I agree that responsible gambling requires recognizing when you're going off track and knowing your limits to avoid excessive spending. However, I also disagree because once someone is already addicted it can be extremely challenging to regain control and simply recognizing the problem might not be enough to stop them from spending more than intended.
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.
Quitting can be very difficult for those that had since gambling as a way if survival. There are part of the world that gambling is the only way for people to survive since getting a better job with good pay can be impossible unless one has the connection of the job. For those that attached emotion to gambling, it can be very difficult for them to quit since they might find it impossible or difficult if they make a decision that would crumble there means of survival. Things are really hard these time and with no hope if it getting better, all we have to do is to stick to what works for us until we see a better way for us to escape out of penury.
precisely because they consider gambling as a source of income, they will experience further decline because they should be able to looks for work with a more certain income, rather than being involved in gambling which gives uncertain results. If this make it difficult for them to stop, it is very likely that they will experience a chronic addiction and this is hard to stoped.
Gambling is indeed fun, but if we think of it as a source of incomed and we don't do others work then it will be in vain, we will experience a financial crisis if we are unable to follow the flow of the game and continue to chase losses. Gambling has a high risk of losing, especially for people who have The ambition to be able to make money for sure in gambling because the chance of winning is only small, even then if we are really lucky.