Have you ever had an experience betting in which you knew that you were going over the limits of you finances and still continued? I have one playing a game, it was absorbing plenty of my time and despite me knowing it, I was kind of hooked on it. It was not a financial problem, but left me wondering how easy is to actually fall into a bad habit and how difficult is to break it.
I think almost the average gambler has the same experience as you, especially those who have a tendency towards addiction.
in my case, curiosity is too great, makes me continue to play the game until it exceeds the financial limit. there are two games that have always kept me hooked, poker and slots. i could spend hours on end.
but as you said, how easy it really is to fall into a bad habit and how hard it is to break it. the only way to break the habit of overdoing it is yourself.
In my case, ireplaced the game with another alternative and it was very effective for me. however, in the transition it takes quite a while.