By doing various kinds of activities, people will not feel lonely, especially if they can do activities that connect with others. This will help them communicate with other people so that something will be created from this activity or there will even be cooperation between them. This will allow people who feel lonely never to feel lonely again because they have other activities.
The point is to never be alone and feel lonely, look for friends and do activities to have fun, there are many games out there that can be played as well as other hobbies that can be played not only in gambling, don't always think that gambling is a very fun game, there are many in this world fun games that can be played besides gambling, for example playing football or other sports activities with friends or family.
As long as it is done consistently there will be no desire to gamble because if you are alone and feel lonely there will definitely be something you want to do in gambling, for example trying to use a new strategy or something else, it's best to forget about that and do other activities to enjoy life more because gambling is not the end goal. from eliminating feelings of loneliness.
All the above fun activities you both mentioned can be achieved with the help of someone else, who the addict loves or interacts with about his gambling problem. Most of the time the gambler would suffer internally, and wouldn't want to share his problems with other people around him. They have this fear that keeps them deep into trouble and they'll start asking themselves questions like: would he be able to help me since I can't help myself? Will he blame me like everyone else did? Such a question puts the addict in a tough condition of whether to talk or remain with his problem. Mind you, these thoughts don't change the gambler by any means. While he battles with telling people, he still gambles and indulges in gambling-related activities, outside his will. So, a gambler who is privileged enough to understand this quickly can get such help, and save himself from addiction. But, truthfully, not all addicted gamblers would have friends or relatives who are kind enough to help them change.
His fears may later happen, the questions he asked himself earlier, could be true. The people he talked to wouldn't be able to help or they'll blame him for his problems. Therefore the discrimination could serve as a nitro to help the gambler move to a more crucial level of gambling addiction. We expect to see lots of suffering addicted players, due to the challenges from loved ones. I do commend gamblers who got help from their loved ones, as very lucky. It could be the person's girlfriend or brother. The only help the addict wants is for a different body to push him out of gambling addiction. Engaging in fun games can be a fast means of restoring an addicted gambler to think of a different game outside of gambling. However, he still needs supervision from his friend to keep to the promise of not moving back to gambling. Cross-addiction is very hard in gambling addiction. Hence, players need to be wary of it, as not everyone has kind, loving relatives or friends.