Gambling addiction is not spiritual.

[SuperBitMan]

What causes addiction in gambling is the mindset you started it with, if you start gambling with the mindset that you will use gambling to escape poverty then you will surely become addicted and when you become addicted you will start selling your properties, but if you start gambling with the mindset of using it as a fun activity and you use only your Discretionary income to gamble you won't be addicted.
When people can say you are addicted to gambling is when you start selling your properties just to gamble or you gamble every day.

In my home town some people that are addicted to gambling is not ordinary is spiritual, in my home town we have a lot of people using black magic so if they see you will become successful in the future because of jealousy they cast a spell on you that will make you love gambling and you will be playing it always and selling anything you see just to gamble, if your family knows about black magic they will cast there own spell in other to remove that other spell on you and then free you and you will stop gambling I have seen it many times.

[Ishicryptic]

In my home town some people that are addicted to gambling is not ordinary is spiritual, in my home town we have a lot of people using black magic so if they see you will become successful in the future because of jealousy they cast a spell on you that will make you love gambling and you will be playing it always and selling anything you see just to gamble, if your family knows about black magic they will cast there own spell in other to remove that other spell on you and then free you and you will stop gambling I have seen it many times.

I have heard a lot about how wicked people use spiritual means to control others into what a sensible person wouldn't do, they go to the extent of making their victims to run mad. I know that magic and sorcery exist but I don't know whether they work in gambling like making a person to be addicted in and losing all their money, seeing the future and making people to place sure bets that will give them huge wins. I might be wrong but I don't think that spirituality works in gambling, if it does many desperate gamblers will seek it and be very rich. If actually a sorcerer can caste a spell on a gambler, it will be for him to misbehave in everything, not specifically in gambling alone.

[MainIbem]

You are right; moreover, the one who falls into gambling addiction, in my opinion, completely loses all religion, since firstly, he departs from all religious canons. Somewhere above, I already wrote about the fact that sometimes spiritual leaders can refer a person for treatment to professional psychotherapists, since for some the disease goes so far that it is difficult to cure a person with sermons alone. Joint treatment with medical drugs is necessary.

Praying instead of going for counselling or the medical way to recieve treatment is a misplaced priority and sometimes folks who do that end up losing their funds to dubious religious leaders who take money from their followers to pray for them and it could get worst instead of the prayers helping. Anyway I believe that why some people barely go to regious leaders for advice is the shame of being rebuked or used as an example to preach to others but sometimes, not going to them is the right approach though cause instead of going to a religious leader that would still direct you to the right medical practitioners, why not the person just seek the medical way at once, think about it ma'am.

[purple_sparkles]

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.

Religious people usually consider gambling a sin, so discussing it with a priest might feel like a conversation between two people speaking completely different languages, you simply won’t understand each other, especially if you have a neutral or even positive attitude toward this activity and don’t plan on giving it up.

[coolcoinz]

Religious people usually consider gambling a sin, so discussing it with a priest might feel like a conversation between two people speaking completely different languages, you simply won’t understand each other, especially if you have a neutral or even positive attitude toward this activity and don’t plan on giving it up.

Usually? Most religions do not forbid gambling, so no. It's mostly Muslims that think it's a sin, but most Catholics do otherwise.

I feel like blaming the church or seeking its help with your addictions is a weakness and characterizes people who are lost, not willing to do the research and learn what their problem is and how they can really overcome it. It's like their last resort, which is why there's a saying that it's your "hail Mary".

[knowngunman]

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 don't know where you come from but I can guess you're from Africa. The same thing is happening in our society here where people attribute gambling addiction as a spiritual thing. I have witnessed on numerous occasions where people are taken for a deliverance and some of them even spending huge amounts of money to religious and spiritual leaders over gambling addiction of their child.

There's no point explaining to them because no one will care to listen so I will just shake my head and move on knowing that they are just wasting their time and resources. What addicts need is a counselling and not prayers from one church to another. This thing have caused problems in many families because they end up accusing one another as the cause of gambling addiction of a victim person.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

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.

For the fact that there are people who believes that gambling addiction is caused by devils manipulation and also that gambling is devilish, they would be the people to refer addicted gamblers to church for prayers and deliverance, lol. Some people don't even reason in a practical aspect, ways in which something can be possible and not possible, because how can gambling addiction be spiritual and how can church be the right solution? I am just trying to relate how it works, because gambling addiction is a habit that an individual adopted on their own and without getting the right help to stop, church can not help them.

[GxSTxV]

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.

In fact, relating any addiction to spiritual issues can make it worse in most of the cases, either it’s gambling addiction, drugs or alcohol. I have seen some people that got into multiple sorts of addiction and thought that it is their fault for not being that religious or spiritual, and of course with the help of people around them, telling them that god or their religion will punish them for their actions, making it worse for those poor people, believing they are doomed forever, so they continue with that addiction and stronger than before, just because they believed not having a chance or hope to heal.

Spiritual things shouldn’t be mixed with addiction or serious health problems, but unfortunately we have seen the opposite, especially in some specific regions and when it comes to mental illness. Gambling addiction should be considered as a serious matter to be treated in centers, or at least understand how to treat it all alone. In my case, I kept watching helpful videos, tips and advices online, since we don’t have the resources for doctors or clinics.

[Hewlet]

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 is generally wrong to spiritualize everything. you have to know that there are levels to things and the way you look at each of those things differs. when one starts gambling, there is nothing spiritual you usually do about it. right from the first stage of gambling with that little amount to the next stage increasing the amount and gambling almost every now and then, it is all your decision to go about it whichever way you want to go about the act. when you are winning, the usual thing is that no one complains about it and then when you starts losing we change the narrative to an external influence being responsible for it. if gambling was all that spiritual, it would have been possible to get outcomes of it through spiritual means.

addiction as a whole comes through series of processes starting gradually and then growing from that point into something that becomes uncontrollable. if you deal with it while it is just starting, it wont worsen to the point where it becomes an issue that should be dealt with spiritually. the fact still remains that gambling is not for everyone and so, rather than getting yourself all hooked in and regretting later, it is better to never do it at all if you can not deal with it.

[KiaKia]

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.

Correct, I am from a country where it's people will blame everything on spiritual attacks, when they make a financial mistake it's an attack from enemies, when they lose a child to a sickness or accident it's an attack from the enemies, everything about them is spiritual so yes I support that people easily think that gambling addiction is spiritual, though not every countries but mostly Africa countries do this and its messed up.

Religions have done more damaged to the country than been atheist, pastors and the priest hood holders knows nothing than to prey on people with small minds, once they give them some premonition they believe instantly.

I am a believer that God exist too but I don't trust humans like I trust God, they bring fake believes and lie about getting some holy messages from the real God whereas it's all fake, I don't believe that everything is spiritual attacks, the world have gotten past those medieval times.

[Cossyblack]

Gambling addiction is mostly caused by greed and over desperation to win huge amounts of funds. Most gamblers believe they can become millionaires overnight through consistent efforts in gambling which sometimes may force them to start stealing or borrowing funds to gamble without even considering the future consequences of their actions.Howerver I believe excessive engaging of gambling activities might lead to mental disorder of the brain  which may result to gambling addiction. I believe gambling addiction has nothing to with spiritual but psychological. Gamblers that are addicts should visit a psychologist for helps because it's unidealistic to be seen as an addict ,it will absolutely ruined a person life completely.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

I don't know, but recently, I was just scrolling one of my social media accounts and there was a lot of video regarding gambling addictions. And it's really worst, there was one guy who says that he did take the most expensive s**t in life, going in and sitting and then gamble and lost $9k in that short amount of time. In any case, maybe if we believed that gambling is spiritual, then it might hurt us in the long run, as it can delay our treatment. And if someone really knows that they are turning into gambling addicts, then seek professional help. You don't want to go the lengths of being a severe case as I read that there are gambling addicts that needs to take anti-depression medicine to help them calm themselves and not think of gambling. Gambling addiction is not a spiritual issue, it's behavioral and psychological problem.

[xenomorfo]

it is generally wrong to spiritualize everything. you have to know that there are levels to things and the way you look at each of those things differs. when one starts gambling, there is nothing spiritual you usually do about it. right from the first stage of gambling with that little amount to the next stage increasing the amount and gambling almost every now and then, it is all your decision to go about it whichever way you want to go about the act. when you are winning, the usual thing is that no one complains about it and then when you starts losing we change the narrative to an external influence being responsible for it. if gambling was all that spiritual, it would have been possible to get outcomes of it through spiritual means.

addiction as a whole comes through series of processes starting gradually and then growing from that point into something that becomes uncontrollable. if you deal with it while it is just starting, it wont worsen to the point where it becomes an issue that should be dealt with spiritually. the fact still remains that gambling is not for everyone and so, rather than getting yourself all hooked in and regretting later, it is better to never do it at all if you can not deal with it.

excuse me, why should spiritualizing things be bad?
I would like to ask you a question, does doing it create problems for you or does it create conditions in which you feel bad or you are not comfortable? i don't think so.
so in my opinion it's the opposite, thinking that everyone is a machine, that makes the world a worse place

[bubilas]

I don't know, but recently, I was just scrolling one of my social media accounts and there was a lot of video regarding gambling addictions. And it's really worst, there was one guy who says that he did take the most expensive s**t in life, going in and sitting and then gamble and lost $9k in that short amount of time. In any case, maybe if we believed that gambling is spiritual, then it might hurt us in the long run, as it can delay our treatment. And if someone really knows that they are turning into gambling addicts, then seek professional help. You don't want to go the lengths of being a severe case as I read that there are gambling addicts that needs to take anti-depression medicine to help them calm themselves and not think of gambling. Gambling addiction is not a spiritual issue, it's behavioral and psychological problem.

Yes, it is true, but they say that many nationalities who especially love spiritual rituals, faith and live preserving ancient traditions are more committed to gambling than others. While in countries with a skeptical population, people do not particularly like gambling, but rather prefer simply bars and clubs.
Probably, the key word in all this is "Faith". Faith in otherworldly forces also gives greater faith in luck. It seems logical, so superstitious guys suffer more often than others from losses in casinos, which they cannot control.

[Pablo-wood]

Religious people usually consider gambling a sin, so discussing it with a priest might feel like a conversation between two people speaking completely different languages, you simply won’t understand each other, especially if you have a neutral or even positive attitude toward this activity and don’t plan on giving it up.

Usually? Most religions do not forbid gambling, so no. It's mostly Muslims that think it's a sin, but most Catholics do otherwise.

I feel like blaming the church or seeking its help with your addictions is a weakness and characterizes people who are lost, not willing to do the research and learn what their problem is and how they can really overcome it. It's like their last resort, which is why there's a saying that it's your "hail Mary".

The problem isn't the religious institutions but rather the individuals. This religious leaders understands their followers hold them in high esteem so they try their best to see how far they can provide solutions to their problems. But this followers misplaces responsibilities and tries to meet their religious leaders for everything.

A case of gambling addiction should be handled by a therapist. This people are trained for this, they have mastered the psychological and mental implications of gambling addictions and can relate more effectively without critics as compared to religious leaders who will narrow their scope to spiritual manipulations and all. 

[Agbe]

There is nothing connecting spirituality to gambling gambling is something that we can control yourself so if anyone allows himself to fall into the trap of becoming addicted to gambling then such a person should not link that to spiritual forces

[Fuso.hp]

People can ask their creator or pray for someone, but in addition to praying to the creator, they also have to make some physical and mental efforts. For example, if a gambler is addicted to gambling and gradually goes into a bad state, then it is not enough to just sit and pray, but they have to give him time and make sure that he does not think so much about gambling or that he does not feel so lonely. Those who are close to the addicted gambler can keep him busy with other things most of the time, such as going for a walk with him, playing games with him. When these are done with the gambler, it will be seen that the gambler is gradually forgetting the gambling issues and he is returning to his normal life. However, as I have said it in a simple way, in reality, it is not so easy, you have to try and give more time, only then will the gambler be able to come out of that bad state of gambling.

[r_victory]

You can't mix gambling with spirituality. There are those who believe that addictions and emotional disorders are caused by "obsessive spirits" and that's fine, who am I to judge other people's beliefs? In fact, the spiritual world exists and exerts great influence on our reality, but, society really needs to evolve. Think about the past, how many mental illnesses were treated as demonic possessions. It's not possible to have the same attitudes today.

I believe that the vast majority of people are really unprepared minds to deal with emotions, with gains and losses, a mind without self-control, a weak mind. They need specialized psychological treatment.

[Antotena]

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.

This is nothing but a delusional believe by delusional gamblers. If gambling addiction is spiritual then there is a way been a spiritual person can make you win money. If there is spirituality in betting, there is going to be a lot of strange things happening in football and many casino, imagine Liverpool playing under youth of Chelsea and they win by 9 goals to nothing and that keeps repeating, there will come a time when people will say Football is no longer football but rig events.

Many casino will even fall out of business, think about it the way bookmakers used algorithm to change odd and then all of a sudden all the odds change significantly high and the spiritual or should I say magicians change everything about the game and it went favour of people that stake amount in those high odds, there is going to be a lot of questions that need answers but as you can see, there is nothing of such happening, it's all about what you believe.

[rachael9385]

Gambling addiction can be spiritual. They might have seen the person's future to be bright but look for something that can hinder the person's progress in life. It can be gambling, drug abuse or heavy smoking.

Gambling addiction can be handled by spiritual leaders like in church as long as the person have it in mind that he wants to stop gamble addiction.

But rehabilitation is the best for any form of addiction but people do consider it as the last thing to do after everything they have tried failed.

Everyone has the right to believe in what they want, this is your perspective on this but everything is about your mentality. The reason why many people don't make any progress with their approach to tackle gambling addiction is because they are focused on the wrong thing, instead of dealing with it psychologically they would rather meet a spiritualist. Everything is just a mental thing, knowledge is power