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“After my son got out of jail and joined GA, he told me that his father, who had passed away many years before, always gave him money when he asked. His siblings knew this at the time, but I was kept in the dark. I became so angry and hurt that my husband had believed that I was such a weak and frightened person that I needed to be protected. When I shared this in my Gam-Anon meeting, one of the comments was that perhaps my husband was not protecting me, but avoiding facing the reality of his son's gambling.” — GAM-ANON INTERNATIONAL SERVICE OFFICE
After my son got out of jail and joined GA, he told me that his father, who had passed away many years before, always gave him money when he asked. His siblings knew this at the time, but I was kept in the dark. I became so angry and hurt that my husband had believed that I was such a weak and frightened person that I needed to be protected. When I shared this in my Gam-Anon meeting, one of the comments was that perhaps my husband was not protecting me, but avoiding facing the reality of his son's gambling.