I have tried many times after my life has return to normal in the last 30 years only to find out the hard way that the problem was still there and always there all the time every single time.
I thought that I could function like a normal person and over eat, over work, drink or gamble normally but every single time the result tell me I can never succeed. I will slowly become impulsive, impatient and compulsive after I start gambling every single time or I will gradually lose my sanity after I start drinking or I will eat unnecessary and uncontrollably after some time without fail. I soon realize that I was really an addict and has a problem that other normal people on the street do not have.
These problems indicate that I must give up gambling and drinking completely, other behavior like food, sex and over working must be kept to a normal, moderate and healthy level.
I only have one choice, either I accept the truth and stop completely (acceptance) or live in denial that I could gamble or drink like a normal person one day which will never happen in this life.