Quote from: Fortify on Today at 05:53:50 PM

Quote from: mvdheuvel1983 on October 13, 2023, 05:57:22 PM

One of the solutions which is recommended by most gamblers on this forum for gambling addiction is "Therapy" . Professional help in the form of therapy. It is good and very effective but how many persons can actually afford it? There is a fee for each session that lasts for a duration of 60minutes. And there are more than one session. Therapy for gambling addiction is expensive. How can those who are unemployed afford it? How about the college student? Or the person receiving minimum wage. What are the other low cost but very effective solutions to gambling addiction. And typically how long will it take before the addict starts to feel more in control and less withdrawal symptoms?
Will totally appreciate your responses. Thanks.

Really, there's only one way out if you've gotten so far as becoming addicted to something and that is going cold turkey. There's no half measures that are going to work, you most likely will suffer even more and make it much harder for yourself if you try to wean yourself off by playing less. You first have to come to terms with and accept the fact that all the money you've put into it over however long, is lost. That is often the most painful part, because if someone has put $50k in, often the thing driving them to continue is the remote chance that they could get back to just break even. Just let it go, because you'll never be getting that money back and define it as an expensive lesson that can keep you away from it in future.

A very well articulated statement here, but again, like I would always say that addiction as of different level, some one who is not very much addicted to gambling yet might find it very easy to quit and come out of their gambling addiction through this strategy.

But for that gambler who has become really addicted, this strategy won't work, atleast, I know this for a fact based on my personal experience with a friend of mine, much more like a brother rather.

So, for gamblers who have gone past the stage where they can easily quit gambling as well as their addiction to it through the strategy you stated above, the final solution could be to seek professional /psychological help.