19-09-2010, 03:25 PM
Hi McLaren,
I think the answer to your question is to find out more about the illness of compulsive gambling. Whilst you do this you may want to refrain from lending cash to your father. There is a magnificent fellowship called GamAnon. They have a website <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gamanon.org.uk">http://www.gamanon.org.uk</a><!-- m --> The fellowship of GamAnon is made up of ordinary, everyday people who have one thing in common - their lives have been affected by the compulsive gambling of someone else. Although you say you have had limited father/daughter time it would appear that your life has been affected by his actions and attitudes. Your mothers life has, presumably, been greatly affected. It would therefore seem a sensible idea to find out more about the subject - and an ideal starting place would seem to be GamAnon. Full details of who they are, what they do and where they meet are contained on the website. Having found out more you may wish to pass this golden nugget of information to your mother - but remember, she may or may not, want to do anything with it.
Best wishes
'Poster' David
I think the answer to your question is to find out more about the illness of compulsive gambling. Whilst you do this you may want to refrain from lending cash to your father. There is a magnificent fellowship called GamAnon. They have a website <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gamanon.org.uk">http://www.gamanon.org.uk</a><!-- m --> The fellowship of GamAnon is made up of ordinary, everyday people who have one thing in common - their lives have been affected by the compulsive gambling of someone else. Although you say you have had limited father/daughter time it would appear that your life has been affected by his actions and attitudes. Your mothers life has, presumably, been greatly affected. It would therefore seem a sensible idea to find out more about the subject - and an ideal starting place would seem to be GamAnon. Full details of who they are, what they do and where they meet are contained on the website. Having found out more you may wish to pass this golden nugget of information to your mother - but remember, she may or may not, want to do anything with it.
Best wishes
'Poster' David