Quote from: Silberman on February 09, 2024, 07:11:21 AM

Quote from: delfastTions on February 08, 2024, 07:02:19 AM

I think that there are very few gamblers who manage to realize in time that their seemingly harmless addiction to gambling is no longer just their hobby, but already a gambling addiction at the stage of illness.
Still, most of the players are too lenient about this mental state of theirs and they are sure that they can completely stop playing almost at any moment as soon as they want to do it. However, such a moment does not come in their lives and their game continues more and more. Here the question immediately arises about wasted money. And the question arises that such a player has already begun to lose so much that it has seriously begun to affect the life of his family or close relatives. And only then did everyone suddenly come to their senses and start persuading that the player should be prohibited from playing and that he should be treated. But everyone should have paid attention to this player’s predilection much earlier. Then it would be much easier to get rid of gambling addiction.
It seems to me that this is a very common mistake made by the player’s relatives and himself.

Believing they can stop gambling whenever they want is just a lie they tell to themselves to avoid thinking about the consequences of this not being true, have you noticed that the majority of those that say that never make a real attempt to stop and see if their words hold true? They know very well they are lying, but a lie is more comforting than the bitter truth, however no matter how much they try to avoid it, at some point they will need to make an effort to stop gambling and that is when they will realize how difficult it is for them to do it.

That's for sure.
Many avid gamblers, even when their gambling addiction becomes a disease, tell themselves and their loved ones that they are able to pull themselves together and stop gambling. They also say that they just don't do it, but once they decide to stop playing, they can handle it so easily. And this can go on for a very long time. But in fact, such players simply cannot voluntarily give up gambling. For real and rightly, they need compulsory treatment. Moreover, they require treatment that is very similar to the treatment of drug addicts. And even after such a course of psychotherapy, many still return to gambling because they do not consider it the same personality-destroying vice as, for example, alcoholism or drug addiction. I also see this as a major pitfall in the treatment of such addiction.
But of course, the close relatives of such a gambling addict should worry about this first. In addition, such a strong passion often leads to the loss of a large amount of money and can generally lead a family to a miserable lifestyle.
This is a fairly common danger of gambling.