There are some gamblers who come to know about their addiction to gambling even after a long time. There are many people who do not understand the addiction even after gambling for a long time. Gambling has negative effects mainly for those who do not understand the addiction.
If you're an active gambler, it will become hard for you to know when you're getting addicted because you consider gambling to be a regular activity you do but there are some signs you need to be watching out for to know that you're beginning to over gamble like always chasing after losses or exceeding your gambling budget and going to borrow money or make use of money that was allocated for something different that isn't gambling.
When you're an individual with discipline, you can easily identify when you're getting addicted because things will begin to change and you can take precautions before it gets to late. Addictions aren't easy to break out from so it's better not to get addicted while gambling.