Mostly those friends who encourage them into gambling disappears when things got tough, its really important to find friends who will not just take advantage, for their own benefit, but find friends who always give you advice to save, its really hard to find, if they can't find one, then they should help themselves, or have a financial adviser like everybody suggest, they have to think of the future instead of short happiness.
Indeed, nowadays you need to be wise and not just to spend your money the way you think that you won't be emptied, if you mishandled your finances due to many expenses long the way you'll find yourself got nothing to use, likewise better to have financial advisor to help you finding the right business to invest your money and to make sure that after your career ended you have good financial support to finance your needs.