You have to do it by yourself otherwise it can be not possible for you and we can give you only some tips and thats it, you have to do it all by yourself to stay away from gambling.
The only thing that you can do is do other things that you like to do and just realize that gambling is bad to do and it is all wasted money that you have spend on it.
the other things ? gamming ?
This is not true at all. When you are deep in addiction you NEED help either from professionals or loved ones. Yes you need to want to be free but you will need help. Playing video games could help keep your mind off things while you're in treatment.
Being addicted do need a lot of help you are right, but you actually doesn't need any professional as you can still control your self if you are addicted to gambling.
Gambling is far more different to other addictions out there that do need a support from a professionals, count in there the drug addiction where it do actually need help from other persons and medications.
But gambling is only a choice of a person to entertain himself and if he want to stop, then do some other time consuming things that is also a tiring one. do travel to a different places, and more.