It's easy to know you are addicted to Gambling,  how you know you arr getting addicted is that you often gamble than never before. You take itlre serious like never before, you spend more time doin some analysis and prediction than other things, you gamble more than you can afford to lose, you keep losing and complaining yet you still find yourself gambling. Another way of checking if you are getting addicted is to check and compear you Gambling activities before and now maybe by checking your online gambling app to see the amount you stake per week, per month and annually. You could as well check how you can stay without gambling for a day or two. If you can't stay two days without gambling, then you are addicted. That is my own way of understanding about knowing if one is addicted or not.

It's as easy as possible. Getting in is easy going out is difficult just like any other type of addiction like smoking, drinking and taken of drug.

Working ones way out by yourself depends on the type of person in question, some people are more decicive than some, so if you are determined and decicive person then you can do it alone but if you are the type that can't do things alon without help from others then you will need a therapist or someone to cancil you.