Gambling addiction is not spiritual.

[Jody.Drummer]

I don't believe there's any spiritual feeling or anything like that involved. Those who are addicted are there because they couldn't control themselves at some point and fell into addiction. It's something many people fall into because they didn't know how to control those emotions, and their finances suffered as much as they should have avoided. Spirituality shouldn't be mixed with this.

Addiction is a problem that stems from the mind and psyche, and it’s caused by the individual’s inability to control themselves, as you mentioned. To recover from this addiction, one shouldn’t rely on spiritual help but rather seek assistance from mental health professionals, such as psychologists. Furthermore, this process shouldn’t be mixed with spiritual practices; however, there are still people who believe in spiritual solutions and incorporate them this is particularly common among those who gamble on the lottery. For those who mix spirituality with gambling, it’s ridiculous, but of course, that’s a matter of personal belief. The bottom line is that whatever you do, make sure it stays within reasonable limits.

[davis196]

Some people always get this wrong, not everything is relating to a spiritual issue especially gambling, it's more relating to a mental issue than something spiritual for instance you shouldn't be referring an addicted gambler to the church or spiritual home for prayers, rather such cases should be handled by a mental health practitioner, psychologist or the rightful professionals to handle the situation, your spiritual leader or teacher is just a religious leader meant to handle spiritual cases and not the right one to handle such cases, I don't know about other societies but I've seen people in my region make such errors and it needs to be addressed.

Who says that gambling addiction is a spiritual issue? Maybe there are superstitious and not-so-well educated people, who think that addictions happen because someone's spirit is possessed by demons or the gambling addict is under some dark magic spell, which was casted by his enemies. Who knows, maybe the gambling addict going to a church and talking to a priest can help at little bit with fighting his addiction.
There's one big problem. Going to a priest is free or charge, while all the psychic doctors and professionals are charging a pretty high fee.

[BitMaxz]

My view in this discussion is that.
There could not be any real intensity of enticement for an addicted gambler without a desire.
And we must understand that gambling is driven or motivated by a desire to get something big for something small.
Gambling starts in the mind.
This is a gambling addiction driven by greed, greed driven by desire which is spiritual.

Moreover, desire is spiritual because it deals with longing, or craving for something.

It's far from spiritual. Gambling should not be considered spiritual; we all know what "spiritual" means; it refers to deep beliefs that are unrelated to the physical.
That desire you refer to as greed that leads to gambling addiction is still far from spiritual; it should be accompanied by inner awareness and non-material experiences.
Gambling can be played both physically and online, but it is not spiritually.

That longing or craving for something doesn't refer to spirituality; that is hunger.

[Bitcoin.com97]

This spirituality stuff is mainly in this our region, almost everything is spiritual, but it’s not true , gambling addiction is associated with mental illness, because they have a mindset who tell them they can become rich with gambling, so they began to be consistent in gambling, even after multiple loses they don’t stop there , even when mentally not stable any more they keep chasing the win , and many calls it spiritual problems, it’s always funny to me whenever  I see people think that way ,gambling addiction is not spiritual and should not be seen as that also .

[Yorubek]

This spirituality stuff is mainly in this our region, almost everything is spiritual, but it’s not true , gambling addiction is associated with mental illness, because they have a mindset who tell them they can become rich with gambling, so they began to be consistent in gambling, even after multiple loses they don’t stop there , even when mentally not stable any more they keep chasing the win , and many calls it spiritual problems, it’s always funny to me whenever  I see people think that way ,gambling addiction is not spiritual and should not be seen as that also .

When a gambler does not gamble with awareness, gambling gradually becomes an addiction in his life, as a result of which the gambler will suffer financially, there will be additional mental stress, he will not be able to understand what is wrong and what is right because gambling has already become an addiction. When the main purpose of gambling is to earn money, the possibility of losing money is high. Money can be won through gambling, but it is very limited, gambling can never completely change person life, this mindset complete mistake. Therefore, it is better to decide to gamble after gaining the right knowledge.

[MRY]

This spirituality stuff is mainly in this our region, almost everything is spiritual, but it’s not true , gambling addiction is associated with mental illness, because they have a mindset who tell them they can become rich with gambling, so they began to be consistent in gambling, even after multiple loses they don’t stop there , even when mentally not stable any more they keep chasing the win , and many calls it spiritual problems, it’s always funny to me whenever  I see people think that way ,gambling addiction is not spiritual and should not be seen as that also .

When a gambler does not gamble with awareness, gambling gradually becomes an addiction in his life, as a result of which the gambler will suffer financially, there will be additional mental stress, he will not be able to understand what is wrong and what is right because gambling has already become an addiction. When the main purpose of gambling is to earn money, the possibility of losing money is high. Money can be won through gambling, but it is very limited, gambling can never completely change person life, this mindset complete mistake. Therefore, it is better to decide to gamble after gaining the right knowledge.

This is why a person who gambles without being completely aware, ends up getting addicted to the act bit by bit and it can take up their life. Then gamblers lose money as well as grow under an impeccably bigger mental strain. The addiction has become such an inability that they start losing the way to differentiate between the right and the wrong. In cases where the interest is solely to generate money, one stands a high risk of losing it. Money is a great thing to win but such little sum will never transform life of a person completely. Such an attitude is very flawed. Gambling should be done after one develops enough knowledge.

[Muba20]

Some people always get this wrong, not everything is relating to a spiritual issue especially gambling, it's more relating to a mental issue than something spiritual for instance you shouldn't be referring an addicted gambler to the church or spiritual home for prayers, rather such cases should be handled by a mental health practitioner, psychologist or the rightful professionals to handle the situation, your spiritual leader or teacher is just a religious leader meant to handle spiritual cases and not the right one to handle such cases, I don't know about other societies but I've seen people in my region make such errors and it needs to be addressed.

Who says that gambling addiction is a spiritual issue? Maybe there are superstitious and not-so-well educated people, who think that addictions happen because someone's spirit is possessed by demons or the gambling addict is under some dark magic spell, which was casted by his enemies. Who knows, maybe the gambling addict going to a church and talking to a priest can help at little bit with fighting his addiction.
There's one big problem. Going to a priest is free or charge, while all the psychic doctors and professionals are charging a pretty high fee.

People gamble according to their own will, so it is natural that any effect will be due to their own reasons. But if someone claims that it is spiritual, then he is definitely wrong. Human greed for money is common behavior. If someone is greedy for money and addicted, it can never be a spiritual matter. Where control is completely within oneself, it is not a spiritual matter, but it will be identified as a habitual problem of the person. One's own mistakes or habitual problems can never be due to magic or spiritual reasons. Again, if someone goes to the wrong place for that mistake and wants a solution to the problem, it will not be solved.

[Zlantann]

People gamble according to their own will, so it is natural that any effect will be due to their own reasons. But if someone claims that it is spiritual, then he is definitely wrong. Human greed for money is common behavior. If someone is greedy for money and addicted, it can never be a spiritual matter. Where control is completely within oneself, it is not a spiritual matter, but it will be identified as a habitual problem of the person. One's own mistakes or habitual problems can never be due to magic or spiritual reasons. Again, if someone goes to the wrong place for that mistake and wants a solution to the problem, it will not be solved.

I have seen people claim that they were able to handle several physical or behavioural matters spiritually. They will narrate how they were guided by a Holy Book or religious leader and it helped them.to break free from addiction. I have not had such an experience, so I cannot certify whether they were right or wrong. But all my fight to free myself from unwanted habits was done physically. Even when my relatives and friends claim that they were seeking spiritual help on my behalf, I also had to put in some physical effort.

[Joeboy]

Some people always get this wrong, not everything is relating to a spiritual issue especially gambling, it's more relating to a mental issue than something spiritual for instance you shouldn't be referring an addicted gambler to the church or spiritual home for prayers, rather such cases should be handled by a mental health practitioner, psychologist or the rightful professionals to handle the situation, your spiritual leader or teacher is just a religious leader meant to handle spiritual cases and not the right one to handle such cases, I don't know about other societies but I've seen people in my region make such errors and it needs to be addressed.

Who says that gambling addiction is a spiritual issue? Maybe there are superstitious and not-so-well educated people, who think that addictions happen because someone's spirit is possessed by demons or the gambling addict is under some dark magic spell, which was casted by his enemies. Who knows, maybe the gambling addict going to a church and talking to a priest can help at little bit with fighting his addiction.
There's one big problem. Going to a priest is free or charge, while all the psychic doctors and professionals are charging a pretty high fee.

People gamble according to their own will, so it is natural that any effect will be due to their own reasons. But if someone claims that it is spiritual, then he is definitely wrong. Human greed for money is common behavior. If someone is greedy for money and addicted, it can never be a spiritual matter. Where control is completely within oneself, it is not a spiritual matter, but it will be identified as a habitual problem of the person. One's own mistakes or habitual problems can never be due to magic or spiritual reasons. Again, if someone goes to the wrong place for that mistake and wants a solution to the problem, it will not be solved.

The problem with some of these gamblers is that they find it very difficult to own up to their actions, rather they look for ways to put the blame on something/or  else.And the more they continue to shift this blame, the more difficult it tend to be for them to get the help/or fix that they need..Gamblers could even at times get so greedy at times that they tend to risk more than the amount they are supposed to use, and this could very well lead to desperation and eventually addiction just coz they want to recover what was lost ...

[Dunamisx]

There are some physical misconceptions that we have taken for being spiritual, this is just something we can handle or tackle by our own personal self, there is no complication in it than for us to adjust on how we are doing things and come back to the right way, addiction is not a spiritual thing, how about we thinking of changing the pattern and strategy we are using in gambling I'm beginning to think positively on how things could work out for us even as we Gamble.

[Dareo]

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This is why a person who gambles without being completely aware, ends up getting addicted to the act bit by bit and it can take up their life. Then gamblers lose money as well as grow under an impeccably bigger mental strain. The addiction has become such an inability that they start losing the way to differentiate between the right and the wrong. In cases where the interest is solely to generate money, one stands a high risk of losing it. Money is a great thing to win but such little sum will never transform life of a person completely. Such an attitude is very flawed. Gambling should be done after one develops enough knowledge.

To be honest just having knowledge does not make someone safe, because addiction often drags even the most knowledgeable people. The problem starts when someone keeps playing again and again with the thought of recovering their losses. In my opinion knowledge is necessary before gambling but more than that, self control is necessary, because once emotions enter even knowledge does not work. So, it is more realistic to see it as risky entertainment rather than thinking of it as a source of income.

[Localhostspeed]

Gambling has nothing to do with spirituality, those superstitious beliefs should be discarded by people because addiction has to do with the mentality of the individual who engages in it and if such person wants to be rehabilitated from getting more addicted to gambling then a phycologist should be seek for, going to prayer houses can't solve addiction as it is not the right approach for it because it's never a spiritual thing, it's just mindset of an individual who is very eager to make profit and he keeps doing it untill he wins and continues after winning because he has been attached to it for so long.

Most times religion has made cause more harm than good to us because we are too superstitious and cases that we would have seek medical attention for we refer them to the church instead of hospital saying it's spiritual when it's not. Addiction has never been a spiritual case but the mindset of the individual involved.

Anything I see people talk about spiritually and gambling, men of God that make predictions about people's life and how they can see things spiritually comes to my mind. If what these people predict about people and the godly things they talk about is so real then why don't they talk about spirituality with gambling. Like they are supposed to be talking about sport, make prediction and use billions donated to them and make prediction about the outcome and watch how they become trillions worth but it's because things they say are not true that's why they don't make predictions.

The truth is there is no connection between spirituality and predictions or gambling in general, if they are real I'm sure there will be casino left to make predictions and all that money but it's just cheap talk that are not real and good thing people that are following this men of God are suppose to be woke with this consistent lies they are been told but they don't just want to care, I feel people are not opening their eyes to see the truth.

[Finebone]

I don't know about other societies but I've seen people in my region make such errors and it needs to be addressed.

Lol, what a mentality, this is one of the most funny thing I have ever heard recently. Their is no way gamble addiction is linked or connected with any form of spirituality or whatsoever, anybody having such believe or mindset is not getting things right and it could be very misleading to other people that are passing through similar challenges and probably looking for solutions. Addiction is strictly affected from the mind, perhaps it have no business with spiritual things, Furthermore addiction can take place as a result of what you practically devoted more of your life, time, resource and more to, addiction can not just come on his own unless you prompt it to do so.

Therefore, praying for an addicted gambler or persons is like wasting of your precious time, because it will not work, since it's not spiritual. It's like trying to address it the wrong way because they have no form of connection.

[Akbarkoe]

Most religions prohibit gambling, so it is recommended to return to God to follow his teachings in order to avoid addiction and gambling, after reading more that it can indeed help, and most people with low spirituality are more easily encouraged to gamble because they do not care about the prohibition of God.
I think it's a better combo, you use a professional to cure your addiction and you do it together with activities that you can do.

Correct me if I am wrong. I think the only major religion that openly forbids gambling is Islam. Gambling is seen by Muslims as a get-rich-quick activity which could be seen as greed. Some passages in the Bible talked about casting lots which was related to gambling and it was not forbidden. Although, some preachers admonish their followers to avoid gambling, it was clearly commanded in the Bible.

Gambling addiction is a behavioural matter and as such should be handled by professionals. But religious teachings which promotes self control, contentment, and meditation could also be of good use to those fighting addiction.

You are right, it is Islam that strictly prohibits gambling and is clearly stated while in the book it is not explicitly explained about the prohibition of gambling in a strict sentence, it is just that it only takes from eating existing verses that can be used as a reference for why it is better to stay away from gambling such as 1 Timothy 6:10 and Proverbs 13:11, and other references that can be interpreted to avoid gambling, this can be attributed to gambling that most people pursue money in gambling which makes them addicted.

Psychological is related to the soul mind and heart on the other hand spirituality increases awareness of the soul, heart and mind, basically this is enough to influence, but as I also said that professional help is also needed.

[Alex077]

People gamble according to their own will, so it is natural that any effect will be due to their own reasons. But if someone claims that it is spiritual, then he is definitely wrong. Human greed for money is common behavior. If someone is greedy for money and addicted, it can never be a spiritual matter...

I have seen people claim that they were able to handle several physical or behavioural matters spiritually. They will narrate how they were guided by a Holy Book or religious leader and it helped them.to break free from addiction...

That’s an interesting point of view, and I think there’s definitely some logic to it.  And yeah, without personal effort, discipline, and self-awareness, there’s no way to fix it - no kind of “magic” is going to solve that on its own.
But I wouldn’t completely rule out the spiritual side either - I think that can be an important part of it. For a lot of people, faith, religion, or just a personal philosophy can work as a tool for change.
It’s not some magic solution, more like a tool to create an inner structure - purpose, self-control, limits. At the end of the day, it’s still working on yourself, just in a different way.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

addiction is not a spiritual thing, how about we thinking of changing the pattern and strategy we are using in gambling I'm beginning to think positively on how things could work out for us even as we Gamble.

People that believes that gambling addiction is a spiritual problem are those that doesn't even want to get help for their problem because they will he busy looking for solution from the wrong source. Imagine someone telling their pastor to pray for him so that they can be delivered from the spirit of addiction meanwhile they should have visited a psychologist to get advice.

[danadc]

Addiction is a problem that stems from the mind and psyche, and it’s caused by the individual’s inability to control themselves, as you mentioned. To recover from this addiction, one shouldn’t rely on spiritual help but rather seek assistance from mental health professionals, such as psychologists. Furthermore, this process shouldn’t be mixed with spiritual practices; however, there are still people who believe in spiritual solutions and incorporate them this is particularly common among those who gamble on the lottery. For those who mix spirituality with gambling, it’s ridiculous, but of course, that’s a matter of personal belief. The bottom line is that whatever you do, make sure it stays within reasonable limits.

You're right, I think the most spiritual help they can seek is through prayer, and that is valid, prayer is good, but from there to everything depending on spiritual things, no, because we ourselves must find the way out of these problems, especially when they are caused by ourselves. There is professional help, you have to pay for the service, but it is a much more direct help and it does good, but the solution is not in the spiritual realm.

[Bitcoin.com97]

This spirituality stuff is mainly in this our region, almost everything is spiritual, but it’s not true , gambling addiction is associated with mental illness, because they have a mindset who tell them they can become rich with gambling, so they began to be consistent in gambling, even after multiple loses they don’t stop there , even when mentally not stable any more they keep chasing the win , and many calls it spiritual problems, it’s always funny to me whenever  I see people think that way ,gambling addiction is not spiritual and should not be seen as that also .

When a gambler does not gamble with awareness, gambling gradually becomes an addiction in his life, as a result of which the gambler will suffer financially, there will be additional mental stress, he will not be able to understand what is wrong and what is right because gambling has already become an addiction. When the main purpose of gambling is to earn money, the possibility of losing money is high. Money can be won through gambling, but it is very limited, gambling can never completely change person life, this mindset complete mistake. Therefore, it is better to decide to gamble after gaining the right knowledge.

Exactly, you can’t make  gambling a source of income and expect winning always, before you know it , they become addicted to it and it’s now labeled spiritual because of so many financial mistakes, you use money that you can use to do other stuff to gamble with the hope of winning more , investing where the return is not sure, many has fallen deep into these situations, especially when they began to chase loses , at that point they become mentally not stable enough , to be honest gambling addictions is a very terrible situation and I wish people that are into it can come out of it .

[knuckey]

You're right, but I don't think it's wrong to go to a priest or religious leader to ask for their prayers for recovery from gambling addiction. It's wrong to ask for guidance or a way to recover from gambling addiction, but I think they're still the right people to come to for prayers and motivation to seriously repent from bad habits. They are people who can guide you toward goodness. Whatever the case, they can be the most appropriate reference, although for gambling addicts, it's less specific to ask a religious leader to treat them.

[Accardo]

You're right, but I don't think it's wrong to go to a priest or religious leader to ask for their prayers for recovery from gambling addiction. It's wrong to ask for guidance or a way to recover from gambling addiction, but I think they're still the right people to come to for prayers and motivation to seriously repent from bad habits.

Had a way been there then it would be much explainable, gamers shouldn't look for a way where there is none. In gambling intellects should override emotions, players rarely understands this and moves largely with emotions about the money they've lost in gaming.