I was with one of my old friends yesterday and he was addicted to football gambling to the extent that he is finding it very difficult to sleep and do normal activities. He has won some of betting he has played on but correctly want to give it some time off. He is asking for general advice if drugs can help.
It depends on addiction level and it should be advised by the psychiatrist or the one who is treating the addiction and rehabilitation people from such activities. Taking pills on yourself is not going to help anything but it can worsen the things further if he addicted to those pills.