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My mom is addicted to playing cards, it causes several problems in my home. she has lost all the money saved, how can we stop her from this addiction?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Gambler's Anonymous: You may want to contact gambler's anonymous and see if they have any ideas on how to approach your mom to get her into a more sane mind set.

Answered 9/16/2013

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Gambling addiction: You cannot make her stop, but you can get help through gamanon, the companion group to gamblers anonymous. In the same way that al-anon helps family members of an alcoholic, whether or not the alcoholic is in aa, gamanon can help you whether your mother goes to ga or not.

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