Can't gambling addiction also be positive?

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Maybe the only positive side of gambling addiction is when someone is addicted but he always get luck when he is doing it.

If someone is addicted to gambling and the person is gambling frequently, the person will be losing. The truth is that is how gambling is. If someone is addicted, the person will continue to gamble and lose money. It is better not to be addicted at all and be using the amount of money that you can afford to lose to gamble. This will help the person not to be addicted because addiction from gambling start from seeing gambling as a means of making money. That is the motivation that encourages the gamblers, resulting into the addiction.

[Davidvictorson]

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 view on this is that any where you read the word "addiction", it always connotes something negative which it truly is. In my estimation, addiction is a maladaptive behaviour that affects the daily functioning of the individual suffering from it. It is not adaptive. It doesn't enable the addict to live their life to their fullest potential or actualize their dreams. It destroys relationships, careers, and throws one into bad psychological state. In summary, gambling addiction cannot be positive. The only positive from gambling is if one is passionate about it and is disciplined enough to set rules and boundaries for himself which he abides by thereby leading to more positives in terms of it being a stress relieving activity and all.

[acroman08]

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?

the thing about addiction is that it is a mental issue, while it is good that you can earn regularly from gambling, you still have a mental illness that can affect your daily activity, social activity and overall well-being. sure, you have money from gambling but that one positive aspect you get from it(winning from gambling) can be overshadowed by the other issues that you have because of your addiction.

[Wakate]

Maybe the only positive side of gambling addiction is when someone is addicted but he always get luck when he is doing it.

If someone is addicted to gambling and the person is gambling frequently, the person will be losing. The truth is that is how gambling is. If someone is addicted, the person will continue to gamble and lose money. It is better not to be addicted at all and be using the amount of money that you can afford to lose to gamble. This will help the person not to be addicted because addiction from gambling start from seeing gambling as a means of making money. That is the motivation that encourages the gamblers, resulting into the addiction.

How I wish op is able to understand what gambling addiction is all about. There is no way addiction will be positive when we don't have the full control of our mindset. It is good we understand that when we are too doing something too much is bad. This is one of the problem many gamblers are facing and we need to understand that. Addiction is not as simple task as we think so we need to know that it is an extra urge to keep doing something over and over again without our real mindset. There are still gamblers that are fighting too hard to work on there addiction so they will not have to end up playing games too much which can lead to severe loses.

[Ojima-ojo]

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.

Rightly said there, positive addictions is call a hobby while negative addictions is call a addictions, although this is not grammatically correct, but generally acceptable, but the question is, addictions seems to be what control someone emotionally and financially, so can hobby that is taking money out of our pocket still be seen as negative addictions even though it doesn't have physically negative impact on the person?

[iv4n]

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.

When we grow up, we realize that everything in this world has two sides, like a coin, there is a good side and a bad side. I have repeated many times here that we are all addicts... the only things that differentiate us are:

1. What we are addicted to?
2. Whether that addiction controls us or we control it.

What is addiction? Something we like to do over and over again, an action that repeats itself every day. It can be anything, and the main thing is always whether we can control it or not, if we can't it will eat us sooner or later. As we get older we learn, obviously some people never get it, and some get it too late... don't be that guy.

So as long as a hobby (in this case gambling) is all about fun & entertainment it's great, it will have positive effects on you. But if you overdo it, and go deeper in the rabbit hole your world will become more complex.

[BABY SHOES]

Gambling addiction is more bad things that they experience, maybe we have heard about the destruction of someone in gambling due to addiction that cannot be stopped because this has a bad impact so it is often considered negative for some people, I myself define this as bad there is no positive because it is more about wanting to continue playing without knowing time.

From what side will addiction be positive, even we often discuss about addiction almost all lead this is a bad thing.

[AliMan]

*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.

Some people think about it in reverse despite the fact that it's making them drowned to several circumstances. The pride was too high, self acceptance is the problem in most certain mindset because when it comes to fun with gambling a person used to ignore some situations.
Even though they've been challenged on this addiction, their self pride remains firm its because of different thoughts that won't be diverted into new scope of reliable ideas that helps us flee from bad habits.

[darkangel11]

No addiction can be positive. I mean you can look for some positive aspects, like a TV addict can also learn from it by watching some educational programs, or you can say that it's better if a gambler is a gambler, at least he's not taking drugs, right? The bottom line is that no matter how many positives there are the negatives will always outweigh them. When you compare all the pros and cons the result is going to be negative. 

[Fortify]

*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.

If you consider there are many types of gambling and certain kinds like poker can require a lot of mental dexterity, there are definitely positives that can come out of it. Like you said, gambling can act as a form of relaxation and entertainment for some people, as long as they understand the risks it is the same as any other game. I've seen people throw thousands of dollars away on skins in some games with zero chance of being able to make anything back from them. Different games can also act as a social event and bring groups of friends together - again, if everyone is having fun and knows that there is likely to be one winner with others losing, then it can be a way to have fun.

[letteredhub]

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?
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Addiction gets to do with being tied to something which you can't do or feel normal without, it's losing your freedom because it's as though the individual is enslaved to that which he's addicted to. It's about doing or taking up an activity excessively beyond normal and It is for this that I don't agree that there's any good addiction.  
We all take part in this gambling of a thing, and  we all know that there's no such thing happening as a regular  earning in sport betting or casino games it has always been the other way around. If anyone wanna have fun or take it as an enjoyable hobby, fine, but never embark on it excessively cause there's no fun in addiction.

[shivansps]

*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.

I think there is a very simple answer to your message here. The answer is in the message itself. If these people are not financially problematic and everything is fine in their lives, then this will be just a hobby and entertainment. If a lot of money is lost in gambling, then this can no longer be called a hobby; if a person loses more money in gambling than he receives, then this may soon become a problem. So the line here is very blurry.

[Cryptoprincess101]

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?

Well let me correct one impression here which is 'regular earnings in gambling'. There is nothing like regular earnings in gambling' even if a gambler wins most of the times but it can never be on a regular basis so I don't believe anyone earns regularly on gambling except those that do person to person form of gambling whereby one person can know a particular game more than the other person but for online gambling, be it slot games, casinos or sports betting all depends on luck and chance. Addiction is mostly used to express a negative feelings so if a gambler wins most of the time then it's not an addiction. But even if a gambler wins most times it doesn't mean they should depend on it as a source of income. It can fail one day and all your winnings vanishes

[Antotena]

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.

There are people that has made money a working class person will never make and they have never made a loss that is going to send back to trenches, they legitimately makes all their money in gambling and it's working for them like if you should give them money to work, they threw that on you and take their gambling serious because they have their businesses established from gambling money they are making and if you are not talking about gambling, you are not saying anything.

Gambling doesn't work for everyone but if you spend your time on it and it pays your bill without any debt, you have my support to do it for full job as long as you are making the money. Who cares about addiction when some people spend all their time in their job as hobbies and make nothing. It's ridiculous how people don't see a single good side of money that's comes from gambling.

[Franctoshi]

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.

Even not only about addiction in terms of its financial ruin that follows it but also the mental health effects that follows after one must have discovered how much they have lost, and it also time consuming, where one would waste all of his or her time gambling and trying to earn money but at the end of the day you end up going home with nothing, I still can't find where the positive effect would come from, else people wouldn't be warning about endangering themselves of being an addict victim of gambling.

[Ojima-ojo]

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.

Even not only about addiction in terms of its financial ruin that follows it but also the mental health effects that follows after one must have discovered how much they have lost, and it also time consuming, where one would waste all of his or her time gambling and trying to earn money but at the end of the day you end up going home with nothing, I still can't find where the positive effect would come from, else people wouldn't be warning about endangering themselves of being an addict victim of gambling.

The effects of gambling addictions on financial conditions of the addict's is what concern most of us even muchmore than the impact on our mental health, because what bring in the pressure on the health is the over thinking of the financial implications of our gambling loses that leads to depression on the long.


But once a gambler can manage their finance's pretty well, they won't have so much to worry about the possible resultant effect of gambling addictions.

[wheelz1200]

It's a fine line with gambling.  Yes it's a hobby but can completely destroy lives if not managed correctly.  I don't think being addicted to anything is good even if it's good for ypu.  I always go with the mantra of everything in moderation.  Same goes with gambling.  When you feel like you have to do it you should walk away and or get some help before it gets too deep.

[Coyster]

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.

This is not an addiction, if you are gambling when you want to and for fun, you are not an addict. A gambling addict cannot stop gambling, even when they see that it is ruining their life, even when they are going completely broke, they sell their properties, steal and do all sorts of negative things to get money to gamble.

There cannot be a positive gambling addiction, once you become an addict, you can no longer control yourself and the addiction controls you, it definitely cannot be positive, can it?

[Smartvirus]

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?

The word addiction already is summed up in negativity. Trying to imagine anything positive coming off it is like, taking sense out of the word which can’t be.
Addiction speaks of an uncontrollable desire towards a thing and worst even, a field like gambling which could stir your desire to making money and you would be driven by it to a point that, you just can’t hold yourself.
Perhaps you might view it in terms of, having to be attached to gambling and your making money off it, even then, I don’t see any positivity in not having to have a great degree of control over how you gamble.

[Miles2006]

When a person is not addicted with a certain habit or lifestyle it’s difficult for anyone to imagine being in such situation, I guess op seems to see the brighter side about gambling addiction which doesn’t sound correct. No addicted gambler will enjoy the act and the surprising idea is they can’t resist neither do they have the ability to win always. The problem might be lack of money etc that’s why gambling addiction is bad, when an addict feels the need to gamble as a relieve or creating their desired happiness which I don’t believe it’s still attach with a different motive for example just imagine a student using his school fees to gamble, in such case can we still consider gambling addiction beneficial? No.