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Gambling addiction in general: Help wants to stop.

Topic created on 05th May. 2019 | Page: 1 of 2 | Answers: 10 | Views: 4,279
Anonym

Help wants to stop.

5th May. 2019, at 09:38 pm CEST#1
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hey guys am now so about 10 years gambling
it started with betting and poker
and everything was good...and then came blakjack and co in addition, where
i just had 2k minus and have stopped and everything was good...
and then i got to know gambling halls and everything went wrong
lost more than everything on those machines...
and now I'm at a point where I'm losing my family...
and I don't want to do that, that's the last thing when the addiction has
has such a grip on you, and you can't get out of this hole...
these feelings, these depressions, this hatred
i can't take it all anymore
and I don't want to commit suicide, that's
no way out, and I don't want to do that to my family
to my family.
i just need a few tips on how best to approach it
and to which doctors I have to go for therapy.
i would like to go to a clinic for 6 months or longer and far away from where i live.
i hope people who feel the same way as me will go the same way, it is not worth it

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Anonym

Help wants to stop.

5th May. 2019, at 10:09 pm CEST#2
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You cannot go to a clinic voluntarily, it is not legally possible.

Every city has a Charitas or an addiction help center. You have to register there. After an "introductory talk" there are a few formalities that you have to sign.

In the following weeks you will have at least one meeting a week with your therapist. Usually you will have to attend 4-5 meetings in a row. After that the therapist will decide if you will be accepted into the "Self-Help Group". In this group there are people who have recognized their addiction problem and want to change something.

This group meets 1-2 times a week. Usually you are expected to come to the group meeting every week for a period of 4-6 weeks.

After that, the therapist, the group and finally you yourself decide how it can/must go on with you. Either you do an outpatient therapy (for 1 year) or an inpatient therapy (5-6 weeks). A 3rd option would be to continue attending the group until you are ready for therapy. The costs are covered by the RENTENKASSE
.

I can tell you from experience that it takes a lot of strength to go there every week. But it helps! But no one can take away the "pressure to gamble". This will accompany you for a lifetime.
And of course you will be advised to hand over all bank cards (credit card, EC card, etc). There are authorities that keep these things for you. You will then live on pocket money, so that you find the reference to the money again.

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gamble1
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Help wants to stop.

6th May. 2019, at 06:43 am CEST#3
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Believe me Fight your addiction and fight for your family

the family gives you something that those flashing shiny things will never give you they only want one thing from you your money and you deliver it well

Try to keep in mind how stupid it is to go to work that others with your hard earned money buy expensive cars and the money flies to them

that sounds vill hard and I know from my environment how it can be with this disease but a known has this Erkentniss very helped

The most important is

1) Let you in each casino in your environment lock whether online or offline

2) Confide in someone and do step 1 with your confidant

3) Avoid bars and pubs or go there only with people who actively prevent you from gambling or in front of whom you are embarrassed to gamble

4) Let your trusted person manage your money, give you pocket money and quietly urge them to show you receipts

5) Look for hobbies no matter whether something only for you or something with your family of computer games or other games I advise you in the first time from because there a kind of search shift can occur that I have once experienced

6) Go to a self-help group

You haven't lost your family yet it's not too late as you write Talk to your family explain your approach involve them through action they will be willing to help you for sure

Don't be surprised if words alone don't make a difference action is needed it will be a struggle but you can win it

There is nothing wrong with being an addict, there is nothing to be ashamed of, but you will gain respect if you show that you are stronger than the addiction

if you don't have anyone to talk to you can also send me a PN

All the best you can do it

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Rebelllady26
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Help wants to stop.

6th May. 2019, at 08:36 am CEST#4
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You can go to a clinic voluntarily.
That's what I did. In Mannheim
I was admitted there for 8 weeks as a partial inpatient and was looked after for 10 hours every day
It really took a lot of strength, but it was worth it.

I still gamble, but no longer pay in.!!!!! Never again. !

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upola
Legend

Help wants to stop.

6th May. 2019, at 09:11 am CEST#5
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Royal777 wrote on 05/05/2019 at 22:09: You can not voluntarily go to a clinic, that is legally impossible.


That is not right, on the contrary, this is usually the rule that you go voluntarily.

No one can force you.
Unless, it is a court order.... For this, the legal hurdles but very high.

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Kleinkariert
Expert

Help wants to stop.

6th May. 2019, at 02:12 pm CEST#6
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If Caritas or similar is in the vicinity and offers counseling, make an appointment there and already clearly present your problem at the initial meeting, the Caritas will then see if they can help you or they will recommend something (eg a clinic, a specialist, ...) and at least offer an approach.


Clinics could you e.g. under:
https://www.spielsucht-therapie.de/kliniken/

and look at the website. They should all offer something against Gambling addiction or something similar, don't always be fooled by the name of the clinic. And the best thing is just to call or write an e-mail, I don't know how long it takes. But I think that not every clinic will accept you for 6 weeks.

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Anonym

Help wants to stop.

6th May. 2019, at 02:13 pm CEST#7
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upola wrote on 05-06-2019 09:11 AM

This is not true, on the contrary, this is usually the rule that you go voluntarily.

Because no one can force you.
Unless, it is a judicial order..., but the legal hurdles are very high.


It was like that for me at the time. Whether that was due to NRW or the city of Aachen, I can't tell you. But to be treated simply as an inpatient was not possible...
By the way, I had decided on an outpatient therapy. I didn't see any sense in an inpatient therapy that lasted just a few weeks.

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Anonym

Help wants to stop.

6th May. 2019, at 04:32 pm CEST#8
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Hi guys

Thanks for your contributions, this is a good forum and only thanks to the contributions I have read here I could make this step. It was in my head for a long time but I did not take the first steps because I did not want to stop
Because the search has me in the grip for years already and that can not stand a man sometime we break then
And for me this is the point to change and to become the upper hand of my mind and body again.

I have informed myself and with us there is an addiction counseling there I have an appointment a week, with him I fill out applications and then in the long-term therapy, I have to process some things and for this everything should be in a house or clinic, a group where I go and then back home...is difficult for me, since the talk also does not help when you go in the evening to play.

Gamble1 thank you for your nice contribution
Has helped me a lot and if what is I meld gladly times by PM .
And then others also thank you.

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Anonym

Help wants to stop.

6th May. 2019, at 04:47 pm CEST#9
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Very important, be as honest as you can.

You "may" gamble during your conversations. But then you have to tell your therapist so that he can find the right approach to help you. Don't worry, no one will be kicked out of the group for gambling in spite of therapy. The main thing is that you are honest!

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Gecko1990
Rookie

Help wants to stop.

7th May. 2019, at 01:54 pm CEST#10
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I would also like to give my input. I have been gambling for 10 years and have been clean for 8 months. I have never been clean that long! I have gambled everything from arcades, soccer betting to online casinos. It is very hard to get out of it. Your heart, your brain and your body take control of you as soon as you have too much money... I gambled away a lot of money like everyone else but I only ever gambled with what I had. I have borrowed money, because that would have been my downfall. I can only tell you one thing, with the gambling you can only stop if you really want it! You just have to find another hobby that makes you just as happy. You think there is no hobby that makes you as happy as gaming but I went back to the roots. As a child, I loved collecting trading cards. The one or the other knows certainly of you still pokemon. Occasionally I look at classified ads for cheap ads and complete my collection. And when I make a bargain it is just like I would get free spins at book of ra😅.

I have been clean for 8 months but I still occasionally notice that my zocket I would like to be somewhere else. When I get this phase I meditate and do breathing exercises.

When you overcome the addiction and fight it every day you feel like a winner that is also a great feeling.

I wish you a lot of success, but no luck, because what you are trying to do you have to do alone. No luck will help!

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