Gambling Addiction & Recovery Support Group
Compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. A preferred term among many professionals is problem gambling, as few people described by the term experience true compulsions in the clinical sense of the word. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others rather...
I have a family member who is a compulsive gambler _ I don't gamble I have worked and saved . I feel I have been on this road forever with him years and years .My problem is this when I die he gets a house and quite a sum of money .And insurances . I am so scared I know I wont be
around but I'm scared he will gamble it away . I don't want that to happen .
Do you think a large amount of money might make him stop ?
I don't know why I am typing this because I know the answer .
Thank you .
around but I'm scared he will gamble it away . I don't want that to happen .
Do you think a large amount of money might make him stop ?
I don't know why I am typing this because I know the answer .
Thank you .
its the chase of the HIGH, it has nothing to do with money, nothing...
the worst thing that can happen to a CG is to win ...
The money can be "doled" out in monthly allowances or a money manager can be allocated.
You should seriously investigate this since anyone who IS a compulsive gambler will be only too HAPPY to get a lump sum and have a most wonderful time, or so they think for the moment, and you would be amazed at how fast any amount can be gambled away.
I have heard many many stories of insurance payouts and retirement funds etc. GONE within months.
Please follow your heart on this one.
Yes, you do know the answer and the other folks have hit it right on the head. I'm not sure of the overall situation, but it sounds like this is something that needs to be put in place soon. I actually gambled away his inheritance, so I can relate in a bad way. If someone is in the throes of compulsive gambling and, worse yet, in the midst of grieving it can be very powerful and likely insurmountable temptation to throw it all away.
I urge you to set something in place to try and manage the money, and also, try and get your family member into some sort of recovery program- therapy, GA, here, all three and/or something else.