The moment you refer to (being constantly nervous, playing much more than you should, feeling exhausted afterwards, etc) is the one where you can judge whether you are in fact prone to this particular form of addiction.
Oh my, I think I misunderstood this part, by you saying this, I thought you agreed on this;
If you are having fun with something, you feel good afterwards, full of energy and strength to do many things, things you have to do for work etc. But there is little fun in being addicted. You are constantly nervous, playing much more than you should each day, feeling exhausted afterwards etc. That's how you know that you are not having fun with something, but rather becoming addicted to it. And the earlier you interrupt this downward spiral, the better
that is why I said what I've said
Well, I can't actually say that I disagree with this part
Rather, I proceed from this further. The point is, in general you can feel that way (tired, exhausted, nervous, etc) even if there is no addiction involved. After all, you may easily get tired or nervous after some strenuous effort or troubling affair, and that's perfectly natural to feel that way. But since we are talking about gambling here, we should look into what happens next, i.e. after you come back to life, so to speak
In simple terms, if you are not of a gambling type (a would-be gambling addict), you are unlikely to continue with gambling (at least, not as much as before) as your mind wisely follows your body to prevent further damage to it that so much gambling causes. You can think of it as a kind of chopper switch which gets triggered to interrupt cold-turkey any self-destructive behaviors, and which addicts obviously lack
. You can get a huge revenue in the long run but it needs a huge capital to build one.
