Hi Mark, thanks for sharing your experience. Many come to the games for different reasons and so their eagerness depends on that reason in some cases. But of course it is dangerous when it already affects finances and we take money out of commitments to continue gambling, whether they are household responsibilities or others. But look at that analogy. "The addiction therapies for gambling addiction are full of people who lose, because there are no winners in these group therapies".
The important thing is to recognize where we fail and correct, good luck and I hope you are better, the games are not harmful, it is harmful the particularity that each person takes.