nobody forced you to play.. But if today you feel unhappy with that.
I think you just stop doing it on your own.
And try to find something else to do but different one . Because it is so much more that you have not done.
Maybe it's time to change your life
The pushing force is our additions and greedy nature. So, in order to stay away from gambling we must have good will power and self discipline habits. Then we can deviate our concentrations into some other things to get rid of gambling activities. But slow progress is only possible.
I agree only our will power may save ourselves from any kind of addictions or forcing natures. With will power only we can develop any good habits which are needed not to gamble or while gambling we need to follow some tricks.