Hi WM
I wrote you such a long reply last night but somehow I failed to either send it or save it!!!!
I am hoping you will be able to pop into the group this evening as I am off line after this evening until late Sunday or possibly Monday.
Your son is not nasty but his addiction is. It is an addiction of failure because a compulsive gambler can never walk away from a gamble – constant feelings of failure results in a gambler feeling worthless. Because your son believes himself to be no good, his addiction will cause him to lash out with distortion and deception because sadly, ‘at the moment’, he doesn’t have or know any other coping mechanism.
It might be a good idea to communicate with out Helpline about dedicated addiction counselling and possibly look at GMA, details of which can be found in a Q&A forum on our forum’s page – our Helpline can give you details of this too.
I hope to ‘speak’ to you again soon but in the meantime, you are in my thoughts
Velvet
