My son in law rings me at times because he doesn't know what to do about my daughter's gambling addiction. They are renovating their house and the bills have piled up. She is in a successful job.
I can understand why she is gambling but she just won't admit that she has a problem and so I can't help her. My parents were alcoholics. My father gave it up but my mother couldn't. It destroyed her and my father didn't support her. Their problem was the business that they had.
I can see my daughter going down the same road.
I don't want to seem like I am taking sides but my son in law is a good hard working man who will lose everything that they have worked for if she doesn't stop.
I suggested that he ring the Gambling Help number and he was told that there's nothing they can do until she rings them. He is lost.
Who can he ring for some advice and support before it all comes crashing down.
My daughter is taking money from their mortgage account.