Quote from: cafter on January 10, 2024, 08:11:30 AM

Quote from: delfastTions on January 10, 2024, 07:41:37 AM

In my opinion, simple advice like “Stop playing, you’ll soon go crazy with your games!” completely useless. The player is simply in a state of excitement and euphoria from the game and will completely ignore such comments.
But, for example, turning off the electricity throughout the house while such a gambling player is playing on a PC, deliberately done by one of his family members, will cause anger and even temporary madness of such a player if he realizes that this was done intentionally. This is also a bad option for helping to overcome gambling addiction in the initial stages. So the family members are wondering what else can be done to help such a gambler overcome his addiction.

Family support means to support the addicted member by taking care of them and following what professionals say to how to take care of them. so they can recover from that addiction.
but if family members will try methods like you said, turning of the electricity. that can cause intense anger to the player because what if he was martingaling? he will think I lost half of the money because of electricity.

Quote from: delfastTions on January 10, 2024, 07:41:37 AM

Perhaps you know interesting original ways?
But then write them here in the topic. Perhaps they will be useful to someone.

I think this should be asked to professionals which is free on many online platforms and gamble aware forums.

There is nothing to argue about here. Indeed, the method of turning off the power supply in an apartment or private house is completely arrogant and stupid. I agree with this. But this is the first thing that came to my mind.
In general, probably any psychologist will say that the basis for weaning a gambler from the painful stage of gambling addiction lies in different methods of switching his thoughts and attention to some other things or circumstances that can make him forget about his gambling in casinos. And completely different thoughts will start running in his head. In particular, this could be some very stressful information. In general, these are, of course, quite cruel methods, but I think that without such methods it is almost impossible to cure a gambler’s addiction to gambling.
And no amount of persuasion from family and friends simply has any effect on the gambler because they cannot trigger powerful alternative thoughts in the gambler’s brain that can interrupt thoughts about playing in a casino and considering different gaming situations.