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Hi everyone. I’m looking for any kind of support here. My husband is a gambling addict. He has a super bowl trip planned this weekend for Vegas with his best friend. Of course I don’t want him to go and tried to share my concerns. I don’t want to keep enabling him. He said this is his last hoorah and when he gets back no more gambling…. well I’m sure we’ve all heard that before. I don’t know what to do. He wants $15k for the trip. He’s telling me if I don’t give it to him he’s going to leave me and our son. I offered a compromise for less money and it’s not good enough. Help!
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Hi MamaJ711-Please know the advice I am offering is coming from a compulsive gambler. I have been in recovery for 4.5 years and I wish my husband would have put his foot down and called me on my problem, but he did not. 4.5 years later after in patient treatment and attending GA meetings every week we are still very happily married. I suggest that you lock up your money in whatever way possible and call him on his ultimatum. Tell him if gambling is more important than his family then he can figure out how to get the money and when he returns he can stay somewhere else. Rock bottom is not far away if he is giving you ultimatums. There is a road to recovery and healing of families. He has to accept that he has a problem and sometimes that will happen when family says no more. I hope this helps.