Can't gambling addiction also be positive?

[EarnOnVictor]

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As the title reads, I want us to come to a reasonable conclusion about this addiction of a thing in gambling by arguing it back and forth. Many months ago, I was in an argument with a user about the fact that the addiction to gambling can't only be negative as many people portray it. I relied on the grounds that if some gamblers could regularly earn in sports betting, while others derive fun and take gambling as their hobby, are they not deriving a positive goal there? Is that not a positive addiction?

I further argued that everything mustn't have to be about money to make it positive or negative. Some kinds of gambling and gaming relieve stress in some people and give them the desired happiness. This goes a long way depending on the mindset we played it.

My view was a long epistle that I wouldn't want to bug anyone with even as my external sources confirmed hobby as a good addiction. Regardless, I don't want to limit this to my understanding, I want you guys to share your opinions as well.

[Oshosondy]

Yes hobbies are like good addiction because the person will like the hobby and like to do it frequently. But it is called hobby because such thing will help his life and health. Something like playing football, going for finishing and the likes. But if that thing is harming the person, it would be seen as addiction. If someone is noticing that he is gambling in a way that it is demanding too much time from him, the person will only notice losses. The more the person is gambling and betting, the more the losses. The people that win from gambling and betting are not doing it frequently and they are not addicted to it.

[Findingnemo]

Addiction is bad, I am not gonna backup any kind of addiction does something good even if someone is addicted to studying. The literal meaning of addiction is one can't live without doing that activity so if someone can't live without gambling on daily basis then he needs a rehab. Making money is secondary and it happens with rarest of people but most of them just lose their money in the long run cause that's how gambling works.

If you see someone is doing without able to control then give them a warning like take a break for a while.

[Frankolala]

Addiction is harmful to one's health directly or indirectly which makes it not to be in the positive side but negative side because you are losing money all the time and you cannot control yourself to stop gambling. People that can benefit from the positive side of gambling are not addicted to gambling.

Addiction can ruin a gamblers life or even lead the gambler to taking his own life due to frustration, poverty and abandonment by family members. There is nothing positive that can come out from gambling addiction. You lose, your money, sense of thinking and maybe your loved ones.

[KTChampions]

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My view was a long epistle that I wouldn't want to bug anyone with even as my external sources confirmed hobby as a good addiction. Regardless, I don't want to limit this to my understanding, I want you guys to share your opinions as well.

I don’t think that any unprofitable activity on which a person becomes addicted can be positive. Another thing is the very fact that a particular person is able to actively get carried away by something. If today it’s gambling and tomorrow it’s something useful in which he can improve and reach heights, then this is, of course, positive. My point of view is that if a person is addicted on something (actively, in the sense that he actually does something and does not dream) then this is better than if he goes with the flow and is not addicted on anything.

[alani123]

Addiction can not be positive. This is simply because the very definition of addiction defines very negative consequences. Gambling addiction in specific is tied with financial ruin which in turn also has various societal effects. For instance gambling addicted people may ask or just simply grab without authorization money from their relatives or acquaintances.

Really though if you consider any positive effect of gambling you have to consider that gambling as an activity is prone to addiction so if you consider anything positive you have to avoid addiction to have a positive effect.

[Accardo]

I think we engaged in that argument for quite a long time ago and whenever I see your name I remember it. However, opening this thread still shows my responses wasn't enough to change your perspective. Addiction can be caused through hobby. If you say positive addiction is a kissing cousin to hobby, then, maybe, a new synonym to hobby has been found. The moment a person can't control himself anymore towards what was his hobby, he's now addicted.

And nothing positive is with addiction to add the word "positive" behind the word. Although the word exists for some analysis other than how you see it. Most writer use positive addiction to define excessive reading habit, playing of football, sleeping, etc. Some of these positive activities which when addicted to it, we won't get harmed mentally. Then, gambling, drugs, and sex addictions are not positive to a person's mental status and can't be tagged positive addiction.

[danherbias07]

Let's say a guy is addicted to helping people. Is that a good thing or bad? It's a good thing when the one that is looking is a stranger. It could be a bad thing if it is the relatives or close family members who are looking. Why? Simply because some of them will think that guy is wasting time, effort, and money on helping other people when he can use it to help them first.
Perspectives, and points of view, will differ on the one who is looking. Addiction means abuse but there are people who are doing it the other way just like the example above. When it comes to gambling, I don't think it will do any good. It is an expensive hobby and there's no way it could be good for anyone who is looking at it. Neither stranger, nor close relatives will see it as a good thing.

[Falconer]

Gambling addiction is not considered to have a positive impact on gamblers, regardless of whether they win regularly or lose more frequently. After all, perhaps you will admit that no gambler can win bets regularly in every game and will inevitably experience losses. It is a wrong mindset to think that gambling is worthy of being a source of income, so I don't agree with you.

Gambling is entertainment, not a source of income. If you really want to earn income from gambling which then has a positive impact on your financial side, then become a bookie instead of a gambling addict.

[Yatsan]

No addiction is positive. Perhaps you are winning in the long run but the question will always be "until when?"
Point here is addiction, meaning, if you ever experience losing continuously after your victory run, you would still be continuing to bet and to get back to it. Addiction means too much of a particular thing or activity and it will also affect your daily living. Regardless of your purpose whether it is helping other people or not, always set limits to anything you do, in the long run. If it is helping you are wanting then for sure there are other means to do so. Deal breaker here is the word addiction. If you still manage to control yourself then you're not on that level and that also means you're still doing fine with gambling.

Yes hobbies are like good addiction because the person will like the hobby and like to do it frequently. But it is called hobby because such thing will help his life and health. Something like playing football, going for finishing and the likes. But if that thing is harming the person, it would be seen as addiction. If someone is noticing that he is gambling in a way that it is demanding too much time from him, the person will only notice losses. The more the person is gambling and betting, the more the losses. The people that win from gambling and betting are not doing it frequently and they are not addicted to it.

Frequency and emotional involvement will be the determinant whether you are addicted already or not. If you find it hard to stop then you are most likely problematic. If you are lacking awareness of how things are doing then that's the point of addiction.

[topbitcoin]

*Let me know if there is a similar topic so I can lock this one. I've used the search function, but it could be funny at times. *

As the title reads, I want us to come to a reasonable conclusion about this addiction of a thing in gambling by arguing it back and forth. Many months ago, I was in an argument with a user about the fact that the addiction to gambling can't only be negative as many people portray it. I relied on the grounds that if some gamblers could regularly earn in sports betting, while others derive fun and take gambling as their hobby, are they not deriving a positive goal there? Is that not a positive addiction?

I further argued that everything mustn't have to be about money to make it positive or negative. Some kinds of gambling and gaming relieve stress in some people and give them the desired happiness. This goes a long way depending on the mindset we played it.

My view was a long epistle that I wouldn't want to bug anyone with even as my external sources confirmed hobby as a good addiction. Regardless, I don't want to limit this to my understanding, I want you guys to share your opinions as well.

My understanding is that addiction is almost nothing positive, even addiction to good things can become bad things in the end, because addiction is excessive behavior in doing anything, not wanting to stop and overdoing it, which honestly in this life we need to be balanced in anything, it is the capital of a better life that is safe and peaceful and unpretentious if we have balanced habits.

Unfortunately, maybe he really believes that gambling addiction provides positive things for him, even though it is not necessarily like that, maybe he is not aware of what he has done and what he has not done in his life so he feels that addiction is good for him.

[Sandra_hakeem]

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Yes, there have been similar topics like this one.. I've heard several stories about addiction and at some point, it was a trending discussion on this board.

I don't know what positivity in addition would look like, but let's be real; if you're in a prison without the possibility of parole and you're trying to create an instance in your mind that you're in the most comfortable place you'd ever think of, does it make sense to you? It shouldn't I guess. For everytime, you're being faced with reality and that's it. I don't really agree to whatever benefits might addiction might have .

[dansus021]

Can't gambling addiction also be positive? To be honest I don't think being addicted to gambling is a good thing unless you always hit the jackpot all the time and make you rich because of it, if that the case get addicted is probably fine by most people haha. But in reality, most of gambling addiction leads to something bad and sometimes it can go crazy and some people become criminals.

But in my opinion addicted to something can be positive like into hobby that can give you a stream of income and benefit you. In this case as long legal and don't break rule addicting can be positive.

[uchegod-21]

Gambling addiction is not considered to have a positive impact on gamblers, regardless of whether they win regularly or lose more frequently. After all, perhaps you will admit that no gambler can win bets regularly in every game and will inevitably experience losses. It is a wrong mindset to think that gambling is worthy of being a source of income, so I don't agree with you.

Gambling is entertainment, not a source of income. If you really want to earn income from gambling which then has a positive impact on your financial side, then become a bookie instead of a gambling addict.

The misunderstanding OP had was because he took the word "addiction" out of context. If we consider addiction to be an activity that unduly interferes in our daily lives (whether the activity has a negative or positive impact), provided that it has a steady interference in our daily endeavours, it is addiction.
Can you imagine these;

• You are at work, and you open a tab in your laptop to place bet.
• You are in the church and as the sermon is going on, you are gambling.
• You wake by 2am, just to check if your tickets are red or green.

In each of these situations, whether you win or you lose, doesn't matter, what matters is that you are addicted.

[$crypto$]

Addiction in gambling is nothing positive this can result in losing a lot of money because if you are addicted anything will be done including risky actions where they can embezzle funds to fulfill gambling desires due to addiction.

People will not justify gambling addiction to be positive because the fact is that more bad things happen what we see.

Unlike a hobby, maybe it won't have a worse impact, with the word hobby, for example gambling, he can play when there is free time or more money will not force him, but in contrast to addiction, any form of money will be used.

This is my own view of gambling addiction which is not positive.

[Hispo]

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If we use the term "addiction", it means we are talking about an habit which is out of the mental control of the person who suffers from it. I believe there is nothing positive to get from being addicted to gambling or addicted to anything.
There is a good reason even reliable casinos offer exclusion services and allow those who are considered to be problem gamblers to stay away from their gambling floors, even casinos acknowledge the existence of negative impacts of gambling addiction on the life of those who cannot control themselves.
It would not matter if the person managed to get some earnings from their gambling sessions, because of the addiction, they would not stop and withdraw their money, losing it to the casino again.

Anyone who is known to suffer from addiction needs to stop and seek professional help, not to excuse themselves.

[nimogsm]

A hobby rather refers to something that brings us pleasure and makes us better at something in some specific skills and abilities. But addiction is a little different, this is from a psychological aspect, so I wouldn’t put them next to each other. You can live without a hobby for a long time and There will be no damage to the nervous system, but with addiction things will definitely be different.

[panjul07]

Maybe the only positive side of gambling addiction is when someone is addicted but he always get luck when he is doing it.
Of course it is a rare situation to happen but it does not mean impossible to happen.
Who knows that there is an addicted gambler but he is lucky enough to have better luck and he is still on profit while he is addicted?
However, the negative side is much bigger, no doubt about because the terminology of addiction itself is something negative.

[Juse14]

It is crucial to keep in mind that gambling addiction can have severe detrimental effects for many individuals, including not limited to financial difficulties, emotional turmoil, and social disintegration. A person's life can be consumed by uncontrollable gambling addiction that leads to colossal losses and obliterates any semblance of normalcy.

In this manner, although there are advantages to gambling when done responsibly, it is also necessary to understand the risks and consequences of negative effects. One must maintain a precarious balance to not allow gambling to compromise their wellness.

In the end, how gambling addiction is seen depends primarily on how an individual manages it and the extent to which it affects their life. Such a healthy exchange of thoughts creates an atmosphere that encourages mutual understanding, that must be positively upheld.

[Awaklara]

My view was a long epistle that I wouldn't want to bug anyone with even as my external sources confirmed hobby as a good addiction. Regardless, I don't want to limit this to my understanding, I want you guys to share your opinions as well.

For me, addiction is a form of the impact of excessive activity. Anything in excess is certainly not good, therefore there needs to be control to balance everything.
as an example of a good hobby, but if it is excessive it can have a bad impact because it does not set boundaries. If exercise is excessive and exceeds the body's limits, the effects can be bad for the body.
I think it's the same with gambling. when you don't set boundaries and you become addicted, I'm sure there will be no positive impact on you. because we know that even in sports betting where we can analyze the odds, the results will not always be correct.

I don't know of any gamblers who can actually get consistent profits in the game. Moreover, it becomes a reason for gambling to be used as a main source of income or as a job.