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That's right, we ourselves become the enemy when we want to stop addiction. Whatever type of addiction it is, smoking, gambling and so on. Without self-will, control is very difficult. I've experienced that. When I was very active in gambling, it felt like every day I wanted to play, no matter how much deposit I made, at least I had to play. However, because I was made aware by members of this forum, I started to control myself not to force myself to gamble every day. Once again he reminded me, don't focus on winning, because focusing on winning will make us even more eager to keep depositing when we lose. These words, coupled with personal decision to control my self from gamble, made me successful in not gambling for quite a long time, last few weeks i play a gambling, but I always limit from initial deposit no more $20, except i get a big win, sometimes I'm back with more bigger, as far as i already made a withdrawal more than i deposited both initial and additional, if no withdrawal i will stop till next week. In essence, ourselves is the key.

Agreed and same time noted, stopping addictions are hard even with your budget.
One can not do all this when he's not disciplined, so before a gambler can stop there addiction theu have to make sure that they are also disciplined. Also, greed is another thing that makes some gamblers remains were they are instead of stopping or trying to reduce the addict, they will want to win but noth sure about the predictions and they stake high and lastly the game have to lose because their mind is just about to win.

People would only stop on the time that they cant literally be able to play just because they dont have anything on their pocket for them to play on. It is really just that there are ones who could be able to have that control and there are ones who couldnt.This is why we do see different conditions and situations because of peoples different taking and reaction been made on the time that they are experiencing such issues on which we do know that this is something that will really differ to each other. The most important stuff that you should consider out is on how to make up good decisions
and make up good actions for you not to be able to put up some effect into your life specially on financial aspect on which we know that this is where usually gamblers do really end up
miserable due to this situation or condition.

True, gamblers will only be able to quit gambling if they have completely run out of money at a certain time, but on the other hand this is not always the last point for addicted gamblers because basically they always have a way or even justify all means to get money to fund their gambling activities,

Like you said, it can be difficult to stop gambling. If someone gambles to the point where they have to take out a loan to cover the interest, they will never be able to pay it back. They may try to run away from their creditors or commit a terrible deed out of guilt, but it is inevitable that they will take out a loan just to place another wager. However, I am of the opinion that there are many different approaches that can assist people who are already addicted to gambling in overcoming their problem.

I think that there are some online casinos or even physical casinos that offer self-exclusion programs. I mean, you can restrict your access to gambling opportunities by intentionally removing yourself from these situations.
On the other hand, you might be able to replace gambling with other interests. You could be able to kick your gambling problem if you gradually started doing things like taking up a hobby, exercising, or interacting with friends and family to refocus your attention and energy.