Gambling addiction causes loss

[ARTOIS]

Getting out of the spiral of gambling addiction is as difficult as other addictions, such as drug and alcohol addiction
Any person suffering from addiction must be helped by his relatives and supported if he truly desires recovery, which is difficult but not impossible if he has determination and the matter remains in his hands, as he is the only one capable of helping himself

[LogitechMouse]

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What will be your suggestion for my friend to recover from the gambling addiction.

Help from other people would be the best option.
Help from his family and help from the experts. These are the people that could help him remove his gambling addiction.

Rehabilitation is the best option for this one, but if family members can still give some advice to him, and are following all of them then rehab isn't needed. I know some people around my area who are also addicted to gambling and it came to a point where they will sell their belongings just to have money to gamble. There's even a point where they're begging around for money to have money to use to eat.

Winning in gambling is hard because it requires luck, but what's harder is overcoming your addiction to gambling. It might take months, or even years before it goes away, but it's possible.

[Jating]

Getting out of the spiral of gambling addiction is as difficult as other addictions, such as drug and alcohol addiction
Any person suffering from addiction must be helped by his relatives and supported if he truly desires recovery, which is difficult but not impossible if he has determination and the matter remains in his hands, as he is the only one capable of helping himself

Yes, and I think we have discussed this several times already. For a gambling to overcome their addiction,

1. Acknowledgment and Acceptance - They need to accept to themselves and to the people behind that indeed there is a addiction on their part. Acknowledge the negative impact on it and learn how to stay away from gambling for good.

2. Seeking Professional Help - And then this is the best option I think. Gambling addiction is serious and so we need to seek help from professionals who knows about this subject matter and recommend things that will help us forget about our addiction.

[Hispo]

I had a friend in the gambling circle,he was gambler addicted person over a year.I had advised him many times,but he is not ready to accept my advice in the gambling.Apart from gambling,my friend accept my advice without any hesitation.When I had a time on weekend,I get a chance to meet him in personal.I had some question about his gambling addiction,but the sad part is he is not accepted his gambling addiction towards the gambling site.

He said that he had nearly 64k dollars as a loss in the gambling site.In order to recover that 64k dollars,he keeps on betting from all his economic resources.I had advice him to use only 20 percentage of salary to get away from entire gambling loss.But he is now repeating the same 100 percentage of income from weekly,biweekly and monthly.So he was in the big loan problem.Still he is arranging funds from loan to play gambling,because he think that the recovery was possible at the place where he lost his money.What will be your suggestion for my friend to recover from the gambling addiction.

Honestly, it has been proven already your friend either does not understand he has got a problem or does not want to stop his problem. So at that point of addiction, I would say it is time to stop with the gentle approach and try to be more aggressive to helping to recover from his impulses and the wasting of money.
Does not he have a family or spouse ? It is crazy to me how he could have wasted over 60 thousand dollars without his family or love partner not to intervene in his monetary decisions.
If he has money friends besides you, you all should band together and try to forcefully institutionalize him or get him committed to a clinic for gambler or a recovery center or some kind.
If you all do not have resources to getting committed to a clinic, you should also download some documentary films or videos on the testimony of gamblers who got addicted and lost everything, you know, it would similar to what parents do when their children seem to be going in bad paths, to show how criminals end up.
Show your friend how gambling addicts end up, perhaps that could help him to get a wakeup call.

[swogerino]

I had a friend in the gambling circle,he was gambler addicted person over a year.I had advised him many times,but he is not ready to accept my advice in the gambling.Apart from gambling,my friend accept my advice without any hesitation.When I had a time on weekend,I get a chance to meet him in personal.I had some question about his gambling addiction,but the sad part is he is not accepted his gambling addiction towards the gambling site.

He said that he had nearly 64k dollars as a loss in the gambling site.In order to recover that 64k dollars,he keeps on betting from all his economic resources.I had advice him to use only 20 percentage of salary to get away from entire gambling loss.But he is now repeating the same 100 percentage of income from weekly,biweekly and monthly.So he was in the big loan problem.Still he is arranging funds from loan to play gambling,because he think that the recovery was possible at the place where he lost his money.What will be your suggestion for my friend to recover from the gambling addiction.

Eh,a painful story as always when someone loses money in gambling and they can't refrain from continuing such activity.The worse it can happen to a gambler is to continue to chase loses when we know the odds are against us and as such if we see continuous lost amount of money we should stop,it is the best indicator that gambling is not for you.

Since your friend now is in debt he should forget about gambling,learn some new skills to even work after 9-5 to pay the debts and come back to reality.

[Spaceman1000$]

I had a friend in the gambling circle,he was gambler addicted person over a year.I had advised him many times,but he is not ready to accept my advice in the gambling.Apart from gambling,my friend accept my advice without any hesitation.When I had a time on weekend,I get a chance to meet him in personal.I had some question about his gambling addiction,but the sad part is he is not accepted his gambling addiction towards the gambling site.

He said that he had nearly 64k dollars as a loss in the gambling site.In order to recover that 64k dollars,he keeps on betting from all his economic resources.I had advice him to use only 20 percentage of salary to get away from entire gambling loss.But he is now repeating the same 100 percentage of income from weekly,biweekly and monthly.So he was in the big loan problem.Still he is arranging funds from loan to play gambling,because he think that the recovery was possible at the place where he lost his money.What will be your suggestion for my friend to recover from the gambling addiction.

Once a gambler has gotten the mentality of wanting to recover the money he has lost in gambling, just know that the person is in a serious problem, that feeling is what gambling does to you most times but if you're able to recognize it and say NO to yourself, that it is not every loss that I will recover then you will begin to retrace your steps.

I feel as a friend, you shouldn't stop advising him, 64k dollar is lot of money, maybe you should involve the services of a psychiatrist to help in talking to him, for him to see the dangers ahead of him, because letting him go like that without helping to fight the situation for him to stop his addiction, he will go deeper beyond the current level he is now, so as a friend do well to seek for a professional help.

[rodskee]

I had a friend in the gambling circle,he was gambler addicted person over a year.I had advised him many times,but he is not ready to accept my advice in the gambling.Apart from gambling,my friend accept my advice without any hesitation.When I had a time on weekend,I get a chance to meet him in personal.I had some question about his gambling addiction,but the sad part is he is not accepted his gambling addiction towards the gambling site.

He said that he had nearly 64k dollars as a loss in the gambling site.In order to recover that 64k dollars,he keeps on betting from all his economic resources.I had advice him to use only 20 percentage of salary to get away from entire gambling loss.But he is now repeating the same 100 percentage of income from weekly,biweekly and monthly.So he was in the big loan problem.Still he is arranging funds from loan to play gambling,because he think that the recovery was possible at the place where he lost his money.What will be your suggestion for my friend to recover from the gambling addiction.

why not advise Him not to gamble anymore? because the more they gamble is the more they will lose and will continue being addicted  because the time he will be in gambling is the more he may keep asking for money to come , from this addiction , no one will win unless they accept the reality that gambling is not for us becoming rich but instead being a loser  .

[goinmerry]

You already did what's the best thing to do. I admire your effort for continuous support of your friend.

What else you can do? Try to extend your patience since your friend is currently inside of the gambling hole where in that place, a desperation to gamble beyond limits and eagerness to win are the only things on the gambler's head.

It's also the best thing to reach your friend's closest relatives or other close friends.

[piebeyb]

He doesn't gamble to have fun so he's busy chasing and recovering his losses, I'm sure he doesn't really enjoy his gambling because he's just obsessed with winning and recovering, that's clearly impossible. Of the many people who try to do that, no more than 1% succeed in doing that. even much less than the existing percentage, I am sure that when your friend no longer has the funds to finance his gambling he will definitely start to try to realize that he has gone very far.

No one can stop him, let alone give advice, but if you press harder it won't affect him. You need patience in helping your friend reduce his gambling addiction. It all lies in his mindset which still wants to chase his losses and is not willing to accept the defeat he experienced. that's a stupid thing to do, even though gambling means winning and losing, why do people only want to accept their wins but not their losses, that's a little strange, whoever gambles must be prepared for all the risks. The way to reduce the risks is to limit their budget appropriately so that not excessive and gambling addiction is even worse.

[Humblevirus]

Many who battle an addiction to gambling frequently find it difficult to admit they are dependent on it and willfully reject the idea that they could fall prey to its sway. People who are heavily involved in gambling often act as though they have total control over their behavior and firmly believe that they can control it whenever they want to. But frequently, this control illusion turns out to be nothing more than a self-deception.

The subtle nature of gambling addiction makes it extremely difficult to escape its grip. People who are consumed by this addiction show a constant search for money to support their habit, going so far as to steal in order to sate their overwhelming desire to gamble. Their blindness to the damaging effects of their activities is caused by the strong stimulus of possible winnings. So what starts out as a harmless hobby becomes into a compulsive fixation that sends people down a dangerous path that could end in financial loss and psychological suffering.In order to escape the pattern of addiction, one must have unshakeable resolve and make a firm commitment to asking family, friends, and professional resources for support.

[Hirose UK]

It is clear that gambling addiction will cause person to experience losses and problems, I have already said this and of course it is not just about losing large amounts of money but about psychological and social problems.
From what you have said, it is actually his own fault for being such crazy addict that he was willing to spend lot of money to fulfill his gambling desires.
But he seems to have realized that what he did was mistake and had destroyed his finances, making him always think about recovering all the losses, but in the end the money he lost would not come back but the amount would grow even bigger.
It would be best to give him the advice that what he has lost can never be returned and whatever the amount he must be able to accept it well, lest trying to recover from his defeat makes him even more depressed.
This is wrong regret because he regrets it but also doesn't accept it and is still trying to keep betting to be able to recover the losses while he was in state of addiction, tell him to stop and forget everything and then think he can act better in the future.

[Su-asa]

There are people that don't accept advising but I understand the feelings because he's your friend and friends look out for each other no matter the situation.
On this I say you shouldn't keep silent as you are planning for the betterness to your friend carrier. However addiction cases more loses to you, when one loses many negative thoughts comes in the gamblers mind and that's what makes gambler lose most times.

[Natsuu]

Not sure if this will help but maybe tell your friend to chat with someone who's been through a similar situation. Stress the need to set clear spending limits and get help to tackle the debt. Suggest talking openly with family and friends for support. It's a tough journey but reaching out to others and seeking professional advice can make a big difference in overcoming gambling addiction really

[Fivestar4everMVP]

It is commonly said that a person doesn't keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result, this is totally right, someone who is gambling but keeps losing, should do well to take a break from gambling, or possibly just quit for some reasonable duration of time, atleast, to get his or her mind settled from all of the previous loses he or she had experienced, then much later, he or she can come back to try again.

I can't understand the fun in constant loses, and I also do not understand the need to keep chasing when all the previous chases yielded no positive result, but then, I understand this is as a result of addiction, people remain addicted to something they enjoy doing, if a gambler who is a gambling addict gets to the point where he or she is no longer enjoying the constants loses to gambling, I believe he or she on his or her own will seek for solution on how to completely stop gambling so that he or she can heal from his or her gambling addiction.

[Zlantann]

I had a friend in the gambling circle,he was gambler addicted person over a year.I had advised him many times,but he is not ready to accept my advice in the gambling.Apart from gambling,my friend accept my advice without any hesitation.When I had a time on weekend,I get a chance to meet him in personal.I had some question about his gambling addiction,but the sad part is he is not accepted his gambling addiction towards the gambling site.

The biggest problem your friend currently has is self-denial. He is denying the fact that he is a gambling addict and this belief will make him not accept help even when it is offered. Your biggest task now is to show him that he is addicted and needs help. If you can achieve it, his problem is already half solved.

He said that he had nearly 64k dollars as a loss in the gambling site.In order to recover that 64k dollars,he keeps on betting from all his economic resources.I had advice him to use only 20 percentage of salary to get away from entire gambling loss.But he is now repeating the same 100 percentage of income from weekly,biweekly and monthly.So he was in the big loan problem.Still he is arranging funds from loan to play gambling,because he think that the recovery was possible at the place where he lost his money.What will be your suggestion for my friend to recover from the gambling addiction.

I am sorry for him because he might end up being heavily indebted and this could lead to other negative consequences. He might start selling his personal belongings or start seeking for means through the hook or crook to pay his debt and finance his gambling life. He needs to understand that he needs help. Since he is not listening to you, you could seek the assistance of a respected family member or seek professional assistance.

[maydna]

You've already taken a good first step by getting the chance to meet him in person. Even if he doesn't accept his gambling addiction, you can still remind him about his gambling addiction, and if necessary, you can show evidence that he is addicted to gambling. And if he still uses a lot of money to gamble, that is enough evidence to confirm that he has a gambling addiction, and he must stop it immediately before it is too late. He must be able to recalculate the amount of his income and expenses to see how much money he still has so that he can use that money as an allocation of funds for his gambling activities. Perhaps he needs to solve his loan problem by paying all his debts out of his income and seeing whether he still has money or has already run out of debt. You can't give him advice in a hurry because your friend seems to need to understand first about his gambling addiction, and he has a problem that is starting to become serious. After that, there must be a desire for him to reduce his gambling activities and, if necessary, not gamble anymore.

[Dewi Aries]

I had a friend in the gambling circle,he was gambler addicted person over a year.I had advised him many times,but he is not ready to accept my advice in the gambling.Apart from gambling,my friend accept my advice without any hesitation.When I had a time on weekend,I get a chance to meet him in personal.I had some question about his gambling addiction,but the sad part is he is not accepted his gambling addiction towards the gambling site.

He said that he had nearly 64k dollars as a loss in the gambling site.In order to recover that 64k dollars,he keeps on betting from all his economic resources.I had advice him to use only 20 percentage of salary to get away from entire gambling loss.But he is now repeating the same 100 percentage of income from weekly,biweekly and monthly.So he was in the big loan problem.Still he is arranging funds from loan to play gambling,because he think that the recovery was possible at the place where he lost his money.What will be your suggestion for my friend to recover from the gambling addiction.

Honestly I also have one of my friends like this, which can be said that the level of addiction has entered a chronic phase where there is nothing else he thinks about but gambling and continuing to gamble, the case is almost the same as your friend where my friend also puts 100% of his monthly only for gambling and because of this now he is really down, confused in looking for help but unfortunately only a few people want to help them especially if people know about the problems he is suffering from which even his own family no longer cares about him along with any problems experienced as a result of gambling. The main mistake is to "put hope" in winning which ultimately makes them stuck in the downturn for too long.

Gambling is not a place to make money because you can never rule out the aspect of possible risks which of course can never be separated from the name of gambling and we can already see a lot of evidence that people who put their hopes on gambling will end up addicted by suffering from many financial problems, On the other hand, chasing victory to recover the situation is an action that they definitely do but that is not the way out because what will happen is that the amount of loss will be even greater, the reason is because there is no certainty in gambling and gambling is a business for the bookie to get a lot of profit from excessive gamblers, so it is always recommended to be a responsible gambler by being able to accept the fact of defeat.

[Juse14]

If anything is done without control, it will only bring us a loss. Especially when talking about gambling, which in fact has a very high level of risk of experiencing losses. So this activity must be carried out with good supervision and control.

And what OP said about a friend who is addicted to gambling, this is both a lesson and a warning about the negative impacts of gambling addiction and the domino effect. This will only lead us to prolonged losses. And what is meant by "the domino effect of gambling addiction" is a loss that can bring other losses.

And to be able to make someone aware of a gambling addict, it is not an easy thing to do and may take quite a long time. My advice, if you feel that you are not capable enough to resuscitate the person, it would be better if you persuade him to be taken to rehabilitation, so that the person can get quick help and be treated appropriately.

[Furious 7]

There are people that don't accept advising but I understand the feelings because he's your friend and friends look out for each other no matter the situation.
On this I say you shouldn't keep silent as you are planning for the betterness to your friend carrier. However addiction cases more loses to you, when one loses many negative thoughts comes in the gamblers mind and that's what makes gambler lose most times.

That's right, overall, most gamblers, especially those who have entered the addiction phase, usually find it difficult to give advice or accept any advice from people around them, even though the advice is in the direction of goodness, but they still don't care. Even  though the advice and input is very good or good for him, it still won't have much effect, because  gamblers who have entered the addiction phase have their  own thought patterns and beliefs that are different from other normal people, according to them something that is in their minds is normal and makes sense. to do, even though all the ideas in their minds will actually make them even more trapped in gambling which of course will make them experience more problems, especially financial.

On the other hand, I'm sure the OP won't stay silent  because after all it's her friend and as we know it's impossible for a friend to let  her friend drown in a lot of problems, at least she has to do it. given some advice that leads to goodness, but perhaps overcoming it requires a long process, because addiction is a disease that exists in the human mind where it is not easy for them to ignore activities that are always a priority in their minds. . Gambling should be fun and not stressful with a lot of pressure, all because you came with the wrong goals and understanding.

[South Park]

I had a friend in the gambling circle,he was gambler addicted person over a year.I had advised him many times,but he is not ready to accept my advice in the gambling.Apart from gambling,my friend accept my advice without any hesitation.When I had a time on weekend,I get a chance to meet him in personal.I had some question about his gambling addiction,but the sad part is he is not accepted his gambling addiction towards the gambling site.

He said that he had nearly 64k dollars as a loss in the gambling site.In order to recover that 64k dollars,he keeps on betting from all his economic resources.I had advice him to use only 20 percentage of salary to get away from entire gambling loss.But he is now repeating the same 100 percentage of income from weekly,biweekly and monthly.So he was in the big loan problem.Still he is arranging funds from loan to play gambling,because he think that the recovery was possible at the place where he lost his money.What will be your suggestion for my friend to recover from the gambling addiction.

You are being a good friend by trying to help him, but it is impossible to help a person which does not want to help himself, in order for a  problem to be solved there needs to be an acknowledgment that such a problem exists, something your friend adamantly denies, and as long as that is the case no one can help him, it is possible your friend will have to literally lose everything in order to understand this fact, and once it happens then you can have that talk with him again, but hold your expectations up as a person that is that sick could even resort to committing crimes to keep his addiction going.