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Extraordinary indeed, most of the time it's a long process as there are stages of addiction and if both the one who provide help and the addicted itself succeed both side will really rejoice and celebrate that kind of win against this problem that they manage to resolved.
Every process you go through will be tiring and provide a lot of experience. But it is worth doing if everything works together to cure his gambling addiction. When the gambling addict can recover from his gambling addiction, it will be a touching moment because it turns out that what they did was successful, and it was not in vain that they struggled together.
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Yeah right, if he can open up and able to submit his problem to someone who's close to him, the aid can be provided in a much earlier stage and the issue may solve as soon as possible.
Yes, it requires openness from the gambling addict to tell his problems to the people closest to him. That way, they can work together to find a solution and get started so that the gambling addict can see that there are many things he can do besides just gambling. And when more things can be done, and he is serious about doing them, he can solve the problem well.