Its hard to determine how people actually become addicted. Some way its usually beginners luck which gets people addicted, where they win a large sum of money, and they find it easy and decide to do it again and find it difficult. And they keep trying over and over and it gets out of hand.
Others say its due to people not being able to control their emotions. Which is what we find in dice or trading stocks. People take a bet or trade and when they win a small amount they are happy. But when they lose, they say they will keep playing until break-even. And eventually their trades or bets are very large and what was once a small loss ends up blowing up their entire accounts. And this is why it becomes addictive to those individuals.
Every person has their way of becoming addicted. But the most common thing that they get addicted to is because they can not control their emotion and keep playing. If they play without stopping, the chance of getting addicted will be higher so they must really have control over themselves. That is why you need to stop for a while and take a deep breath while thinking about what you have done before.
If you can realize your losses before and decide to stop gambling today, you will have a chance to avoid more losses. As a gambler, we are responsible with ourselves and not because of other people beside us. The addicted to gambling will be behind us and waiting for the time to drag us deeper into gambling so we must prevent it.
Yes, I do agree, in the beginning, we really don't know if we are into gambling addiction already. As usually there is this denial stage until it's too late. I admit that before, I didn't recognized the signs and symptoms as everyone in my circle are gamblers, including my wife. But when I lost my job and there was no money, that's when the time I realized that my priorities are wrong.
So when I got back, I change everything, I still gamble, but not like before. From time to time I will go online and play. Or go out with friends and families to play in land base casinos but that's it. No more returning back to my old self.
The sign of gambling addiction starts when you want to return to the casino sooner than usual. That condition can happen when you have more money so your mind will think to recover your losses and return to casinos. You want to play more and not think about your other activities.
But if your mind can be calmed, you will not tempting to return to casinos whether you have money or not. You will think wisely and consider that gambling is not your priority. You need to control yourself from gambling and not going too far to prevent the loss.
The main thing is to have fun and thrill while doing it, but not to push it too far.
We always decide for ourselves what to do and how to take things responsibly.
Discipline is at the core of such an activity we are talking about, and while it's hard, it's manageable.
Yes, not pushing it too far and always being responsible will be recommended in gambling. You will see that gambling is just for fun. Nothing else so you will not spend too much money and stop at the right time. You know that you can not make yourself lose much because that will give you problems sooner or later. So you must really take care of yourself.