What stopped me from doing "stupid things"? Well, I can't say that I didn't do them. On the contrary, I did them in large quantities, because I didn't think about the consequences. Everything stopped because I started getting threats from collectors and banks, from whom I borrowed money to continue gambling. I was so carried away by all this that I didn't even have time to think about those close to me who would also face this. Everything was automatic. I immersed myself in this world head-on and didn't want to notice anything else. Everything went so far that I had to take emergency measures.
This kind of stupid thing has been done by many gamblers; their hope is to get a big win and be able to cover all the debts they have. When they think short-sightedly, they take action to borrow money, and of course the money they get is used for gambling because they think gambling is the only way to make money quickly if they can win, but spending money on gambling from borrowed money will actually make the situation worse