I know of someone who is so addicted in gambling.who spend his time and all his money in gambling.
Which he is finding difficult to stop or control, irrespective of the consequences that surrounds it, such as relationship issues,lack of finance and emotional breakdown,many people go through so many risks just to be able to fund that lifestyle and majority of them are using gambling as there day to day activities (they make it their job) this set of people or person can loss friends, family and relationship.
Because all there focuses are on gambling, when you come across this kind of people. "all you need is to counsel them" because it's beneficial
I won't advice anyone to control their gambling addiction, if they can't stop it means they are still seeing some ways to keep gambling, wait till they reach their bottom, they will call for help even if they can't stop themselves, have you ever seen whereby someone called his family to lock him up for weeks to beat addiction? Same thing will end up happening to such person.
Honestly, I do not fully agree with the idea of just waiting for someone to hit rock bottom before anything changes.. it is true that some people only wake up when life gets really rough, but the danger is that bottom does not look the same for everyone. For some, hitting bottom might mean losing money and realizing they need to fix up, but for others, it could mean losing their family, mental health, or even their life. At that point, there is no real recovery left.
I feel like early intervention is always better, even if it does not work at first. Friends, family, or even professional support can at least plant that seed in their head that change is possible. Addiction is messy, and waiting until it destroys everything might just be too late...