Can family members help a gambling addict?

[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.

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[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.