Support, do not criticize.

[Queentoshi]

Most addicts have been out of the system permanently, and that hasn't been as a result of anyone bugging them... They sometimes get into real, challenging situations and that's it for them.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

And that's why they need a helping hand.

This is exactly my point and what I'm trying to say because criticism on addicts can be very tough, and we may even forget that some of these people have it in mind or have discussed with us sometime that they wish to change. When they start making efforts, we have to try to help them so that they keep going until they're able to achieve an addiction free life.
If you are a gambler and you are friends with some of these kinds of people trying to stop gambling because of the adverse effect on them, help them by not gambling in front of them, and not discussing gambling in a way that reveres it.

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[rodskee]

There are people that think they are bright or felt like they are helping when mocking with others
but do not know that it's not helping instead crating more damage,people that having issue in gambling felt like they
 are good and better but the truth is they are in the verge of losing their future ,because there's nothing in their mind
 but to become instant millionaire but even if they won million they will continue to gamble and will lose again
and again not until they realized how important money and time .

[iBaba]

The truth is that, overcoming gambling addiction is an individual decision and those around can only support the individual to become better.

 they leave without gambling for a while since it already having bad effects on them,  and also as a family instead of compounding the issues by criticizing the addict,  you can rather allow them to make up their mind to leave gambling and some times when you have seen that the gambler want to make a positive change,  all that you need to do is to give them all the mental support that they need instead of becoming harsh on them.

Overcoming gambling addictions is some kind of a hard job,  and since it is easy to become addicted but extremely hard to overcome the addictions at some point, they need all the help they can get to be able to beat the addictions eventually.

I appreciate your insights into this topic. It reflects your deep understanding and experience with addiction and addiction is a kind of illogical behavior or, as some people call it, a trauma that individuals engage in. It occurs when someone repeats a particular behavior multiple times until it becomes ingrained in their mind, making it difficult to let go. It then becomes a subconscious drive for them, compelling them to continue engaging in the activities they are addicted to, despite the negative consequences. This repetitive behavior can affect the brain, leading one to seek relaxation through these activities, even though they are aware of the harmful effects.

Addiction have oftentimes resulted to loss of control, where those involved in it find it challenging to resist the urge to return to their addictive behavior. Whether it involves substance abuse like drugs or behavioral addictions like gambling, firstly, you will need to make a solitary decision and intention to stop gambling. Then, seek support from friends and family who can advise you on the best ways to break those gambling habits. They can also assist you in creating distractions, which is one effective method to curb gambling urges. Surround yourself with people who can easily divert your attention towards positive activities instead of negative ones that may lead you back to gambling.

[SeaCoinCollector.]

It's important to offer support to those trying to overcome their gambling addiction. Relapses can happen, they need encouragement to remember why they wanted to quit instead of judgment. Quitting gambling is not easy and criticizing them makes it even harder, that's why they need our support and motivation in their recovery.

[pinggoki]

I hope people can realize that you can criticize and support someone at the same time, mentioning the issues you see that they have is a great way to identify and acknowledge the problem so it can be properly handled. criticism does not always mean that you are discouraging or mocking someone, it also shows the person you are criticising what improvement needs to be worked on, and from that, you can support them achieve those improvements.

But during their recovery or intervention, it's not really the right time to criticize someone that's trying their best to recover from their addiction sure it does work for some but do you want to risk on knowing whether it works on them or not when the alternative isn't to criticize at all and just give them all the love and support that they're going to need in their healing journey? I think that it's a matter of time before you can do that criticism part and in my opinion, that part only should happen when the recovering person permits you to do so and sometimes, what you think might be constructive criticism might not be for that person and the tone of your voice might also play a part on the reason why criticism isn't bad. Sometimes the people that are having problems don't really want solutions, they want someone to vent their emotions their problems and how they're dealing with it, if all you do when someone's telling you their problem is to give them solution instead of just hearing them out then you're never going to really help someone.

[bettercrypto]

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.

You know it's not easy to become addicted to gambling because there is a process and it takes time before you get into that situation. And when you become an addict and the time comes when you want to change or quit being addicted to gambling, it is not easy to get out of a situation like that.

And that's where the support of your loved ones comes in; they will remind you, support you, and understand you in your situation. Even your other close friends will also remind you because they want to help you and get rid of the addiction that can destroy you.

[EluguHcman]

You are right OP, criticizing an addicted gambler simply because he was advised or you had wanted to stop gambling and with all of your efforts contributed for the gambler to get to an end of his gambling habits become null and invaluable, please do not be so hash at him.
Addiction is some kind of habits that has dwelled to the vein and the soul and if no time taken, some ends their lives by it without the knowledge of their endivoirs is being a sock to their awful state of life.

It requires a psychological aids of qualities of you must stand in a better position to stop an addicted gambler but it you persist that the addicted gambler must do it on your own way then you could get the situation worse and that is definitely not the solution to it.

It is better of if you could always have eom cool times of discussions with him about life supposing to be of interacting about how some person's indulges in one or two ways of activities which has the potnetials to ruin their lives by themselves. If you have some references persons whom you could bring to his ideal about what gambling addictions had done to them then it is a good on for him to virtualize on that aspect and probably he would not want to be a victim to that even if he has already but at  such state of mind, he would be of tendencies to be a change person.
Don't ridiculous a gambling  addicted person who is not flexible to your wills of advices. Be technical and psychological thrilling enough to tolerate the unpleasant conducts at times.

[klidex]

Yes, I completely agree with you that people who are addicted to gambling doesn't mean they are doing bad things, so we shouldn't mock them for their addiction, because after all, no one wants to experience something like this. Indeed gambling addiction is their own fault for not being able to control it themselves, but that doesn't mean we have to judge them and make it seem as if their actions are very bad, if they want to stop gambling that is a good intention and if we know them it would be better if we provide support to them so that they will be more enthusiastic about being able to cure their addiction. Support from the family and close friends are a very important role for an addict because they have become a part of the gambler's life.

Indeed, curing gambling addiction is not an easy matter, but if we mock him and say something that seems to discourage him mentally, he will become even more frustrated because according to him, addiction is impossible to cure. Even though gambling addiction can still be cured if we provide support and assistance to those who suffer from it needs and advises him well without discriminating so he will slowly try to stop it, just having the intention is good because usually people who don't have the intention to stop will be more difficult to cure because they continue to gamble continuously, so as long as he has the determination it is better to support so that the level of addiction in our country decreases.

[boyptc]

Most addicts have been out of the system permanently, and that hasn't been as a result of anyone bugging them... They sometimes get into real, challenging situations and that's it for them.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

And that's why they need a helping hand.

This is exactly my point and what I'm trying to say because criticism on addicts can be very tough, and we may even forget that some of these people have it in mind or have discussed with us sometime that they wish to change. When they start making efforts, we have to try to help them so that they keep going until they're able to achieve an addiction free life.
If you are a gambler and you are friends with some of these kinds of people trying to stop gambling because of the adverse effect on them, help them by not gambling in front of them, and not discussing gambling in a way that reveres it.

Yeah.

If seen that they're making a change and doing efforts as much as they can, they really should be given some help. They need someone to pat their back and support them at all cost because they're just starting out.

As long as there's the will that you can see from them, you're for sure not going to get tired of helping them.

[UchihaSarada]

Criticism only makes things worse, especially for people facing psychological problems. Gambling addiction is also a psychological problem. They need more sympathy than alienation and criticism, which will push them away from us because at that time they will form a psychological resistance to our words. It is a natural reflex of the brain. When faced with criticism, most people will oppose those words. Even though it's clear that their actions may be wrong, and are affecting many people, including you, no one will admit their addiction and mistakes right away. It requires a process of self-enlightenment.
We should act as people next to them, cheering and encouraging them to do the necessary things to quit addiction. They have to do those things themselves, we cannot do them for them, so using words of encouragement instead of criticism will help them be more motivated to quit gambling addiction

[Slow death]

Well, I have had members of my family who unfortunately became addicted to gambling and I must say that they were very difficult and complicated moments in which our patience was constantly tested, because that addicted relative of ours made many promises that he would change his behavior. , but after a few months he would make the same mistake again, but we managed to remain calm and motivate him not to give up despite the difficulties he was facing, even at that moment he had the mental strength to continue with the treatment , but some members of my family who were very close to him, were criticizing him and when he said that he was suffering in the rehabilitation hospital where he was isolated from the world so that the treatment would be effective

These people from my family went to take him out of the hospital and in a short time he went back to his addiction, but as he was afraid of going back to the hospital, he hid his illness and also hid that he went back to his addiction, only when he realized that he was dying and that he needed to urgent hospital treatment was when he asked for help from the tough family members who always supported him to undergo treatment, they didn't criticize him but they were tough in isolating him in the clinic so that he could undergo treatment, he went back to treatment, but unfortunately days later he died because it was already too late when he arrived at the hospital. By this I mean that often the people who criticize us are the ones who want our best and truly love us.

[HelliumZ]

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.

Of course, if someone wants to stop himself from gambling, then instead of scolding him, he should go to his side and give advice on how to get rid of gambling easily. If a severely addicted gambler makes a plan to stop gambling, it is really good human behavior to advise him to carry it out. It is very difficult to devise a plan to stop a gambler from gambling, and if he is criticized without lovingly standing by, he is not doing his duty as a good man. It is definitely a duty to support him and his family as much as possible by extending a hand of help, cooperation and sympathy to his family. If a gambler is treated cordially and treated well by his family members, he can easily get rid of the terrible gambling addiction very quickly.

[JMBitcointernational]

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.

op criticizing them will not actually help them but the issue here is that addiction i like something that is already part of you so it actually takes a whole lot of courage and sensitization to achieve.

lets take chain smokers for example , it is always very hard for any chain smoker to tell you that he /she wants to quit smoking whereas he/she stays with the company of smokers ,this is always very easy to say buy very hard to accomplish unless the person avoids his company of friends that he keeps.

lastly ,criticizing gamblers will not actually make them to stop rather supporting them with words of encouragement will help them reduce their addiction. and also every addicted gambler who wants to quit gambling should also stay away from his collage of friends that gamble too.   

[Oilacris]

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.

Of course, if someone wants to stop himself from gambling, then instead of scolding him, he should go to his side and give advice on how to get rid of gambling easily. If a severely addicted gambler makes a plan to stop gambling, it is really good human behavior to advise him to carry it out. It is very difficult to devise a plan to stop a gambler from gambling, and if he is criticized without lovingly standing by, he is not doing his duty as a good man. It is definitely a duty to support him and his family as much as possible by extending a hand of help, cooperation and sympathy to his family. If a gambler is treated cordially and treated well by his family members, he can easily get rid of the terrible gambling addiction very quickly.

When you are tending to advise someone specially if its someone whom you do know then you would really be going into that soft method but on the time that they do still on proceeding on playing
without tending or planning to stop then this is the time you would really be doing it on harsh way. Yes, it is something that wont really be that not all would really be liking to heard of but if you are really that serious on trying out to help someone at least then you would really be giving out those kind of words but well its not something a guarantee that it would really be giving out that kind of solution.
The only solution with gambling addiction is into those people who would really be having that kind of seriousness on quitting it on the first place.

When it comes to criticism then you cant really stop people on not to have those kind of stopping themselves on telling or something to say. There would really be those words
that would really be coming out into someones mouth and this is something that really very normal. So better to ignore if there would be someone who would
be advising that you shouldnt be wasting up your time on helping those addicts. They do need help at least.

[Marykeller]

For someone to be able to stop the addiction of gambling on their self, they ought to have it in their mind that gambling is not the way to make money. Having that kind of mindset alone would help them minimize their addictions to gambling.

Showing addicted gamblers support is quite okay but they ought to accept on their own that gambling is not the way to financial breakthrough. If their belief in gambling doesn't change and remains the same, no matter how hard you try to support them, they will find their way back to gambling.

I know how many times, I have tried to show support to gamblers to quit gambling, a repeated attitude of going back to gambling is what I do see.

[uneng]

For someone to be able to stop the addiction of gambling on their self, they ought to have it in their mind that gambling is not the way to make money. Having that kind of mindset alone would help them minimize their addictions to gambling.

Showing addicted gamblers support is quite okay but they ought to accept on their own that gambling is not the way to financial breakthrough. If their belief in gambling doesn't change and remains the same, no matter how hard you try to support them, they will find their way back to gambling.

I know how many times, I have tried to show support to gamblers to quit gambling, a repeated attitude of going back to gambling is what I do see.

Yes, the initial desire to overcome addiction has always to come from the addicted individual. It doesn't work to have a vast network of support around the addicted gambler if he himself doesn't care about how important it is for his recovery. That is what brings up a reflexion on why many people who are loved, supported and cared don't value such gifts from life, while others live on loneliness, without anyone caring for them, although they would give their best if they had support and were loved by someone.

It makes me believe support in excess, without the individual supported retributing anything in counterpart, contributes to selfish, egoistical and cold behaviors, not only towards his pairs, but also towards the value of his own life and integrity, as we see such individuals completely destroying their lives through addictive behaviors and showing little or no regrets after all.

[boty]

There are people that think they are bright or felt like they are helping when mocking with others
but do not know that it's not helping instead crating more damage,people that having issue in gambling felt like they
 are good and better but the truth is they are in the verge of losing their future ,because there's nothing in their mind
 but to become instant millionaire but even if they won million they will continue to gamble and will lose again
and again not until they realized how important money and time .

Those who help other people and also mock the people they help, of course this will be very detrimental to the people they help and if the people they help cannot control their emotions, of course this will be very bad and things could even happen that they don't want. It is true that some gamblers certainly expect big wins on the bets they play and only some people can feel satisfied with the winnings they have gotten and they take the winnings to enjoy and others will continue to gamble until they again lose the winnings they have made. get and also the capital they bring to gamble.

[qwertyup23]

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.

There is a technique called "negative reinforcement" where you apply a punishment for people who perform badly on their respective duties. On the other hand, there is also what we call "positive reinforcement" where we reward people when they perform an activity that is commendable.

In the given scenario that you have provided OP, it is better if we apply positive reinforcement wherein we give commendations and rewards for people who show progress in dealing with their addiction in gambling. Instead of humiliating or punishing them for their behavior due to relapses, it is definitely better if we continue to encourage and show support to their progress.

At the end of the day, if you show your genuine support and care for these people who struggle in combating addiction, then the chances of them getting better would be higher.

[lizarder]

For someone to be able to stop the addiction of gambling on their self, they ought to have it in their mind that gambling is not the way to make money. Having that kind of mindset alone would help them minimize their addictions to gambling.

Showing addicted gamblers support is quite okay but they ought to accept on their own that gambling is not the way to financial breakthrough. If their belief in gambling doesn't change and remains the same, no matter how hard you try to support them, they will find their way back to gambling.

In fact that is the key to stopping gambling because if they don't realize that gambling as an addiction is not a way to make money then it will be much more difficult for them to stop. Their mindset is ingrained in gambling as a way to earn money so it is difficult to stop. Even though in a conscious state we realize that gambling is an activity carried out for fun and making money from gambling is only greater than the luck we will get.

If it's family or friends, maybe we have a responsibility to heal and indeed we need to provide support so that they are more enthusiastic about stopping. But if it is someone else then there is no obligation for us to provide support because whether they want to be heard or not is their individual responsibility.

I know how many times, I have tried to show support to gamblers to quit gambling, a repeated attitude of going back to gambling is what I do see.  

Worse, we will receive threats when advising or providing support to them, because they think we want to take care of their lives and interfere too much in other people's lives.

[shield132]

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 think it's important to talk about this issue and supportive care. Many people don't realize that it's adding fuel to the fire when they are strict and aggressive toward addicted gamblers. The best approach in this case, like you said, is to be supportive even when they fail. I was reading about scientific research that stated that it's easy for an addict to recover if they get love and care from their family. Usually, a bad life is the reason for every addiction, people feel depressed because of a bad relationship with their family and become addicted to gambling because gambling makes you a little high. Gambling addicts need support from their families instead of anger and criticism, society needs to be enlightened about that.