Things getting harder when addiction developed inside you, just like you said in an early stage that eagerness to keep playing will begin things out in you, if you dare not to do precautions to avoid getting hook then surely addiction will hit you and will generate bigger problems, it's always best to play with an intent to entertain yourself and just allocate spare money for your gambling.
That is why when it comes to seeing a small fault in ourselves, or something that is not normal we must pay attention to it, if it is something that indicates that we are going in the direction of addiction it must be stopped, and it is better to stop in time than to let an addiction develop, and the worst thing there is, those desires to gamble must go away at all costs, and the best way for me and what I recommend is when people control their money, by controlling their money they control absolutely everything , well it works for me.
Unfortunately, most of us just find it when we have already fallen into addiction. It always comes late before they realize that they are committing mistakes. But if we start gambling responsibly and are completely aware of the consequences, we will become cautious with our actions. But most of us just jump into gambling, thinking we could win a lot of money, neglecting the possibilities of losing huge amounts rather than winning. This implies how important to have proper knowledge about gambling and, most of all, self-control.
Bringing that hope that luck will permits and allow us to win, from that mentality a gambler will soon develop engagements and will start to lust for more, where limitation might exceed to expected timeframe and allocated budget, if you can't handle the pressure it will push to uncontrolled addiction and that's most of the time the cases of those gamblers who loses everything and ruined not just their own life but also those that sorrounds them.