Yes self-control will always be a preventive solution in gambling, there is nothing other than self-control because gambling has elements that can make someone addicted, and yes it is true as you said that only they themselves can save themselves from bad impacts or all possibilities undesirable bad, meaning this is what makes addiction a disease that is difficult to overcome because the disease is in the person's own mind which is caused because their interest in gambling is very high, and in some cases when we try to make them aware but often they claiming that we are someone who interferes too much in their affairs.
So it's difficult to help them and in my opinion it's just a matter of time, in the sense that it's very likely that they will only be able to get out of their addiction phase when they have experienced significant negative impacts that make them feel traumatized or that make their lives very miserable, and perhaps this incident can make them realize that their perspective and mindset towards gambling is very wrong
Yeah, and the ability of self-control over gambling habits is the gamblers awareness that ignorant to self-control can jeopardize ones reputations then, the agility to take control of oneself is developed.
Right mined gambling addicts considers the effects of their relationships with others and then take it a challenge to fight it out otherwise the careless ones would always stay adamant fully loaded of irresponsibilities and does not care about the effects of their loved once.
In fact, self-control is one of the main keys if you or anyone does not want to experience the adverse effects of gambling, and obviously something that can make it easy for you to apply self-control in the sense of applying various restrictive measures to your gambling activities, you must first have a correct understanding of how gambling actually is. The main thing that must be considered is the negative side of gambling, namely the possibility of risk, do not just look at the chances of winning, but we must also understand other things as a whole.
Self-control will always be based on the awareness of the dangers of gambling and this awareness will certainly only be able to be possessed by someone who has a correct understanding of what activities they are actually doing. So far it is a fact that gambling addicts only think of something that looks tempting, such as winning, but they do not see the other possibility that can never be separated and will always be a part of gambling which is losing, meaning that maybe 50: 50, you can win a large amount but you can also lose an even larger amount, and this is why we always recommend not to overdo it.