I have lost much than what I have earned or saved. Through gambling I have lost more than 25btc, which is quite a big amount for an normal user. But I lost these when the price was around $350. Now if this has happened I could have ended up everything running for my daily food.
Yes that was a waste but you cant go back to what you have done.
And at that time we want to double our bitcoins as fast as we can because of the low value of it.
For now, we could just be wary of this things because of the great value. Every bitcoin will count now though we could still gamble a few for fun.
Saving is really hard considering there is gambling circulating in our forum.