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As long as the person is yet to be a gambling addict, there is a huge chance that he can still moderate his gambling activity. But if the person happened to be already a gambling addict then the person will be having a hard time controlling his urge to gamble. it would not be easy to a gambling addict to moderate his gambling activity because the uncontrolled urge to gamble is already present in his brain system. So it is better to ask for medical assistance and help from our love ones in order to help us recover from gambling addiction and be able to control ourselves again.
That is if he is willing to learn to moderate his gambling activities because many temptations can make him lose self-control and cause him to become addicted to gambling. This has happened a lot where they can still control themselves in gambling, but gradually, when the temptation gets bigger and gives them several wins, it makes them want to win even more. And that will probably be the beginning for them to become addicted to gambling, and they won't even realize it. And only by telling other people what we can do so that they can immediately help us solve this gambling addiction problem so that it doesn't cause us to become serious gambling addicts.
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It's not easy to just stop gambling, especially if you have become an addict, the only way is to get used to reducing it slowly so that the brain and heart become accustomed to the pressure on our minds to continue gambling, I'm sure people can do that too. like I can also do it because I have the determination to reduce my gambling activities so that I can be more controlled.
Limit your time and money so you don't indulge yourself in gambling too much. There must be a limit so you don't play any further because by reducing our gambling activities, of course we can control it later, especially suppressing the high desire to gamble, because we are used to reducing it, so whenever we can. stop gambling at any time if you feel ready. But I would rather reduce my gambling activities than stop gambling, because I only gamble for fun and don't prioritize gambling as a source of income. The healthier your mindset, the better it will be.
Perhaps building new activities could be one solution to reduce gambling addiction so that the mental pressure to continue gambling can be reduced too. But they indeed need a strong determination to reduce their gambling activities so that they can control themselves to stay away from gambling. It would be more helpful if they could do other activities to reduce their gambling activities.
In gambling, we must have limits to control everything and reduce the losses we might receive. With these limits, we can suppress the desire to gamble to reduce our gambling activities and avoid gambling addiction, which is a problem for many gamblers. If you can't stop gambling, you can just reduce your gambling activities so that you don't lose a lot of money gambling. You should use the money for other things.