Drinking is not a crime neither is gambling

there are a few people who will read this first line and leave, now that is their own choice.For everyone else both of what i mentioned above shouldn't be made as a guilty thing.First off drinking is absolutely fine to do as long as you don't drink every single day of your life, the same with gambling.Gambling is a lot of fun and some try serious to win which is fine but if you let it affect your life that is when the trouble kicks in.For majority of people it is good, they either drink sometimes and do some gambling withing their own personal limits or the do both.People are more against gambling i have found than drink which is understandable.I will admit that i agree gambling can be the worse thing out of drink, drugs and that.It is easy to become addicted but i have found the people who let it take over there life usually did not have a balance life before they started playing so that became such an important issue.I think the way a city like Amsterdam is run is totally great.You should be allowed to have fun and i really do feel if they started not caring as much about those stuff they would get less.It's like when people know something is bad they do as temptation plays a role in life.They should really be dealing with getting knife crime sorted and tougher jail sentences.Everyone can be forgived even if they murder or rape someone, you can always forgive people but they should still get the punishment, basically they should pay the price.Okay back to what i started with, both a great things to do as long as you don't overuse them and keep a balanced life.That is the main thing, do a variety of stuff.At the end of the day if your drinking or gambling just for the sake of doing it or for the money then maybe you should quit.I know it is easy saying this, people can't resist doing stuff a lot of the time if they get in habit but both are totally fine to do and you should never feel ashamed of doing them.I will finish off by saying gambling is made more guilty than the rest.For the reason people say for example if your playing poker your stealing someone elses money.Now that is bullshit.If you go to a cinema the staff take your money to get in, if you got for a meal you have to pay.So anyone who plays at poker knows that they have more chance of losing than winning as only around 10% of poker players are winning players throughout their career with 45% breaking even and 45% losing.They all agree to lose there money and at the end of the day it is just a game, people play to enjoy it too.Now say you are playing in a casino people might enjoy your company and the rest.Just remember though don't go down the path of extreme, drink sometimes and gamble sometimes, just don't let it dictate your life and you will enjoy it.