- Keeping myself busy and focusing on work.
Keeping yourself busy is one of the best ways for an addict to distract themselves from gambling. They can find a hobby that they enjoy, or do work, or do other activities that keep their attention away from gambling. Because the problem that gamblers often face is that the urge to gamble arises when they are not doing anything - although this is quite difficult to do because not everyone has the same ability to restrain themselves, but if this is practiced continuously then over time an addict will be able to control their addiction to gambling.
Sincerely speaking,there are several ways to restrain oneself from gambling addiction.It's quite not easy but alas,it's equally worth the process.Meanwhile,the recovery process can be literally easy; because you'll have to repeat the same activity,give it your all attention just like you indulged in gambling.Engage in productive activities and you'll definitely get results.
Its not easy as what you think. Since once you are there for sure things will be different and you will find yourself getting a hard time to step out on the casino you are playing. That's why there are people struggling to eliminate this addiction and ask help from their family and professionals to help them get aid towards what they are experiencing.
But if you want to be get out of this situation I guess everything will matter to the affected person since if they are cooperative and admit to theirselves that they are in this worse situation then provably that their down time towards this condition will be lessen. That's why proper support and understanding so that people who's in this situation can get out in their miserable situation.