Best way to help an addicted gambler

[Zadicar]

I do not think advice alone can make an addict temporarily stop.  Remember, when a person is already a gambling addict, it means the mind of person is already hijacked.  Simply saying things won't get through to them.  It needs to be paired with action, like having the person block gambling apps, or make him hand his money to anyone he trusts, and make him avoid places that will entice him to gamble. This way of advice with certain prohibiting actions to access a gambling platform can be effective to make the addicted gambler to stop gambling.  If there is a chance, it is also best to have the gambling addict undergo therapy, or join some rehabilitation group, this will ease the process of regaining his self-control.

In my opinion, in the case of addiction as much as strict external control is needed, internal will is also important. Blocking all apps or keeping money away works temporarily but if the person does not understand that he has a problem he will return at the first opportunity, I think that before trying to convince someone, you need to listen to them first understand why they are gambling. When the person himself admits that he wants to change, then counseling restrictions and therapy all work much more effectively

Advice alone rarely breaks addiction because the habit already controls decision making. When gambling reaches that stage logic stops landing and urges take over. External actions like blocking apps limiting access to money and avoiding triggers create breathing room. These steps do not cure addiction but they interrupt momentum. That interruption can prevent further damage while the mind stabilizes. However, control without understanding only works temporarily. If the person does not accept that gambling is harming them the urge will return once restrictions lift. Real change begins when someone feels heard rather than judged. Listening helps uncover what gambling is covering stress escape loneliness or fear. When the desire to change comes from within support systems become effective.

Therapy and group support matter because addiction thrives in isolation. Seeing others face similar struggles breaks denial and shame. Professional guidance gives tools to manage urges rather than fight them blindly. Structure replaces chaos and routine replaces impulse. Recovery becomes a process instead of a single decision.

[Grace333]

An elderly man was asked in front of me if his son, who is always gambling somehow got addicted to gambling, and they tried to talk him out of it, but all to no avail, what method he thinks he can use that will be very effective, and he said he will use his military influence to get his own son arrested and locked up for at least 2 years if he stays without any means of gambling his brain will adjust by itself.

Do you guys think such method will be effective or cause more harm to the person itself.

I do not think that method fixes the problem. It might stop him from gambling physically for a while, but addiction is not just about access, it is about the mindset. Locking someone up without proper support can build anger and even worsen the issue once they are free. The urge does not disappear just because time passed.

I believe there are better approach, and a better approach is combining boundaries with real help, counseling, therapy, accountability, maybe even removing access to funds, but with family support and understanding.

[Donk1]

Well to me this would only take away 2 years of his son's gambling lifestyle alongside eventually destroy his son's life more or less there isn't any guarantee that it would even stop his son from gambling after the 2 years past.​Unfortunately speaking  from experience his son might even end up hating the father which is bad .like think about  it after all the trauma  basically it wouldn't help because most times gambling addiction comes from trying to be stress free. So imagine after 2 wasted years of his life unfortunately, he might even resume the gambling just to adjust to all the pain he has passed through. So yeah I will recommend this as the worst way of helping someone out of gambling addiction.​Overall, a rehab center would be much more better. That's just it  most times force doesn't work it only makes things worse.....

[Makus]

well, I don't really know about getting him locked up because isolation isn't really good for a person's mental health,.even though it is a serious addiction locking him up and confining him to just a particular room for years won't do any good. The best thing to do is to make sure that he doesn't have access to any device or if he is the type likes to gamble in physical casinos steps should be taken to restrict him from gaining access to physical cash. There are ways that this can be sorted out without making him feel like a prisoner

[Doan9269]

It feels sad when there are many people out there in need of assistance due to gambling addiction. Still, it couldn't get one, I understand it's not anyone's responsibility to mandatorily fix them right. Still, we have to take things the right way by not being involved in gambling addiction from the start, because it may not work for us the same way others have the opportunity of scaling through, while to curb for addiction is not too easy to achieve without taking time and extra efforts to see the change applied as necessary.

[Oluwa-btc]

An elderly man was asked in front of me if his son, who is always gambling somehow got addicted to gambling, and they tried to talk him out of it, but all to no avail, what method he thinks he can use that will be very effective, and he said he will use his military influence to get his own son arrested and locked up for at least 2 years if he stays without any means of gambling his brain will adjust by itself.

Do you guys think such method will be effective or cause more harm to the person itself.

Gamblers needs soft landing and professional assistance from loved ones, colleagues, rehabilitation centers and their custodians.I understand he's trying to control the addiction but in course of curbing addiction, compassionate approach should be adopted,ranging from support, guidance and boundaries not control.So the person doesn't end up gambling more.

[centrum]

It feels sad when there are many people out there in need of assistance due to gambling addiction. Still, it couldn't get one, I understand it's not anyone's responsibility to mandatorily fix them right. Still, we have to take things the right way by not being involved in gambling addiction from the start, because it may not work for us the same way others have the opportunity of scaling through, while to curb for addiction is not too easy to achieve without taking time and extra efforts to see the change applied as necessary.

my opinion is that feeling sad about gambling addiction is completely natural because in reality many people get involved in it and suffer even more when they do not receive help. although it is not anyone’s responsibility to forcefully fix another person’s life there is still a moral responsibility as a family and as a society to create awareness and warn people before they go down the wrong path. to me the most important thing is prevention. once gambling addiction develops getting out of it becomes difficult time consuming and mentally painful. so if someone controls themselves from the beginning follows limits and never sees gambling as a way to change their life a lot of future damage can be avoided. and for those who are already addicted neglect or punishment is not the solution. compassion patience and proper guidance are far more effective. change does not happen in one day but with time effort and support change is possible. therefore conscious decisions self control and realistic thinking are in my opinion the safest path regarding gambling.

[mcdouglasx]

It's impossible to help someone who doesn't see the problem as such. The main path to a solution is to see the problem they face and talk about it clearly. Understand that a single conversation about it might not be enough and can be really frustrating for the people who want to help. I believe that in these cases, you shouldn't talk to this person in a dismissive or accusatory way, but rather be patient and give advice from the premise that it's what's best for them and that you're doing it because you care about them as a person, and not as if they were a burden.

[finaleshot2016]

An elderly man was asked in front of me if his son, who is always gambling somehow got addicted to gambling, and they tried to talk him out of it, but all to no avail, what method he thinks he can use that will be very effective, and he said he will use his military influence to get his own son arrested and locked up for at least 2 years if he stays without any means of gambling his brain will adjust by itself.

Do you guys think such method will be effective or cause more harm to the person itself.

Brute force like military influence or jailing is not effective, in fact, the kid will just get stubborn which is another problem. The effective way is to seek a doctor that specializes about addiction, there are medicines or maybe have some recreational activities that can influence the kid to do more things than gambling. Why would you lock up your own son if there are other solutions that suit the situation, and of course, there are methods that doesn't require brute force but more effective. Imagine, your son will have hatred grew inside him because of what you did, and that could be a scar that will ruin your relationship and worst case is the family. If you really are concern to your son then get advice from experts, and of course those who have already overcame gambling addiction.

[I_Anime]

An elderly man was asked in front of me if his son, who is always gambling somehow got addicted to gambling, and they tried to talk him out of it, but all to no avail, what method he thinks he can use that will be very effective, and he said he will use his military influence to get his own son arrested and locked up for at least 2 years if he stays without any means of gambling his brain will adjust by itself.

Do you guys think such method will be effective or cause more harm to the person itself.

Two years of his life behind bars , seriously. That’s one harsh method to help addicted gambler , is not actually easy to fight against addiction  of any kind, first he should try normal method the truth is that the addiction won’t go once , is actually a gradual process because for one to get addicted to gambling, it happens with time without one awareness, till eventually get serious .

He should trying spending more time doing other things apart from screen time , and he should trying spending focusing his energy on other things , he can try learning a high paying skill , because is obvious is gambling for the money , because  being addicted to gambling don’t usually ends well .

[Sonia_123]

An elderly man was asked in front of me if his son, who is always gambling somehow got addicted to gambling, and they tried to talk him out of it, but all to no avail, what method he thinks he can use that will be very effective, and he said he will use his military influence to get his own son arrested and locked up for at least 2 years if he stays without any means of gambling his brain will adjust by itself.

Do you guys think such method will be effective or cause more harm to the person itself.

He shouldn't his influence with the military for disciplining his child. But if that's the last option that he's got and he's really caring for his son, he should get the help of the experts and have him consulted. That's the best method that he can do for taking care of his son's gambling addiction. Medical experts like psychologists and psychiastrists to best assess the gambling problem of his son. And they're going to give the diagnosis and medication or activities that needs to be done for him to recovery and get out of it.

The only best solution is to quietly ask the person to truly be sincere about his feelings and zeal towards his gambling activities, listen and accept what he say to you honestly, always discuss with him at least once a week with an open mind about his past and future, avoid often discussion of gambling problems when having fun and make sure he his taken to a counsellor together in other to get a proper therapy to control the addition.

Taking a had decision on him will not solve anything but add more problems, arresting and imprisonment will help him get worse because he will also meet gamblers partners over there which he will now continue from where he starts.



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[Bright0515]

An elderly man was asked in front of me if his son, who is always gambling somehow got addicted to gambling, and they tried to talk him out of it, but all to no avail, what method he thinks he can use that will be very effective, and he said he will use his military influence to get his own son arrested and locked up for at least 2 years if he stays without any means of gambling his brain will adjust by itself.

Do you guys think such method will be effective or cause more harm to the person itself.

perhaps it could be effective but the chances of this yielding positive results is quite low, you can't solve an addiction problem by dealing with it forcefully. Jailing him is a cruel thing to do and at the end it might solve the issue. Therapy is one of the ways that he can be helped and also making sure that he doesn't have any access to money or the Internet because once he gets his hands on any of these while dealing with his addiction he Will definitely relapse and fall back into his addiction that he is trying to break free from

[Dunamisx]

If we spot an addicted gambler and is truly in need of our help, then we shouldn't hesitate on doing something to help with the situation, because our impact could make the desiring change needed for that person to exert his change from being an addicted gambler to a responsible one, if we can also put ourselves in their shoes for being addicted, we will definitely take it a responsibility to influence the change in them to curb and tackle with the addiction facing them in gambling with our own efforts.

[yudi09]

An elderly man was asked in front of me if his son, who is always gambling somehow got addicted to gambling, and they tried to talk him out of it, but all to no avail, what method he thinks he can use that will be very effective, and he said he will use his military influence to get his own son arrested and locked up for at least 2 years if he stays without any means of gambling his brain will adjust by itself.

Do you guys think such method will be effective or cause more harm to the person itself.

Arresting and imprisoning individuals is not the right solution, even though it may have a deterrent effect that prevents them from repeating their actions. On the other hand, this method creates new problems, namely psychological effects, because these individuals will be known as former gambling prisoners. This label will stick to them, making them reluctant to interact like normal people.

If we use a rehabilitation method similar to drug rehabilitation, has anyone proposed this as a solution to save their children who are addicted to gambling? I think that using a rehabilitation method will not have too many negative effects after they have overcome their excessive gambling addiction.

[NurseHub]

He was talking out of assumption. Experience is the best teacher. People answer differently when they are not in the situation. Using the military is not bad, but it doesn't make one change his way. We have a professional therapist that he should be taken to, and if there is no result, he should be sent to rehab. For those two years, because even in the military, soon he could still find his way to gambling, maybe. I have heard of prisoners doing illegal stuff too. Using force can't stop a gambler from gambling.

[Tinubu]

You guys are definitely correct in all your sayings....


But the honest truth is..."you can't change an addict (wether gambling or not) unless the person suffering from the addiction is tired of it an wants a honest change....


wether through harsh treatment or soft treatment or rehab..you can't change a person...talk more of an addict....

Most people that was sent to rehabilitation centers often return with false change...and only end up worse...


So the change must start with the person suffering from the addiction...then it'll make your work more easier

[AYOBA]

An elderly man was asked in front of me if his son, who is always gambling somehow got addicted to gambling, and they tried to talk him out of it, but all to no avail, what method he thinks he can use that will be very effective, and he said he will use his military influence to get his own son arrested and locked up for at least 2 years if he stays without any means of gambling his brain will adjust by itself.

Do you guys think such method will be effective or cause more harm to the person itself.

I don’t think the method will be effective rather cause more harm. Because the guy have already got addicted to the gambling there’s no any way they use to avoid him from gambling even if they get him arrested more than 2 years after they release him and take some few times he will start the gambling back as far as he doesn’t have any works apart from gambling.

And their expecting him to stay away from gambling after getting addicted it will won’t works in that way since even they bail him out he still do more than that, this reason why I said I don’t think they will be a best way to help an addicted to a gambler.

[Tinubu]

He was talking out of assumption. Experience is the best teacher. People answer differently when they are not in the situation. Using the military is not bad, but it doesn't make one change his way. We have a professional therapist that he should be taken to, and if there is no result, he should be sent to rehab. For those two years, because even in the military, soon he could still find his way to gambling, maybe. I have heard of prisoners doing illegal stuff too. Using force can't stop a gambler from gambling.

Even most times goin for therapy sessions don't help out with addictions...when the person suffering with the addiction is not ready for the change...


I know..so I can tell..and i can relate because I've suffered from an addiction...took me time to let go... even with all the pressure coming from friends and family....i couldn't let go...untill i decided on my own to drop it off...took me a very long time tho...but i dropped it..



So it all starts with the person...

[Tinubu]

I don’t the method will be effective rather cause more harm. Because the guy have already got addicted to the gambling there’s no any way they use to avoid him from gambling even if they get him arrested more than 2 years after they release him and take some few times he will start the gambling back as far as he doesn’t have any works apart from gambling.

And their expecting him to stay away from gambling after getting addicted it will won’t works in that way since even they bail him out he still do more than that, this reason why I said I don’t think they will be a best way to help an addicted to a gambler.

You really think there's no possible way to help a gambler....in other words what you're saying is there's no way to help an addict...
Wow I'm surprised...

Apart from the fact that the person (Addict) needs to work on himself before others can work on him doesn't mean you can't work on him even when he's not yet ready to work on himself...

....You can start by letting him know why he should stop gambling....point out reasons.. side effects.. consequences...make him to understand why he should stop gambling....

....another thing....never judge someone suffering from an addiction through any of their wrong decisions...that can make them build up walls against you and make you loose their trust....


Always put yourself in their shoes...(Always think...if you were to be them..how would you respond to people and act)


In generally..show them you love and care about them..then they'll drop their guards and let you in.....



So you thinking there's no way to help an addict is wrong...

[Victorybit1]

For anyone to stop gambling addiction there must be a level of willingness and effort to do it, after all that brute force don't be surprised if he doesn't quit gambling or maybe relapsing back into it. for progress to be made it is important to follow a process that involves therapy and ways that can help the psychology of the person being affected instead of putting him under a jail sentence for 2 years