Where you are comfortable telling your gambling addiction

[lodocus]

I am not a gambling addict, but if I were and it was affecting my psychological health to such a degree, I would definitely seek advice from a close friend who knows about gambling but doesn't gamble themselves. That's why close friends and confidants are good. They don't judge you, they don't expect anything from you, and you can tell them whatever is troubling you.

I'm sure that if I shared this situation with a friend, they would do everything they could to help me stay away from gambling or to gamble in a healthier way. A friend who can be there for you on any kind of day will definitely find the best solution to your problems at any stage of your life.

[Hypnosis00]

- friend(s)

When we are in a state of addiction, only our friends can understand our situation, while those in our family reject and hate us. Nobody can afford to listen to us but just other people. And no other people that are willing to help but our close and trusted friend(s).

That is why I don't approach my relative or even tell my wife about my addiction. I'd rather hide it from them and talk about nothing because it only ruins everything, not finding solutions.

[Tetu100]

I know doctors can be more professional in their craft of handling an addicted patient but relating your gambling issues to a close relative can be more easy and some how good to me, because of the closeness or the intimacy between perhaps it enable the person to flow freely without fear or shame unlike relating to an outsider.

Moreover, most times when ever am down and need someone to talk to especially in complicated issues that can stress me mentally, my wife has always been in the best position to address that, she always advised me what is always helpful when applied. However what am saying in essence is that in my opinion, our close associates especially our spouse has a significant role to play in case like this and it's more better than seeing a doctor or whatever.

[Pandu Geddon]

How about you? Where are you comfortable telling your gambling addiction, and what are your reasons to trust them?

If what is asked for is the most comfortable reason, I would choose friends and family. Those who especially spend a lot of time with us can actually help us get out of addiction or just reduce our bad gambling activities. Family or a spouse can help us monitor our gambling, at least trying to give advice related to the budget we can spend.
But for the most effective, of course, it is those who have the skills and are experts in giving advice based on our addiction cases. Doctors may be the most effective.

[libert19]

I have this intense distrust of people generally, so I don't find any of the options given relevant ((and 'priest' one, rather funny), but at best I'd choose doctor. But, I can share being anonymous on any platform, I can pour my heart out without a flinch (for example, Reddit).

[masulum]

I prefer to talk with my wife instead my friends or others. Addiction is not a good thing that happen to us, especially if the addiction is about gamble. my wife can be the only one that i can trust to talk about this addiction, because i believe she wouldn't telling other about this problem. I'm also telling her to control my money until I can reduce my gambling activity because i have experience become uncontrolled gambler, and after telling to her about my addiction i feel better. just like i have a supporter to stop this addiction.

[mitchr4]

I have a friend whom I advise so many times to talk to a physician who is an expert in curing addiction, but he says that he can't because he doesn't trust doctors, because he feels that they are prolonging the session so they can extract money from their clients.

He ended up going to a priest to confess his addiction in a confession room and at the same time ask for advice, he reasons that he can easily trust the Priest because they don't charge a fee, you are anonymous to them because there is a curtain to both of you, and Priest are men of God and they study to give good advice.
How about you? Where are you comfortable telling your gambling addiction, and what are your reasons to trust them?

Please vote and explain.

If someone feels doctors are just after money, it makes sense they'd turn to a priest or a close relative instead. But I think talking to an expert is still the most effective way to deal with gambling addiction. Yes, it costs money, but if you truly want to break free from addiction, spending money to fix yourself is far more worth it than spending that same money going back to gambling.

[dunfida]

I have a friend whom I advise so many times to talk to a physician who is an expert in curing addiction, but he says that he can't because he doesn't trust doctors, because he feels that they are prolonging the session so they can extract money from their clients.

He ended up going to a priest to confess his addiction in a confession room and at the same time ask for advice, he reasons that he can easily trust the Priest because they don't charge a fee, you are anonymous to them because there is a curtain to both of you, and Priest are men of God and they study to give good advice.
How about you? Where are you comfortable telling your gambling addiction, and what are your reasons to trust them?

Please vote and explain.

Well, for your friend having that addiction and choosing up Priest over a professional isnt that a bad option either but it doesnt matter which one you would be choosing because in the end of the day, you are the ones will really be needing up that control and moderation on which it would be always lies on you on how you would be stopping it out. Well, its true that when it comes on reaching out some professionals then it would be talking about money but we cant accuse them that they are trying out to rip you off on which of course we dont really know behind but its impossible that you dont know yourself whether you are still that addicted to gambling or not. If the priest advise works out then good for you but just like been said that it would be just that because of your own free will and discipline and thats why you do able  to quit up.

Speaking about sharing up your addiction then there are people who are that open to other people telling about their problems but most of addicted gamblers will really be just that keeping silent until they would be busting up everything they do have before seeking out some help.

[coin-investor]

The one person who will be affected by your addiction is your wife or your family, so they have the right to know your level of addiction. They will understand and help you overcome your addiction.

More than anyone, it's the family that will help you get back to your feet as your struggle is your struggle too; all the other are just third parties, but family should be the primary source of your strength.

[Y3shot]

How about you? Where are you comfortable telling your gambling addiction, and what are your reasons to trust them?

Please vote and explain.

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He didn't just choose based on who can really solve the problem easily but he choosed the one he knows he can get a solution from without spending amount. A priest would think it is a spiritual problem and choose to go about it spiritual which doesn't make the problem change and a doctor may ne of good hope even of gambling addiction is not a medical problem but the doctor may open up and tell the dude what the problems is all about and how to go about it.

[terrific]

The easiest answer will be our fellow gamblers, whether in real life or in places like the gambling board of the forum.
Each of us understands the struggle of everyone who's dealing with it. While it's possible that some if not many are hiding their addiction to their wives.
A fellow will definitely give you words of wisdom and encouragement who are able to overcome it when they're in that hardest time and the same situation that an addicted gambler is dealing with.

[Kavelj22]

If he was hiding his gambling activity from the beginning, he will definitely feel hard to tell about it to be a pathologic behavior later. People who can confess to their partners are people who have been honest telling about everything and not shaming to hide what they practice. You know gambling is always related to social stigma and the majority of gamblers are hiding.

And also those whose significant other is not judgmental, if you are with someone and you know that when you tell them about your issue they’ll be signs of you being judged by it, even if they later provide solutions or help you figure out how to go about it, you might be reluctant to approach a person.

That “oh! She’s definitely going to look at me with a bad eyes, or a judgy face” and some people would rather just bottle up their issues than to face something like that.

This is literally a consequence of addiction: the feeling of shame and the fear of being shamed in the eyes of others especially with the most closed ones, even if it will be helpful and enables recovery. It's always the case with almost all kinds of behavioral addiction. Someone can't hide his addiction to drugs or alcohol which gives him less feeling of guiltiness as like "I am sick and I am seeking for help as you can see". With gambling and pornography, the person feel shameful and spends most of his time internally flagellating himself due to the deep sense of guilt, especially if he has already ruined his life.

[Antotena]

- friend(s)

When we are in a state of addiction, only our friends can understand our situation, while those in our family reject and hate us. Nobody can afford to listen to us but just other people. And no other people that are willing to help but our close and trusted friend(s).

That is why I don't approach my relative or even tell my wife about my addiction. I'd rather hide it from them and talk about nothing because it only ruins everything, not finding solutions.

This looks underrated but of all people that I will want to share my problems with are my close pals. I have different friends with different personalities, when I have something that is bothering me, they are the person I do reach out and I take their feed back and look at them before I take the decision that will be helpful for me. This is what I do to sustain myself and not get into any problem with anything in life, though I'm not addicted to find out on this one.

Some people that are gambling secretly with addiction, tne best thing they can do is this speak to friends and family, it must not be people that at too insecure about your life. Just one or two, tell them your challenges, if they know what gambling addiction is about and how it affect people, I'm very sure they are going to reason with you, tell you what to do and if there is any support they can give you to clear your debt, they are going to help you in one way or the other.

[Grace333]

If I where to be an addict then it would be a mentor, someone who i look up to and is intellectually sound enough to give me good advice.  Though sometimes we have people like that on our friends list but when things like this happen you shouldn't mistake the fact that at that point their your mentor and not just mere friends. Though I also your friends point and the reason he choose the priest over the doctor might be because the priest is also of high intellectuals is has a reputation of giving sound advice to people besides they don't charge off the quality advice they give. I just hope he gets what he's looking for and learn to have self control.

[Promocodeudo]

I have a friend whom I advise so many times to talk to a physician who is an expert in curing addiction, but he says that he can't because he doesn't trust doctors, because he feels that they are prolonging the session so they can extract money from their clients.

He ended up going to a priest to confess his addiction in a confession room and at the same time ask for advice, he reasons that he can easily trust the Priest because they don't charge a fee, you are anonymous to them because there is a curtain to both of you, and Priest are men of God and they study to give good advice.
How about you? Where are you comfortable telling your gambling addiction, and what are your reasons to trust them?

Please vote and explain.

First and foremost, I'm not addicted gambler but if I am found in such situation, I will want to meet a specialist since I know the problem is not a spiritual one, I rather go to a Doctor to explain things for him so that he will know the right way to tackle what's at hand, I understand what your friend meant but that's there work, that's their profession, they must come up with some ideas to make money from their profession and of course your friend is supposed to when someone wants act on his intelligence, the physician is exhibiting delay tactics he can react, if am him since I need remedy to my situation, I may not see all these things as anything until I notice otherwise.

[rachael9385]

Gambling addiction is a psychological illness and it takes an expert that understands human psychology to deal with this and such people are called therapists. They don't solve all the problems instantly, but their inputs can help you take steps in making a change. It is important to talk to professionals.

[mcdouglasx]

I'm not a gambling addict, but the most logical way to find help is by going to a professional. Friends, family, or fellow gamblers aren't equipped to handle this, so their attempts at support could actually worsen your problems. That's why family members usually get involved in these meetings to understand how to deal with someone facing a gambling addiction. A priest might just preach religious things that, if you're not religious, won't convince you or even help at all. On the other hand, a doctor can prescribe medication to help with stress and anxiety, so that's always the best option. But look at the irony in all this: the doctor wants to get money from you, according to him, but he doesn't stop gambling, which is where he's really losing money.

[YOSHIE]

Where you are comfortable telling your gambling addiction

Of course the answer is "Fellow gamblers".

Human nature is like that, someone will be proud to tell something to his colleagues, for example: if you drink alcohol, of course you will tell it to others fellow drinkers of famous brands of alcohol that you have ever drunk, you will be caught in prison if you tell about this to the priest, doctor or even your wife, it's even worse.

Likewise, when we tell ourselves we are addicted to gambling, to be honest, I personally am not comfortable telling it to anyone other than a gambler.

[shinratensei_]

I have a friend whom I advise so many times to talk to a physician who is an expert in curing addiction, but he says that he can't because he doesn't trust doctors, because he feels that they are prolonging the session so they can extract money from their clients.

He ended up going to a priest to confess his addiction in a confession room and at the same time ask for advice, he reasons that he can easily trust the Priest because they don't charge a fee, you are anonymous to them because there is a curtain to both of you, and Priest are men of God and they study to give good advice.

Is not it a doctor also a men of god? So i don't think it's wrong to tell his problem to the his doctor. If he's worrying his idendity to be revealed, why don't he just wear a mask? For me, your friend seems getting paranoid.
What he needs is someone who can help to cure his addiction. So he needs to get theraphy for himself. If he's not gettng open about his addiction to the others who can rescue him. He will never able to recover from his addiction.

How about you? Where are you comfortable telling your gambling addiction, and what are your reasons to trust them?

Please vote and explain.

I'm feeling conformt to tell pshycolog about my gambling addiction when it's needed. When i unable to control myself due to the addiction. What i need is the help and suggestion from someone who's capable enough to handle it.
Gambling addiction is a rotten problem. It can be solved much faster when you have someone who understand you better.

Beside that, i think you forget to add psychologist to the list of your vote.

[odunybiz]

I prefer going to the doctor who is an expert in curing addiction.

Are there doctor that major in curing addiction? Are they psychiatrists or psychologists? This is because they are the only doctors I know that deals with human behavior, emotions, and mental health. Well, if a doctor for addiction occur, then I believe visiting them together with a certified counselor should help out if an addiction occur.