Long story short, I found his profile on Facebook, I messaged him and we started chatting, it turned out he now lived in the same city where I live, reconnected and meet again few days ago, he had grown very lean like someone who was sick or doesn't feed well, I tried to find out what the problem is with him and I found out he is now a chronic gambling addict, I tried finding out from him what lead him back to gambling but he simply said it's a long story and wouldn't say anything anymore...
And within myself, I am still wondering, what could possibly lead a person back to gambling after successfully quitting initially? Know well the reason for initially quitting was addiction, does it make sense to go back to gambling and become even more addicted?
Considering the fact that people struggle with so many things in the society these days I’ll simply say, it’s the economy.
Now, this individual already knew just how gambling had acted him in the past, mentally, physically and socially to have taken steps to keep off gambling but, when you try to keep off and you don’t replace it with active work to occupy that time you spent gambling and you don’t have a proper job that pays you well to meet up the needs of the ever increasing hardship and cost of living in our world, you tend to try gambling and if you aren’t winning, it gets really worst for you.
I don’t know whom your friend is but, I’m looking at him for someone who has lost everything and gambling is all his got left. That’s a huge shift and you should help him with words of encouragement to keep off and look after himself some more.