Louisa's story

My husband and I have been married 11 years, together 13 years.

When we were dating, I knew that he had lost a lot of money gambling. He had to borrow money off his parents and sell his flat to pay off his debts.

I remember talking to him and supporting him because I loved him so much. I remember him crying in front of his parents promising he was never going to gamble again and that he had finally learned his lesson. I believed him! We all did!

Since then, we got married, had two beautiful children and because my husband works in the financial markets, he's been in and out of jobs (he's currently not working).

Throughout our marriage he's been on and off the wagon and gambled thousands of dollars away. We've lost investments because he put all our money into shares, which I begged him not to do.

He goes into the bookies once a month and will lose up to thousands of dollars at a time. By the way, this is money we don't have. He has a big overdraft. I have had enough and I can't take anymore. He has destroyed everything. He's ruined my life and our children's futures. He'll never change.

I feel so trapped and lonely and don't know where to turn. I have friends and family, but I don't feel I can talk to them about this.