Addiction in gambling

[Becky Wealth]

I know of someone who is so addicted in gambling.who spend his time and all his money in gambling.
Which he is finding difficult to stop or control, irrespective of the consequences that surrounds it, such as relationship issues,lack of finance and emotional breakdown,many people go through so many risks just to be able to fund that lifestyle and majority of them are using gambling as there day to day activities (they make it their job) this set of people or person can loss friends, family and relationship.
Because all there focuses are on gambling, when you come across this kind of people. "all you need is to counsel them" because it's beneficial

[BitMaxz]

I don't think it's a good idea if you come across to a random guy or even your friends to give them some advice, but I think it's more beneficial if you help him to go for rehab than just counselling him to help him become a better person.

Giving advice won't help much, but for rehab it would help much to get rid of gambling addiction.
However, if there are no rehab facilities nearby, maybe helping him to go for a vacation far from the casino while counselling him might be a good option to help him to get rid of the addiction.

[Pandorak]

Gambling cannot be considered a source of income. When you gamble with the aim of making a profit, you are immediately heading down the wrong path. That mindset must be eliminated and discarded as far as possible. Because ultimately, the majority of gamblers will inevitably suffer losses. Even if you do win, it is only temporary, perhaps luck was on your side at that moment. Therefore, relying on gambling as a source of income is strongly discouraged.

I am also a gambler myself, but being a responsible gambler is not easy, and even now i am not quite there yet. The key is to set a gambling budget and ensure that your goal in gambling is not solely to make a profit, but rather to find entertainment amid the fatigue of real life. Think of it as a temporary escape from the various problems you face.

[Stepstowealth]

when you come across this kind of people. "all you need is to counsel them" because it's beneficial

Your counsel may not effective for someone who has not yet made up their mind about wanting to stop being controlled by their impulse to gamble, the person has to have made that decision first, because only then will your counsel then be effective. I think instead of straight up advising someone who is addicted to gambling and has not yet seen a reason to want to quit to quit, you need to first make them be able to see a reason, an error in their way, something that will make them know that by being addicted they are doing the best for themselves and even those around them.

If someone can first accept the wrong of their ways, then correction is easy to follow.

[Miles2006]

Advising an addict is a total waste of time aside gambling addict I think this is a general problem when a person is addicted they find it difficult to leave. In the case of gambling activity a gambler should be able to prevent every form of addiction even before getting addicted there’s a sign and majors a gambler should follow in order to see gambling activity as a game not a source of income for example bet using the amount you can afford to lose.
The issue of gambling addiction is more common meanwhile it’s difficult to handle, if such person is going through a lot that’s enough reason to suffer from depression, we all know majority of gambling addicts are depressed either due to some certain reason I guess encountering a great lose. Is high time people stop seeing gambling activity as a source of income and focus on other making money job etc.

[Doan9269]

I know of someone who is so addicted in gambling.who spend his time and all his money in gambling.
Which he is finding difficult to stop or control, irrespective of the consequences that surrounds it, such as relationship issues,lack of finance and emotional breakdown,many people go through so many risks just to be able to fund that lifestyle and majority of them are using gambling as there day to day activities (they make it their job) this set of people or person can loss friends, family and relationship.
Because all there focuses are on gambling, when you come across this kind of people. "all you need is to counsel them" because it's beneficial

It's beneficial in what aspects, is it the way they have been gambling abnormally that is beneficial or the advise you're going to give such a gambler that is beneficial to him, because I don't seem to get where you're arriving at on this, we should not take it for granted that we are gambling and then we begin to misbehave in some other areas of life that concerns us, we can gamble for fun, but it's abnormal when we take it for granted and seems to totally depend on it for a survival, it may not work this way for us, gambling is always for fun and nothing more, except we added from our own end.

[Slow death]

In these cases, the best thing a person should do is advise him to tell his addiction problem to his relatives and tell him to seek medical help urgently. Be honest and sincere with him. He may get angry with you and even hate you, but be sincere with him and tell him not to delude himself into thinking he can

quit the addiction on his own without medical help, because this is a very difficult mission. I would venture to say that there is a chance of failure. That is why it is necessary for the person to seek medical help when they have symptoms of an addiction. They cannot let the addiction get worse, because it may be too late when they seek medical help.

[yamin_galib]

I know of someone who is so addicted in gambling.who spend his time and all his money in gambling.
Which he is finding difficult to stop or control, irrespective of the consequences that surrounds it, such as relationship issues,lack of finance and emotional breakdown,many people go through so many risks just to be able to fund that lifestyle and majority of them are using gambling as there day to day activities (they make it their job) this set of people or person can loss friends, family and relationship.
Because all there focuses are on gambling, when you come across this kind of people. "all you need is to counsel them" because it's beneficial

Obviously, gambling addiction is quite devastating and it can destroy entire life of a person when uncontrolled. The unfortunate thing is that most of them never realize that they are damaging themselves until it is late. Counseling works but the willingness to accept it must come first. In some cases combination of family support and professional therapy can help. I am also of the opinion that by raising awareness about the risks of gambling we may stop more people to get into the same trap. in the first place.

[Oluwa-btc]

I know of someone who is so addicted in gambling.who spend his time and all his money in gambling.
Which he is finding difficult to stop or control, irrespective of the consequences that surrounds it, such as relationship issues,lack of finance and emotional breakdown

Well addiction can happen to anyone more especially when you take gambling as a source of income I tell you, sometimes the quest of wanting more having won some amounts can be so taunting but then it takes a whole lot to get over addictions when one finally experience it and I'll say  giving an advice to such person's it's quite cool but it takes a good deal of decision for the other end to comply.

[coin-investor]

Because all there focuses are on gambling, when you come across this kind of people. "all you need is to counsel them" because it's beneficial

It depends on your relationship with this kind of person. If it were a random guy I met in a casino, I wouldn’t even counsel or give him advice, as I don’t know his temper or character; it’s his own business.

If he is someone close to me and he trusts me, then I will try to give him the best advice that I can provide so he can ease up on his addiction. A person needs to trust you first before they will listen to your advice; you can only advise someone who trusts you or asks you for advice.

[SuperBitMan]

For someone to stop gambling when he's already addicted is always a big problem like I always say the reason why people are so addicted to gambling is because they want to use gambling as their source of income or they want to use gambling to become wealthy and very rich, gambling is a thing that is done for fun if you are not doing it for fun you can easily become addicted and when you are addicted it takes the grace of God for you to leave it or come out from it, advice will be of help to them I see some people that are saying that advising an addicted gambler is a waste of time, I don't see it that way is not a waste of time, a lot of people that has come out from being addicted to gambling was as a result of advice so if you can advise anyone be it to your friend or family member that are addicted to gambling it will go a long way for them and it may help them come out from it.

[rachael9385]

I know of someone who is so addicted in gambling.who spend his time and all his money in gambling.
Which he is finding difficult to stop or control, irrespective of the consequences that surrounds it, such as relationship issues,lack of finance and emotional breakdown,many people go through so many risks just to be able to fund that lifestyle and majority of them are using gambling as there day to day activities (they make it their job) this set of people or person can loss friends, family and relationship.
Because all there focuses are on gambling, when you come across this kind of people. "all you need is to counsel them" because it's beneficial

Counselling is not that only thing that's required for them to change their ways they must also put in efforts to stop the bad habit as well. This is the reason why therapy doesn't really work much on a lot of gamblers because they feel like going through those sessions should automatically make them stop gambling but that's not how it works. As an addicted gambler if you don't put in conscious efforts to stop every other thing is a waste

[cabron]

Let their brother or sister give the advice not you. You gonna get in trouble by randomly just giving an advice, if they don;t ask from you then just mind your own business.

We know gambling addiction can ruin his life and the people around him. We have seen the worst on some documentaries regarding this, its not good especially if he is a family man. Falling from grace is always not pretty.

[salad daging]

It's useless to advise a chronic gambler because they will never listen, especially since their daily life is filled with gambling.

Once gambling becomes a serious addiction they will lose everything including their partner friends, and family, because many people will avoid them not to mention their finances, as they will lose a lot of money.

There have been many cases where addiction eventually leads to bankruptcy, forcing them to sell everything they own to raise money for gambling.

[CryptSafe]

Advising an addict is a total waste of time aside gambling addict I think this is a general problem when a person is addicted they find it difficult to leave. In the case of gambling activity a gambler should be able to prevent every form of addiction even before getting addicted there’s a sign and majors a gambler should follow in order to see gambling activity as a game not a source of income for example bet using the amount you can afford to lose.
The issue of gambling addiction is more common meanwhile it’s difficult to handle, if such person is going through a lot that’s enough reason to suffer from depression, we all know majority of gambling addicts are depressed either due to some certain reason I guess encountering a great lose. Is high time people stop seeing gambling activity as a source of income and focus on other making money job etc.

Sitting and counseling an addicted gambler does not really work that way. A person who is addicted would hardly give in to mere discussion or counselling when they can not even control their habit. Such situation as you have explained needs expertise and so doing, it involves rehabilitation and reorientation so that the gambler can be able to adhere to principles which would be applied for him or her to be able to follow to be able to minimise the rate a which they gamble.

Stopping gambling doesn't just starts immediately, it is a phase by phase measures or procedures involved. It is just like a growing baby who is being to thought how to walk. They creep, they crawl before they begin to walk even at then, they don't just walk so quickly but it takes patience and support for them to walk properly.  Same scenario for addicted gamblers, you don't just rush them that way to quit gambling otherwise your efforts would go in vain.

[Ruttoshi]

It all boils down to the addict if he is ready to come out from his addicted state or not. If the gambler isn't ready, whatever effort that you put in to help him will be in vain. I have a friend that is addicted and when I tell him or try to advise him, he says that he is not addicted. I will start proving him wrong by asking him what did he used all his salary for.

He stopped coming to me for help and stayed far because he told me that he believes that he will hit it big soon with gambling. False hope can lead you to addiction and keep you there.

[Fortify]

The problem is exactly as you describe - these people are generally using gambling to fill up some void in their life but it's a destructive habit instead of creative. It's fine if you approach gambling as a bit of short term fun, but if you start doing it more than one or two times a week you are really going to end up in trouble. Unfortunately it is decisions that you make which get you into an addicted mindset and only your own willpower is going to release you from it. An external party is unlikely to be able to force a change, the best they can do is encourage it and support someone when they're ready to extract themselves from that situation.

[Ojima-ojo]

I know of someone who is so addicted in gambling.who spend his time and all his money in gambling.
Which he is finding difficult to stop or control, irrespective of the consequences that surrounds it, such as relationship issues,lack of finance and emotional breakdown,many people go through so many risks just to be able to fund that lifestyle and majority of them are using gambling as there day to day activities (they make it their job) this set of people or person can loss friends, family and relationship.
Because all there focuses are on gambling, when you come across this kind of people. "all you need is to counsel them" because it's beneficial

I don't know if this thread is just an advice to us as gambler's or the story of a friend in real life, but one thing is for sure, gambling addictions or any form of addictions are best broken by the individual who are the victim being determined to quit and kill their addiction by all means.


But giving such forks advice to quite what get them addicted is like wasting your time and for that you need to avoid doing that most of them become offensive when you give them unsolicited advice.

[BitGoba]

I agree, gambling addiction can destroy lives and relationships. Many don’t realize how serious it is until they lose everything. It’s important to offer support and counseling instead of judgment because they truly need help to break free from that cycle.

[Liliana1304]

A quick question does your friend look like he needs help from or you has he  complained that he needs to put a stop to his ways? I'm sure the answer would be no. The crazy thing about these kinds of individuals is that they never see the necessity to stop even when they have started literally digging a hole in their finances because they're so addicted and nothing you'd tell them would make sense.

There's no where that addicted is good or tolerable because in one way or the other, it would prove harmful. I like telling myself that its only one who is dealing with addiction that can advice himself/herself or if they come and ask for it, that's when I proffer help where I can.