A drug addict can get better with rehab but a gambling addict can't get better with rehab because there are financial issues involved where emotions work harder. And it is this emotion that does not allow a gambling addict to quit gambling easily.
I beg to differ.
Addiction to gambling is mostly a psychological and mental addiction while addiction to drugs or alcohol is physical addiction. Logically, recovering from gambling addiction is easier if the affected person have the will and really want to recover.
Of course, the process is long and he needs professional assistance aside from the family and friends support.
Agreed, gambling is much connected with the self willing of the person. If the person himself have decided to stop gambling and have control over his activities then it can be easily stopped even without any kind of rehabilitation visit. As said the drug addiction is different from gambling addiction. With drug addiction things were different as the health will be much worsened out of it whereas with gambling it is all about the mental stress.