How can I get rid of gambling addiction?

[Spaceman1000$]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

You need a therapist that can guide you come out of it, so my first advice is to seek for a physical therapist. Whatever advice we give to you here might be secondary because you need a primary procedure on how to go about these, there are days to day routine procedures on what to do which will be advised by a therapist. Gambling addiction can be very frustrating, because you most times seem helpless to the situation as the urge to always gamble always creeping, even when you tell yourself you don't want, addiction is a psychological problem, so its not just something you can just wish away by mere saying.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Whatever you are advised here will not work if you are not strong in your desire to recover from gambling addiction. If you want to get through this time as quickly and painlessly as possible, find the means and start treatment with professional psychologists and psychotherapists. I do not know the degree of your addiction, but I know that doctors compare such diseases to drug addiction. In rather advanced cases, you will need at least six months. Treatment includes not only work with psychologists but also medication. I respect your choice to seek help; I sincerely wish you not to give up and become a winner over your addiction.

[Kelward]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

The truth is that gambling is not for everybody, if you don't have a strong will to control your desires it can be difficult to gamble responsibly. Since you're not able to control your urge for gambling and you're losing too much money, the best thing to do is take a long break or quit. I know that it's easier said than done, I believe that every addict wants to come out of it but they find themselves going back to it. What you need now is help and you can get it from your loved ones and professionals, since you are open to share your problem I'm sure that with the right people to support you you'll get through. Open up to these people and if they don't judge you they'll help you get through with emotional and medical supports.

[AYOBA]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

When a gambling as be coming a addiction to a person it’s very easy to make person lose a lose a lot of money that he/she do not expected, and that’s many people’s are always given advice that if you want to join a gambling and you don’t know how to you can control your desire is rather the person should step down right from the beginning.

Because gambling has turn a lot of people’s live to poorest, which is very sad, and what is mostly cause it is the addiction immediately it has become addicted they will definitely lack of control which will lead the a person to continue losing so much of his money, but the easy way of stop it is by quite for a while.

[Pi-network314159]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

The antidote to that virus is not here. You can only work on yourself by limiting or desist from it. Gambling addiction is like a virus, when you are being infected you need the antidote to cure it. But I guess this is not where to get it. Just set a target or stop loss Time where in the sence that when you have gambled to a point then you call it a quit. Or when you are wining on a streek and you are tempted to playore, then you can quit to avoid more loss.

[_act_]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

The antidote to that virus is not here. You can only work on yourself by limiting or desist from it. Gambling addiction is like a virus, when you are being infected you need the antidote to cure it. But I guess this is not where to get it. Just set a target or stop loss Time where in the sence that when you have gambled to a point then you call it a quit. Or when you are wining on a streek and you are tempted to playore, then you can quit to avoid more loss.

Who tells you that he can not get answer on this forum for his gambling addiction? In my opinion he can get answers. He should try and read what people are posting.

The second thing is that he does not need to limit how he is gambling or be using small amount of money, he should just quit gambling for now.

[danherbias07]

Find a new hobby. I really think that's what we should do first if we ever come up with this kind of problem.

Ask yourself what your likes are and focus on it. If you really love something to do then I bet you will put your time and effort into it. Then, make sure that the hobby that you will do is far away from any advertisement of gambling, that way you won't even remember to place a bet or play for a day.
It's better if it's a hobby that has nothing to do with the internet. i.e. painting, basketball, tennis, or whatever it is we do physically.
Exhaust yourself with different things to do, work, sports, or your hobby. Once you are tired, you will never think about gambling and just want to sleep so badly. If you do not really need your phone then don't use it. It's one of the culprits of gambling urges.

[mammusu]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

I am also sad with all the frustration and loss that you have felt at this time, hopefully the experience and also the consequences that you feel now can be a lesson for us to be able to gamble responsibly later, we must admit that letting go of addiction to gambling is difficult, but still it is not an impossible thing to do,  We are only here to be able to give you advice and opinions because basically we don't know the OP personally, the first step you need do if want to get out from gambling, of course a strong intention and determination, besides that you also need to be open with the people closest to you so that they can support you for the better, but most importantly you must to look for more positive activities in a new environment that can make you slowly forget about gambling Later.

[Ronsbit]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

Have you planted a sincere intention in yourself?

OP must have made up his mind because it takes courage to say such a thing of that nature of being addicted and wanting to quit it. Some people would never say such for fear of being humiliated or talked about for their gambling addiction.  OP needs help to have been able to say it here, and I believe there is a way out for OP, as experienced members would definitely come to OP's rescue, telling and referring him to materials to read for his consumption and also, OP should apply what he has read to make sure his addiction is stopped.

[coin-investor]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

You have completed the first step on getting rid of your addiction, and that is realizing that gambling is bad for your finances and mental being.
The second step is to talk to your family and ask for support, and the third step and the most important one is to get yourself rehabilitated by undergoing a detoxification from professionals.
These process are not easy and you need to be fully motivated but once cleared of your addiction, it will do you good and you can have a better life without thinking too much about gambling

[Ricardo11]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

Gambling addiction is really a very bad and terrible thing, everyone who is addicted to gambling has lost something very important from their life. It pushes a gambler to a complete disaster. But those who can understand the right thing in time, try to get out of it. In such a situation, your first job is to stop gambling. And take all kinds of steps to get out of gambling. You need to take help from professionals, who can help you get out of this addiction. And start your life anew, and to be successful, you must do good deeds, because success will never come from gambling, success comes only through honest work.

[kotajikikox]

One thing I can tell you is that it’s not going to be easy. What worked for others might not work for you. This is why you really have to know yourself and know what could help you the most. Other people seek help from professionals. But if you don’t want to do that nor can you, just try to avoid all triggers.

It would be difficult to do it all at once so I would say you can take it slow. Decrease the amount of time you gamble compared to your usual one. Over time, decrease it over and over until it goes to zero and you have accustomed yourself to less and less gambling.

When you get the urge to gamble, find other hobbies that could substitute for gambling. Sports or other activities that may stimulate you almost as close to how gambling can.

[Porfirii]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

I have been addicted to gambling before. The only effective way you can stop the addiction on your own without any rehabilitation or correctional center if when you realize that you will always lose to the gambling sites and that the situation can not change but can become worse if you still see gambling as a means of making money which is the cause of your addiction. Stop thinking about making money from gambling. Only how you can know that you have overcome the greed is to stoop gambling for now. Do not gamble anymore until you think you have control over it. I stopped gambling for over a year when I knew I am no more addicted to it.

But maybe Yablee0's situation is different. He mentioned sleepless nights, so perhaps his problem has more to do with anxiety, obsessive behaviour, problems in his daily life that lead to gambling at night as a way to escape... rather than greed.

I think that reached this point, he should quit all gambling activities for some time and "detox" his mind. If he doesn't sleep well and he's obsessed, like in a never-ending loop, he should change his state of mind asap, but it takes time and may need help from relatives and friends to overcome the withdrawal syndrome.

[mindrust]

It is not that hard. It might look hard at first but you already admitted that you’re addicted and that means you are already halfway to the recovery.

Now you need to find a way to stop yourself from gambling.

Maybe find some other hobby and get busy with it instead. That usually works as far as I see. Smokers chew gums for this exact reason because they can’t smoke and chew at the same time.

Read books maybe? That gets addicting pretty fast when you get into it.

[Maslate]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

Acceptance, bro -- that’s the first step.

You know, once you admit you made a mistake, you can start fixing it. You're not alone; I've been there too. I got through it by being realistic and remembering that I'm only human who also make mistakes. And, in gambling, we rarely have an edge, so we lose more often than we win. Accepting that can help you forgive yourself for those wrong decisions.

[aioc]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

The best people and action you should take is to talk to your family, friends, and physician; these people are the ones who can help you take up the right steps; they are the nearest help, and they can help you to overcome your addiction.
We can only give you advice, like what we're doing. right now, but when it comes to help, people that are close to you, they are the ones who can do this for you.

[Tmoonz]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

I have been addicted to gambling before. The only effective way you can stop the addiction on your own without any rehabilitation or correctional center if when you realize that you will always lose to the gambling sites and that the situation can not change but can become worse if you still see gambling as a means of making money which is the cause of your addiction. Stop thinking about making money from gambling. Only how you can know that you have overcome the greed is to stoop gambling for now. Do not gamble anymore until you think you have control over it. I stopped gambling for over a year when I knew I am no more addicted to it.

But maybe Yablee0's situation is different. He mentioned sleepless nights, so perhaps his problem has more to do with anxiety, obsessive behaviour, problems in his daily life that lead to gambling at night as a way to escape... rather than greed.

I think that reached this point, he should quit all gambling activities for some time and "detox" his mind. If he doesn't sleep well and he's obsessed, like in a never-ending loop, he should change his state of mind asap, but it takes time and may need help from relatives and friends to overcome the withdrawal syndrome.

I really gat your point on this and of course it could be as a result of much anxiety from his previous losses leading to more losses while chasing his losses, him not sleeping well and being obsessed must surely be from gambling related stories in my own observations but however, one important thing is always for us to be able to identify our problem and where after we seek for help, I know quiting can be some worth difficult I know it can be possible but I will I advise he gives gambling a break because the impact of his experience might not completely be erased suddenly but rather it will take time to heal

[Pandorak]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

After losing so much money and realising it's the end point where you have to stop gambling, it's a very frustrating feeling. The good thing is you've realised, deciding to stop gambling is not easy, the feelings that trigger the urge to gamble are very difficult to get rid of.

You can try to seek the help of people around you, whether friends, family, especially psychologists, you will need it. The addiction phase can trigger frustration, despair and regret, you can't solve it alone even if you want to.

[Promocodeudo]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

Buddy first off considering what you've said I will agree with you that you're ready for change but you've to let go off the past for you to move on, you've to initiate discipline because it is the only stuff that can help you right now, though rehab is good but you've to be very disciplined to understand that in gambling you must lose and once you lose you let go and never have the mindset to chase what you've lost because it is just like a trap to get more dip in it, gambling has uncertain end meaning that it's outcome is unknown to us as gamblers and that's more reason why we shouldn't have the mindset of coming back always thinking that we are going to recover or win back our loss I think that's very impossible in gambling settings.
Mate safe control and a break is what you need right now, just give yourself a break, in life there's time for everything, I understand how you feel right now but realistically you can only feel better when you see yourself being in control of this activity, so do the meedful then you'll be fine.

[avp2306]

Gambling addiction has been a major challenge in my life, and have been given me sleepless night. I have lost so much in gambling and if care is not taking i may learn the hard way (get frustrated) . I find no other place worthy to cry out my pain so I decided to bring it to this thread for assistance. Please, I need help

Seek help from your family first and be open on this condition since for sure they are the one would help you first to find good solutions.

Then seek for professional help. Don't get shy to go on this option and see what professional help can do to you or maybe rehabilitate your self since for sure this is helpful option if you are really willing to get rid your addiction

Also find support groups for gambling addiction cases since by help of community for sure you will find some valuable suggestions also your sympathy and other experiences shared might change your view towards this situation. Read this maybe this can help you to get out on that issue https://rightchoicerecoverynj.com/addiction/gambling/support-groups-and-gambling-addiction-recovery/