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I am sure that if an addicted gambler has a desire to get rid of gambling forever, he can achieve this almost without any help from friends or relatives. For this purpose it is necessary to go to a remote monastery, ask to live there for some time offering in return to do all the work that they have. I have heard that many people who change their lives in this way cease to be addicted. And not only from gambling, but also from alcoholism and drug addiction. So everyone has a chance, but for some reason few people decide to do it.
If you are a gambling addict but you know your family is rich then quitting gambling is not easy and that is my friend's situation. Without the help of his family, I don't think he could have quit on his own because he had failed so many times before.
And as I said, you only decide to give up gambling without any help when you have lost everything because of gambling and clearly see the harm it causes you. You don't even have to isolate yourself from people and you can easily quit successfully in just a short time. But if we wait until we lose everything and have nothing left, it will be too late. So I still like the idea that we should let our families know about our gambling and they will intervene immediately if they see signs of addiction. Addicts will never admit they are addicted, only outsiders can see the problem more clearly.
If a person realizes that his addiction is causing him problems, he is able to overcome it without any help. Your friend used other people's money for gambling, so losses did not bring him problems, and if they did, they were insignificant for him. If he earned the money for which he gambled hard work, he would have realized that the losses bring him problems. Then he would have been motivated to get rid of his gambling addiction. It's very hard to fight something that doesn't cause you tangible problems.
