Support, do not criticize.

[Kakmakr]

Yes, you should never "punish" people with criticism for trying to improve themselves, but should also not be to soft on them.

A lot of these people need some tough love, to get them to deal with their situation.

They must admit that they have a problem and then they must reach out for help, those people that say that they are not addicted, will avoid the issue and continue as normal.

Do not step on people when they are down, rather reach out and help them to get back on their feet again.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Like you all know, I was an addict before. One thing made me stop was when I started to think that gambling is not a way of making money. Instead of me making money, I was losing. I borrowed money to gamble several times. I hardly have money in my bank account at the time. I have not known about cryptocurrencies around the time. When I know that I can not make money from gambling, I stopped after it took much from me. I stopped gambling for a year. If an addict can also realize that, he will stop the addiction by not gambling for a long time just like I did. But an addicted person will always still talk that they see a means of making money from gambling.

Exactly, I experienced same wave as yours, I came to my senses and retracted my steps, was not an easy experience to look very stupid to yourself after realizing your mistakes, the criticism most times comes from within and you've to deal with it yourself. Unless you've built an encouragement mindset and remain very optimistic of yourself no matter what happens.

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them.

there's a kind of criticism called constructive criticism

What is constructive criticism?
Constructive criticism is a feedback method that offers specific, actionable recommendations for change and improvement. Good constructive feedback facilitates positive outcomes and creates a positive working environment. It also provides a safe space where a person feels secure enough to ask questions, seek help, and share ideas.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.betterup.com/blog/how-to-give-and-receive-constructive-criticism-at-work%3fhs_amp=true

You can see from the above that criticism isn't totally bad and its necessary for effective change. I  understand you're referring to destructive criticism which is more of destroying the person verbally. You're right in that aspect, but I just want to help you get specific.

[Hewlet]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them. If you observe that they experience some kind of relapse and go back to gamble even when they said they were not going to gamble, try to encourage them to remember why they wanted to stop gambling for the time. It is not an easy decision for some of them to make, and even imagining that they will never gamble again can make it worse for them, most of them need all the support they can get to help them maintain the decision to give gambling some time away. If you criticize and mock them, they may nurse in the heart the mindset that gambling is impossible to stop, or even stop trying to stop gambling because you have already made them feel like they can never do it.

the reality is that most persons that are suffering from addiction don't always see the need to speak out and in most instances they will keep struggling in Thier addictive lifestyle until it directly and evidently tell on them.

It's practically difficult to understand what an addict is going through and sometimes you might find yourself being a bit judgmental about his behaviour but addiction is real and  if you are in a possible to bring a fellow out do it with all you've got because anybody can get addicted and it takes others to basically bring an addict out of his plight.

[rodskee]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them. If you observe that they experience some kind of relapse and go back to gamble even when they said they were not going to gamble, try to encourage them to remember why they wanted to stop gambling for the time. It is not an easy decision for some of them to make, and even imagining that they will never gamble again can make it worse for them, most of them need all the support they can get to help them maintain the decision to give gambling some time away. If you criticize and mock them, they may nurse in the heart the mindset that gambling is impossible to stop, or even stop trying to stop gambling because you have already made them feel like they can never do it.

Thanks for this generous support , it seems that you are either experiencing addiction or someone
near you does because you have something coming inside you from those words you deliver here, but I support
all you said here because it is not an easy battle in which majority of fighter have lose the battle , because its
hard to deny the fact that addicted gamblers will do everything just to have a bet and try their best to win like
what my cousin do before he ended up in rehabilitation.

[swogerino]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them. If you observe that they experience some kind of relapse and go back to gamble even when they said they were not going to gamble, try to encourage them to remember why they wanted to stop gambling for the time. It is not an easy decision for some of them to make, and even imagining that they will never gamble again can make it worse for them, most of them need all the support they can get to help them maintain the decision to give gambling some time away. If you criticize and mock them, they may nurse in the heart the mindset that gambling is impossible to stop, or even stop trying to stop gambling because you have already made them feel like they can never do it.

I am myself in such situation yet very few people know I am gambling so I try to encourage myself even though I in some instances go back to gambling.A good way that is working for me is to play little money and spend more time by doing so in choosing the currency that has value like IDR.To me this is working,as I get bored after spending time playing and am not spending more than 20-30 dollars,an amount which is ridiculous nowadays.So yes encourage and support is the way to go.

[danherbias07]

Support or tell them. Some people, family, or friends don't like telling the gambling addict that he is an addict. Why? They are scared he/she might get offended in the process. It's a fact, why will they be offended by it? If they get mad about us telling the truth to them then at least we will give him/her something to think of.
I mean, that will somehow give him a wound that maybe he will try to patch until it is healed. If not, then at least we tried.
In the end, they cannot blame us because we did tell him about what was going on although we didn't have a chance to help out because he kicked us out as soon as we told the truth to him.
Some people have this kind of problem too, they don't want others telling them the truth, they want to be supported/encouraged by their addiction or they want to keep people away from them so they will be left alone with their bad habit.
It's easy to say we should help them, but what if he doesn't want help? Should we force it? I think it could get worse if that happens.

[davis196]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them. If you observe that they experience some kind of relapse and go back to gamble even when they said they were not going to gamble, try to encourage them to remember why they wanted to stop gambling for the time. It is not an easy decision for some of them to make, and even imagining that they will never gamble again can make it worse for them, most of them need all the support they can get to help them maintain the decision to give gambling some time away. If you criticize and mock them, they may nurse in the heart the mindset that gambling is impossible to stop, or even stop trying to stop gambling because you have already made them feel like they can never do it.

I don't get the logic behind your statement.
So if you criticize a gambling addict(who is trying to stop), he will feel guilty and he will start gambling again? This doesn't make any sense.
Who is going to criticize a gambling addict, that is actively fighting his addiction? I know that most gambling addicts try to keep their personal issues a secret. Maybe most of them are afraid that they will get embarrassed and ridiculed for revealing their inner struggle.
Everyone with a brain will always try to support a struggling gambling addict. Only the psychopaths/sociopaths would say "nah, you should keep gambling, because it feels good".

[Fatunad]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them. If you observe that they experience some kind of relapse and go back to gamble even when they said they were not going to gamble, try to encourage them to remember why they wanted to stop gambling for the time. It is not an easy decision for some of them to make, and even imagining that they will never gamble again can make it worse for them, most of them need all the support they can get to help them maintain the decision to give gambling some time away. If you criticize and mock them, they may nurse in the heart the mindset that gambling is impossible to stop, or even stop trying to stop gambling because you have already made them feel like they can never do it.

If those people are in my circle of friends or to those whom i've known then i would make out those kind of suggestions and advises but if its a complete stranger and i have seen him somewhere about those kind of actions then i wont really be that too confidently be able to make those kind of approach specially if its a stranger. I dont like on getting scolded or would really be told that mind your own business, its not your money
or something with those kind of words on which its not really that shocking on this way and this is why if ever i do see someone then better they should be responsible on the actions that they are taking.

Criticism would really be just that normal i should say yet human beings are naturally that on having that kind of behavior. Just let them be on which there are ones who are really that in concern
and there are ones who dont really care and this is something that would really be normal. Criticize or not it doesnt matter. The only ones who could solve out those addiction
problems are to those people who are on such condition. Self realization would be the key.

[junder]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them. If you observe that they experience some kind of relapse and go back to gamble even when they said they were not going to gamble, try to encourage them to remember why they wanted to stop gambling for the time. It is not an easy decision for some of them to make, and even imagining that they will never gamble again can make it worse for them, most of them need all the support they can get to help them maintain the decision to give gambling some time away. If you criticize and mock them, they may nurse in the heart the mindset that gambling is impossible to stop, or even stop trying to stop gambling because you have already made them feel like they can never do it.

Indeed, stopping gambling addiction must be done, because it is for the good of yourself and your family, if they stop gambling based on the motive of improving their finances then that is good, because someone who is addicted to gambling will certainly have major problems with their finances, where they will only think about gambling. only when you have money. and if they are aware of this, they want to stop being addicted to improve their finances then they must be supported, we all know that quitting gambling addiction is not easy, therefore it is natural that there are gambling addicts who are in the process of stopping gambling but are in the middle of the process. they return to gambling again and might be said to have failed, but this can be prevented by having support from other people such as friends, relatives or family who remind them what the purpose of stopping gambling is for, and maybe in this way they can realign their goals. someone who is addicted to gambling. That's why it's important for an addict who wants to stop to be accompanied and guided, but I think if they have family or friends there will definitely be someone who wants to accompany the process of those who want to leave their gambling addiction. I believe that those who try to stop gambling without a clear goal or clear motive are likely to fail to stop gambling.

Most gamblers who want to stop their addiction fail when they are in the middle of the process and return to gambling which may even become even crazier with the gambling they do. Quitting an addiction is not an easy matter, even though there is support from other people, there are often problems that occur that trigger an addict to return to gambling, such as seeing their friends win at gambling. This can influence the thinking of those who are in the process of recovering from their addiction who may have the thought "my friend can win, but I can't win". To be able to stop being addicted to gambling, I think they have to be able to refrain from all things that trigger gambling, such as the environment where there are currently a lot of people gambling and I think this is an obstacle for those who want to stop their addiction. Supporting an addict who wants to recover from his addiction is a good thing. Don't mock him by breaking his spirit, that's not a good thing to do.

[Findingnemo]

Someone who made a decision that they are going cold turkey method for stopping their gambling addiction then one important thing they need to do is cut down anyone who they are connected with their gambling activities no matter the person is someone very close to you. I bet the one who really cares about you will encourage you for making such efforts to stay away from something that makes you financially and mentally weak.

[lienfaye]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them.

Gamblers who are determine to overcome their addiction really needs an encouragement and not criticism from people who can't understand what they have been going through. Because it's not an easy process thus having someone who can understand the situation (family or friends) is a big help to motivate the gambler to continue walking away from gambling.

On the other side, it's also normal to be judged by others for being an addicted gambler, because in their eyes it's a bad activity or a sin. But if the gambler is a family or a relative, would you let him to be criticize? If you truly care, a simple word of encouragement will do to show your support. Everyone deserves a chance to change what we used to.

[Nrcewker]

Absolutely, we need to help any guy who wants to quit the addiction of gambling. I am not saying gambling is bad, but yes becoming addicted to it, and to gamble you will go upto any extent, this mindset is wrong. Now if someone trying hard to get away from this, then definitely we need to support him for this. I know many people’s default nature is to criticise people on their mistakes, but if we try our best then we can definitely stop this behaviour of taunting and criticising and can really help the addicted guy.

[Lida93]

Quiting gambling is not something that could be done at once the decision is made it got to be a gradual process, depending on the level of addiction it could take months even a year to finally let go of the gambling habit. It's easy to criticize people for things we don't understand as it affects them and that's very bad an approach to take on on people that are in themselves trying their best to quit gambling.

What such persons need is a constant reminder that they can end the bad gamblinh habit, talking them into understanding they are in charge of their decisions and that there's always a way out of any situation when there's a will. Criticizing them of their weakness can only exacerbate their inability to fight against the urge to quit and we should all know this now.

[Z390]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them. If you observe that they experience some kind of relapse and go back to gamble even when they said they were not going to gamble, try to encourage them to remember why they wanted to stop gambling for the time. It is not an easy decision for some of them to make, and even imagining that they will never gamble again can make it worse for them, most of them need all the support they can get to help them maintain the decision to give gambling some time away. If you criticize and mock them, they may nurse in the heart the mindset that gambling is impossible to stop, or even stop trying to stop gambling because you have already made them feel like they can never do it.

If you know anybody? Many people are trying so hard to stop their addiction but I can't stick my neck out for everybody, they are many in my vicinity, few don't even admit that they are addicted and that's the first solution, the addicted gambler need to accept that he or they are addicted to gambling.

There are some that are addicted to gambling and they want to stop, but they are struggling to beat the addiction, yet they still go back and gamble again, what do you expect me to do? Lock them up in my basement like dogs infected with rabbies?

The person responsible for stopping his addiction is the gambler himself, to stop addiction means staying away from any gambling activities until you get yourself back in control, not going back in the middle of the night to place some bets while everyone is asleep.

[harapan]

Like you all know, I was an addict before. One thing made me stop. That was when I started to think that gambling is not a way of making money. Instead of me making money, I was losing. I borrowed money to gamble several times. I hardly have money in my bank account at the time. I have not known about cryptocurrencies around the time. When j know that I can not make money from gambling, I stopped after it taking much from me. If an addict can also realize that, he will stop nthe addiction by not gambling for a long time just like I did. But addicted person will always still talk that they see a means of making money.

You are lucky that you come to this awareness before you put yourself into a terrible situation. Meanwhile, a lot of gamblers are still in the dark place as they chase their losses. It really needs self intervention on this phase of your life. Because no one will actually help you in sincere way but your own self.

They need to do a great rethink to themselves so they can get everything fixed up,yes people around can cheer them up inorder to ease the pains they are passing and  moreso when you tell them most times they won't adhere to.
Some of them might still pretend to come out of that predicament and still venture into it again probably we need to put up our possible best in supporting a whole lot of them  that are close to us.

Some might be out of ignorance, peer pressure and all of that they end up becoming addicted and can't come out of it but to every problem there's a way out of it,so criticizing them won't be a better option rather but instead to have them turn a new leaf by encouraging and supporting them both mentally and physically.

[Apocollapse]

Most people will mock and criticize unfortunate people because they don't have any empathy.

I'm enough to see people doing like that, when someone make mistakes, they will say "I've told you before, stop gambling!", "This is why I stop to gamble, it's your fault since you didn't follow my advice", "I don't care, I won't help you" etc etc.

A hero will help and guide them to stop gamble, giving such reacts have no impact to the addict.

[irhact]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them. If you observe that they experience some kind of relapse and go back to gamble even when they said they were not going to gamble, try to encourage them to remember why they wanted to stop gambling for the time. It is not an easy decision for some of them to make, and even imagining that they will never gamble again can make it worse for them, most of them need all the support they can get to help them maintain the decision to give gambling some time away. If you criticize and mock them, they may nurse in the heart the mindset that gambling is impossible to stop, or even stop trying to stop gambling because you have already made them feel like they can never do it.

Supporting gambling addicts that are trying their best to let go of the addiction is the best things to do than mocking them and making it worse for them. Shelters that handle addiction patients should also get our support so they can have things that they'll use to accommodate the addicts. Donations can be sent to facility that handle addiction patients and not only showing support to the patients individually. Those taking care of the patients need to be appreciated too.

As a love one or a family member, being there for an individual that is closed to you that is suffering from addiction problems will help the individual alot. Making them feel loved will make them to want to stop the addiction so their loved ones won't be disappointed with them. I have seen how individuals that are addicted to gambling feel therefore showings them our support to help them to recover is a good thing.

[bitbollo]

with a dear friend, who has this addiction, I criticize him instead. even a lot.
or rather I always show my support! helping him when possible but I try to criticize the reality of the game addiction by making some examples so he can see how much money and time he loses in this activity.

It is not true that compulsive gambling cannot be stopped, but I believe that each person must find the "key" to stopping this mechanism on their own.

[Eternad]

If you know anybody trying to stop the addiction of gambling to become better for themselves and their family, try and show them support by not criticizing them. If you observe that they experience some kind of relapse and go back to gamble even when they said they were not going to gamble, try to encourage them to remember why they wanted to stop gambling for the time. It is not an easy decision for some of them to make, and even imagining that they will never gamble again can make it worse for them, most of them need all the support they can get to help them maintain the decision to give gambling some time away. If you criticize and mock them, they may nurse in the heart the mindset that gambling is impossible to stop, or even stop trying to stop gambling because you have already made them feel like they can never do it.

The problem nowadays for modern era gamblers was they can hide their gambling activities easily due to the existence of online casino. They can play whenever they want with privacy on their room without other people noticing it so it’s really very hard to find who’s addicted to gambling unless they are showing intentionally to other people.

But I agree that comforting them is the best approach rather than criticize since addicted gambler will just make it a secret to you once they knew that people don’t like it. Providing company and engage with socialization is the best way to forget gambling addiction because most addict gambler is just gambling because they don’t have other things to do.

[Ultegra134]

I don't get the logic behind your statement.
So if you criticize a gambling addict(who is trying to stop), he will feel guilty and he will start gambling again? This doesn't make any sense.
Who is going to criticize a gambling addict, that is actively fighting his addiction? I know that most gambling addicts try to keep their personal issues a secret. Maybe most of them are afraid that they will get embarrassed and ridiculed for revealing their inner struggle.
Everyone with a brain will always try to support a struggling gambling addict. Only the psychopaths/sociopaths would say "nah, you should keep gambling, because it feels good".

I'm guessing that "criticizing" isn't done exactly as you describe it. No one is going to tell you to keep gambling as a way to criticize you, but they may be harsh against you when you share what's troubling you or how you're suffering. So, if someone maliciously tells you that it's your own fault or that you dug your own hole, although this is true to a great extent, it's probably not the nicest thing to say when someone is struggling and is deciding to share it with you; they trust you, and instead of supporting them, you're being harsh, judgy, and unsupportive.