Mother with a gambling addiction. how to stop it?

Mutual support helps: You can not control your mother's gambling. You might consider attending a meeting of gam-anon for the families and friends of compulsive gamblers.

You can't.: Only your mom can get the help she needs. But you could check out a gambler's anonymous meeting and offer to go with her. And, you could offer to go to an addiction psychiatrist with her for her first visit.

Treat the cause: I wish it were easier and simpler;however, as with an general symptom, many causes can lurk. Not to scare, but a thorough psychiatric evaluation would be the best mother's day gift. Offer to go with her and to find one. Most likely, this is psychiatric in nature : a form of anxiety, compulsive, even phobia (of death); but slim. Physical cause/contributing factor. We are complex beings.

Gambling: She has to want help, first thing;s first. I have heard mixed reviews about Gambler's Anonymous. I would say have mom seek psychotherapy to find out if the gambling serves an emotional need she may not be able to speak of yet.