I wish I could have posted this in a more better place but since the thoughts came from gambling addiction, I thought it wise to ask this question over here and I hope we can discuss and get this straight.
Just as the tittle already ask, I really want to know if people who are successful in gambling also seen as addicts because I believe for one to be successful in gambling or whatever they choose to do, there must be some good amount of time and effort invested in it as well as money and we know that a successful gambler must have invested both time, effort and even money to make any reasonable winning and these also are features of an addict as there are always excessive time spent on a betting site.
Now let's be sincere, will you also classify a successful gambler as an addict?
if they are using their time and effort here and also used their income/wins to bring food for the table then I think it is not addiction but a profession and with those they are not entitled to be called addicted.
We must respect their choices in life and use them as example that not all gamblers are bad people , but the sad part here is that only few of them that has this behavior and indeed majority are addicted.