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Good day. I suppose the environment plays a crucial role in the formation of any kind of addiction. While being in the company of drug addicts or alcoholics for a long time, a person is much more likely to acquire addiction too. Thus, answering your question, yes, it seems to me that an environment where the surrounding people are not involved in gambling will have an extremely positive effect on a person addicted to gambling.
However, there is also the human factor - the personality itself. The recovery process largely depends on willpower and the desire to change your life. Alas, if a person does not want to change anything, no environment will help.
This is very true, even if a person changes his environment a thousand times, he will not be able to change if there is really no great intention that arises from within his heart. Intention to change is what is needed for an addict to be able to leave the things that make him/her addicted, and great support from family plays a more important role for a person to recover from his addiction than changing the environment.
I can't disagree with you. And in this desire to change, the support of loved ones is of great importance. From personal experience, I will claim that coping with such difficulties alone is almost impossible. The firmness of intentions and support of family or friends are the main components that will help the addict to heal.
Indeed. Support of loved ones of the one suffering from addiction is very much needed in order for the treatment to take into place and of course, to be successful.
Most of the time, people who get addicted don't even notice it themselves that they are suffering from one. Sometimes, they overlook and or even deny it until it becomes unmanageable. This is where the support and care of loved ones is important. Their presence, care, support, and initiative for the person to undergo rehabilitation is the first step. Pushing someone to get professional help is essential. After that, their support for that person will help him recover and do his best to be treated because he knows someone out there is waiting and rooting for him to be transformed.
If there would be lack support from the people around a gambler addict or any type of addicted person, it could lead them to thinking that the treatment and rehabilitation is just a waste of time. There would be no anchor of hope for them and at the same time, they'll lose determination to push through. Hence, leading to more distress situation.