If someone is a problem gambler and has repeatedly relapsed to problematic behavior related to gambling, I have come to the conclusion that it's best to quit cold turkey.
With other things it can sometimes be recommended that the addict slowly winds down their consumption of the addictive activity or substance, but that doesn't sound very realistic with gambling, does it?
Quitting cold turkey, contemplating on your mistakes and talking about it with a group and some experts sounds like the best path. What are your thoughts? Could a problem gambler quit slowly and expect realistic improvements?
It can be done, but it depends on the gambler himself, does he really want to change himself and avoid gambling? if someone has a strong determination, in my opinion he will definitely escape from his gambling addiction, even though it takes a long time, but with strong determination someone can get out of the thing that makes him worse.
Every addiction in my opinion has the same problem in his case, things that might be able to do if you want to do it by yourself then, stay away from environments that can remind you of gambling, do activities that are very time-consuming, your mind and energy, so you don't have time to think about gambling, because at night you will feel tired and choose to rest instead of placing bets. IMO