How many people have you been able to change after they get addicted to gambling? And what is there level of addiction?
From my own experience, I get to know that those gamblers who are secretly gambling in their rooms and develop the addiction habit have the biggest problem, gambling addiction is like 'wanting more' and never getting enough, you will have all day thinking about gambling, maybe if you do this or you do that, maybe the result will be different.
I was able to talk sense into two different addicted gamblers and they also get help from family members, but the major reason why they too so long in their addiction is because they don't open up to anybody, they kept it all inside of them and it's killing them.
Things get better after they voiced out about their addiction and they are able to get help, any gambling addicts you know of? what method works for you when helping them?
If you are facing gambling addictions and you are keeping it all to yourself, you are worsening your problem, find someone who is close to you and open up to them, letting it all out will bring you some relieve and hopefully you will get better, don't wait till you hit the rock bottom before you say it all out.
I haven't helped anyone but myself managing their addiction (i don't think you ever really get rid of it, but you can manage it). But lying about it is definitely huge sign. It's a sign that gambler knows that their habits are not going to be approven, or that they are downplaying the truth for themselves so that they can.
Lying to your friends and to yourself isn't going to just make your addiction worse, but it can destroy relationships. And it's definitely not a healthy foundation to build anything on.
What helped me was being honest to myself. Writing out things like what i want and what i need to do to get it. And by being honest, i won't be just writing what i want to happen, but what i need to happen. And that can include wanting to gamble while wanting to quit. That's how addiction works, you need to want the other thing more in order to that happen.
Or you can set up rules for budget, so you can keep on gambling but to keep it check, but if someone is already lying to themselves, those rules most likely don't work. You need to be 100% honest to yourself to be able to obey your own rules.