Can family members help a gambling addict?

[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.

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[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