Topic: Can't gambling addiction also be positive? - page 4. (Read 1042 times)

This scenario that you described seems to be good, but it is not, imagine that a person makes sports bets and that person has always managed to obtain constant profits, but that person cannot stay without making sports bets, so that person starts to have a serious problem, which consists of the following:

1 - at all hours of the day this person thinks about sports betting

2 - this person stops socializing with other people to spend more time placing sports bets and as a result is left without a job, without a wife, without friends

3 - when this person starts having losses, he will have emotional imbalance and will be unlikely to win again and as a consequence he will run into debts, sell assets and may get into drugs and crime, and will probably end up in prison or dead if his family does not admit him to the hospital

That's why there's nothing good about addiction.

There are people who can play every day but are not addicted. In these cases there is nothing wrong as long as they also play with money they can afford to lose and live and talk to people in the real world.



The function of games and sports betting is to entertain people, that is, to make people have fun. Unfortunately, some people don't understand this and become addicted, but most people play a lot and have fun and are not addicted. So we can say that gambling is a good thing


There is no good addiction. every vice is something harmful

Currently there is no person or psychologist who explains and says that gambling addiction has a positive impact on its users, generally addiction is often and always identified with negative things, why is that.
Because, addiction is always associated with bad thoughts, if people are dependent on a substance or desire, if they don't achieve it, it can have a bad impact on themselves, that's the main point.

I once read the words spoken by a famous psychologist.
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There we can draw the conclusion that gambling addiction is very difficult, it can be directed to the positive.

Anything in excess is harmful.

Water is good for body, but too much consuming water will lead you gets Water intoxication.

Consuming too much eating vegetable is also not good.

Gambling too much is also not good, if it didn't takes a lot of money, then it takes a lot of time. So it's bad for your life, you better spend the time to learn something new or focus on your career.

I'm not sure if he knows much about addiction though. Anyone can be addicted to anything, it's like when you can't do without something and you always want to have it badly but we can't deny that there are not people that are making millions from gambling. They lose money in gambling but their total networth of gambling is big enough to understand that there is life in gambling and this is what I can consider to be positive addiction of gambling and not what he is saying.


The only thing I'm concern about is that too much of everything is bad even though you are making money from such place, you may even have a mental break down from trying strategies on how to win money from them and when you don't want to even lose what you have made from gambling.

That is why gambling must be played with limits so as not to become addicted to gambling because in fact the effects of gambling addiction are more detrimental to yourself, your family and even close relatives because someone who is addicted to gambling certainly cannot control themselves and if it is like that they will eventually run out. a lot of money.
Fun gambling addiction can only be done by people who are very rich and usually rich people make gambling a hobby so they don't have a problem even if they have to gamble every day because they are confused about how to spend their money

Addiction tends to have a negative connotation to an action. That's because addiction is the loss of control over a situation. Gambling addiction means losing control of gambling activities. In some of the problems that occur, this gambling addiction occurs and results in material losses. In fact, many of these incidents made life difficult for their families, even many were sick because they were not strong enough to think about the problem of gambling addiction that made their wealth run out.

Gambling has both good and bad sides. But being addicted to gambling is not good at all. This leads a gambler to do more harm than good, because that is the nature of gambling. Those who are successful gamblers these days, you will see that they are not much addicted to gambling, they gamble occasionally. Gambling will not bring you profit every time, loss in gambling is guaranteed. People who become addicted to gambling gamble every time with the hope of winning, but they mostly end up losing, thus falling into a loss they once fall in front of a situation from which they can't get out easily. So I think gambling addiction has the highest potential for negativity, so it's better not to get too addicted to gambling.

This is the most possible outcome since gambling has an house edge that will give the casino an advantage for long term players specifically for gamblers with addiction. It’s impossible to achieved high winning percentage in gambling long term because there’s a house edge in every bet that taking effect slowly and accumulate in the long run.

I’m also doubtful that there’s a positive addiction in gambling considering that the EV on all games is always negative, combine it with greediness and the result is a disaster.

I respect your POV, but any kind of addiction is always bad. Remember, excess is always harmful, even with exercise. Okay, let's say a person engages in it out of boredom, to relieve stress, or for fun. But what if it continues for months or even a year, resulting in continuous losses, which is highly possible in gambling. That can eventually lead to a person wanting to win back their losses, creating a cycle. One must have a very strong will to avoid falling into that state.

You can never say that gambling addiction is all bad because there are some addictions that are terribly harmful to people but gambling is harmful to people but has some beneficial aspects. A gambling addict finds himself in gambling because he gets involved in gambling. However, gambling addicts have a negative impact on society, but gambling is a necessity for a person to live comfortably.  A lonely man finds himself a companion through gambling. Again, an intoxicated person, especially a drug addict, can control himself through gambling.  But every addiction has some good side and bad side, but the bad side of gambling is seen bigger than the good side in the society.

It is not easy to earn in sports betting regularly because this is gambling which we don't know what is the result. We can win but not for many times and even if we can wins, that means we have our luck comes to us but we will not always gets our luck comes when we gambling.
If someone wants to make gambling as a positive, he must control himself with many things so gambling will not have a chance to tempts him to use more money. Maybe not many people can do that because people can gets deeper in gambling easily and will forgets to controls themselves.
You can say that gambling can be a positive depends on how people do that. But we knows that will not easy as people can change anytime and will use gambling too often which can makes them lose too much money.

addiction

when you have a strong physical or psychological need or urge to do something or use something. It is a dependence on a substance or activity even if you know that it causes you harm. It can impact your daily life.

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/what-is-addiction

No addiction can be positive, look at the definition of the very word I found online above. Any addiction is unhealthy and can negatively impact your life so no, I don’t think gambling addiction can ever be positive. Always practise responsible gambling. Don’t gamble with a higher stake than you can afford to lose.

Wouldn't have said it better!

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How would any one glorify gambling addiction to be positive when this in its literal sense means someone has a problem that needs to be addressed for a change of mindset...
For anybody that sees gambling addiction to be positive, they need to know that this means a person has no self-control on their gambling habits such that their social relations with other people is negatively affected, finances too could be affected to the point of getting into unbearable debt etcetera!!

Let's call a spade a spade! Gambling addiction is more like an illness and we shouldn't find light in it period!

I can gamble with 0.00000001 BTC bet and stretch $1 deposit for months. Loosing several dollars per month does not look like "loosing money" in general for me. The health issues I would get would be bad eyesight, maybe depression from being antisocial.

I think your "total time logged" is huge, which might make me say that you are forum addicted. However, I think you have got something positive from it, and that addiction does not cause you much health problem.

in what way could it be positive? I think you have a wrong understanding and view of the term “addiction” 

I believe you are just trying to find a positive thing to look at in disease that is caused by continuous gambling and finding ways to have money then gambling again. I think you shouldn’t tolerate gambling addiction As positive or anything Close to it being ok.

I hope you are not comparing it to obsession in terms of build something because I know there are some obsessions like the best in a certain industry and it benefits the person positively.

Addiction is when that thing is not benefiting your health because you are doing it too much. Like gambling excessively in a way you are losing money and not having good health because if it, or trading which can cause the same thing, or smoking too much, or using too much drug frequently in excessive dose, and without any health reason etc.

There is no such thing as positive addiction, people have tried investing in new terms but they all fell short.
An "addiction" is a disorder, when you have fun gambling and you play when you want to have fun, that's not an addiction, addiction is when you play just for the sake of playing, with an irrational behavior when not.


Can they quit at any time when they stop making money and having fun?
Then they are not addicted!


No, that's exactly the opposite of being addicted!

Then I have a different vision of what addiction is. For me addictions is a situation when you cant stop doing and thinking about something. Spending a lot of time on something I dont consider as addiction (what about hobby then?). If I daily watch Instagram for example, even do it several times a day, and I have different length sessions. You would call it as addiction then?

Now back to positive aspect of gambling addiction. Just random thoughts. It can be a time killer for lonely and retired people if they dont gamble with huge amounts. They can even play in demo mode. As gambling will be another way of entertainment, despite doing crosswords all the free time.

By definition, isn't addiction assume somebody has a lack of control over their behaviour? I think having an addiction and perfect control over your behaviour is contradictory. I've never heard someone says those things are possible. Maybe you mean something along the line of "interest", "hobby", etc? I dunno, it's like saying you're addicted to drugs but you can control when you take it without any problem at all.

As long as you can keep it under control, I think it can be okay; addiction to gambling isn’t always as bad as people say. However, it’s important to remember that the line between fun and dependency is thin. When that line is crossed, what started as just entertainment can turn into a serious problem. Managing your feelings and motivations behind gambling is crucial. If you can focus your energy and only play at certain times, it might be something enjoyable. But when your emotions start to take over and your decisions are influenced by the urge to keep playing, that’s a sign you need to take a step back and reflect on what's really going on. In the gambling world, winners are often those who can hold back, while losers usually get swept up in their emotions and lose control. So, learning to regulate yourself and know when to say enough is key to preventing addiction from being harmful. That way, you can enjoy the game without falling into traps that could ruin your life.