In this forum and other forums where gambling is one of the topics of discussion, one of the recurrent topics is people who write about how their gambling addiction has ruined their lives. We usually encounter topics like "Gambling ruined my life," "I lost all my life savings to gambling," "I gambled away my entire salary," etc. Then they go on to tell a sad tale. It makes me wonder: why do gamblers tend to wait until they have suffered a catastrophic loss or a string of losses before quitting or seeking help?
That's problem with the sick people. They usually don't admit that they are sick. They think it is an insult to admit that. How can you treat a person that don't want to be cured? No matter what you say, they will ignore you and do what they are going to do. I've seen this before. It is impossible. Worse yet, they will blame you for everything bad that happened to them even though you were only trying to help. Just leave them alone and hope that they will get smarter by losing.