Gambling addiction can start with greed, chasing loses, being overconfident to continue gambling when you're winning. But it can develop if the gambler doesn't have self control, if a gambler don't know when to stop it becomes a very big problem. The gambler can keep on degenerating and keep getting worse, at that time they need external help to support them to get through it. People should be sensitive about the attitude of their loved ones, if they find out that one of their own is addicted to gambling they shouldn't condemn the person but show love and support and they can seek professional help if possible.
Of course what mentined are the major causes of gambling which is individual involvement in extreme gambling without control, many gamblers don't really understand that as a gambler there's time that you've have to go on break for some even though you not because you want to quit but because it is necessary that you've to rest a bit reason being that over everything is not good, although realistically some of this decisions are not easy to make but that's why in the first stance you as a gambler has to make sure that you're in control of your game that's to say you should prioritize having control over whatever you see yourself doing especially things that involves gambling to avoid being a victim of addiction, the truth is that your close relatives, loved one must surely feeling bad or want to give up addicted gambler because they will feel very disappointed and again if such addicted gambler comes from a family that command big respect what do you respect, although that shouldn't also be a reason for anyone to abandon there own once found in such mess called gambling addiction.