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When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.
Being addicted to alcohol does not mean that he is also addicted to gambling because there are some people who drink alcohol but are not interested in gambling and vice versa, so if there are people who are addicted to alcohol and then gamble, it does not mean that the person will stop gambling when they stop drinking alcohol, because in my opinion, gambling addiction is not caused by drinking alcohol or smoking marijuana, but most people gamble purely from ourselves who want to get pleasure from gambling.
You’re not wrong with your analysis however there’s a lot of proof in the last that is a very bad partner to gambling since it always result to reckless betting due to the influence of alcohol in our mind.
Even pro player that has high PnL on Blackjack like Dana White becomes a victim of this mix when he lose millions while he thought he is just playing small amount when he is drunk.
This is why people shouldn’t gamble when he still battling different addiction because it usually leads to reckless bets.