Gambling addiction - ludomania - at first glance is not as terrible as the use of alcohol or drugs, but relatives of ludomania will not agree with this. Lost cars and apartments, excessive loans, lack of interest in real life - these are the most common consequences of gambling addiction.
Instruction manual
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Players themselves often think that in a casino, lottery or slot machines they are trying to win money. This is a good excuse, but in fact there is no talk of profit. Gambling attracts people with emotions. Adrenaline, happiness of victory, excitement. Why can not you receive such emotions in other ways? The fact is that all other sources of strong impressions require a person to have strength, skills, time-consuming training, and slot machines are undemanding - there would be money.
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In order to get rid of gambling addiction, first of all, you need to realize it as a problem. It is advisable to do this before you come to be evicted from the apartment by court order. You need to clearly understand that it is not easy money at all, but namely the emotional component of the game process. It is possible that for this you need the help of relatives or doctors - do not hesitate to take it.
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Excuses about the source of income look very weak. Of course, slot machines bring huge profits, but only to the owners, not the players. It is known that with the average cost of one machine in two hundred and three hundred thousand rubles, it pays for itself in a month. Remember that this happens only at the expense of gamblers. In addition, mathematics is on the side of the owners of slot machines and casinos - not a single gambling establishment works at a loss for itself, but the loss of players is absolutely not important.
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Any person needs strong emotions, but besides slot machines there are many other sources of emotions. The main thing is to find your own. Sport helped someone to get rid of addiction, someone got a new job, someone bought a motorcycle and tinkering in the garage, not remembering the enticing music of the slot machine. The salvation can be the birth of a child, moving and arranging in a new place, a normal hobby - anything but excitement.
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A good psychologist can easily install blocks on specific dependencies: cards, slot machines, casinos, but the emotional void will need to be filled. The main thing is not to try to deceive the block by switching from automatic machines to racing or bookmakers, but to make a fundamental replacement of concepts. Get rid of the idea that you can buy emotions for money, because it is known that nothing really important can be bought for money.
note
Even if it seems that you spend very small amounts on machines, in terms of the year you can get a pretty significant amount of money that could be spent with much greater benefit.
Useful advice
Limit spending on gambling by setting hard limits. For example, allow yourself to lose no more than 5% of your salary per month, this will at least make life easier for your loved ones.