Can there be positive sides of addiction?

[bitbollo]

Hell no.
Unless you see as positive "you quit definitely to gamble" or you understand "how it is important your life" (!)
I would not see any real reason for getting any kind of advantage by get addicted. It is also a medical definition... of a disease.
Anyway real addictions (medical diagnosed that requires a treatment) are rare. I would not be too much scary, just play wisely and have a clear budget
Better in BTC , so you can use timelock or cold wallet to avoid any temptation.

[noorman0]

I don't think there is, but isn't addiction not determined by the outcome of gambling?
Unfortunately, successful gamblers have signs of addiction that are more difficult to recognize. Maybe a disciplined gambler will reap success along the way, but repeated and consecutive wins can change a person's gambling pattern from regular and consistent betting to always looking for reasons to gamble more.

[Slow death]

There are no positive aspects to addiction. In the specific case of gambling, a person addicted to gambling, even if they spend many years playing every day without stopping, will still experience losses in the long run. This is because all games of chance, including casino games, are based on luck to win; that is, the winner is random. It's not like someone will master the game of Pinco, for example, and win every time with the maximum multiplier. That doesn't exist and never will. Many people don't understand this aspect. So, addiction never has a good side. Addiction is a problematic disease, whether it's addiction to alcohol, gambling, drugs, or even eating; all are destructive and have no good side.

[HelliumZ]

The positive aspects are not important, but the negative aspects can be terrible for a person, that's why people criticize negative sites more than positive gambling sites. Gambling harms a person financially and makes a person financially bankrupt. Although gambling gives a person some entertainment and a lonely person tries to spend some time through gambling.
However, not everyone can accept gambling as entertainment. The number of people who accept it as entertainment is very small. But the number of people who accept it as a source of income is the largest. Those who choose gambling as a means of income due to excessive greed are the ones who face difficult and bad situations at some point.

[suzanne5223]

While writing a reply to a thread, a thought about addiction crossed my mind. We usually describe addiction as something that ruins a person, whether through gambling or other destructive behaviors.

That's addiction was the reason most people who have ill feelings and negative thoughts about Bitcoin have it. Besides, 99.9% of all the people who are addicted have done something to hurt the people they care about at some point due to the situation they are in, which is beyond their control.

However, I started wondering if it is possible for an addiction to have a positive impact on someone's life.

The positive impact that gambling addiction can provide and the impact it can have on someone's life, based on my belief, is only if the person who is addicted is used for experimentation or if the person's case was used to serve as a solution to other people's gambling addiction.

Consider a gambler who is addicted but has mastered the craft so well that their winnings consistently fund their entire lifestyle. Even though they cannot stop gambling, their success supports them financially.
In this scenario, should we still view such a lifestyle as an addiction, or is it something positive? Generally, society imagines an addict as someone whose life has been ruined and who has become a liability to their family and community. But if the compulsion leads to success and stability, what do we call that? Can an addiction truly be considered positive if the outcome is beneficial?

If the person is doing well through gambling, I believe they use gambling to get their end means, which mean they are live through gambling and successfully do it well.
I don't consider it to be addiction if the gamblers don't have problematic gambling that causes significant harm to the person's life, finances, relationships, work, or mental health.

[MainIbem]

I've had deep thoughts about it and can't find any positive side of addiction, it's mostly negative and even the instance you gave is not fair enough cause the addicted gambler would still squander the reward on gambling instead of using it to do something better, moreover you never can tell how much the person must have lost consistently before getting lucky to win, and you think such would use the reward for something better? I don't think he'll. You should check up what it means to be addicted then you'll realise it's a brain disorder that cause someone to have less control over what they crave for, that's why it's tough for an addicted person to quit.

[Darker45]

You're probably comparing something real with something merely imaginary. Gambling addiction has truly destroyed lives and families. On the other hand, is there a gambling addict that has "mastered the craft so well that their winnings consistently fund their entire lifestyle"? I'm sure there are profitable gamblers especially professional gamblers, but are they suffering from addiction or are they supporting their entire lifestyle from gambling winnings alone? I highly doubt.

[tread93]

While writing a reply to a thread, a thought about addiction crossed my mind. We usually describe addiction as something that ruins a person, whether through gambling or other destructive behaviors. However, I started wondering if it is possible for an addiction to have a positive impact on someone's life. Consider a gambler who is addicted but has mastered the craft so well that their winnings consistently fund their entire lifestyle. Even though they cannot stop gambling, their success supports them financially.
In this scenario, should we still view such a lifestyle as an addiction, or is it something positive? Generally, society imagines an addict as someone whose life has been ruined and who has become a liability to their family and community. But if the compulsion leads to success and stability, what do we call that? Can an addiction truly be considered positive if the outcome is beneficial?

That would be considered the exception to the rule in gambling. Instead of the house always winning the house always by some strike of lick always favors this non existent person! It is incredibly rare to conquer the gambling odds but some lucky people are walking this earth.

[LastKiss]

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In this scenario, should we still view such a lifestyle as an addiction, or is it something positive? Generally, society imagines an addict as someone whose life has been ruined and who has become a liability to their family and community. But if the compulsion leads to success and stability, what do we call that? Can an addiction truly be considered positive if the outcome is beneficial?

I don’t think gambling addiction has any positive side. I’ve never seen any examples among my friends, in the news or on social media where it leads to something good. On the other hand, other types of addiction can also be harmful, even if they seem like part of a lifestyle. For example, being addicted to work can be harmful too. Overall, addictions are not good for us. Compulsion can lead to success and stability, but only if we have motivation. Without motivation, compulsion is just a waste of time.

[_act_]

But I think OP was talking about a situation where someone is obsessed and addicted to gambling and then, they are very good at it with some nice amount of luck that ensures they win more than they lose.

Typing this now, It really sounds like a fairy tale. Like I said, it might be real but would be extremely rare.

There is no such thing that the OP is talking about. It is not what that is happening in reality but a different thing is what that is happening in reality.

Someone that is addicted to gambling would win but still want to continue to gamble until they will be losing. This characteristic that they have will always make them lose more than they win.

In fact, gambling addicts are always going broke because they will gamble with all the money they have in their bank account and on their crypto wallet.

[asriloni]

Bro, in 99% cases addiction is always leading the gambler to the compulsive behavior. The gambler is obviously losing control over himself when it happens. The compulsive behavior always leads him to the any action that most probably damaging himself.

So there will never be any positive side from being addiction. Anything excess the normal behavior will never end well. It likes when you're always eating sugar everyday, then you will get diabetes someday.

This is the reason addiction is the thing that should be avoided.

[Rashlyowl]

Everything has positive or negative impact bros @Hatchy, for example if you are addicted to studying or going to the gym, clear crystals it has positive impact. But if what you want is a smaller scope like gambling, I don't think there is any good impact from gambling in this sector. As far as my gambling journey goes, I have never seen anyone who gambles for living, it could be possible, but not in the long run, 1 month - 6 months he might be consistent, but it will not happen in the longer run, just a personal opinion.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Consider a gambler who is addicted but has mastered the craft so well that their winnings consistently fund their entire lifestyle. Even though they cannot stop gambling, their success supports them financially.
In this scenario, should we still view such a lifestyle as an addiction, or is it something positive? Generally, society imagines an addict as someone whose life has been ruined and who has become a liability to their family and community. But if the compulsion leads to success and stability, what do we call that? Can an addiction truly be considered positive if the outcome is beneficial?

Thats make sense but does anyone have done this good as it may sound? Yeah youre right that addiction often heard as negative and thats almost majority in everyones point of view. But as the saying goes, everything excess is not good.

If someone doing good being addicted to gambling and still can able to enjoy and win a lot then people should not criticize it rhey way addiction works. I'll be glad to see someone who made this experience in here if we have any.

[Inior]

While writing a reply to a thread, a thought about addiction crossed my mind. We usually describe addiction as something that ruins a person, whether through gambling or other destructive behaviors. However, I started wondering if it is possible for an addiction to have a positive impact on someone's life. Consider a gambler who is addicted but has mastered the craft so well that their winnings consistently fund their entire lifestyle. Even though they cannot stop gambling, their success supports them financially.
In this scenario, should we still view such a lifestyle as an addiction, or is it something positive? Generally, society imagines an addict as someone whose life has been ruined and who has become a liability to their family and community. But if the compulsion leads to success and stability, what do we call that? Can an addiction truly be considered positive if the outcome is beneficial?

There could you know. Sometimes the best story tellers are those with experience, they have enough vocabulary to express the feeling and teach others to understand better. And their life style alone can have enough lesson to learn from even though they didn't say a word. What I'm actually saying is, we can learn from the story of addicts and decide not to follow that part, the reason most parent wouldn't introduce or want their children to gambke is as a result of experience they've had or seen someone have it. Rehabilitated gamble addict can give clear advice and practical way people can get off addiction easily because they have gone through that part. And one important thing is, it take a wrong decision to understand the right one.

[Cityhunter34]

But I think OP was talking about a situation where someone is obsessed and addicted to gambling and then, they are very good at it with some nice amount of luck that ensures they win more than they lose.

Typing this now, It really sounds like a fairy tale. Like I said, it might be real but would be extremely rare.

There is no such thing that the OP is talking about. It is not what that is happening in reality but a different thing is what that is happening in reality.

Someone that is addicted to gambling would win but still want to continue to gamble until they will be losing. This characteristic that they have will always make them lose more than they win.

In fact, gambling addicts are always going broke because they will gamble with all the money they have in their bank account and on their crypto wallet.

You are absolutely right that's the real truth about it because addicted gamblers don't usually get satisfied with their winnings, they always have this feeling of beat the casino.

Of course they are always in losses than winnings because when you are not getting satisfied with the little one you have there is a high possiblity of losing more and more in the game because they don't have a single control of themselves in gambling so is absolutely nothing but the truth.

[Gozie51]

Can an addiction truly be considered positive if the outcome is beneficial?

I don't think so. I believe addiction is a negative word, feeling or characteristics to describe failure and there is no positivity in failure. People are called addict when they have done things consistently and failing. At the moment you start winning in gambling, you will not be regarded as an addict anymore. Failure doesn't attract positivity only success do. So I don't think someone should be called an addict if he is gaining from what he is attributed to be "addicted" in.  You are attracted to gamble is different from being an addict, if you are called an addict then you are not winning or benefiting from it.

[red4slash]

In my opinion it depends on how their success is obtained if they can be successful just because of gambling (I don't believe this happens) then we can say that the addiction side has a positive value. However, if the success comes from other areas such as business or investment then it has nothing to do with gambling so in the end we cannot attribute it to gambling because there is no correlation between gambling and the business/investment they manage.

On the other hand I don't think it's ethical to look for positives in gambling because there are no positives that can be taken from gambling addiction, regardless of how big or small the impact is I don't feel there are positives that can be attributed to gambling addiction.  Gambling is still gambling and gambling addiction will become a problem when we cannot control it properly.

[viljy]

I doubt very much that there is anything positive to be found in gambling addiction. Even if there is such a hypothetical dependent successful gambler somewhere, then one example of successful success can hardly be extrapolated to millions of losers. When people talk about addiction as a disease, it is important to understand what harm it does to the mass of patients. Isolated exceptional cases cannot serve as a basis for concluding that addiction is beneficial.

[davis196]

While writing a reply to a thread, a thought about addiction crossed my mind. We usually describe addiction as something that ruins a person, whether through gambling or other destructive behaviors. However, I started wondering if it is possible for an addiction to have a positive impact on someone's life. Consider a gambler who is addicted but has mastered the craft so well that their winnings consistently fund their entire lifestyle. Even though they cannot stop gambling, their success supports them financially.
In this scenario, should we still view such a lifestyle as an addiction, or is it something positive? Generally, society imagines an addict as someone whose life has been ruined and who has become a liability to their family and community. But if the compulsion leads to success and stability, what do we call that? Can an addiction truly be considered positive if the outcome is beneficial?

Have you ever seen a gambling addict, who is successful at gambling? I still haven't and I'm waiting for the moment, when I will see such guy.
I think that the chances of seeing a unicorn in real life are higher than the chances of seeing a financially successful gambling addict.
Addiction and compulsive gambling cannot lead to success. They lead to making mistakes and terrible decisions, while gambling. Most gambling addicts drown in debt and start stealing and scamming, in order to fund their addiction. Can you find something positive in this?
There's not a single positive side of gambling addiction.

[giammangiato]

An addiction cannot have positive implications if it is a borderline addiction.
As I've always said, I consider myself an addicted player (because I play my bets at least 3 times a week), but the numbers I play and the fact that I don't destroy the family economy make me associate myself with a responsible player.
Unlike a gambler who accumulates gambling debt, who lives by neglecting himself and those around him, he can hardly have a positive side (perhaps just by getting a win) but would still be dangerous because it would further increase the desire to gamble.