I have never felt like gambling was affecting my life negatively in anyway.

I would say that I have been quite lucky in life to know earlier on about how small habits which we often ignore can lead to addictions that linger for a long time and can ruin a person's life. And I have also been quite lucky to about gambling even before I started gambling. It has helped me to become very cautious about it.

I know people whose lives have been negatively affected by gambling. I have also read stories of people who killed themselves because they lost their lives savings to gambling and didn't know what else to do. They are always a reminder to me that there is a thin line between responsible gambling and gambling addiction.