I think, if you start gambling addiction would be very difficult to stop it.
If you are going to gamble make yourself calm down first and make your mind all possible. So if your gambling games later when not too obsessed to win a match in which the obsession is a defeat you
It also takes the help of friends and family members to stop this addiction and may be getting a job does help the person to get back to normal. Gambling is difficult to stop but if the person himself has no inner sense to stop it, he won't stop it. That's why many stay away from this addiction. It's just like taking drugs which can't be stopped.