And also worthy of note is that, every activity in life have their pros and cons, their advantages and disadvantage, gambling in itself is not a bad thing to do, abuse is what lead many people into becoming gambling addicts, those who respect the rules of gambling always enjoy and have fun doing it.
Apart from the abuse of playing excessively, it can also cause people to become gambling addicts, we all know that anything excessive will not have a good impact, especially if it is misused, everyone has different goals in gambling, some are looking for fun, some are looking for money, but for those who are looking for Their enjoyment will not be playing excessively and it is easy to control themselves when gambling.
But it's different for gamblers who are looking for money, usually they will play excessively and abuse the actual rules of the game, where when they lose they should stop to prevent losing more but there are still many who can't control their emotions when gambling where people always aim to make money in gambling. will end up addicted to gambling.
Excessive gambling and gambling addiction are directly related to each other because a person who gambles excessively will eventually become addicted to gambling as you said. So, these two shouldn't be two different things a person does because the first is an action, and the second is a state. A person who completes the action will reach the state someday. This is the reason why it's always recommended that a person shouldn't get engaged with excessive gambling.
An excessive or addicted gambler will never be able to do anything in their life unless or until they stop gambling or at least reduce their gambling activities to a large extent because when you are addicted to gambling, you don't realize how much time and money you are spending on it and only a second person can see you doing that.
Exactly the point, you hit the nail on the head and that's very good, I would say that excessive gambling is an action just as you have stated, and addiction to gambling is the repercussion, or the result of the action, I think this is better than saying it's a state.
People work hard, and in return they make money, and or what ever they were working for, but it's not so with gambling, even though some gamblers mistakenly think along this line and apply this to their gambling, believing that gambling hard will help them win more money, gambling hard, or excessively gambling will only lead to gambling addiction, and even if the gambler made good money through excessive gambling, he or she will still lose is all back to the casino when addiction sets in.
This is why, we are advised to take gambling as a fun venture, rather than a money making venture, for he or she who gambles for fun will only do so when he or she feels like, and have money to spare.