good because a person's reaction on that will always lead to a person doing them again and again, or the thing we call relapse because the body is used to the kind of activity and will voluntarily doing the same thing again.

I think one of the best examples is the action we call mannerism.  It is the action of the body that we unintentionally do when in a certain situation.  And no one can stop mannerisms abruptly.  it needs a process to correct, so I also think the same way about gambling.  It takes time to fully stop gambling activities without the worry of relapses.

[klidex]

If someone is a problem gambler and has repeatedly relapsed to problematic behavior related to gambling, I have come to the conclusion that it's best to quit cold turkey.

With other things it can sometimes be recommended that the addict slowly winds down their consumption of the addictive activity or substance, but that doesn't sound very realistic with gambling, does it?

Quitting cold turkey, contemplating on your mistakes and talking about it with a group and some experts sounds like the best path. What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?

Addiction cannot be stopped suddenly but must be driven by a strong impulse from within themselves and done slowly by reducing activities little by little, reducing expenses little by little, limiting the time spent gambling. It may seem easy, but this is very difficult for an addict to do, but if within themselves they have realized their mistake and have started to think clearly then they can do it, namely stop their addiction and the most important thing is their intention and determination to stop excessive gambling.

If someone does it slowly, I'm sure they can stop someday, even though it takes a little longer, but with family support, it might speed up their recovery. Active smokers can stop when they are sick and forced to stop, while someone addicted to gambling will stop when they experience it big losses and forcing him to improve his gambling so he doesn't make continuous mistakes, so in my opinion gambling addiction can still be stopped slowly but surely.

[johnsaributua]

Addiction arises from habits, habits arise from curiosity, curiosity arises because you have tried and succeeded easily, in my opinion even activities in daily life also have the same potential.
If hobby in investing try for other instruments, but not instant, at least the loss is also not too fatal even a matter of minutes, although luck can come, I'm talking in terms of analysis not just luck.
I think there are many to choose from, when you get a profit that makes more sense and technically can be learned, then you can choose to gambling for fun or slowly enjoy in the world of other investments by yourself, and continue.

Addiction arises from being unable to control the urge of a certain activity.  Addiction will not emerge if a person has full control over his activity no matter how he regularly does things or habitually does them. 

And with that things said, a sudden quitting of an activity will do no good because a person's reaction on that will always lead to a person doing them again and again, or the thing we call relapse because the body is used to the kind of activity and will voluntarily doing the same thing again.

I think one of the best examples is the action we call mannerism.  It is the action of the body that we unintentionally do when in a certain situation.  And no one can stop mannerisms abruptly.  it needs a process to correct, so I also think the same way about gambling.  It takes time to fully stop gambling activities without the worry of relapses.

Yes it talks about addiction and habits, it is ideal that people can live life without having to depend on something that is still common but excessive, low expectations will reduce to ideal games and habits and not excessive, do you think you should stop gambling? or are you a smoker?

The fact is that people who quit smoking and continue to gamble will forget about their cigarettes because of the sensation of the game they enjoy every day, as well as people who quit gambling and continue to smoke can certainly focus on one or the other in their spare time, and get used to being without these two money-burning habits, even though they are literally different.

Yes, it's not just about quitting, it's about having other pleasures and replacing them with new sensations, by enjoying life more naturally, healthier, and better.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Addiction arises from habits, habits arise from curiosity, curiosity arises because you have tried and succeeded easily, in my opinion even activities in daily life also have the same potential.
If hobby in investing try for other instruments, but not instant, at least the loss is also not too fatal even a matter of minutes, although luck can come, I'm talking in terms of analysis not just luck.
I think there are many to choose from, when you get a profit that makes more sense and technically can be learned, then you can choose to gambling for fun or slowly enjoy in the world of other investments by yourself, and continue.

Addiction arises from being unable to control the urge of a certain activity.  Addiction will not emerge if a person has full control over his activity no matter how he regularly does things or habitually does them. 

And with that things said, a sudden quitting of an activity will do no good because a person's reaction on that will always lead to a person doing them again and again, or the thing we call relapse because the body is used to the kind of activity and will voluntarily doing the same thing again.

I think one of the best examples is the action we call mannerism.  It is the action of the body that we unintentionally do when in a certain situation.  And no one can stop mannerisms abruptly.  it needs a process to correct, so I also think the same way about gambling.  It takes time to fully stop gambling activities without the worry of relapses.

Yes it talks about addiction and habits, it is ideal that people can live life without having to depend on something that is still common but excessive, low expectations will reduce to ideal games and habits and not excessive, do you think you should stop gambling? or are you a smoker?

The fact is that people who quit smoking and continue to gamble will forget about their cigarettes because of the sensation of the game they enjoy every day, as well as people who quit gambling and continue to smoke can certainly focus on one or the other in their spare time, and get used to being without these two money-burning habits, even though they are literally different.

Yes, it's not just about quitting, it's about having other pleasures and replacing them with new sensations, by enjoying life more naturally, healthier, and better.

We human beings have habits, customs and things that we always do known as routine, when we are accustomed to a certain type of activities and that does not make us feel good, and at the same time very happy, that is something very difficult to do. leaving it, when we try to leave one of those things, it is difficult and even though it is known that it is dangerous and harmful to our health, sometimes it is hard to leave something like that, but in retrospect we are people who must learn to leave what makes us damage, I have seen that there are people who know about these risks, and they don't care, I talk to them, I tell them the dangers they face and they don't stop them, they don't give them any importance, it's as if they don't care about their health, It seems incredible to me, I have always seen cases like that, and to remove some bad things is the hardest thing ever, this makes me remember a friend, well one of my friends that I always go out with, who also plays dice with the police in the middle of the border of Colombia and Venezuela, he is going through a very bad time.

His wife left him and he went to the USA out of nowhere, like saying that today she is with him and tomorrow he woke up in the USA and he didn't even say anything to him, he is wrong emotionally, but he said that he made a promise to Heavenly Father God, he was not going to drink alcoholic beverages again, not even beer, at most some guy for a meal or something like that, but they still came in to drink beers and just enough, 'he left that to him, and he told me that long before smoked and also made a promise like that and stopped smoking, I believe that everything depends on the will of the people to do things, if a person decides not to do something again, then he achieves it, because it is a way to get out of it At once, for the rest I see it as very deficient because it is something that you will not be able to do under any circumstances, which is why willpower and desire are better.

[goxcraft]

What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?

Different approach for different gamblers, for some gamblers, their approach to quitting will be to struggle to reduce the number of times they gamble, slowly until they can now control the habit, deciding if to gamble or not. For some other gamblers, stopping once is the best way because they will not be able to pass through the discipline of slow reduction. As a gambler who will like to quit but cannot, think of the other addictions that you may have had in your life and reason how you were able to overcome them. If you are able to remember correctly, maybe you will be able to know if the slow or sudden approach is your style.

I don't think gambling addiction can be solved overnight. It never was an easy task, it never will be. Yes, there are different approach available for different individual. It was my family in my situation. They helped me greatly to overcome my gambling addiction. With time I started spending more times with my families. Additionally, I kept myself busy with work and certain extra curricular activities. With this I didn't have any time left to gamble again.

[n00ber]

What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?

Different approach for different gamblers, for some gamblers, their approach to quitting will be to struggle to reduce the number of times they gamble, slowly until they can now control the habit, deciding if to gamble or not. For some other gamblers, stopping once is the best way because they will not be able to pass through the discipline of slow reduction. As a gambler who will like to quit but cannot, think of the other addictions that you may have had in your life and reason how you were able to overcome them. If you are able to remember correctly, maybe you will be able to know if the slow or sudden approach is your style.

I don't think gambling addiction can be solved overnight. It never was an easy task, it never will be. Yes, there are different approach available for different individual. It was my family in my situation. They helped me greatly to overcome my gambling addiction. With time I started spending more times with my families. Additionally, I kept myself busy with work and certain extra curricular activities. With this I didn't have any time left to gamble again.

If you are addicted to gambling, quitting gambling can be even more difficult than quitting drug addiction. Because gambling in some countries is legalized, they do not prohibit people from gambling. And currently, online gambling is growing widely. We can play anytime, anywhere.
A person with an addictionan addict wants to quit. Only he can decide. Relatives and friends can only support him to a certain extent. Quitting gambling was tough because no one could stop him if he still wanted to continue playing.

[o48o]

Addiction arises from habits, habits arise from curiosity, curiosity arises because you have tried and succeeded easily, in my opinion even activities in daily life also have the same potential.
If hobby in investing try for other instruments, but not instant, at least the loss is also not too fatal even a matter of minutes, although luck can come, I'm talking in terms of analysis not just luck.
I think there are many to choose from, when you get a profit that makes more sense and technically can be learned, then you can choose to gambling for fun or slowly enjoy in the world of other investments by yourself, and continue.

Thing with habits is that you technically can reprogram those. But we just have to replace with habits that are bad for us with something more construtive. This doesn't mean we should get rid of all "bad" habits. Sometimes we just need to control them better. We often have habits because they comfort us, and some of those habits aren't good for us, even if they feel like it. As our brains connect those habits to something that's good for our body. It's an evolutionary leftover called superstimulus. That's something where our feelings, senses and emotions get hijacked supersized version something our body craves. That can be accomplishments, nutrition, feelings, etc...

This can happen with any habit. But it's easiest to explain with food. We crave sugar and carbs because in the past we used to need those a lot more as they were way more scarce to come by. So we are wired to consume them like it would be matter of life and death, and when it comes to our bodies, they would like to tell that there's no such thing as too much, because they haven't catched up by the fact we get way too much sugar.

We also crave patterns, as our brains rewards us for detecting threads and finding out how things work.
When we gamble, we unconsciously try to predict and find patterns that sometimes exist, but sometimes aren't there. But when we win, our brains still reward us, because they think we have succeeded at something important. Even if that has nothing to do with us. It's easier to combat against your cravings just by using willpower, when we understand where our cravings are coming from.

[fullhdpixel]

It's a good idea if someone wants to get rid of their addiction to consult a professional. Usually this psychiatrist will advise whether a person should reduce the intensity of their gambling slowly or cut ties with it immediately.
But I think if a person wants to get away from his gambling addiction there is no other way than to cut ties with it completely. Because if a person decides to end their addiction straight away, and learns to restrain themselves, they will be able to control themselves better in the future. The problem of withdrawal symptoms is normal, you can stop yourself from doing that or, if necessary, take sedatives.

If only it was free, but maybe there is such thing? Usually it is sponsored by the local government. While most aren't and they are also expensive. Gamblers are aware of it, this is why they just do some alternative remedies to their problem which may not really be effective because at the end, they are still in control of their selves.

I think that even the professionals won't recommend the severely addicted gambler to cut their habit immediately, as this may cause a shock to them and can cause a side effect. So it's better to only tone it down slowly. But speaking of side effects, that sedatives you are talkin there might have it as well. So it's better to just do it the natural way like diverting our attention in some things.

[Westinhome]

If only it was free, but maybe there is such thing? Usually it is sponsored by the local government. While most aren't and they are also expensive. Gamblers are aware of it, this is why they just do some alternative remedies to their problem which may not really be effective because at the end, they are still in control of their selves.

I think that even the professionals won't recommend the severely addicted gambler to cut their habit immediately, as this may cause a shock to them and can cause a side effect. So it's better to only tone it down slowly. But speaking of side effects, that sedatives you are talkin there might have it as well. So it's better to just do it the natural way like diverting our attention in some things.

The gambler who play the game without addiction till his old ages can’t afford to quit the gambling.Even he doesn’t get addicted,the gambling was become the part of his life.So the gambler who play many years in the gambling can quit the game by step by step in the gambling.The first thing is the gambler must understand he should control the gambling deposit.If the money controlled in the gambling site,the number of the games to the gambling site also controlled by the gambler.The gambler can spend the time by playing the other game in their real life,So he can slowly get away from the gambling addiction.But the gamblers should ready to do this by his own mind.

[Quidat]

It's a good idea if someone wants to get rid of their addiction to consult a professional. Usually this psychiatrist will advise whether a person should reduce the intensity of their gambling slowly or cut ties with it immediately.
But I think if a person wants to get away from his gambling addiction there is no other way than to cut ties with it completely. Because if a person decides to end their addiction straight away, and learns to restrain themselves, they will be able to control themselves better in the future. The problem of withdrawal symptoms is normal, you can stop yourself from doing that or, if necessary, take sedatives.

If only it was free, but maybe there is such thing? Usually it is sponsored by the local government. While most aren't and they are also expensive. Gamblers are aware of it, this is why they just do some alternative remedies to their problem which may not really be effective because at the end, they are still in control of their selves.

I think that even the professionals won't recommend the severely addicted gambler to cut their habit immediately, as this may cause a shock to them and can cause a side effect. So it's better to only tone it down slowly. But speaking of side effects, that sedatives you are talkin there might have it as well. So it's better to just do it the natural way like diverting our attention in some things.

As much as possible if you could really be able to quit up on point then you should do it, because if you do really let things to be more in longer then you are really just that basically making
yourself putting up on much potential trouble and this is something that you should really be that avoiding. You cant really just that make those things easy, it might sounds easy but on the time
that you are on such condition or situation then it would really be that so damn hard to quit and this is why gambling business is so profitable because people are really that keeps coming
back as long they do have that kind of gambling mindset on which they do really believe that one day they would really be able to make some huge hit and potentially changed up their lives.
This is something a common wish and hope for those people who are engaging with gambling.

[klidex]

I absolutely agree with you. Gradual reduction of gambling will not help in any way to solve the problem of gambling addiction.

I was able to get rid of several addictions that prevented me from living a normal life and I know from personal experience that if a person wants to get rid of any addiction he needs to first of all realize that he has a problem, and then already solve it, and drastically and harshly. Otherwise you will not solve the problem, but will only torture yourself.

I'm not sure; it depends on the person as well, doesn't it? It's certainly best to quit cold turkey, but how does one do that without relapsing shortly after and possibly going through multiple relapses? I've tried cutting a few bad habits (watching TikToks or Youtube shorts is probably the worst one I'm still facing) that way but almost always relapsed, sooner or later. Gradually reducing it seems a little less harsh to me, and it's something I opted for and pursued to at least spend less time. Will I ever manage to quit? I don't know; probably I will. Till then, I'm hoping that eventually I'll lash out and quit cold turkey by deleting any associated apps for good; they're a pure waste of time.

There had been cases where a person stop in gambling suddenly to have their gambling habits to root more when they relapses.  Quitting abruptly without any process has been proven to be disastrous to gambler because they often suffers after effect their gambling activities.  They often have relapses and with that relapses grows the urge to gamble. If anyone wanted to quit gambling without any worry about relapses, they must undergo rehabilitation.  Quitting gambling need to undergo process and should be done gradually  through rehabilitation in order for the gambler to minimize  relapses and ready itself to completely quit his gambling activities.

Quitting cold turkey can be done, unless the gambler doing such action have strong will, he might end up more missing his gambling activity and eventually engaging in gambling again.

Every addicted gambler definitely needs time to recover and really stop, not suddenly or through force, and needs to adapt to a new environment that does not influence him to gamble. Sometimes environmental factors are also affected for addicted gamblers. Just like drug addicts, they need time for rehabilitation to recover. Sometimes rehabilitation alone is not enough if they don't have the drive to truly recover completely. I once heard in my local media that an influencer consumed drugs and then they were taken to a rehabilitation center when they was declared cured, he left the center and carried out his activities again, but not long after, maybe a month later, the influencer relapsed and consumed illegal drugs again and this was reported by my local media, so this can be concluded if the influencer did not have any intention. to stop even though they have gone through rehabilitation, the same goes for a gambling addict or other addict if within themselves there is no intention of determination or drive to really stop then they will not be able to stop permanently one day it can still relapse if they couldn't control himself.

[Belarge]

The gambler who play the game without addiction till his old ages can’t afford to quit the gambling.Even he doesn’t get addicted,the gambling was become the part of his life.So the gambler who play many years in the gambling can quit the game by step by step in the gambling.The first thing is the gambler must understand he should control the gambling deposit.If the money controlled in the gambling site,the number of the games to the gambling site also controlled by the gambler.The gambler can spend the time by playing the other game in their real life,So he can slowly get away from the gambling addiction.But the gamblers should ready to do this by his own mind.

We have just one life which is not two, we're ready to level up our game to become very competitive and recording extreme profits, same way we face losses with our sad faces. Old age and struggles are mainly for gamblers that used most part of their earnings to gamble without setting out plans. Our minds becomes exposed and most of the gamblers I know turned addicts and will definitely be out of range. Quitting gambling is not easy as it seems, I've watch how people grow old and still hopes one day, they will milk the system heavily and they keep trying every single day to ensure we're on the right track.

[South Park]

It's a good idea if someone wants to get rid of their addiction to consult a professional. Usually this psychiatrist will advise whether a person should reduce the intensity of their gambling slowly or cut ties with it immediately.
But I think if a person wants to get away from his gambling addiction there is no other way than to cut ties with it completely. Because if a person decides to end their addiction straight away, and learns to restrain themselves, they will be able to control themselves better in the future. The problem of withdrawal symptoms is normal, you can stop yourself from doing that or, if necessary, take sedatives.

If only it was free, but maybe there is such thing? Usually it is sponsored by the local government. While most aren't and they are also expensive. Gamblers are aware of it, this is why they just do some alternative remedies to their problem which may not really be effective because at the end, they are still in control of their selves.

I think that even the professionals won't recommend the severely addicted gambler to cut their habit immediately, as this may cause a shock to them and can cause a side effect. So it's better to only tone it down slowly. But speaking of side effects, that sedatives you are talkin there might have it as well. So it's better to just do it the natural way like diverting our attention in some things.

I am not so sure about that, those that are addicted often talk about learning how to enjoy the source of their addictive behavior in a moderate way, and recently there have been new therapies emerging that make that case instead of quitting completely, however there is a reason those persons are addicted and it is precisely because they cannot control themselves, so trying to quit slowly has very high chances to fail and it should be way more ineffective than quitting completely and on the spot.

[STT]

Its not easier but possibly cold turkey is the only way to quit for some people.    I dont think cold turkey anything is the easiest way or nicest method to end something you previously enjoyed.   However if you have tried and failed to reduce your consumption or spending habits and its become a problem impacting the rest of your life either in time, attention or monetary balance to your budgets then you have run out of options you must then go cold turkey.  
  I know what I prefer to do in increasing my control of a product or service Im expending cash on which is moderate, reduce and half anything I was previously spending.   You learn best in any case when playing with one hand behind your back rather then all in type gambling where a failure is so devastating, better to learn from just small mistakes small wins be humble and patient;  in longer term the less addictive is better to last the distance and appreciate in your ability to win, learning the game fully before the bigger risks are undertaken.

[Danslip]

Addiction is still the main problem for regular gamblers, even tough compulsive gambling actions will lead to destructive behavior let's not forget the possible consequences for those who can't control this "funny activity". Quitting gambling addiction is not easy for some gamblers it is as easy as just banning the casino account on online gambling platforms. Decreasing the gambling activity has some positive effect on this purpose btw, so it depends on the person how he wants to quit gambling.