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What I think is a pretty good rule of thumb is that:
You don't have an addiction if you can stop at any time and have a two week or two month break from gambling for example without having any symptoms (bad sleep, risen stress level etc).
For example I could personally have a break of any length anytime even though I am a professional gambler at the moment (poker). And I actually have taken planned 2-4 week breaks from time to time and never have had any side effects (actually stress levels have lowered during those breaks, which has been the purpose of the planned breaks too in the first place).
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