Seeking the advice or help of concerned family members and friends could be of great help but sometimes they are limited because most of them lack the needed counselling skills.
Help from family members will be the best since family members are closest and also understands that estent of damage such attitude has brought upon such person. The only challenge is that, most people don't bring family to the cause of the damages they effect, they tend to hide it away from them knowing that family needs no approval to activate a corresponding correcting measure on them.
This is a good option but we can still have to consider that not everyone has the interest of considering the family members once it comes to their kind of way of life in gambling, but those that could help in this kind of situation are most likely the family members because they cannot afford watching one misbehaving and they do nothing about that in their own capacity, this means as a gambler, we should also value our family because when things turn up side down, they are our last hope
Family plays a very important role in the general well being of any of its members most especially those that allow themselves to get involved in each other personal and private matters, while the one with the problem is looking for solutions to that problem most especially when the problem has to do with something as forceful as gambling addictions that need all the support needed to fight and defeat it on the long term base.
So those that have close loving family will indeed find things a little bit easier on their side since for at least they will be receiving some level of support from their family and being encouraged daily to overcome the addictions.
You're right and i got your ideal point here, there are situations in life whereby a gambler will think about that he needs none of the family members help all because things are going well with them, but immediately they got into trouble then they discover that the first genuine help they will require is from the family members, now it's not about hiding your gambling kind of lifestyle away from the family members but being a true gambler who value everyone accordingly and knows how to balance both gambling and family together without any being affected.
You need that balance since gambling is really addicting chances that you fall into deeper engagement is not impossible to happen, your love ones who really care about you are the people who will be there when you needed them the most, with the right balance and with good judgement, you'll be able to enjoy and be entertained without hurting or disregarding those people who cares.
Be that person and have that mentality to make sure that you will be able to move forward when things are not doing well. As long as you can handle this kind of situation, you are still on the good side of your gambling participation.
If we are the kind of gamblers that listen to advise whenever we are given anyone, then we should know that there are some of the ways we behave while gambling that needs to be cautioned, gambling can be all about freedom but not when we are taking it all in our hands abusing everything for our own selfish and personal desires, we must know how to apply a limitation to it whenever such is necessary, also, we should know that everything is not all about gambling concerning is, we should create time in doing other things perfectly well as expected.