Need some help with gambling

[Batman]

Hey dudes. I have a female friend at work and we talk quite a bit. She had a terrible go of it being abused as a young girl and bounced around foster care. She is misguided but has a great heart. Thing is she has a serious gambling issue. She will put here rent money on a game and she is struggling as it is. She has her own kids but is also raising 3 foster children. I've given heard food and gas money etc when she was struggling but when I've spoken to her about her out of control gambling she gets quiet. Yes I e worked with addicts in my career but never compulsive gamblers. I know a lot of the behaviors etc are similar with drugs and gambeling but I wanted to see if you guys have any experience dealing with a friend who was heading to the bottom gambling l. If I come at her strong i will probably turn her against me. You guys ever deal with something like that

I don't really consider myself a gambler, I have the odd bet on the football or the boxing every now and again and even then it is only a maximum of £10/£15.
I do like the roulette but again the most I have ever put on in one session has been £30 and usually it is £10/£15

I do know someone who had a gambling problem, he is quite open about it, he racked up 36K of debt, I asked him what he was spending it on and he said it was the horses and fruit machines, he had numerous credit cards which all kept on racking up the debts because of it, he said that he got further and further in because he was trying to gamble his way out of the problem which just never works, once he realized that he just stopped.

I know that doesn't help you out with your question but at least it shows that some people can just wake up one day and see that there is a problem and then stop.

[brocktonblockbust]

Hey dudes. I have a female friend at work and we talk quite a bit. She had a terrible go of it being abused as a young girl and bounced around foster care. She is misguided but has a great heart. Thing is she has a serious gambling issue. She will put here rent money on a game and she is struggling as it is. She has her own kids but is also raising 3 foster children. I've given heard food and gas money etc when she was struggling but when I've spoken to her about her out of control gambling she gets quiet. Yes I e worked with addicts in my career but never compulsive gamblers. I know a lot of the behaviors etc are similar with drugs and gambeling but I wanted to see if you guys have any experience dealing with a friend who was heading to the bottom gambling l. If I come at her strong i will probably turn her against me. You guys ever deal with something like that

I don't really consider myself a gambler, I have the odd bet on the football or the boxing every now and again and even then it is only a maximum of £10/£15.
I do like the roulette but again the most I have ever put on in one session has been £30 and usually it is £10/£15

I do know someone who had a gambling problem, he is quite open about it, he racked up 36K of debt, I asked him what he was spending it on and he said it was the horses and fruit machines, he had numerous credit cards which all kept on racking up the debts because of it, he said that he got further and further in because he was trying to gamble his way out of the problem which just never works, once he realized that he just stopped.

I know that doesn't help you out with your question but at least it shows that some people can just wake up one day and see that there is a problem and then stop.

Ahh fuck it, just roll the dice BWAHAHAHA

[Batman]

Hey dudes. I have a female friend at work and we talk quite a bit. She had a terrible go of it being abused as a young girl and bounced around foster care. She is misguided but has a great heart. Thing is she has a serious gambling issue. She will put here rent money on a game and she is struggling as it is. She has her own kids but is also raising 3 foster children. I've given heard food and gas money etc when she was struggling but when I've spoken to her about her out of control gambling she gets quiet. Yes I e worked with addicts in my career but never compulsive gamblers. I know a lot of the behaviors etc are similar with drugs and gambeling but I wanted to see if you guys have any experience dealing with a friend who was heading to the bottom gambling l. If I come at her strong i will probably turn her against me. You guys ever deal with something like that

I don't really consider myself a gambler, I have the odd bet on the football or the boxing every now and again and even then it is only a maximum of £10/£15.
I do like the roulette but again the most I have ever put on in one session has been £30 and usually it is £10/£15

I do know someone who had a gambling problem, he is quite open about it, he racked up 36K of debt, I asked him what he was spending it on and he said it was the horses and fruit machines, he had numerous credit cards which all kept on racking up the debts because of it, he said that he got further and further in because he was trying to gamble his way out of the problem which just never works, once he realized that he just stopped.

I know that doesn't help you out with your question but at least it shows that some people can just wake up one day and see that there is a problem and then stop.

Ahh fuck it, just roll the dice BWAHAHAHA

You sorted out your Somalian problem yet?

[brocktonblockbust]

Hear what happened.... She's Peruvian, not Somali, so I have to re-strategize my attack for 2 weeks from now.

[Batman]

Hear what happened.... She's Peruvian, not Somali, so I have to re-strategize my attack for 2 weeks from now.

God damnit blocklebuster that's why you do you homework before rushing into these things

[brocktonblockbust]

True, so true. But altruistically I have given the filthy cunt an extra 2 weeks of food stamps and SSI. Trying to look on the bright side, she's in Connecticut so @walrus actually pays her pittance.

[Spicoli]

Not to familiar with gambling but have done well with the roulette and quarter slots in the past. It has to be a bit different from substance addiction which is more internal 'fix' where gambling for short immediate gains can be directly result to her current economics or lack there of. If she kept all of her earnings would she still be in debt and unable to provide? Not struggling, we all struggle. People want a quick fix, just one big score and sometimes ease the mind as it's "easier" to justify. Financially it would seem you need much more money-collateral to feed a gambling addiction than to cycle through drugs or alcohol. It's also much more socially expectable and readily available in the age of point and click.