According to local gambling addiction research, gambling behaviors and its related problems would have serious negative influences on people around.
A. What should I do to help my family quitting his/her gambling behavior?
- Support your family without repaying the debts for him/her.
- Get your family becomes aware of his/her gambling behavior and its related consequences.
- Try to patiently listen to your family about his/her emotional distress.
- Avoid blaming but showing support and encouragement.
- Avoid resolving the problems for him/her, but allow him/her to take the responsibility and learn from such serious lesson.
- Be aware of the misunderstanding that he/she would quit gambling if you resolve the financial/debts problems for him/her.
- Seek professional assistance/advices from professional counselors or psychologists.
- Keep showing encouragement and support to gambler during his/her quitting gambling or receiving counselling. This will definitely helpful to him/her.
- To take good care of yourself, learn to constructively deal with your emotional distress.
- Protect yourself and family from unnecessary harms and avoid unlimitedly sacrificing yourself for his/her benefits.
B. How to deal with my family’s debt problems?
- Understand and be well aware of the debt problems are created by gambler but not yourself.
- To show consistent attitudes towards his/her gambling behaviour and avoid creating internal confusion or inconsistency among family members.
- Do not take up the responsibility or borrow money from relatives or friends to repay his/her debt problems.
- Get your family becomes aware of his/her gambling behavior and its related consequences.
- Deal with the root gambling problems instead of dealing with the financial problems alone.
- Do not clear the debts for gamblers.
- Make a clear budget and financial plans for gambler.
- Seek professional assistance/advices from professional counselors or psychologists.
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