From my experience giving up from gambling is not a easy if you are addicted toward the gambling. You need a counslar to stop the gambling it just like the addicted towards the drugs and you just choice the other option to deviated your mind from the gambling
Compare addiction of gambling in other addictions like drugs, smoke, woman. All of them is hard to resist, these are all temptations and once you used to it this will be your addiction. And it's like you can't live your daily life if you will not gamble for this day. It is hard if you don't have any courage and there are no people that are helping you and encouraging you that you can do it.
I don't understand why did you put woman in the list. I think addiction to women is really a good thing which can distract you from gambling. This what I would recommend to gambling addicts: find a girlfriend, live a life, and you'll see that gambling is not so interesting after all. Try to spend money you spend on gambling to buy presents for your girlfriend or to take her to some good restaurants or to take her to concerts. Giving up gambling is easy that way.