![]() ![]() ![]() "A lot of women end up being widowed and divorced later in life and they're lonely and they can't tell their families sometimes how lonely they are. "There's not a lot of men that sit at pokies, it's nearly all women," she said. She said women tended to be the minority at the meetings and most of them were addicted to gaming machines, which in Western Australia are confined to the casino. It just takes one to fall off the wagon." "We've had people who've been abstinent for 10, 20 years and they go back. "It will stay with me forever," she said. She joined Gamblers Anonymous where, eight years later, she is still a regular and offers support to others with gambling addictions. "You don't want people to know that you are gambling money away because people don't understand it, that it is an illness." If you or anyone you know needs help: "One of the things about compulsive gamblers like myself is that we're very secretive and very good at lying," she said. Her self-esteem at rock bottom, she went about the difficult task of coming clean with friends and family.ĭo you know more about this story? Email Claire Moodie "I thought if I don't do something about this, I am going to lose my house, I will never be able to retire." Huge loss opened her eyes ![]()
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