30-09-2010, 07:46 AM
Hi Emma, Living with a compulsive gambler are all of the things that you have mentioned in your posting.
You need to protect yourself financially and stop enabling him to get money to gamble with ie loans etc.
Then if you are prepared to live with this man you need to seek some support and a good starting point would be for you to go to a Gamanon meeting (this is for the partners, family, friends) of a compulsive gambler. You should be able to find this information on this web site, if not ring the GA help line. Unless this man is ready to surrender and be genuine about going to meetings there is not much you can do for him I'm afraid. You are only a young person and need to think about your future.
Take care
Helen
You need to protect yourself financially and stop enabling him to get money to gamble with ie loans etc.
Then if you are prepared to live with this man you need to seek some support and a good starting point would be for you to go to a Gamanon meeting (this is for the partners, family, friends) of a compulsive gambler. You should be able to find this information on this web site, if not ring the GA help line. Unless this man is ready to surrender and be genuine about going to meetings there is not much you can do for him I'm afraid. You are only a young person and need to think about your future.
Take care
Helen