I am so glad to see this support group. I am a wife of a cg. For the last 5 years, my husband has gambled away every penny we ever made including all of them...
Dear Jessica, I am so sorry that you're going through this. I know how difficult it can be to try to keep your life in order when dealing with a CG. I've...
Thanks for your advise Tanya. Breaking the habit of not trying to catch him in the act was really hard for me also. I have stopped obsessing about catching...
I don't think my CG Spouse is unique in this, but it was essential that he STOP hanging around people who gambled and places where gambling occurred to...
Jessica: It's not my place to tell you what to do in your marriage. But I'm much older than you. I'm the mom of a cg. You have a son. He should be the most...
My husband is the only one out of his friends that gambles at all. Many people who live in Vegas have no desire to gamble. The casinos do have EAP programs...
Jessica, I feel for you. My husband is also a cg. He does so much better when he has no money. As soon as he has money it's gone. It's almost like money is...
Hi Jessica, My CG has never worked a program and I do not ever foresee him working one. He was not raised in this country and his mindset is very different...
Jessica, You Wrote: I am so glad to see this support group. I am a wife of a cg. For the last 5 yrs, my husband has gambled away every penny we ever made ...
I have found it helpful to substitute 'language' into the equation of addiction . . .if your husband was a heroin addict and you lived in an area where junkies...
Have gained much insight into CG and addictions in general over the past few months. Biggest lesson I have learned to date is that my CG (wife) can/will NOT...
Welcome to our site. I am certain that you can find the help you are seaking by reading some of the older posts as well as monitering some of the newer ones. ...
Hi Jessica, I was thinking of other things that your husband could do to make it harder for him gamble.Living in Las Vegas does make it especially hard for a...
One of the problems in paying off the debt is that you assume your CG spouse will be "better" after you do this . . . it is not unusual to find out that once...
Corkycat, I found a lot of what you said to be exactly how I felt. Even the last day of gambling for your wife was the same day as my husbands. He and I have...
Not that this will come as a shock or surprise to any of you, but my CG spouse has had a major relapse . . . or more accurately, after probably about a year of...
I'm so sorry you are going through this. I totally understand. You are smart to get his name off of any accounts.I am learning that I can never become...
I am sorry too that this has been happening. In all honesty I am a bit surprised. Don't know why really. I guess I agree with your "more accurately"...
I was so sorry to read this post. In many of your posts you warn against relapse, you quote "not if, but when" and about setting boundaries. It is scary when ...
It was really hard for me to post my story. When I woke up yesterday I decided that I had nothing to be ashamed of and that opening up to a supportive group...
Hi Basket: Must be hard for you right now. I'm sending you a hug all the way from Brooklyn, NY. Hope you get through this. Melody ... From: basket1952 To:...
Basket, I am very sorry to hear about your husband. I worry about that all of the time and Gam-Anon members are always telling me not to worry...if it happens...
The relapse posts have really hit me hard. I live in constant fear of this , even after 2 years of my husband not gambling. My spouse gambled away at least...
I do have a friend who works for the IRS in the collections department. She has told me the same thing the attorney did . . . make a settlement offer of about...
Oh Karen. I am so sorry that this has happened to you. I can't say if you are making the right or wrong decision. Of course no one can. It's your life. All we...
Karen: First of all, stop beating yourself up. You are not stupid. You were a wife, and you were in love, but you now know that this man has to change for...
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