Yes, I agree with you that habits are difficult to break. If someone gambles for fun and to fill their free time when we are not working, I think it is entertainment to entertain themselves. Like in my village there are people who like cockfighting and I asked him, for what purpose are you doing this? the answer is because I like cockfighting and most importantly I enjoy it.
So it can be concluded that gambling is not only played with money, those who gamble on cockfighting show the strength and tenacity of the chickens they own.
Habits are difficult to break but that doesn't mean they can't be changed as long as the person wants to change them into a new habit different from their old habits. A person who likes gambling can try to replace his gambling habit with interesting things to divert his mind from thinking about gambling. Before it is too late, they must immediately change their habits so that there is no attachment to gambling and can prevent gambling addiction that could occur to them. But if he gambles because he doesn't have money, he should be able to change it to look for money from other places, not from gambling. They should also be able to look for other entertainment apart from gambling so that they will not have the desire to gamble just to make money.
Yes, that's right, and they turn it into a very enjoyable hobby, considering that gambling is vulnerable to psychology and the main thing there is money and also everyone wants money so when gambling is present they seem to find a solution to increase their finances even though the risks are higher than the benefits. Therefore as we know it is very difficult to stop there, because our minds always push us unconsciously, in my opinion they (gamblers) need help from others, because it is unlikely to do it alone unless as you say they have a strong intention to stop.
Yes that's right, I've also said that before, which is more realistic in my opinion you have to find new activities such as adding work to every day, the point is they have to keep themselves busy and put a little free time, because if you have a lot of time then gambling will continue to visit you. That's right, it will be useful to distract their mind, and slowly they will be able to forget their bad habits. On the other hand, I often see some of them come to make money and not for entertainment, obviously that is very wrong and someone has to justify their thoughts, how can you make money from actions that are based on luck alone, it's ridiculous.