Quote from: wiss19 on Today at 06:11:42 AM

Quote from: alani123 on December 10, 2023, 06:01:18 PM

Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?

It will depend on their addiction level. A person, who has just started gambling but is finding themselves getting hooked up with it slowly, might not have a lot of problems and can easily slowly quit gambling if they want to. However, if a person has already become extremely addicted to gambling and doesn't have enough patience and self-control to say no to the urge to gamble, such people can't quit slowly because they can't stop gambling because of the addiction.

People from the second category I've mentioned will never be able to get out of their gambling addiction on their own but will always need assistance from someone else. However, the first group can easily quit gambling if they try because they are not too deep into it yet and they can still take a U-turn.

Stopping a gambling addiction is not easy, in my opinion it takes a long time to get rid of a gambling addiction, because it is not easy to stop yourself from something you are addicted to and any addiction will definitely not be easy, especially with a gambling addiction where gambling addiction is very difficult if you want to get rid of it. because it is related to money which of course money is an important thing in life. Someone who wants to stop gambling must have a real intention within themselves because it is useless if they get support from other people or their family but in themselves there is no strong intention and determination. In order to stop gambling, I think they have to face many things that will likely torment them, it is also not easy to go through or face something like this where they will really be tested to restrain their desire to gamble.

how easy or difficult it is to stop gambling, I think they really have to stop if they have experienced a lot of losses because it is impossible for them to continue gambling in their life and it is also impossible for them to live side by side with gambling because gambling can make them lose in many ways and such as