u/ThenFaithlessness164

Hi guys, my brother's been dealing with a gambling problem for a couple years now.

Back in like February he finally seemed to turn a corner, was doing really well for months, then a few days ago he relapsed hard and lost a big chunk of savings in one night.

what's been messing with me since is I genuinely thought whatever he was doing was working, but it seems like a switch just flipped inside him.

for those who have managed to get OUT of gambling, what made you stop?

and for those that are still currently suffering with the addiction (im sorry) but what is still keeping you going?

I really want my brother back, i miss the old him.

Hi guys, my brother's been dealing with a gambling problem for a couple years now.

Back in like February he finally seemed to turn a corner, was doing really well for months, then a few days ago he relapsed hard and lost a big chunk of savings in one night.

what's been messing with me since is I genuinely thought whatever he was doing was working, but it seems like a switch just flipped inside him.

for those who have managed to get OUT of gambling, what made you stop?

and for those that are still currently suffering with the addiction (im sorry) but what is still keeping you going?

I really want my brother back, i miss the old him.

Hi everyone, was wondering if anyone here could give me some advice regarding my husbands addiction. He’s pretty far down the rabbit hole, and we’ve tried some things in the past like gamban but he doesn’t seem to be bothered.

He plays poker games with his friends when i tell him i dont want him to. Anything that we try to do regarding a block, he circumvents it and then pleads for my acceptance after he loses money. I know traditionally the advice would be therapy or to have a hard talk, but its hard for me to tell him that. We’ve spoken about it before, just like any other couple facing a similar issue, but he always breaks his promises.

I feel lost and afraid, and the plans that we had to have children are now feeling unsafe in my mind, and i dont know if i can even trust him to keep money thats left for them safe.

If anyone has any advice on what i should do, whether that be some other technological solution, or an intervention that goes beyond therapy (he thinks its not masculine?), please tell me!

Hi everyone, was wondering if anyone here could give me some advice regarding my husbands addiction. He’s pretty far down the rabbit hole, and we’ve tried some things in the past like gamban but he doesn’t seem to be bothered.

He plays poker games with his friends when i tell him i dont want him to. Anything that we try to do regarding a block, he circumvents it and then pleads for my acceptance after he loses money. I know traditionally the advice would be therapy or to have a hard talk, but its hard for me to tell him that. We’ve spoken about it before, just like any other couple facing a similar issue, but he always breaks his promises.

I feel lost and afraid, and the plans that we had to have children are now feeling unsafe in my mind, and i dont know if i can even trust him to keep money thats left for them safe.

If anyone has any advice on what i should do, whether that be some other technological solution, or an intervention that goes beyond therapy (he thinks its not masculine?), please tell me!

I've spent a long time watching my partner suffer with this addiction, watching someone I care about go through it, hearing the same reasons after, the same calm tone like it wasn't a big deal, even that night.

So I want to ask directly, if you've been through it, what's actually going on right before you deposit or withdraw? Is there ever anything that gets in the way of that moment, a thought, a person, a habit, anything? Or once it starts, does it just have to run its course?

If you've found anything that's actually interrupted it for you, even once, I'd really want to know what that was, I really love him, but it's starting to get extremely draining, both mentally and financially. I'm seriously concerned about our future.

I've spent a long time watching my partner suffer with this addiction, watching someone I care about go through it, hearing the same reasons after, the same calm tone like it wasn't a big deal, even that night.

So I want to ask directly, if you've been through it, what's actually going on right before you deposit or withdraw? Is there ever anything that gets in the way of that moment, a thought, a person, a habit, anything? Or once it starts, does it just have to run its course?

If you've found anything that's actually interrupted it for you, even once, I'd really want to know what that was, I really love him, but it's starting to get extremely draining, both mentally and financially. I'm seriously concerned about our future.