Research reveals a direct link between rumination, unforgiveness, and compulsive gambling. Forgiveness may be the most underestimated tool in addiction recovery.
Peer-reviewed research reveals a direct pathway from rumination and unforgiveness to compulsive gambling. When we cannot let go of the people who hurt us, the pain loops endlessly in our minds, and gambling becomes the only thing loud enough to drown it out. But forgiveness, both of others and of ourselves, may be the most underestimated tool in gambling recovery.
By Kate Mosley, Gambling Recovery Coach.
How Rumination and Unforgiveness Fuel Gambling Addiction (And How to Break Free)