In gambling when you play to recover I feel that is your biggest mistake because it is not easy to win and not always you have that luck which might help you. So better to just gamble for entertainment and have a great time rather than getting into this and people who cannot control will become addicted which will be again a bigger problem.
That's inevitable when a gambler plays to recover. Its a big mistake for everybody but you'll never understand on how they badly feel to recover those losses that they've made. And to tell that to everybody it can't help and no one would stay with that situation for a very long time, you'll always think of those losses until you gain more as you gamble again.
That's right, it's easy to say but when you're in the situation where you're currently having lossing streak. It's not really easy to handle your emotion/feelings. Even if it's not a good idea to think of recovery, you still can't stop yourself from thinking of it. I've been there many times.
Yes, it is impossible to control the emotions and for the gambler, it is impossible to stay away from it. I have experienced from many of friends they used to do lot promises that they will never gamble any more, but they will gamble again and again because they are very addictive to it.