Quote from: vv181 on November 27, 2023, 02:52:54 AM

Quote from: Hirose UK on November 26, 2023, 02:30:20 PM

Quote from: vv181 on November 26, 2023, 01:06:09 PM

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Encouraging words of advice or suggestions can indeed be useful for those who need them, but will they work?

If they personally feel in need of encouragement, well of course it will help them, specifically in that context. So it would work. What comes after is a different case.

But doesn't everyone have an impatient attitude, they even give up easily and this is natural attitude that everyone has without exception.
In the beginning, they may be enthusiastic and really think they need motivation or encouragement to recover, but if they are confronted again with the desire to continue gambling and they feel that what they have done has not changed, then they will no longer care about.
They will return they will do what can make them able to enjoy pleasure and satisfaction.
This is what has always happened among gamblers.

Quote from: vv181 on November 27, 2023, 02:52:54 AM

Quote from: Hirose UK on November 26, 2023, 02:30:20 PM

Can it make someone change for the better and meet our expectations?
I would answer no because what they need is not encouragement, advice or advice, but what they need is action that can really help more competently and be seen in real terms, not just series of words.

That depends on how to approach those in need of help. Also, I don't think we should expect too much.

What concerns me is that the one who is truly able to take action is the subject itself, not those who assist or support. So words alone should have a considerable effect. In fact, a continual support system is required to make someone better.

Well, that what I always think about all of this, and maybe what we say to them will only be in vain if there is no determination and truly sincere intentions in facing or getting out of the problem of addiction.

In my opinion, one of the most effective forms of help is to give an example or prove to them that we ourselves can overcome what they are experiencing and from this they can realize and see that we have succeeded so that indirectly they will also try to do it.
This is motivation without words but rather real motivation that is clearly visible and has proof.