Well for sure many people did have the same experience as yours. And for me, I can proved it to myself that gambling is not really going to make my life good and if I'm going to be addicted to it, it is just going to wreck my life. So, if you can't help yourself it is going to be better if you are just going to treat it as a form of entertainment or pass time.
noone can beat a house edge and casino bankroll ,
if you can create a survey about people that have fixed their life around you i will bet there only few people think their life fixed because gambling ,
and get back in the next month/year to ask them again about this , i am sure they will say it is wrecked their life now.
It's funny how you are saying gambling is bad and how it can wreck your life, but still wears a signature-ad of a gambling site. Well that's how it works for you so so just realize some things that needs to be in the right place.