Yes, it is actually difficult to get out of gambling addiction when someone still really wants to gamble based on the obsession to get a lot of winnings, because it is very clear that with that you will never be able to reach the level of consciousness to admit that what you are doing is wrong. So actually the conclusion is that it is difficult to overcome gambling addiction when you still really want to gamble or that means you still really like gambling activities, even though on the other hand you may experience financial problems due to excessive gambling but you will never think of changing or recovering or even you don't feel that you are actually addicted, this is because you still haven't reached awareness or haven't realized that the way you gamble is wrong so there is no thought that leads to changes to recover.
And obviously it means that if someone has been able to reach the level of awareness in themselves as well as realizing that the many problems they feel in life such as in terms of finances are due to treating gambling in the wrong way then obviously from there in my opinion you will start thinking about correcting your mistakes regarding the wrong approach to gambling or even you think about stopping completely.
What you say is very true, it is very difficult to leave the casino if in our hearts and minds we want to continue playing, because it is useless if we force ourselves to stop but want to continue playing, in my opinion this will cause stress. for us and our emotional feelings. of course it will also be disturbed.
Having addictive behavior is very risky for us and takes a long time to cure it, therefore it is true what you said that a gambler must have a high level of awareness to be able to control himself when gambling, don't overdo it. and always be careful in every action he takes.
Yes and I would say that the problem point is "hope", meaning that they still have hope in winning from gambling so that it makes it difficult for them to quit their gambling activities, usually they always assume and think "one more time" or "it looks like this time I will be lucky", such ideas always lead to new experimental actions that can be even more excessive. Which means that if for example the thing I said above can happen or means that they are able to achieve awareness due to often being dominated by defeat in some experimental sessions then thinking towards change is likely to happen.
So the key in this case is to prioritize and maintain caution along with self-awareness, especially when you are still in the regular gambler stage or meaning that you have not entered the addiction phase in the sense that you don't really feel excessive interest in gambling activities, all of this is for your safety in the long run, because after all gambling always involves things that look tempting which are sometimes very difficult to ignore, which means that if you don't apply caution and maintain full awareness within yourself then it is obviously very easy for you to fall into and get carried away which ultimately causes a lot of problems.