“Pain Is the Only School-Teacher”

Re:“Pain Is the Only School-Teacher” by watwut on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @03:15AM (#23464467)

Aren't past gamblers more likely to relapse then non-gamblers to start? I think that my point here is that while enough pain is good job in making you stop temporally, it takes much more then that to stop forever.

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Re:“Pain Is the Only School-Teacher” by WalterBright on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @05:33AM (#23465110)

That's characterized by the phrase "hitting rock bottom".

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Re:“Pain Is the Only School-Teacher” by watwut on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @06:31AM (#23465354)

People who "hit rock bottom" do relapse. And when they relapse it all goes down really fast again. Rock bottom does not imply abstinence forever.

When I said "takes more" I meant that long term, possibly forever, work of changing habits, values, social environment to keep not playing.

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