Topic: Greediness or Addiction -which one is more disastrous? - page 11. (Read 1334 times)

Greed and addiction are two close topics, that is, those who are greedy will become addicted to that work. A gambler becomes addicted to gambling and because of that addiction he bets on gambling due to excessive greed. Yes but a professional gambler is involved in gambling due to addiction but he does not have excessive greed i.e. he has the ability to control his greed. A greedy person can never satisfy himself rather he gradually becomes bankrupt and mentally disturbed due to his greed. But if an addict isn't greedy, his addict can't do as much harm as the harm he covets.

why do I have to choose both, I don't want to be greedy or addicted to gambling because both only bring disaster, greed will not only make a gambler lose, but greed will destroy a gambler's life

a greedy person will never be satisfied with whatever he achieves and especially when it comes to gambling, he just wants to get money quickly and doesn't care about his surroundings, as well as gambling addiction, those who are addicted won't care about their surroundings, so that's what makes me neither of them

I think we have to accept the reality that once we try gambling, it is possible to fall into these situations. And the best thing we can do is to control ourselves as much as possible. Yes, maybe for now we are good but we are not sure if we can keep it like this or if it change it along the way as we continue gambling.

Overall, it really depends on how we discipline ourselves in gambling because no benefits to get if we have these things addiction and greediness as it brings us down financially and pollutes our minds.

https://www.familyaddictionspecialist.com/blog/the-similarities-between-alcoholism-and-gambling-addiction
You misunderstood me somewhat. I'm not saying that drugs and gambling have to go together. However, the degree of dependence that a drug addict experiences is equivalent to the same sensations when a player needs a game. From here, it was also said that curing gambling addiction is just as difficult as drug addiction. If you've been a drug addict, no one knows better than you the feeling of withdrawal or the need for drugs when you don't have them.

However, please accept my respect if you have made it through.

Same time, greediness causes additions, when a gambler loose money, only greed makes the gambler to chase his loses, and while the gambler is chasing his loses there is no guarantee for him to win back the money he has lost. From my experience with gamble, I say that gamble is a gamble of luck and if a gambler lost his bets, it means that the gambler is not lucky, and no one can force it. That means while a gambler is chasing his or her losses it's either he/she looses more or get addicted at the end.

Addiction is probably more disastrous because I've never seen a gambler being addicted and happy at the same time. When we use the word "addicted," it already has a negative connotation, like a person suffering from a disease that needs to be cured.

However, although greediness is also bad, you can be a winner in gambling if you are skilled and want to make more money due to greed. At least you can control your greed, which has a slight advantage over addiction. Even if you are already losing money, you will still choose to gamble to feed your addiction. Addicted gamblers can sometimes end up losing their job, their family, and, worse, becoming homeless.

In my personal point of view both are equality destructive and dangerous for the people who like to gamble and end up having different expectations, apart from having fun with their wager and the thrill of gambling itself.
What comes first is greed, and is born from the expectation of the gambler to make money out his gambling sessions, they co time to gamble, then they end up chasing losses and in the end all of it devolves into some level of addiction which can be slight or severe.

So, I believe we should see both greed and addiction as separate things which can have affect gamblers at any time of their journey, but rather than developing states with have much to do with each other, as I already explained.

First comes expectation, then comes greed and finally the state of addiction is reached. At point is when it is important to seek for help, from both a professional psychologist and also family members.

I will speak out of my experience, addiction stems from greediness, and losing control of your greediness is what you become addicted to gambling, greediness is the driving force of gambling addiction when I cannot control my greediness I lose control of my addiction but overtime, when I learned to control my greediness my mind ease up on my addiction to gambling, so control your greediness and you control your addiction.
But not easier said than done, you have to go through fire.

I think they are interrelated.

Because of greed, we get addicted, so we need to eliminate that greed to be safe from addiction. People complain about gambling because they are losing a lot of money. Aren't they follow this this - "gamble what you can afford to lose"? They didn't follow that, even though they knew the risk, and that is because of greed. As we can read and hear, the word "greed" is not really good; it destroys a person, regardless of what we are doing, whether it be gambling, other activities, or even in our jobs.

We all have different opinions but I think experience is the best teacher. If we can get a real naration from an addicted person then maybe we might get a glimpse of the real addiction story. As a gambler though we have to control our gambling habits all the time to avoid being addicted but sometimes we play to some extent that may be uncontrollable. When we are over excited or enjoying the moment and game we might not even know when we have used more than our budget to gamble. If we become too greedy, we will end up losing so much that we expected. What brings about greediness is sometimes because we feel that we might be lucky enough but only end up being on the edge where we either win or lose.

Greediness->Gambling addiction, I think that could have been the process all along for those who are into addiction. And so it's a vicious for them, maybe they could have started small and gradually becoming addicted because maybe they lose more or win big. And I would agree for those who says that both elements are present in any addicted gambler, as I have said, the impact of winning and losing? It might create a "motivation" to continue to gamble, hence you lose your control. They might not see it as just wasting money, but as avenue for them to get rich. So there is a big correlation between a addicted gamble and greed.

Both, you can't be a gambling addict without the feeling of being greedy when you play. Classic example is that when you are already up and winning, you don't want to stop and think that you can win more money, and so that is greediness in it's finest.

So it's like this characteristics compliment each other or they are mutually exclusive that you can't separate it from a individual who are into gambling and define as a gambling addict.

I think they both roll with eachother some how, just as lovesmayfamilis said, gambling addict is not something that just happens once is take time just as drug addict is also . Like for instance someone gamble for the first time and he won , then he go again and he won again base on beginners luck , after those winnings his losses started Tu overwhelm his winnings such individual will eventually loss his composure, and his emotions will start getting the best of him , he will start having a greedy mindset of wanting to get all that he has loss Which may lead gambling continuously, hoping to hit a bigger jackpot.

And as time goes if such individual continue like that he will eventually get addicted to gambling, I'm speaking base on experience, like when I started at first with my childish mindset of thinking I can get rich quick by just hitting the jackpot in gambling ( lol funny right) . At first things where going smoothly because I was not doing it frequently, just once in a while, but I got to some point I couldn't manage my losses , I began to have the mindset of wanting to get Back what have loss . But at the end I only made things worse by losing more. So I began to take notice that I'm getting addicted to it little by little, until I empty my wallet the my eyes opened the I decided to stop gambling , Now am still having that fear of fully going into it .

Both cause disastrous result to a person since you can't change the fact that those action can cause a loss for a person since its like they are not in good situation where don't have a good proper self control on every decisions they take on their gambling activities. If they just eliminate those mindset to earn more and became greedy or being addicted on casino games they are engaging then for sure that they can be satisfied and happy whatever result show up to them.

Gamblers need to erase those excessive thoughts since it will not give them any positive results but for sure they will end up being miserable on everything especially if they over expect on something risky to participate. Gambling is not a easy get rich schemes or a program where they can earn passive money so they should not look for ward for more profits but rather have a discipline to get something from it.

We are all addicts and we are all greedy, more or less... I guess everything depends on the moment. Addiction and greediness can cause problems, but they are part of us, if we overdoing something because we love doing it it's addiction, and if we wish to get more out of something it's greediness. As I said, both can be problematic, but not necessarily. We can control our gambling habits and limit our spending on gambling, in that way even if we lose because we were too greedy it's not a big deal.

So I don't think that we can measure which one is more disastrous. Firstly because they don't need to be bad, and secondly if we have some control over our funds for gambling both can be controlled and will not create any problems.

Both. It can start from Greed and then to Addiction.

But if we think about it, I think addiction is more disastrous because you ain't stopping anymore. The greedy on the other hand, who is still in control after he depletes his wallet will stop. The thing is, he just wants more. Let's say you have a capital of $100 and then possibly increase it to $200 through gambling. You will want more but suddenly you will lose everything. A greedy gambler who is still responsible can tell himself that it is enough and he won't be playing for the whole day or the whole week anymore.
Honestly, I think I am in that position right now ever since I won a big amount in the past month. But, I do control myself to stop whenever I rekt my balance.

Addiction is worst compare to greed. This is because an addicted person can sell his house to gamble, use the money of other people in his custody to gamble, can even steal to gamble. Why is it like that because he cannot control his gambling activities and if he wins big today, it is gone tomorrow. Addiction can lead to abandonment, isolation, frustration and possibly death.

Greed can be controlled, especially when you see that you are not winning for some days, you will become wise and stop gambling. A greedy man can learn his lesson easily and can still have self control over his gambling activities but an addict needs the help of others to be able to leave his addiction.

You will never become addicted if you are not greedy because addiction always start from a little greediness that intensifies the more you feel satisfaction on gambling.

So saying that you prefer being addicted rather than being greedy is wrong since greed is part of an addiction but you can become partially greedy without being addicted due to the heat of the moment which most of casual gambler experiencing whenever they experiencing terrible loss on some of their game.

I’m always being greedy when gambling but I’m making sure that this greediness always end after I gamble so that I will not crave for more.

do we really need to choose between those 2? because what I do believe is that Greed and addiction
is the way that gamblers lost their life in gambling , I mean Greed is one way to become addicted so for
me they are almost the same its just the word that made them different .

Addiction comes from greediness so for you to choose either greed or addict? same result that will
come your way in the very near time so best to never become one of those.

I was an addict before but I am not not into drug at all while I do not also smoke. Only what I do is alcohol and not all the time. I have not gone to a bar before to drink to stupor because I lose money but I always felt depressed after losing. I think more research should be done if what you said is true.

There are some people that are into drugs and gambling separately but just that losing in gambling can make them take drug unnecessarily but I do not think gambling should be connected to drug but one enhancing another.  In short what I am saying is that addiction in something does not mean you are addicted into another thing and it does not also mean that addicted to something makes the person to get addicted to another thing. If the research is true, it is a wrong research.

I have a friend that smokes like ones in a month. He may not smoke in many months sometimes. I do not see him as a smoker. He is not into drug. He likes alcohol just like me. There was a time he was addicted for like 1 year. Only what I noticed about him is depression. If he is not talking and not that happy, I know likely he has lost money in gambling again.

I have some friends that are into xrxxs and smoking but not gambling at all.