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If addiction normally happens out of one's consciousness, then a gambler is supposed to be evaluating their gambling lifestyle once in a while to make sure that they are still in good conduct. In everything that someone is doing, self-reflection is very important. I don't know about others, but for me in particular, I do something at a time and I think about it all to see if it was really the right thing to do or not, and if I realize I have been doing the wrong thing all the while, then I will just retrace and put myself in place.
Yes, I think it is a fact that addiction can happen at any time with any scenario without the gambler realizing it, and usually the addiction scenario starts when at the beginning of the involvement someone manages to get a big win that makes them feel very happy which in turn puts great expectations on winning. Sometimes people who come with the right approach such as gambling for fun will always have the possibility to experience changes in their mindset, all because of the many temptations that look tempting which when a gambler is careless then various things that look tempting can change their mindset, This means that in gambling, no matter how good your approach is, in the end, fun can still turn into tension along with some pressure, and this can usually also be caused by a gambler mismanaging the time to gamble, for example, they gamble at the wrong time when they are experiencing personal problems, which means that losing in gambling can make them get caught up in emotions even though their initial intention was only to find pleasure.
And maybe I will go back to saying something that I have previously said above that one of the tips so that we can slightly avoid the possibility of addiction is to apply full awareness driven by assertiveness to maintain that awareness, the goal is that we are able to identify whether what we are doing is right or wrong, almost the same as what you said above.