It is a have to keep yourself busy doing other things instead of trying to play, even using a play money.
The system inside you will lead you to play back using real money. It's unavoidable.
Yes, that is exactly what I mean. Saying that a gambling addict will have the same or similar satisfaction gambling with play money is like saying that an adrenaline junkie trying to quit base jumping will have similar satisfaction jumping on a trampoline. Because the source of the high is not the same, the euphoria will be different. The same logic applies to pathological gamblers and their pathological behavior.