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...
Just wondering. In today's world money is an integral part of our life - in any form.
Property, jewelry, cash, car/ machines etc.
So how can a family really control an addict from keeping money away. If cash is over, there are still other means of getting money.
I read in few posts that some of them even sell/ mortgage their homes. But then where does he live? Won't he stop at this stage now!!!
No adult can control another, short of at gunpoint. (Which will only last while they are in the sights) The only person, besides children, whom we can control is ourself.
If I were married to an active gambling addict that had already caused much grief, anxiety, and loss of assets I would make sure I had a separate bank account, for starters, I might alert our mortgage holder not to loan my spouse anything without BOTH our signatures and I might file for divorce, (and freeze all assets), contingent on them getting help.