http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/ SUPPORT GROUP - FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:48:19 GMT basket1952 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12178 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12178 Pats . . I was hoping the same thing! My take on it is that people might have been using these types of brokerage accounts to pay for gambling on line? Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:12:10 GMT patsluv22 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12177 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12177 Thanks for sharing Basket! Forgive me, perhaps it's too early and I have not had my coffee yet but all this legal jargon is making my head spin. Does anyone Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:08:15 GMT basket1952 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12176 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12176 This note was included on a statement I just received . . . "We wish to inform you of your responsibilities under the Inlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:12:34 GMT barb849 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12175 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12175 Hi Everyone I posted Art Schlichter's article earlier (Art is a famous Ohio football player whose gambling addiction ruined his life). Click on the link below Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:04:49 GMT basket1952 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12173 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12173 Nat, For me, my oblivion was the biggest manifestation of my enabling. For a host of reasons I didn't see what was going on, especially financially. You said Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:53:49 GMT natdoc48 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12172 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12172 He, of course, does not admit that he has a problem. And so far, he has not tapped into our house account money. I have a separate account, at a different Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:16:57 GMT basket1952 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12171 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12171 A face to face gamanon meeting is a great idea. Protecting yourself and your assets is critical. Money is the fuel for the addiction of compulsive gambling. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:59:30 GMT natdoc48 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12170 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12170 Thank you. I still have so much to learn. This morning he started another argument and he says his friend has suggested that we have our finances more as a Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:15:47 GMT Gary http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12169 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12169 violetsandlavender, You Wrote: I am feeling angry today & I need to vent. I feel like i am a fairly educated woman. independant, I work hard & make a good Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:24:03 GMT Leigh http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12168 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12168 No, it doesn't change. Even if there are years of abstaining from gambling, he may go back and spend every last cent he can get his hands on once you have let Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:56:30 GMT judith LaBonte http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12167 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12167 Even when they don't get better and things don't get better, we can get better. i know for me, i have to let go of mothering - i realized that in my 4th Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:21:37 GMT basket1952 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12166 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12166 Violet, Addictions don't just disappear. They are always there and have to be dealt with 'one day at a time' and relapses are sadly the norm. There are many Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:45:58 GMT violetsandlavender http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12165 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12165 i am feeling angry today and i need to vent. i feel like i am a fairly educated woman. independant, i work hard and make a good living and i am careful with my Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:58:21 GMT basket1952 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12163 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12163 Nat .. I can remember well those out of the blue fights and fits my CG spouse would throw . . . for many years I didn't realize they came before he went out Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:47 GMT natdoc48 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12162 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamanonsupportgroup/message/12162 I am writing after coming home and finding my husband not here, again. I know he is at the casino. He picked a fight with me this morning. As he does. When