That's what am trying to explain since some people thinks that alcohol doesn't have much addictive effect like gambling, maybe they don't know how some people have become addicted to alcohol that they get drunk every day and night. A drunk can not even think properly or manage anything like a business or job. I remember the first night I got so drunk, I broke the screen of my phone that night and also hide the phone under my mattress, when I woke up the next day was around 12pm with a severe head ache, first I started looking for my phone without remembering what happened the previous night. When I finally found the phone, it was damaged in a way I had no memory about. So, being addicted to alcohol can really be bad.
If am to choose between gambling and alcohol addiction, i will choose gambling addiction. Both are evil but gambling is lesser evil compare to drinking addiction. Alcohol do not only destroy your finance, it also destroy your health, cause you more pain. The funny part of alcohol addiction is that even if you do not have money, there are people willing to buy for you. But in gambling no one will give you money to go and play gamble, you play with your money and when you are broke you stop. no one will give you free bet.
i stop taking alcohol at my 30th year birthday. when i was taking alcohol do drink responsibly i only got drunk once. I always stop at my level, if am drinking beer i wont exceed three bottles. I apply same method to my gambling , once the spare cash finishes am done gambling. Nothing will make me borrow money or touch my saving. One must be guided, drink and play gamble with your head.
For me gambling problems are more serious problems than drinking. Drinking is easier to control. A person might drink a whole bottle, but then, at some point, he will feel so seek, that he will stop, and for the next couple of days, dont think about drinking at all. Those who started gambling, its more problematic to stop. Winning causes to continue, losing causes to recover lost money and is a same continuation. Moreover, when you cant gamble physically anymore (tired), a few hours of sleep make you be able to continue. You have said that alcohol destroy finances, but gambling does the same faster and in a shorter period.