P.O. Box 17173
Gam-Anon is a self help organization which acts as a life saving instrument for the spouse , family or close friends of compulsive gamblers or those having a gambling addiction. You will find that Gam-Anon's purposes are threefold.
First is to learn acceptance and understanding of the gambling illness; to use the program and its problem solving suggestions as aids in rebuilding our lives and upon our own recovery, to aid in giving assistance to those who suffer.
With Gam-Anon's program they suggest that we refuse to be responsible for the gamblers behavior, only assuming responsibility for that which is ours. The prevailing idea is that the gambler will play as long as long as someone else will play.
In Gam-Anon you learn the appropriate way to relay to the gambler as an equal and not as a mother. This involves a process known as letting go or giving up the control. To be an adult one must give warmth and love in an equal role with the gambler.
More and more family members come to Gam-Anon to understand the problems of family members who have a gambling addiction and to help them. These members end up supporting and helping each other by the sharing of their personal experiences, wisdom and strength.
Having weekly meeting these members learn and educate themselves and learn new and appropriate methods of dealing with the problem gambler. During this process they also learn about a better way of life for themselves.
You will find the website address of Gam-Anon below where you may find information that you may require about compulsive gambling as well as the purpose of Gam-Anon: