If you want to be free from gambling forever, I think the ball lies in your court but most times greed is what makes one unable to achieve that cause overtime they still fall back to the fact that they can't do away with gambling. But making that decision is better rather than having yourself drain up in addiction and loses.
Being free of gambling have never been the case with me, I haven’t thought of it and that’s mainly due to the fact that, I don’t consider myself an addict or see gambling to be a problem. I still have bad days at gambling but, it’s as much a part of the sports I support or fan and as such, they very much go together.
If you want to stay off gambling though, you’ve got to view it for the negativity it’s got on you while ignoring any positives to it and there, you might see reasons why you shouldn’t be gambling.