People who made the right choice to stay away from gambling are those people who wanted a change in their lives and yes its not easy to do it because you will get out something from your system but for as long as your faith is strong and you are motivated to do what is right I think you will win the battle. Everything is all in our mind if you can control your mind then you will make it, others who do not do it successful are the quitters and its sad to say that they are many of them.
I can't but agree with that. It is always a huge decision to take for someone who is actually tending towards the addictive level in most cases, since it is gradually beginning to get very intense. But those who are all realizing it in the beginning stages, may get chances to come out of it. But others do get suffer severely.
With what you said in the last few sentences, the thing is about being in control and telling yourself you really want to do this, which if you end up doing so, would be a great deal not just to you but others around you. The zeal to want to do the good thing is what would always pull anyone through.