Gambling addiction is not spiritual.

[Gozie51]

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

Exactly, it is society based. I know most African societies will be gullible to this because they are mostly religious in nature to the extent that even bad governance is committed to God and prayed against in religious homes while those bad leaders are still members of same religion and steal people's money to build religious homes for the religious sect. It is appalling with the way religion has been made to enslave African societies.

Of course if someone is over gambling and becomes an addict, such person need to be taking to professionals in human behavioral science to advise and guide such person. What they do is to look at causal effect and curtail the habit responsible for too much gambling which are likely to be higher risk taking, betting more than what you can afford to lose, chasing loses. Therapy could be to deprive the victim from gambling like changing location if the person is influenced by people around or location of the gambling facility (for offline).

[coin-investor]

... 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.

We are living in a new generation, and yet many still believe that when someone is doing bad things like drinking and gambling, he is possessed by evil spirits because these beliefs are passed down to them by generation.
It is now in modern medical research that we have become free from the ancient belief of being possessed.
We have dedicated study and medical research that tackles the issue of gambling addiction.
Spiritual teachers can offer assistance through prayers and motivating words, but they cannot prescribe medicines.

[LDL]

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.

Yes, a person with a gambling addiction may think that if they go to a spiritual person or a leader, they will tell them how to get rid of gambling, but in reality, the only perfect person for a person with a gambling addiction disorder would be a psychologist who can tell them the complete way to get rid of gambling.
A leader or a respected person in society may forbid him from gambling addiction but he will not do any research or verification on how to get rid of it, whether there is any medicine or whether there is any strategy that can be adopted. In this regard, a psychologist can definitely tell a mental disorder who is completely addicted to gambling a strategy for changing his mind, which if adopted, a gambler can permanently abstain from gambling.
The exact same picture is being observed in my society as in yours, and instead of going to a good doctor, they go to a community leader or a spiritual person to seek help, which will not be fruitful at all.

[Wonder Work]

I don't really know why people are thinking that addiction is spiritual issues where they wouldn't want to go to a rehabilitation centre to get their insanity restored. Gambling is very addictive when they only see it as a source of income and means of increasing their resources, gambling should only be treated as a means of easing one stress and also as a means of having fun.

As simple as you and I take it, maybe no one else can take it so easily. Most people have chosen this gambling game as a way to increase wealth. They have become addicted to it and want to increase their wealth and earn all the money they need to meet all the needs of daily life. When they come to gambling with this kind of mentality, they do not have a typical attitude. It is foolish to expect anything good from a place where there is no typical attitude. It is safe to say that they will not be able to recover from this. But those who can come out can lead a normal life as before.

[Wapfika]

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.

You probably doesn’t experience having a consultation with religious leader since they usually advice even for family matters since it’s part of growing your spiritual strength.

Spiritual leader use bible verse that contains wisdom and knowledge to tackle our daily life problem.

Improving your spiritual health means you can clear too your gambling related problem since your mind is already free from stress.

[rachael9385]

What you say now wont change the mind of those who have already cemented their mentality on spirituality relating to gambling. I have nothing against them, since they are bound to stand with that idea I still remain one who does not support it.

Gambling is a mental issue not a spiritual one, if it was spiritual does strong in faith will always win.

You have a point, it's difficult to change the ideologies of people, they have already accepted the idea that their gambling addiction is spiritual and as a result of this they don't put in efforts that are reasonable and logical to tackle this problem, they rely on spiritualists and other ways to solve their problem but after a while they discover that there are not really making a change, this is because they are doing the wrong thing

[Zackz5000]

I don't really know why people are thinking that addiction is spiritual issues where they wouldn't want to go to a rehabilitation centre to get their insanity restored. Gambling is very addictive when they only see it as a source of income and means of increasing their resources, gambling should only be treated as a means of easing one stress and also as a means of having fun.

Exactly one will definitely be addicted into gambling when they see or take it as a source of income instead of looking for other means to get money, most gamblers believes they will be rich by gambling and they put all their hope in gamble so I don't believe been addicted into gambling can be some kind of spiritual spell, but i can only believe it when it comes to been addicted into drinking of alcohol and getting drunk I believe people can actually make their fellow to get them addicted into getting drunk just to make them look useless but I don't believe this in gambling.

[Churchillvv]

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.

We should note that the believe of spiritual causality of every thing or gambling activities is more like a poverty mentality or environmental disability, if you find yourself in a very poor environment everything is always spiritual but if you live in a very good environment you will also notice that it's rare to see people talk about problems to be a result of spiritual effect but instead mostly referred to hospitals for medical check ups or psychological therapy. So believe it that it's mostly done by poor countries.

[Awaklara]

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.

Not all problems must be associated with spirituality, but there are certain people's beliefs related to people with better spirituality that can influence people around them. Not to cure but to provide a solution.
Cases such as addicted gamblers must be handled by professionals related to mental health. Psychologists can usually help to start building self-confidence to get out of the slump.
The situation of addicted gamblers also requires encouragement from people around them, such as family, to help them recover.

[Solosanz]

I agree.

These baby boomers always correlating everything with religion/spiritual, for me religion/spiritual should be the "lowest" priority when we're talking about in real world.

I really support for gambling addicts to seek for mental health counselor, so we can know behind reason why those people can get addicted. Either they have too many responsibility, they have mental health disease, they lack of money, or simply they have no purpose to live.

[m2017]

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

Gambling addiction is a problem associated with psychophysiology, that is, the production of neurotransmitters in the body under the influence of gambling and the impact of this on a person’s mental state.

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,

Of course, any problem should be solved by a specialist in that particular problem. For example, if you get a flat tire on your car, you don't go to the dentist, right? Likewise, religious professionals should not try to "cure" gambling addicts, because it is not their area of ​​expertise.

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.

This is due to the low level of literacy of the population and the lack of necessary professionals in this field (doctors-psychologists). To solve any problem, only a properly selected specialist is required.

[leonair]

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.

Gambling is forbidden from a religious point of view, which is why many people think that if someone enters the spiritual world and gains knowledge about religion and starts obeying the Creator and worshipping according to His commandments, then he will automatically stop gambling because gambling has been forbidden in his religion. No religion teaches him anything that will harm him in any way. Those who are addicted to gambling are financially damaged which puts them in danger in many ways. But yes, of course those who gamble are mentally ill as addicts and they cannot control themselves in any way due to which they return to it again and again. So a psychiatrist can be a good solution for him to overcome gambling addiction.

[robelneo]

It may not be spiritual, but it can help the gambler to right what is wrong in his life, if the gambler is not yet compulsive gambler and a light gambler he can still mend his ways with teaching coming from hs spiritual gurus, but if addiction becomes deep then a rehabilitation with the help of professional physician can help.
There is a part of us that is spiritual, and this spirituality will guide us to what is right and wrong, so it can help partly with people who are addicted to gambling.

[Nothingtodo]

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.

It depends on the personal beliefs of each person, if someone gets faith from a spiritual person and if he can come to the right path through him, then of course it is good. There are many who are respected or inspired by a spiritual person in society and obey everything because of him. Many gamblers are inspired by wise family members and follow their advice, just as a gambler in a society follows a spiritual leader. It's really a personal and psychological thing here that has the potential to benefit people who will go to him and follow his advice.

[mcdouglasx]

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.

I personally think that religion is linked to a person's psychological state. That's why many people change their lives when they join a religion, especially if they've been through bad times and find a place where they feel accepted and understood.
Many people avoid gambling or drinking solely because of religion, because something morally prevents them from doing so. That's why it's possible that addicts can quit gambling if they rely on their religion, regardless of the religion.

[Accardo]

It depends on the personal beliefs of each person, if someone gets faith from a spiritual person and if he can come to the right path through him, then of course it is good. There are many who are respected or inspired by a spiritual person in society and obey everything because of him. Many gamblers are inspired by wise family members and follow their advice, just as a gambler in a society follows a spiritual leader. It's really a personal and psychological thing here that has the potential to benefit people who will go to him and follow his advice.

Sure, a lot of priests are psychologist who didn't practice psychotherapy and that's the main reason addicts shouldn't be directed to them because they don't know the ground work or basics of dealing with a mentally disordered person. However, they're believers who trust their capacities, yet their works isn't going to make much difference only that it can isolate the addict from playing games, if he's locked in the spiritual home. Aside that nothing else is practically going to make any change in the player's emotions.

[Proty]

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You are actually right even while others might have a contrary view about this, we are in a world where the physical is being controlled by the spiritual and there are negative and positive energy in the spiritual reign, a man can be manipulated with a negative energy to become a gambling addict although this can not be on every cases of a gambling addict and in other words the concept of the thread would have been more better to be gambling addiction can be spiritual but not doubt about most people who will never believe in the existence of such manipulative negative energy capable enough to destroy a man's future even through gambling.

Many have developed the habits of always attributing whatever they are facing to some spiritual forces and such they begin to seek solution to there problems outside themselves. gambling addiction has nothing to do with spirituality, people are always looking for were to apportion blame to. Rationalising for there mistake instead to take responsibility for the habits they have formed they will begin to think that there is someone somewhere that is responsible for the bad habits they have formed. Gambling addiction has nothing to do with spiritual, is a habit that was formed by repeated process or as a result of continuous gambling. Until addicted gambler decide to quit or do something about his or her gambling habits there is no spiritual force that can be able to help such a person.

[Mpamaegbu]

... 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...

Addiction is just a habit indulged too deeply, nothing else. It has nothing to do with spirituality or curse at all. Only ignorant folks take such matter as addiction to spiritual homes or churches, instead of rehab. Then the ill–informed spiritual heads will allow their ignorance ride them into futile exercises of "casting and binding" a perceived demon somewhere that isn't even in the picture.

Gambling addiction is not a spiritual problem, it is caused by lack of control, when a gambler is greedy and don't gamble responsibly they become addicted overtime.

Exactly the point! But then, where I come from, people tend to attribute any negative occurrences to spirituality. Addiction is one of such negative occurrences, though wrongly tagged.

[irhact]

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.

How can gambling addiction be spiritual when it's something that happens to you because of your constant practice of gambling without proper precaution of what might happen because of your frequent betting. Gambling addition isn't spiritual but some superstition can make someone to become an addict without them knowing. If you believe that the more you increase the amount that you're using to gamble that it'll make you to win one day, that superstition is going to make you to be gambling regularly without you knowing that what that's doing to you, is making your mind to be obsessed with gambling that it affects you without you knowing it.

[DaNNy001]

What you say now wont change the mind of those who have already cemented their mentality on spirituality relating to gambling. I have nothing against them, since they are bound to stand with that idea I still remain one who does not support it.

Gambling is a mental issue not a spiritual one, if it was spiritual does strong in faith will always win.

It's a hard task to change someone's state of mind or believe, you just have to leave them to what they know or understand...like you said, gambling is more of a mental or psychological issue but people tend to feel like there's something spiritual involved because some gamblers act like they are abnormal and controlled, it's just a display of a dependency syndrome and can only be dealt with therapy and abstenaince