Peer-reviewed research on attention bias in pathological gambling shows recovery is not a willpower problem, it is an attention problem. Ten seconds of prayer cannot outweigh ten hours on a slot machine.
Peer-reviewed neuroscience and clinical research on attention bias in pathological gambling confirm what Scripture has said all along. You do not pay attention to what you decide is important. You decide something is important by what you pay attention to. The compulsive gambler does not lack willpower. They have given their attention to the wrong thing, and ten seconds of bedtime prayer cannot compete with ten hours of scrolling, screens, and slot reels. Real recovery is the slow, deliberate retraining of where the eyes of your mind are allowed to rest.
By Kate Mosley, Gambling Recovery Coach.
Gambling Recovery Is an Attention Problem, Not a Willpower Problem