My friend has spent a lot of money on therapy but it hasn't made any changes to his gambling habits. I think it's true what you said, at least using a cheaper method involving the family would be better in my opinion, for example, just reduce it slowly and increase other activities. something more positive, for example exercising or doing other things, I'm sure this method can reduce it even if it doesn't stop completely.

It is not easy to cure gambling addiction and it takes time to cure it, another friend of mine managed to cure himself by reducing his gambling and also involving his friends and even his family. Finally he managed to stop gambling completely and never even tried to gamble in a gambling house. I think it's a time-consuming process but in my opinion it's better than paying.