Refusal to play contributes to recovery from gambling addiction but that is only if that person really wants to cure his addiction. Without having the intention to cure, he will just return to casinos someday because he sees that he cured his addiction so he can playing gambling again. It needs a strong mind to refuse to play gambling and have strong self-control.

He should have positive activities that can distract his mind from gambling. That is the important thing he can do so he will slowly refuse to playing gambling because that is just a waste his money. He should realize the bad effects he gets from gambling so he will say no to playing gambling.