My mother is a gambling addict that was threatened with being knee capped by a bookie when I was a kid, my uncle bailed her out and they stopped talking 20 years ago. She kept it maintained for a few years but eventually lost her house and her sanity, now she lives in a womans shelter. People will tell you drugs or alcohol are worse but that’s only because you can see the toll they take in the persons face, gambling will take everything from you.
