If you are onto gambling for the first time it's not possible to get addicted to gambling because you haven't tasted what winning feels like, you will be consumed by doubts and uncertainty.
But wait till you have a taste, win some money, that's where you start feeling like there is more if you keep digging, is this not where gambling addiction starts?
We have had a lot of conversations about gambling addiction, but I had the same conversation with someone close yesterday and this was my answer to him.
Do you think its possible to become addicted to gambling when you haven't win a dime or after you win?
I think addiction starts after you win, even if it's just once, that's when you start gambling recklessly and you also start betting higher.
Interesting read, I must say because it is quite true. Only those who have actually tasted the winnings of gambling, get more induced with the greed to win more and slowly the addiction is formed.
Afterall, what's the definition of addiction if it is not an unholy habit that has become a steady pattern of activity.
Where an addiction becomes a problem is when it doesn't provide any good result, but in a case where it does, I think it can be called passion. A passionate gambler should of course be one who wins and loves gambling so much. Still, when a gambler loses so much more than winning, and doesn't seem to slow down to think about the financial impact on their balance, mental and physical well-being, both for themselves and family, then it is reckless.
If anyone keeps losing like a beginner and never gets any luck to win any interval or wager, but keeps spending money, it has become a problem already, because such a person has failed to acknowledge that maybe gambling isn't something they should channel their energy to.