Yeah I have read many stories of gambling addicts , one guy even sold his all properties including car , house and came to road , his life was destroyed due to gambling intensively.It is really great to hear that you have overcome your gambling addiction. Gambling is always a bad thing. You were quite lucky you overcame your addiction to gambling. Most of the people in the world find it really hard to stop whenever people get addicted to it. people also tend to lose a lot of money. In fact, many people also take loans to gamble and end up getting in debt.