Contributions from the This website is about making money online, including via gambling and lottery websites.
(Yes, it is possible to make money online like that… but not very likely.)
However, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also provide some information about how to stop gambling.
I’ve researched the topic and collected the best resources I’ve found on this page.
How do you know if you have a gambling problem?
If gambling has become a compulsion for you – something you struggle to control – then you likely have a gambling problem.
Gamblers Anonymous defines a compulsive gambler as…
…a person whose gambling has caused growing and continuing problems in any department of his or her life.
Is gambling causing such problems in your life?
If so, the following may help.
✋ How To Stop Gambling (5 Ways)
Attend a Gamblers Anonymous meeting
Gamblers Anonymous has been around since 1957 and has helped countless people stop gambling.
Visit the Gamblers Anonymous website and see if there is an upcoming meeting near you.
Here’s how the organization describes itself:
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem.
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop gambling. There are no dues or fees for Gamblers Anonymous membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. Gamblers Anonymous is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any cause. Our primary purpose is to stop gambling and to help other compulsive gamblers do the same.
Attend just one meeting and see if it’s helpful.
Visit the GamCare website
GamCare is a UK-based charity that provides lots of support for gambling problems, including phone support, live chat, group chat and forums.
You don’t need to be in the UK to use their services.
Watch these videos
A selection of videos about gambling addiction that you may find helpful…
“This cannot be done alone in my experience. You have to have connections with other people who have been through it.”
– Russell Brand
“Now you enter this world that gets dark. Instead of the drug addiction or the alcohol addiction, every morning you wake up like, ‘Is today my lucky day?'”
– Joey Diaz
“I started taking out advances on my credit card. Then I started going into my salary, using my earnings to gamble. It was very rapid, this was a very rapid decline. Along the way I’m telling myself I need to stop because I’m going to destroy everything, I’m going to destroy my life.”
– Sandra Adell
“100% of the people who have addictive behaviors that we work with, either correct the addictive behaviors by getting some help or they go broke. There is no in between. It will eat your life.”
– Dave Ramsey
“I thought that I’d got myself into this mess, I’m the one that needs to get myself out of it. And I thought that I’d just keep gambling and that’ll be the way through it. My own stupid pride stopped me from getting any help.”
– Justyn Rees Larcombe
Listen to these Podcasts
The following podcasts deal with gambling problems and are highly rated.
- After Gambling Podcast
- All In: The Addicted Gambler’s Podcast
- 3-21 No Kiddin’ Gambling Addiction Recovery Podcast
What has helped you stop gambling?
Did I miss any useful resources? Maybe something you’ve found particularly helpful to get your gambling under control?
Let me know in the comments below.
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