Let's start with the simple choice: Do you consider yourself to have a gambling problem affecting your happiness, security, relationships, finances, etc? (Yes or No)
No, not that I remember of. Anything that will cost my happiness and finance, I will block it direct and wouldn't think about it the next time because nothing should beat happiness and financial, I can manage the financial problems if it happens but happiness, I wouldn't trade it for the world because everything about me revolve round it.
Now, here is something a bit different: Do you have a "gambling problem" which you can sometimes control for years? Either you make enough income to call it "adult play", so you do not have real problems, and/or you simply stop for a long time. Then - months or years later - it gets worse again and you are in trouble.
(First question was above)
(Second question) Either way, when it's time to stop, how exactly do you do it? (For example) Change other habits, go new places, exercise more, stop drinking, simply "swear off" gambling... How exactly do you stop? Thank you.
I don't think gambling is that complicated and deep that much for all these questions but I can speak for myself that I don't have any and all I do when I play, I make sure I have that satisfaction but not money oriented with gambling from day one. If I play and it goes as ai expected, fine and if it doesn't, fine.
I think it's high time people knows that gambling will not make you rich if you continue to play it, is the reason why the companies are super rich and more are still coming and wanting to dominate the industry. It should be a place to test future expectations and not a place to plug money, if you have this sense, they'll plug your life combine together.