Topic: Can't gambling addiction also be positive? - page 2. (Read 1042 times)

An addicted gambler is already out of control. That being said, there's no positive side in gambling addiction since what's in your mind is to sustain this habit regardless of where your money came from. It affects the overall aspect of a gambler's life negatively and this is the reason why it's crucial for gamblers to know what they're getting into before engaging themselves in gambling.

Those who are playing to have fun and has a set limit to not become addicted can't be called as addicted to gambling for doing so. They're playing even let's say everyday, but still they're aware of the risk and careful not to fall as an addicted gambler.

No one can go against your words because no matter how experienced we are, at the end of the day there is no guarantee that their outcome will be better, rather it is more likely to be worse. So we cannot overemphasize its positive aspects. However, if it is under control, there is less chance of suffering bad consequences. Any type of addiction is bad and the gambler must take steps to refrain from it.

Gambling is suitable for those who think of gambling as fun, but if someone is advised to play without betting, he will never do so. Although gambling is fun but there is no fun without money involved.

All addictions are always related to bad or negative things and for me addiction does not provide any positive things. Even gambling addiction always looks bad at the end of the story.

If it is about a gambler who earns an income from gambling perhaps it is in a type of card game or similar that is skill based. But the problem is that it all still depends on luck, you cannot predict when you will be lucky to get a good card. Even in sports betting, surprises always come when the predicted results do not match what we expected, such as a favorite team being defeated by a weak team.

And if you talk about hobbies or just having fun, there are lots of alternatives such as playing video games that don't pose big risks like playing gambling which always ends with the negative result of losing all the money you have.

Gambling addiction just makes someone can't realizes about what happens to him. He will not accept he is addicted to gambling because he thinks that he still the same as before he playing gambling but the truth is he change everything. He lose his money but not realizes about that and just keeps playing gambling without controls.

An addicted person to gambling will never see if that is positive or negative because he only wants to keeps playing gambling and thinks gambling for most of the time. When he lose his money in gambling, he consider that is normal and will still playing gambling in other days but if he check his balance, especially in his bank account, he will see that his money is decrease. If he can thinks for more, he will considers to reduce his gambling activity because gambling takes a big part of his money and he needs to solve this problem before his money is runs out. But if he doesn't care with that, he will still playing gambling and not thinks about how if he lose for more money.

Talking about gambling addiction is an extensiveness by which the gambler has gone chronic in loosing oneself personality and loosing of financial values.
So there is no positive consideration on gambling addicts.

A gambling addict is one who has lost control of himself chasing a particular goal without being able to realize the damages accorded. So if we can talk about regular gambler that is totally different to say if could yield to some positive ness in as much the gambler is in control of himself.

The term "positive addiction" sounds like nonsense to me. An addiction can never be positive, because it ruins your financial situation, your social life and even your body and mind. Saying that gambling addiction could be a "positive addiction" is the same as saying that doing cocaine and heroine is good for your health.
What you are describing is moderate gambling, not addiction. Every bad habit(gambling, porn, smoking, drinking alcohol, gaming) is fun, if you do it in a moderate way. The fun goes away the moment you realize, that you are in debt and you can't get out of it.

Gambling addiction affects every aspects of your life, it affects your job , mental health, relationship with people and so on..you can't be a good father to your children or friend to someone because of this addiction, there's no way gambling addiction can be positive because it only yields negative results at the long run, some people enjoy gambling cause they are on a. Winning streak forgetting that everything they have can be taken away in just a split second, gambling addiction can't be positive

Hmmm, that is possible. When a gambler just keeps on depositing and is not counting his losses anymore, I think that's the real gambling addict.
You are right, a gambler who keeps tabs on all his games although he is a frequent gambler doesn't mean he is a gambling addict just yet. His mind is still not clouded by revenge to just keep on depositing without even thinking ahead.
I think it can easily be pointed out that when a gambler takes some pauses in his game, he will not be the type to do it all in just one sitting and he could still do his work and house chores even though he is a regular gambler. I think that's the positive side of it, we are in control, we are responsible, and that's because we learned it from gambling.

I myself gamble appropriately and the positive impact that I feel from the gambling that I do is that there is a side of pleasure in the flow of the gambling that is carried out, the excitement of the sensation that occurs can be felt but it also depends on our own perception of gambling. It is clear that gambling is entertainment and this is right because by gambling with the perception that it is just entertainment, you will get a sensation, but for those who gamble with a different perception, such as aiming for complete victory, of course this is wrong because this will only trigger their emotions to peak.

and what you say is true, the positive impact of gambling is only achieved by a small number of people, because many people tend to see the negative side. but even if it is the fault of each individual, there will be no negative impact if they gamble with the correct limits and perceptions appropriately.

Any kind of addiction can be two types one is positive and another is negative. Gambling addiction is always considered negative but
It does not only focus on the negative aspects. In some cases we can think of gambling positively especially those who gamble and have high winnings. And this addiction will never harm you. But if those who lose gambling or who have a high number of losses are addicted gamblers, then the addiction will cause a great disaster in the gambler's life.

Not everyone gambles to make money. For them, gambling is a pleasure. There are many busy people who indulge in gambling to relieve their human stress in addition to their work. We often talk about the negative aspects of gambling but there are many positive aspects that don't come to the front. Those who use gambling not only to make money can find positive aspects of gambling.

Being addicted to anything can never be good for anyone. An addicted person can never decide which decision is right for him and which decision is wrong for him. When a person becomes addicted to gambling, he naturally cannot make decisions on his own, rather he will have a problem in his mind about how he will gamble and how he will manage his gambling money. He sees the results of gambling going against him and he is constantly losing money, yet he will only want to gamble. We have to put in enough effort and apply the right strategies to achieve something that will be good for us but it is almost impossible to get good at something by being addicted to it. For new gamblers I would say gamble but have control over gambling.

The first thing you need to answer is:
Are games for you a habit or an addiction?

Many people mistake the frequent habit of gambling as an addiction, but they are not always sure about this.

The limit between a habit and addiction is the consequences they cause in the person's life. Addiction separates the individual from his essence and makes him focus more on obtaining pleasure through dependence than on the life he previously led, even if this means moving away from friends and family, lying, harming himself at work and completely changing his life. course of your actions, goals and dreams.

Any addiction is a problem, and must be eliminated or controlled before it worsens and becomes a bigger problem.

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The addict never knows this phase, and that is the point, for an addict, winning or losing doesn't matter, there is a myth in believing that addicts are always losers...

The title of this thread is a dichotomy, it can only occur to someone prone to bad habits, although in the moral of the matter depending on how it is used that conjecture can work... surely for someone who is obsessive and manages to master the game at will. a level that does so well that it can sustain long-term gains.

I would say that it is something that can happen with Poker... be careful, no addiction to any game from the point of medicine is good...

Sorry but having a Lossing streak and continuing to believe some big win will soon come to save it all does not sound like anything posible at all. It rather sounds like voluntarily gaslighting one self into believe something which may never come while at the same time burning money or Lossing it to the casino in the pursue of those big wins. That is the blue print for chasing losses and develop addiction, the kind of a friction which does not allow the addicted person to take care of themselves and their primary needs.

I don’t really get where the addiction does come into play here. Addiction is more about having an uncontrollable desire to gamble, it doesn’t matter if you’ve got spare funds for the activity, you just want to gamble and some even go the mile of taking loans to archive this purpose. Now, that speaks volumes on negativity, I can’t say there isn’t any positive impact on having to believe there. It isn’t about believing, loosing and believing you would win, yes you can win. You can get better at predicting the games when it comes to sportsbook as, there are well enough statistics to show a pattern but, talk about addiction, it’s a different thing.

I think that the concept is misunderstood. Addiction means that you are dependant on something, that you need something that's not essential to your survival, but you need that just to be functional and successful on other areas in life, and when you feel physical or mental pain and urge if you don't don't fill that need.

And there are different levels of it, meaning that different people feel it with different intesity. Many people are "addicted" to things that are even good for them, and some people can take breaks from things they are addicted to when they are bad for them. It's about how addictive personality you have and if and when it becomes a problem. That's why we are even talking about it, because we need to understand the mechanism better in order to help people that don't have the positive effects of it. Otherwise it would just be considered as "fun" instead of "addiction".

what I have to say in this scenario is that in gambling two things are involved and the you need to understand that the major one is to lose in gambling and the one that is not well known is to win in gambling, so looking at it very well you will know that t h e positive in gambling is when you a beneficiary of subsequent gambler and you are benefiting much in gambling, so I believed that we have to understand that gambling have to do with so many things, you may think that addicted person in gambling may not achieve anything positive in gambling, but you don't know that your consistent gambling can give you a Goodluck

Irrespective of your motive for gambling, the moment it turns addiction, then it becomes a sickness that need solution and there can be nothing positive about it. It might interest you to know that even if an addicted gambler wins money, it is a matter of time before he give back the money to the in days of heavy losses because he lack control of his gambling. Therefore, the simple way of putting addiction is someone who can no longer control how he gamble; at this point there is no fun in it anymore. In a nutshell, gambling addiction has no positive side.

If you can control yourself then it can't be called an addiction.  Remember addiction is an uncontrolled urge to do things repeatedly.  So when we discuss a person being addicted, control is automatically the issue.


And if the person can manage to control his feelings and motivation, we cannot label them as an addicted gambler since the word "control"  is actively being practiced.  And when stepping back when the sign of addiction is seen, simply means the person in control is avoiding to get addicted to what he is doing.


Addiction has nothing to do with winning or losing, it has something to do with control, so one must not be complacent that he won't get addicted to gambling if he often wins.  There is always a possibility that winning can trigger gambling addiction especially if the person is fixated on winning his session.


How can addiction be a positive thing, even eating food when done excessively can harm a person's health.  I do not see any positive things in addiction especially the stance you stated of having a positive thought and continuously gambling and losing.  This will have a huge effect on the person's financial state and will surely affect his family's need if he continue to gamble blindly hoping for that huge win.

Stating a situation where a gambler has full knowledge of what he is doing and has control over his gambling activities albeit doing it every day does not correlate to gambling addiction at all.  So I think   your example does not support the claim that gambling addiction can be positive in any way.

Yes gambling addiction can actually be positive in a way, if you are a much gambling positive person and you believe you will merit it even when you are seeing  a lot of losses and you keep believing that one day you will definitely win a lot and Which id the truth, one thing I understand about gambling is that you have to be consistent and make sure you gamble with much understanding and know what you needed to do, gambling is just a game of luck and reality of choice, is not everyone has the same luck like others in gambling.
Another thing gambling can much interesting if you are winning.