And since preventing a negative outcome is easier than dealing with its aftermath then we need to make sure to never fall into this pattern of behavior, and quite honestly it is not really that difficult, just set a budget of how much money you are willing to gamble each month and you can also put a daily time limit so you do not spend too much time gambling, if you do this and respect those limits you will find out that you will always be in control and it will be almost impossible to gamble irresponsibly this way.
It's actually not difficult to prevent falling into this pattern of behavior but is only easy when we able a great level of discipline and self control while gambling responsibly because if we don't have any of these it's definitely going to be difficult preventing the aftermath.
Discipline and self control when applied judiciously helps us stay responsible gambling but when we don't apply any of these we find it really difficult gambling responsibly, it's very important we inculcate these characters into our gambling habit as it will be the foundation to helping us set budget and sticking to them, and also setting the daily limit on time we spend gambling, without discipline non of these can be properly achieved.