Actually gambling addiction do comes in gradual process, it doesn't comes at a time but how to control it in the early stage is always a problem that most gamblers normally having. Because though they would be seeing it as something that very common without realizing that as day goes by that is how they getting more addicted in gambling. So however, I think it's essential to understand when you are getting addicted to gambling and prevent yourself from it, because that is the only way a gambler can be free addiction.
If a person has an income source and takes some money from that income source and gambles, then gradually his gambling addiction will reach a severe level. Because in this case, he does not need any additional tension to manage the money for gambling. The easier a person can manage gambling money, the more intense their gambling addiction will be, and the more difficult it will be for them to break free from their gambling addiction.