How do I overcome it?

Most often than not we find ourselves in situations that we can't get out of. It's not that we lack the power or the will to get out of it,it's a simple fact that we keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Take for example an alcoholic that quit,he is easily triggered if he gets frustrated by life if you know what I mean,say he his workplace had to layoff some staffs.Boom it's back to his alcohol,yeah that bottle and all his progress it's like he never stopped.

Another instance is a gambler in The fabulous las Vegas,he's been doing this for over 20years and somehow he's kept his gambling addiction secret from his family. I know what you're thinking,you can't keep it that long from people. Now he decides that he has lost more than enough with losses over $25 million in all his years. He decides to tell his family about his personal struggles and he hopes that his wife can forgive him. Then after this,she decided to divorce him because she can't trust him. He knows he's no longer into gambling but she doesn't see it like that and believes he can't change. So she sends the divorce papers to his place,he slides into depression and starts to gamble again.

All I have realized in life is that once you develop bad habits it only requires a little trigger for it to come back.