In fact, it is difficult to cure addiction, that's why beginner gamblers are always reminded to gamble in moderation and not gamble too deeply so that it doesn't become an addiction, sometimes it is difficult to cure even if we ask for help from other people, if it doesn't come from our own desire to stop gambling, sometimes there are those who don't succeed with the help of other people or professionals.
My friend has tried that and he keeps going back to gambling, until in the end he wants to stop gambling to get rid of his addiction. Finally he is slowly reducing it now even though he hasn't stopped yet, by reducing his gambling hours to fewer hours over time, he is sure that this method can be done. managed to reduce his losses and also his addiction in the end. Some gambling addicts in my area have almost completely recovered, the rest are still in the process of healing by reducing their gambling activities.
Gambling addiction is difficult to cure because of the rejection of gamblers who do not want to admit that they have a gambling addiction without realizing it. And novice gamblers must be able to see and learn from other people's experiences to prevent themselves from experiencing gambling addiction. And it is true that if there is no desire to stop gambling, maybe it will be difficult because we will delay stopping gambling.
Having this desire can make gamblers addicted to gambling think that they have spent a lot of money and time gambling so they want to reduce their gambling addiction. By trying to reduce their gambling activities, they can do it slowly and those who can do it with the people closest to them will be able to reduce their gambling addiction until they can finally recover from it.
Addiction is hard to cure especially when you have easy access to it and you don't really feel anything wrong about it because you can actually fund your addiction. this is what happened to many of those people who realized all these things when it was already too late for them because they already lost it all. some of them even went too far by taking loans just to fill their hunger for their addictions which ended up being the worst thing they could ever do in their life.
That is why if someone wants to cure their gambling addiction, they must have the desire to stop gambling. Without the desire, they may find it difficult to know where to start reducing their gambling activities. And if they still can't notice any changes in themselves, they won't want to admit their gambling addiction, which will only make them deeper into gambling. Meanwhile, if some people have even taken out loans to gamble, they must be able to see that what they are doing will only have bad consequences for themselves. And that's why they must immediately stop gambling before things get worse.
Also, agree with you that sometimes a gambling addict closes himself, If I had a friend like this I would talk to him because sometimes talking to other people can relieve such a burden in the back
Talking to other people can lighten our burden so that we can be calmer and think about finding a way out. We can also get advice from other people that may be useful for us. And it would be even better if that person wanted to help us cure his gambling addiction so we don't feel alone in living it.