Let's start with the simple choice: Do you consider yourself to have a gambling problem affecting your happiness, security, relationships, finances, etc? (Yes or No)
Now, here is something a bit different: Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years? Either you make enough income to call it "adult play", so you do not have real problems, and/or you simply stop for a long time. Then - months or years later - it gets worse again and you are in trouble.
For me, it depends, if I have extra money to gamble just like years ago, I did like have a streak of 3 or more years playing constantly online and in traditional based casinos. But after losing my job, obviously, my priorities changes. And when I got back on my feet and started to make money again, then my old habits come back.
(First question was above)
(Second question) Either way, when it's time to stop, how exactly do you do it? (For example) Change other habits, go new places, exercise more, stop drinking, simply "swear off" gambling... How exactly do you stop? Thank you.
Just like I said, income. I don't have the money then to continue with my gambling habits and so I completely stop. I still made sense before everything goes out of control like taking a loan or borrow money from banks or to any individuals. But it also take me years to have a steady job and money flowing in because I started to go back into my traditional based playing.