No one would ever thought about been addicted to gambling from the start of it all, but if we are very sensitive enough, we will also know that there's an indications that is giving us the signal for strange habits or behaviors in gambling which we often don't take with serious till everything turns to what is now obvious and called addiction, therefore, we should be sensitive to how we gamble, the way we did it and the things that involves through the means at which we gamble so we can know if addiction is setting in or not and we must not be reluctant in taking a disciplinary action against any form of addiction.
I think this one of the things that all the addictions have in common, all the people that struggle with it would have never thought before that it could come so far. Even if you have heard about addictions and how devastating they can be, it's hard for people to imagine that they could lose control over their life's to such an extent. The problem is that changes to our gambling habits happen slowly and we fail to recognize them. It's not like one person wakes up the next day and is addicted to gambling. One solution to the problem is to listen to friends and family when they are concerned about us. In my opinion it's much easier for others to notice changes in our behavior than for ourselves. It definitely helps to keep an eye on rapid changes in our mood and not to give in to quick decisions that we make from. Our stomach, better to stay rational and think before acting.
Indeed, at the start you will think that you are just enjoying and from a winning or losing streak you'll start to change your appetite, adding time and money to your initial setup will lead you to a possibility that you'll going to go deeper, that willingness to continue and to spare more money is an indication that you might going to lose your control.
I think it's more on wise and practical decision making. Best not to gamble if you know that things can't be handled in the long run.