i think gambling has no such bad effect on my life, as i do gambling in limit and that is the reason that i never booked such a big lost in one time.
I wish you continue with your limit always, but usually most of the gamblers are failing over time with their initial plans. As long as you will be following your plans of having some limits with your gambling, I believe you can escape from gambling addictions and its bad consequence of getting life wrecked.
That's because we let our emotions manage us in gambling, we usually fail when we are losing a big amount of money and we tend to chase our bets. Not really advisable with that kind of thinking and it is better to quit gambling than risk our future in gambling.