Topic: Greediness or Addiction -which one is more disastrous? - page 8. (Read 1334 times)

Addiction. Greedy person could be greedy once, and they could do something wrong and they can learn a lesson from there, which is totally fine. However, if we are talking about someone who doesn't know what to do regards to their addiction then they are going to get a lot more in trouble for sure.

I personally believe that the best way to move forward would be just making sure that we are handling this in a timely fashion and stop before it's too late. Greedy people can stop quicker, whereas addicted people may need professional help to stop and that is the most important part. I believe that we are going to have a lot more trouble and that is why we should be considering the situation a lot more riskier eventually.

For me I think greed could be the reason why many people are addicted to gambling. Greed will make you to use all your money to gambling thinking you will get a gain from it,  Greed will make you not to understand your playing limit, and sometimes if you are not careful greed can also make one not to have good self control.  I think if one can be able to handle greed it will be possible for one try not to get addicted to gambling. But when one is so much greedy the next habit that will be developed is addiction. Greediness and addiction they work together, it is something that every gambler needs to avoid because it can runs one's life.

First of all, for a gambler to think that he wants to gamble for profit means that he is greedy. This is because he is not gambling for fun but to see how he can take profit from the casino funds, which becomes the bait. A gambler that is greedy will believe that he can use gambling to double his money because he wants to reap from where he did not sow due to laziness.

Addiction is the worst because you have gone beyond control, and it becomes like a plague if you don't realize yourself fast and quit fast because addiction will eat you deep.

Before getting down to addiction, it first has to go through the act of greediness, from that desperate urge to win big, which will affect the amount used to gamble, the number of times the users gambling and even when there is not enough money to gamble the user has no choice other than to find every available measures without considering the risk.  Both factors has rendered many users to pay a difficult price, chasing loses and finally ending financially broke.

This is a complicated thing for me personally, because the two can be interrelated. Greed, is something that is inherent in us as humans. we are born with emotions, desires and everything that becomes satisfaction.  although in reality, humans are never satisfied with their achievements. Addiction is a deviant behavior caused by various factors, but the general case in gambling is caused by excessive behavioral activity. whether it's excessive in terms of game sessions, excessive in terms of expecting to win and so on. Anyway, for me the two are related. although there are many who don't realize that greed is involved when we play a game session, especially when we are in a winning condition. it's hard to tell the difference between greed and playing a game that is giving good shots when playing a game. There is no other way, apart from involving awareness when in a betting or gambling session.

In essence, what you say is a complex part of ourselves. I mean, what you said especially at some points has become human nature. especially, if it is related to gambling. We often experience greed, addiction, dissatisfaction and wanting to play again and again, right. So, we agree that responsibility can be involved in gambling. However, it's not just responsibility. For me, it is also important to understand and know the limits of what we can afford without disrupting other funds or having a negative impact on the environment.

Both things are the best recipe for disaster.

When you are greedy then you would be that spending up more on which you cant afford to lose, until you would be finding yourself at rock bottom in terms of financial condition.
When you are that addicted then everything would really be that pertaining on having no control whether on the gambling activity you are dealing plus with the spending
then you would really be that still ending up on the same thing.

The key on not to make yourself that being devastated with gambling is that you should really be that making yourself responsible and really that wary on the actions you are making.
Dont make yourself that greedy and dont make yourself having no control on the things you've been doing so that you wont really be ending up on a disaster.

Addiction and greed are both evil, yet they chew at your spirit differently. Greed is like a never-ending appetite that pushes the limits. Reckless decisions, financial ruin, and damaged relationships can result. Its a killer. Addiction is a mental illness that grips you. Sometimes you chase the excitement of winning even if you know you're losing. The harder you try, the deeper you sink in quicksand.

I see your point that greed is worse. It can damage a lot. But I'd argue that addiction is far more insidious. It damages your finances, health, relationships, and life. A long, painful death is ugly. Addiction is worse, my friend. Its a wild beast that might leave you regretful.

Most addictions that occur initially are always caused by greed, and someone who applies greed in gambling activities is those who do not understand gambling, where they ignore risks that can actually never be avoided and as time goes by, they end up falling into The addiction phase is unconscious and clear, as you said, when a gambler enters this phase, all his actions tend to be excessive because of the hope of getting a big win.

If we talk about the impact, I think it doesn't need to be mentioned anymore because of course addiction is a situation that will really lead a person to many disasters and all of this happens because most of his actions always tend to be excessive and when the results at the end of the session are not in accordance with his wishes then usually they are not able to accept the fact of losing which in the end, as you said, emotions will control them which makes it always difficult for them to control themselves, and I think it is very natural that when they lose they get emotional because it is clear from the start that their goal is to make a profit Money. And this is a big mistake because after all losing will always be something that is bound to happen and it is clear that in the end such a mindset and approach will trigger more losses.

Isn't it the case that once you let your greediness enter your personality, it will eventually lead to an addiction that you don't even realize? And once you have an addiction, things will not be good for you because, for sure, your actions and behavior as a gambler are no longer normal.

And usually in that way, they have no control or discipline in themselves because they are controlled by greed and addiction, and that is quite scary in the hope of winning a large amount. When they lose, they will find a way to gamble in a casino.

I agree with what you say, indeed these two things do not have a positive side. Both of these things can both destroy a person, maybe the difference is that when they follow their greed they can experience losing money in just one gambling session, for example they win but they can't control themselves so they continue gambling again because they feel lucky so they don't stop gambling but continue gambling by feeling more confident by increasing the bet amount to a higher one, but the risk of losing is still there and usually they only experience the end that makes their winnings disappear again.

With the addiction itself, they will not be able to stop gambling even though they have run out of money or no longer have any money, they will still gamble by looking for ways to make money and return to gambling to satisfy their desire to gamble. With what you say, the bad impact of gambling addiction is not a small problem, because stupid actions will occur, for example selling property you own to be able to gamble again or even stealing other people's money.

Greed is always present in us humans and we can't control it fully but it's not the greed that makes our lives terrible always but gambling addiction could do that literally. I have seen many greedy people making a lot of money and enjoying their lives but in gambling world greed could be destructive without any doubt.

However, when greed crosses its levels and turns into addiction then things go wrong with the addict. Any type of addiction is harmful for our lives especially when that involves money and in gambling addiction most addicts spend a lot of money in order to satisfy their addiction and possibly in hope of recovering the losses and earning profits from it.

The effects of both is something you will definitely not wish upon yourself, infact one of them leads to the other, one has to happen before you see the other taking place almost immediately and in most cases greed comes first before the addiction but some persons actually get addicted even without getting greedy at first but somehow you can eventually find some form of greed in people who actually get addicted, most times you definitely don't get the best off gambling if you have either of both challenges

I don't see any of both as been better than the other because they both are going to make you feel terrible in such a way that you are not really going to be happy with the outcome and in some cases you are definitely not going to look responsible in the sight of others resulting from the attitude you posse.

       -    Actually, that's just bad luck, but most of the time it's the greediness that always leads gamblers to addiction. You won't become an addict if you don't let greed enter your body.
That's why it must be resisted at all costs.

Because if only we gamblers know how to control ourselves, the result of our gambling will always be good, whether we win or lose, because we gamble responsibly.

I was thinking about this two and I go confused which one I should consider more disastrous because as a gambler you can not just get addicted out of no where, there are some things that can make you become addicted and greediness is one of them. But then greediness is just one thing but can can lead to many disastrous things though addiction has many other bad characters in it. When you are addicted to gambling, you are irresponsible, you do not know how to manage your money and time. Greediness is a sin and leads to many bad things because you would never get satisfied with what you have and always want more which can make you to start wanting what belong to others and can lead to stealing or killing just to get what you want. In gambling though, addiction should be more disastrous than greediness.

This is why I think both options are similar which is needed to avoid by people since if they are experiencing this condition then I think the worse thing that these people can't imagine to happen is bound to happen on them. If they didn't realize that they are starting up to do such risky things and putting to much pressure on everything especially the way how they bet for then provably they will end up being miserable.

So its important for people to have realization on each activities they do at the end of the day so that they would even realize that they commit a mistake the way how they perform or handle their bets. For sure if they know that cost them a lot of money then greed also possible addiction will be eliminated since people will became more careful on their placing of bets since they provably don't want to experience any huge lose that they can't afford to happen.

greed and addiction are two things that both destroy a person, but discussing which is more disastrous, i feel that addiction is the more disastrous one. because addiction is a continuation effect of irresponsible gambling behavior. these gambling addicts don't think about whether their money has run out or not, or how they can get more money to gamble. and it is not uncommon for this to lead to the destruction of the people around these addicts because they experience firsthand how their family collapsed or their house was sold because their father or mother gambled. this is the reason why addiction can be a disaster for people.

People who can not control his greediness in gambling will falls deeper in gambling without seeing that he is makes mistakes. When people becomes addicted to gambling, he will not thinks about himself and only want to playing gambling and when he win, he wants to get more win and at that time, his greediness will becomes big. He will not have a chance to control himself and that will only makes him deeper in gambling. Both greediness and addiction can makes someone's lives ruins and can not see what happens to him. That is why we must have good self control when playing gambling so we do not addicted to gambling and we can control our greediness. Playing gambling is just for fun so we can always limits our gambling activity and not trying to playing gambling excessively which can effects us to addicted to gambling.

Do you become a gambling addict without being greedy? No of course. An addict to gambling has a purpose which he is chasing and if you have so much desire in something then that can make you addicted to keep chasing for that which you are desiring and that is greed. When you can not let go in gambling chasing for loses then you are greedy. So a gambling addict is more more also being greedy. The two are inseparable as far as gambling is concerned. It is greed for recovery lost money in gambling that will keep you trying to win which is one effect of becoming an addict.

Right, I think it makes sense to say that greed is a part of gambling, or it can also be said that greed is something that can trigger addiction. On the other hand, greed is indeed a prohibited action but if we look at it in terms of its impact, it will not be too significant compared to when someone has entered the addiction phase, or it can be interpreted that addiction is much more dangerous than greed, because when someone is already in the addiction cycle then obviously it is a situation where they have difficulty ignoring the slightest time not to gamble, or that means someone who is already addicted always wants to spend his time gambling, like he is already dependent.

The impact of greed will only occur when a gambler manages to win which they feel unsatisfied and always want to continue in order to get a bigger win, but if we talk about addiction then it is a phase where a gambler is already experiencing dependence and always wants to gamble, meaning that more money will be lost as a result and this is a very concerning situation.

I think they are both ridiculous I mean you will be greedy because you are addicted, and you will be addicted because of your greed, I mean they are both hand in hand if a gambler catch the addiction then expect that he is also greedy, in short this two traits are 2 in 1 so in short they are both terrible and the saddest part is that when you catch one of the traits then expect that you will get the other one also, so its better not do so and control yourself, have a limit and let go of the losses, do not chase loss, remember in gambling one negative event could have branches. and that branches of negative effect will only make one gambler dig deeper and make itself miserable. so OP better not hope to catch one trait even if you only want to become addicted you will also be greedy for sure.