Well if you can't control your gambling addiction what you can do instead is find another addiction that is less life threatening like being a smoker or addicted to video games.
Well for being smoker i think they are not the same because if you are a smoker you cant easily remove or to stop this kind of hobby specially if you are satisfied with food some times i can smoke 3 times in hour after eating. and if i stop smoking sometimes im sick and sometimes my mind pushing me to smoke again.. so i think this is the hardest thing to stop than gambling.. Because gambling has 30% to stop by doing a vacation in far places with your family besides you can forget the gambling in far places..