Gambling addiction can be very terrible and frustrating that it affects both your financial and emotional wellbeing. There are lots of gamblers out there in the open struggling with gambling addiction wishing to share their pains with someone who could understand, but they don't actually know the right person(s) to confide in about the pains they bear as they fear that they will be judged, criticized and the rest.
I had this conversation with a stranger today, he had to tell me a few things he's struggling with with his gambling habit and how he had tried to put an end to it but finds himself going back to same habits thereafter. And he felt that talking to somebody about it will help his state but instead the person he felt comfortable talking to about was so judgemental towards him which had made him resort to self-help but nothing has really changed.
Has anyone gambling addict shared his situation with you and how did you handled it? please come clean about it let's learn from each other.
I have heard those stories few times, but they weren't seeking advices or help. They were just letting me know that they are addiced to gambling among other things they talked about. One of them was a guy in the same table at the casino. At the time i was still drinking on casinos so i chatted a lot more. I guess it is easier to admit the guilt to fellow gambler, even when you don't know them, as it's unlikely that they judge for it. And they might actually have insightful tips to get the control back. And if a fellow gambler tells that i am better off not gambling, it's easier to believe, then normies who don't know how does it feel to gamble all the time.
And i totally understand why people would avoid confessing something like that. It's really easy to judge a gambling addict, and it's really common for people to do that. Not even with words, they can just change their views on the person instantly, and look down on them for being weak or something.
First time i told anyone, it was my girlfriend, as i had lost my rent money and i was so ashamed, like confessing something horrible. But at the time i didn't quite understand the whole addiction mechanism so it felt more like my own fault again and again. I didn't know what steps to do to avoid getting hooked so i stopped completely for many years. After a while i found texas hold'em free tournaments and i remembered why i was gambling. That didn't get to be serious addiction as i eventually got bored and played on several tables to keep it interesting, and naturally i started to lose, and it stopped being fun. These days i have other systems not to get totally hooked.