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Anyone had a gambling addiction?


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When they start doing the credit card shuffle and having utilities cut off regularly, they're probably losing it gambling...then chasing lost money at the casino after that.

Yup yup. Another thing is when they have to work in trips to the horse track or corner store right after going to the bank, its an issue. A close member of my family is getting divorced from a woman who has a horrible gambling addiction (to the tune of $3-5k lost a month) and is now living in section 8 housing. Her entire budget is contingent on her success at the track, and spends countless dollars trying to find the tips to hit it big on the ponys. It's almost sad (were it not for the fact she's a POS). But its like anything else. They aren't going to change until something they do to themselves makes them change. Good luck with this. I know it's not an easy thing to deal with.

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Yup yup. Another thing is when they have to work in trips to the horse track or corner store right after going to the bank, its an issue. A close member of my family is getting divorced from a woman who has a horrible gambling addiction (to the tune of $3-5k lost a month) and is now living in section 8 housing. Her entire budget is contingent on her success at the track, and spends countless dollars trying to find the tips to hit it big on the ponys. It's almost sad (were it not for the fact she's a POS). But its like anything else. They aren't going to change until something they do to themselves makes them change. Good luck with this. I know it's not an easy thing to deal with.

These are the kinds of signs that I'm wondering about.

I'm getting requests to borrow money, but to keep it secret from the rest of the family...odd. Just got a higher paying job, but suddenly behind on all the bills. There is a history of gambling, before now it was less of a problem.

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It's an uncomfortable situation you are in, to say they least. JRMMiii was correct in saying that you should contact GA. They have probably seen and heard 1,000 times over the things you are encountering and will have excellent advice as to how to manage things from your POV. I wish you luck, amigo. It's a very difficult thing in dealing with a family member or friend going though a problem with addiction, regardless of the vice.

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