Zero empathy from those people, I agree there is something to gambling which is a native reaction in the brain.
Would you still say the same if it's a disease? My thinking is gambling addiction is a disease and the patient needs special treatment. If you break your legs then you head towards hospital to meet the orthopaedic, if you have teeth problem you go to the dentist but if you have problems in mind then what do you do?
Fist it's very difficult to convince yourself that you have mental issue. I mentally sick person never realize that he is mentally ill. He sees everything from his view and find it logical. Gambling addiction is a kind of mental illness and I guess close relatives can help the person instead of blaming him for the disease.
When you are addict in gambling, for sure you are already mentally sick because you can't control yourself anymore and you only focus on gambling. If there is someone that you think can help you to get out on that addiction, better to seek for guidance.
This is really odd but atleast this is a proof that anything would be a scapegoat on your gambling addiction. You can find fun in anything, sometimes those things that you find boring before. The will power makes it happen. The person really wants to overcome addiction and thats why he succeeds. Its really hard to do this but like they say, no pain, no gain.
In gambling, you only get pain in the long run, though there is some gain but it will just lose later on so its useless. Addiction is not good at all, we want to end it but its hard to it but don't lose hope there's still a way to get out on a dark place.