Not me but one of my relatives and I really see how addiction changes the entire life of a person, it changes everything. If some people say it is easy to stop addiction, I certainly disagree with that because until now he is still addicted to gambling despite the fact that he heard advice from us (friends and relatives). And I found it difficult when you (as a gambler) won't help yourself to get out of the cage of addiction. Advices is useless, they will only just listen but no action has been made. In the end, it is hopeless and a waste of time, and I think the thing to do is to let him do what he wants.