100%, had a lot of friends who destroyed their lives because of gambling addiction. Unfortunately, no matter how much help they tried to get, they still ended up in the same life.
An addicted gambler can't change what he used to if he is not helping himself and not willing to do so. It's not easy to overcome the addiction that's why it is crucial that the gambler itself is determine to stop this habit (aside from the help of others).
Family and relatives are indeed affected if one of the member ended up as an addicted. The humiliation and emotional trauma are there. The reason why we should not only think of ourselves when we gamble since we have a family that will be greatly affected when something happened to us.
That's right, it will be difficult for a gambler to get rid of their gambling habit if they don't have the desire themselves and it's not something that can get rid of the addiction after experiencing an addiction to gambling and if there really is someone close to us who can help us to stop abandoning gambling activities, of course it's something This will make it easier for them to get rid of their gambling habits, the family is the person who cares most about what we experience and they will be happy to help us so that we no longer experience an addiction to gambling.