Being able to evaluate oneself that you have a gambling addiction is a good sign because you still have the awareness within yourself. Seeking help from your family and professionals will give you higher chances of overcoming such addiction. Lot of of setbacks is expected, but just keep on betting that you can overcome your gambling addiction.
And it seems that seeking help from family and professionals is a way out for gambling addicts so they can heal themselves from gambling addiction. But unfortunately, we know that only a few gambling addicts are willing to admit that they are addicted to gambling, while others try to deny it and say that they are not. Keep betting but learn to control yourself so that you are not easily tempted by the offers you see in the casino. Many have lost control when they see these attractive offers and try to get them, but the truth is that they feel the difficulty.
Aside from that which you mentioned about seeking help from friends and family to keep you ahead out of gambling addiction it make more sense for the addict to also make personal commitment by avoiding certain things and life style that could keep his mind sliding back I to gambling at each point and this is the primary thing to be done even before seeking any professional help like visiting a rehab for help to quit gambling.
The best thing to do is to avoid getting addicted to gambling in the first place before even trying to get out of it an addiction because quitting addiction is not always easy.