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My mother relapsed in her gambling addiction..and I don’t know what to do

Cindy Sunshine
3 min readAug 14, 2023

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My mother’s gambling addiction has been going on and off nearly my entire life ~ 30 years now — her addiction is back and I have no idea what to do.

When I was younger, she would leave my brother and I at the supermarket while my dad was at work to go gambling. She even pawned her ring for money, after begging and complaining that she never got a wedding ring. Never satisfied, I don’t know why. Hours would pass and I’m surprised we’re still alive and never abducted. Not long after that, the addiction stopped because my dad cut off all money supply and they bought their own small business. Because of that, it required both of my parents to be there almost 24/7, which kept her occupied.

Business has been tough due to inflation and the economy. There was an opportunity to sell their business and so they did. Both my parents found a part-time job and my mom picked up a habit of visiting the casino again with her idle time, claiming she didn’t go and we are framing her. We have her location on Find my friends and the car dashcam footage and I can pull up the footage if I really wanted to though I already know what’s up when I call her up.

My mother always makes up lies like — “I’m never going again”, “It’s the last time”, “I just wanna win everything for us”, “ I won’t go…

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Cindy Sunshine
Cindy Sunshine

Written by Cindy Sunshine

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