Gam-Anon

This organization is for those family members and close friends of the addicted gambler. This is a group meeting where these people can go if they are desperate or frightened or alone. This is where all the feeling that no one else can understand, will be understood and supported.
This is where suggestions for problem solving can be given and where acceptance if the gambling illness takes place. Lives are rebuilt and those who suffer are given help. Members will gain relief from the anxiety when they realize the powerlessness they have over this problem that is in their family. The program tells member that they can only be responsible for their own behavior and not to feel responsible for that of the gamblers.
An emotional illness is what compulsive gambling really is and so this game playing and acting out are just sign of this serious illness. The hurt that family and friends feel from being associated with the gambler is a side effect and should be view that way.