The only way it could help you with your life is if you win money to get yourself out of some financial trouble, but if you gamble to attempt to do this then you're a fool. Gambling should be just done for fun like any other leisure activity. Always set your limits and play with a budget or a bankroll that you don't go over. If you can spend say $100 dollars on alcohol a month or maybe $50 on Cinema tickets then apply the same budgets to gambling and you'll likely not get into trouble. It's when people chase their loses and the high of winning that they end up in trouble. IF you set a budget and bankroll and do it just for fun then you should be fine and it can be a very enjoyable activity.
Actually when we are only playing for fun, we dont need to set up limit because we know that it is for fun so we will be only using a small amount. It is different from those that set their eyes for profit. If they do so then they will most likely try to use higher amount to win. That is helping our life to actually know the limit of what we should and shouldnt do