Originally posted on 01/07/2016:

There are two ways one can change their inherent vices. One, which has neen practiced for thousands years is meditation. It involves focusing and visualizing yourself achieving certain goals. You do not have to be Buddhist to meditate.

You must relax your mind, then focus on the things which you believe could either help you stop gambling or make you a successful gambler. For example, visualizing yourself managing the bankroll correctly without impulsiveness or visualizing the harmful effects gambling has on yourself and family. Then visualize yourself doing things other than gambling which could make you happier, ie fishing, exercising, etc. If you spend 5-10minutes each day doing this eventually you can retrain your mind to alter inherent traits which are causing you unhappiness.

This has been practiced for thousands of years in the East and it works. It is also practiced here in the West but you just have to pay a psychologist $150/hr to help you.....it's called cognitive behavioral therapy, which is the other alternative of course.