If you read my post carefully I have already mentioned that I do take occasional breaks to maintain a healthy gambling.
As you said, bet size plays a crucial role too. In the beginning I used to play with higher amounts but as I kept losing I realized there's no point.
So I started betting with smaller amounts and that helped me in cutting my losses.
I think we all need to find our own system that works best for yourself. You made the good assessment by lowering your bet size while still enjoying gambling. I limit myself by just having low amounts on casinos (and also putting some coins in the vault) as I can start tilting when I am having a bad run, so just need to protect myself.
We all have our own way of gambling but on general grounds we should not overlook factors such as becoming addicted towards gambling which is why it's important to limit ourselves in any manner we find suitable and as long it works for us.