You guys made me laugh, ahahaha. For @Asuspawer09 we can stop gambling if we control our mind. Though it is hard to stop not but if we determine to stop it, it is possible. @Fivestar4everMVP, yes, gambling nis all about hope and expectation. All gamblers hope that they will win big one day so they all have that big expectation. There is no false hope in gambling and anyone who is coming to gambling should k ow that gambling is 50/50. That is you can win or lose. And that must be in your mind before you can overcome the loses you will encounter. Hoping not win big one day is the only encouragement gamblers to overcome loses.
In that regard, I agree very much with what you have said, it is true that they push their mouths instead of their chests. Apparently, our mind wants to stop gambling but our heart doesn't want to.
So the real change is in the decision we make which one we choose. The only problem is that we want to change but our thoughts control us to continue gambling. But if we ourselves control our thoughts and our weakness, for sure the cessation and change that we want to happen will happen.
Gambling is all about our decision, we can decide to gamble and we can decide not to, it's all about what we want and when we want it, this I believe is not so hard.
But then, if we ever get to a stage where we actually don't want to gamble but we still can't hold ourself back from doing it, then it simply mean we have become addicted to gambling, if actually there is no other trustable way to find out when and if we are addicted to gambling, then being unable to stop oneself from gambling even when in their mind, they really don't feel like doing it, then, that is a good way for such a person to know that he or she have become addicted to gambling, or he or she is getting addicted to little by little.
So, for a gambler monitoring him or herself in other not to get addicted to gambling, the above is one of the symptoms to look out for, and when such is noticed, it's time for the gambler to draw him or herself back by reducing their gambling activities.