Imagine that there is such a rehabilitation clinic for people who are addicted to gambling. Now imagine what they treat there without the use of pharmacology.
The main doctors there are gambling specialists, whose task is to convince you that you do not need to gamble. Your task, for example, is to prove that the patient most likely has a disordered game. In order to have long-term income, you need to have a gaming system. And not just a system, but a fairly innovative system of forecasting and risk management. Most likely the patient does not have it and never had it; otherwise he would have been successful and would not have ended up in rehab.
It is also necessary to find something for the patient to do instead of playing, so that he can occupy himself.
Now imagine that this gambling expert is you. What arguments will you give? What will you tell the patient about?
Please note that the patient will resist to the last. He will give counterarguments. For example, that he will get rich in the future, he’s just not lucky yet.
What other arguments do you think the patient will give? How do you respond to these arguments of his?
Actually here is the answer to the question you asked but someone too sensitive may fail to answer this question. Let me first say that I am not a doctor so the thought of a doctor rarely crosses my mind. Indeed, those who serve doctors are empowered by their Creator to convince people. However, I am giving my personal answer. If I could convince a gambling addict, I would tell him that you are so miserable that you are in a mental clinic today, but you can be the best man in the country if you try. Basically tell him a famous person of the country or his life story. Because a gambling addict has to throw such a question to hurt.