Can family members help a gambling addict?

[Moreno233]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

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[Z-tight]

Addicts hide their addiction from their family members because they do not want them to feel sorry for them or to worry about them so much, but in my honest opinion, it is better to tell your family about it and see how they can be of help to you, or maybe if you see them feel the pains your addiction is causing them, it may help the addict to control it.

Professional help is also an affective way of helping addicts, that is if the addiction is so serious and is already ruining the life of the addict, therapy may be a solution and it is something people should try more often.

[Davidvictorson]

If you want a gambling addict in the family to be open to you in such a manner that you can help them , the initial step is empathy. Once they see that you put yourself in their shoes and try to understand their addiction from their own point of view rather than from your own then you would have opened up a pathway to helping them break free from the addiction. Addiction could be the result of so many factors and you as a family member need to know which of the factors that makes them to keep.going back to gambling. Some of these factors could include loneliness, coping with work life stress, pain or sickness, abandonment. There are so many. Once you know which is which you can help.. mostly this help is in form of talking and just being there for them. But you need to know the level of addiction first. At some point only professional help can do. And that will cost money.

[Oshosondy]

I will prefer not to tell his family but I will advice him as a friend. If he can not listen to me, I do not think he is going to listen to his family. Also if he finds out that I tell his family, he may be angry with me. But I know what to tell him that can discourage him not to gamble again which I think will be better. Addiction is just a disease that he needs to fight and there are events that bad things happened to gambling addicts. All those are enough to discourage him if I show him. If I see him not changing, and gambling is still taken much from him and making his life miserable, he gives me no option than to tell his family to know what to do and help him out of the addiction.

[crwth]

Do you know why addicts keep it a secret? It's probably because they are ashamed of what they are doing and do not want their families to know his/her agenda when it comes to those types of things. It may not be gambling but it still indicates that they don't want them to know because of those things.

I don't think loved ones or family members could help a gambling addict. Maybe in terms of helping with daily necessities or something related to that but not to the point that the addict will quit. It's going to be a support thing IMO.

[Cryptoprincess101]

Sure, as a friend to someone who is so addicted to gambling and you have tried your best to convince him on the need to limit his gambling addiction but you see that your efforts are not yielding fruit, what you need do is to let his family know about his habits at least when he is aware that his family is aware of his gambling habits he would be so ashamed of himself and even if he will continue gambling he will not be comfortable anymore because he may be afraid his family might meet him in gambling shop one day. I know of a gambler that whenever he enters a gambling hall he will be so restless and will not even spend much time there because he is afraid of his wife meeting him there playing gambling. So informing the family may not really stop the gambler from gambling but there is going to be a reduction in his gambling activities and there at times too when advice from his family can change his mindset.

[Ultegra134]

I've never had it happen to me or anyone I know. There's no right or wrong answer here, and it depends on several factors, such as how understanding their family is or how addicted they are. It's not that straightforward. On the one hand, if you were to tell their family members without their consent, you'd be breaching their privacy and potentially ruining your friendship; you'd be breaking their trust and you're unaware on how the other person is going to react, which is why I mentioned that there's no straightforward process to handle this. On the other hand, it could potentially be the move to finally break free from their addiction by seeking help from their family and a professional.

I personally wouldn't get involved, unless there were hints of excessive compulsive gambling behavior that was putting the person's well-being at risk, and even then, I'd perhaps take other precautions without involving others.

[Mr.suevie]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

What I believe about addiction is that the addicted person will first need to accept that he is an addict because if the person is still in the phase of denial, it would be very hard to solve the problem and moreover their is a reason why this particular quote is popular "a problem shared is a problem solved" so admitting and sharing your problem is the first and bold step to solving them and when you talk about advice to addicts I believe they have a shell which rejects it except the person himself have thought and given himself the advice that's he needs.

[alani123]

Family is the primary support network of anyone and those don't having adequate support from their family will more likely than others end up addicted.

Imagine the discipline you'd have to have to keep your cool while being sad and completely alone. No one to talk to, no one to return to, no one to stay with, have cooked food from etc. Just think about it, if someone is already addicted, having good support from his family can really help him put off that habit. Having a good support network means that kicking a habit and maintaining a healthy life can be done more reliable.

If a family has an addict in their blood, they should really get together and treat him with love and affection to try and save him. It's the best way possible.

[btc_angela]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Of course, if there is someone that can help those addicts, usually it's close friends and family members. There are stories that the gambling addicts will obviously hide it from their families. But we all know that you can't hide it forever. And with that their families will be concern to the point that they really wanted to help them.

There is one method that I watch in youtube, or at least shared by an addicts that he wanted to please his families and so he goes with them. But without knowing that they will be going into a rehab. So the addict doesn't have options but to go with the flow and now he has recovered already.

[qwertyup23]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Definitely- in fact, family members are the closest people that can help you overcome with your problems in general. They are the people who know you personally and they also have the most level of understanding and compassion in dealing with these types of problems. In the end, friends have the tendency to forsake or betray you, but family will always be family.

Though this may be the case, you must also establish a good relationship with your family members. You must also acknowledge that you want to overcome your addiction as it is always a two-way effort.

If despite the efforts of your family, you still suffer from addiction, then the problem lies with yourself and not with your family members.

[Fiatless]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Gambling addicts usually don't accept that they have a problem. They will give several reasons why they had to gamble excessively. Most of them hide their struggles from family members especially if they think they would be subjected to discrimination for exposing themselves. But the case might be different if they know that the family will give them some support.

If my friend confides in me about his gambling addiction and doesn't want me to expose it to his family members I would ensure to keep it secret. But if the addiction is becoming excessive and has started affecting him negatively and I have done all I can to reduce his struggles, reporting his case to his family will not be a bad decision. This is because you might be blamed for not telling the family members if anything negative happens to him.

Yeah, loved ones' advice could be very effective. Counselling for parents and other siblings can be effective because they know the best approach to use on the addict. Family members can go to the extent of spending money to get help from professionals.

[_act_]

Gambling addicts usually don't accept that they have a problem. They will give several reasons why they had to gamble excessively. Most of them hide their struggles from family members especially if they think they would be subjected to discrimination for exposing themselves. But the case might be different if they know that the family will give them some support.

Discrimination is not the reason gambling addicts do not let their family know. They do not let their family know just because gambling is taking much from them and if the family knows that, they may not give him money as they use to. I mean the parents. If it is spouse, they will not let him or her know because it is also taking much from them. If they are winning huge amount, they will let their family know. But they are losing, they do not want to stop gambling and they see no reason why family should know.

Yeah, loved ones' advice could be very effective. Counselling for parents and other siblings can be effective because they know the best approach to use on the addict. Family members can go to the extent of spending money to get help from professionals.

This is just the best thing to do. Do not tell his parent but advice him. If he is still addicted and not change for better, tell his parent. He can be mad at you but he will later understand that you are still a good friend. It is a good friend that will do something like that.

[Findingnemo]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Advice from a friend can help to some extent depends on the severity of the addiction, while it's indeed to let know about the loved ones as soon as possible about the struggles can help to relieve from the battle that he is fighting inside his head on the other hand it can jeopardize the relationship with that friend but in my opinion it's better to save someone from their addiction and lose their relationship if that's what cost is better than watching them lose themselves while being around.

[Fiatless]

Gambling addicts usually don't accept that they have a problem. They will give several reasons why they had to gamble excessively. Most of them hide their struggles from family members especially if they think they would be subjected to discrimination for exposing themselves. But the case might be different if they know that the family will give them some support.

Discrimination is not the reason gambling addicts do not let their family know. They do not let their family know just because gambling is taking much from them and if the family knows that, they may not give him money as they use to. I mean the parents. If it is spouse, they will not let him or her know because it is also taking much from them. If they are winning huge amount, they will let their family know. But they are losing, they do not want to stop gambling and they see no reason why family should know.

Do you know that in some religions gambling is forbidden, but some persons secretly engage in it? Now how do you think such an individual will be seen in a home that is filled with religious fanatics? In some extreme cases, he can be sent packing out of the house because they can view him as a sinner who will defile the home.

It could also lead to financial discrimination in the home. Such a person might not be given access to funds like others. I have seen a man who refused to include his son's name in his will because he felt that he would waste his inheritance on gambling.

[Frankolala]

It depends on the level of addiction, and if the gambler stays with his family, that would make him keep it secrete and they would not know that he is addicted. If his addiction just started, it is better that I advice him and keep it secret from his family members.

If he is a compulsive gambler, there is no way that his family members staying with him will not know. If they are not close to him, they might find it difficult to know. So in this case, I will open up to his family, so that they can put their heads together, and help him out of his addiction through any means possible.

[Rockstarguy]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

What I just know is that as a gambling addict that needs help and want to get rid of the challenge, keeping this challenge to yourself is not the best. The best way to come out from being an addict is to let people know what you are going through, doing this their will be a remedy of overcoming this addiction. Many gamblers that have trying to come out of addiction have always keep this challenge to themselves,  and struggling to come out from it but still it is too difficult for them.

If one is shy to tell people about their gambling challenge it is always difficult to come out from it. The reason why people keeps addiction problem to themselves is because of they are shy of what people will say about them, but I think keeping it secret is not the best. Family members are the best to let know when in a problem like addiction.

[tsaroz]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

They can. Depends on how comfortable you are sharing it with them. People tend to share about their addiction to friends but not with family cause it would be a larger shock and could immediately affect your relation and living style. Most people don't admit they are in addiction and even if they do, they are not entirely sure if they want to get out of it. Giving your family a hint means they could just cut off your access to gambling places/sites or your own money source, or at worst disown you. But if you really want to leave gambling for good. Your family would help you, they might be a bit harsh but it would work.

[_act_]

Do you know that in some religions gambling is forbidden, but some persons secretly engage in it? Now how do you think such an individual will be seen in a home that is filled with religious fanatics? In some extreme cases, he can be sent packing out of the house because they can view him as a sinner who will defile the home.

This is true. My opinion is based on countries where gambling is legal. But in countries that are full of Muslims that gambling is not legal, people can be strict against gambling.

It depends on the level of addiction, and if the gambler stays with his family, that would make him keep it secrete and they would not know that he is addicted. If his addiction just started, it is better that I advice him and keep it secret from his family members.

If he is wise, he needs not to keep it secret at all. Also if it is taking much money from him, he can just quit. That is the best. Or he can reduce the money he use to gamble in a way that if he lost it, it can not lead to financial problem.

[HelliumZ]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

A gambling addict's family may play the most important role in helping a gambler to change his or her habit because the family members closest to a gambler may be family members. Family members can learn what an addicted gambler needs to love and keep them from gambling. When a family lends support to a gambling addict, it becomes easier for him to quit gambling. The gambler does not need rehabilitation and does not need a psychiatrist if his family members are supportive.

[Baofeng]

It depends on the level of addiction, and if the gambler stays with his family, that would make him keep it secrete and they would not know that he is addicted. If his addiction just started, it is better that I advice him and keep it secret from his family members.

If he is a compulsive gambler, there is no way that his family members staying with him will not know. If they are not close to him, they might find it difficult to know. So in this case, I will open up to his family, so that they can put their heads together, and help him out of his addiction through any means possible.

I don't think there's much difference though, if you are addict then no matter what, you will be expose as you will change your behaviour and everyone will take notice of it specially your families.

As for the question, obviously, there's none better to help you than your immediate families. They are the first to be with you and see that you really needs help as you are addict already. Addicts will not admit it, that is the first sign that you are addicted, but the issues will surface and they are the one who are going to support you emotionally and financially. I have seen gambling addicts recovery thru intervention by their family specially the wife and the father and the mother of the addicts.

[passwordnow]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction?

I think it's best to let the family know and give them a hint so that they're aware of what their family member is going through. Being addicted to gambling can make him a different person and that might surprise them upon finding out that they've become one.

Can the advice of loved ones even help?

Yes. I do believe that the help and advice of loved ones can help that addicted person. Because if no one is going to listen to him then he'd just find another friend of his to lean on to tell his gambling problems.

But if there are his relatives or family where he can tell his problems about gambling then they'd be there to help him for sure.
He only needs to be vocal about it and don't shy out because that will worsen the situation.

What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Using your time to find another activity that will make you happy.

[rachael9385]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Even till now I am still keeping my gambling habits as secret from my family members but only few of my friends knows that an gambling (although they it's just 2 of my friends that know I am gambling). As a friend if you can't keep secrets it shows you are not indeed a trusted person.
You can't tell the family if the person in quote is not a gamble addict, it's only if your friend is an addict you might tell him/her family members, and that's if you have advised your friends and he didn't listen. You can just jump to a conclusion and report your friend if he's gambling and he's not an addict.

[ultrloa]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Why not? They are the one who need to know about the situation we are going on and just say it on your friend will not result to anything since for sure they can't help us in this situation and for sure we will fight our own battle if we keep it a secret to our family. So its better to discuss this issue if you feel that you are in this state so that you can get a proper guidance from our parents and they can do something that can help us to escape addiction. I know that there are times that its hard to discuss this condition since we are.afraid that they might not understand our situation and we can get pure discouragement words from them, but if we are sincere on our confession then for sure they would understand that we need serious attention and they should do something to step up in this situation.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Well, if I have a friend who is addicted to gambling and keeping it a secret to his or her family and loved ones, friends are actually supposed to keep each other's secrets but not when that secret is about or going to destroy that friend if it's not let out so that possible help would come, keeping such secret simply means that you really are not a good friend to that person.

For me, like I was saying, if it happens that I have a friend who is addicted to gambling and doesn't want his or her family or loved ones to know about it, I will first of all, try my best to make sure he or she comes out of that gambling addiction, I will do all I can, sacrifice all I need to sacrifice, but in the end, if my effort is not yielding any positive result, I will let the family and loved ones of that friend know that their son or daughter is a gambling addict, and I've done all I could to bring him or her out of it, but it's not working, so, they possibly should find a way to help him or her.

And for the best approach towards gambling addiction, I think this differs for different people, and also depends on the level of addiction.

[Gozie51]

What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

But a true friend is like a family and he should know ways to assist his friend like a family would do. I think family may take more subtle ways to trying to bring their brother out of addiction and by that measures that they are suppose to take they may not or procrastinate over it.

However, a friend should know the kind of family that his friend has and so if at all he wants to involve someone from the family, he would know the appropriate person to work that with who may be discreet about it yet do take proper remedy for his brother. It depends actually if the friends have tried what they could without succeeding then it can be revealed to a family member who can handle it rather than exposing the situation to members who can only be sympathetic and not have solution.

[coin-investor]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction?

As a friend, I have a responsibility to tell his loved ones about his condition, so they will know what course of action they will take and they will not be surprised by his actions and manners, the family also suffers if one member of their family suffers from addiction, they are the one who can help because they know very well the member of his family and if they decide to rehabilitate their addicted loved ones they will be the one to should the cost and spend the time, so they have the right to know the condition

Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

It can help because of their ties with one another, and the only effective way to cure addiction is through rehabilitation, it is the only way to take out the symptoms, the rehabilitation center has a facility conducive to those who want to take out addiction to their system.

[piebeyb]

I have seen my friend gamble, he almost often commits violence against his family, meaning his partner because he doesn't give him money to gamble. I know that his wife, his life partner, sells small cakes in front of his house, so her husband always asks his wife for money but never gives it and her husband often once committed violence until finally he was abandoned by his wife and children, I think from this point I already know that it is difficult to advise a gambler, even a wife he used to love, including his children, is no longer cared about.

I don't know the role of his other family such as his mother or father, whether it is possible to stop his addiction, but it seems difficult to cure addiction through those closest to him because gambling addicts must really stop gambling starting from themselves, it is not easy to cure gambling addiction through those closest to them, even even a professional, because of the habits that have stuck, will be difficult to cure unless it starts from himself to stop gambling, there are several of my friends who were able to stop gambling after a long time of isolating themselves from the internet and also from busy life, they were able to successfully stop gambling, all depending on the addict's wishes.

[m2017]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Advice from loved ones can't help people with gambling addiction, unless there are professional specialists among their loved ones who provide assistance to people with gambling addiction. This is a disease that needs to be treated. Talking to a gambling addict can't solve this problem, but will only worsen relationships with loved ones. Moreover, attempts to convince the patient to stop gambling will be perceived negatively, which will alienate him from loved ones and, as a result, it will be more difficult to convince the patient of the need to provide professional medical care.

Until the player realizes his addiction and understands the need for outside help, helping him (trying to get him out of gambling) is useless.

The most effective way to get rid of gambling addiction is very simple and difficult at the same time - to stop gambling.

[panjul07]

I would say that it depends on 2 factors:
¹ Level of the addiction, if the addiction is already in the highest level, I doubt family members can help much.
² How good is the relationship between family members because being family does not mean that the relationship is healthy enough to talk about something.

In the worst case, when the addiction is already affected the whole family economically (no more money left), it will even harder for family members to help.
There was a real story that has just happened few weeks ago in my country where a whole family (father, mother, son, daughter) decided to suicide together by jumping down from their apartment in 22nd floor.
The reason of the suicide is still not clear but many people guess that it is related to economical issue.

[slapper]

Do you think bringing family in is wise? I'm okay with that. The key is your approach. Addiction is like a shadowy beast. The harsh light of facts and allegations rarely works long-term. It drives the monster deeper into hiding

Families are powerful because they provide connection, which addiction hates. Support doesn't come in a box. Understand your loved one's wants. Some find the proper therapist. Others just need someone to say, "I'm here, I see your suffering, let's figure this out". Only support, no judgment

This war won't be quick. Patience is important, but not enabling. Tough love and boundaries are okay when done with empathy. So you move the focus from addiction to helping the person below it

[Solosanz]

Do you think they hide it from their parents without any reasons? if their parents are open minded, willing to listen and accept their child's decision instead of getting mad and completely forbid the thing that the parents don't agree, I'm sure they won't keep their gambling addictions secret from their parents.

If I were their friends, I wouldn't tell it to their parents because it will ruin our relationship, if it's serious, I probably brought them to the professional.

[robelneo]

Families have the most concern because blood is thicker than water, and the family always be the one to be on your side through your best and worst, so if you have a friend that has an addiction, you as a friend should tell the family because if you do not, you're not a true friend and you tolerated his addiction to gambling.

As a friend, we have to do something if one of our friends is indulging too much that may harm his personal life and thinking.
There are a lot of available methods to cure addiction the best people to think of that are his family.

[Beparanf]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Any problem is solvable by the family. There’s only an exception if your family has a toxic environment but normally family usually help each other especially in Asian country since we always live together even if we are already adults unlike American that parents let their children become independent.

All of my problem is known by my parents before when I’m still living with them. But right now, I shared all of my problems to my partner so that he can support me whenever I’m down. Soloing your problem will just make you mentally stressed in long term unlike if you shared it because it can be solved immediately. So always share your problem to your family or love ones.

[Jody.Drummer]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Yes I agree with you that it is a fact that gambling addicts usually keep their gambling habits a secret from their families including their loved ones and usually they only tell a few close friends who are usually gamblers too, but as for the suggestion of whether it is a good idea to tell their families about their addiction then I think this is an idea that will only cause problems between you and your addicted friend.

I understand that your goal is good and I also understand that usually the closest people especially family have an influence on the change of a person but the problem here is that if the addicted person does not want their family to know about their gambling habits then I think it will only cause problems between you and your addicted friend, So far they have always kept it a secret from their family but you are telling their family, I think there have been quite a lot of cases like this because I have also heard that they ended up having problems in their friendship, and I would say that the most effective way to overcome gambling addiction is when the person has the desire, willingness and determination to stop.

[Crypto Library]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

You are actually right that most of us hide our gambling habits from family. But I think here that it is possible to keep it hidden until someone is completely addicted to it. Because if you become addicted to gambling, its effects will definitely be noticed by outsiders such as spending extra money, not keeping proper account of money and suffering from various hypertension. Finally, it will be seen that no one else knows the problem of gambling addiction of that person, but family members will know exactly that he is addicted to gambling. Although no one else can change the habit of an addicted gambler if he didn't want to, the first people who can help change it are his family members.

[Nwada001]

If you know, as a friend, that you have not given them any serious helping hand that can help them stop their gambling addiction, I don't see anything wrong with telling the family about it. 
 
The only thing I will do if I'm the person in question is to know how I can get through to the parent so they won't have to react harshly to the matter. The approach that the person will use to discuss the matter with the parent really matters a lot. 
 
The family, if they are aware, can help him get out of the addiction, and with the help the gambler will also be getting from his friends, it will now be support from both family and friends, which might help the person heal faster.

[Cookdata]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

One thing about gambling is this, someone who is addicted might not really know that he's even addicted, don't you think that we all love ourselves and we don't want to see ourselves in bad condition. I will be hard on myself if someone close to me tell me one day that I'm addicted to gambling without finding out the red flags before anyone. If a gambler is addicted and didn't want his family member to know is not because he is hiding the addiction, he is hidding the fact that he lose all the time and it's not something palatable to speak with your families on how you loss money consistently in gambling.

As a friend, my duty is too talk to him one on one, as in man to man and not go around making him look like a culprits that is guilty of a crime. I will try all my best to make him stop if I found one addiction on him but if he doesn't listen to me as a friend, with time there is going to be some physical actions that the family will see and they will talk to him about it if they care about him.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

If you know, as a friend, that you have not given them any serious helping hand that can help them stop their gambling addiction, I don't see anything wrong with telling the family about it. 
 
The only thing I will do if I'm the person in question is to know how I can get through to the parent so they won't have to react harshly to the matter. The approach that the person will use to discuss the matter with the parent really matters a lot. 
 
The family, if they are aware, can help him get out of the addiction, and with the help the gambler will also be getting from his friends, it will now be support from both family and friends, which might help the person heal faster.

This I think should depend on the type of friendship you have or share with the addicted gambler, like I said in my previous comment, being true friends is not just about doing things together, going places together or sharing things together, it's also about keeping each others secret because trust exist between the both friends or group of friends.
If a friend who is addicted to gambling asks that non one of his family members know about his or her involvement in gambling, and you as a friend who is supposed to treat that information as confidential, goes ahead to let the parents of the friend know that their son or daughter is a gambling addict, then you have just betrayed your friend and broken the trust you both share.

But then again, I did say that keeping such secret can be disastrous for the friend, and as a friend who really cares a about the welfare of each other, it is important to play your part in trying to bring the friend out of that addiction, do your best first, and after having tried, and you can see positive result, then don't just proceed to telling the parent, but first let your friend know that you've tried your best for him to come out of his or her gambling addiction, but no positive result, and you just can't continue to watch him or her waste away, that you are going to tell the parents so they can as well help him.. Let the friend know this, and listen to what he or she has to say before you then proceed to telling the parents about their son's or daughter's to gambling.

I believe this is the best way to treat such a case so you don't end up destroying the trust your friend have in you.

[Awaklara]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

If a gambling addict has a family, I doubt any part of the family doesn't know about his activities. especially if the activity has been going on for a very long time, the family will know about the gambling activities being carried out.
if you get a blow to your finances that affects family harmony. However, the role of the family is very important in the process of controlling gambling activities. The requirement is to be more open with whatever is done so that it will build the family's trust in the addict.
However, the most important thing is the intention to be a better gambler that you must have. If it is not serious, it will be difficult to suppress unhealthy gambling activities.

[cabron]

Once the addict is incapable of helping himself, it is always the direct family member, a brother or sister who would always wanna be with him. When it's your blood, you would also not give up on them. That's the bond between brothers and sisters. Especially the parents, they are always going to be there regardless of how bad the situation of the son is, the mother and father could not afford to abandon him.

[Rabata]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

I have a close friend who is  addicted gambler. I have seen in his case that he never shares gambling related matters with anyone except me. His reason for not sharing this is because he doesn't want anyone to know about his bet. He thinks he should be neglected if anyone else finds out about his gambling affairs. Moreover, if you tell someone in the family about gambling, there will be various kinds of pressure on him. If he wants then he will not get chance to gamble normally. His ideas are not unreasonable because gambling is seen everywhere in a negative light. But if the family members simply accept him and try to understand him then I think he will get rid of his addiction to some extent.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Addicts hide their addiction from their family members because they do not want them to feel sorry for them or to worry about them so much, but in my honest opinion, it is better to tell your family about it and see how they can be of help to you, or maybe if you see them feel the pains your addiction is causing them, it may help the addict to control it.

Professional help is also an affective way of helping addicts, that is if the addiction is so serious and is already ruining the life of the addict, therapy may be a solution and it is something people should try more often.

          -   If there is a gambling addict who can hide his gambling, he can still control himself from gambling. Because there are others that they can't really control anymore, and their loved ones can see it openly, and they don't care about it anymore.

It means that if you can hide it like that, it will still be easy for him to escape or leave his gambling addiction, right? Or it's better to confess to his family to show the support that can be given to him as a family.

[bitzizzix]

I completely understand why addicts don't want their families to know, because they don't want to disappoint their families if they find out. And I judge myself, and I'm not an active gambler but I don't want my family to know especially my wife. Because they will definitely be angry and the reason is because they are very religious, so I hid it all this time.
And about the OP's question. In my opinion, if he has become an acute addict, I think his family should be involved or know about it because they are the ones who will really help and support him until he recovers. And if they got angry, he would have to accept the consequences. But in the end they still helped him to recover, because he was part of the people they cared about. However, all of this must be supported by a serious intention to recover from gambling addiction, because a serious intention is the beginning of the healing process.

[Dewi Aries]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

I experienced this, indeed I gamble every weekend, even with the limits I set for gambling, including the budget and time for gambling. and yes, I keep my gambling activities a secret from my family, because I have my own reasons for that, also I don't want my family to be disappointed with this habit that I do, and it's true that those who know about my gambling activities are my close friends. but I don't know whether he will tell my family about the gambling I did, if he did tell my family about the gambling I did then I won't blame him, because it was my fault too. but here I can still control myself until everything is fine.

Besides, I gamble with money that I earn myself, so I think it's fine as long as it doesn't harm other people, so I will do it if this is a way for me to have fun. even though my family knows I might still do it because I feel that what I am doing is not harming them. If the gambling I do is detrimental to them then I will do research to stop gambling, but everything is fine. so I don't think it's a problem.

[Shamm]

Once the addict is incapable of helping himself, it is always the direct family member, a brother or sister who would always wanna be with him. When it's your blood, you would also not give up on them. That's the bond between brothers and sisters. Especially the parents, they are always going to be there regardless of how bad the situation of the son is, the mother and father could not afford to abandon him.

Agree with this mate first people who can help an gambling addict is those people who are in their area it means those people around them such us siblings and friends but if a gambler is still young then parents is the one who can help to leave in the world of gambling cause parents are always want to help on Their children's if it will needed. Also ik real life we can say that gambler addict is one of the main thing he must have a discipline and dedication so that they can leave. But if gambler don't have that then no one can change him or her.

[decodx]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction?

It depends on the situation. If I believe his family and loved ones would be supportive and helpful in his recovery, then yes, I would recommend confiding in them and seeking their help.

Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Yes, I believe family support can be helpful, but again, it depends on the advice given. Most people lack the training to deal with addiction issues effectively. This is precisely why there are professionals and medical personnel who specialize in helping people overcome addiction.

I don't think this forum can offer the most definitive answer on overcoming gambling addiction, as there might not be someone with firsthand experience of recovery here.  Therefore, for serious gambling addiction, professional help is likely the most effective solution.

[HelliumZ]

Once the addict is incapable of helping himself, it is always the direct family member, a brother or sister who would always wanna be with him. When it's your blood, you would also not give up on them. That's the bond between brothers and sisters. Especially the parents, they are always going to be there regardless of how bad the situation of the son is, the mother and father could not afford to abandon him.

The blood ties that exist between members of a family cannot be found anywhere else, so no matter how much treatment a gambler receives elsewhere, he will not receive the treatment that family members receive anywhere else in the world. A family consists of parents, brothers, sisters, wife and children, so a gambler will never feel alone and everyone will be there for him in times of trouble. Treat a gambler to a drug rehab centerNo matter how much treatment he gets from his family, he will not get that much treatment from the rehab or drug treatment center. So I think for now family support and friendly use of family members for a gambling addict gambler must play the best and most effective role in curing his gambling addiction.

[gabbie2010]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

The best thing is to inform a very close confidant and relation of an addicted gambler before things get out of hand, we all knew the consequences of being addicted to gambling thus "a stitch in tme saves nine" and I believe some close relatives of an addicted gambler knew some of the right steps to be taken to salvage such a gambler from their bad habit or situation,  unfortunately some of them kept their gambling activities such that it might be very difficult to aware of it, online gambling site had also contributed to this problem unlike gambling in a physical shop where  such a gambler can easily be taken care of.

[uneng]

In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help?

If the addicted friend has family members who love and care for him genuinely, I think it's right to tell them what is going on with the addicted person. This way you will bring enlightenment to them, ceasing the confusion and affliction of not understanding why the addicted gambler is acting in strange manners, probably away from the family, aggressive, unstable, introspective.

Everyone in such situation would like someone could bring important informations to them in order to find the truth behind those behaviors, so they can start thinking about potential solutions for the addiction issue. I believe if it was the opposite, I would like someone to share with me why a family member of mine was acting like that as well, so why wouldn't I do this for others too?

Every support from close people are valid, although the cure can only come from the person himself. That is, he must really wish to get rid of his addiction for his own good. When it happens, then the support from family and friends is effective.

[GideonGono]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Anyone could help them or give them advice, but the most important thing is that they are also willing to help their self.
Because no matter what we do or say if they don't want to stop or at least lessen their addiction then it is all just for nothing, in the end we are the only ones who would be drained by giving advice or helping them out.
The best way or most effective way that I could think of to cut them out from their addiction is by not helping them or letting them face the consequence of their action.

[boty]

Once the addict is incapable of helping himself, it is always the direct family member, a brother or sister who would always wanna be with him. When it's your blood, you would also not give up on them. That's the bond between brothers and sisters. Especially the parents, they are always going to be there regardless of how bad the situation of the son is, the mother and father could not afford to abandon him.

The blood ties that exist between members of a family cannot be found anywhere else, so no matter how much treatment a gambler receives elsewhere, he will not receive the treatment that family members receive anywhere else in the world. A family consists of parents, brothers, sisters, wife and children, so a gambler will never feel alone and everyone will be there for him in times of trouble. Treat a gambler to a drug rehab centerNo matter how much treatment he gets from his family, he will not get that much treatment from the rehab or drug treatment center. So I think for now family support and friendly use of family members for a gambling addict gambler must play the best and most effective role in curing his gambling addiction.

I think the role of family members in treating addiction is very small if an addict does not want themselves to get rid of their gambling habit and if they do not want to get rid of their gambling habit of course it is impossible for them to get rid of their gambling habit and if they are a gambling addict they are taken to a place In rehabilitation, of course they will be taught things that are not related to gambling and I think this will be able to eliminate this habit if they do not return to the gambling environment, because if they return to that environment of course they will again have the desire to gamble.

[Zanab247]

 I guess family members can solve it easily if the gambler friends involve them but the person that is addicted to gambling will not allow his friends to inform his family members because, he knows that he will go through a lot of insults from the family members and the respect they use to give to him will be reduce totally in the family.

If the gambler that is addicted is still under his parents, I guess it will be very easy to help the gambler to eliminate that habit because, they will use all the parents power to ensure he will never come close to gambling until he become a married man or woman before he can think of gambling.

[ethereumhunter]

Yes, that will be a good idea to tells their loved ones or their family about their gambling addiction so their family can helps them to cured their addiction. But that depends on them because some of them can say to us not to tells to their family because they feels not right about their gambling addiction and they don't wants their family knows about their habits. The advice of loves ones can helps people who had gambling addiction to cure their addiction so they will wants to comes to the rehabilitation. The addicted to gambling will feels the supported from their family and that can gives them power to follow every step from the rehabilitation until their cure their gambling addiction.

[EluguHcman]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Two things would be involved for the gambling addict not revealing his gambling life to his family which would either be that he has not been in good terms with his family that could bring that comfortability of sharing each others problems to each orhers or could be that he has respect or fear for him family which he thinks of letting them know but does not find it advisable in letting them know.

So in such cases, firstly I Will be concerned to know the state of relationship between the addicted gambling friend and his family before taking an action so that I don't get things worsen for him or even so he doesn't feel disappointed of me for revealing his secret addictions.
So the response of him about the closure or distance relationship with his family would determine if I would let the family know about it or I should die it to their awareness while I find other means on how I can help him out.

[Jaycoinz]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

The effect of gambling affects almost everyone that around the person so it's okay to say that family members of an addicted person will definitely look for a way to find out things that will aid the gamblers especially if they care for the person and in the case of the person being seriously affected there would be no way he or she can hide his addiction because I know very well it will reach to a stage when he will start borrow or selling properties of people around them.

[Su-asa]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

I have a close friend who is  addicted gambler. I have seen in his case that he never shares gambling related matters with anyone except me. His reason for not sharing this is because he doesn't want anyone to know about his bet. He thinks he should be neglected if anyone else finds out about his gambling affairs. Moreover, if you tell someone in the family about gambling, there will be various kinds of pressure on him. If he wants then he will not get chance to gamble normally. His ideas are not unreasonable because gambling is seen everywhere in a negative light. But if the family members simply accept him and try to understand him then I think he will get rid of his addiction to some extent.

Some people are just like that, they hate to tell others about their gambling life, not only their families though, they those people can keep secrets from everyone around them. Sometimes the only things that's not too much about them is what they try to tell their close friend meanwhile there are more that's hidden. However these set of people hides something from people for a reason, they might not be right always but as they hide things from people even when they are making mistakes people will also not know because they don't understand the kind of life style they keep.

[Mahanton]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

If you've seen that your friend is already doing things on which it is really that getting out of control on where it do comes into a point that he's already getting up some loan into his classmates
or trying out to sell some of his things just for him to gamble or having the capital or bankroll? Then it would really be just that ethical or it is really just that right that you should really be telling his parents about on the things that he's been doing.Just dont make yourself that admit to your friend that you have told his parents because this would really be creating some conflict on which we know that this is something that we dont
really like to happen specially if its our best friend and we are really just that showing up some concern because if you are really that letting him on doing the things that he do want then
sooner or later he would really be messing up his life.

It might not really be something that a sure or guaranteed thing that it could solve out the issues because parents or loved ones could really be just that easily rejected or not to be heard
off by someone whose addicted to gambling but its not really that something bad to try up.

[alegotardo]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Family support is essential for the treatment of a person suffering from any type of addiction and the process of deconstructing this addiction and developing healthier habits is long and usually awakens many negative emotions.
Compulsion, for example, can be linked to a belief developed after a painful experience and loved ones can show support in different ways, such as:

• Cut access to gambling, whether physical or online;
• Participate in stimulating activities, such as physical activities and hobbies, with the compulsive person;
• Listen without making judgments;
• Do not gratify behaviors that intensify addiction;
• Avoid aggressive reprimands, but make it clear which behaviors are appropriate;
• Help the compulsive person plan their financial life to pay off debts;
• Don't give easy solutions, like lending money. You can do this occasionally, but it is ideal to encourage the person to solve their problem on their own, and;
• Accompany the person to treatments.

Family therapy can also be helpful since compulsions often affect family dynamics.

But the family also needs help, because in cases where the person addicted to gaming uses the family's financial resources to maintain the addiction, for example, visiting a psychologist can help loved ones develop strategies to deal with the situation.

The family, in addition to being patient, needs to encourage the person to seek urgent psychological care to avoid prolonging the relapse.

[RockBell]

Once the addict is incapable of helping himself, it is always the direct family member, a brother or sister who would always wanna be with him. When it's your blood, you would also not give up on them. That's the bond between brothers and sisters. Especially the parents, they are always going to be there regardless of how bad the situation of the son is, the mother and father could not afford to abandon him.

A lot of people find it difficult to help their self only a few people will see that they can help themselves, the best thing that can happen is that when things are getting out of hand then they can help the person through the therapy section and also get them a job so that when they are busy they won't even have the time to gamble their attention will be on there work addiction have ruined a lot of people so the earlier it is attended too, I have heard of stories of people even selling their property to gamble that is the extent that gambling addiction can drive you to. let us watch our family members closely, especially the ones that gamble to know whether they need help or not, so that it does not even get to the extent of them committing suicide. family will always be family and they will always have our back.

[Zadicar]

Once the addict is incapable of helping himself, it is always the direct family member, a brother or sister who would always wanna be with him. When it's your blood, you would also not give up on them. That's the bond between brothers and sisters. Especially the parents, they are always going to be there regardless of how bad the situation of the son is, the mother and father could not afford to abandon him.

A lot of people find it difficult to help their self only a few people will see that they can help themselves, the best thing that can happen is that when things are getting out of hand then they can help the person through the therapy section and also get them a job so that when they are busy they won't even have the time to gamble their attention will be on there work addiction have ruined a lot of people so the earlier it is attended too, I have heard of stories of people even selling their property to gamble that is the extent that gambling addiction can drive you to. let us watch our family members closely, especially the ones that gamble to know whether they need help or not, so that it does not even get to the extent of them committing suicide. family will always be family and they will always have our back.

As a friend then the best thing to be done is to tell your friend on having that kind of moderation in regarding into this gambling activity on which you've seen already that it is really making out such
huge impact into him and if the time comes that he doesnt listen out then it would really be just that right that you should really be that telling his parents about the things that they've been doing.
Just like been said that this might be not a solution but at least his/her family do really knows that he's involved to gambling. This isnt something that too bad on going into someones life or trying to
get involvement but since we are really that in concern with our friend then it would really be just that right that we would really be having that kind of decisions on which telling his/her parents
is something that would be a viable thing to be done.

[Queentoshi]

Can the advice of loved ones even help?

Some family members may never understand and may act aggressively if they find out that you are a gambling addict. Gambling can be considered an abomination to many people who do not really understand it. To other family members who understand this, they may be able to offer useful advice without criticism. They may even be extra helpful to the extent of helping you get quality help from a professional or from a professional institute.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction?

People most times tend to review their deepest secret to people they relate with the most or have the most person-to-person connection with, and  unfortunately friends happens to be the people some relate with the most more than their family members. So in regards to this question given above, I will say that the degree to which one is addicted to gambling will determine if you should review it to his family member or not, because if he/she has gone to the level whereby he can't see a penny and then go rush to gamble it, then his family members deserve to know about it, so that he/she can be treated immediately. But if he/she is still at a beginning stage where common advise and abstinence could provide solution to it, then it's better kept to oneself and you advice him as a friend.

Can the advice of loved ones even help?

Yes and No, I said Yes in the sense that if such individual has a deep connection and respect to his family members, then their advice is likely to help. And I also said "NO" in the sense that if that same individual is the type who do not respect his/her family members, then he/she is likely not to take their advice seriously.

What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction?

There is no effective way for recovery gambling addiction, because what works for Mr. A, may not work for Mr. B, hence, applying all measure will be the best solution to a gambling addiction.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

It all depends on the kind of ties that exists between the members of the family and the gambler also involved with addiction, at least to an extent, I've seen some family members always responsible for each other regardless of the conditions of what may be, while some exist individually on their own and bear the cause to what they have put their life through by themselves, it also depends if the gambler is willing to adhere on every instructions the members of the family had already advised and permit them to interfere into his affairs with gambling.

[carlfebz2]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

It all depends on the kind of ties that exists between the members of the family and the gambler also involved with addiction, at least to an extent, I've seen some family members always responsible for each other regardless of the conditions of what may be, while some exist individually on their own and bear the cause to what they have put their life through by themselves, it also depends if the gambler is willing to adhere on every instructions the members of the family had already advised and permit them to interfere into his affairs with gambling.

I agree to this on which there are really indeed members who are really that something that mindful about other family members when it comes to the conditions that they are into on which there are ones who dont really care on whats happening around inside the family or simply they dont really just that care. Parenting or how your father and mother raises you up will really be having that kind of influence basing up on how you do place up yourself in speaking about role inside the family. There are ones who are really that close to each other and once there are problem then they would really be tending to resolve it together
and there are those families on which they dont really care about into those family members on whats happening into them not until that it would comes worst.
We've seen this situation do really be that have of different approach into each members.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? [b]Can the advice of loved ones even help?[/b] What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

It totally depends on an individual. You know, we are all wired differently, and for that reason, there are some people who don't even give a fuck about their loved ones's advice, but some people do take advice from their family members and, relatives whom they love and respect. So, in some situations, someone could be an addicted gambler, but the family of that person is not aware. If I happen to be a friend to such an addicted gambler, I would first of all find out about the background of that person; if there is any of his loved ones whom the addict is very loyal and obedient to, then I will have to discuss with the person to let him or her know that their niece, nephew, or cousin is in danger of gambling addiction. It is my friend I'm trying to help here, so I would not hesitate to do anything I knew would be useful. One effective way to go about addiction is to let the addict know that what they are doing is wrong.

[salad daging]

It is better to tell your family than to keep it a secret even if your close friends know whether they will obey you. Of course not, usually people will obey their loved ones, so the addiction may be overcome by their family even if it is slowly.

Or even help the family to go to a professional for example to a psychologist they might take him there instead of letting the family continue to be addicted.

There is a reason behind why we keep gambling a secret from the family because it is sure to oppose it, maybe he himself does not want a fuss with the family so it is kept secret, I think this still happens a lot even though close friends around him already know.

[acroman08]

In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

I'd talk to the close friend first about their addiction and I am gonna be blunt about it, addiction doesn't doesn't just affect the person who is addicted, it can also affect the people around that person. if talking to the close friend doesn't work, then it might be good to involve their loved ones, sometimes addicted people just need a little push and support from people who are close to them in order for them to realize what situation they are in.

[Hispo]

... In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Sure. If I happened to be in the situation of knowing some friend of mine is suffering because he has caught addiction for gambling, then the first thing I would try to suggest to him would be to slowly open up himself to his family and loved ones about his problem with gambling and betting. I believe talking about our problems is actually the first step we need to take in order for us to start working on them. One is not necessarily supposed to work alone on them, specially if there are other who truly care about our wellbeing.

After the person struggling with addiction opens to the family, it would be even better to see if it is possible to seek for professional help for him, some psychologist and also psychiatrist. It is easy to say that family can help at first to someone in that position, but support from a caring family needs to be also accompanied of the support of someone how has treated people in his position before.

[swogerino]

Can the advice of loved ones even help?

Some family members may never understand and may act aggressively if they find out that you are a gambling addict. Gambling can be considered an abomination to many people who do not really understand it. To other family members who understand this, they may be able to offer useful advice without criticism. They may even be extra helpful to the extent of helping you get quality help from a professional or from a professional institute.

Yes it really depends on how the family members will react.I think though most families will support their family member who is having a problem and most likely will help them to get through their problem,in this specific case one of the biggest one the gambling addiction.The help of the family and support from family members can be a really big boost at least to me personally would be a really big boost so I can try and fight harder to stop gambling addiction,in the worse case when you have a family behind you that supports you in any situation you maybe there is not much that cannot be achieved,including to stop gambling addiction.

[Juse14]

I don't know what the reasons are behind someone trying to hide their gambling activities from their family. Maybe because his gambling activities are often considered bad and detrimental, so when his family finds out about his gambling activities, he is worried that these activities could damage harmony in the family. However, gambling addiction is very difficult to cure. Meanwhile, for someone to recover from their addiction, support from family, those closest to them and their loved ones is quite important for them to get. And as a friend who cares enough about him, to maintain harmony in his family, maybe before I tell his family about this problem, I myself will first try to wake him up from his gambling addiction. However, when the person is still not aware of his bad behavior in gambling, informing his family about this problem is the final step that I will take.

[shivansps]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Of course, close people should know about a person’s addiction. For example, if a husband suffers from gambling addiction, then the wife should know about it. Firstly, it is basic respect, and secondly, it is trust. Spouses must trust each other.
Another important point is that the sooner the spouse finds out, the sooner he can begin to help the spouse who has problems. Otherwise, it will still become obvious over time, but trust will disappear. Spouses can help each other get out of this problem. In my case, God helped me. I was in the deepest addiction, which destroyed my life and I myself could not cope with it.

[shivansps]

It is also easy to understand whether this is worth doing or not, you can do this in the following way: would you like your spouse, your very close person to hide any problem or addiction from you? I think not. Therefore, imagine yourself in his place and it will immediately become clear. The spouse should know about this

[Wiwo]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

First can  gambling addiction be hidden from family and close one's around us, because sometimes the activities of an addicts can not be hidden so it will be easy for the family to know about his gambling activities even before the friends unless if the family are not paying close attention to him or her.

And if the family does not come close to know and detect the addiction  spirit in their own siblings or spouse I don't think they will be able to help him to get out of it at any point in time so it better to keep it away from them and Contin with you personal efforts to help the friend.

[Issa56]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones.

Gambling addiction is not what you should be proud of, most addicted gamblers are always hiding it from their close once about their gambling problem, because they know most people will end up blaming them for their addiction, so they are always keeping it secret. But when you are addicted to gambling, you have to open up and seek for help from people, if you end up hiding it, you will keep on causing more problems for yourself.

The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends.

Even the close friends that knows about their gambling activities are also addicted gamblers just like them, if you are not a gambler like them, they will still hide their gambling activities from you. Most addicted gamblers don’t want people to know about their gambling activities.

[goaldigger]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

You have to respect your friend if he wants to keep it private, though if you really concern about your friend then you will talk to him and give your advice. What we can do for now is to keep telling them that gambling addiction is not ok, and its better for him to stop early or else worst case scenario might happen. Professional help is a big thing when it comes to solving the gambling addiction, encourage your friend to seek for this.

[DaNNy001]

Can the advice of loved ones even help?

Some family members may never understand and may act aggressively if they find out that you are a gambling addict. Gambling can be considered an abomination to many people who do not really understand it. To other family members who understand this, they may be able to offer useful advice without criticism. They may even be extra helpful to the extent of helping you get quality help from a professional or from a professional institute.

If the way the gambling is acting towards the urge to fulfill his gambling habits is beyond management then I believe even the family that shows no concern for the gambler will start to feel because the effect of addicted gambler is normally widespread to almost everyone close to him irrespective of how you term the act. For me I feel an addicted person should always be attended to and some family are not that observant of new characters of their relations because to identify an addict, it is better from early stages when the case is still manageable.

[rahmad2nd]

In fact, this is none of your business at all. however, you do not have the right to do so or tell the family of a friend who is addicted. however, this is related to issues of empathy and morals. unless your friend asks for help and a solution to solve the problem. If it were me, I would look, review and pay attention first before doing anything, including giving advice to my friends. At least if it has exceeded the limit, then I will try to approach it in a persuasive way. First identify the core problem, what makes my friend addicted.

Remember, in each case a person has a different initial root problem, regardless of excessive gambling activity. My job is just to give advice. that is, if he is a close friend of mine. It's important to know, not everyone will accept our advice even though it is for their own good. but if circumstances force me, especially if I know my friend's family well enough, maybe I will think about it and consider telling them. but the main point is not like that, yes the family can help someone's family get rid of their addiction, but it's not as simple as what we discussed.
The problem is with the gambler, is he willing to be given help? If yes, it requires strong determination and intention. even then, there are many who have to go through various methods to cure it. so, the point is not as simple as what we discuss in actual practice.

[erep]

Of course, close people should know about a person’s addiction. For example, if a husband suffers from gambling addiction, then the wife should know about it. Firstly, it is basic respect, and secondly, it is trust. Spouses must trust each other.
Another important point is that the sooner the spouse finds out, the sooner he can begin to help the spouse who has problems. Otherwise, it will still become obvious over time, but trust will disappear. Spouses can help each other get out of this problem. In my case, God helped me. I was in the deepest addiction, which destroyed my life and I myself could not cope with it.

I agree with the two points you mentioned, respect in relationships and trust, if we ignore these two things then the relationship will experience problems because both of them don't trust each other, so openness in any matter including gambling means you need to communicate with your partner and family because they will understand you and they are also involved in providing solutions when you are having problems and depression, start being honest with your partner then he will not forbid you to gamble but they will monitor the use of money for gambling and let your partner arrange the allocation for gambling so that you gamble with limited funds to prevent gambling addiction.

[Iroh]

The problems that could rise from addiction would tire even the family members of the person addicted if the person doesn’t seek help. The financial burden along with others issues could be overwhelming for everyone around. And that’s why it’s best to seek help anyway possible.

An addiction could only be hidden for a while. It would reveal itself in time to your friends and family and perhaps due to the addicts character and most importantly, financial difficulties.
If you’ve got a friend that’s addicted to gambling, it’s best you ask such a person to seek help and if that’s not forthcoming, you’ve got to notify the family. You alone cannot deal with the problems that is associated with a gambling addict.

[alastantiger]

Family is the primary support network of anyone and those don't having adequate support from their family will more likely than others end up addicted.

Genuine family support trumps any type of support that may be available for the addict. A gambling addict from a broken hope, divorced, single parent would have is very hard to receive that family support to fight their addiction. Just a parent can't do it alone. It requires the combined effort of the both parents as well as the rest of the family.

What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Using your time to find another activity that will make you happy.

To add , everyone has that thing that tickles that fancy, that lights up the fire within them. And they should not be restricted in going after it and searching for it with all of their soul. Football, playing a musical instrument, singing, dancing, swimming, creating art, teaching are some of those things. When a person hasn't discovered this they allow gambling occur that space and it becomes addictive. Finding that thing that makes you tick is one very potent way to go about gambling addiction through self-determination and the help of family.

[mirakal]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

The family and friends will be the strong support system of an addicted gambler, so yes it will be a great help for the gambler if his family is aware that he is going through a rough time in his life. Furthermore, it’s also vital for a gambler to admit first his addiction so that he will be able to receive help from his family and friends, otherwise, those genuine advices will end up useless because the gambler itself refused to accept it and apply it on himself.

Medical help from a medical practitioner is also crucial. Although the support form his own family can go a long way, but at the end of the day, the therapy session is what an addicted gambler can heal his addiction the most.

[serjent05]

In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction?

The family has the right to know the condition of their member.  As a friend and wanting to help an addicted friend, I will try my best to encourage him to get treated and if my friend don't heed my advice, I will tell his family about his gambling addiction.  I do not care whether my addicted friend will get angry or not, what matter is to get him treated as soon as possible.

Can the advice of loved ones even help?

This depends on the reaction of a gambling addict.  If the gambling addict response positively on the advice of his family then it really can help, but if the said person ignore his family's advice or concern, it simply show it does not.  So whether an advice of loved ones can help or not depends on the person involved.

What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

It is best to know the reason why a person got addicted to gambling.  Knowing the reason behind the addiction will lead to the right therapy or treatment of the person and will make the rehabilitation much faster.

[passwordnow]

What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Using your time to find another activity that will make you happy.

To add , everyone has that thing that tickles that fancy, that lights up the fire within them. And they should not be restricted in going after it and searching for it with all of their soul. Football, playing a musical instrument, singing, dancing, swimming, creating art, teaching are some of those things. When a person hasn't discovered this they allow gambling occur that space and it becomes addictive. Finding that thing that makes you tick is one very potent way to go about gambling addiction through self-determination and the help of family.

That's true and that has to be specific on what's going to make you happy. There are tons of activities and hobbies that you can do for you to find your happiness. If something isn't helpful to you and that's making you get closer to addiction, then you have to dispose them and make sure that you're not going to make it hard for you.

All it takes is the time that you're going to dedicate on it. With these hobbies or passions that you'll find that will certainly help you, make sure that they're all lovable to you and you've got the time that you'll spend on them to greatly convert your gambling time into that activity.
Otherwise, if you can't do it on your own then try to find some relaxation with your peers and do it with them. You get to enjoy and have sometime with them that will surely be memorable to you and might divert your attention wholly from gambling to another one.

[AmoreJaz]

The family and friends will be the strong support system of an addicted gambler, so yes it will be a great help for the gambler if his family is aware that he is going through a rough time in his life. Furthermore, it’s also vital for a gambler to admit first his addiction so that he will be able to receive help from his family and friends, otherwise, those genuine advices will end up useless because the gambler itself refused to accept it and apply it on himself.

Medical help from a medical practitioner is also crucial. Although the support form his own family can go a long way, but at the end of the day, the therapy session is what an addicted gambler can heal his addiction the most.

Let us put it this way, the family's support is also vital in this process of rehabilitation. The gambling addict should have at least someone to rely on if things go tough on him. That no matter what, he knows somebody is taking care of his welfare. Because like it or not, there would be times of lapses, and he needs to stop before he goes back to his old ways. Sometimes just being there for him would be a great help as they will feel secure that he can rely to someone if he needs someone to talk to. You don't need to agree or disagree with him, but just being companion while dealing his struggles would be more than enough to keep him going.

[Slow death]

In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction?

Yes, I think it is very right that a close friend of someone who is addicted should tell the relatives of that person who is addicted that he is addicted to gambling and should show proof to the relatives so that the relatives sit down with the addicted person and talk a lot about his future, which undergoes treatment with a doctor in hospitals dedicated to this purpose, if this addicted relative refuses to undergo treatment, then all family members must take radical measures which consist of going to court to complain so that the judge orders the addict to do so. treatment, if he refuses, then the judge could take severe measures such as ordering the addict to be taken by force and admitted to a clinic where he will not be able to leave until he is cured.

Can the advice of loved ones even help?

Yes, they can help, in most cases of addiction the addict never listens to anyone, which is why relatives are forced to take him to the clinic where he will be isolated and will only be cured. Unfortunately, it is necessary for families to reach this level because the addict will refuse treatment and may even disappear for a long time to avoid going to treatment, I have seen many cases of this type. when the addict has a family made up of people with a very low level of education, then in these cases the relatives will not be of much help because they will not know anything about what the addiction is like and how and where to treat it. Here in my country, addicts have a sad ending, which is death or prison because they didn't get help from their family early because the family has a low level of education, they don't know anything about what addiction is.

What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

getting people to spend more time on fun things in the real world and spend less time playing games. happy people don't get addicted

[oktana]

If your friend trusts you with the information and he tells you all about it, I don’t think it’s wise to tell his family about it. He actually put you above his family and you shouldn’t be blinded to that. And if the addiction is becoming intensive and you can clearly see that he needs external help, then discuss any solution that comes to mind with him because it’s also not proper if you go behind his back. But above all, he has to be willing to change, so when you bring up ideas, he doesn’t shut them down.

[Assface16678]

The family and friends will be the strong support system of an addicted gambler, so yes it will be a great help for the gambler if his family is aware that he is going through a rough time in his life. Furthermore, it’s also vital for a gambler to admit first his addiction so that he will be able to receive help from his family and friends, otherwise, those genuine advices will end up useless because the gambler itself refused to accept it and apply it on himself.

Medical help from a medical practitioner is also crucial. Although the support form his own family can go a long way, but at the end of the day, the therapy session is what an addicted gambler can heal his addiction the most.

Let us put it this way, the family's support is also vital in this process of rehabilitation. The gambling addict should have at least someone to rely on if things go tough on him. That no matter what, he knows somebody that someone is taking care of his welfare. Because like it or not, there would be times of lapses, and he needs to stop before he goes back to his old ways.

But let's also see the truth, or some sad reality, that some families are not open to this kind of topic, especially gambling, so for sure some of the families are not supporting their family members who are experiencing addiction; they even outcast that member. That's why it can also add to the stress and mental state of the addict. That's why I also want to have advocates who say that families should be able to support their family members at any cost when they are experiencing gambling addiction. In that way, they will be more open and support those family members in need. But truly, family support could be really helpful for those addicts; they will feel the support, and it will add to their desire to change even more and stop their addiction. I had known many people addicted to gambling who didn't receive family treatment; that's why they kept on playing just to relieve their sadness.

[SmartGold01]

It is no longer a new thing and is also not hidden when a family member turns into gambling addicts, no matter how he tried to hide it their parent must know, except those are not smart enough to know the behavior of their children. One good sign to know about gambling addicts is when they often complained about money either they don't have money or their salaries doesn't worth anything in their home. With this you should be able to know, while initially that same work what was they were using to sustain their families and loved once.
If you are that sensitive enough then you can call them to order to question them how they are spending and managing their funds, this same thing happened to a close relatives which we kept complaining about his money. An investigation was carried out that he is seriously addicted into gambling therefore the places he usual gambles was notified not allow him gamble anymore when he comes to place any bet, at some point he began to use someone and the information was leaked that he started using someone to gamble.

[Nrcewker]

Definitely family can help a gambling addict to get rid of the addiction. An addiction develops most of the time when the person is lonely, and there is no one there with whom he can share his feelings. So in this time, if you have support to spend time with, then definitely you can divert your mind and can reduce the addiction. Plan family outings and make the addicted person busy in other work. In this manner he will give less time to gambling and gradually the gambling addiction will also be decreased.

[angrybirdy]

It is no longer a new thing and is also not hidden when a family member turns into gambling addicts, no matter how he tried to hide it their parent must know, except those are not smart enough to know the behavior of their children. One good sign to know about gambling addicts is when they often complained about money either they don't have money or their salaries doesn't worth anything in their home. With this you should be able to know, while initially that same work what was they were using to sustain their families and loved once.
If you are that sensitive enough then you can call them to order to question them how they are spending and managing their funds, this same thing happened to a close relatives which we kept complaining about his money. An investigation was carried out that he is seriously addicted into gambling therefore the places he usual gambles was notified not allow him gamble anymore when he comes to place any bet, at some point he began to use someone and the information was leaked that he started using someone to gamble.

I know someone who has this exact experience before, actually he is not a minor anymore, he is at the right age and has a good job, but one time his parents noticed that his son seems to be problematic and there are times when he always locks himself in the room and does not go to work, the son excuses that He was on vacation leave, so the parents believed him, but one time, the parents were surprised because his son was asking for money because he had something important to use, which is weird because their son had never been like that, until they found out that the savings were being paid of their son was all consumed by gambling, the son tried to hide about his problem but his parents found out because they only live in the same house so only changes will really be noticed.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Definitely family can help a gambling addict to get rid of the addiction. An addiction develops most of the time when the person is lonely, and there is no one there with whom he can share his feelings. So in this time, if you have support to spend time with, then definitely you can divert your mind and can reduce the addiction. Plan family outings and make the addicted person busy in other work. In this manner he will give less time to gambling and gradually the gambling addiction will also be decreased.

I agree with your points. Spending time with family members can help you stay away from gambling addiction. But I think friends can play an important role here than family members. Because many times a person is addicted to gambling, but his family members are not always aware of this thing. But almost everyone shares these things with friends.

Most gamblers usually gamble with friends. Those who are more rich usually go to casinos, or now online gambling is also easy. But I have seen people around me, they prefer gambling online or gambling with friends. So if friends want they can easily get rid of any friendship addiction. The support of friends is very necessary.

Family support is essential. However, I have seen a few cases where, after families oppose gambling, they have a family feud. These things are very sensitive. Freeing an addict from addiction is not an easy task.

[pinggoki]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

The reason for why they're secretive about their addiction is because those same family members judge them for what they do instead of just trying to help them and supporting them in the case that they wanted to really change for the better. The most effective way is for a person to have other ways to be distracted other than gambling because most of the time, it's probably like that for them because they don't have a hobby that doesn't cause them money, find other ways to distract yourself could be a helpful thing but most of all, learn how to control yourself when it comes things that you're doing, it's possible to gamble without getting too much into it that you become addicted, becoming disciplined is actually the best thing that you can do when you don't want to be addicted to gambling.

Regarding the questions about helping your loved ones overcome your addiction, I think that will help a lot, having someone to talk to and helping your overcome that addiction is a really big help to that person because it helps you release and vent the frustrations and anger that so you're keeping inside you which leads to a catharsis that can help in your recovery especially if you're a gambling addict, having someone that you can talk while you're in a rehabilitation process is actually the biggest thing because you know that you've got someone that believes in you and that you'd be able to recover from that addiction and at the back of your mind, you don't want to disappoint that person.

[danherbias07]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Who else is going to help him when all those friends are not on his side or gone in the wind? Friends will leave you behind while family won't. Tell them because it will be easier to overcome addiction when you know to yourself that you've been honest about everything and know that someone will be there to help.

This is actually where it goes wrong because most gambling addicts like to just keep it a secret from their families. If they don't have any idea about the problem then how can they help to solve it? Pride and ego won't help, it will just be the wall to becoming better in the future. I always tell my wife about what is happening even my gambling activities and I can tell that she will be there when I am crossing the line and warn me to stop whatever I am doing.

[len01]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

not sure if anyone has answered my answer but in my opinion perhaps the main encouragement that can help a gambling addict leave his gambling is just his own family.
a family definitely doesn't want its family members to have a bad future, so whatever happens, the family will continue to help slowly cure their addiction and give them the best in the future.
but if you already don't tell your family, it's better as a friend or boyfriend, you should also slowly help him stop his gambling addiction in several ways, such as taking him to a psychology doctor to try to provide initial education and as a friend or girlfriend, after that you will definitely know what the next steps are.

several years ago I had become a very bad gambler, almost like an addict who had spent my savings and sold several valuables and finally a woman came along who helped me to get away from gambling slowly without having to rely on my family and that woman is now my wife.
In conclusion, anyone who really cares about gambling addicts can help them stop and get away from gambling slowly without having to rely on family, but it would be better if their own family helped them to stop gambling because the family's encouragement is stronger to provide encouragement.

[Pi-network314159]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

If a gambler don't want his parent or family to know about his addiction, I don't see any reason I will be in right position to explain more about it to there family members. because if my friend happens to hear such thing from his family members, he will try to know who told them about his addiction, and when they somehow told him it's you that told them, you have become an enermy to your friend. Mean while you where trying to solve his problem which he may never want you to be of help to him in what he does. I can't do such a thing. Of he decides to change, it is to his own detriment.

[Lida93]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

It's a common behavior of addicts to try to conceal their addictive attitude/behavior away from the knowledge of family but it's not something I'll encourage any addict to do because in everything in life family comes first even in a problematic phenomenon.

As a friend to a gambling addict and seeing that my gambling addict friend doesn't have that courage to make known his problem to his family and battling it on his own, being a good friend I should know that I can't help him more than his family members can even if I try to give all the help I possess it can't be compared to that of family. And when family come together to show support it makes the situation mild to handle as more hands has come on deck. And I am convinced that at the end my gambling addict friend will thank me for helping him reveal to his family what he was too shy and afraid to do.

[Bitcoin_people]

I think people who have a gambling addiction and are trying to keep it a secret from their family can certainly recover. Because if the family gives good advice to their child then surely they will accept it if the gambler takes that advice well. But there are many gamblers whose friends know exactly that he is a gambling addict but his family doesn't know that it would be better if they tell their family. And I think if any such addict person is in a family then that family will never prosper in future but the family will go to ruin for him. That is why a friend should inform his family if he is to be gay and take good advice. When a gambler becomes addicted, it would be better if he could be taken outside and given good criticism instead of being confined to the house but outside to hang out with the sisters. And when the gambler hangs out with friends and takes some good advice, he can still get out of gambling addiction.

[Wexnident]

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In some way maybe. But only when the level of addiction is pretty light. It's pretty easy to persuade someone at that point really, doesn't even have to be a family member. Even a random YT short that can make you self-realize how stupid you're acting can help. Deeper down? It needs more than words. Words don't necessarily get through someone who's addicted, so even if a bit of force is needed, that's really the only way you can effectively help imo.

There might be some cases where love and friendship and all that nice stuff can actually work, but most of those would probably be an outlier in most general cases. Each person and family has their own attitude so saying that it works on one means it works on another seems kind of a dumb comparison.

[Belarge]

I think people who have a gambling addiction and are trying to keep it a secret from their family can certainly recover. Because if the family gives good advice to their child then surely they will accept it if the gambler takes that advice well. But there are many gamblers whose friends know exactly that he is a gambling addict but his family doesn't know that it would be better if they tell their family. And I think if any such addict person is in a family then that family will never prosper in future but the family will go to ruin for him. That is why a friend should inform his family if he is to be gay and take good advice. When a gambler becomes addicted, it would be better if he could be taken outside and given good criticism instead of being confined to the house but outside to hang out with the sisters. And when the gambler hangs out with friends and takes some good advice, he can still get out of gambling addiction.

Get done what's right, we stick to having improvement in every sectors that seems to be promising. Gambling addictions have portrayed a bad picture on their users, I'll not back out from aiming for gigantic winnings. We make and follow advices that are helpful in the system. Gambling addiction is really a core incident that happen in the system and we always stick to findings because it's not accessible. Charity begins at home and we should be ready to acknowledge our mistakes and adhered to corrections.

[Zigabel]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Advice from loved ones can actually help an addict to quit especially if the loved one is someone so dare to them, they would want to make sure the person is still happy with them so they would want to listen to such person and probably quit or cut down on their habit, but then going to snitch on the gambler to his family members because you think help could come from there is actually not really proper because the gambler could have their reason why they kept their habit away form family and such decisions should be respected well enough.

I don't usually advice such instead I do suggest you get the Person to seek or get professional advice as that's always the best thing to do and not to just think family could help them and taking them directly to their family members just at once.

[bitbollo]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

I do not think family member can help. and it's not a problem.
because the help that family members can offer is different from that which can be given by people who are professionally trained to support in these situations.
everyone must have the role they are "designed" for....

[topbitcoin]

It can, it is still very doable because after all, the role of the closest person to provide a stimulus or encouragement of strength for an addict is clearly a very good thing because it is indeed a basic thing that must exist because with the support of the closest person, at least the addict does not feel alone in stopping gambling and feels that there is someone who is a whip of enthusiasm so that he stops faster.

But this kind of help is only a supporting role in this case because looking at the situation, we must realize that stopping gambling activities and treating gambling addiction must be based on the wishes of the gambler himself so that when there are still close people or family who support someone in treating addiction, it will not be useful in the end if the person given support is not serious about leaving gambling so that support to leave gambling only becomes a nonsense because the gambler himself does not expect this.

[Hirose UK]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Everything will depend on the character and attitude of the family or loved ones, if they really don't like gambling in any form and think gambling is very bad thing then telling the family is not the right thing.
Obviously this will cause new problems where disputes and hatred will arise from family members and loved ones and in the end we ourselves will be blamed because we indirectly told them.
As close friend, we must have a lot of consideration in what we are going to do, lest we become the trigger for the root of the problem between friend who is addicted to gambling and his entire family.
I myself would prefer to do it myself with several efforts such as advising, giving suggestions and also directing towards better path.
Even though it is difficult, if you are patient and continue to make these efforts properly, I sure that the addiction problem experienced by my friend can slowly be resolved.

It just that the role of the family is very important and can be very helpful, but again, if it can cause problems and complicate the situation then it is better not to tell the family.

[taufik123]

I do not think family member can help. and it's not a problem.
because the help that family members can offer is different from that which can be given by people who are professionally trained to support in these situations.
everyone must have the role they are "designed" for....

But I think family can help with emotional things and strengthen the addict to keep believing that he can quit his addiction.

People who experience mental problems like this need support from the closest people and then need some rehabilitation as a follow-up treatment.

Help from family about addiction problems like this is first aid so that the effects of addiction are not too severe.
We or anyone else should care more about our family and the environment.

[boyptc]

With social pressure nowadays, many are sharing their problems with their friends instead of their family. But if you are a problematic gamer and you are struggling badly, your family will be the one to help you without any reservation.

But again, going with the problem that is being shown in the society like this. They do not want to get close to their family because of it and some other reasons that they feel of being shamed by them.

In the end, whoever cheers you up, take those moments if it helps you.

[Taskford]

With social pressure nowadays, many are sharing their problems with their friends instead of their family. But if you are a problematic gamer and you are struggling badly, your family will be the one to help you without any reservation.

But again, going with the problem that is being shown in the society like this. They do not want to get close to their family because of it and some other reasons that they feel of being shamed by them.

In the end, whoever cheers you up, take those moments if it helps you.

Some are comfortable to share their problems with their friends since they think that this is easy way to escape their problem, but turns out something bad on them since not all of those people they told their issues is willing to help that's why some of them got into more worse situation and they came late to their family once they are suffering so much on those struggles they are facing on. If they just open this so early for sure they will not come on the point that they experience more hardship in life and they can get immediate help. Those bad mouthing and other unwanted words will just came at first or early stage since for sure they don't know what to react but next phase to that is your family will find an expert individual on health care sector that can help us get away or surpass those troubles we are on. We just need to be cooperative and for sure all challenges will surpass in no time if we are willing to change our self for betterment.

[Crypt0Gore]

They can help If they care, or add more to the problem, you heard me right, someone was addicted to gambling and I was helping him to open is eyes and his elder sister instead choose to make jokes out of him, telling him that he is always this useless.

This guy told me how he won some money few months back and the news get to his sister which later came to ask him for some money and he refused to gave her any, this was the cause, and now that he is losing and losing again, she instead decides to make jokes out of him.

There are many types of families, even the parents are not all the same, but an addicted person who really wants to be saved will always be the one to take the steps first, you can't change someone who doesn't want to be changed.

[zuzie]

It is true what you say that people who are addicted to gambling do not dare to be honest with their own family members for the reason that many of these family members will reject and prohibit gambling activities if they are discovered, so the addict remains closed off. perhaps about their gambling activities. And the addict will look for someone other than his family members to tell about his experiences because he thinks that is what is best for him, but whether his friends are able to keep the secret as well as possible is still uncertain.
Because other people will feel sorry if their friend gambles excessively and as good friends they will try to find a way to get the gambler to immediately wake up and stop.

[|MINER|]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

The truth is that if an addicted gambler does not bring that desire from within, no one in the world can stop him from gambling.  I think if the family pressures him to stop gambling I think the possibility of that would be less. Because it is not possible to force something to someone unless he wants it and this thing is addiction it is more dangerous dangerous think. However, family members can stop an addicted gambler from gambling by convincing them that the gambler must have his own will.

[macson]

sometimes there are things that you as a friend should just keep quiet about and not need to interfere too deeply with your friend's family. if he doesn't tell his parents about his gambling addiction problem, it means he is not ready to accept the consequences of his actions, and we as friends should just keep quiet or ask whether his parents should know about the problem. if he says that his parents don't need to know, just let him be. but things are different if it concerns us, for example he stole our smartphone or our money, and doesn't want to be responsible for it, then the best way is to tell his family to find a solution regarding the problem.

[bakasabo]

From point of view, family member are the first and most important people to help gambler with addiction. They are most close people addicted person. People whos opinion gambler would trust more. As well as they are first to notice troubles and they have only positive motives to help addicted person. Family members will help addicted person from heart and without a will to get any kind of benefits later. This relates not only to gambling actually. Family are the first to turn to when you have a trouble. Family are the ones who will not abandon in difficult times.

[ethereumhunter]

It is true what you say that people who are addicted to gambling do not dare to be honest with their own family members for the reason that many of these family members will reject and prohibit gambling activities if they are discovered, so the addict remains closed off. perhaps about their gambling activities. And the addict will look for someone other than his family members to tell about his experiences because he thinks that is what is best for him, but whether his friends are able to keep the secret as well as possible is still uncertain.
Because other people will feel sorry if their friend gambles excessively and as good friends they will try to find a way to get the gambler to immediately wake up and stop.

That's because if they honest with their own family members, their family members will say many things about their behavior and habits and even their family members can asks him to leave the family because of the bad impact to the other family. It's sad but that's the reality that happens in many family. If other family members can gives attentions to people who had gambling addiction and can talk carefully about their problems, the addicted  to gambling can be solved. The addicted to gambling will gets advice from the right people from their family so they will not gets trick from other people. The presence of the family can helps the addicted to gambling to start his rehabilitations and if their family members gives their support, that will be more power to the addicted to gambling and they will wants to do every process they must do.

[Jody.Drummer]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

I do not think family member can help. and it's not a problem.
because the help that family members can offer is different from that which can be given by people who are professionally trained to support in these situations.
everyone must have the role they are "designed" for....

But on the other hand I can't fully say that family members can't help at all or that means they can't have any influence on changing someone who is addicted to gambling, because they are the closest people to the addicted gambler who has a strong enough feeling of love and bond that I think any way that family members can at least melt the heart of a gambler to at least consider the advice given which leads to preventive action.

On the other hand, I also agree with your opinion and suggestion that there are other parties who can help cure someone who is addicted to gambling, such as professionals who already have quite high flying hours related to dealing with addiction problems like this, which means that maybe they know better about what should be done to help cure someone who is addicted and overall I think these two parties, namely family members and experts, still have the possibility to be able to influence change towards someone who is addicted to gambling.

[Dewi Aries]

It is true what you say that people who are addicted to gambling do not dare to be honest with their own family members for the reason that many of these family members will reject and prohibit gambling activities if they are discovered, so the addict remains closed off. perhaps about their gambling activities. And the addict will look for someone other than his family members to tell about his experiences because he thinks that is what is best for him, but whether his friends are able to keep the secret as well as possible is still uncertain.
Because other people will feel sorry if their friend gambles excessively and as good friends they will try to find a way to get the gambler to immediately wake up and stop.

That's because if they honest with their own family members, their family members will say many things about their behavior and habits and even their family members can asks him to leave the family because of the bad impact to the other family. It's sad but that's the reality that happens in many family. If other family members can gives attentions to people who had gambling addiction and can talk carefully about their problems, the addicted  to gambling can be solved. The addicted to gambling will gets advice from the right people from their family so they will not gets trick from other people. The presence of the family can helps the addicted to gambling to start his rehabilitations and if their family members gives their support, that will be more power to the addicted to gambling and they will wants to do every process they must do.

If for example their family does understand and know about the bad effects of gambling especially when someone has entered the addiction phase then yes I think what you said could happen where there is a possibility that their family will kick out the person who has been addicted because they are worried that in the end there will be a big problem that can have a bad impact on the family. I think it's a fact that some families don't want to bother responding to someone especially their family members who are addicted to gambling, usually they give advice and direction and if it's still done and there is still no change then usually your family will threaten you with the threat of expelling you and not recognizing you as a family member if for example you are still involved and cannot stop gambling, Because honestly I have one gambler friend who experienced this where he caused problems for his family such as many people suddenly collecting debts to his house and making his family, especially his parents, experience pressure due to having to pay a number of debts due to excessive gambling activities carried out by his son. It cannot be denied that indeed the family can have an influence on the change of an addict but only a few of the addicts can really be even though they have been given advice and attention.

[darkangel11]

The answer will depend on many factors like how close you are with that addict and his family, what are his family relations.
I'll give you two completely different situations to know what I mean. One is a person who has a wife and a small child and he tells her that he's with you watching movies or drinking beer but he really goes to a casino and gambles. You'd feel bad that he's lying to them involving you in this. If The wife ever asked I wouldn't cover for him.
On the other hand you could have a friend who does well in gambling, makes money, this is one way for him to earn anything on the side, he depends on it. If his parents found out they'd kick him out of the house. I wouldn't tell them because that would make his live even harder than it already is.

[Rruchi man]

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If a member of the family is a professional with helping people recover from addiction, they can help. But since addiction is a serious issue, unprofessionals  may never be able to help.

Family can help you with moral support, if you have taken a decision to help yourself, they can motivate you and give you a reason to want to meet up with your target of unshackling yourself from addiction.

But before you discuss addiction with family, know the kind of family you are from, if you have a supportive family, it will be helpful, if your family is unsupportive, external sources will be the best to seek help.

[livingfree]

On the other hand, I also agree with your opinion and suggestion that there are other parties who can help cure someone who is addicted to gambling, such as professionals who already have quite high flying hours related to dealing with addiction problems like this, which means that maybe they know better about what should be done to help cure someone who is addicted and overall I think these two parties, namely family members and experts, still have the possibility to be able to influence change towards someone who is addicted to gambling.

If a family member's help or the entire family doesn't help that addicted gambler out of his addiction. That's what they have to do, to seek a professional help that have dealt with this problem for so many times.

All they have to do is to know the actions that they need to take so that it won't be offending to the gambler. Because many times did I saw that the addicted gamblers that were just being helped by whomever is helping them, they were not open to it.

So whether it is from a family member that helps you out and trying to bring you to a professional to seek help on how to get out of addiction in gambling, don't take it badly but look at it positively as they're concerned to you.

[Quidat]

On the other hand, I also agree with your opinion and suggestion that there are other parties who can help cure someone who is addicted to gambling, such as professionals who already have quite high flying hours related to dealing with addiction problems like this, which means that maybe they know better about what should be done to help cure someone who is addicted and overall I think these two parties, namely family members and experts, still have the possibility to be able to influence change towards someone who is addicted to gambling.

If a family member's help or the entire family doesn't help that addicted gambler out of his addiction. That's what they have to do, to seek a professional help that have dealt with this problem for so many times.

All they have to do is to know the actions that they need to take so that it won't be offending to the gambler. Because many times did I saw that the addicted gamblers that were just being helped by whomever is helping them, they were not open to it.

So whether it is from a family member that helps you out and trying to bring you to a professional to seek help on how to get out of addiction in gambling, don't take it badly but look at it positively as they're concerned to you.

Usually we cant really be able to blame up the other family members or the entire one on the time that they cant be able to help one of their members when it comes to addiction. Why?
We do know that its most likely that this individual would really be tending to be silent and private as much as he/she could even up into his family on which they would really be silent
on whatever the things that they've been dealing with on which this is really something that very common and this is why on the time that the family do knows or recognize some problems
on the time that those things becomes too obvious specially when it comes to behavior and some debt problems.

This is the time that the family would be taking up a course of action on the things that they would really be needing to do on which it would really be that a normal approach that they
would be helping out since its part of the family. We are longing for the betterment of everyone on which it is really just that a normal approach on having up this thing
rather than on making ourselves showing no interest on solving others problems.

[Wakate]

sometimes there are things that you as a friend should just keep quiet about and not need to interfere too deeply with your friend's family. if he doesn't tell his parents about his gambling addiction problem, it means he is not ready to accept the consequences of his actions, and we as friends should just keep quiet or ask whether his parents should know about the problem. if he says that his parents don't need to know, just let him be. but things are different if it concerns us, for example he stole our smartphone or our money, and doesn't want to be responsible for it, then the best way is to tell his family to find a solution regarding the problem.

Like you have explained, gambling problem has different level and we need to understand that not everything we need to disclose to other people because it is going to look like breach of trust. We to understand that anything we are doing or saying, we will be liable for it and that is why we shouldn't just talk anyhow especially when we know that it could lead to severe problem. It is always good to think first before we talk law into our hands. Not everything needs to be told and if it involves us we need to take it like and not escalate the matter. Gambling addiction can be very critical when the person involved is not ready to change at all. We need to keep trying and doing what we can to make sure we do the right thing.

[DaNNy001]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

I do not think family member can help. and it's not a problem.
because the help that family members can offer is different from that which can be given by people who are professionally trained to support in these situations.
everyone must have the role they are "designed" for....

Well the role of the family could be to address the issue of the addicted person by taking him directly to the expert that will examine and correct but if they leave him like that then I think the issue might escalate and one thing that's certain about the case of an addict is that almost everyone around him will eventually experience the negative effect of the addiction because. An addicted person is always doing crazy things that will lead to other people being affected.

[Casdinyard]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

There's a reason why people who are able to socialize or at least are able to communicate to their friends, families and loved ones don't fall so much on the gambling addiction traphole, so judging by this you could safely assume that when you gamble with the supervision or the access of your family and friends, you're almost always surefire to not be addicted to gambling.

and that also includes when you did get addicted to gambling and you start talking about it to you friends and families, they are the ones with the sound judgement and unclouded logic, so of course they'd be able to offer you sound advices and smart opinions that could help steer you towards the right path to recovery, if they think you're far gone that simply telling you what to do wouldn't work anymore, they could put you up for rehab if they think you would need it. That's why I personally let all my closest friends and family members know when I'm gambling, not to brag or to reel them in but to just have that peace of mind knowing that when I lose my way, pretty sure at least one of them's gonna have to pull me back out.

[Renampun]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Consistent emotional support or encouragement has a big impact on someone's recovery from whatever type of addiction they suffer from, and usually everyone will have the intention to change when their heart is touched slowly by someone they respect or care about.

Don't immediately judge because usually those who are addicted really hate being judged, help them find a way out of the addiction they are experiencing, indeed the duration of recovery for each person is different, what we need to do is remain consistent and sincerely accompany close relatives who are addicted (especially those who are addicted to gambling).

[yazher]

Yes! They can and this is only possible because of how strong their relations are and how they were raised by their parents also countries and cultures are important as well because others are raised independently without getting any help from their siblings or any member of their families since it was not their norm and they sadly ended up homeless because asking help from their family members are impossible. But most countries are not like that like in our families where when one is in serious trouble, there is always someone who helps them from the family and no one will ever left alone no matter what he is currently going through whether drug or gambling addictions.

[livingfree]

If a family member's help or the entire family doesn't help that addicted gambler out of his addiction. That's what they have to do, to seek a professional help that have dealt with this problem for so many times.

All they have to do is to know the actions that they need to take so that it won't be offending to the gambler. Because many times did I saw that the addicted gamblers that were just being helped by whomever is helping them, they were not open to it.

So whether it is from a family member that helps you out and trying to bring you to a professional to seek help on how to get out of addiction in gambling, don't take it badly but look at it positively as they're concerned to you.

Usually we cant really be able to blame up the other family members or the entire one on the time that they cant be able to help one of their members when it comes to addiction. Why?
We do know that its most likely that this individual would really be tending to be silent and private as much as he/she could even up into his family on which they would really be silent
on whatever the things that they've been dealing with on which this is really something that very common and this is why on the time that the family do knows or recognize some problems
on the time that those things becomes too obvious specially when it comes to behavior and some debt problems.

This is the time that the family would be taking up a course of action on the things that they would really be needing to do on which it would really be that a normal approach that they
would be helping out since its part of the family. We are longing for the betterment of everyone on which it is really just that a normal approach on having up this thing
rather than on making ourselves showing no interest on solving others problems.

The blame should be on the gambler and not to the family members that can't help you or if they are trying but it's not enough. First things first is that the gambler that has become addicted is at his own fault.

If it's not for him then there shouldn't be any help that should come to him because in the first place, he's not addicted.

But then, as the situation changes and he's become addicted. That's how it is going to be that he'd seek help from anyone who think he can help and if the family member's are directing him to seek professional help, he can't blame them for doing so.

[SatoPrincess]

I believe support from family and friends go a long way in helping an addict recover from his addiction. No bond is greater than that of Family. Their words of encouragement will be the motivation for the person to want to beat his addiction. It will be more difficult for someone to recover without the support of family and friends. Even if you have a support group you visit weekly, the people you live with and look up to have a huge influence on your progress.

[danherbias07]

I don't try to play the hero when someone I know is addicted as long as I'm not personally bothered. If he owes me a significant amount of money and he struggles to pay then I can consider seeking the help of his family. That is probably the time that I would also tell about his gambling activities. Would they be able to help? I don't know.

I think they will, or they should. Family bonds are strong and even their worst kids will be helped by their parents. I've seen it recently and I am so mad that they are still protecting him despite what he has done. $1000 gone in just a week or maybe less through gambling. It's my brother in law that has done a terrible thing, all his brothers and sisters are mad at what he has done because they will be the ones paying for all the money he borrowed from different people and that includes the motorcycle being pawned.
I am a parent so I understood what they are trying to do, but still when this kind of shit happens over and over again, something must be done. Yet, they are spoiling him and just letting it slide like nothing happened. I won't be that kind of parent. Something must happen because I believe he will repeat it if he knows he can escape one more time without hearing anything or being punished.

[Docnaster]

I believe support from family and friends go a long way in helping an addict recover from his addiction. No bond is greater than that of Family. Their words of encouragement will be the motivation for the person to want to beat his addiction. It will be more difficult for someone to recover without the support of family and friends. Even if you have a support group you visit weekly, the people you live with and look up to have a huge influence on your progress.

Without doubt, support from family members and friends of an addicted gambler truly goes a long way to help him stop his gambling addiction but such helps will definitely amount to nothing if the addicted gambler have not made up his mind to stop gambling. Gambling addiction I'll always say is one of the worst things that can happen to any individual but there's no way an addicted gambler can stop gambling when he's yet to accept that his addiction is a bad condition that must be stopped. So if you happen to be a friend or relative of an addicted gambler, the first step to take in helping him stop his gambling addiction is to make him see reasons why gambling addiction is absolutely bad for his personal life and how it can negatively affect those around him. Then when he's finally convinced and decides to stop his addiction, other necessary steps that can help stop his addiction can be follow suit.

[Saisher]

 Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

It helps, families have a special bond not only on blood but also on their feelings so if there are people who can help the gambling addict it should be the family, the reputation of the family is always at stake when one of its members is astray so members of the family will help together to get the member of the family at the right path.

The best way to cure addiction is only through rehabilitation, but rehabilitation will not succeed if the family does not support the member in the process of healing.

[Yatsan]

Absolutely, especially with agambler's morale to make things better for oneself. Reminders, limiting his exposure to gambling activities, and such.  Perhaps with sibling relationship, they could bond to lessen a gambler's compulsion to gamble. Most of us here are gambling to pass time right? It is where things originated aside from the desire of becoming rich from this industry. So I guess having another alternative thing to do, will also help. Another is influencing a gambler's mindset that losing is more certain in gambling if you'd be engaging most of the time given how luck plays in this activity. Last but the biggest I guess is convincing a gambler to seek professional help which he wouldn't always have initiative doing so. A family would be a huge help given that an environment is where an individual lives, however, it will still depend on the person whether he would be eager to change for the better.

I don't try to play the hero when someone I know is addicted as long as I'm not personally bothered. If he owes me a significant amount of money and he struggles to pay then I can consider seeking the help of his family. That is probably the time that I would also tell about his gambling activities. Would they be able to help? I don't know.

I think they will, or they should. Family bonds are strong and even their worst kids will be helped by their parents. I've seen it recently and I am so mad that they are still protecting him despite what he has done. $1000 gone in just a week or maybe less through gambling. It's my brother in law that has done a terrible thing, all his brothers and sisters are mad at what he has done because they will be the ones paying for all the money he borrowed from different people and that includes the motorcycle being pawned.

They will naturally help of course but the point I am also getting at is will they be able to effectively help change a gambling addict? That is what I don't know. They can assist him financially as proven by your example but that may still not stop him. A person can have all the support and the encouragement from friends and family but it is ultimately him who can change himself.

Won't be with one sided effort. If the family of a gambling addict will be the only one to encourage and do things on his case, then nothing will change. A gambler needs the change therefore he should also exert effort for his own. Effectivity would depend on how a gambler and people around him will do. There are also times a gambling addict manages to break addiction just on his own which is better to not worry your family.

[Accardo]

It's better not to talk when we are not asked. If you can, try to render the help without letting his family know. There are factors attributed to this, in recent times, people trust their wards more than outsiders. Imagine telling his parents and he's asked right in front of you, and he denies he never told you that or the fact he's a gambler in the first instance. You'd lose his trust for you, and he'd never trust anybody with his gambling habit. Hence, he could end up suffering worse pains as an addict. He'll also tighten up his behaviors such that no one in his family will figure out any behavioral change that could make them believe the truth.

The opportune person to help the addict is the one he talked to about his addiction. He didn't say this to his parents for some reason, like not wanting to get them worried or break their hearts. So, opening up to you means he trusts you and thinks within him that you're the right person to drag him out of addiction. A simple advice or conversation would do, in saving the addicted victim. Friends should value whatever information is handed out to them by another friend, it could be confidential. Some act as this could seem like a betrayal to the victim. And he'd never trust us with any vital information regarding his mental or emotional health.

[wxa7115]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Of course you have to tell their family members, being a good friend is not only partying together and having a good time, sometime you need to take difficult decisions that may put a strain on your friendship or even destroy it, and this is one of those cases.

If one of your friends is suffering from an addiction you need to try to help them, and one of the easiest ways to do this is by involving their family, now your friend may even hate you because of it, but even if that is the case you did the right thing by telling their family the truth.

[Outhue]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Of course you have to tell their family members, being a good friend is not only partying together and having a good time, sometime you need to take difficult decisions that may put a strain on your friendship or even destroy it, and this is one of those cases.

If one of your friends is suffering from an addiction you need to try to help them, and one of the easiest ways to do this is by involving their family, now your friend may even hate you because of it, but even if that is the case you did the right thing by telling their family the truth.

Just because they are your family doesn't mean we should address them as loved ones, if he can open up to his friends and not his family, there is more that you dont know about your friend and his families.

Think about it, aren't we supposed to be more opened to our so called loved ones than friends? The connection we always have within thr family is always stronger than the ones we have with friends, because blood will always be blood.

Someone you can address as your blood is different from someone who isn't in any way a part of your family, so if I feel reluctant to say anything to my family and instead I open up to my friends then, it's possible that I am not in good terms with my family, or I fear that they will want to shame me instead of helping me.

[Jody.Drummer]

On the other hand, I also agree with your opinion and suggestion that there are other parties who can help cure someone who is addicted to gambling, such as professionals who already have quite high flying hours related to dealing with addiction problems like this, which means that maybe they know better about what should be done to help cure someone who is addicted and overall I think these two parties, namely family members and experts, still have the possibility to be able to influence change towards someone who is addicted to gambling.

If a family member's help or the entire family doesn't help that addicted gambler out of his addiction. That's what they have to do, to seek a professional help that have dealt with this problem for so many times.

All they have to do is to know the actions that they need to take so that it won't be offending to the gambler. Because many times did I saw that the addicted gamblers that were just being helped by whomever is helping them, they were not open to it.

So whether it is from a family member that helps you out and trying to bring you to a professional to seek help on how to get out of addiction in gambling, don't take it badly but look at it positively as they're concerned to you.

Yes, maybe the scenario can be like that where the first step they can rely on their family or closest family members to help overcome their addiction problems in various ways that can be done and that make sense to do and as you said that if it turns out that support from the family has absolutely no effect or only a little effect then the next yes the family can ask for help from professionals to help continue the support stage for the healing process.

True, that indeed helping to deal with addiction problems suffered by others whoever it is requires caution - caution and steps that are not arbitrary, Because yes, as you say here that sometimes we can give advice and direction that is not appropriate or means that it is not time to enter into such advice and direction which allows them to feel offended by your words especially if for example they are one of the people who are quite sensitive where what you say is true that they can become not open about the addiction problems they experience, so of course supporting, giving direction with the aim of helping the process of change requires caution and considered steps.

[OceanBit]

Telling your friend's loved ones is a big step and should be approached carefully. Consider your relationship with both your friend and their family and how their family might react before deciding. If you think involving his family could provide support without causing more harm, it might be worth considering. Family support can make a big difference, but it depends on the situation. Encouraging your friend to seek professional help or attend support groups can also be helpful.

[junder]

Without doubt, support from family members and friends of an addicted gambler truly goes a long way to help him stop his gambling addiction but such helps will definitely amount to nothing if the addicted gambler have not made up his mind to stop gambling. Gambling addiction I'll always say is one of the worst things that can happen to any individual but there's no way an addicted gambler can stop gambling when he's yet to accept that his addiction is a bad condition that must be stopped.

It's possible that it can make them realize that the gambling they are doing is excessive, support alone might be difficult, sometimes they need to be criticized to make them realize it, because in my opinion criticizing them is the same as slapping them to make them realize it. I agree with you, indeed it will not help if the main perpetrators who are addicted to gambling have no intention of stopping gambling, even if they stop it by force, perhaps what will happen is not conscious but there will be a conflict between the main perpetrators and the person giving advice. or directions.

Gambling addiction is a serious problem because it can destroy our survival, and also when we become addicted to gambling it will be difficult to recover from the addiction. What you say is true is that someone who is addicted to gambling will not be able to easily realize it if they themselves are not aware. what they do is a problem that can make them miserable in the future. but maybe harsh criticism can make them aware, but even so, if it is done it can also invite conflict. We also have to be able to see the changing side of the addict, because when they are addicted to gambling they will become more stubborn individuals, and most likely they will not be able to accept advice or direction from other people. because they think what they are doing is right even though it is the wrong action.

[Gormicsta]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Another aspect to remember is that gambling addiction is a complicated subject, and it is not always simple for the person suffering from it to identify that they have a problem. So, even if you tell your buddy about the issues you have, they may not be ready to hear them or acknowledge the situation. That may be very frustrating, and it's crucial to be patient and not take it individually if they're not ready to hear what you have to say. Even if your buddy admits they have a problem, it's still conceivable that they will relapse. Gambling addiction, like any other addiction, is typically accompanied by a lengthy and tough rehabilitation process.

[hyudien]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Another aspect to remember is that gambling addiction is a complicated subject, and it is not always simple for the person suffering from it to identify that they have a problem. So, even if you tell your buddy about the issues you have, they may not be ready to hear them or acknowledge the situation. That may be very frustrating, and it's crucial to be patient and not take it individually if they're not ready to hear what you have to say. Even if your buddy admits they have a problem, it's still conceivable that they will relapse. Gambling addiction, like any other addiction, is typically accompanied by a lengthy and tough rehabilitation process.

Talking about curing an addict is always a complicated discussion, because the problem does not lie with us helping them, but the problem lies with the addict himself. Usually an addict will not accept the fact that they are an addict, because maybe they also know that when they are labeled as an addict it is something negative that is attached to them.
I think we are the ones who have to be patient with them, in taking an emotional approach to a psychological approach so that they can accept the fact that they are addicts. If they already accept that, I think it will be easier, because they will most likely listen to what we say to them in the form of advice. We can create so that they can encourage themselves to get out of the problems they face. If it's like that, it will be easier to achieve what you want. However, this cannot be done in a short time, it will take a long time to really achieve this.

[zuzie]

It is true what you say that people who are addicted to gambling do not dare to be honest with their own family members for the reason that many of these family members will reject and prohibit gambling activities if they are discovered, so the addict remains closed off. perhaps about their gambling activities. And the addict will look for someone other than his family members to tell about his experiences because he thinks that is what is best for him, but whether his friends are able to keep the secret as well as possible is still uncertain.
Because other people will feel sorry if their friend gambles excessively and as good friends they will try to find a way to get the gambler to immediately wake up and stop.

That's because if they honest with their own family members, their family members will say many things about their behavior and habits and even their family members can asks him to leave the family because of the bad impact to the other family. It's sad but that's the reality that happens in many family. If other family members can gives attentions to people who had gambling addiction and can talk carefully about their problems, the addicted  to gambling can be solved. The addicted to gambling will gets advice from the right people from their family so they will not gets trick from other people. The presence of the family can helps the addicted to gambling to start his rehabilitations and if their family members gives their support, that will be more power to the addicted to gambling and they will wants to do every process they must do.

Yes, if family members already know about their gambling activities, then it is very likely that many family members will give advice so that the addict wants to stop and get out of the gambling circle. a good goal so that everyone does not experience suffering due to mistakes made by just one person.
Therefore, addicts are very careful in hiding their bad deeds from their own families. If addicts want to open up, I think maybe only a few addicts, but many addicts try to cover it up.

[Gheka]

It is true what you say that people who are addicted to gambling do not dare to be honest with their own family members for the reason that many of these family members will reject and prohibit gambling activities if they are discovered, so the addict remains closed off. perhaps about their gambling activities. And the addict will look for someone other than his family members to tell about his experiences because he thinks that is what is best for him, but whether his friends are able to keep the secret as well as possible is still uncertain.
Because other people will feel sorry if their friend gambles excessively and as good friends they will try to find a way to get the gambler to immediately wake up and stop.

That's because if they honest with their own family members, their family members will say many things about their behavior and habits and even their family members can asks him to leave the family because of the bad impact to the other family. It's sad but that's the reality that happens in many family. If other family members can gives attentions to people who had gambling addiction and can talk carefully about their problems, the addicted  to gambling can be solved. The addicted to gambling will gets advice from the right people from their family so they will not gets trick from other people. The presence of the family can helps the addicted to gambling to start his rehabilitations and if their family members gives their support, that will be more power to the addicted to gambling and they will wants to do every process they must do.

Yes, if family members already know about their gambling activities, then it is very likely that many family members will give advice so that the addict wants to stop and get out of the gambling circle. a good goal so that everyone does not experience suffering due to mistakes made by just one person.
Therefore, addicts are very careful in hiding their bad deeds from their own families. If addicts want to open up, I think maybe only a few addicts, but many addicts try to cover it up.

In terms of blood responsibilities, many families will have advice, but in a dispute and dissatisfaction with each other, they let the addict develop freely, and when the addict becomes more corrupt, the position of other members will be higher, therefore, also depending on the attitude and qualities that the gambling addict builds in the family, the family will have opposite reactions to that. In addition, high narcissism causes addicted gamblers to hide their emotions, and their families are sometimes abandoned through lies.

[Dewi Aries]

That's because if they honest with their own family members, their family members will say many things about their behavior and habits and even their family members can asks him to leave the family because of the bad impact to the other family. It's sad but that's the reality that happens in many family. If other family members can gives attentions to people who had gambling addiction and can talk carefully about their problems, the addicted  to gambling can be solved. The addicted to gambling will gets advice from the right people from their family so they will not gets trick from other people. The presence of the family can helps the addicted to gambling to start his rehabilitations and if their family members gives their support, that will be more power to the addicted to gambling and they will wants to do every process they must do.

Yes, if family members already know about their gambling activities, then it is very likely that many family members will give advice so that the addict wants to stop and get out of the gambling circle. a good goal so that everyone does not experience suffering due to mistakes made by just one person.
Therefore, addicts are very careful in hiding their bad deeds from their own families. If addicts want to open up, I think maybe only a few addicts, but many addicts try to cover it up.

Yes that's right, no matter how bad a person's family background is but still they will definitely put a strong concern for other members who experience gambling addiction problems, but I think it is quite rare for the family to know that their family members are addicted to gambling, because usually most addicts prefer to hide their bad habits from their family except maybe their closest friends and when gambling addicts do not get attention and supervision from the family then I think they will feel more free to do things out of control.

The inability and lack of courage in terms of telling family members that they have experienced addiction will make it even more difficult for them to get out of the addiction phase, they always hide it because they may be afraid of being angry by their parents but if for example a situation like this is still allowed then of course they have a high probability of facing worse impacts which also has the potential to affect other family members.

[slapper]

That's because if they honest with their own family members, their family members will say many things about their behavior and habits and even their family members can asks him to leave the family because of the bad impact to the other family. It's sad but that's the reality that happens in many family. If other family members can gives attentions to people who had gambling addiction and can talk carefully about their problems, the addicted  to gambling can be solved. The addicted to gambling will gets advice from the right people from their family so they will not gets trick from other people. The presence of the family can helps the addicted to gambling to start his rehabilitations and if their family members gives their support, that will be more power to the addicted to gambling and they will wants to do every process they must do.

Yes, if family members already know about their gambling activities, then it is very likely that many family members will give advice so that the addict wants to stop and get out of the gambling circle. a good goal so that everyone does not experience suffering due to mistakes made by just one person.
Therefore, addicts are very careful in hiding their bad deeds from their own families. If addicts want to open up, I think maybe only a few addicts, but many addicts try to cover it up.

Yes that's right, no matter how bad a person's family background is but still they will definitely put a strong concern for other members who experience gambling addiction problems, but I think it is quite rare for the family to know that their family members are addicted to gambling, because usually most addicts prefer to hide their bad habits from their family except maybe their closest friends and when gambling addicts do not get attention and supervision from the family then I think they will feel more free to do things out of control.

The inability and lack of courage in terms of telling family members that they have experienced addiction will make it even more difficult for them to get out of the addiction phase, they always hide it because they may be afraid of being angry by their parents but if for example a situation like this is still allowed then of course they have a high probability of facing worse impacts which also has the potential to affect other family members.

Family love is deep, despite its complexity. Acting fine doesn't help. The situation worsens. I understand why gamblers hide their difficulties, humiliated and terrified. But it's devastating. One-way to big trouble

Families get caught. Not always interested in what's happening. It's bad to not discuss things. Personal addiction hurts others. A family can be blown up.  Speaking up takes guts, but someone must
Imagine family reaching out to help, not judge?  Changes everything. Addicts need help.  Having someone wager without checks is risky. Someone must show them that.  Accountability, honesty, is the way to improvement

[piebeyb]

Gambling addiction is a serious problem because it can destroy our survival, and also when we become addicted to gambling it will be difficult to recover from the addiction. What you say is true is that someone who is addicted to gambling will not be able to easily realize it if they themselves are not aware. what they do is a problem that can make them miserable in the future. but maybe harsh criticism can make them aware, but even so, if it is done it can also invite conflict. We also have to be able to see the changing side of the addict, because when they are addicted to gambling they will become more stubborn individuals, and most likely they will not be able to accept advice or direction from other people. because they think what they are doing is right even though it is the wrong action.

I have seen many people around me who are addicted to gambling and many attempts to cure them in hard or soft ways will not change them unless it is not they themselves who want to change, that is why it is the family's job to accompany them, don't give any advice because of that. it won't help anything because people who are addicted to gambling won't listen to any advice from the people around them and won't even care about their own situation, so there's no need to be too tired trying to stop someone from their gambling addiction.

Usually people will realize when they have lost everything and feel lonely that's when they can be advised because if they still have money to gamble they will never listen to other people's advice, I have tried it on my friend, it actually offended him until now he doesn't once wanted to meet me, even though I wanted to invite him to change for the better, but on the other hand, there was another friend of mine who managed to get out of his gambling addiction and recovered completely with the self-awareness that he reflected on, making him change more quickly. Since then I have always thought that it is useless to stop people who are already addicted to gambling unless we prevent them before they become addicted to gambling.

[stomachgrowls]

That's because if they honest with their own family members, their family members will say many things about their behavior and habits and even their family members can asks him to leave the family because of the bad impact to the other family. It's sad but that's the reality that happens in many family. If other family members can gives attentions to people who had gambling addiction and can talk carefully about their problems, the addicted  to gambling can be solved. The addicted to gambling will gets advice from the right people from their family so they will not gets trick from other people. The presence of the family can helps the addicted to gambling to start his rehabilitations and if their family members gives their support, that will be more power to the addicted to gambling and they will wants to do every process they must do.

Yes, if family members already know about their gambling activities, then it is very likely that many family members will give advice so that the addict wants to stop and get out of the gambling circle. a good goal so that everyone does not experience suffering due to mistakes made by just one person.
Therefore, addicts are very careful in hiding their bad deeds from their own families. If addicts want to open up, I think maybe only a few addicts, but many addicts try to cover it up.

Yes that's right, no matter how bad a person's family background is but still they will definitely put a strong concern for other members who experience gambling addiction problems, but I think it is quite rare for the family to know that their family members are addicted to gambling, because usually most addicts prefer to hide their bad habits from their family except maybe their closest friends and when gambling addicts do not get attention and supervision from the family then I think they will feel more free to do things out of control.

The inability and lack of courage in terms of telling family members that they have experienced addiction will make it even more difficult for them to get out of the addiction phase, they always hide it because they may be afraid of being angry by their parents but if for example a situation like this is still allowed then of course they have a high probability of facing worse impacts which also has the potential to affect other family members.

Family love is deep, despite its complexity. Acting fine doesn't help. The situation worsens. I understand why gamblers hide their difficulties, humiliated and terrified. But it's devastating. One-way to big trouble

Families get caught. Not always interested in what's happening. It's bad to not discuss things. Personal addiction hurts others. A family can be blown up.  Speaking up takes guts, but someone must
Imagine family reaching out to help, not judge?  Changes everything. Addicts need help.  Having someone wager without checks is risky. Someone must show them that.  Accountability, honesty, is the way to improvement

Totally depends on what kind of family you do have because there are ones who are really that too observant whenever they do see something odd specially into its family member on which it would really be just that normal that they would really be having that kind of approach or trying out to say on whats happening or whats the problem. Good for you if you do have a family which is really that mindful about its family members
on where they would really be helping them out as much as they could. No one in our family would really be leaving someone behind or into hard situation into their lives on which it would normally be affecting us on which it would really be just that a normal thing or reaction to have. Family members could help a gambling addict? Yes, possibly but it would really be next on someones own mindset on how they should really be quitting up gambling but on the time that they do fail then this is the moment that you would be asking out some help into your family.

It might not be an assured thing that it could help you but they are  the ones who are the nearest that could help you out on such situation on which it would really be something
that one that could also help you out on such problem or situation.

[Rabata]

I don't try to play the hero when someone I know is addicted as long as I'm not personally bothered. If he owes me a significant amount of money and he struggles to pay then I can consider seeking the help of his family. That is probably the time that I would also tell about his gambling activities. Would they be able to help? I don't know.

If someone in my family is identified as a gambling addict then it must be a concern for other family members because at some point other family members may also be affected. For which I do not and will not take this matter too lightly. I will definitely try to convince that member. I may need more time to convince him but I have to try. One of my family members was on the verge of becoming addicted to gambling. After failing to pay off that bet came to me for financial assistance. I was surprised because I didn't know that member would be gambling. But I pay only the money he asked for and convince him. But I was able to convince him. I discovered that the member  refrained from reckless gambling as before.

[FanEagle]

Family members can push someone towards the right direction, not directly help. An addict, and I mean not someone who just does it time to time, I mean like he sold his gold watch to be able to gamble more levels of serious addiction, could only be done in a way that could be helped by a psychologist.

This means that we are going to end up seeing people who are going to get some help from the family to send them to some therapist. If you want to help them that's great, but if you help them yourself without any help from a therapist, I am sure that it will not end that well. Doesn't mean any help from a therapist would help all the time, there are many who goes to one, and relapses after a certain amount of time as well.

[GxSTxV]

When a friend confides you of something like a secret he doesn't want others to know about means that he puts trust in you and wouldn't tell you if he knew you can't keep that secret, no matter what the nature of the secret is you can't break that trust because friendship is a strong bound.

So I think that even if your friend tells you about his gambling addiction and even if it is severe you shouldn't tell anybody about it unless he asked you for it. Maybe you should try to help him yourself since he considers you more trust worthy than anybody else, for example you can help him just by creating a safe space for him in order to communicate his struggle with the addiction without any boundaries or judgments, you can force him to stop by listing the consequences that he might face due to his addiction then help him kill the boredom and the need to gamble again that comes after stopping by finding another alternative activity in order to kill that void and that gut feeling.

There are many ways to help someone with his gambling addiction, the person who could provide help for the addict is subjective and shouldn't necessarily be a family member, because the majority of addicted gamblers tend to hide their addiction from their families because of the fear of their reactions and to protect them from worrying about them. When a family member is aware of the addiction it could be annoying and add more stress on the addict himself because they could put pressure on him. So the person who can help depends on how close he is to the addicted person and the effect he can make on him.

[Wiwo]

It depends on the closeness of the member, let say your wife or husband siblings who are closed can also help each other to get out of addictions from gambling a d also being able to coup up with the addictions resistance,  but if the relationship is not close and the family member is just a far relation,  then it means you can may be at risk of triggered addictions exhibition which is an advanced stage because of the pressure witnessed from the family members.

Helping someone to fight addictions is way to much that the helpers will never act in any way that could make the addicts feel mock he need love affections and all the other aspects that could make him to come out of the addictions having no element of force or discriminations.

[livingfree]

If a family member's help or the entire family doesn't help that addicted gambler out of his addiction. That's what they have to do, to seek a professional help that have dealt with this problem for so many times.

All they have to do is to know the actions that they need to take so that it won't be offending to the gambler. Because many times did I saw that the addicted gamblers that were just being helped by whomever is helping them, they were not open to it.

So whether it is from a family member that helps you out and trying to bring you to a professional to seek help on how to get out of addiction in gambling, don't take it badly but look at it positively as they're concerned to you.

Yes, maybe the scenario can be like that where the first step they can rely on their family or closest family members to help overcome their addiction problems in various ways that can be done and that make sense to do and as you said that if it turns out that support from the family has absolutely no effect or only a little effect then the next yes the family can ask for help from professionals to help continue the support stage for the healing process.

True, that indeed helping to deal with addiction problems suffered by others whoever it is requires caution - caution and steps that are not arbitrary, Because yes, as you say here that sometimes we can give advice and direction that is not appropriate or means that it is not time to enter into such advice and direction which allows them to feel offended by your words especially if for example they are one of the people who are quite sensitive where what you say is true that they can become not open about the addiction problems they experience, so of course supporting, giving direction with the aim of helping the process of change requires caution and considered steps.

I think when it's come to seriousness of the status of the gambler and it's not really helping at all with just the help of the family. Because what we can think of the kind of help they will do is about the support and acceptance.

Other than that, it's going to be more of the moral support and cheering the addicted gambler that they're there to cry on their shoulders and no matter what happens, they won't leave him.

So, it's a combination of help that the gambler can have and it's rare to see that kind of help nowadays when your family is there with you trying to help you get out of your vice.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

If a family member's help or the entire family doesn't help that addicted gambler out of his addiction. That's what they have to do, to seek a professional help that have dealt with this problem for so many times.

All they have to do is to know the actions that they need to take so that it won't be offending to the gambler. Because many times did I saw that the addicted gamblers that were just being helped by whomever is helping them, they were not open to it.

So whether it is from a family member that helps you out and trying to bring you to a professional to seek help on how to get out of addiction in gambling, don't take it badly but look at it positively as they're concerned to you.

Yes, maybe the scenario can be like that where the first step they can rely on their family or closest family members to help overcome their addiction problems in various ways that can be done and that make sense to do and as you said that if it turns out that support from the family has absolutely no effect or only a little effect then the next yes the family can ask for help from professionals to help continue the support stage for the healing process.

True, that indeed helping to deal with addiction problems suffered by others whoever it is requires caution - caution and steps that are not arbitrary, Because yes, as you say here that sometimes we can give advice and direction that is not appropriate or means that it is not time to enter into such advice and direction which allows them to feel offended by your words especially if for example they are one of the people who are quite sensitive where what you say is true that they can become not open about the addiction problems they experience, so of course supporting, giving direction with the aim of helping the process of change requires caution and considered steps.

I think when it's come to seriousness of the status of the gambler and it's not really helping at all with just the help of the family. Because what we can think of the kind of help they will do is about the support and acceptance.

Other than that, it's going to be more of the moral support and cheering the addicted gambler that they're there to cry on their shoulders and no matter what happens, they won't leave him.

So, it's a combination of help that the gambler can have and it's rare to see that kind of help nowadays when your family is there with you trying to help you get out of your vice.

                -   That's true, and I agree with what you said about the family, because no matter how addicted to any vice, they are there to give us support so that we can change it.
Yes, that's why they disappoint us, but they still can't tolerate us because, at the end of the day, we're also part of the family.

And they will still show the concern that they know you need sympathy so that you can help yourself in the situation that they know we need.

[betswift]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

In many cases, the advice and support of loved ones can indeed be pivotal. Family members can offer a listening ear, understanding, and practical help in seeking professional treatment. They can also provide a sense of accountability and motivation for the individual to pursue recovery. However, it’s crucial that this support is offered in a way that respects the individual’s autonomy and dignity.

Before disclosing a friend’s gambling issue to their family, it might be beneficial to encourage the friend to seek professional advice or to share their struggles with their family themselves. This respects their privacy and agency.

[livingfree]

I think when it's come to seriousness of the status of the gambler and it's not really helping at all with just the help of the family. Because what we can think of the kind of help they will do is about the support and acceptance.

Other than that, it's going to be more of the moral support and cheering the addicted gambler that they're there to cry on their shoulders and no matter what happens, they won't leave him.

So, it's a combination of help that the gambler can have and it's rare to see that kind of help nowadays when your family is there with you trying to help you get out of your vice.

                -   That's true, and I agree with what you said about the family, because no matter how addicted to any vice, they are there to give us support so that we can change it.
Yes, that's why they disappoint us, but they still can't tolerate us because, at the end of the day, we're also part of the family.

And they will still show the concern that they know you need sympathy so that you can help yourself in the situation that they know we need.

True to that.

We're still family no matter what happens. If they will just let you go on with your addiction, only a few of them want to see us being wild with it and the majority of our family members want us to be in a better place and do good in life.

But if they've been helping you and you're not helping yourself, the problem is in you and they'll get tired giving you the help that you need because we're just mortals and we've got limitations on our resources and emotions.

[Onyeeze]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Another aspect to remember is that gambling addiction is a complicated subject, and it is not always simple for the person suffering from it to identify that they have a problem. So, even if you tell your buddy about the issues you have, they may not be ready to hear them or acknowledge the situation. That may be very frustrating, and it's crucial to be patient and not take it individually if they're not ready to hear what you have to say. Even if your buddy admits they have a problem, it's still conceivable that they will relapse. Gambling addiction, like any other addiction, is typically accompanied by a lengthy and tough rehabilitation process.

we saying we are discussing of gambling addition and the what are they causes of gambling addition that is the major problem that we supposed to ask ourselves, problem of being addicted in gambling is because of lack of financial capacity of financial probability so when you have a finance I don't think that you will engage most of your time in gambling it is people who does not have much money that is being addicted in gambling because they are seeing gambling as a source of generating income to their family and that's why they are addicted in gambling.

[moneystery]

if it's for their good, why not? because the family must know about the addiction suffered by their family and we as close friends of the addict, if we love him, then we should tell his family about the addiction he suffers from. regardless of whether they accept it or not, that is a matter for later, the most important thing is how the addict's family knows about their family's condition and immediately takes action if necessary.

[junder]

Gambling addiction is a serious problem because it can destroy our survival, and also when we become addicted to gambling it will be difficult to recover from the addiction. What you say is true is that someone who is addicted to gambling will not be able to easily realize it if they themselves are not aware. what they do is a problem that can make them miserable in the future. but maybe harsh criticism can make them aware, but even so, if it is done it can also invite conflict. We also have to be able to see the changing side of the addict, because when they are addicted to gambling they will become more stubborn individuals, and most likely they will not be able to accept advice or direction from other people. because they think what they are doing is right even though it is the wrong action.

I have seen many people around me who are addicted to gambling and many attempts to cure them in hard or soft ways will not change them unless it is not they themselves who want to change, that is why it is the family's job to accompany them, don't give any advice because of that. it won't help anything because people who are addicted to gambling won't listen to any advice from the people around them and won't even care about their own situation, so there's no need to be too tired trying to stop someone from their gambling addiction.

Usually people will realize when they have lost everything and feel lonely that's when they can be advised because if they still have money to gamble they will never listen to other people's advice, I have tried it on my friend, it actually offended him until now he doesn't once wanted to meet me, even though I wanted to invite him to change for the better, but on the other hand, there was another friend of mine who managed to get out of his gambling addiction and recovered completely with the self-awareness that he reflected on, making him change more quickly. Since then I have always thought that it is useless to stop people who are already addicted to gambling unless we prevent them before they become addicted to gambling.

The point is that there is the main perpetrator, if they realize that what they are doing is wrong then they might have thoughts about fixing it, such as the intention to stop or reduce it. Based on what I have noticed with those who are addicted to gambling, they have a more stubborn attitude, and with that of course they will not easily accept advice or suggestions from other people, including family members, perhaps when the main perpetrator is already aware and has the intention to Stop or reduce the addiction and then the family can help accompany him, such as providing support so that the main perpetrator does not return to his addiction. It is also true that those who are addicted to gambling think that what they are doing is right in their own opinion.

Indeed, this is something that might slap them hard enough to make them realize it, but when it happens they will only be able to regret it and repeat everything, but realize when they have lost everything including money, assets, property and even family relationships, do you think Isn't it too late yet?
In my opinion, it's not too late, as long as he is willing to work hard to start everything, there is still a possibility that his family can accept him back in the condition that he has or is in the process of recovering from his addiction.

[rodskee]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

that is so stupid about their Close friend to not telling their family ? how they become a
closest friend if they are not concern about the addiction or the gambling activities of their
friends? if I am to decide ? no matter what He tells me I will surely let their family take charge
because this is not an ordinary problem , this is life changing .

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Another aspect to remember is that gambling addiction is a complicated subject, and it is not always simple for the person suffering from it to identify that they have a problem. So, even if you tell your buddy about the issues you have, they may not be ready to hear them or acknowledge the situation. That may be very frustrating, and it's crucial to be patient and not take it individually if they're not ready to hear what you have to say. Even if your buddy admits they have a problem, it's still conceivable that they will relapse. Gambling addiction, like any other addiction, is typically accompanied by a lengthy and tough rehabilitation process.

we saying we are discussing of gambling addition and the what are they causes of gambling addition that is the major problem that we supposed to ask ourselves, problem of being addicted in gambling is because of lack of financial capacity of financial probability so when you have a finance I don't think that you will engage most of your time in gambling it is people who does not have much money that is being addicted in gambling because they are seeing gambling as a source of generating income to their family and that's why they are addicted in gambling.

this is not for us to answer but the family , what we need in this kind of time is
to tell them about our friends vices and let them act accordingly ,this is what concern means
to me .

[bettercrypto]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

that is so stupid about their Close friend to not telling their family ? how they become a
closest friend if they are not concern about the addiction or the gambling activities of their
friends? if I am to decide ? no matter what He tells me I will surely let their family take charge
because this is not an ordinary problem , this is life changing .

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Another aspect to remember is that gambling addiction is a complicated subject, and it is not always simple for the person suffering from it to identify that they have a problem. So, even if you tell your buddy about the issues you have, they may not be ready to hear them or acknowledge the situation. That may be very frustrating, and it's crucial to be patient and not take it individually if they're not ready to hear what you have to say. Even if your buddy admits they have a problem, it's still conceivable that they will relapse. Gambling addiction, like any other addiction, is typically accompanied by a lengthy and tough rehabilitation process.

we saying we are discussing of gambling addition and the what are they causes of gambling addition that is the major problem that we supposed to ask ourselves, problem of being addicted in gambling is because of lack of financial capacity of financial probability so when you have a finance I don't think that you will engage most of your time in gambling it is people who does not have much money that is being addicted in gambling because they are seeing gambling as a source of generating income to their family and that's why they are addicted in gambling.

this is not for us to answer but the family , what we need in this kind of time is
to tell them about our friends vices and let them act accordingly ,this is what concern means
to me .

When I first learned to gamble, I didn't tell my husband about it right away, but unless the time I experienced winning a pretty good price, I told him that I won when I gambled here in crypto. And he immediately told me to stop and that I should take out my winnings.

And that's what I did, I took out my winnings and he didn't get angry, maybe he knew he won, and then he just let me gamble because he knew I could control myself. It seems that no matter what happens to me, I tell him and I don't hide anything.,

[Obari]

Answering your topic directly, then yes, a family can help a gambling addict greatly provided the addict is willing to open up to the family. And just as you write that it is always difficult for addicts to open up on their addiction to their families and this is because they fear criticism as there’re a lot of stigmatizing that comes with telling a family about an addiction m, especially a family that is quick to anger and judge.

As a friend, if you discover your friend is an addict, be it gambling or whatever addiction, I think it’s not wise spitting it out early and you should try as much as possible to be available for that friend and show much love and concern and you should only tell the family when you think you can’t handle it anymore.

What an addict needs, is love and attention and personally, I think that’s the first step to fighting addiction and the next step is always not letting the addict be alone.

[ethereumhunter]

Yes, if family members already know about their gambling activities, then it is very likely that many family members will give advice so that the addict wants to stop and get out of the gambling circle. a good goal so that everyone does not experience suffering due to mistakes made by just one person.
Therefore, addicts are very careful in hiding their bad deeds from their own families. If addicts want to open up, I think maybe only a few addicts, but many addicts try to cover it up.

Family members will not let one of their family members having a problem because of addicted of gambling. They will helps their members finding the ways and cure it until their members can gets normal again. But people who addicted to gambling not telling or asks for help from their family members so their family members doesn't knows if they have a problem.

The addicted to gambling can hide their gambling activity and even their gambling addiction from other people. They can playing gambling without anyone knows, especially if they used online casino to playing gambling. It needs openness from the addicted to gambling to tells about their addiction to their family members so they can gets helps and cure their addiction.

[Peanutswar]

Family will always been there for you to help if they really care with you so you'll lucky enough if you know there will be someone keeps at your back when you are in your hard times. If you are old enough and your family want to keep you still free even you have a responsibility you must need to take care with your actions and keep in mind the people surround you like that if they will get affected on your decision. But the end of the day it's up to you if would like to change your self or not because even though they keep doing all their best to help you but you don't have a will it's all just a waste of time and effort.

[aioc]

Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Even hardened gamblers will always listen to their loved ones because of the relationship they built over the years and the blood relationship that binds them, most of the time the key to getting them to rehabilitate those addicted to gambling comes from the help of the family.

There is no other way to cure addiction but to send them to a facility that will help them forget gambling, the cure is very much like drinking addiction, they should be housed in a facility where they are more concentrated on curing the symptoms of addiction.

[AicecreaME]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

There's a reason why a gambling addict don't tell tell families about their addiction, and a close friend should respect that. If you really wanted to help, better ask your friend's permission first before you tell it to anybody, especially their family.

The reason why they don't tell it to their love ones is that they are afraid of getting judge, instead of getting sympathy and help from them. Not all people have a very understanding families, mostly they've got toxic one that's why they do stuff that will get their families attention.

The only help they could get is from a friend who is willing to guide them in a different path that's going to cure their addiction.

[Bravut]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

There's a reason why a gambling addict don't tell tell families about their addiction, and a close friend should respect that. If you really wanted to help, better ask your friend's permission first before you tell it to anybody, especially their family.

The reason why they don't tell it to their love ones is that they are afraid of getting judge, instead of getting sympathy and help from them. Not all people have a very understanding families, mostly they've got toxic one that's why they do stuff that will get their families attention.

The only help they could get is from a friend who is willing to guide them in a different path that's going to cure their addiction.

Before a friend can open up to the concerned family there is already a cordial relationship existing between both parties, if the reverse is the case no need you only help your friend (addict) to curtail such habit.
He has reason for not opening up, furthermore in a family where there is love and harmony, the individual won't hesitate to open up and seek advice from his family (love ones).

The family plays an important role, and can help out in such case with love, and care not being judgmental, bringing up activities that occupy such individual, also teaching them how to channel there money into other meaningful activities other than betting sites, casinos,etc.


But the major solution will come from acceptance and discipline on the part of the individual (addict) to move on and invest into other areas of his life that will be beneficial to his general well-being.

[dezoel]

Getting together could help in that case. Maybe one on one may not help, like if you are just one person and trying to help another person that might be very hard, can still be doable but very tough.

However, if you get like 5-10 people together to help a single person then suddenly it becomes easier. Remember 21 days is the hardest part, doesn't mean you can't relapse later on, but it is the hardest part for sure, which means that if you are 7/24 always checking that person for 21 days, and they do not gamble even for a single time during that time, then you could trust that they are going to start slowly becoming better. I had an addiction in the past, not gambling, it was to drinking, I relapse once after 6 months, and once after 4 years, so it takes time, but it passes and now I am doing great.

[hyudien]

There's a reason why a gambling addict don't tell tell families about their addiction, and a close friend should respect that. If you really wanted to help, better ask your friend's permission first before you tell it to anybody, especially their family.

The reason why they don't tell it to their love ones is that they are afraid of getting judge, instead of getting sympathy and help from them. Not all people have a very understanding families, mostly they've got toxic one that's why they do stuff that will get their families attention.

The only help they could get is from a friend who is willing to guide them in a different path that's going to cure their addiction.

Most likely they are afraid of being judged or scolded by family members who are older than them, but in my opinion this is normal, because it is impossible for a family to remain silent when one of its members does something that is not good or excessive. scolding may not mean hatred but rather why he could do such a dangerous thing that harms himself. but the family is sure that after scolding him they will definitely help him to get out of the problem he is experiencing, there is no way they will just leave him like that. unless the main perpetrator is really stubborn and cannot be directed.
It's true that not everyone has a caring family or has a good relationship with their family, there are people who have a bad relationship with their family, but even so, that doesn't mean we have to do things that are detrimental to ourselves, in fact I think when we don't have We must have a good relationship with our family to be able to prove that we can be successful without support from family, because I am sure that when we are successful, what was previously an indifferent family will definitely come, and after that it is up to each of us.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

The question is kind of, let's say, stupid.
Of course family members can help. They are the first people you should trust with your issue, mostly they already know about it or at least had a feeling.
Who else you want to turn to first, friends? The bond with the family is mostly the strongest so in my opinion it's a no brainer to reveal yourself to them first.
Everything after this will be 10 times easier. Sure, the step itself is very hard because of feeling ashamed and so on. But it is what it is.

[reagansimms]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

The point is that gambling addicts deliberately keep it a secret from their family and loved ones for various reasons. As a friend who has known him for a long time, I didn't immediately tell his family or loved ones what he did when he was outside the house for fear of making him angry. I will try to advise him in my own way, if he doesn't listen to my advice, he won't listen to advice from his family or loved ones either.

I would leave him for a few days without telling him where I was, this way he would wonder about my change in attitude. I will tell him that I don't like his attitude of being too addicted to gambling activities, if he respects me as a friend, maybe he will change his attitude little by little.

[zuzie]

That's because if they honest with their own family members, their family members will say many things about their behavior and habits and even their family members can asks him to leave the family because of the bad impact to the other family. It's sad but that's the reality that happens in many family. If other family members can gives attentions to people who had gambling addiction and can talk carefully about their problems, the addicted  to gambling can be solved. The addicted to gambling will gets advice from the right people from their family so they will not gets trick from other people. The presence of the family can helps the addicted to gambling to start his rehabilitations and if their family members gives their support, that will be more power to the addicted to gambling and they will wants to do every process they must do.

Yes, if family members already know about their gambling activities, then it is very likely that many family members will give advice so that the addict wants to stop and get out of the gambling circle. a good goal so that everyone does not experience suffering due to mistakes made by just one person.
Therefore, addicts are very careful in hiding their bad deeds from their own families. If addicts want to open up, I think maybe only a few addicts, but many addicts try to cover it up.

Yes that's right, no matter how bad a person's family background is but still they will definitely put a strong concern for other members who experience gambling addiction problems, but I think it is quite rare for the family to know that their family members are addicted to gambling, because usually most addicts prefer to hide their bad habits from their family except maybe their closest friends and when gambling addicts do not get attention and supervision from the family then I think they will feel more free to do things out of control.

The inability and lack of courage in terms of telling family members that they have experienced addiction will make it even more difficult for them to get out of the addiction phase, they always hide it because they may be afraid of being angry by their parents but if for example a situation like this is still allowed then of course they have a high probability of facing worse impacts which also has the potential to affect other family members.

Yes, that's right, because there must be a very close relationship there, so it is not easy for family members to be willing or let the gambler suffer. There are even family members who can feel whether the gambler is okay or not so that when the gambler feels sad about the impact of gambling they are experiencing, these members will try to ask about this and the gambler is confused about whether to tell the story. or not. He wonders whether there are family members who want to hear and accept his life problems or are indifferent and don't want to know so that the gambler feels unsure about what decisions he will make.

[Jody.Drummer]

Yes, maybe the scenario can be like that where the first step they can rely on their family or closest family members to help overcome their addiction problems in various ways that can be done and that make sense to do and as you said that if it turns out that support from the family has absolutely no effect or only a little effect then the next yes the family can ask for help from professionals to help continue the support stage for the healing process.

True, that indeed helping to deal with addiction problems suffered by others whoever it is requires caution - caution and steps that are not arbitrary, Because yes, as you say here that sometimes we can give advice and direction that is not appropriate or means that it is not time to enter into such advice and direction which allows them to feel offended by your words especially if for example they are one of the people who are quite sensitive where what you say is true that they can become not open about the addiction problems they experience, so of course supporting, giving direction with the aim of helping the process of change requires caution and considered steps.

I think when it's come to seriousness of the status of the gambler and it's not really helping at all with just the help of the family. Because what we can think of the kind of help they will do is about the support and acceptance.

Other than that, it's going to be more of the moral support and cheering the addicted gambler that they're there to cry on their shoulders and no matter what happens, they won't leave him.

So, it's a combination of help that the gambler can have and it's rare to see that kind of help nowadays when your family is there with you trying to help you get out of your vice.

Basically, everything will come back to depending on the gambler himself, or the point is that it depends on whether the gambler is able or willing to accept some help from other parties such as family or professionals or not, because the reason why addiction is difficult to overcome is because the gambler himself really does not want to be open about what he is experiencing so that it makes it difficult for us or professionals to provide something in the form of appropriate assistance as needed, because addiction has different levels, Some are still in the early stages of addiction and some have entered the chronic phase and also the point is that the problem is that if for example the gambler does not want or is not ready to stop then obviously whatever help you do will have no effect, because addiction is something that is in the human brain that leads to habits, so if for example you want to change someone's habits then we have to make them believe and believe in some of the steps and support that we provide to help them get out of the addiction phase, and this is a difficult thing.

So I think it all depends on the "acceptance" of the gambler themselves, simply put if they don't want to stop then they will definitely continue to do it and also for the family problem honestly I believe that no matter how bad your family is they will definitely care about you and they definitely hope that you can change or get out of these bad habits.

[348Judah]

Answering your topic directly, then yes, a family can help a gambling addict greatly provided the addict is willing to open up to the family. And just as you write that it is always difficult for addicts to open up on their addiction to their families and this is because they fear criticism as there’re a lot of stigmatizing that comes with telling a family about an addiction m, especially a family that is quick to anger and judge.

As a friend, if you discover your friend is an addict, be it gambling or whatever addiction, I think it’s not wise spitting it out early and you should try as much as possible to be available for that friend and show much love and concern and you should only tell the family when you think you can’t handle it anymore.

What an addict needs, is love and attention and personally, I think that’s the first step to fighting addiction and the next step is always not letting the addict be alone.

Let's take a look from it from another perspective, in situations whereby a gambler can make a huge win and try to avoid all this family members and went out to squander the whole money with friends and later come to need the help of this same family to assist in getting back on track and deal away with addiction, this are things that are happening and we should also be learning from them because anyone can be in such a situation a s a family member, but i don't think it's ideal to be a problem on your family all because you're a gambler and a chronic addict in that matter, we have to start by discipling ourselves before it get out of hands.

[Obari]

Family will always been there for you to help if they really care with you so you'll lucky enough if you know there will be someone keeps at your back when you are in your hard times. If you are old enough and your family want to keep you still free even you have a responsibility you must need to take care with your actions and keep in mind the people surround you like that if they will get affected on your decision. But the end of the day it's up to you if would like to change your self or not because even though they keep doing all their best to help you but you don't have a will it's all just a waste of time and effort.

Actually, it’s not about having a family that cares, is having the ability to open up to them without any guilt.
One funny thing about conscious is the fact that, it talks to us before, during and also after we carry out an action and leaves us with the choice to make and one reason why people don’t easily open up their gambling acts to their family is because of the guilt that they’re getting involved in the wrong act but just  because everyone wants the easy life, we still indulge in gambling and when the losses get much, we start chasing losses to recover them and end up losing more and in quest to recover losses by all means, get addicted.

~snip~

Let's take a look from it from another perspective, in situations whereby a gambler can make a huge win and try to avoid all this family members and went out to squander the whole money with friends and later come to need the help of this same family to assist in getting back on track and deal away with addiction, this are things that are happening and we should also be learning from them because anyone can be in such a situation a s a family member, but i don't think it's ideal to be a problem on your family all because you're a gambler and a chronic addict in that matter, we have to start by discipling ourselves before it get out of hands.

Don’t know if I’m getting your point straight, but the truth is that, family still remains family, regardless of what the case might be.
A gambler never expects to get addicted but we don’t even realize when the addiction comes and in most cases, one of the major causes of addiction is expectations( having a whole of expectations from gambling )

[livingfree]

I think when it's come to seriousness of the status of the gambler and it's not really helping at all with just the help of the family. Because what we can think of the kind of help they will do is about the support and acceptance.

Other than that, it's going to be more of the moral support and cheering the addicted gambler that they're there to cry on their shoulders and no matter what happens, they won't leave him.

So, it's a combination of help that the gambler can have and it's rare to see that kind of help nowadays when your family is there with you trying to help you get out of your vice.

Basically, everything will come back to depending on the gambler himself, or the point is that it depends on whether the gambler is able or willing to accept some help from other parties such as family or professionals or not, because the reason why addiction is difficult to overcome is because the gambler himself really does not want to be open about what he is experiencing so that it makes it difficult for us or professionals to provide something in the form of appropriate assistance as needed, because addiction has different levels, Some are still in the early stages of addiction and some have entered the chronic phase and also the point is that the problem is that if for example the gambler does not want or is not ready to stop then obviously whatever help you do will have no effect, because addiction is something that is in the human brain that leads to habits, so if for example you want to change someone's habits then we have to make them believe and believe in some of the steps and support that we provide to help them get out of the addiction phase, and this is a difficult thing.

So I think it all depends on the "acceptance" of the gambler themselves, simply put if they don't want to stop then they will definitely continue to do it and also for the family problem honestly I believe that no matter how bad your family is they will definitely care about you and they definitely hope that you can change or get out of these bad habits.

Well, that's one problem for the gambler that he is not willing to open it up to his relatives because they don't want the others know that they're in serious addiction.

That's the first thought that comes to their mind and think that it's going to be as hard as it can be and they'd be pressed on by their relatives and won't be there to help.

It is the assumption that the addicted gamblers make and that's why instead of letting others know what they struggle with, they choose to remain silent about it.

[Accardo]

Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Even hardened gamblers will always listen to their loved ones because of the relationship they built over the years and the blood relationship that binds them, most of the time the key to getting them to rehabilitate those addicted to gambling comes from the help of the family.

There is no other way to cure addiction but to send them to a facility that will help them forget gambling, the cure is very much like drinking addiction, they should be housed in a facility where they are more concentrated on curing the symptoms of addiction.

Addiction worsens if a gambler doesn't take a break from his habit. Few days' rests would help a gambler to regain his self-control and decision making on gambling. People who are close to a gambler will figure out if he's a player earlier before he gets addicted. But, due to the fact his friends think all will remain in control, they wouldn't care advising him at the early stage. When the player gets compulsive, they'll try to talk to him, but it's the wrong moment to advise a gambler. Even his loved ones can't change him immediately, they'll still have to undergo rigorous misunderstanding, before the addict will listen and consider visiting a therapist. Restriction works best in recuperating a gambler's brain. If a gambler is kept in a place or around people where he wouldn't have access to gambling, for few weeks, he'll have a rethink on his past gambling experiences. This will help the gambler to have a bit control over his gambling habit, in future, when he's out of the place. An addict will hardly change if gambling platforms are easily accessible to him. All the advise may not be effective if he still thinks of going to gamble.

[Cantsay]

There's a reason why a gambling addict don't tell tell families about their addiction, and a close friend should respect that. If you really wanted to help, better ask your friend's permission first before you tell it to anybody, especially their family.

The reason why they don't tell it to their love ones is that they are afraid of getting judge, instead of getting sympathy and help from them. Not all people have a very understanding families, mostly they've got toxic one that's why they do stuff that will get their families attention.

The only help they could get is from a friend who is willing to guide them in a different path that's going to cure their addiction.

For how long will they continue to judge him? To me a friend should try to help in whatever way that they can so keeping it a secret from the family to me seems like a wrong thing to do.

Even if the family wants to judge they would do that but it will be after they have successfully helped him get rid of his addiction and they’re are also some family that will still do it without an ounce of judgmental look.

[Jody.Drummer]

Basically, everything will come back to depending on the gambler himself, or the point is that it depends on whether the gambler is able or willing to accept some help from other parties such as family or professionals or not, because the reason why addiction is difficult to overcome is because the gambler himself really does not want to be open about what he is experiencing so that it makes it difficult for us or professionals to provide something in the form of appropriate assistance as needed, because addiction has different levels, Some are still in the early stages of addiction and some have entered the chronic phase and also the point is that the problem is that if for example the gambler does not want or is not ready to stop then obviously whatever help you do will have no effect, because addiction is something that is in the human brain that leads to habits, so if for example you want to change someone's habits then we have to make them believe and believe in some of the steps and support that we provide to help them get out of the addiction phase, and this is a difficult thing.

So I think it all depends on the "acceptance" of the gambler themselves, simply put if they don't want to stop then they will definitely continue to do it and also for the family problem honestly I believe that no matter how bad your family is they will definitely care about you and they definitely hope that you can change or get out of these bad habits.

Well, that's one problem for the gambler that he is not willing to open it up to his relatives because they don't want the others know that they're in serious addiction.

That's the first thought that comes to their mind and think that it's going to be as hard as it can be and they'd be pressed on by their relatives and won't be there to help.

It is the assumption that the addicted gamblers make and that's why instead of letting others know what they struggle with, they choose to remain silent about it.

Yes, usually it's like that, where as a whole, usually gamblers, especially those who have entered the addiction phase, are synonymous with always keeping it a secret that they have entered the addiction phase, they hide this from their families because they are afraid that their families will scold them or even throw them out of business. home, I know this because I am in an environment that is quite active in gambling, almost most of my friends are gamblers and some are already addicted, and yes, it is clear that hiding gambling habits from other people, especially family, is a problem that causes addiction. that in itself is difficult to overcome.

This is one of the reasons why gambling addiction is difficult to overcome, and maybe in my opinion it all comes back to the gambler himself, or what this means is that overcoming gambling addiction always depends on how the gambler himself is because if for example they still have high ambitions for gambling. These people still really want to be involved in gambling activities, so it's useless even if their family helps them or even forces them to stop. Still, I think they will definitely still be involved in gambling secretly.

[Ever-young]

Basically, everything will come back to depending on the gambler himself, or the point is that it depends on whether the gambler is able or willing to accept some help from other parties such as family or professionals or not, because the reason why addiction is difficult to overcome is because the gambler himself really does not want to be open about what he is experiencing so that it makes it difficult for us or professionals to provide something in the form of appropriate assistance as needed, because addiction has different levels, Some are still in the early stages of addiction and some have entered the chronic phase and also the point is that the problem is that if for example the gambler does not want or is not ready to stop then obviously whatever help you do will have no effect, because addiction is something that is in the human brain that leads to habits, so if for example you want to change someone's habits then we have to make them believe and believe in some of the steps and support that we provide to help them get out of the addiction phase, and this is a difficult thing.

So I think it all depends on the "acceptance" of the gambler themselves, simply put if they don't want to stop then they will definitely continue to do it and also for the family problem honestly I believe that no matter how bad your family is they will definitely care about you and they definitely hope that you can change or get out of these bad habits.

Well, that's one problem for the gambler that he is not willing to open it up to his relatives because they don't want the others know that they're in serious addiction.

That's the first thought that comes to their mind and think that it's going to be as hard as it can be and they'd be pressed on by their relatives and won't be there to help.

It is the assumption that the addicted gamblers make and that's why instead of letting others know what they struggle with, they choose to remain silent about it.

Yes, usually it's like that, where as a whole, usually gamblers, especially those who have entered the addiction phase, are synonymous with always keeping it a secret that they have entered the addiction phase, they hide this from their families because they are afraid that their families will scold them or even throw them out of business. home, I know this because I am in an environment that is quite active in gambling, almost most of my friends are gamblers and some are already addicted, and yes, it is clear that hiding gambling habits from other people, especially family, is a problem that causes addiction. that in itself is difficult to overcome.

The fear of being judged or rejected by family and friends has a very huge role to play when it to being stuck in gambling addiction, because even when you've actually realised that you're addicted and it's causing you a great deal of harm, speaking up or seeking help would be totally out of the picture because they're scared of being rejected or criticized. This makes it really hard for people to get help. On one hand, you really can't blame people who decide not to speak up if we're to consider where the stigma against gambling addiction comes from. In most societies today, there are moral judgement against gambling as a whole. They are often related to the association between gambling and crime or the general belief that gambling is generally an irresponsible and non respectable activities. This often makes it difficult for people to open up.

[danherbias07]

The fear of being judged or rejected by family and friends has a very huge role to play when it to being stuck in gambling addiction, because even when you've actually realised that you're addicted and it's causing you a great deal of harm, speaking up or seeking help would be totally out of the picture because they're scared of being rejected or criticized. This makes it really hard for people to get help. On one hand, you really can't blame people who decide not to speak up if we're to consider where the stigma against gambling addiction comes from. In most societies today, there are moral judgement against gambling as a whole. They are often related to the association between gambling and crime or the general belief that gambling is generally an irresponsible and non respectable activities. This often makes it difficult for people to open up.

You got a good point there. Gambling addicts are afraid to face their families because they might get rejected or kicked out of the family. I understand, it sure can happen.
There are others who will just keep it a secret so that they won't be judged.
I guess I will do it too if I am in that position because I fear what they will say to me after being honest about what is happening to me, especially because it's a bad thing in our tradition so I doubt I will get help.
I mean, if you know your family or how they react, or if you have seen what they did when someone had been honest to them, then it can become a traumatizing experience and so other family members would just keep it to themselves. So I guess it will still depend on the situation, if a family has a good openness then I bet it will be easier to tell everything.

[hyudien]

You got a good point there. Gambling addicts are afraid to face their families because they might get rejected or kicked out of the family. I understand, it sure can happen.
There are others who will just keep it a secret so that they won't be judged.
I guess I will do it too if I am in that position because I fear what they will say to me after being honest about what is happening to me, especially because it's a bad thing in our tradition so I doubt I will get help.
I mean, if you know your family or how they react, or if you have seen what they did when someone had been honest to them, then it can become a traumatizing experience and so other family members would just keep it to themselves. So I guess it will still depend on the situation, if a family has a good openness then I bet it will be easier to tell everything.

things might happen when their family feels annoyed with what the addict is doing, but I don't think all families are like that, maybe there are families who have strong concerns, so that when one of their family members experiences problems such as gambling addiction, maybe they still can accept it and they will help him to get out of his problem. Some people who keep their gambling activities a secret certainly have their own reasons why they keep it a secret, perhaps because they don't want their family to know about the gambling activities they do.
but if the gambling has caused a lot of problems, including big losses, maybe they need help if they are aware that the gambling they are doing is making them suffer, but in my opinion it is rare for gambling addicts to be aware of the gambling they are doing, even though it is making them suffer. suffer financially.

[Ojima-ojo]

The fear of being judged or rejected by family and friends has a very huge role to play when it to being stuck in gambling addiction, because even when you've actually realised that you're addicted and it's causing you a great deal of harm, speaking up or seeking help would be totally out of the picture because they're scared of being rejected or criticized. This makes it really hard for people to get help. On one hand, you really can't blame people who decide not to speak up if we're to consider where the stigma against gambling addiction comes from. In most societies today, there are moral judgement against gambling as a whole. They are often related to the association between gambling and crime or the general belief that gambling is generally an irresponsible and non respectable activities. This often makes it difficult for people to open up.

The most cases of stigmatization comes from the family, that is why some gambling addicts will rather hold on self help than going to open up to family members, sometimes they rely on friends more since most time they likely may have some similar interests with friends that family.


But if the addicts should come from a family where there is a close relationship and companion within them, it will become more easier to get helped from within the family.

[junder]

Addiction worsens if a gambler doesn't take a break from his habit. Few days' rests would help a gambler to regain his self-control and decision making on gambling. People who are close to a gambler will figure out if he's a player earlier before he gets addicted. But, due to the fact his friends think all will remain in control, they wouldn't care advising him at the early stage. When the player gets compulsive, they'll try to talk to him, but it's the wrong moment to advise a gambler. Even his loved ones can't change him immediately, they'll still have to undergo rigorous misunderstanding, before the addict will listen and consider visiting a therapist. Restriction works best in recuperating a gambler's brain. If a gambler is kept in a place or around people where he wouldn't have access to gambling, for few weeks, he'll have a rethink on his past gambling experiences. This will help the gambler to have a bit control over his gambling habit, in future, when he's out of the place. An addict will hardly change if gambling platforms are easily accessible to him. All the advise may not be effective if he still thinks of going to gamble.

that's right, I agree with you, indeed if the addiction is not stopped immediately then it will get worse in the future, it is possible that the first perpetrator experienced depression which could put them at a point that was very dangerous for themselves such as maybe they could go crazy because of their mental state. who are no longer healthy or they can do unreasonable things such as committing suicide. What you say is correct, someone who is addicted to gambling will not easily be able to accept advice from other people, even if it is from their partner, because I think that when someone is addicted to gambling, it is very possible for them to experience changes in attitude which can make them more stubborn. , tend not to want to accept direction and advice from other people, because they feel that the actions they take are right even though it is detrimental to themselves.

When the gambling we do ends in defeat, we should stop gambling, to calm our thoughts, which if we continue it will just become a mess. If indeed this needs to be done by limiting their use or preventing them from being able to access the gambling platform, what kind of thing? Are you not allowed to use cell phones or anything else connected to the internet? or do meditation in an environment where there is no internet? maybe it can be done but I think everyone nowadays spends their daily lives using cellphones or the internet, so it might be difficult too.

[retreat]

You got a good point there. Gambling addicts are afraid to face their families because they might get rejected or kicked out of the family. I understand, it sure can happen.

And because of this, most gambling addicts prefer to keep their addiction to themselves or to their friends, rather than to their family, because they are not sure whether their own family will help or not. Because what happens is that most families judge addicts and take a harsh approach towards them, so that this makes addicts prefer to avoid or not want to have any contact with their families at all.
What should be done as a family is to take an empathetic approach and think more about what the addict is facing. If they are more persistent and unwilling to listen to advice, then what you have to do is work with a professional and then slowly change them, either by action or suggestion. That should work.

[blckhawk]

If someone has a gambling problem, hopefully they have loved ones in their life for support.

Yes, thank you for stating the obvious, we wouldn't have figured it out if it wasn't for you and this thread wouldn't be this long, if only you've told us all about this early on.

I think that's an obvious thing when you've grown up in a loving and healthy family, they'll help you and support you in battling that addiction, most of the time, the reason why people hide it from their family is either because they're ashamed of themselves and they've got a family that would rather judge them rather than help them out or they've got the conscience to not bring their family in to the issue which isn't the ideal thing to do but that's how it goes sometimes or it's an entirely simple thing of their addiction is just too bad that if the family knew about it, they would force that person to be getting that therapy by any means necessary.

[Z_MBFM]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Friends are always friends and friends never reveal any secret of another friend. Gambling is a fun thing that everyone wants to enjoy  But some people want to hold on to money very tightly so they don't spend money on gambling. But those who like entertainment like to use gambling. When a friend gambles, his other friend also enjoys the fun. so the family members are not able to understand the problem of gambling or get to know about it in any way. Another gambler's gambling problem is revealed to the family only when he becomes completely addicted to gambling. And then even family members can't stop him from gambling

[Smartvirus]

Whatever the purpose might have been, snitching remains snitching. When you tell a secrete that wasn’t in your place to reveal, you’ve snitched and that ain’t nice. Doing something the wrong way doesn’t make it right, nope, it doesn’t. Your friend might appreciate the help that might come by this in few years but, he’s sure to be careful of the things he or she says around you because, you’re a snitch.

It’s no lies that a lot of gamblers keeps their gambling habits a secrete and private, they’ve got reasons for that and should you happen to be within the circle that is aware of these secretes, you help them to maintain there private life.

You could cheap in advices in between but, don’t go the length to revealing what isn’t in your place to reveal.

[piebeyb]

Sometimes if gamblers are heavily addicted to gambling, they will not care about their loved ones near them, usually they are always busy with their goal of gambling, catching up on their losses and losses when gambling, even if it is just support, it seems difficult to help people who are addicted to gambling recover, unless there is one. For addicts, the level of gambling addiction is not too high and is still considered moderate, perhaps it can be cured with loved ones or family around them who need moral support for the addict.

I know because I often see people who are gambling addicts around me, most of them are high class heavy gambling addicts so it is quite difficult to cure them, even the loved ones around them are not cared for or even hurt just to get money to gamble, most of them are gambling addicts who have been hurt. their family just to get money from them and return to gambling, whereas we know that gambling addicts are difficult to cure if it doesn't come from their desire to stop gambling, unless they are still at a moderate level, maybe they can still be helped and cured by their closest and loved ones.

[dunfida]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Friends are always friends and friends never reveal any secret of another friend. Gambling is a fun thing that everyone wants to enjoy  But some people want to hold on to money very tightly so they don't spend money on gambling. But those who like entertainment like to use gambling. When a friend gambles, his other friend also enjoys the fun. so the family members are not able to understand the problem of gambling or get to know about it in any way. Another gambler's gambling problem is revealed to the family only when he becomes completely addicted to gambling. And then even family members can't stop him from gambling

You cant really be so sure with your friends about having no revealing those secrets because if they've seen something wrong with their friends then expect that there would really be those kind of confessions or revealing those things specially into your parents or family on what are the things that you are currently dealing or involving with. Yes, we do have friends which are really that concerned with our situation on which
there are really things which are really that needed to be told specially into our guardians or parents but its true that once these things do already happen then it would really be that hard to be stopped.
This is why we cant really be able to tell whether it would be something a problem that would really be that easy to solved out once you are there.

Gambling addiction is a problem that cant be easily resolved out which it isnt really just that limited on gambling but also in other forms of addiction too. Symptoms could be observed but
usually when it becomes severe then this is where it would be noticeable or something that could be seen but if its still not then it would really be hidden up as much as possible.

[rachael9385]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

Friends are always friends and friends never reveal any secret of another friend. Gambling is a fun thing that everyone wants to enjoy  But some people want to hold on to money very tightly so they don't spend money on gambling. But those who like entertainment like to use gambling. When a friend gambles, his other friend also enjoys the fun. so the family members are not able to understand the problem of gambling or get to know about it in any way. Another gambler's gambling problem is revealed to the family only when he becomes completely addicted to gambling. And then even family members can't stop him from gambling

To be sincerest, your friends will be happy for you when ever you are winning it's only a bad person that will be happy when you lose, even if the money is spare money to you it's not a spare money to others, one can gamble for entertainment but when the person is losing enough money on gamble it's no longer called entertainment anymore, it's gambling. Although gambling is in different forms, some are gambling for entertainment but many re gambling to make money. It's only you that can specify what gambling is, if you say gambling is for fun then it's truly for fun to you but others won't take it that way. I am not against gambling for fun I am against those that are says gambling is for fun but to them they are not gambling for fun.

[Lucasgabd]

Really depends on the family member and on their relationship
Some will be able to talk or to help them seek a therapist or some other kind of help
Others will just try to talk them out of gambling which is a thing that probably will not work

Many ways to help and the person needs to want help to start  it

[livingfree]

Well, that's one problem for the gambler that he is not willing to open it up to his relatives because they don't want the others know that they're in serious addiction.

That's the first thought that comes to their mind and think that it's going to be as hard as it can be and they'd be pressed on by their relatives and won't be there to help.

It is the assumption that the addicted gamblers make and that's why instead of letting others know what they struggle with, they choose to remain silent about it.

Yes, usually it's like that, where as a whole, usually gamblers, especially those who have entered the addiction phase, are synonymous with always keeping it a secret that they have entered the addiction phase, they hide this from their families because they are afraid that their families will scold them or even throw them out of business. home, I know this because I am in an environment that is quite active in gambling, almost most of my friends are gamblers and some are already addicted, and yes, it is clear that hiding gambling habits from other people, especially family, is a problem that causes addiction. that in itself is difficult to overcome.

This is one of the reasons why gambling addiction is difficult to overcome, and maybe in my opinion it all comes back to the gambler himself, or what this means is that overcoming gambling addiction always depends on how the gambler himself is because if for example they still have high ambitions for gambling. These people still really want to be involved in gambling activities, so it's useless even if their family helps them or even forces them to stop. Still, I think they will definitely still be involved in gambling secretly.

Yeah, they're afraid of being told on what kind of person they are. There are families that will just throw out their member if they become addicted to gambling.

And for that reason, someone who's struggling with addiction in gambling won't tell it until they've been discovered and they'll take it on their own without anyone's help.

It's also the same with other addiction that can't be noticed easily and can be hidden by that person who's into it. They think that it's shameful when someone discovers they're addicted.

[Natsuu]

The fear of being judged or rejected by family and friends has a very huge role to play when it to being stuck in gambling addiction

if a family has a good openness then I bet it will be easier to tell everything.

In short, the answer would be YES. Family is a big help for the recovery of a gambling addict.

However, that is the limitation of the family. That is to only be in the process of recovery. The choice of the gambler to truly be changed is by their choice instead. No one can do that from them. It is their life, so regardless of how much you can help. If they don't want to change the course of their lives themselves, then nothing will happen. It's their choice to be changed or remain stuck in the same situation.

A personal friend of mine found change in Jesus along with the support of his family and friends. His testimony gives me joy because he is truly in a better position in his life right now than what he has before.

[Iroh]

The most cases of stigmatization comes from the family, that is why some gambling addicts will rather hold on self help than going to open up to family members, sometimes they rely on friends more since most time they likely may have some similar interests with friends that family.

I wouldn’t exactly say that most cases of stigmatization comes from family. The issues that comes with addiction of any sort is a lot. The issues would continue to rise as the addicted individual, probably still being in denial would refuse any help from family or/and friends.

So I wouldn’t really fault some scenarios where some family members have tried and failed to bring the addicted family member around. I think individuals are more likely to feel judged, be ashamed and embarrassed by their actions and present situation to involve family members.

[bluebit25]

For problem gamblers, relying solely on advice from family and friends may not be enough to help them solve their problem unless the advice comes from a mental health professional versed in treating their problem. Treat gambling addiction. Treatment for gambling addiction is a chronic disease that must be pursued consistently. Simply talking to a problem gambler does not solve the problem. In fact, it can make your relationship worse. Try to talk to them about anything that could be interpreted differently and alienate them from their family. This will negatively impact their chances of receiving adequate professional support.

To be effective, addicts need to be aware of the problem and realize that they cannot solve it alone. That is why, without outside help, any efforts to help them quit gambling are likely to fail.

[Accardo]

If a gambler is kept in a place or around people where he wouldn't have access to gambling, for few weeks, he'll have a rethink on his past gambling experiences. This will help the gambler to have a bit control over his gambling habit, in future, when he's out of the place. An addict will hardly change if gambling platforms are easily accessible to him. All the advise may not be effective if he still thinks of going to gamble.

When the gambling we do ends in defeat, we should stop gambling, to calm our thoughts, which if we continue it will just become a mess. If indeed this needs to be done by limiting their use or preventing them from being able to access the gambling platform, what kind of thing? Are you not allowed to use cell phones or anything else connected to the internet? or do meditation in an environment where there is no internet? maybe it can be done but I think everyone nowadays spends their daily lives using cellphones or the internet, so it might be difficult too.

That's one of the disadvantages of the internet lifestyle, but from experience it's achievable. An addict can be sent to rehab, although psychotherapists, claim that rehab doesn't work best in recuperating the brain of a gambling addict. But, in terms of taking a player off from gambling, rehab restricts the use of phones or the internet. He can be placed with people, but as I said, that wouldn't allow him to use his phone or access the internet. He'd be close-marked. But the best form of achieving this without causing extra mental pain to the addict is introducing them to something that'll keep them busy.

What he loves could be sports activities, steady conversations about his past, cooking challenges, etc. A lot of activities can remove a person's thoughts from his addiction for some while before he's allowed to use the internet to see how he's complying or adapting to developing his self-control. I've seen this work, but the addict needs to do this with old-time friends who care for him. The restrictions must be strict and observed, if he stays with people that completely disdain gambling, he wouldn't dare gambling in their midst without getting cautioned or punished.

[entertheabyss]

The most cases of stigmatization comes from the family, that is why some gambling addicts will rather hold on self help than going to open up to family members, sometimes they rely on friends more since most time they likely may have some similar interests with friends that family.

Gambling addicts ought to be treated to without urgen3cy. Stigmatization is very personal and we just have ourselves to look out for. We all have interests of benefiting from the system but our operations becomes slow and it also affects the system. Family members have their burdens they're fighting so hard to resolve them. It's advisable to stick gambling style about your personal life to yourself, nobody is coming to save us, rather we would be looking at the huge process of moving forward.

[HelliumZ]

Really depends on the family member and on their relationship
Some will be able to talk or to help them seek a therapist or some other kind of help
Others will just try to talk them out of gambling which is a thing that probably will not work

Many ways to help and the person needs to want help to start  it

No matter how much therapist or medical treatment a gambler receives, if he is not treated well by his family, that is, if he is not treated well in the family, then the therapist or medical meditation will not have any effect on him. Basically when a gambler is addicted to gambling and if he wants to get out of gambling or want to control it then I think his close relatives or relationship members especially parents, siblings and wife, children who live in the family if the gambler With courtesy I think the love of a close relative will contribute much more than a medical therapist or meditation.

[dansus021]

Can family members help a gambling addict?

The answer is yes but I believe this not gonna easy one since a family member can be with you from baby till grown up. There is might be a problem at first maybe mad for long period of time when they find out we do gamble but slow but sure they can helping us like the other problem we had before.

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends.

True we also keep gambling habit secret since some people watch gamble as negative activity but I told my old brother in my family and he just said fine as long you can control it. while the close friend know everything, to be honest I think close friend is way way know us about our secret than a family member haha

[junder]

When the gambling we do ends in defeat, we should stop gambling, to calm our thoughts, which if we continue it will just become a mess. If indeed this needs to be done by limiting their use or preventing them from being able to access the gambling platform, what kind of thing? Are you not allowed to use cell phones or anything else connected to the internet? or do meditation in an environment where there is no internet? maybe it can be done but I think everyone nowadays spends their daily lives using cellphones or the internet, so it might be difficult too.

That's one of the disadvantages of the internet lifestyle, but from experience it's achievable. An addict can be sent to rehab, although psychotherapists, claim that rehab doesn't work best in recuperating the brain of a gambling addict. But, in terms of taking a player off from gambling, rehab restricts the use of phones or the internet. He can be placed with people, but as I said, that wouldn't allow him to use his phone or access the internet. He'd be close-marked. But the best form of achieving this without causing extra mental pain to the addict is introducing them to something that'll keep them busy.

What he loves could be sports activities, steady conversations about his past, cooking challenges, etc. A lot of activities can remove a person's thoughts from his addiction for some while before he's allowed to use the internet to see how he's complying or adapting to developing his self-control. I've seen this work, but the addict needs to do this with old-time friends who care for him. The restrictions must be strict and observed, if he stays with people that completely disdain gambling, he wouldn't dare gambling in their midst without getting cautioned or punished.

it can indeed help, actually there are many ways that can be done to get the addict out of their addiction, even without having to go to a psychotherapist, in my opinion they can do it as long as they have good pressure in doing it, because it's useless even if they are helped by someone who is an expert but they themselves don't have a strong determination so it will be in vain, and even when recovering, I don't think it will be easy for them to do it, because during the recovery process they have to be able to restrain themselves from returning to gambling, with confidence. Surely they have friends who like to gamble and when they are in the process of recovery they will definitely experience something that could tempt them to return to gambling with their friends who still like to gamble and win, maybe their friends will see their winnings already. This is found in those who are in the process of recovery, so determination and intention in my opinion are important in this case, having a strong stance is a must when carrying out recovery.

introducing them to something that keeps them busy makes sense, like exercise or something else, as long as it's not related to the internet or gambling.
I really support this, if a friend of mine is addicted to gambling and he wants recovery where he wants to stop being addicted to gambling, of course I will help him by inviting him to do positive things that are no less fun than gambling.

[SeaCoinCollector.]

Most gamblers hide their gambling is because they feel ashamed or afraid of being criticized by their family. So if you are thinking of telling your friend's addiction to his family, try to consider his or your relationship with his family. See if telling his family would have a good impact on his gambling addiction. Family can help better with addiction, they can support their loved ones well. And if not, then it's better to support your friend and push or recommend him to seek professional help.

[hyudien]

No matter how much therapist or medical treatment a gambler receives, if he is not treated well by his family, that is, if he is not treated well in the family, then the therapist or medical meditation will not have any effect on him. Basically when a gambler is addicted to gambling and if he wants to get out of gambling or want to control it then I think his close relatives or relationship members especially parents, siblings and wife, children who live in the family if the gambler With courtesy I think the love of a close relative will contribute much more than a medical therapist or meditation.

That's right, also if the addicts themselves are still in a state of not wholeheartedly recovering from their addiction, it will also be difficult to recover, even though they are pressured by people who are experts but the main party has no intention of recovering at all, it will have no effect either. It's good that before taking action that involves other people, especially people who are experts in handling things like this, the main party must first make sure he really wants to recover from his addiction.
It's true what you said, someone who is addicted to gambling they will not easily realize and with that it will be difficult to pull them out of the problem that is happening, unless indeed the main party has his own intention, because when they have their own intention to recover, I think he himself might definitely do his best whether it's limiting or preventing things related to gambling.

[TopTort777]

Most gamblers hide their gambling is because they feel ashamed or afraid of being criticized by their family. So if you are thinking of telling your friend's addiction to his family, try to consider his or your relationship with his family. See if telling his family would have a good impact on his gambling addiction. Family can help better with addiction, they can support their loved ones well. And if not, then it's better to support your friend and push or recommend him to seek professional help.

I will reward you with a merit for a fresh idea. A lot of people here say that "yeah, family will help", "family will never set down" and etc, but a lot of them forget that relationships with family can be easily broken, and family can do most of pain when help is needed. Some people are to proud to ask for help from family, some are shy. I think I would not ask my family or parents for any kind of financial help. I think I would feel uncomfortable to turn to family with such problem.

Btw it is funny how people say here that family can help a gambler, and parallel they support idea of keeping gambling habit as a secret Such a funny double standard situation. Such a selfish people, that refer to family only when they are in trouble, but not when they are victories with lots of money

[Jody.Drummer]

Yes, usually it's like that, where as a whole, usually gamblers, especially those who have entered the addiction phase, are synonymous with always keeping it a secret that they have entered the addiction phase, they hide this from their families because they are afraid that their families will scold them or even throw them out of business. home, I know this because I am in an environment that is quite active in gambling, almost most of my friends are gamblers and some are already addicted, and yes, it is clear that hiding gambling habits from other people, especially family, is a problem that causes addiction. that in itself is difficult to overcome.

The fear of being judged or rejected by family and friends has a very huge role to play when it to being stuck in gambling addiction, because even when you've actually realised that you're addicted and it's causing you a great deal of harm, speaking up or seeking help would be totally out of the picture because they're scared of being rejected or criticized. This makes it really hard for people to get help. On one hand, you really can't blame people who decide not to speak up if we're to consider where the stigma against gambling addiction comes from. In most societies today, there are moral judgement against gambling as a whole. They are often related to the association between gambling and crime or the general belief that gambling is generally an irresponsible and non respectable activities. This often makes it difficult for people to open up.

True, this fear also has a big influence which is because they always maintain the idea of keeping their gambling habits a secret then slowly the situation will get worse which is very likely that over time the level of addiction will enter the chronic phase which is a very concerning situation, and obviously for the problem the impact will also be significant. The problem is as you mentioned that when they experience a big problem such as losing a large amount of money then they will be very confused to seek help because of course if they tell other people and ask for help such as family members then it is the same as suicide, or that means they are looking for new problems which as I said earlier that their family will definitely scold them or even kick them out.

However, this is indeed a quite confusing situation for them, and honestly I can't imagine how much pressure they will feel due to the many problems they experience as a result of gambling itself, which even in situations like this it is very possible for them to finally make decisions based on desperation, which I have even seen some desperate to end their lives.

[gunhell16]

When you tell your family that you gamble for sure, either they will be angry with you and tell you, or they can embarrass you. And when you are addicted to gambling because of your gambling, even though they know they have warned you, they have no choice but to understand you and help you in the end because you are part of the family.

That's why your other family for sure can embarrass you, and the worst thing is that they will tell their other nephews not to be like you, something that will add more stress to you,
so it usually happens that the gamblers keep it secretly.

[Odohu]

Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.

If I'm in this situation,  I will be careful because it is a delicate situation that can ruine both the family and the friendship.  As a first thing to do, I will find out if my friend actually see his gambling addiction as a problem that he is curious for a solution. If this is confirm that he is desperate for a solution, the next thing to do will be to find out how much he values and listens to his family members like parents, wife, children or just any family relative. After getting these information, I will quickly swing into action to help my friend, bearing in mind that both the family and the friendship must be protected.

The answers I also receive from the above will make me know if I will tell the family members or not. If he listens to any of the family members, then I will tell the person but if he is the stubborn type that will not listen to anyone, I will not use the family option. Rather I will recommend a proplfessioner for him.

[slapper]

When the gambling we do ends in defeat, we should stop gambling, to calm our thoughts, which if we continue it will just become a mess. If indeed this needs to be done by limiting their use or preventing them from being able to access the gambling platform, what kind of thing? Are you not allowed to use cell phones or anything else connected to the internet? or do meditation in an environment where there is no internet? maybe it can be done but I think everyone nowadays spends their daily lives using cellphones or the internet, so it might be difficult too.

That's one of the disadvantages of the internet lifestyle, but from experience it's achievable. An addict can be sent to rehab, although psychotherapists, claim that rehab doesn't work best in recuperating the brain of a gambling addict. But, in terms of taking a player off from gambling, rehab restricts the use of phones or the internet. He can be placed with people, but as I said, that wouldn't allow him to use his phone or access the internet. He'd be close-marked. But the best form of achieving this without causing extra mental pain to the addict is introducing them to something that'll keep them busy.

What he loves could be sports activities, steady conversations about his past, cooking challenges, etc. A lot of activities can remove a person's thoughts from his addiction for some while before he's allowed to use the internet to see how he's complying or adapting to developing his self-control. I've seen this work, but the addict needs to do this with old-time friends who care for him. The restrictions must be strict and observed, if he stays with people that completely disdain gambling, he wouldn't dare gambling in their midst without getting cautioned or punished.

it can indeed help, actually there are many ways that can be done to get the addict out of their addiction, even without having to go to a psychotherapist, in my opinion they can do it as long as they have good pressure in doing it, because it's useless even if they are helped by someone who is an expert but they themselves don't have a strong determination so it will be in vain, and even when recovering, I don't think it will be easy for them to do it, because during the recovery process they have to be able to restrain themselves from returning to gambling, with confidence. Surely they have friends who like to gamble and when they are in the process of recovery they will definitely experience something that could tempt them to return to gambling with their friends who still like to gamble and win, maybe their friends will see their winnings already. This is found in those who are in the process of recovery, so determination and intention in my opinion are important in this case, having a strong stance is a must when carrying out recovery.

introducing them to something that keeps them busy makes sense, like exercise or something else, as long as it's not related to the internet or gambling.
I really support this, if a friend of mine is addicted to gambling and he wants recovery where he wants to stop being addicted to gambling, of course I will help him by inviting him to do positive things that are no less fun than gambling.

Beating addiction is a freaking tough battle. You need that drive, that determination to break free. But thinking willpower alone will win this fight is like trying to arm wrestle a gorilla. You need a whole damn strategy

Now, some folks say professional help is useless without that personal drive. There's truth to that, but listen, these experts are there for a reason. They got the knowledge, the tools, the whole damn support system to back you up. Think of it as your crew in this brawl, not some useless sideline cheerleader

And those friends who keep enabling your bad habits? Yeah, that's like trying to get sober in a bar. Brutal, right? You gotta make it easier on yourself. Surround yourself with positive influences, people who push you to be better. It's about building a new routine, one that doesn't involve that addiction

Finding a new hobby is cool, but this is a fight. You have to understand why you're hooked, what triggers you, and then make a conscious choice every damn day to walk the other way. It's gonna be painful, but you got this

[Lucasgabd]

Struggle will vary a lot depending on the level of addiction
Addiction is not developed fast. It takes time. So if you’re alert and meditate into your personality, habits and actions you’ll be able to identify small problems before they become big.

[piebeyb]

Struggle will vary a lot depending on the level of addiction
Addiction is not developed fast. It takes time. So if you’re alert and meditate into your personality, habits and actions you’ll be able to identify small problems before they become big.

Yes, it is true that the level of addiction varies, some are still considered difficult or not, if the addiction is severe enough it will take time to cure it, especially as we know that gambling addiction is difficult to cure, I live side by side with people who have experienced gambling addiction, for example my neighbor, he has recovered from his gambling addiction and it took a very long time for his family members to help him to recover from his gambling addiction but there are also those who don't succeed because it also depends on how the gambling addict wants to recover or not.


If you don't want to recover in any way, it will definitely be difficult to cure. The point is self-awareness, as you said, identifying yourself when you have gambled beyond your limits, you have to stop playing, because if you continue, you will become addicted to gambling and it will be difficult to cure it. I think we are all gamblers. We have to identify ourselves every week whether we play according to a normal gambler's way or not, basically if we ignore that then we can become a gambling addict and it is difficult to cure. it all comes back to ourselves.

[Webetcoins]

I wouldn't consider myself a good and true friend if my friend gave me enough respect to tell me something that he didn't even share with his family members and then I go and tell his family about it. That isn't a true friendship. A good friend would try and help the friend himself instead of telling the family about the issue when the friend has already said no to that.

If I'm in such a situation, I would try and help my friend, I would ask if he is willing to get out of the addiction and I will make sure that he understands the negative aspect of it and how it can ruin his life in the future, and when he understands, I will do my best to keep him away from gambling as much as possible so that he gets away from the addiction slowly.

[Sim_card]

Really depends on the family member and on their relationship
Some will be able to talk or to help them seek a therapist or some other kind of help
Others will just try to talk them out of gambling which is a thing that probably will not work

Many ways to help and the person needs to want help to start  it

No matter how much therapist or medical treatment a gambler receives, if he is not treated well by his family, that is, if he is not treated well in the family, then the therapist or medical meditation will not have any effect on him. Basically when a gambler is addicted to gambling and if he wants to get out of gambling or want to control it then I think his close relatives or relationship members especially parents, siblings and wife, children who live in the family if the gambler With courtesy I think the love of a close relative will contribute much more than a medical therapist or meditation.

There is no way that one family will abandon him, when he needs their help to get out of addiction. As long as that gambler is ready to overcome his addiction, his family will be happy to help him out. This is because the know the consequences of gambling addiction, and nobody will love his family member to be ruined through gambling addiction. Especially parents, they will not be at peace to see that they can help their child out of a big problem like gamble addiction, and they did not.

[redsun114]

What I believe about addiction is that the addicted person will first need to accept that he is an addict because if the person is still in the phase of denial, it would be very hard to solve the problem

There are addicted people who knows and admit their condition but it's just that it's hard to get out of it. Some knows it but they are only shy to confess it to someone else, making them hard for them to recover. Those who deny it, might also be sincere and they are not really addicted. Sometimes it is only in our head, so we must take things easily, so that we can't bother someone else or worse is we can get into trouble.

moreover their is a reason why this particular quote is popular "a problem shared is a problem solved" so admitting and sharing your problem is the first and bold step to solving them

If the addiction is not yet severe, we might try to solve it alone but if we think we can't solve it in our own, that must be the time to seek a help from the people around us, or better to the real expert. I know it may be hard but we should have the guts because it is only for our own good.

[noormcs5]

No matter how much therapist or medical treatment a gambler receives, if he is not treated well by his family, that is, if he is not treated well in the family, then the therapist or medical meditation will not have any effect on him. Basically when a gambler is addicted to gambling and if he wants to get out of gambling or want to control it then I think his close relatives or relationship members especially parents, siblings and wife, children who live in the family if the gambler With courtesy I think the love of a close relative will contribute much more than a medical therapist or meditation.

Usually, a gambler addict is not seen as a good person in the society but in order to cure him, his family should support him.  The family should be kind enough with the gambler even if he is addicted and this is the only way they can slowly help him recover from the addiction to gambling. If the family members behave rudely and harshly with the gambler, then he may become even more aggressive and may never come to the right path, that is moderate gambling with less risk.

A point to note is that with love and affection, you can make the gambler addict recover from his addiction much more quickly as compared to making restrictions for him or forcibly denying him to gamble or other such tactics. A gambler can overcome addiction if he has his own will to recover from it.

[ChiBitCTy]

Your family can be one of the most positive and helpful "forces" in ones life and family can absolutely make a difference if someone has a really bad gambling addiction.  I would sort of compare it to being addicted to drugs, family members can certainly help, do things such as hold interventions etc..but something to keep in mind, often times people don't want to be helped, or wont truly be able to be helped until the "hit rock bottom".  I think that applies for gambling like it does with a drug addiction.  Just something to keep in mind.

[harapan]

Addicts hide their addiction from their family members because they do not want them to feel sorry for them or to worry about them so much, but in my honest opinion, it is better to tell your family about it and see how they can be of help to you, or maybe if you see them feel the pains your addiction is causing them, it may help the addict to control it.

Professional help is also an affective way of helping addicts, that is if the addiction is so serious and is already ruining the life of the addict, therapy may be a solution and it is something people should try more often.

No matter what family is the grass root to every challenges one may face,often times when one go through the good times friends might be around to benefits but when he/she make it all big sometimes families might not be a part of it,this is because some see it that when they take some certain decisions in life those friends where in support and their families were not maybe it's not colliding with what they intended of such person.

But nevertheless your family should be your number 1 interface and beneficial to everything and they should as well be your priorities but in gambling now some people deviate from involving their families because they know very well they won't be in support of such things but forgetting that when they fall into an unpleasant situations is this family that will look out for them.
So definitely a family member plays a vital role in every gamblers life.

[UchihaSarada]

I think it is necessary to let his relatives know about his current condition. However, you should consider who you choose to share with. For example, if his father or mother or older brother or sister has a hot temper or usually curses, you should not tell them. Because maybe with their hot temper, they will curse at him, and that will make the situation worse.

The psychology of people suffering from addiction is very sensitive, they will feel abandoned and shunned by such curses. Therefore, you should consider the situation and choose the right person to share it with. He needs words of encouragement and silent support by his side in the process of getting rid of his addiction.

[TopTort777]

No matter what family is the grass root to every challenges one may face,often times when one go through the good times friends might be around to benefits but when he/she make it all big sometimes families might not be a part of it,this is because some see it that when they take some certain decisions in life those friends where in support and their families were not maybe it's not colliding with what they intended of such person.

But nevertheless your family should be your number 1 interface and beneficial to everything and they should as well be your priorities but in gambling now some people deviate from involving their families because they know very well they won't be in support of such things but forgetting that when they fall into an unpleasant situations is this family that will look out for them.
So definitely a family member plays a vital role in every gamblers life.

And there are different kind of families. Family members consider gambling as something negative and try to force other member to stop. When that gambler gets into trouble, require mental help and asks for it, family can reply with "we told you, but you did not listen and now it is up to you". I've seen such IRL examples. They were not about gambling, but more about relationship. Parents told guy that his girlfriend is not for him and he should leave her. When they the broke up and he required support from family, they did opposite and made things worse, acting like they did not know their kid... Family can help, but a family can do things worse. So it makes important to keep healthy relationship with family.

[Mrcool75]

Gambling is a very bad thing.  You might win some money through this.  But at some point gambling will destroy you.  Many people first win some money from gambling and then they become addicted to it.  Since it is a bad thing, they keep it a secret from their family.  I think if the family finds out, maybe a gambler can kick his addiction.  if he is her  If we talk openly about this matter with the family, maybe a solution can be found.

[Odusko]

You got a good point there. Gambling addicts are afraid to face their families because they might get rejected or kicked out of the family. I understand, it sure can happen.

And because of this, most gambling addicts prefer to keep their addiction to themselves or to their friends, rather than to their family, because they are not sure whether their own family will help or not. Because what happens is that most families judge addicts and take a harsh approach towards them, so that this makes addicts prefer to avoid or not want to have any contact with their families at all.
What should be done as a family is to take an empathetic approach and think more about what the addict is facing. If they are more persistent and unwilling to listen to advice, then what you have to do is work with a professional and then slowly change them, either by action or suggestion. That should work.

But sometimes, the highest help we can get is through family this is so because if someone become and addicts and he becomes unconsolable by outsider or by himself if he keep to himself that Al's could lead to suicidal tendencies and to a point the family still remains the main support since he must be forced to comprehend, although some families may not give such little ve and support, and could even stigmatized the addicts which could possibly leads to isolations, so we need to give diverse thoughts about the whole thing.