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That is the danger of gambling and alcohol addiction because they destroy our lives slowly but surely. And before we become addicted to gambling or alcohol, we better be aware of it and try to anticipate the urge to gamble by doing many things that will help us not to think about gambling. This is important to do by doing other things. Our focus will shift to that and try to get rid of thoughts about gambling. However, it is not easy to do and only people who strongly desire to heal themselves from their addiction or addiction symptoms can do it. At the same time, others will even play gambling more often than trying to stop their gambling activities temporarily.
Yeah, that's the reality for pretty much any addiction out there, it can be anything, even food.
There is an increasing number of overweight and obese people in the world, particularly in the US, and that's because of the relationship people have with food, they are basically addicted to food.
Same with alcohol, gambling, or anything else. Addictions are very dangerous because they grow slowly over time and you don't realize it until it's too late. It's always good to have a constant check of how your life is moving and correct anything as early as possible.