We all know very well that both gambling and drinking are harmful to health and mentally, but even then most people are strongly attracted to drinking or smoking. Despite knowing this, everyone expresses a strong addiction to alcohol. Yes, we have an innate attraction to forbidden things, due to which we are subconsciously attracted despite knowing the harm.
Gambling is also similar, despite the financial losses and the possibility of severe family damage, and most gamblers are attracted to it. Yes, it can also be said that subconsciously we are strongly attracted through the neurons in our brain, even though our brain knows very well that gambling is harmful.
We can dispute the dangers attached to these things you mentioned but in life people has their decisions to either stay responsible or move astray that's life, I will want to center my writing in gambling and may be conclude with other stuff you mention, as far as am concerneed, I know that one of the major thing that led many gamblers to addiction is greed or trying to recover loss, these two are very bad it can turn a responsible gambler to a strong addict, as for drinking, smoking and gambling are all addictive in nature, they are habit that's been build overtime by individuals, many people knows harmful smoking and drinking can be to health but the find it very difficult to stop, you know why, lack of safe control, it is a very big problem that has to be tackled.