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Quote from: Becky Wealth on August 22, 2025, 03:30:58 PM

I know of someone who is so addicted in gambling.who spend his time and all his money in gambling.
Which he is finding difficult to stop or control, irrespective of the consequences that surrounds it, such as relationship issues,lack of finance and emotional breakdown,many people go through so many risks just to be able to fund that lifestyle and majority of them are using gambling as there day to day activities (they make it their job) this set of people or person can loss friends, family and relationship.
Because all there focuses are on gambling, when you come across this kind of people. "all you need is to counsel them" because it's beneficial

I won't advice anyone to control their gambling addiction,

I am curious about your advice not to control gambling addiction. At you saying it is ok to be addicted? And it is wrong to control one's gambling addiction? Isn't this contrary to many professionals advice to have self-discipline?

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if they can't stop it means they are still seeing some ways to keep gambling, wait till they reach their bottom,

Why does need to reach the bottom before they ask for help? Isn't it better to fix the problem when it is just starting so that the problem won't root itself and result in more destruction?

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they will call for help even if they can't stop themselves,

In this scenario gambler will have difficulty asking for help because he is deeply rooted to gambling addiction. He totally lost control of himself and probably unaware that he is already drown in gambling addiction.

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have you ever seen whereby someone called his family to lock him up for weeks to beat addiction? Same thing will end up happening to such person.

No, but I have seen people accompanying their relatives that shown a sign of gambling addiction consulting professionals to seek advice and treatment if needed.

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A uncle of mine still can't balance is life till now, the wound from gambling addiction since year 2000 is still affecting him because he doesn't feel alive anymore, he has no hope or faith in anything anymore, he found solitude in hopelessness. He is the reason why I watch my ways with gambling, I don't ever want to end up like him in my life.

It is possible that your uncle hasn't undergone the right rehabilitation. Or your uncle totally given up on gambling addiction and the thing that happe on him. This is a matter of mental health beyond the problem of gambling addiction.