Addiction requires therapy not a psychiatrist.
This is true, but we still do not know what we mean by recovery. In fact, what is recovery? This is very similar to alcohol addiction. I already wrote about this, if an alcoholic does not drink alcohol, can we say that he has recovered? We can ask exactly the same question in relation to gambling addiction: if a person does not gamble, does this mean that the person has recovered? But a person may not play for various reasons. For example, he may simply restrain himself, but in his heart he may have a passionate desire to play. This is why so-called “breakdowns” occur.
I believe that can be considered recovery to some extent as long as the addict isn't doing it at all and isn't just showing to the public that they aren't doing it but doing it in private which means they haven't recovered, but if they are managing to stay away from their addiction for any reason and can fight the urge then they are recovering even if they have breakdowns which is normal when someone tries to leave an addiction.
When a person is severely addicted to something, whether it's alcohol, gambling, or anything in general, they will barely be able to keep themselves away from it and no reason can stop them from doing that. If they don't have money to do what they are addicted to, they will try and do something that will get them some money for it, and sometimes, such people can be dangerous for this reason.
