help someone quit gambling
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high school friend until now, now graduated with a job,
but he's addicted to gambling,
gf no help,
partially my fault, I taught him bad things last time in World Cup,
but I can control myself, he cannot
he kept losing and losing, and now has to borrow money from people, I hope no loan shark.
what's the best way to help him cut his addiction? -
control his money....
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teach him new good things?
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what is ur relationship with him?
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Tell his gf to pretend to leave him if he do not quit.
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slap him...
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tell gf to look for another bf
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Make him go to the pool room with you or play a few rounds of tennis at the time he goes to the betting outlets. If he's working, he'll slowly recoup the money he owes...hopefully he's not charged any interest.
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no hope liao...
last stage terminal le.. -
I think you can try this...Originally posted by kog:high school friend until now, now graduated with a job,
but he's addicted to gambling,
gf no help,
partially my fault, I taught him bad things last time in World Cup,
but I can control myself, he cannot
he kept losing and losing, and now has to borrow money from people, I hope no loan shark.
what's the best way to help him cut his addiction?
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Or ask them for any related authority which might be able to help....? -
the guy is my friend since secondary school.
oh.....ya
there's a quit gambling hotline right?
anybody knows it helps or not? -
Chain him up.
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devil has given you the hotline number..
let darkness give you somemore help....
http://www.ncpg.org.sg/faq.html
http://www.mcys.gov.sg/web/faces/Faces40/p3.html
you can help, by refering him to those counselling centre..'
REMEMBER: gambling is an addiction, so it can be cured... -
Be MORE SPECIFIC MAH...Originally posted by ghimpheng:
http://soccertips.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=213577 -
o ya thanksOriginally posted by Devil1976:Be MORE SPECIFIC MAH... http://soccertips.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=213577
Anyway if u really can't stop gambling right
try playing $5 per match you won't win much nor lose much and never borrow from others amd
IF You Can't Afford To Lose , Don't Gamble ! -
Thanks...Originally posted by darknessfall:devil has given you the hotline number..
let darkness give you somemore help....
http://www.ncpg.org.sg/faq.html
http://www.mcys.gov.sg/web/faces/Faces40/p3.html
you can help, by refering him to those counselling centre..'
REMEMBER: gambling is an addiction, so it can be cured... -
But the PROBLEM is some people actually thought they can afford to lose... Or at least temporarily...? But never realise that their 'temporarily' might not be so 'temporarily' afterall....?Originally posted by ghimpheng:o ya thanks
Anyway if u really can't stop gambling right
try playing $5 per match you won't win much nor lose much and never borrow from others amd
IF You Can't Afford To Lose , Don't Gamble ! -
If ur fren wans to control his gambling habits
Ask him to talk in gamblersanonymous to talk abt his gambling problems
another method is to show him videos of people who went bankrupt becuz of gambling(recently alot of such shows on tv)
If he doesn't
just dun care.can't save one.threaten to leave him..tts all...get a new fren.or he'll be borrowing from u everyday -
thank you....
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you can do what you can to try to help. like spending more time with him doing other stuff... teaching him a new hobby....etcOriginally posted by kog:high school friend until now, now graduated with a job,
but he's addicted to gambling,
gf no help,
partially my fault, I taught him bad things last time in World Cup,
but I can control myself, he cannot
he kept losing and losing, and now has to borrow money from people, I hope no loan shark.
what's the best way to help him cut his addiction?
but the sad truth is that this is his battle.
if he refuse to see it as a prob, you can't really do anything.
it's like smoking, we can do everything to show smokers what smoking does to their bodies, but it is up to them to listen and quit.
just do what you can as a friend. sometimes ppl can only survive and learn the hard way. -
first of all, does he express a desire to quit gambling?
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I think a good way perhaps is to lend him a book on risk or uncertainty/ prediction or gambling or addiction or money management.
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Your friend should be thanking you...Originally posted by kog:thank you.... 
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$5 is very less and even it is not temporary it is not a problem @ all unless you have a super low salary and no 1 bet in every single matches that is make available by bookies or singapore and re-read my post again carefully - Never borrow money from others and if u can't afford to lose , don't bet but $5 any working teenager/adult or even students can afford thatOriginally posted by Devil1976:But the PROBLEM is some people actually thought they can afford to lose... Or at least temporarily...? But never realise that their 'temporarily' might not be so 'temporarily' afterall....?