Yes, and those bad or good experiences will be a reference for you to play gambling more carefully and responsibly. If a gambler often loses in playing, then he must think with common sense that in fact winning in gambling is very difficult to get and if he is winning at that time, then immediately thinking about stopping is the best decision.
People who are new to gambling don't understand that if they are winning then they should quit but they play to win more for the joy of winning and thus they lose a good amount of money in the end. Gambling looks very interesting and fun but all the interest is lost when you deal with a multi-amount gamble and you play more to recover it. If you can't stop yourself from gambling, it means that you are addicted to gambling. Even if you cover all your losses, you still can't stop playing because it's an addiction you got used to.
While there are positives to gambling, one negative is that when you lose, you look at your past records and feel even sadder. It is good if people start gambling responsibly and carefully after looking at their previous gambling history, but if they don't, there is no point.
A gambler who handles his gambling activities responsibly may not have to bother about recording them. Because there will be no much impacts doing it. Except for the sake of reference. However, when a player finds it hard to record his gambling sessions while experiencing tough times with his games, then he wouldn't recognize his difficulties in gambling. Recording of gambling activities have to be related to the correction of excessive gambling.
It'll refresh in the player's memory whenever he pens down his activities. Only a handful of addicts will be able to control or moderate their compulsive gambling habit after reading through multiple records of losses. Although this helps self examination for all, but addicts hardly keep records of their actions. They're mainly concerned on ways to further their gambling engagements.