I have shared my story here before in one of the threads, and while I agree that I became seriously addicted to gambling I disagree with the fact that people like me cant recover, because we very well can recover if we wish to recover and thats how I recovered despite being a gambling addict.
I am sure they can recover but some people need professional help in recovering and staying on the right path. If you have been able to control yourself with time and kept your playing habits to much less what you had at one time then congratulations to you. But not everyone can do that.Quote
Lastly in my personal opinion I feel that what youre saying maybe partially true, or you have very less experience of the gambling industry hence youre being overly judgmental in the case of addicted gamblers.
Anything said here is partially true. Because this addiction is more on a subjective level. We rarely see the extreme cases on these forums. Because ones who ended up coming here sacrificed their account for a last ditch loan attempt and then never came back or sold their accounts. 
What levels do you find critical in this case?
No sure what you mean by level here?Quote
Even families are very different from each other, so it will be difficult to set some parameters common to all. I think people need to compare their behavior with that period of time when they were not involved in gambling. And then they can understand how much gambling has affected them.
Thats the job of the people who write the DSM5 or 6 and ICD books. 