Following your statement, indeed there are people who really push their way to continue betting even the amount of money they lose inside gambling is way high from the usual budget, with desperation, instead of stopping those addicted gamblers will find ways to continue to the point that they will be borrowing money, selling their things or even to do illegal things just to please their lust of playing, those kinds of mindsets are already alarming and they needed deeper attentions.
If they are willing to take that therapy with an open arm and a good self-will, chances of stopping or moving away from this kind of addiction is possible, else, they are going to waste time and lot of money and it will result it to nothing at all.
Indeed. Awareness of the problem and its acceptance plays a significant role in recovering from gambling addiction. Once someone falls into addiction, it requires medical intervention from the professionals. Treatment is necessary as well as counseling and guidance from the medical practitioners. This is to avoid encountering relapse and to have a successful progress about treating the addiction from its roots and not just on the surface.
Although it could be costly which is why most people don't receive such treatment and becomes more and more addicted into it as time goes by. Hopefully, there will come a time wherein medical help is more affordable and accessible to everyone. And hopefully there will be more seminars about the awareness of gambling consequences so that people will also know about the negative effects, not just the positive ones.