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If a gambler has no willpower to cope with his obsessive desires to beat the casino, then he will not be able to change his point of view on the account of gambling without experts and so will hover in dreams of big winnings. It is difficult to change something in life without understanding the root of the problem. And after all, the gambling addict has exactly the same lack of understanding of the problem, so he is satisfied with everything.
And with self-denial he will continue to think that he's just fine and there's no problem with the way he's handling it, there are many gamblers who get out of control because they keep aiming to beat the house, something that they keep trying to create new strategy inside them that they think will work and will give them decent profits.
Like what it said, without that will-power there's a big problem and experts' help will be necessary to guide the person to find that will be inside him and start doing better.
Diverting your attention to another sort of activities that may lead you to escape from being addicted or to stop your gambling activities, it's something that you need to have in mind, with the power of self-will you can manage to work it out and be favorable to your intentions, I like that statement where you can push yourself to drive away from gambling and start new things that will dominate your mindsets.
With that, you can assess yourself if you are still in control, as you can change direction as addicted gamblers can't do things like that. They will always be on the side where they will keep playing without control.
It is often the case that those that gamble too much simply do not have some other hobbies outside of it, and while they claim other activities bore them and that is why they gamble so much, there is literally an universe of activities and other hobbies they can practice.
So as long as a person looks for long enough then they will find another activity they may like, however this is a measure that will only work when at least a shred of self-control still remains on the gambler in question, otherwise this measure will be useless.
It will be useless if there's no control anymore. If the engagement is already dominate inside the gambler's mindset, it will be very difficult to direct them into another direction and use it as alternative solutions. Gambler who are already addicted need deeper attention with people who are close to them, experts may be needed to assist them to work it out and find the right process to keep them away from this sort of addiction.