Can't gambling addiction also be positive?

[GeorgeJohn]

It's veer obvious that addiction in gambling is something that we all have known that it's negative from my way of understanding things in gambling, but their is a way we can get rid of addiction in gambling, and secondly its not necessarily mean that anyone who is a frequent gambler is addicted to it, it can be said that we are addicted in gambling when you gamble out of control and to the extent that you don't know when you are losing and when you're gaining in gambling.

[Wakate]

firstly you should try checking the dictionary definition of addiction then you'll understand  more better.
the primary purpose of gambler to stake which implies risk and anyone who is taking g a financial risk is expecting a positive result from it and in terms of gambling, anyone who have staked a game thereby risking their money is already expecting a positive result.

over the period, ive also understood that,  success is associated with positivity while failure as negative and sa.e tnjng applies inthe gambling industry as the moment a gambler becomes successful,  his tagged professional gambler but when the losses are frequent then you're tagged an addict and the line between is carefulness.

It is very obvious that every gamblers want to be seeing positive feedback or outcome from every of our bets that is why addiction does not take much time to hit us if we are never careful about it. We want to make money risk our fund to earn more money from gambling but the outcome is not always certain for us until we get the see the outcome ourselves. When we are positive, we could even bet more so that we can earn more from our bets but when the contrary happens, it becomes a bad game which we can likewise try next time to see if we can win. The scenario applies to every gamblers or addicted gamblers which is why we need to know how to work on ourselves to get better rewards.

[Egii Nna]

I want you guys to share your opinions as well.

I know we are not here to argue but to share opinions. Gambling addiction is a very crucial act that needs to be highly concentrated on. Actually anything that has a negative side will also have a positive side, so there is one thing to consider when it comes to gambling because in gambling addiction the positive part is very rear and it is applied to just a small number of people, which is why everyone just sees it that gambling just depends on the negative side because the negative side is too much than the positive side, so even with thousands of arguments, all I know and many will also support me because that is the true fact that the negative aspect of gambling is more affecting than the positive, and many will also agree because gambling itself is very dangerous in some cases.

[Dailyscript]

Gambling addiction can't be positive because it controls the negative things people do when gambling. Not knowing when to stop gambling, stealing, taking loans without paying them back, and neglecting their family instead of giving them money to take good care of themselves to mention a few. All are the consequences of gambling addiction and none have I mentioned so far have any positive influence on the gambler. if you think there is any positive side of addiction to a gambler then you should let us know.

[Stable090]

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.

If you are gambling for fun and you gamble with a reasonable amount of money, then I won’t really say you are addicted to gambling. As long as you can control your gambling activity, then I won’t call that an addiction. If anyone is gambling and their main purpose is for the sake of money, as long as the person can control himself, then it’s normal, I don’t see any addiction there. But if you can start gambling frequently, you do crazy things for the sake of gambling, you are always finding it difficult to stop gambling, and you gamble with so much money, then that’s when I will say a person is addicted to gambling.

[Ultegra134]

If we consider gambling in your example as just harmless entertainment (which is quite cheap relative to other expenses), then we can even say that in this case gambling as a whole is completely positive. But the topic is set in such a way that we are talking about gambling addiction and this completely changes everything. Here we must take into account not only what “is now” but also what it can lead to, and I think everyone knows that any addiction is highly likely to lead to negative consequences.

That's right, what the OP is describing is a peaceful environment that can hardly be called an addiction. Recently, another thread was asking if gambling can be considered positive if you're winning, but similarly in this case, it's not about what's happening nowadays, but what might occur in the future. Someone who's sharing negative characteristics in terms of gambling habits should exercise caution, addiction is never positive and what's described by the OP is not its definition.

[adpinbr]

Yes gambling addiction can actually be positive in a way, if you are a much gambling positive person and you believe you will merit it even when you are seeing  a lot of losses and you keep believing that one day you will definitely win a lot and Which id the truth, one thing I understand about gambling is that you have to be consistent and make sure you gamble with much understanding and know what you needed to do, gambling is just a game of luck and reality of choice, is not everyone has the same luck like others in gambling.
Another thing gambling can much interesting if you are winning.

[serjent05]

As long as you can keep it under control, I think it can be okay; addiction to gambling isn’t always as bad as people say. However, it’s important to remember that the line between fun and dependency is thin. When that line is crossed, what started as just entertainment can turn into a serious problem.

If you can control yourself then it can't be called an addiction.  Remember addiction is an uncontrolled urge to do things repeatedly.  So when we discuss a person being addicted, control is automatically the issue.

Managing your feelings and motivations behind gambling is crucial. If you can focus your energy and only play at certain times, it might be something enjoyable. But when your emotions start to take over and your decisions are influenced by the urge to keep playing, that’s a sign you need to take a step back and reflect on what's really going on.

And if the person can manage to control his feelings and motivation, we cannot label them as an addicted gambler since the word "control"  is actively being practiced.  And when stepping back when the sign of addiction is seen, simply means the person in control is avoiding to get addicted to what he is doing.

In the gambling world, winners are often those who can hold back, while losers usually get swept up in their emotions and lose control. So, learning to regulate yourself and know when to say enough is key to preventing addiction from being harmful. That way, you can enjoy the game without falling into traps that could ruin your life.

Addiction has nothing to do with winning or losing, it has something to do with control, so one must not be complacent that he won't get addicted to gambling if he often wins.  There is always a possibility that winning can trigger gambling addiction especially if the person is fixated on winning his session.

Yes gambling addiction can actually be positive in a way, if you are a much gambling positive person and you believe you will merit it even when you are seeing  a lot of losses and you keep believing that one day you will definitely win a lot and Which id the truth, one thing I understand about gambling is that you have to be consistent and make sure you gamble with much understanding and know what you needed to do, gambling is just a game of luck and reality of choice, is not everyone has the same luck like others in gambling.
Another thing gambling can much interesting if you are winning.

How can addiction be a positive thing, even eating food when done excessively can harm a person's health.  I do not see any positive things in addiction especially the stance you stated of having a positive thought and continuously gambling and losing.  This will have a huge effect on the person's financial state and will surely affect his family's need if he continue to gamble blindly hoping for that huge win.

Stating a situation where a gambler has full knowledge of what he is doing and has control over his gambling activities albeit doing it every day does not correlate to gambling addiction at all.  So I think   your example does not support the claim that gambling addiction can be positive in any way.

[Odohu]

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?

Irrespective of your motive for gambling, the moment it turns addiction, then it becomes a sickness that need solution and there can be nothing positive about it. It might interest you to know that even if an addicted gambler wins money, it is a matter of time before he give back the money to the in days of heavy losses because he lack control of his gambling. Therefore, the simple way of putting addiction is someone who can no longer control how he gamble; at this point there is no fun in it anymore. In a nutshell, gambling addiction has no positive side.

[Onyeeze]

Yes gambling addiction can actually be positive in a way, if you are a much gambling positive person and you believe you will merit it even when you are seeing  a lot of losses and you keep believing that one day you will definitely win a lot and Which id the truth, one thing I understand about gambling is that you have to be consistent and make sure you gamble with much understanding and know what you needed to do, gambling is just a game of luck and reality of choice, is not everyone has the same luck like others in gambling.
Another thing gambling can much interesting if you are winning.

what I have to say in this scenario is that in gambling two things are involved and the you need to understand that the major one is to lose in gambling and the one that is not well known is to win in gambling, so looking at it very well you will know that t h e positive in gambling is when you a beneficiary of subsequent gambler and you are benefiting much in gambling, so I believed that we have to understand that gambling have to do with so many things, you may think that addicted person in gambling may not achieve anything positive in gambling, but you don't know that your consistent gambling can give you a Goodluck

[o48o]

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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.

I think that the concept is misunderstood. Addiction means that you are dependant on something, that you need something that's not essential to your survival, but you need that just to be functional and successful on other areas in life, and when you feel physical or mental pain and urge if you don't don't fill that need.

And there are different levels of it, meaning that different people feel it with different intesity. Many people are "addicted" to things that are even good for them, and some people can take breaks from things they are addicted to when they are bad for them. It's about how addictive personality you have and if and when it becomes a problem. That's why we are even talking about it, because we need to understand the mechanism better in order to help people that don't have the positive effects of it. Otherwise it would just be considered as "fun" instead of "addiction".

[Mr.right85]

Yes gambling addiction can actually be positive in a way, if you are a much gambling positive person and you believe you will merit it even when you are seeing  a lot of losses and you keep believing that one day you will definitely win a lot and Which id the truth, one thing I understand about gambling is that you have to be consistent and make sure you gamble with much understanding and know what you needed to do, gambling is just a game of luck and reality of choice, is not everyone has the same luck like others in gambling.
Another thing gambling can much interesting if you are winning.

I don’t really get where the addiction does come into play here. Addiction is more about having an uncontrollable desire to gamble, it doesn’t matter if you’ve got spare funds for the activity, you just want to gamble and some even go the mile of taking loans to archive this purpose. Now, that speaks volumes on negativity, I can’t say there isn’t any positive impact on having to believe there. It isn’t about believing, loosing and believing you would win, yes you can win. You can get better at predicting the games when it comes to sportsbook as, there are well enough statistics to show a pattern but, talk about addiction, it’s a different thing.

[Hispo]

Yes gambling addiction can actually be positive in a way, if you are a much gambling positive person and you believe you will merit it even when you are seeing  a lot of losses and you keep believing that one day you will definitely win a lot and Which id the truth, one thing I understand about gambling is that you have to be consistent and make sure you gamble with much understanding and know what you needed to do, gambling is just a game of luck and reality of choice, is not everyone has the same luck like others in gambling.
Another thing gambling can much interesting if you are winning.

Sorry but having a Lossing streak and continuing to believe some big win will soon come to save it all does not sound like anything posible at all. It rather sounds like voluntarily gaslighting one self into believe something which may never come while at the same time burning money or Lossing it to the casino in the pursue of those big wins. That is the blue print for chasing losses and develop addiction, the kind of a friction which does not allow the addicted person to take care of themselves and their primary needs.

[famososMuertos]

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The addict never knows this phase, and that is the point, for an addict, winning or losing doesn't matter, there is a myth in believing that addicts are always losers...

The title of this thread is a dichotomy, it can only occur to someone prone to bad habits, although in the moral of the matter depending on how it is used that conjecture can work... surely for someone who is obsessive and manages to master the game at will. a level that does so well that it can sustain long-term gains.

I would say that it is something that can happen with Poker... be careful, no addiction to any game from the point of medicine is good...

[alegotardo]

*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.

The first thing you need to answer is:
Are games for you a habit or an addiction?

Many people mistake the frequent habit of gambling as an addiction, but they are not always sure about this.

The limit between a habit and addiction is the consequences they cause in the person's life. Addiction separates the individual from his essence and makes him focus more on obtaining pleasure through dependence than on the life he previously led, even if this means moving away from friends and family, lying, harming himself at work and completely changing his life. course of your actions, goals and dreams.

Any addiction is a problem, and must be eliminated or controlled before it worsens and becomes a bigger problem.

[Litzki1990]

Being addicted to anything can never be good for anyone. An addicted person can never decide which decision is right for him and which decision is wrong for him. When a person becomes addicted to gambling, he naturally cannot make decisions on his own, rather he will have a problem in his mind about how he will gamble and how he will manage his gambling money. He sees the results of gambling going against him and he is constantly losing money, yet he will only want to gamble. We have to put in enough effort and apply the right strategies to achieve something that will be good for us but it is almost impossible to get good at something by being addicted to it. For new gamblers I would say gamble but have control over gambling.

[Rabata]

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.

Any kind of addiction can be two types one is positive and another is negative. Gambling addiction is always considered negative but
It does not only focus on the negative aspects. In some cases we can think of gambling positively especially those who gamble and have high winnings. And this addiction will never harm you. But if those who lose gambling or who have a high number of losses are addicted gamblers, then the addiction will cause a great disaster in the gambler's life.

Not everyone gambles to make money. For them, gambling is a pleasure. There are many busy people who indulge in gambling to relieve their human stress in addition to their work. We often talk about the negative aspects of gambling but there are many positive aspects that don't come to the front. Those who use gambling not only to make money can find positive aspects of gambling.

[junder]

I want you guys to share your opinions as well.

I know we are not here to argue but to share opinions. Gambling addiction is a very crucial act that needs to be highly concentrated on. Actually anything that has a negative side will also have a positive side, so there is one thing to consider when it comes to gambling because in gambling addiction the positive part is very rear and it is applied to just a small number of people, which is why everyone just sees it that gambling just depends on the negative side because the negative side is too much than the positive side, so even with thousands of arguments, all I know and many will also support me because that is the true fact that the negative aspect of gambling is more affecting than the positive, and many will also agree because gambling itself is very dangerous in some cases.

I myself gamble appropriately and the positive impact that I feel from the gambling that I do is that there is a side of pleasure in the flow of the gambling that is carried out, the excitement of the sensation that occurs can be felt but it also depends on our own perception of gambling. It is clear that gambling is entertainment and this is right because by gambling with the perception that it is just entertainment, you will get a sensation, but for those who gamble with a different perception, such as aiming for complete victory, of course this is wrong because this will only trigger their emotions to peak.

and what you say is true, the positive impact of gambling is only achieved by a small number of people, because many people tend to see the negative side. but even if it is the fault of each individual, there will be no negative impact if they gamble with the correct limits and perceptions appropriately.

[danherbias07]

It's veer obvious that addiction in gambling is something that we all have known that it's negative from my way of understanding things in gambling, but their is a way we can get rid of addiction in gambling, and secondly its not necessarily mean that anyone who is a frequent gambler is addicted to it, it can be said that we are addicted in gambling when you gamble out of control and to the extent that you don't know when you are losing and when you're gaining in gambling.

Hmmm, that is possible. When a gambler just keeps on depositing and is not counting his losses anymore, I think that's the real gambling addict.
You are right, a gambler who keeps tabs on all his games although he is a frequent gambler doesn't mean he is a gambling addict just yet. His mind is still not clouded by revenge to just keep on depositing without even thinking ahead.
I think it can easily be pointed out that when a gambler takes some pauses in his game, he will not be the type to do it all in just one sitting and he could still do his work and house chores even though he is a regular gambler. I think that's the positive side of it, we are in control, we are responsible, and that's because we learned it from gambling.

[DaNNy001]

*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.

Gambling addiction affects every aspects of your life, it affects your job , mental health, relationship with people and so on..you can't be a good father to your children or friend to someone because of this addiction, there's no way gambling addiction can be positive because it only yields negative results at the long run, some people enjoy gambling cause they are on a. Winning streak forgetting that everything they have can be taken away in just a split second, gambling addiction can't be positive