Yes, I know that most of what is suggested here may not be able to completely help overcome or avoid addiction, but at least from these few points we can be more careful and a little responsible for our bets and try not to bet beyond the limits we can.
Maybe some people say this point is not enough I will respect that but at least we have nothing wrong with trying to be healthy gamblers without addiction and betting for fun without addiction and talking about sports betting might be a reference for not being too emotional when placing bets because we are quite placing bets and watching matches and the risk of becoming emotional and experiencing losses is not like when betting in casino games, mentally and subconsciously we will get emotional when every round of betting we lose and the feeling of wanting to chase losses is always there.
So betting on sports is very fun but it still doesn't mean to make money just try your luck.
The reason behind the addiction to the gambling was very simple,mostly due to targeting the loss in the gambling.The gambler doesn’t accept the loss from the gambling,this was the biggest reason for the addiction into the gambling.The good gambler will have the capacity to get away from the gambling,becasue they know gambling is also the game and not the money making machine.Once you had multiple the money from the gambling,you get addicted to it.So the number of attempt to get winning from the gambling will increased and you get addicted to it.Some people keep away from the gambling addiction by reducing the deposit to the gambling.
People get addicted for a myriad of reasons so it is reductionist to try to assign a single reason to this behavior, however regardless of the reasons a person may have to become addicted the end result is always the same, with the quality of their life taking a nose dive from which it can be very difficult to ever recover, so people need to always be aware of the possibility of becoming addicted to anything, and they need to monitor themselves and make an assessment of their lives once in a while just to see if they are not falling into an addiction.
You are very right, in other words, we can say that it is very important for us all to always keep or maintain a conscious mind towards all of our endeavors, not just gambling alone, for it is not only in gambling does one get addicted, there are several other things we do every day that anybody can easily get addicted in if he or she is not conscious of him or herself.
But then, here, we are discussing gambling, so let all references be on gambling alone, your idea of periodic assessment on oneself to see if he or she is still right on track or have deviated is a very good one, giving ourself some time to really check ourselves, think about all the money spent on gambling, think about the losses and winnings and compare the two to know if what we are doing is wasting money or just indeed having fun, all this and many more, if well practiced can indeed promote healthy gambling in us for us.
But unfortunately, i would say for sure that most gamblers pay attention to none of this things, even the very many of us preaching this still pay no attention to it.