Honestly, before I gambled very often which can be said that I could not even pass a moment without gambling and maybe it can be said that I was really addicted, but this all changed after I realized that it was a very wrong approach to gambling because it was too high risk for the financial situation in my life now.
For now I usually only gamble about once every 2 weeks or even once a month, the point is now I can control my gambling activities better, simply when I have a lot of activities then usually I will be busy with that and not care about gambling, or it can also be said that I will only gamble when I really want to do it and that too if for example I have some money that I can afford to lose.
That's a very nice move to retrace your gambling habit, judging from the effect it could have had on your financial life. Sometimes we need not just to worry about the money that we spend on gambling; we also need to calculate how much all our regular spending on gambling put together in a year could remove from us.
If it's an amount that will affect our annual expenses, then it should be cut down, which is exactly what you did. You just have to let go of the gambling pleasure. Now you don't gamble on a regular basis again but gamble like a seasonal gambler, who places bets once in a while.
Maybe it can be said that my change now is because I am able to learn from experience, to be honest before when I was still very active in gambling I felt a lot of pressure especially on my mental and psychological self and it really interfered with my daily activities which made me less focused in doing any activity especially my main job because of the pressure that indirectly continues to disturb my mind, and I am sure all gamblers who are very active especially those who are now trapped in a cycle of addiction must feel the same way.
What is unfortunate here is that not all gamblers who are already addicted can really immediately realize that the slump and pressure occur because they treat gambling excessively, they still don't realize it even though they feel a lot of pressure and experience many problems in their lives such as being in debt, but maybe this is just a matter of time.
On the other hand, your advice is good, my friend, but it might be quite difficult to suggest things that lead to limitations for gamblers who are already addicted, so maybe I will emphasize your advice more to beginners who have just started or I mean to those who do not have an excessive interest in gambling especially in the winning opportunities provided by the casino.