Option number 2 for me is the best way. Forcing them to stop will make them think logically and in the end they will make their choice.
If it uses a gentle approach, it will not be able to enter into its logic and assume we are just delaying it to stop gambling. No matter how rude it is, we definitely still care about the addiction he is experiencing.
When option 1 didnt work then you would be coming up for option 2 and if it doesnt work then any options should be used but if it turns out that its useless then there's nothing we can do about it but to accept that they are really pushing up the things that they do have in mind but if we are dealing with someone whose in our family then it would really be just that right that we should really be that in concern on helping
them because we do know that full risks and danger of gambling addiction on which it is something that shouldnt really be ignored about because once things become worst then we do know on what would be
the potential effects or damage into someone. This is why it would really be that best that we should really be attentive whenever we do see someone who do have this kind of problem and also with
every problems that arises.
Don`t waste time, use option 2 from the beginning. When you try to care about adult he mostly feel himself like a victim, but don`t think that if was his decision to gamble. If you choose option 2 you don`t give him such illusion - he must understand that he brake his life himself and he can change it only himself.